'25 Aston Vanquish Review; Kart Drifting; Matt's Law

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 98 minutes

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We went go-kart drifting and wowzers did it surprise us; Matt makes a new law; the 2025 Aston Martin Vanquish is fast and expensive but is it too limited? and we answer Patreon questions including: Can you drive on tires that are older than 5 years? How would we fix GM? Would we ever get a Neuralink implant? Track car dream: Dark Horse R vs Cayman Clubsport? Why shouldn't I put a parking lift in my garage? $30k sports car for rough roads and occasional track us Top bucket list activity? Why Matt hates the band P.O.T.U.S. 996 base or BRZ tS? Best car to use for a Rendezvous remake? And more! Recorded September 16, 2025 Show Notes: DeleteMe Take control of your data and keep your private life private by signing up for DeleteMe. Now at a special discount for our listeners. Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://www.joindeleteme.com/TIRE and use promo code TIRE at checkout. HelloFresh Go to https://www.HelloFresh.com/smokingtire10fm now to Get 10 Free Meals + a Free Item for Life! One per box with active subscription. Free meals applied as discount on first box, new subscribers only, varies by plan. Upside Upside has given back $1 Billion dollars to its users. To find out how much you could earn, Download the FREE Upside App and use promo code THESMOKINGTIRE to get an extra 25 cents back for every gallon on your first tank of gas. New merch! Grab a shirt or hoodie and support us! https://thesmokingtireshop.com/ Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! For a 10% discount on your first case go to https://www.offtherecord.com/TST Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

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0:00.0	What up everyone? Welcome to the Smoking Tire podcast. Matt Farrah here. And as always, today's episode is brought to you by Off the Record. We love Off the Record because they are looking out for you.
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0:48.7	slash TST. Don't plead guilty. Get a lawyer. Get off the record. All right, folks, on this episode of the podcast, Zach and I went go-kart drifting.
1:02.2	Chris Harris lost his Ferrari key, and we discuss why that is, in fact, the best key for dropping on a bar.
1:09.1	I review the new Aston Martin Vanquish and things we would change if we ran General Motors
1:15.1	today.
1:15.8	It's the smoking tire podcast.
1:18.0	Let's go.
1:20.1	That is a very good cars and coffee, that Rancho Santa Fe cars and coffee.
1:24.0	Because it's like, A, it's super fucking rich people.
1:27.4	And B, it's not in a parking lot they
1:29.5	like take over the whole town square it's nice oh yeah and all the restaurants like or the coffee
1:35.5	shops all open early and there's like a park it's like it's pretty nice yeah it's a good aesthetic
1:40.6	and at like six o'clock it it starts at, you know, 7.30.
1:47.5	If I leave my house at six and I drive south on the, on a, I could fucking go 100 miles an hour.
1:55.2	There's no cars.
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