C8 Grand Sport revealed; Gas Prices; Odd Volvo; Racing!

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 98 minutes

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There's a new Corvette Grand Sport; Cadillac finally cancels its terrible naming scheme; Ferrari admits the real reason for those terrible controls; gas prices are yuge; and Patreon question include: Is a manual-swapped Ferrari F430 the key to happiness? WHEN is the right time to manual-swap anything? Can you enjoy a track day without being competitive? Why are b-pillars boring black? How do you tell another car their brights are on? Cars we'd gift to Cuba Careers we bailed on Bad driving habits we'd banish Will BMW CS cars hold their value? Racing teams that built engines for OEMs 1 show car, 1 track car, 1 daily How to use a radar detector New cars bought by true car nerds Thoughts on the INDY America 250 race And more! Recorded March 23, 2026 DeleteMe Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/TIRE and use promo code TIRE at checkout. Enter to WIN our AMAZING 2025 Porsche 911 Turbo S!! https://www.dreamgiveaway.com/tickets/porsche?promo=SMOKINGTIRE Podcast Promo Code: SMOKINGTIRE Promo Code Offer: Get 4X bonus tickets with any donation of $25 or more. With every donation you are helping benefit some wonderful veterans' and children's charities. Your generous donation to Dream Giveaway goes directly to New Beginning Children's Homes, a 501(c)(3) organization (Federal ID# 27-5011514). Thanks to your donations, unrestricted grants are awarded to charities such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Honor Flight of West Central Florida, 4Kids, National Guard Educational Foundation, Victory Junction, Building Homes For Heroes, and Healing4Heroes⁠ ⁠To read more about Dream Giveaway and the charities our giveaways help benefit. https://www.dreamgiveaway.com/about. Want your question answered? To listen to the episode the day it's recorded? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! For a 10% discount on your first case go to https://www.offtherecord.com/TST #cars #comedy #podcast Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman Click here for the most honest car reviews out there: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire

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0:00.0	What up, everybody? Matt Farrah here. Welcome to the Smoking Tire podcast. Today's episode is brought to you by Off the Record. We love Off the Record here because they are looking out for you everywhere in the country. Look, if you get a moving violation, big, small, or in between, don't plead guilty. Get off the record. They will fight that ticket all the way up if they need to to
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0:49.8	Don't plead guilty.
0:51.4	Get off the record.
0:52.6	They can only help.
0:57.4	Off the record.com slash TST.
1:05.7	All right, folks. On this episode of the podcast, Zach and I talk about the new Corvette Grandsport.
1:13.2	Crazy high gas prices. The silly Cadillac torque badging is going away, racing at Road America,
1:20.3	and did you know, buttons cost more than touch screens. It's the Smoking Tire podcast. Let's go.
1:28.3	What's Hattinan? Hi, everybody.
1:28.9	Hello.
1:30.7	Good afternoon.
1:32.2	Good evening.
1:33.9	And good night.
1:35.9	Maybe if it's late night for you.
1:36.4	Good night.
1:37.6	East Coast?
1:38.4	You have... If you're in Iceland?
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