EV Track Days can be Scary; Theft; Q&A

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Matt Farah is back from being the hot shoe for Road & Track's Performance EV of the Year test, where cars were slid, went fast, scared a motorcyclist, and even gave Matt a little "brown moment". He gives us some incredible stories (without giving away the winner) from the test. Something was stolen from Zack Klapman. Then we answer Patreon questions including: Which $40k-$80k Porsche for topless summer fun? How will EV power-trains let automakers change designs? Is the M5 trying to be a Bentley? How much of a car is built by the car company vs suppliers? Will hybrid systems halt the development of ICE engines? How do I get inspired to take car photos? Should I test drive a car I love before I buy it? How to solve the X3M Comps stiffy problem? IS the C6 ZO6 the right step from a Miata? How to avoid burn out? Can you be content with a car? Why are 2020 Nissan GT-Rs holding their value? Recorded Sept 2, 2024 Head over right now to https://www.getmainelobster.com and use promo code TIRE 10% off all orders plus free shipping. Go to https://www.takethesis.com to take the free 3-minute quiz to find out what your brain needs and use code TIRE to get $60 off your first subscription order when you sign up for Thesis. Thanks to Thesis for sponsoring today’s video! *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease Head to https://bit.ly/joinwithTIRE and use promo code TIRE to claim a bonus that DOUBLES YOUR MONEY up to $2,000 (100% Bonus) on your very first deposit. Head to https://www.factormeals.com/tire50 and use code tire50 to get 50% off your first box plus 20% off your next month. 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 Tweet at us! https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

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0:00.0	All right, folks, it's a catch-up show. I have just come from the Road and Track Performance
0:06.4	E.V. of the year test in New York, and though I'm not going to give away the winners, I am going to give some of my personal insights into some of the fast EVs I drove on the road and on the track.
0:21.0	Also, what? That's why the magazine is called that, Zach, exactly.
0:25.0	Also, the difference between driving on the highways in New York and in California,
0:31.0	why old people still don't understand electric vehicles and a whole lot more it's a
0:38.3	crew show and let's do the smoking tire podcast
0:43.0	But I love working on Labor Day
0:46.0	because I can be left the fuck alone.
0:49.0	True. That's my, one of my favorite things.
0:51.0	There's so little traffic today when I biked here. I could cross six lanes of the street without waiting for the light because there were no cars. That was weird.
0:59.0	Well this morning I had to go put 109 miles on a Jaguar XJR to get it to pass smog because in when a car sits,
1:10.7	which cars at Westside Collector Car Storage sometimes do.
1:14.0	The emissions computers lose their memory.
1:18.0	And so a car can be working perfectly,
1:20.0	but the emissions needs to show when they connect it to the small computer like multiple drive cycles or multiple mileage
1:30.0	There's like check boxes that the computer has to check and if the car sits that memory goes away
1:35.7	I had to do this when I replaced all my O2 sensors it needed new data. Yeah so how far did you have to drive?
1:45.0	I drove it for like a week and I needed to get it smogged. And they were and someone told me like drive it for a week,
1:48.0	highway, all that stuff, and then come back.
1:50.0	The problem is that it has to be at highway speeds.
1:53.8	Yeah, that's actually in LA. That's like hard and so fortunately for me
1:59.7	Fucking Labor Day, so I got up at 6 a.m. and got in this Jaguar, the big ass Yeti of coffee, and I did 110 miles, you know, before breakfast.
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