Faraday's "Future"; Top 5 Entry Watches; Countach Engine Problem

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Matt's Top 5 entry-level luxury watches; Faraday's weird future; Myers Manx engine update; Lamborghini Countach engine problem; Mazda 3 hatchback manual review; and Patreon questions include: Rank fast wagons Replace the Countach with? Will Texas track speeders like Japan? Are 911Ts worth their price? Cars that look like worse versions of competition Can Waymo handle Philly? SS 1LE Track car: modify or replace? Best convertible for road trips with mom Would a smaller motor make an EV more efficient? Best car for divorced CEOs? Plan an F1 street route in Los Angeles Why Matt doesn't like kit cars Is the 992 GT3RS overrated? Tedson motors And more! Recorded July 22, 2025 Houston Tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-smoking-tire-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-car-podcast-coming-to-houston-tickets-1439944967159?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl Dallas Tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-smoking-tire-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-car-podcast-coming-to-dallas-tickets-1447301911979?aff=oddtdtcreator Liquid IV Squeeze the most out of your Summer with Liquid I.V. Tear. Pour. Live More. Go to https://www.liquidiv.com and get 20% off your first order with code TIRE at checkout. DeleteMe Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://www.joindeleteme.com/TIRE and use promo code TIRE at checkout. Car Gurus Buy or sell your next car today with Car Gurus at https://www.cargurus.com Upside Download the FREE Upside App and use promo code TIRE to get an extra 25 cents back for every gallon on your first tank of gas. That’s an extra 25 cents back for every gallon on your first tank of gas, using promo code, TIRE. New merch! Grab a shirt or hoodie and support us! https://thesmokingtireshop.com/ 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's up everybody? Welcome to the Smoking Tire podcast. Now we are as always brought to you by off the record,
0:07.9	but I'm not talking about them today because TST is coming to Texas. That's right, this Thursday and Friday.
0:17.2	July 23rd and 24th, we are in Houston in Dallas, respectively, doing live podcasts at the shop
0:26.5	clubs. Come see us in Houston, Thursday, July 24th with our pal Christian James Hand and Friday,
0:34.1	July 25th in Dallas. Tickets are going quick. It will sell out. So buy them now.
0:41.4	The ticket link is in the show notes for this podcast, as well as the Smoking Tire Instagram
0:48.8	description, link in bio. So get tickets. Come see usursday and friday in texas and if it goes
0:56.8	well it's the kind of thing we'll keep doing in coming to you other places throughout the country
1:03.6	so let's get to it all right folks on this episode of the podcast i give you my five favorite
1:10.6	indy watches from the Intersect Watch show.
1:14.3	Zach and I review the Mazda 3 in manual gearbox.
1:18.8	That's right, the last stick Mazda 3.
1:22.0	My engine is having a hard time getting through customs, an update on the Myers-Manks, and some fabulous questions from our patrons.
1:31.5	It's the Smoking Tire podcast. Let's go.
1:35.9	Well, yeah, but mine is more elegant.
1:37.9	That's true.
1:38.5	Yeah, it's like formal.
1:40.8	Yeah.
1:40.9	Like Hannah and I, when Hannah had COVID, how we dined.
1:44.2	The opposite ends. Oh, you guys, yeah. The opposite ends of a long dining table.
1:48.2	You have the Butler bring the salt?
1:49.9	Yeah, I feel like I was in the Gilded Age, which is a show I am like ashamed to say that I watch.
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