Ioniq 6 N Review; 1000 Miles in a 918; How TST Works

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 108 minutes

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We're back in the studio! Matt Farah drove 1000 miles in a hypercar prototype that might be his favorite; Zack Klapman tested the new Hyundai Ioniq 6 N on the road and track (and has quite a story about it); plus we answer Patreon questions including: Why is my Porsche trying to kill me? Which car company would benefit the most from an election? Is this watch too good to be true? Sports cars for tall people Which cars do we want despite them being bad at some things? Are lifted sports cars more fun even on asphalt? Can you really feel a tune? Cars that get better with mileage; cars that don't Why is WCCS successful? Should I track my new Lexus IS500? Ford GT or Ferrari 296? Can a new Porsche Turbo ever be as fast as a GT3? Will the Aventador SVJ be worth millions one day? And more! Recorded November 10, 2025 Show Notes: Brooklyn Bedding Go to https://www.brooklynbedding.com and use my promo code TIRE at checkout to get 30% off sitewide. This offer is not available anywhere else. DeleteMe Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://www.joindeleteme.com slash TIRE and use promo code TIRE at checkout. StrapHabit Go get some awesome watch straps for yourself or for gifts at https://www.Straphabit.com and use code TST15 at checkout for 15% off your order. TruWerk Get 15% off your first order at https://www.TRUEWERK.com with 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. Today's episode is brought to you by
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1:00.9	All right, folks, on this episode of the podcast, I went to the Smoky Mountains and spent a week
1:07.3	with a Portia 918 and lived to come back and talk about it here.
1:12.4	Zach went to South Korea and spent five days with the new Hyundai Ionic 6N and is talking about it.
1:19.8	Plus, we get into a little bit of the mechanics of automotive journalism and helping you guys understand how we make the content we make.
1:27.4	And a lot of great
1:28.5	questions from our patrons over at patreon.com slash the smoking tire podcast. Thank you to all of them
1:34.4	for helping us out and getting your questions in for the show. It's the smoking tire podcast. Let's go.
1:42.8	Let the man turn the knobs. Let him cook. Sometimes you have to press play and then dance around like this for three hours for $400.000. And just point. And just point, yeah. $1,000. Yeah. And do the heart, you got to do the heart hands. Right. And just like, I love this check. Right. I love this money. But don't do the my heart goes out to you.
2:00.9	No, no, no, no. Well, I guess you can sort of. I mean, well, yeah. People are fine with it.
2:05.1	Right. They'll give you a trillion dollar. No, they won't. I'll talk about why I don't think Elon Musk is going to get a trillion dollars. J.J., sound is very low. So, JJ,
2:13.5	if you're listening, we're on a new board,
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