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Spike's Car Radio

James Pumphrey on Why Porsches AREN'T COOL Anymore

Spike's Car Radio

Spike Feresten

Automotive, Leisure

4.31.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Spike is joined by James Pumphrey from Speeed to wrap up the year with cars, watches, and comedy. They debate whether Porsches are still cool, review the impressive Bentley Bentayga Speed, and share listener New Year's resolutions while celebrating with party favors. ______________________________________________ 🛠️ RaceDeck - Transform Your Garage Get 15% off plus free shipping with code SPIKE356 https://RaceDeck.com GRAB SOME SCR MERCH: https://spikescarradio.com GET MORE SCR ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/spikescarradio ______________________________________________ James and Spike kick off their New Year's Eve special by diving into James' upcoming Dakar trip with Tudor watches. The conversation shifts to what makes watches cool (or not), with insights about how wearing a Rolex can sometimes put people off. James then unveils his "Cool Cars for Cool Guys in 2026" recommendations, boldly declaring that Ferraris under $100,000 are the new cool while Porsches have lost their edge due to market inflation. The guys analyze a viral video of a California mom using her G-Wagon to ram suspected burglars (Mercedes, take note for your next Super Bowl commercial). Spike delivers a glowing review of the Bentley Bentayga Speed, praising its performance in all conditions and functional luxury. The episode concludes with listener New Year's resolutions and car dreams, including a vintage manual Jaguar story from Netflix's "Unfrosted" set. _____________________________________________ 📧 To advertise with Spike’s Car Radio, contact Neon Tiger Media: contact@neontiger.media 🌐 or visit: https://scrpod.com/sponsor Produced by Skyview Entertainment & Q6 Media https://q6.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Here we are.

0:01.0

What's the model of this?

0:06.0

What's this called?

0:07.0

What is that called?

0:08.0

My Sheffield.

0:09.0

That is the new Sheffield SCR Chrono.

0:13.0

Yes.

0:14.0

There's one was a mech quartz, and that is the automatic.

0:18.0

It's a real Swiss movement.

0:20.0

Yeah, I had to wind I had to wind it.

0:21.6

You wound it?

0:22.6

Yeah.

0:23.6

Isn't it nice? It's what it clicks. It's great action. What a nice way to start the show. It also like makes me nervous. It's because I imagine all the stuff inside there and you can kind of like feel it. Well, when Jay Turkus of Sheffield sent me the prototype, he said the case size and the movement in there isn't quite right yet. It will be in the production watches. So be careful when you wind it. Now, I always wear the prototypes of my designs. And I'm not wearing that one today. But every time I wind it, I get nervous. You don't have to get nervous on that

0:54.7

one. It's nice the way it clicks. It is. It's nice. We could have really sold that watch for a lot of money. I think there's one or two left at Sheffield watches.com you can buy. Hello, everybody. Start the new year with a new watch. This watch you're going to love. And I don't know that we're going to make that again. I think we just made 50,

1:12.6

because they were a little more expensive. We just made 50 and I've given them to my friends

1:16.9

who've helped us out this year. Cameron, you're getting one and Johnny and Suckerman.

1:20.6

Spike sent this to me with a nice note that I hung on my refrigerator. It's been a good year. I wrote you a nice thank you note

1:30.7

on my stationary. Yeah. Yeah. Do you know why I did that? Why? Because your whole channel,

1:35.6

speed, is about etiquettes and guys. I knew you would appreciate it. Yeah, I did. I knew you

1:41.5

would appreciate that. It was very intentional. I really like that. And that's nice that you brought it up. You know, he'd send a little gift and he'd write those notes. Jerry writes those notes, you know, and it's not in the life. And it really has impact, right? It really does. You'll never get another one. From anybody. But the first one's really good. I hope I said a nice example.

2:01.7

Wow.

2:01.8

I hope my wife is watching this show because you never send thank you notes. You never do it. Well, I did. I did one. All right. I did one. Well, anyway, I'm excited to have you here. I'm excited to be talking to everybody here. It's our New Year's Eve special. Zuckerman was here but said, I'm going to Mexico.

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