Mike Guy on the magazine; Driving at 13; ChatGPT's Impact ; and more

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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🗓️ 28 January 2023

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Mike Guy is the Editor-in-Chief of Road & Track magazine. Today we talk about: How Mike dropped out of college to chase police cars; secretly fixing and driving junk cars at age 13; his time working for Rolling Stone with Hunter S. Thompson; a scary Lamborghini spin in Miami; how good the Arturo is; the GR Corolla; why Road & Track will be here for a long time; ChatGPT’s impact on the reader and the writer; and so much more. Recorded January 27, 2023 Go to https://www.vuori.com/tst and discover the versatility of Vuori Clothing. Not only will you receive 20% off your first purchase, but enjoy free shipping on any U.S. orders over $75 and free returns. 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	And we would take cars from Jimbo's, not at a body shop,
0:06.3	and ones that Jimbo would toss behind his garage,
0:10.4	and we would bring him to the back side of our property
0:12.9	with 40 acres in the middle of nowhere,
0:15.7	and my parents never knew it.
0:17.3	But we had three or four running cars.
0:18.7	My brother's in a couple of friends in mine,
0:20.5	and we were 12, 13 years old.
0:22.1	We had old Corolas, and that's how we got my cello-cage.
0:25.0	We were doing time rally runs.
0:28.6	I was 13 years old.
0:30.8	Oh, that rules.
0:31.8	Why?
0:32.8	There was a ridge that separated my house.
0:35.2	Like, go play back.
0:36.2	That's right.
0:37.2	All right.
0:38.2	And so we would get these cars running,
0:41.1	and barely, like their suspensions are all twisted.
0:45.7	They're like, they would run sideways.
0:48.1	Yeah.
0:49.6	So there's definition of running when you're 13.
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