My Waymo Test; Toyota Concept; Hertz AI; FL Speed Law

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Matt rode in a Waymo; tells tales from the Avants event in Seattle; Zack's car is falling apart while being put back together; Florida has a new law for speeders; Toyota showed off a concept; and we answer Patreon questions including: What's a good car for an artsy college student? Is my car too fast for track days? Is the T.33 worth the money? Could Porsche bring back the 912? What should the next Miata be? Favorite automotive conspiracy theory Best car for a new driver Least desirable million dollar car Best watch no one has heard of Which seats are the best to watch a motorsports event? And more! Recorded July 14, 2025 https://www.theautopian.com/customers-outraged-with-hertz-ai-scanners-they-say-automatically-charge-for-questionable-damages/ 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 Show Notes: DeleteMe Take control of your data and keep your private life private by signing up for DeleteMe. Now at a special discount for our listeners. Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to joindeleteme.com/TIRE and use promo code TIRE at checkout. FitBod Join Fitbod today to get your personalized workout plan.Get 25% off your subscription or try the app FREE for seven days at Fitbod.me/TIRE. Smalls For Smoking Tire listeners, you can get 60% off your first Smalls order PLUS free shipping when you head to Smalls.com/TIRE. That’s 60% off when you head to Smalls.com/TIRE, plus free shipping! New merch! Grab a shirt or hoodie and support us! https://thesmokingtireshop.com/ Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! For a 10% discount on your first case go to https://www.offtherecord.com/TST 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 Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? Welcome to the Smoking Tire podcast. This episode is brought to you as always by
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0:51.3	All right, guys, today on the Smoking Tire podcast, me and Zach are in studio.
0:56.5	Well, not exactly. My wife seems to have caught the vid, so I am staying home and we're doing it
1:03.4	remote. I found the culprit of what was scratching up my steering wheel, took my first few
1:09.2	rides in a Waymo, and boy do I have reports.
1:13.3	I recap the Avant's classics on the green concours in Seattle this past weekend,
1:19.8	and we bitch about Hertz using AI to screw over their customers.
1:26.7	It's a good one. Let's do the Smoking Tire podcast.
1:31.1	Hey folks. I'm coming to you live today from home. I got back from a trip to the Seattle area
1:38.9	to the Avonth's classics on the green concourse, a fabulous event that I'll tell you about in just a minute.
1:46.7	And wife wasn't feeling so good last night. And this morning she tested for COVID.
1:52.7	So Zach has to do a medical related thing later and rather than risk getting him sick.
2:03.2	We need to stay in the home today so we uh we apologize for the remoteness of this audio um but here we are on a sunny california
2:12.8	monday isaac hello? I'm press on anyway.
2:18.1	No COVID for me so far.
2:20.6	So far, I mean, I don't know.
2:22.8	What do you think you want to, what do you think the odds are?
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