Replica or Recreation?; THAT New Car Law; GT500 Review

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Matt Farah and Zack Klapman drive the Revology 1967 GT500 and ponder the difference between "replica" and "recreation"; the gov. has mandated your car spies on you; Mercedes project update; and Patreon questions include: Will fun cars get cheaper as people die? Favorite "appropriate" story from a Road & Track trip. How to avoid ruining your canyon car Rich man / poor man: seat setup edition Does the Coyote engine "ruin" an old car? Why LHD cars are worth more than RHD More fun: Fresh summer tires or worn winter tires? Engines that would be improved with more or fewer cylinders VW's sale of Bugatti's effect on car values Rebuild my BMW inline-4 or swap it for a 6? Mustang Dark Horse auto: a buy at $50k? Do only journos care about the Nissan Z chassis Ford ditching the Shelby name Proudest work moment Forks up or down? And more! Recorded May 1, 2026 Aura Frames Exclusive $25-off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/TIRE. Promo Code TIRE HimsFor simple, online access to personalized and affordable care for Hair Loss, ED, Weight Loss, and more, visit https://hims.com/TIRE. TrueWerk Upgrade to the T2 WerkPant and stay comfortable no matter what the day brings. Get 15% off your first order at https://TRUEWERK.com with code tire. Drive Podcast Listen to Drive with Jim Farley Season 4 at https://lnk.to/drivewithjimfarleyPS!thesmokingtire Enter to WIN our AMAZING 2025 Porsche 911 Turbo S!! https://www.dreamgiveaway.com/tickets/porsche?promo=SMOKINGTIRE Promo Code Offer: Get 4X bonus tickets with any donation of $25 or more. With every donation you are helping benefit some wonderful veterans' and children's charities. Podcast Promo Code: SMOKINGTIRE Your generous donation to Dream Giveaway goes directly to New Beginning Children's Homes, a 501(c)(3) organization (Federal ID# 27-5011514). Thanks to your donations, unrestricted grants are awarded to charities such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Honor Flight of West Central Florida, 4Kids, National Guard Educational Foundation, Victory Junction, Building Homes For Heroes, and Healing4Heroes⁠ ⁠To read more about Dream Giveaway and the charities our giveaways help benefit. https://www.dreamgiveaway.com/about.

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0:00.0	What up everybody? Welcome to the Smoking Tire podcast. Today's episode is brought to you as always by Off the Record. We love Off the Record here at the Smoking Tire because they're looking out for us just like they're looking out for all of you. And how do I know they're looking out out for all of you? Because not a week goes by that I don't hear from two or three of you folks
0:22.0	that off the record saved your bums. What does that mean? It means you didn't plead guilty.
0:27.4	You got off the record at off the record.com slash tST. They fought the ticket for you and they
0:34.1	won and everyone else out there you can do it too. If you get a moving violation, don't plead guilty.
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0:43.7	They will fight that ticket for you.
0:45.4	And the vast majority of times, they will win.
0:48.9	And then you'll be emailing me that screenshot of the dismissal that we are all looking for. One more time, off the record.com
0:56.6	slash t-s-T. And on this episode of the Smoking Tire podcast, we are driving a Revology
1:04.8	GT 500. This is a 1967 Shelby that contains no parts from 1967.
1:12.1	Very interesting.
1:14.0	Plus, I have an update on the Project Mercedes, a secret racing technique from Tommy Kendall
1:21.1	that I'm now practicing in my free time, the new driver monitoring bill, and what is the difference between a replica and a
1:29.6	recreation? That's today on the smoking tire.
1:34.4	Hi, everybody. Shout out to the captain and this cyclist. It's the smoking tire podcast
1:41.5	on motion, en route. A car podcast from a car somebody should do a car show
1:49.0	in a car someone should do that maybe with coffee involved this is a new idea i just saw some like
1:54.8	a i slop instagram thing that was all someone sued seinfeld for a hundred million million for stealing that idea, which may be true,
2:04.0	but it still came from AI Slop.
2:05.8	Instagram content.
2:07.8	If it's a little loud in here, that's because we're in the Revology, 1967 GT500.
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