The WORST Door Handles; a Free Car; Leno's Bill

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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What's the WORST door handle ever? Plus, towing in used luxury vs a new F-150: Matt's upcoming drive in 4 legendary Mustangs; an early look at the new, improved Streets of Willow; a FREE car shows up; our thoughts on Leno's Bill, and Patreon question include: How do we downsize our car payment: lease or buy? Most played out current design trend How will the current NSX be seen in the future? What we think about the Mitsubishi 3000GT Which front-engine RWD car to add to the fleet? Used RS or Touring? Which car did everyone love that you hate? LC500 or Vantage S? Should I modify a Merkur XR4Ti? Would a Sim rig at a track be helpful? And more! Recorded September 11, 2025 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 https://www.joindeleteme.com/TIRE and use promo code TIRE at checkout. MudWtr Start your new morning ritual & get up to 43% off your @MUDWTR with code tire at https://www.mudwtr.com/tire ! #mudwtrpod #ad Factor Go to https://www.FactorMeals.com/tire50off and use code tire50off to get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year. *Offer valid for new Factor customers with code and qualifying auto-renewing subscription purchase. Quince Keep it classic and cool this fall—with long-lasting staples from Quince. Go to https://www.Quince.com/TIRE for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns Smalls For a limited time Smoking Tire podcast listeners get 60% off your first Smalls order PLUS free shipping when you head to https://www.Smalls.com/TIRE 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	That's amazing.
0:01.6	80 grand.
0:02.7	And most people won't know it's 80 grand.
0:04.3	They'll think it's 200.
0:05.1	Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
0:06.8	It's like, do you want to, like, do you want to shock someone with how high the MSRP was on your F-150?
0:13.3	Or do you want to spend less and roll a fucking Bentley?
0:16.8	Mm-hmm.
0:17.2	You know, even a 2018 Bentley with 5,000 miles is much nicer than a brand new F-150.
0:24.6	That's wild.
0:25.8	So, anyway, that's the article.
0:30.3	Cool.
0:31.1	Dude, you know what's crazy?
0:32.3	I glanced at Reddit looking for a story for this show because we talked about a lot of things yesterday.
0:39.4	We covered a lot of ground.
0:40.1	We can do the Reddit stuff if you want to do that.
0:43.3	But I noticed that in the Reddit Cars section that someone had shared not our video,
0:49.2	but my Road and Track article about the SSC, Tuatara.
0:55.0	And it really, it really reminded me of the importance of titles because when I submitted
1:03.3	the written piece to them, I said, the SSC Tuatara is the Corvette of Paghanis, which is the same title I used in our video, I think.
1:13.2	Yeah.
1:13.3	It was the same title.
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