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The Smoking Tire

Tony Quiroga (Car and Driver)

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2013

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

This week Tony Quiroga of Car and Driver joins us (via a 2014 SLS Black) for an episode with frankly too many cars.  We talk about the new Roush Stage 3 Mustang, Zack gets a Volt press car, Chris opines on the 2014 Impala, Matt imparts some consumer advice while maligning the anticlimatic exit of electric cars. In addition we cover gay cowbotys, Connecticut Mobsters, the Top Gear mower, camber tires, The Price is Right, the brand new Maserati Ghibli and last but not least the 2014 european Volkswagen GTi.

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0:00.0

Like

0:00.5

S-UV

0:01.4

Can't do nothing

0:02.2

But I'm on 23

0:03.3

So 22s

0:04.2

Ain't fuckin'

0:04.8

With these

0:05.2

Ties old

0:06.0

Biggin'

0:06.6

A hought to turn the wheel I can't watch the Old TV's in the stern wig She It's pushed covered In bucks skin seal And chocolate And tangeria You build a back truck grill Yeah That's like You do that death Like 2004 I used to drive around my truck

0:03.1

Like 2004 I used to drive around on my truck blasting that shit. A thing clean. Was that in the... Was that the Mercury? Oh, yeah. Mountaineer, seven TVs. Alpine system. How big were the wheels? Stock. Good, good. It was the rolling home theater, though. Smoking Tire podcast, 80, 80. When we pass my grandma's age, which is 96, then we're good. Yeah. Then we're... We got to do something for the 100. What are we going to do? I don't know. We got 20 episodes to figure it out. I don't know. But joining us this one, Tony Caroga, car and driver. What's up, man?

0:37.7

How you do? I don't know. We got 20 episodes to figure it out. I don't know. But joining us this one, Tony Caroga, car and driver.

0:57.0

What's up, man?

0:58.0

How are you doing?

0:58.6

Beat.

0:58.9

You've been a long day? Yeah, I have. I've been out in the desert all day. That's what happens. You get tired to get out. What were you doing in the desert? Testing the Mercedes-Benz SLS.

0:54.0

Black.

0:54.8

Black.

0:55.6

Yes.

0:56.2

It's not black, though.

0:57.0

Negro.

0:57.7

It's not black.

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