C8 Grand Sport revealed; Gas Prices; Odd Volvo; Racing!
3/24/20261 hr 38 min
There's a new Corvette Grand Sport; Cadillac finally cancels its terrible naming scheme; Ferrari admits the real reason for those terrible controls; gas prices are yuge; and
Patreon question include:
- Is a manual-swapped Ferrari F430 the key to happiness?
- WHEN is the right time to manual-swap anything?
- Can you enjoy a track day without being competitive?
- Why are b-pillars boring black?
- How do you tell another car their brights are on?
- Cars we'd gift to Cuba
- Careers we bailed on
- Bad driving habits we'd banish
- Will BMW CS cars hold their value?
- Racing teams that built engines for OEMs
- 1 show car, 1 track car, 1 daily
- How to use a radar detector
- New cars bought by true car nerds
- Thoughts on the INDY America 250 race
- And more!
Recorded March 23, 2026
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First 90 secondsMatt Farah· Host0:00
What up, everybody? Matt Farah here. Welcome to the Smoking Tire Podcast. Today's episode is brought to you by Off the Record. We love Off the Record here 'cause they're looking out for you everywhere in the country. Look, if you get a moving violation, big, small, or in between, don't plead guilty. Get Off the Record, they will fight that ticket all the way up if they need to, to the Supreme Court, I'm telling you. No, for real though, they will connect you with a qualified attorney in almost any jurisdiction in the United States. Those folks will fight these tickets, and I gotta tell you, the vast majority of the time they win. It's relatively affordable. And if you use code TST, offtherecord.com/TST, you get 10% off all legal services from Off the Record. Don't plead guilty. Get Off the Record, they can only help, offtherecord.com/TST. All right, folks. On this episode of the podcast, Zach and I talk about the new Corvette Grand Sport, crazy high gas prices, the silly Cadillac torque badging is going away, racing at Road America, and did you know buttons cost more than touchscreens? It's the Smoking Tire Podcast. Let's go. [sighs] What's happening? Hi, everybody. Hello.