The Smoking Tire23 Joulu 2025

A Wheel Problem; Zack's Religious (Car) Experience; Taycan GTS

Matt Farah reviews the new 2025 Porsche Taycan GTS and compares to his older Taycan; Zack Klapman has his first religious experience in a fast, angry air-cooled 911; the NSX is up for sale; and we find something very, very odd on a wheel.

Patreon questions include:
The dumbest "performance" version of plain cars?
What would we daily drive if it NEVER broke?
Ineos Grenadier Game Viewer edition?
Racing school vs 1-on-1 coaching
Could Porsche ever build a NEW air-cooled car?
M3 plans?
Need a luxurious, reliable daily for a LONG commute
F/M/K: FD RX7, 2003 SL500, 2006 997.1
Cars with short overhangs for bad garages.
Will we drive the SCG SC004?
Used Mercedes EQS prices are LOW; Buy?
Used F-Pace vs used Velar
Fun manual cars under $30k?
Jaguar F-Pace SVR or Maserati Levante Trofeo?
And more!

Recorded December 19, 2025

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