Stop Calling These Restomods | Zack Klapman (The Smoking Tire)

Stop Calling These Restomods | Zack Klapman (The Smoking Tire)

This week I sat down with Zack Klapman, co-host of The Smoking Tire and the man behind the Hilarious car-nerd game show Driver's Test, to map the whole restomod world for anyone who's new to it. We get into what these cars actually are, what they cost, and whether a one and a half million dollar Porsche can possibly be worth the money.


From there we wander, the way these talks do, into the Lexus LFA, the Audi R8, hydraulic versus electric steering, why modern engines keep grenading, and the most useful thing Zack said all night: power gets boring, and the base model is usually the smarter buy. If you've heard me preach that on this channel, you'll like where this one goes.


Zack has driven the stuff most of us only get to read about, and he talks about it like a normal person, which is the whole point of this show.


Also: Check out The Smoking Tire Live Show with the amazing Christian Hand!!!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-smoking-tire-podcast-christian-james-hand-tickets-1991203255539


Chapters

0:00 Meet Zack Klapman

1:13 Why restomods, and who this episode is for

2:19 What a restomod actually is

4:36 Why a Singer or Gunther Werks isn't really a restomod

5:40 Singer's ethos vs Gunther Werks' ethos

7:34 What these cars actually cost

8:14 Is a 1.5 million dollar Porsche worth it

11:00 Driving a Singer, and the Lexus LFA comparison

14:40 The supercar the market never understood

16:46 The LC500, the R8, and great cars that stayed cheap

22:14 Hydraulic vs EPAS, and why "old is always better" is lazy

25:12 Porsche curmudgeon culture

28:08 Why modern engines keep breaking

32:00 The walnut blasting BMW story

35:01 What it's like to drive a million dollar car

37:20 Getting jaded, and Jay Leno's rule

39:49 The perfect horsepower number

42:18 Why the base model is usually the smart buy

45:49 The one Porsche Zack would actually buy

49:36 Is the Porsche market finally softening

51:00 Go watch Driver's Test


Find Zack:

Driver's Test: https://www.youtube.com/@ZackKlapmansDriversTest

The Smoking Tire: youtube.com/thesmokingtire

Instagram: instagram.com/therealzackklapman


ElevenAfterNine:

Main Channel: youtube.com/@ElevenAfterNine

Instagram: instagram.com/TheElevenAfterNine

Web: www.ElevenAfterNine.com

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