Crazy Toyota Driving; Mercedes Engine Surprise; Lawsuit Update

Matt Farah talks is being surprised by a non-V8 Mercedes AMG; Zack Klapman walks us through his back-to-back drives in 3 generations of GR Corolla (and how the cars differ) AND describes the shock and joy of driving a 2-mile rally stage; Twitter (now X) loses its lawsuit against Matt's wife; plus we answer Patreon questions including:

• The moment we decided to leave our normal jobs
• $20k convertible challenge
• What ONE mod turns a good car into a bad one?
• Should I manual-swap an R129 Mercedes?
• Which watch should be a car?
• BMW E46 GTR vs Calsonic GT-R
• Why does my car feel weird?
• Dream drift car build
• Car owner stereotypes that are true
• Are we satisfied?
• Which car did we miss out on?
• And more!

Recorded October 8, 2025

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