Driving School Stories; BMW Z4 Manual Review; Q&A - TST Podcast

[@UberSpartanVG]

I'm all good with ads, yall gotta get paid. I don't wanna skip them so you keep getting ad contracts, but putting an ad at the climax of Zach's story makes it real hard to not skip. Just food for thought.

[@edwardcunningham2701]

You can fast forward through an add read, they already got paid for it. The KZbin add you can choose to skip after five seconds, that, if you watch it, increases there revenue.

[@UberSpartanVG]

@@edwardcunningham2701 Did you miss the podcast a while back where they explained why they moved away from frontloading all the ads? They mentioned losing all of their ad contracts overnight because the ad companies requested the retention data and it showed everyone was skipping them. Yes they've been paid for this ad already but they might not get more of everyone skips them.

[@Bob_Smith19]

@@edwardcunningham2701you’re assuming YT allows you skip it. They’ve been serving more unskipable ads lately and they’re longer lengths. 30 seconds is the norm.

[@UberSpartanVG]

@@Bob_Smith19 Especially if you watch on a TV, I think I read that they decided to do fewer ad breaks but 45 seconds to a minute of unskippable ads for TV viewers because, "users preferred it on other streaming services".... KZbin is getting real greedy, Netflix and Hulu pay far more for their content than youtube's minimal ad revenue share. And they all have overhead cost to cover of course, but the fact that YT premium is almost as much as ad free Netflix or Hulu is robbery that I refuse to buy on principle.

[@WillowDailyShorts]

Try putting the ads at the end of segments. I’d be more apt to let them play.

[@CJN4737]

BMW Z4 M40i starts at 46:03

[@themoscowcoupattempt]

Thanks for the shout out, but that’s not my car on the cover. Although you’d think the author would have hit me up. 😂

[@nam.justin]

LETS GO ZACK!

[@Craig_S]

34:54 - Matt some corrections on the Volvo's Polestar Engineered models. Also, I am all good with ads - whatever it takes to continue the TST Podcast. 1. The Polestar Engineered is the top trim for the XC60. The "Ultra" model you are referring to that allows you to option the wool seats, air suspension and Bowers & Wilkins starts at $69,145 where as the Polestar Engineered starts at $76,545. However you can option the Ultra model to cost more than the Polestar Engineered trim. 2. "This was too stiff" It sounds like you did not manually adjust the Ohlins suspension on the car. When placed in a comfort setting, the car is much nicer on the street. It takes about 10 minutes to turn the nobs and dial it in. Source: I own a V60 Polestar Engineered

[@kuba2499]

Sorry, but having to manually go into the wheel well and adjust the suspension on an $80k luxury car in this day and age is ridiculous and a valid complaint.

[@neilturner6749]

@@kuba2499also Matt drove a Press Car so you’d think the importer would’ve set it up to impress? Having said that, it took 2 years and 3 cars before Porsche UK finally started speccing their Boxster GTS demo car with the (much better for the character of the car) softer suspension option.

[@neilturner6749]

Craig - How do you know it was in the hardest setting to begin with?

[@kuba2499]

@@neilturner6749 That's why it's on Volvo and not Matt for not studying the suspension system of the car and not adjusting it "properly".

[@neilturner6749]

@@kuba2499 yes, I was agreeing with you, whereas the original commenter seemed to imply it was partly Matts problem that he didn’t bring a tool kit to a test drive.

[@ZoomZoom8th]

I would love to see a podcast ep with LegalEagle.

[@RahulKapoor9992]

Im Indian, and yes… when we eat lamb… sucking out bone marrow like that is normal. They were probably applauding in appreciation, cuz its someone who has never done it before. Welcoming you to the club.

[@TheBucketOfTruth]

Matt don't lots of radios have headset adapters? I know if my arm was killing me that much and I was on the radio that much on a drive I'd be just grabbing a headset mic.

[@beachmaster5000]

As a fan of both, you should definitely get Legal Eagle on. He’s a big car guy too. I predict a fantastic pod

[@callmecue]

When I use my two-way radio on drives, I have the CB radio trucker style microphone clipped to my shirt. My radio also has the option of an earpiece, but I don't like the way it feels in my ear while I'm driving

[@mikesonic29]

You should visit house on falling water. Make a road trip to PA! Always a good show Matt!

[@oldaccord]

Have you tried using a surveillance headset or handheld speaker mic with the walkie when driving? Surprisingly cheap nowadays and much lower physical effort to speak/reply. Can clip to clothing or door card/dash area somewhere.

[@kylekloewer951]

I agree with Matt about the 911SC. They’re a good middle ground between earlier cars and 3.2 Carreras. He’s right most of them need a good chunk of work to be a driver but they all start at a solid point. I’ve worked on several and they’re a delight once they’ve been gone through. They’re also a good set of SSI headers and a muffler away from being an awesome sounding little ripper. Forget the AC, it isn’t worth repairing unless you fully replace it all. It can be done, however.

[@andrewhern4736]

Cars that we missed out on should definitely include the Xterra

[@googleleavemynamealone9145]

Did you guys listen to Chris Harris' on Joe Rogan. I know Rogan is tough to listen to nowadays, but Chris came ready with the tea!

[@Bob_Smith19]

Why is he “tough to listen to”?

[@googleleavemynamealone9145]

@@Bob_Smith19 because he is a loony diving off the deep end that cant come up with a good comedy special, grifting Xpell brain, joke stealer that wont listen to his 'talking to' by Bill Burr and has whackadoo friends like Brenden. The best things he did was his pod before 2017, UFC and introducing me to Joey Diaz. Its best to ignore the rest (other than this specific Chris Harris pod)

[@Heyitsallgoodman]

​@@Bob_Smith19rogan? It's tough to hear the same story/talking points over and over

[@Heyitsallgoodman]

First Rogan I've listened to in ages. 👍🏻

[@TheSmokingTirePodcast]

I did. Very interesting episode. Shame TG ended the way it did. - Zack

[@Cars.On.Coffee]

WCCS #3 will have a smog inspection station.

[@TheBucketOfTruth]

"PDK worth half or even 3/4 of a second" and Zack just looking at him wide eyed like "that doesn't sound right but I'm not sure I want to call it out in this moment."

[@TheSmokingTirePodcast]

PDK is def worth a lotttttt of time vs manual shifting. - Zack

[@TheBucketOfTruth]

@@TheSmokingTirePodcast Looked up GT4 and it seems to be half a second in the quarter so and a GT3 at C&D by 0.6. Shorter gearing is doing at least a portion of the work there, but I stand corrected.

[@JR10_RR]

That's any modern 8-10spd auto at this point.

[@XavierGoncalves89]

1:24:16 I've always called it the "gtr" effect, after the r35 came out, "everything under the sun" had to be dct+turbo+awd

[@bmhayes11]

Jesus Christ the ads

[@bman828]

It sucks but is necessary for the survival of the show

[@WestsideCollectorCarStowage]

It's a metamorphosis.

[@DE499-l5w]

I think too much ads will push some people away

[@Heyitsallgoodman]

The youtube ones or TST?

[@natefrommtl]

⁠@@DE499-l5wConsidering there’s an affordable Patreon subscription to avoid ads, I don’t think that many people will be pushed away from it

[@ryaneccles1237]

I was wondering what the livestreams were about 😆

[@TakuroSpirit77]

If you like FLW architecture, if you're in Wisconsin check out House On The Rock.

[@dan.r9220]

I love plug in hybrids and you guys talk so highly of them. But if you’re not using a full tank of gas in like 6-8 months, would you need to use fuel stabilizer?

[@Bob_Smith19]

Personally I would just to be on the safe side. Other option is ethanol free fuel. You’re using so little at that point that paying a premium isn’t going to cost you anything.

[@MrRaitzi]

You need to use the engine time to time. 5% ethanol(93 in US and 98 EU) lasts 6months. 10% half that only.

[@The_Stanman]

Unfortunately air ride is critical on most Volvos. I text drove an XC90 w/o air ride (non-Polestar) and the ride was terrible. Not sure why the standard setup is so bad.

[@RoDKnee_Kapp985]

Of course Matt hates Tim Pool 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheGhostofgatsby]

Tim Pool is a muppet.

[@RoDKnee_Kapp985]

@@TheGhostofgatsby irrelevant

[@justinschultz4325]

Forget the BMW Scooter. Get a Ryvid.

[@conspicuoustraverser7375]

I'm here

[@WestsideCollectorCarStowage]

Now tell us how you feel.

[@JonathanPfaff]

i get the bed seizures every day and night. make it stop please.

[@theonlybucko]

The C8 definitely doesn't hold up as well as the C6 and C7

[@WestsideCollectorCarStowage]

I agree. I've seen dozens of C8s with rusted-out wheel wells. I was shocked.

[@Nightmaretyrant]

Owned most Supra Models and the irony to me that the Z4 seems alot more old Supraish in character then the actual A90.

[@bradjbond]

Ads have gotta be at the beginning again

[@UberSpartanVG]

Everyone skipped them at the front and they lost all their ad contracts when the retention data was requested. They explained it a while back.

[@Bob_Smith19]

Not going to happen because they get paid more when they’re mid roll. Almost every podcast has gone to this format.

[@WestsideCollectorCarStowage]

As I said, it's a metamorphosis.

[@BarbaraYoung-n5q]

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[@WestsideCollectorCarStowage]

Christian Pelphrey asked another humblebrag qustion. It's getting old, buddy.

[@unknownuser5585]

First

[@MountainSalsa]

👏

[@WestsideCollectorCarStowage]

Rock on!

[@stotheh]

Devin from @legaleagle is a righteous dude. Quality YT content.

[@Inventi0ns]

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