Richard Porter (Top Gear UK, The Grand Tour, Smith and Sniff) - TST Podcast

[@vladx2]

“Are you working on this trip?” “No. Taking meetings.” Underrated US visa pedantry, love it

[@nathanchildress5596]

YES. Richard is brilliant! And the Smith and Sniff podcast he does with Jonny Smith is hilarious, on that side of things.

[@tanmilne]

OTSOT

[@sukhoiromantic1718]

My two favourite podcasts, Smoking Tyre and Sniff and Smith

[@diffypoo]

Always immediately listen to anything with Richard Porter. Such a brilliant listen as always

[@Rocky-hh3yg]

Richard is a national treasure. Love the way his mind operates.

[@BrendanEvan]

0:00 Preview 0:31 Manscaped 2:50 Off the Record 4:40 Patreon 5:40 Start 8:04 New Genesis Concept 11:00 LA falling apart 14:54 Showoff running on Strava 16:57 Matt’s watch gathering 20:38 Apple Watch Ultra 22:21 Sneaky Fiat Panda 28:00 Classic Land Rover 30:10 Electric Car virtues 31:20 ZF transmission craziness 34:00 Modern well built cars 35:30 Top Gear camera cars 37:45 Amazon camera standards 38:45 Big crash by James May 39:30 Brave and stupid Top Gear 44:00 Rimac Nevera vs Fiat 45:31 AMG One is terrible 48:30 Richard’s Podcast 49:48 EV drivers 51:35 Gas and EV shared assembly line 52:50 Bentley factory 55:05 Porsche factory 55:50 British vs American accent 58:00 Porsche at LA auto show 58:42 Porsche 911 Dakar 1:04:00 Porsche factory liveries 1:06:22 Homeless guy paint color 1:08:05 Car detailing perfection 1:11:29 BMW Alpina 1:14:40 Outdated American platforms 1:15:40 F150 Lightning and Clarkson 1:18:55 New Hummer EV 1:20:25 Base spec vs high spec SUVs 1:25:30 Concorde flights 1:27:40 Salt Lake City beer 1:30:30 Car related trivia 1:32:30 Patreon 1:35:27 Top Gear improvisation 1:36:28 Infuriating trait of influencers 1:38:44 Canceling original Top Gear? 1:40:32 How staged were Top Gear races? 1:42:35 Favorite Challenge 1:44:23 Richard bringing back Sniff Petrol 1:47:11 BBC vs Amazon Prime 1:50:25 Next shows 1:51:10 Richard’s Books!

[@hagestad]

1:20:10 hummer "dildonic" - lets just all keep calling the entire car dildonic from now on and see sales crash.

[@TheHoosiers2008]

Love how this guy called out how shit LA is now and Matt stumbled all over trying to make an excuse for the decay😅

[@MikeAllan89]

I was hoping he would sneak in a cheeky SPOWARRTSSS

[@GoPotato69]

damn u know zack really was trying to get this out asap, props to zack for get 'er done

[@pushingporsche4830]

Thanks for everything Smoking Tire crew! Love y’all.

[@wwashington0630]

Richard porter is so awesome man, he would be so much fun to get a drink with, thanks for this one matt and zack love when he is on

[@Trendyflute]

Yay, made my night! Nearly two hours flew by, felt like a tight one. Love Smith and Sniff too, on that side of things.

[@stotheh]

Love Richard's awkward shuffle when the C-bomb gets dropped.

[@Wirenfeldt1990]

It is quite shocking to hear the C word coming from an American as opposed to a Brit or Aussie..

[@davidc4574]

Richard and Jonny together as guests. Mmmmmm. 😮

[@toddalvandi]

Two of my favorite podcasts coming together, great guest!

[@jeremyparsons5379]

Superb - two of my favourite podcasts in one and great job Richard.

[@WillJacksonNW]

The live ad readings from the airport were very entertaining haha

[@Royahmar]

Perfect timing! I just finished his book yesterday on audible. And now he's on the podcast!

[@poehaaa4642]

I think we need a weekly TST/SaS collab podcast!

[@waynemurray5084]

Richard's column in Evo is consistently excellent.

[@braaaaaaaaaaap]

Man get an ad blocker for that browser :)

[@thomasev1787]

Ricard is a legend. Great podcast !

[@agent-bj2hx]

Zack was looking for frozen berry metallic in the Porsche configurator at 1:05:31

[@jaredjohnson9711]

Richard expressing concern about his personal safety while running... Zack: Well your already wearing running shoes. hahahaha

[@Tom-lf8hx]

The thing i do miss and i dont think id be alone, is the videos richard and jonny used to do, they were the fkn best ahahahaha

[@jryalls]

Love Richard. What a guest!

[@business3836]

Richard is an amazing guest

[@benc6614]

Yes! Love Porter!

[@Anouyz]

I find it so funny that its always during the most interesting things that someone says "this is probably boring"

[@racechassis]

Sniffmiester himself 👏👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🙌 thank you Matt and Zack ❤️❤️

[@GrahamDallas]

Came here from Smith & Sniff, excellent show, you have a new sub.

[@jr150]

Great guest!

[@e1beats]

I would totally pay for tickets for a live show!

[@feenyx6394]

How incredibly delightful. Not sure how I've missed this mans existence up until now, but I sure learned something today! Will be checking out his other (non-TG, non-TGT) work for sure :)

[@stevemartegani]

LOL I was just messing with the Dakar configurator + PTS colors last night... Great podcast!

[@bmx687]

Love that smooth sultry voice that matt carries during his man scaped promo. Matt, your voice has my chestnuts roasting on an open fire... 🥜🔥

[@RamosDominicano]

Hey Matt, have you tried the Oura Ring? It tracks vitals, but lets you continue wearing your awesome watches without double wristing.

[@Supercruiser66]

And on that side of things

[@nathanchildress5596]

Sweet sweet comment, OTSOT

[@nathanchildress5596]

Sweet sweet comment, OTSOT

[@tremainessj]

hearing you guys talk about the GM products as i’m at work on the GM assembly line that makes the tahoe/yukon/escalades really is funny

[@pereldh5741]

Fiat Panda 100HP is a brilliantly fun car. And climate-friendly!

[@brandonherrera2891]

Awesome chat, guys! And happy Thanksgiving to all

[@MEMAMIMAMA]

Fantastic episode, thank you all

[@TheSmokingTirePodcast]

**Note: Richard's IG is @sniff_petrol. On Twitter it's @sniffpetrol

[@_zigzak]

1:41:00 Went back and watched the episode, he is 100% right 😂

[@unstoppable__pete]

Matt, what would you say about hybrid watches like Whitings Scan Watch Horizon? Looks like a old-fashioned divers watch but has functions of a smartwatch.

[@BMWROYAL]

1:15:10 your forgetting Cadillac also has rwd v8 sedans

[@aakar1s]

I think it is the magnesium roof on the 911 R

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

I alternate between turning watches into camera gear and turning camera gear into watches, unfortunately there’s always a monetary loss.

[@stephenpato5524]

Great pod 👍🏽👍🏽

[@billnorblat4047]

Also LOL at the defense of LA. Almost certainly not a reflection of "the numbers"

[@EddieIrvine106]

Almoat gave up before it started with those ads

[@Wirenfeldt1990]

What was the flatpack car thing?

[@bfife22]

I can just imagine others in the airport terminal wondering why this man sitting next to them is talking to himself about trimming pubes

[@LilleyAdam]

Oh I had that spirits in a plane experience, but with gin. Was nice

[@Anouyz]

Truly the urge to protect the social standing of where you are is so high. I def have the worst barometer of safety as a 6'4" male though. I'm not exactly choice number one when picking on someone.

[@dudepaulie]

Matt bug screen company? Am a sniff petrol fan from way back - seen your stuff too for many years - keep up the good work!

[@andrewmcewan8081]

b honest about stamp duty , its not charged on every house ,only the expensive ones .

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

I’ve owned 3 Fiats, an Alfa Romeo and a Land Rover, most reliable cars I’ve ever owned🤷‍♂️

[@benpenagonzales6014]

In a couple weeks will be getting a hyundai i20N to zoom about. Years ago we had a ep3 civic type R and only car both wife and I miss. This'll be the new school run and fun car to go with suv

[@zeusus12]

Maybe let Richard speak more then one sentence wihtout interrupting lol

[@maaackel]

Matthew, you need an Oura ring

[@mikemiller4072]

Matt, Get an Oura ring. It does the fitness tracking you are looking for and you can still wear your amazing watches

[@Ryan-fg3pe]

One thing I’ve found useful as a watch person is a smart ring, still allows fitness and sleep tracking but avoids double-wristing

[@saniyahvarian1231]

【ｐｒｏｍｏｓｍ】

[@antonpeterson1245]

I think the Garmin Marc series watches are the closest to having a 'mechanical' looking watch with the optical sensors underneath, but I believe the sensor is still a chunky unit. Myself, I'm still holding on to my mechanical watches whilst wearing a smallish activity tracker.

[@BMWROYAL]

Hate the new genesis coupe, the last one was a true sports car, and was pretty light as well

[@eliaswreford4523]

Whoop strap is the answer for the watch and fitness thing fyi. I also (not ideal and looks like an asshole) wear my mechanical watch on my non-dominant wrist and my Apple Watch on my right hand. Which effectively means I’m wearing two watches but that’s none of your business and I’ll thank you for minding your own 😅

[@eedesign878]

If you think we dont have rally mechanics and EVO’s lying in Scandinavia, especially Finland and Sweden, you are ludicrous? This year WRC1, WRC2 and WRC3 classes were all won by a Finn and half of the grid in this global sport is finns. A lot of ice circuit training and a lot of motorsport in Scandinavia. Not to mention it was us and our drivers who drove and competed in those when they were new. My friend has a carbon fiber bodied ex Juha Kankkunen Subaru from early 90’s that goes now 6,8s 0-200kmh. But he was selling that because of few EVO’s.

[@jr150]

Nobody said that there’s no rally mechanics in Finland.

[@eedesign878]

@@jr150 WRC engineering is here.

You mentioned car electronics. You should interview someone from Automotive Grade Linux AGL.

[@gtrzero2157]

I'm very curious how a bank would underwrite a high end storage facility for cars. Matt must have gotten creative I don't know many commercial lenders that would finance that type of project. Very cool.

[@iCGreen_]

It’s not the only facility of its’ kind.

[@afhyoutube]

Finance? You know Matt's dad is worth tens of millions, right?

[@ScottZ370]

They're common these facilities in the UK, people want to keep their cars but don't necessarily have the space. The facilities keep care of the cars in storage as well, don't let them rot away.

[@gtrzero2157]

Um no in LA it is in fact the only facility of its kind.

[@gtrzero2157]

@@iCGreen_ in LA county his facility is in fact the only property built the way his is. We have earth quakes here and his stackers have never been done before inside how he did it. If you watch his videos he talks about this in depth and how difficult it was as this shit isn't done here. Or I'm wrong either way who gives a shit.

[@billnorblat4047]

LOL @ Matt being jealous of the people smart enough to invest in things that he wasn't savvy enough or ballsy enough to wager on