Reviewed: 911T, CT5V Blackwing, Bentley CGT - TST Podcast

Zack Klapman drove the new 2025 Porsche 911T and thinks it could be your first and last 911; Matt Farah drifted the new 2024 Bentley Continental GT all over Arizona and then went to Georgia to drive the powerful, all new Cadillac CT5V Blackwing. Plus, Patreon questions including:
Would we buy a GR Yaris if we could?
What is an old Bentley REALLY worth?
Out least favorite car shows
Can I age a watch by throwing it onto my roof?
The difference between a crossover and SUV
Sell my GT500 for a Cayman?
Is the Raptor R worth it?
Why other brands haven't done the James Bond thing
And more!
Recorded November 19, 2024
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[@sz-4b0B9I]

Today's episode is already half as short as the last one, with zero featured guests. DOPE already in action!

[@afinch1992]

Im a listen at 1.25x guy 👍🏻

[@Heyitsallgoodman]

I'm trying it now haha

[@OdyTypeR]

1.25 _is_ the sweet spot. Curious if their analytics pick up a noticeable difference in this episode - seems like a conversation you'd want to save til the end of the pod 😂.

[@andrewdavid6054]

Amatuers! I’m at 2.0x. Matt sounds like he’s on espresso number 13 😂

[@lowstrife]

50:00 note about directions... I've never heard you guys talk about offline google maps. Do you know you can download maps to google maps and it makes it work with no cell signal? It saves everything. Not the route you're planning to take. EVERYTHING. All locations and roads and businesses. Directions work flawlessly, etc, etc. And you can download like, an entire state and it's only a couple hundred megs maybe a gig. I do my entire home state because cell reception in the mountains here is shitty, and it works a treat. Never let me down once.

[@arnavdeol5951]

Emphasis on this, and google my maps is terrific tool for making routes and integrating custom overlays with google maps directions

[@Bob_Smith19]

I travel for work and do this weekly for the area I’m going to work in. It’s saved me a few times. Only downside is the maps auto delete after a certain amount of days. This is fine for me but for people that don’t travel having to download a map repeatedly can leave you stranded if you forget.

[@kelpeyehelp]

If you're going to weather the watch it's likely a good idea to take the strap off and movement out of it to reduce it's exposure to the elements.

[@jmcott14]

I'm a permanent member of the 2x speed club

[@jmcott14]

Also I'm a doctor in Utah that was sad on election night surrounded by people in my neighborhood that were ecstatic. I appreciated those last few minutes.

[@HUMC5]

RIP Jaguar.

[@AmitPatel_.]

My 2018 Ford has SatNav but after relying on it once I use Google offline maps now.

[@eugenux]

you can summarise the new 911 T as 'core (enthusiast)911'!, bigger brakes, .1 gts turbos, prev turbo intercoolers, relatively lightweight, 7500 rpm redline, manual 6 and a wooden gear knob as the cherry on the cake. Of course, it isn't a 9000 rpm GT car but it also doesn't cost as one and, as sure as f, isn't half the car a gt3 is. If you are an enthusiast driver and you always wanted for a return of form from Porsche, outside the GT department, this is it!, it is core(values and characteristics) modern 911, a driver's car through and through. If you can afford it, get it now!, in a couple of years, a car such as this one might not exist.

[@joeracer302]

My 991.2 T cost $116k with carbon buckets, and I can’t seem to spec a 992.2 without hitting $150k. I have no desire to trade in, but I would like me some GTS turbos; luckily those are $5k and swap in easy enough.

[@eugenux]

@@joeracer302inflation is what it is, unfortunately 🤷🏻 saying that, in my opinion, the 992.1 is the best looking modern 911 after the 997.1.

[@Alva2323]

It’s been 10 years of “they won’t produce this anymore!” . Fair to say it’s fomo bs because all new 991s get sold .

[@eugenux]

@@Alva2323yeah but, actually, now it might happen.

[@joeracer302]

@@eugenux we’ve been hearing the “inflation” line while watching corporations rake in record levels of profit. Perhaps Porsche saw dealers charging all that ADM and just wanted to cut the middle man out. The only ones who actually know are working at Porsche I suppose.

[@mateo3388]

Matt can you share some thoughts on the new Bentley Continental?

[@kailuagarage]

I am getting a 5V soon

[@RockyMountainz]

For what it's worth in the question I said I put 30K miles on the Shelby but it's actually sitting at 40K on the odometer rn 😅😂 pretty sure I have THE highest mileage s550 gt500

[@MikeJohnson-ej4oc]

Looks like we both avoid certain (people) with a type of hat.

[@hoodooking1133]

You should stay away from females running for president and also ran a money laundering scam and laundered 33 million more than the 1 billion they should. 😂😅

[@adamlehner3232]

The 911 carrera T video is in fact Not live

[@Bob_Smith19]

It is as of about five minutes ago.

[@iamrobbieb]

The 7 speed in 992 carrera s is horrible. Replaced w the numeric shifter and it’s way better but the 7 speed is unnecessary

[@clubracer6]

Same in the C7

[@iamrobbieb]

The main thing is the Porsche shifter had all plastic components, the new one installed is all billet aluminum and the feel is shorter and way more precise. Doesn’t solve the issue of having an extra gear for no reason though

[@MCSvelocity]

The Bentley is heavier than the new M5?

[@pamelaramdat8321]

I listen to the Camisa and that other dude at 1.25x and the MKBHD pod at 1.5x

[@dan.r9220]

By other dude do you mean "-"?

[@chadbarbaro]

Derek Tam Scott is his name

[@TheBucketOfTruth]

I love the idea of one of these Cadillacs but the interior seems so cheap for a six figure car. I wish you could get nice bucket seats without a stupid diamond quilted pattern on it too. Just let us have a classy spec.

[@lordwalker71]

No they aren't, have all the sale materials of more expensive cars.

[@TheBucketOfTruth]

@@lordwalker71 Yeah no it's not as nice inside as an E-Class AMG or M5. They have to save money somewhere. And the seats are just plain uglier.

[@dillonh321]

Yeah but it is less expensive than a M5 or E class AMG. Weighs less too.

[@adamlehner3232]

Finally!! Happy to see you made it today!

[@coreymitchell2756]

Just my humble opinion, I can't get past the current style of the Cadillac. I am more in favor of the Gen 3 Cadillac Vs🤔

[@sz-4b0B9I]

Yours and everyone else's. If you live in the Middle East where you'll find American, Chinese, German, and every other make in between, you'll quickly realise that every car looks the same.

[@lordwalker71]

New ones look amazing

[@coreymitchell2756]

Hence, the main reason why I prefer the exterior styling of the Gen 3 Cadillac V

[@Bob_Smith19]

New ones look better and are going to well into the future.

[@dalogg2]

I also 1.5x

[@conspicuoustraverser7375]

🧑🏾‍💻I'm here, for DOPE

[@vvevvevvvv]

Finally, after 10+ years even the most loyal Porsche fans admitted that the 7 speed manual was the trashiest thing modern Porsche has ever built. Porsche people usually behaved like this gearbox didn't exist at all😅.

[@Globbs]

In reality im not looking to buy a brand new hatchback, but if I was I would not buy a GR Corolla. I really like the Yaris a lot more for its size, weight, and looks. Also, the political chat is NOT a good look.

[@andrewdavid6054]

I can’t believe MKBHD would do something that stupid, in the same year Rebecca Grossman was jailed for running down those poor kids while doing a similar speed. And he filmed himself, and published it 🤦‍♂️

[@cozza819]

The car had one of those speedo screens on the passenger side. Which they forgot to blur. Strange how Zak didn't mention that, dunno if he even looked into it.

[@clubracer6]

I listen and watch content like this as a respite from the shit storm that the rest of the world is, especially politics. While I share your disappointment about the outcome, we were going to lose either way. That said, I beg you to stop talking about this type of content on the show. I was really enjoying listening until that point and it just killed my mood at the end. If not for me, then for you guys and your revenue.

[@davidgrig2129]

Yay

[@adriangraham1823]

👀

[@hoodooking1133]

This the same guy that will say a 5500lb car is great and will say the bmw m5 he doesn't like the weight, The 2Door AMG- GT is also 5400lbs as a 2D sports car cant wait to hear the hypocrisy 😂😅

[@m_adamec]

Stop with the politics. Your audience is mostly right-leaning. Car people, v8, beards… not something the left embraces. I like the podcasts but separate your political opinions from the main content dude

[@haeikou]

Left-leaning listener here, with a beard. I think the two have all the freedom in the world to voice their opinions however they please.

[@Bob_Smith19]

At least Matt admits he lives in an echo chamber. Now that you identified the problem it’s time to work out a solution.

[@badrolkane]

Matt give up the politics chat! This is why your channels and revenue is dieing

[@JonathanPfaff]

i always have a condition of bad stomach hunger, its like being poisoned trailing to headache fits that kind of aim in the stomach. its been bankrupting me into hurting zero for twelve years. from the beginning I'm not able to play any video game for not even once because ill have a violent crappy head seizure because my person has the weakling quality of a poor joke or something and its always attached to someone's boring farm freedom and prey habits that attacks a weakling person. i cant get out of their powerful head jar tool that just gives me dreams of my mother when I'm asleep when i can get a sec. people around me are always going to stand looking guilty of calling people good who weren't my real actual friends that would trade a guy over to poor type of people who don't have to loose because they have boring purposeless humiliation toys like disease's they pass around like accidents and mistakes. i cant get out of it or have a fulfilling KZbin experience because they can make my vision hurt even worse, they have the sky and the coldness and everything good for them to effect what your gonna say that its a poorness short bus trick to make a comment or anything at all because i already get and understand that I'm a victim of there backwards habit problem that perhaps is there vegetable zombie habit problem that will just mean nothing to me anyhow. I'm hindered to have a sit there video KZbin cause they can melt my brain and eyes together. make it stop please cause i cant see smooth living.

[@Ty280z]

I sadly moved to middle of nowhere Ohio about a year ago and I'm dreading going to buy a gmt800 this weekend because I dread the outspoken weirdo trump supporter I'll inevitably encounter

[@Bob_Smith19]

Are you that fragile?

[@hoodooking1133]

This the same guy that will say a 5500lb car is great and will say the bmw m5 he doesn't like the weight, The 2Door AMG- GT is also 5400lbs as a 2D sports car cant wait to hear the hypocrisy 😂😅

[@vvevvevvvv]

Yes. 5500lb Bentley is great. But the 5500lb BMW is not. 5400 lb AMG GT just went different direction to the previous generation AMG GT, which is fine because no one really cared that much about AMG GT. The funny thing is that Porsche has the same heavy hybrid sedan available for couple of years already and no one cares too. Which to me means that Panamera is still not perceived by people as an M5 competitor. And both the M5 and the Panamera are ugly as f.

[@Elva815]

Because BMW is simply not capable of making a 5500lb car be as comfortable as a Bentley while having good handling and being fun, even the BMW 7Series probably isn't as refined as the CGT. And BTW, the CGT is an improvement over the past Bentley models and it is by far the sportiest and fastest Bentley, but this is certainly not the case with BMW and Mercedes AMG because those companies are going backwards, unlike Bentley, so you are really missing the context here.

[@hoodooking1133]

@Elva815 GTFOH do you think a Bently drives better than a bmw lol your as stoopid as Matt Farrah is trust me, Porsche and bmw are the best driving cars on the planet and don't say ferrari because when a car car randomly burst into flames it's not as reliable as a bmw, did you know that Bently and rolls Roy's are actually a bmw underneath, same bmw engine same transmission and the 7 series is a better car than a Bently, only the materials and metals are higher quality because bmw makes cars that people can afford and it's never a Bently on the planet that drives better than a comparable bmw, Matt Farrah is being payed for his crazy opinions