Gears and Beers: The Unashamedly Unprofessional Automotive Podcast

 We're back for episode 111, and this week a few of the panel are distracted by the Australia Vs. New Zealand rugby union game.

For a change, Joel kicks off proceedings with talking about his trip to Archerfield for the drifting.

Joseph then talks about his recent track days out at Morgan Park Raceway out at Warwick, and then we talk about track days in general.

Mitch has a bit of news about Lamborghini and their talks with the heads of the Volkswagen group regarding the future of their V12 engine, where Volkswagen is more keen on a twin-turbo V8, then Mitch goes on to talk about the new improvements to his Hilux, namely wheels and tyres and cup holders!

Mitch and Matt then compare turbo kits for their 4x4's, and we establish that Joel and Joseph don't know jack about offroading.

Joseph then talks about Honda in Amerca (Acura) adding yellow to the colour range for the NSX in an effort to boost sales.

Mitch then introduces a new engine-swap game inspired by a listener.

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We're back for episode 110! This week we're joined once again by Ben from Pencil's Ballercast, and we start off with an argument on how to pronounce the video game title 'FORZA', before covering off our topics for this week's episode.

We start off by briefly talking about the class action case against Toyota and their Hilux and the issues surrounding the Diesel Particulate Filter issues, before tangenting into a bit of news from Joseph about a survey about road conditions around Australia; Sydney being considered the worst, followed by Brisbane.

Joseph then has some news about the 2020 Ford Mustang, with Ford trying to make the EcoBoost more enticing for the 2020 model year.... By increasing the price by $1,000 and adding 7nm of torque as well as new wheels. Then Joseph brings up even more news, this time about BMW announcing its plans to kill of models, including the new Z4.

Then we talk about Joseph's family's new Swift that Matt only just noticed, CVT's, and Mitch complains about the Mitsubishi ASX.

Then Mitch talks about what he's done to his Hilux this week, specifically the install of an Ebay-special snorkel, and a Uniden UHF.

Ben, on the behalf of his dad Paul, asks us to recommend a 'warm' hatch, we immediately jump to the Hyundai N-Line, and learn that the Focus ST is still a thing, which blows Matt's mind.

Mitch then has a discussion topic about the HSV SportsCat having AP Racing brakes, and whether it makes sense for the type of vehicle the SportsCat is.

Matt then starts a game of 'Would You Rather', before we break into Matt's decade game.

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Firstly, sorry for the delay in getting episode 109 out!

We kick off this week with talking about the new  Chevrolet Corvette, we know we're late to the party, but the bugger was officially announced mere hours after we recorded episode 108!

Joel then pipes-up and talks about a fancy new Koenigsegg gearbox.

Joseph then brings up rumours that Mercedes might be axing the 'X-Class', before we not-so-elegantly transition to Matt talking about why he doesn't like American offroaders.

We then talk about all of us going out to Mount Mee for some 4-wheeling fun, and it was Mitch's first time out with the Hilux, and Joel's  rendezvous  with a bush, before we talk about 'alleged' activities.

Matt then introduces a new game, and this game is about what decade we think was the best for car  manufacturers was their best.

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We are back for Episode 108! This week, we're actually joined by Rent-A-Crowd (Joel) again! It's been a many-a-episode since The Short One's been on.

We've got a fair bit of stuff to talk about this week, and some pretty big news from one of us, so stay tuned for that!

Joseph kicks off the episode with a bit of news about the new Mk5 Toyota Supra, with the second wave of the pre-launch reservations kicking off shortly.

Matt then has a bit of news about Supercars blocking TCR from being a support series for the Adelaide 500, due to Supercars clearly beingt threatened by the new series.

Joel actually brings up some news about 'Moto-E', a new electric motorcycle racing series having their first race in Germany, then we workshop the ultimate way to make Supercars and Formula 1 actually interesting again.

Mitch then has a 'What Have I Done to My Car This Week'... And it absolutely blows Joseph's mind. Everyone but Joseph knew about this, Mitch saved telling Joseph specifically to record his reaction for the podcast.

Joel then talks about what he's done to his Nissan Z32 recently, specifically his struggles with clutches and flywheels.

Joseph talks about his recent track days at Lakeside and Queensland Raceway post big-brake-kit upgrade.

Then, to end the episode, we play 'Show Me What You Got'; Criteria;  $10,000, Automatic.

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We are back with episode 107! We start off this week talking about the next-gen Golf GTI Performance, which delves into a bit of an argument about Volkswagens and Audi, and whether the Golf R still needs to exist.

Mitch then gives an update about a listener Adrian, who asked us whether he should turbo his XH XR6, or get an 3.0L Liberty. Adrian got back to us and gave us an update about his plans for his cars, however Matt goes on a tangent about his plans to go to Uluru.

Joseph then talks about BMNW's new whiz-bang engine, that they're being very protective of, which may or may not end up in the Supra in the future, and then we talk about the Supra for a bit.

Mitch then talks about the new Corvette being spied in camo, and the rear-end being leaked online, before we transition to talking about Top Gear Season 27.

Matt then brings up a list of the 'best' ranked Chevrolete Corvettes, then 'best' ranked Mustangs, then Matt and Mitch argue with Joseph about 2 Fast 2 Furious and whether Paul Walker's Skyline is actually a GTR.

Joseph then brings up the return of Detomaso with the P72, and Goodwood Festival of Speed, and then we talk about beer, and Matt and Mitch's struggles with Dry July.

We then talk about the differences between American and Australian car culture.

Joseph then talks about his issues with a particular service centre we used to really like, and why he won't return.

We then talk about the Queensland fiasco around lifted 4x4's and 'Operation Lift', and the nonsense surrounding the laws to make your lifted 4x4 road legal in Australia, before talking briefly about our recent fun-times offroad in Jimna State Forest.

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We're back for episode 106, and we start off with Matt and Mitch talking aout them doing Dry July, before introducing our special guest for this week,  Tim Griffiths. Tim starts us off this week with talking about his car history, starting with a Mk4 Volkswagen Golf which had all sorts of gearbox issues. Tim replaced the Golf with a Kia Rio, which also had gearbox issues. The Rio was briefly followed by a BMW 735i, before getting a Ford Ranger which had 4WD issues, and replacing it with his current car, a Holden Colorado.

We then argue about 'built not bought', and Tim talks about the one time he tried to replace his handlebars, which didn't go well.

Matthew then tells us a story, about how a side-deal he did backfired on him, and an slight issue he's had with his LandCruiser.

Mitch kicks off the news about the death of Lee Iacocca, the father of the Mustang, and the savior of Chrysler in America.

Tim then brings up the Ferrari SF Stradale, which we pick and pull apart.

Mitch then brings up news about the Australian Government introducing new motor vehicles standards in-line with Euro cars. They are introducing laws to force all new cars to have alcohol/breatherlisers and drug testers in the car which will stop the car from driving if they test postive for drugs and/or alvohol.

Joseph then talks about all new electric cars being launched in the E.U must emit a noise comparable to ICE vehicles up to 20Kph.

Tim then talks about in-car mobile-phone tech, we all talk about old people and technology, and WRC planning to go electric.

Matt then talks about how he cannot wait for VR Motorsports to make their sim-rigs to fit bigger people.

Tim then talks about the Mercedes SLS being the latest victim in the Takata airbag recall, and Tim ends the show about a giant bloody train called 'Big Boy'

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 We're back for episode 105! This week we start off talking about the burping properties between Heineken and Great Northern, before sending out condolences to Mr. Ben Sewell who tore his ACL (rip).

Then, Mitch breaks into a rant and argument about Matthew's comments from last week's episode about Porsche and turbocharging.

Then Mitch goes onto another rant about BMW / Mini, and their false British-ness, then Matt rants about Mini, but about their ridiculous range - when all they need is 2.

Joseph then brings up news about the Hyundai Genesis G70, and finally releasing their pricing/specs for the Australian market, and Matthew quickly talks about how his old Subaru Forester XT is still up for sale on CarSales.

Joseph then talks a bit more about his new brake system, after getting used to it for another week, and Matt talks about how Garth Tander and his wife Christina Nielsen had a small bingle on track. Then Mitch talks about the sneakly little tricks that some of the Excel Cup teams use to gain an edge over the competition; from different ECU's, better engines, and milling out the ballast blocks.

We then talk about LeMons racing, and what cars would make good platforms for LeMons or cheap car racing, and personalised plates and their extreme costs.

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We're back for episode 104! Mitch is away camping, and Michael Trew is in the hot seat.

Matt kicks off this week's episode with a bit of Mk5 Toyota Supra news; with the first 100 Australian allocations presale selling out in 50 minutes.

Then the boys wax on about how great V8 Supercar Driver Scott McLaughlin is as a driver, having being the first to ever score a ''Triple Crown' at Darwin.

Joseph bring up Porsche announcing 2 new cars, both with naturally aspirated 6-cylinder engines, and Matt and Michael talk nonsense about how Porsche shouldn't be turbocharged [Mitch's Note; Clearly Matthew and Michael forgot about the 911 Turbo/Turbo S and the GT2 RS!]

Matt and Joseph then go back to talking about Scott McLaughlin killing it in the Supercar Championship, being 400 points ahead of #2 - His Team Mate, Fabian Coulthard. Before they go on to talk about Formula E.

The boys then go back to talking about the new Porsche GT4, then Matt loses his mind about how naturally aspirated engines keep making more power year-on-year. Thankfully, Michael is on hand, or resident engineer while the short-one is away, who can somewhat explain how this is possible, and the lads just then talk about engine engineering.

Michael then talks about his and his old man's project; an original Fiat 124 Spyder, and then Michael talks about his issues with Coronation Drive in Brisbane (a hated road by almost everyone in Brisbane)

Then Matt and Joseph talk about what they've each done to their cars this week, starting with Joseph talking about his new Rays Wheels finally showing up and getting fitted on his 86, as well as his new brakes getting fitted (and engineered!). Matt then talks about what he's done, or rather, what issues he's been having with his 105 Cruiser and learns a lesson about buying cheap 4x4 barwork (ie; don't).

Matt then introduces a new game; "Scrub For Cars". The cars discussed this week are;

Ferrari F40

Then Michael explains himself, before the boys end the show for the week.

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We're back for episode 103, and this week we have a special guest; Macca Greene from Grip Runner!

This week we talk about Macca's extensive car history, flaccid gear shifters, the best driving roads in S.E. Queensland.

We then talk about Grip Runner and how it came to be. Grip Runner is an automotive YouTube channel, specialising in automotive culture in Brisbane, as well as an online publication.

Matt then cuts in and has a rant about people drifting past his house most Friday nights, which turns into a great discussion about the endless battle between the underground drift/grip scene, governments and police, and 'the media', as well as racetrack noise restrictions.

We then talk about Lakeside's latest issues, mounting fines, and noise complaints threaten the track's existence, before talking about the Grip Runner crew and their cars.

We then all argue about Gone In 60 Seconds original Vs the Nicholas Cage one, and the Need For Speed movie.

Mitch then talks about the Toyota Corolla Hybrid Ascent Sport he's got in for review from Toyota Australia. Video review coming soon! We then talk about the Toyota 86 and why it's better than an S-Chassis.

Matt then wants to do something weird, and ask us a few questions inspired by our podcast friends 'Knackers in the Breeze'. The first question he asks is "What is the most enlightened car?" which gets us talking about how some cars have souls, and many don't. The next question Matt asks us is "Would you rather have to drive all day, every day, in a mini-van filled with soccer players warming up for a game, or, one cricket fan on a scooter explaining how great the 90's was?"

Huge thanks to Macca for coming on the pod! Make sure you check out Grip Runner on YouTube, as well as their website, Facebook and Instagram!

Grip Runner - YouTube

Grip Runner - Website

Grip Runner - Facebook

Grip Runner - Instagram 

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We start off this wee by giving listener Adrian Pierce a shout out, and answer his question about what he should do with his current XH XR6 Falcon Ute; Barra Swap, swap it out for a BF or FG Falcon ute, or go for a mid-2000's Subaru Liberty Wagon 3.0.

Joseph then talks about RAM celebrating their 1,500 vehicle sale in Australia, and starting 24-hour production in Australia too, then we talk about utes on the market, and our mate's NP300 Navara having nothing but issues.

We then give another shout-out Matthew Cheney, who asked us what engine he should swap into his first-gen Mazda MX5/Miata.

Joseph then talks about BMW announcing their M8 Competition spec, and explains the origin of the 'Competition' range, and why it exists. We then argue with BMW's claim that the M8 Competition is competition to the Porsche 911 Turbo.

Joseph then talks about Gordon Murray leaving McLaren, and starting his own car company, GMA, and is building the 'successor' to the McLaren F1 (in spirit), called the T50.

We then wind down the show, Joseph's wheels are now in Australia and are on the way to Brisbane, Matt talks about the dual battery system in his LandCruiser being wired incorrectly, and Joseph guesses what James Bond's next car will be in the next film.

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Gears and Beers Podcast is hosted by Mitchell Denham, Matthew Morwood, Joseph Riga and Joel McD.

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