Gears and Beers: The Unashamedly Unprofessional Automotive Podcast

This week, we start off by talking about ourselves. Then we outline what we plan to talk about this week, and our Rent-A-Crowd Joel talks about his new car... A Nissan Z32.

We then argue, again, over what's better; Mk4 Supra or a Soarer, which then gets us talking about popular automotive YouTubers.

We then discuss a topic raised by one of our listeners Seth, asking us what our thoughts are on the 400Z concept. We then continue to Nissan discussion by talking about Nissan's Clubsport 23 370Z at SEMA 2018... And once again we somehow get onto talking about dual cab utes.

We then move on to talk about the McLaren Speedtail, an incredible machine that boggles the mind with the numbers it produces. We then get talking about rich people and their car collections.

We then congratulate Matt on getting engaged... Finally. Then we talk about one of our mates getting his third Nissan Patrol... Before selling the other 2. We then segway onto talking about the paint on Joel's new Z32, and our opinions on colour-shift (pearlescent) paint.

We then play the 3 cylinder version of the game we played last week, in which we need to find 4 different 3 cylinders cars; Track car, drag car, all the money in the world, best value for money. While Joseph and Mitch find their cars, Matt and Joel talk about the work Joel's done to his Z32.

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First off this week, we give a few shout-outs to a couple people. Emerson of Pakin Imagery, and Seth who recommended us on Facebook. Cheers lads!

Then we answer a question, that contains 4 sub-questions.

1) Best 4 cylinder track car?

2) Best 4 cylinder drag car?

3) Best 4 cylinder for value for money

4) If you had all the money in the world, what 4 cylinder car would you buy?

We then gracefully transition on to the News, and this week Joseph kicks off the news with Holden halting production on the new Commodore and Equinox due to lacklustre sales and an excess supply. We then talk about Holden being "given the keys" to GM's entire range for import to Australia.

Next, Matt and Mitch talk about a couple of exquisite cars they saw on the road the other day, then we transition onto talking about what Matt has done to his 105 Series.

After Matt's MacBook deciding to do a system update mid-pod, we pick up and move onto playing a game of 'Show Me What You Got', before ending off the episode.

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We're back from World Time Attack Challenge 2018! We start off this week with the usual rubbish, then we get into talking about our WTAC weekend.

We talk about our arduous journey to the track, fighting our way through the marsh flies, our disinterest in the Show N Shine, and our love of the drift car garages.

We then go on to talk more about the actual time attack cars, and the evening drifts. We cannot wait for WTAC 2019!

Then Joseph talks about the extra-wet track day that he went to instead of coming down to World Time Attack Challenge (#DoggedTheBoys).

We then talk about food, before getting back on topic about what our favourite cars were at the event.

Then we talk a bit of news. Ford Mustang gets more expensive but makes 9kw less, but 9Nm more torque. Then we talk about the Mitsuoka Rock Star, a Mazda ND MX5 customised to look like a C2 Corvette. Mitsuoka is known for their previous work with the Nissan S13, making it look like Cruella DeVille's car. We then talk about Alpine targeting Alfa Romeo, saying Alfa Romeo doesn't have racing heritage.

And we end with Matt asking us what imported Chevrolet we'd have if given the choice.

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Part two of our pre-WTAC recording session. When you're listening to this, we'll be somewhere between Sydney and Brisbane heading back from World Time Attack Challenge.

We kick off this episode by talking, again, about the Cartastrophy365 podcast shoutout, then tangent onto talking about British television shows.

Then, to mix things up, we actually talk about beer, albeit briefly.

We then talk about why Ben joined us this week, and argue about soft-roaders. This one story took most of the episode, because tangents.

We then talk about Mitch's car history and obsession for the new Suzuki Jimny. Then we talk about Matt's obsession with EcoBoost Mustang.

We then talk about WTAC. We're driving down this year, and leaving Brisbane at the butt-crack of dawn (4am), and tangent about food and and a steakhouse without beer!

Next episode will be all about World Time Attack Challenge, so look forward to that one. I'm sure we'll have much to talk about!

We're back for episode 67! This week we're joined once again by Ben, and Rent-A-Crowd is back to his off-mic position.

We start off with Chrysler being killed off in New Zealand, and their complete lack of 'damns' to give on their website and spell-check.

Then we talk about Mazda confirming the return of the rotary, but not how we would have hoped.

Porsche announces the 935, a retro-inspired track-only version of the GT2 RS; with custom bodywork and livery. The 935 splits the panel. Continuing with the Porsche news, Porsche has confirmed the 911 Speedster that was teased a few months back.

Joseph then brings up some news on Citroen saying they're going to be focusing on 'style and comfort', and after some bollocks, we talk about BMW releasing the new 3-Series at the Paris Motor Show.

We then offend the Pope, and transition on to give Joe and the Cartastrophe365 podcast guys a shout-out because they gave us a shout-out.

Then Matt gives us an update on what car the kid he works with ended up getting. Matt then gives us a brief history on Subaru WRX's, mostly for Ben's benefit.

Mitch then talks about a Toyota 2000GT being listed on bringatrailer.com, current bid $465,000 USD with 1 day remaining. We then argue about what cars will be a future classic that will appreciate in value. We then talk about Holden Commodores of the past that we strangely still love.

We start off our car podcast with a brief discussion about Bingo numbers and accents in movies.

While Hairgel goes to fetch this week's beer, Mitch and Matt talk about the new Audi RS5 Sportsback due out in February 2019.

The beer Joseph supplied us this week is Toohey's Old, and it is absolutely awful.

We then talk about the crash rating for the new Suzuki Jimny.

Joseph then brings up the now Officially Official (again) Toyota Supra, and Mitch talks about Porsche officially killing off Diesel engines.

Joseph then causes a massive argument between himself and Matt about the rear muffler in a stock 86 and its diffuser properties, both poorly using maths and science.

We then talk about the wider 86/BRZ club, and how the Instagram and Stance community has tarnished the community. We then transition on to a discussion about 86's speakers and their sound quality, or lack-there-of according to Matt.

Then Mitch asks the panel what they think the most revolutionary supercar of all time.

We're back for episode 65! The first bit of news this week is Jesse's VW Jetta from 'The Fast And The Furious' has come up for sale for $99k. Then Joseph brings up Ferrari's new Monza SP1 and SP2's, based on the 812 Superfast.

We then talk about the new BMW Z4's range being officially announced, then Matt confesses that he likes the Fiat 124 Abarth more than the ND Mazda MX5.

Mitch then brings up news about the new Gazoo Racing Toyota Supra variant being confirmed for Australia, then Mitch trolls Matt about the EcoBoost Mustang.

We then have an argument about Mercedes' range, and Joseph talks about a drag between a Dodge Hellcat Demon and a Nissan GTR in Las Vegas.

Matt then talks about the latest mods he's done to his 105 Series.

We then play 'What About This Car', and this week it's about Civics.

And Holden kills off the Barina, which gets us talking about Holden and the car market as a whole.

And Mitch trolls the panel.

It's a slow news week this week, but we still find a bit of stuff to talk about. This week we start off with some absolute bollocks before kicking off officially.

Joseph kicks off the news this week with pricing for the HSV Camaro that has just been released and continues on to talk about Queensland Police cracking down on modified 4x4's, and Matt talks about what the current standards are for lifting a 4x4 in Qld.

Mitch then talks about Lexus being the first to market with a camera side mirror system with the ES. This then gets us talking about how long 'modern' cars are designed to work, and their future parts availability.

Then Mitch asks the boys how it was that they got interested in cars, which we got into talking about racing video games.

It's then a return of Joel's Motorcycle Minute, which turns into a few more minutes than that.

Then Mitch talks about the 2019 Subaru BRZ update.

We then offer some consumer advice.

It's the original trio this week for episode 63.

First this week, we talk about Ford and the 2020 Shelby Mustang GT500 dropping the manual from the options list. However, what really grind's Mitch's gears is the sloppy journalism from a particular online outlet.

Mitch continues the bad news this week with the next Porsche allegedly putting a turbo on the next 911 GT3 (992)... Which turns into an argument.

We then briefly answer a question from a listener as to what 'O/D Off' means.

Joseph then asks us what cars we're fawning over, which turns into a general discussion about trucks first.

Then Matt and Joseph talk about what they've done to their cars.

Then we discuss our plans to tinny-bomb the front quarter panel of our Project Prado (J90), which was inspired by the tinny-patch on the bell housing.

One final point, we're now on Spotify! So you can find us there, as well as everywhere else good podcasts can be found.

We kick off this week talking about Holden, and Holden's ridiculous number of SUV's being increased by yet another called the Acadia. We then talk about the size of new cars today, and that they're only getting bigger.

We then talk about 'The Grand Tour' coming out with a video game, that preliminary reviews are saying is rubbish, much like DriveTribe.

A Ferrari 250 GTO broke auction records at Pebble Beach for selling for $48million. This then transitions into a discussion about insurance, and then we continue the Ferrari talks with the 488 Pista Spider, which was unveiled at Pebble Beach.

We then talk about Chrysler, and how much longer we think they'll be around. This then transitions into talking about 'Merican car brands.

Suzuki has overtaken BMW to become the most profitable car manufacturers (based on profit per vehicle).

We then answer a listener's question about how much horsepower is enough and finish off by playing 'Show Me What You Got' and motorcycle minute.