Credit to Matt for talking about Donnie.

00:00 - teaser 01:30 - topics intro 1:59 - welcome to the program 08:00 - Zack can’t talk about Macan but can talk about France 10:01 - To Macan EV or not to Macan EV? Ionic 5 N with the upset 19:56 - Drive to bachelor party in NSX and Ferrari sold 28:02 - Matt brought the receipt 33:29 - *Big sigh and pours alcohol* “Time for the main topic” 35:20 - Top five alleged mechanic crimes 57:35 - Z: “how many weeks until Matt goes shopping?” M: “I’m not buying anything” 58:45 - Z: “ I give it two months-“ M: “maybe” 01:00:57 - the ol’ “one crime at a time” gets them every time 01:12:52 - Back to Vegas bachelor party stories 01:17:55 - thoughts on Elantra N facelift? 01:19:52 - ugliest license plate? 01:20:54 - what’s your favorite style of cooking? LA vs NV food? 01:22:57 - E60 vs F10? E39? 01:24:57 - do you still drink those feel free cava x kratom (sp?) shots? 01:27:00 - what’s it like dailying a lowered car? 01:28:44 - why Ionic 5 N redline 7k and not 10k or more? 01:32:13 - made a top 5 list of homologated cars? 01:32:20 - what are some press launch places you’d go back to on your own dime? 01:34:51 - what was strange about Taycan GT brakes? 01:39:04 - favorite non-M BMWs? 01:39:54 - 997 better than 996 from a pure driving perspective? 01:40:45 - rank priorities for canyon car from list 01:42:14 - advantage for using 100 octane for engine longevity? 01:44:14 - top tips for going fast? 01:47:07 - have you heard of EV brake rusting? 01:48:08 - with companies like BMW moving to torque converter autos, will DCT cars become more collectible? 01:50:22 - does the Ionic 5 N pretend lug if you stick it in high gear at low speed? 01:51:30 - next pod in SC

Don't break the law when you're breaking the law.

Good on ya for addressing the Donnie Callaway situation 👍 Discussion starts at 35:20

I can't wait to hear Zuckerman's take on the Donnie situation.

Thanks for the comments/perspective on Donnie. Ran into similar situations dealing with choppers - some of the best mechanics and fabricators are some sketchy dudes.

Come for the Donnie discussion. Stay for Zack's J.G. Wentworth reference.

Congrats on the ionic review, I was yapping to my wife about it yesterday and her response was I never thought I would hear you say I want to buy a Hyundai again or an electric car 😂😂😂😂

I am glad you have your Countach back.

It’s hard to see your friends do bad things! Props to Matt holding Donnie accountable for his shit!

I loved seeing Donnie in the videos you guys did together. I work for the AZ courts and saw his name but didn’t make the connection 😱

I've lived by the "One crime at a time" rule ever since I heard Matt say it too. It makes perfect sense 🤣

Having to hold the memory seat button is a safety thing. If you’ve ever hit the wrong button for a seating position set to someone who’s 4’9” and had your legs crushed into the steering column you’d get it. Shout out to my BMW dealership days lol

The way it starts with them both taking slugs of hard liquor. 😅

If you check the Ferrari chat thread about Donnie you’ll see a lot of mechanics and former customers weighing in on his horrendous billing. Maybe Matt got the F&F pricing, but seems like everyone else was getting screwed

I think that was pretty well balanced. You kept it to what you know, and were very open about what you don't know. Thanks for your openness and honesty as always!

The Smoking Tire deserves a lot of credit for talking about Donnie neutrality. It seems like he really is an incredible mechanic and a funny character full of knowledge. Donnie is in some deep deep trouble for some alleged crimes. I hope this whole situation gets resolved for all parties involved.

I hope he didn’t sabotage Matt’s cars. Those hidden stuff, bad maintenance he ‘discovered’ sounds incredibly fishy now.

I wonder if there is a way to have the "guest mic" stand rooted to the table on the other side? Next to the "producer mic" stand it might(?) make management a little easier. It also cleans up the split window (having both mics com in from center) and the wide shot at 3:29. Not important I know, I'm on the spectrum with aspergers and it's just a thought.. feel free to ignore.

Iain Tyrell will hook up that Countach! Ship it overseas :)

As someone who is in the predatory towing business in florida, I can assure you I've been involved in many civil issues and I've been sued personally for "fraudulently obtaining titles to a 53 ft box trailer" among other things. The one issue I see here is donnie's lack of business license if thats true. As long as we show local detectives our paperwork to obtain titles, its considered a civil issue. My guess is they've got him on a technicality. Guess we'll see!

How was Matt able to go to Donnie's shop and collect his car and all the pieces? I'm italian and when something like this happens the police is seizing (or at least putting seals) to the shop of the person arrested so they can "freeze" the situation and start the investigation. After a while, when they have inspected everything and figured out the situation, you are able to claim your car and have it back. More to this, how can Matt know which parts are his and not from someone else? Genuinely interested to better understand all this..

Tip… when you wash your car, take it out around the block for 5 min. (If its nice out) this will remove water from your brake rotors and in between body panels.

Willy C-note watch story is crazy. Long live Carl.

3:45 If anyone wants to know. They use the Seiko NH35 movement.

Yes Donnie did all those things. We go back 40 years. Matt, you were one of the lucky ones who didn't encounter his nasty sadistic vengeful side. He was an idiot too believing he wasn't going to get caught for the umpteenth time... He's the epitome of living the Seven Deadly Sins. I feel bad for a lot of his customers that he screwed over, even me. He wasn't a savant, he was a grifter. He even had you fooled. He had a lot of people fooled. 😐

57:38 Matt says he absolutely cannot buy another car 58:50 Matt says with a smirk maybe I can

Good approach on the whole Donnie issue. Appreciate where Matt is coming from. Fast Cars in Redondo can probably help with the Countach. Good luck.

Matt when you first went to Donnie and he said he didn't know what transmission fluid to use, red flags were popping. Every mechanic should know such elementary service items.

My dad's quote "don't do something illegal while doing something illegal."

As someone who’s been ripped off by multiple shops I immediately side against Donnie. There are to many straight up criminals. I run my own business and inherently trust people. I don’t like thinking every shop I take my car to is full of thieves and con-artists. But if you don’t go in thinking that you will be taken advantage of. I know there are good shops out there. But I’ve seen so many people besides myself ripped off by the criminals that run a lot of them. It’s a black mark on the entire industry and one that people don’t want to talk about.

Excellent show, I know it must not have been easy to discuss Donnie and for being so open, honest, and fair.

My daily has been down for 3 weeks now. Currently in pieces. Just picked up the last parts for it so now I can put it back together. I've been commuting in my fun weekend car. The fact I had something else to drive allowed me to source proper parts and take my time to do it right. By the way, there is no room in the engine bay of an LS460.

My wife’s 2022 Accord has 1 tap memory seat buttons and Driver 1/2 key fobs and it associates the fob with the seat position sometimes

Strange the RAV4 Hybrid is tap to hold memory seats. The Venza Hybrid (same years) is just push once and it works. Actually it detects the separate key fobs too.

My 96’ LS400 has one tap memory seat/mirror button!

55:30 I don't see the picture on your Insta - I would honestly really love to see the space the car takes up in. FOUR bays? That's crazy. The good news is that the ordeal, for the most part, is stable and nothing is chaotic anymore. And for that reason I'd love to see just what the car looks like in that state.

On the Taycan they have a regen setting, it is active in sport or sport plus but available with a button on the steering wheel for normal mode. Yes, it’s not one peddle but it’s a reasonable equivalent of engine braking. However, since there is only one gear (I know, it has a 2 speed trans but it’s not selectable) it’s nowhere near as aggressive as downshifting. The first thing I do when I get in is hit that button, I really dislike coasting.

Matt sounds like he's dead on about the ego thing. Let's say this owner or a couple owners got into a payment dispute with Donnie and he told them to pound sand and filed the mechanic's liens. And he wasn't legitimately licensed in order to do so. Then that's their path to getting the cars back is suing and proving he didn't have legitimacy to take possession of the cars. And while that lawsuit is ongoing Donnie thinking "fuck these guys I took them legit when they wouldn't pay me" and then trying to move them is the ego moment. And for there to be a sting operation for the sale and for him to be in jail with that kind of bond for this means he likely got into a feud with the wrong person. In the underworld you'd roll up packing with your homies and take your car back at gunpoint. In this world the homies are the cops and your lawyers.

I drive a lowered C5 Z06. I have less than a finger between the tires and fender. It's manageable for the most part, but I can't go over any speed bumps. Gets all the looks, and handles awesome.

Most sensible advice ever... "you never want want your hobby to be your work"... Hobby being a job/way to make money.... But when your passion becomes "work" then it'll destroy you. In the creative realm, I should add.

I havent watched the pod on youtube for a while but wow Matt looks like he lost a whole person of weight. Looking great!

I bought my first electric car 2 years ago as a 2 year old 2nd hand model with about 20'000 kms on the clock. The first thing I had to do to it was to change the front rotors because the previous owner hadn't used them and they were rusted beyond saving. So yes, that's definitely a thing.

I need more Bourbon Matt Farah podcasts

Mechanic got arrested, Ferrari got sold...Coincidence?

Sorry about Donnie Matt. You did your part by sharing what you shared

I can’t wait for the iguana talk next pod. I live close to this place and would love to go. I added them on IG. Just need to make time to go.

At least in Canada the BMW i4 M50 is slightly cheaper than the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

48:35 I know it's a bit of inside baseball, but I'm glad Zack has a stake in what you're doing. I have no personal stake in the Donnie case. It seems like he might have been overzealous in selling before he had full ownership, but that's a totally unqualified opinion from an armchair theorist over here. I'll just wait to hear what the courts decide.

This is sadly ironic because I was just thinking about how we needed a Lambo/Donnie/Dispatch from the desert update. Never thought that this was the reason why we hadn’t had one in a while.

Great episode! Loved Matt's vibe on this one(maybe due to bourbon:D)

I'm watching you on Thursday morning, cuz i'm too broke to buy into your patreon, but i'm still drinking with you. Hmm, wonder why i'm broke... 😁

Don’t do what Donnie Don’t does.

Solid episode, covered a lot of ground. It's a shame about Donnie, but there's not much to do besides wait and see how it shakes out. Ideally he's not a scumbag, but I'm too old to be ideal all the time anymore. Big +1 on driving your NSX more too, it was built to be enjoyed after all!

1:48:20 - DCT cars will probably become more collectible, but not because of transmission. Mostly because of the engine. There is currently no automatic gearbox in production which can take 9000 engine rpms. DCTs can do that. This is the reason new Z06 Corvette, Old M3, Lambos, R8s, Ferraris, Mclarens have DCT gearboxes. All this cars have engines which can rev >7500 rpm.

Matt once again proving he has the most balanced and objective opinion on the Donny situation. Why is it so hard for other people to analyze things like this.

The Donnie situation obviously sucks for many reasons, but.. I was dying laughing during the "one crime at a time" segment - Matt sharing FACTS.

Why couldn't the seats' presets be set to the key like my old CC where the the seat moves to my position when I use my key to unlock it and to my wife's position when she unlocks it with her key? Having to press the preset button sounds crazy this day in age unless it a shared key.

100 Octane will prevent knock. That's about it. But we definitely use the WORST quality fuel possible for testing, as poor fuel moves timing to a point where it's HOT. You'd theoretically keep combustion chamber temps lower on 100 Octane. That does not equal power in today's ECU/enrichment maps.

My 17 year old pre-facelift TSX has one press memory seats, you can buy one of those for under $5k these days lol.

The Sheffield is a Seiko movement and I think it’s $180

The 04-06 Lexus LS430 also has one touch seat memory fwiw

Oh boy this is gonna be interesting.

Criminal charges like these are not just pulled out of the air by one person..Think about how the justice system works...The cop takes a report, refers it to a detective who feels out the validity of case, refers it up his chain, goes to prosecutor, who takes it to the judge for a warrant. They wouldnt do all that if they didnt have a case. This case has been vetted, your buddy Callaway is screwed..

Wife's Subaru Ascent is one-touch memory, my B8.5 allroad you must hold the button. 🤷‍♂️

My Buick TourX has one touch memory seats! love it

I have never heard a bad review on the NSX. It is the perfect car. I got to put a couple hundred miles on one, and nothing compares. If they were in $triking distance to me, I would not hesitate.

Great episode, interesting to hear about Donnie

Freeze Pipes for everyone! Improves lap times by at least 10seconds.

Thanks for the j.g. wentworth comment Zack. You read my mind 😂

Ionic 5n was a great review boys. Never thought an electric car would be so surprising

From my point of view I think you have only one option to get your Countach reassembled to the best factory endorsed quality and that's Iain Tyrrells Classic Workshop in the UK. It maybe expensive to ship but the results will add value to your Lamborghini as the work and finish will be impeccable. Hope it all works out for you and your beautiful car!!

I would like to see Matt and Zack get interested in learning and doing their own wrenching.

56:40 Matt sold the Ferrari? I never knew that.

I AM drinking as it happens. Long week and it's time for a beverage and what I trust will be a dope podcast as usual

The question you answered about brake rotors rusting on electric cars is not exclusive to electric cars. Cars the don't get driven much or only see short trips have the same problem. Rotors on most cars are cast iron, and cast iron is porous allowing moisture to get into the metal. This problem is worse in cold and humid climates. Regular driving heats the rotors enough to cook the moisture out. In electric cars and those that do short trips the rotors don't regularly get hot enough to remove the moisture. What you wind up with is rust build up on the braking surface, this often creeps in from the edges and is why good quality rotors are coated with an anti-corrosion coating. In the end it's not a big deal, you just wind up having to replace the pads and rotors early. It takes years for this corrosion to build up but many electric vehicle owners might be caught off guard because they thought the brakes would last longer due to regen.

My 2014 Maxima has the one touch memory seats.

Dear Matt, I’m so sorry that you have the pain of dealing with Donnie’s arrest, and I’m not making light of that at all, but thank goodness you have possession of your car & all the parts. Perhaps there is an alternative option that could be a web series where you could team up with Jay Leon’s Garage or Tarvish and do a show on the rebirth your Italian’s Bull back to life’s?

1:01:56 In an interview with Sting recently, he mentioned The Police on their first U.S. tour playing stolen music gear because they were "on a budget"... 😂

1:00:56 solid gold.

really enjoyed this one

1:47:07 Rust on EV brakes is probably one of the most common (among the few) problems EVs often have in Norway. Probably because of salting roads in winter. The solution is simple: Make sure to regularly do some hard breaking on downhills to make sure the brakes engage. Slow one pedal drivers might have to change brakes because of rust, not wear.

Matt have you seen the Wisconsin road America license plate?

Circa / Fremont street is best part of Vegas.

I feel Matt had information prior to Callaway's arrest and was told to stay away from him. Donnie Callaway is a con man to the highest level. I feel sorry for the folks who had their car taken and sold to other people. I read that Callaway did not have a mechanics license in the state of California. The situation is he probably done extra work on Matt's car where the work was not needed. How much money was spent on the 328 in repairs?

Matt you got me at 49:00 😢

2017 Grand Cherokee memory seat is one tap

Get to work on that countach . Every week it stays disassembled it’s chances of being reassembled decrease. It’s the law of the universe.

10:42 COOKIN!

One key to driving faster - eyes up, look ahead. Way ahead.

You need a limited edition shirt that looks like one of the Doug Demuro "this" shirts but with a pile of lambo parts instead of a car.

“Tru da ROOF!” -T-Bone (Toby) [not Kippy] 1:12 between “I’m not buying anything” and “Maybe”. Classic M&Z

Kratom is highly addictive, but what isn’t if you’re trying to fix pain. I hate pills! It works like a champ for chronic body pain. Im still a little iffy on it as it’s so new and hasn’t been studied fully but neither have vapes yet. I do recommend people try it if you have real pain. Kratom has different strains kinda like thc.

Why wasn't Donnie registered as a repair shop?

I like buzzed Matt lol

I'm confused why the state allowed him the liens in the first place. Where's their due diligence?

I almost always relate to your views on cars Matt but I can’t wrap my head around the fake theatre with the electric car but I have not driven it and as such will reserve a strong opinion until someone convinces me to drive an ev 😂

The look on Zack’s face, hoping Matt didn’t say something incriminating. 😂

What porsche does Matt have? I don't think he was talking about the future macan. Is it still the safari 911 from way back?

By "Mechanic Arrested" I thought it was a WCCS employee. When I heard Donnie in the intro, well that fucking woke me up.