The Tyre Kickers - Classic Cars

It's a Stag, it was always going to happen, says Max. But Matt's been in recovery after a suspected head gasket failure. Listen to the what, why and HOW MUCH?! as the car goes on the low loader. Also this episode, from lust to loathing, what are the emotional stages of owning a classic car? The boys talk it through with their usual dollop of healthy disrespect for each other. Hit play and enjoy! Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

Max and Matt take the Rolls and the Stag on the road to Prescott Hill in Gloucestershire for the September Footman James Coffee and Chrome meet. There are hundreds of different cars to enjoy and the boys get to meet Gary Mavers from YouTube channel, Classic Obsession. Plus Max gets to obsess over a Maestro and Matt falls in love with an Alfa. Again. Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

Question - where have all the Audis gone? In this latest Tyre Kickers episode, Max and Matt ask where are all the classic Audis? Show us your C3 Audi 100, because we can't find any. Plus Matt's found a museum in Spain where the owners must have been drunk when choosing their exhibits, Max thinks he's broken a World Record and they look at the results of the latest classic car auction at Carfest. Listen and leave a comment. Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

Don't listen to this episode if you have a modern stereo in your classic car! There is a small risk of being offended as Max and Matt finally agree on something...modern radios are rubbish. Plus Max admits he might be slightly less correct about four cylinder Mercs, Matt goes sniffing around some Alfas and they have a major difference of opinion on the Rover SD1. Warning: This latest edition of the Tyrekickers may offend if you've spent £14 on your in car entertainment. Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

In this special episode Max looks at two rare Mercedes pillarless coupes, from when having no B pillar meant you were pure class. He checks out and drives the Mercedes C123 230CE and the 1980's range topping V8 Mercedes C126 560SEC and talks with Mercedes expert Bruce Greetham on finding and owning these rare cars. Pics of both cars are on our socials on Insta at thetyrekickersuk and Facebook at The Tyre Kickers. Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

Is a 20-year old classic better than a dull new car? Is a cheap Jag Mk2 a smarter buy than an expensive E-Type? Is it currently too warm in the UK to drive a classic convertible? And why is Max spouting more hot air than normal? Plus you tell us if classics make you look cool. It's all in Episode 60 of the Tyre Kickers, with extra bonus bickering! Hit play and enjoy.. Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

We've escaped from the studio to go to Winchester Auto Barn for some cars, chat and coffee. We ask - what does your classic car say about you? How much should you spend on buying the car of your dreams? And we also do some live Tyre Kicking on a 60s Lambo, a 70s Merc and a mint MGB GT. Join us as we barnstorm at this new classic car barn! Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

We're changing our Prime Minister (yet again) but the bigger question is - what have been the best PM cars? And what on earth is the current one driving? We run through the list. Plus, do we need to drive our classics with the lights on to avoid getting hit by dopey drivers? And which one of us does a listener think should be doing panto? We chat those and many more things through in Episode 58. Oh, yes we do! Hit play and enjoy! Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

Max has bought a new classic car but hasn't told Matt what it is, so they're meeting in a beer garden so Max can do the Big Reveal. Will it be the car Max has talked about for the past two years? Matt thinks he knows the answer, so join them as they reveal all, test drive, argue over a beer and discuss servicing spreadsheets. Then Max does what you should never, ever do with a new purchase....let a specialist have a good look round. Enjoy! Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

A special bonus episode from the Footman James Coffee and Chrome event at Prescott Hill in Gloucestershire. Max and Matt get sunburnt and bumble around a field talking to the owners showing off their classic cars at the famous hill climb course. With Special Guest Star Harry Metcalfe from Harry's Garage and some hot news about The Tyre Kickers podcast. Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

We’ve been on holiday (not together by the way) and we’re back tanned and ready to talk cars. In this episode we look at poptastic classics. Which cars featured in pop videos and stole the show? Plus - how do we attract the next gen to liking classic cars when they only seem interested in their screens? Max has been driving through France and is moaning about the lack of classics. While Matt has been in Spain, breathing in the smell of hot tarmac and petrol and having a flashback. So hit play and hear us debate and disagree on the great world of classic cars. Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

It seems young people aren't really into classic cars. But is that because they don't like them - or they just don't see them enough? People under 30 don't read magazines or watch TV, so how can the scene cut through? For this bonus episode, Matt's been to Birmingham to talk to young drivers at a special Classic Car Weekly meet-up. See photos of the drivers and their cars on our socials and read the full write-up in Classic Car Weekly in their 8th July issue. Thanks to Jesse Billington @ CCW. Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

The weather's nice, so like a school lesson outside, we've taken the show on the road - to a pub! Max and Matt drive their shiny cars to Berkshire to get their get their faces into the sunshine. They chat favourite classic cars, underrated and overrated classics and fess up about the best and worst things about their own cars. And - they pick a classic they think sums up the other one. Uh oh! Warning: this podcast may contain two car nuts. See the snaps of us recording the show and our cars parked up - on our Instagram and Facebook pages. Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

Would you add air suspension, massive alloys and a 25 speaker sound system to a Triumph Stag? In this bonus episode, we meet members of a London car club not afraid to bend the rules (and spend the money) to create the Stags they really want. They're not British Leyland purists but the passion they have for the 70s cruiser is infectious. Come with us as we meet the drivers and their cars at Stag Empire's biggest meet-up yet. See photos of the cars, the mods and the people behind them on our Instagram and Facebook profiles. Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

It's the resolution to the world's least exciting cliffhanger ever from the last Tyre Kickers episode - will Max finally buy a Rolls Royce? Plus with petrol prices still painfully high, Max and Matt offer up some fuel saving tips to help keep your costs down. Oh, and Matt's had a sweaty dream involving a Stag and a hot radiator. These boys need to get out more! Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

Max has been going on and on (and on) about buying a Rolls Royce, will this be the episode he finally does it? He's found a 1974 Corniche for sale and is putting it through a full pre purchase inspection. Listen to the inspection, the test drive, checking the history, what to look for in an old Rolls Corniche and the final conclusion - will he buy it? Please hope he does to stop him wittering on about it... Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

After Max tried to spike his car with cheap fuel, the chat this time turns to economy classics. Which car is the best buy to sip fuel and save cash? Also Matt tries to crush the 1980s icon that is the Scir-coco, the Score-oco, the Sir-coc, the Golf based coupe that was named after a burp. Or was it just wind? Plus your comments and news of an exciting new episode on the Corniche. The car, not the place. Hit play and give your ears 50 mins of classic car pleasure. Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

We're back and asking - what’s the best colour for a classic car? Is it best to go bright - or be more mature and muted? Plus - all the switchgear and no idea. Some classics have terrible switches, some have cool ones. We’ll name the worst and celebrate the ones that click. And we hear your thoughts on storage, Aussie motors and more Guilty Pleasures. Plus Max has got the hots for a £10k rusty Rolls. Matt's egging him on to buy it. Press play and hear it all unfold. Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

Would getting a smaller classic save you money - or would you end up looking like the local village weirdo? Why do we go to classic car shows for parts and then buy random stuff? And what's the correct response to a fellow classic car driver who doesn't wave back? All that plus the pick of the auctions in the UK and a snoop through the classifieds in Australia. And we hear from you - as you confess your classic car guilty pleasures. It's all in the latest 40 minutes of classic car chat, opinions and disagreements. Hit play and come along for the ride. Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025

What's your classic car guilty pleasure? What old cars do you really like but would never buy? Max and Matt fess up their fantasies and then burst them. Also - were pop up headlights cool or did they just make you look like a winker? Plus, Matt goes unsupervised to the Historics auction and gets distracted by stuff Max told him to avoid. And we come across the rudest numberplate we've seen in a long time. Who would leave that on their car?! All that and more is here in Episode 51. So hit play and lose yourself in our chaotic world of classic cars! Send us Fan Mail Follow us on Instagram: @thetyrekickersuk Facebook: The Tyre Kickers Finalist - Independent Podcast Awards 2024 & 2025