Isolated Motoring

In this special episode recorded with European friends Amin Siala and Daniel Zizka, we talk all things Porsche up until we don't and get sidetracked by the SLR and Murcielago.

In typical fashion, our first episode didn't go to plan. We did no prep but we do end up talking about cars we missed during our break, car we think are coming out in 2021, and that awful BMW CES video. We'll try to be more prepared next time and sort out the audio sync issues.

Our last episode of the year wrapping up what's been a year of many highs and many lows. From Maxx, Tom, Mitch, and Ken thanks to everyone who listened to our rants these last few months. Hopefully we'll be back for more next year.

In this episode we talk about some of the challenges we face in Japan in the car world. For this episode I brought along the help of some of my buddies in Japan; Andre (@andreezy_cars), Koji (@ketakoji), Toshi (@tdogid05), and Hugo (@kaga_photo) for a no-holds barred talk. As usual we sort of get off topic.

In this bonus episode to make up for the lack of car chat in the last one (sorry about that, please address your complaints to Maxx), I chat to Amin Siala (@amin.siala) who refuses to admit he's French and to Alex Babington (@alexbabington) who likes French cars. Naturally we talk about the Alpine A110, Ferraris, the ban on petrol/diesel cars in the UK for 2030, and all that jazz. So if you want to listen to some car chatter give this a listen. If you want to hear us talk about pizza, go back to the previous episode.

In a bizarre turn of events this once motoring related podcast has taken a sharp turn into pizza discussions. This week instead of talking about cars (because there weren't many new cars to talk about) we have instead, at the behest of Maxx, in some detail addressed the topic of Pizza Hut's decline versus Domino's. Unsurprisingly, Mitch decided to skip this one out so it was just Maxx, Tom, and Ken. Grab your desired pizza of choice, sit back, and we hope you enjoy this one.

We're back! After missing out last week because three of us had other things to do, we're back this week with special guest Chris Morrison who talks about his eating problems. We actually do end up talking about new cars too, sort of. As usual we get quite carried away and off course. Enjoy this mess of an episode with Tom, Maxx, Mitch, and Ken.

This week Aaron Chung from Weibo is back! He joins Maxx, Tom, Mitch, and Ken for some chat about the Le Mans Hypercar class, modern speedsters/barchettas, and how he started his massive model car collection. Plus an update on Aaron's RS4.

In what was perhaps the messiest recording yet Tom, Mitch, Maxx, and Ken try to talk about the controversial SSC top speed run video, memories from our driving test, and some birds mate while we talk about electric cars. Apologies for the wind noise in this one.

This week Tom, Mitch, Maxx, and Ken celebrate 10 episodes of not being cancelled. We talk about our favourite events (hint: it's The Quail), Mitch goes off on Isuzu, and of course Maxx brings up the new BMW M3 again. Not a week goes by the new M3 doesn't get mentioned.

In this week's episode Tom, Mitch, and Jack join Maxx and Ken for some banter about utes, confusing German naming structure, annoying safety features, the new Mk8 Golf GTI, fast SUVs, and Mitch gives us live traffic updates from Melbourne.

In this episode Maxx and Ken try and do a podcast without Tom and Mitch (collectively known as 'The Australians'. We end up talking about the problem with modern cars, hot hatches, the BMW M3/4 (again), the Alfa Giulia, and using indicators when driving BMWs. Also, if anyone in the alcohol industry would like us to get drunk on their product while recording these podcasts, slide into our DMs.

In this special episode I chat with two of my most French friends, Amin Siala and Nozomi Okazaki, about their time in Tokyo in 2018 during their uni exchanges. We also end up talking about fried chicken, French cars, new cars, concept cars, the BMW X5, and of course covid19. Follow them on their social @amin.siala and @nozomiokz

In this week's episode Ken, Maxx, Tom, and Mitch are joined by Chris 'Car Week Ambassador' Morrison for some actual proper car chat (finally) which then turns into a whole thing about exotics pets, travel, and covid19. How many chickens can you eat?

This week Aaron Chung joins Tom, Mitch, Ken, and a very late Maxx to talk about what's new in the life of Hong Kong's premiere automotive photographer, some of the new cars that's come out this week, and a lot of sexual innuendos are said. This one is a pretty random episode covering a bunch of topics so stick with us. It got interrupted towards the end due to technical issues with my microphone but we soldiered on.

In this episode Ken, Maxx, and Mitch do the podcast without Tom. We end up talking about a bunch of random stuff such as the Chevy SS/Holden Commodore SS, Skyline GT-R prices, we ponder what the most expensive four-cylinder car is, our run-ins with the police, and climate change.

In this episode Maxx, Ken, Tom, and Mitch talk about their dream drives in dream cars, the best and worst concept cars we can remember, and some of the best in-car speakers we've experienced.

In this podcast we decided to switch things up and record at a later time to get some people who are secretly French but pretend not to be on for some banter. Maxx Shostak and Ken Saito are joined by Zach Brehl (@zachbrehl), Amin Siala (@aminsiala), and Daniel Zizka (@danielzizka) as we try to talk about stuff such as single-clutch transmissions, 996 vs 997, how COVID19 has changed the car scene, and why Maxx is wrong about his opinion on Jurassic Park.

In our second episode we talk about cars we liked growing up and what/how those cars influenced our tastes. There's also a lot of Holden talk, something about fried chicken, and the confusing way German cars are numbered.

In our first 'proper' episode Maxx Shostak, Tom Fraser, Mitch Thompson, and Ken Saito talk about our 5 dream car garages if money was no object and experiences with buying/selling used cars. We also make fun on some cars.

What do you call an episode that's not the pilot but before the pilot? Anyway this is that. Ken Saito, Maxx Shostak, Mitchell Thompson and Tom Fraser talk about why Top Gear is the only good car show on tv and Nutella vs Peanut Butter.