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Video: Matt Farah Hits the Canyons in a Tuned GTI

Matt Farah is a pretty busy man.  When he’s not traveling to film episodes of Tuned for the /Drive channel, he runs a fairly successful endeavor called The Smoking Tire, a site that specializes in...

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Video: Matt Farah One Takes APR’s Max R at Fastivus

While we weren’t able to officially make it to this year’s Fastivus, the event seemed to go off without a hitch and like nearly any event held in Southern California, a few celebrities even showed up....

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Matt Farah Drives a 360hp Mk6 GTI

The Smoking Tire just got a new intro and the man who made that also made this beautiful 2013 GTI Wolfsburg edition, that Matt Farah has taken for a drive in the canyons outside of LA. The car looks...

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Watch: Matt Farah Drive a 1927 Bugatti Type 35 on the Road

So, I might be cheating here, because I’m, like, 90% sure Volkswagen wasn’t actually involved in this car’s construction. For one thing, they hadn’t even bothered to become a company yet in 1927. For...

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Watch: Matt Farah Drives VW Vortex Rabbit

For all the many cars he’s driven Matt Farah had apparently, before a recent One Take, never driven a Mk1 Rabbit. Fortunately for us all, forum member Carlifornia was around to give him a ride in his...

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Watch: The Smoking Tire Drive an ‘86 Scirocco

Matt Farah’s been on a bit of a VW kick recently. He recently featured a Westy Rabbit, then a 914 (that struggled at altitude) and now he’s driving a 16V Scirocco. The Scirocco has undergone some...

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Watch: Carving Canyons in a 500 HP Eos

Let’s be honest, the Eos is one of Volkswagen’s more… forgettable cars. But that’s exactly why it’s such a perfect car to modify: it isn’t hard to improve. Although it isn’t hard, Vancouver’s HPA...

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Build or Buy: Make them Jelly or Make Your Own GLI?

So you’re in the market for a German sports sedan, but the asking prices you’re finding are out of your budget. What’s an enthusiast to do but take a more basic model (read: affordable) and throw some...

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