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Plus: the 911 GT3 SC, 911 GT4, watchmaking in Geneva, and a live engine start in the SCR Garage.\n\n______________________________________________\n\n\n\n🫧 Meguiar's - 125 Years of Passion\n\nPremium products to clean, restore, and protect your vehicle\n\nhttps://meguiarsdirect.com/collections/new\n\n\n\n💧 Pocket Hose - The #1 Expanding Hose in the World\n\nText SPIKE to 64000 to get a FREE Pocket Pivot and 10-Pattern Sprayer with Purchase of the Pocket Hose Ballistic!\n\n\n\n🛠️ RaceDeck - Transform Your Garage\n\nGet 15% off plus free shipping with code SPIKE356\n\nhttps://RaceDeck.com\n\n\n\n🔵 BlueChew - Get Bricked Up with BlueChew Gold\n\nBuy 2 months of BlueChew Gold, get the 3rd month for FREE with code SPIKE911\n\nhttps://BlueChew.com\n\n\n\nGRAB SOME SCR MERCH:\n\nhttps://spikescarradio.com\n\n\n\nGET MORE SCR ON PATREON:\n\nhttps://www.patreon.com/spikescarradio\n\n______________________________________________\n\n\n\nJames Pumphrey hit the Dakar Rally with Tudor watches, then flew to Geneva to attempt building a watch movement by hand. Spoiler: tiny screws are no joke. Back stateside, he's turning a $3,000 VW Golf with 300k miles into a project car built for regular people, not influencers with sponsor budgets.\n\n\n\nPeter Nam of Gunther Werks crashed the episode last-minute to bring in the 'Endgame': a one-of-one 4.0L twin-turbo Speedster commissioned by a client with a serious Marvel obsession. We're talking 840 horsepower, 2,600 lbs, 24k gold-plated engine components, and a shifter micro-pavéd with real gemstones representing the Infinity Stones. The candy red paint was matched to high-end Iron Man figures. This thing is absurd in the best possible way.\n\n\n\nAlong the way: Porsche GT3 SC debate, the 911 GT4 rumors nobody's officially confirmed, a Malibu GT3 RS crash Spike definitely wasn't involved in, and a roast of a Porsche dealership's Botox-and-matching-outfits marketing campaign aimed at women.\n\n\n\nAlso: Peter drops insider intel on Porsche's upcoming $2.5–3M Hybrid V8 halo car. Not the Mission X. Something much more interesting.\n\n_____________________________________________\n\n\n\n📧 To advertise with Spike’s Car Radio, contact Neon Tiger Media:\n\ncontact@neontiger.media\n\n🌐 or visit:\n\nhttps://scrpod.com/sponsor\n\n\n\nProduced by \n\nSkyview Entertainment\n\n&\n\nQ6 Media\n\nhttps://q6.media\n\n______________________________________________\n\n\n\nTimestamps:\n\n00:00 - Introducing James Pumphrey\n\n01:27 - Rally cars and building watches with Tudor\n\n11:38 - Why you should have a cheap project car\n\n21:51 - 2927 Porsche 911 GT3 SC announced\n\n25:29 - There's gonna be a 911 GT4?\n\n27:26 - Brutal Porsche GT3 crash\n\n29:44 - Porsche and Pilates is back with a vengeance\n\n37:06 - $2M Gunther Werks Iron Man Porsche\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"},"annotations":[{"startTime":14.9,"endTime":23.5,"type":"company","title":"Guntherwerks","url":"/glossary/gunther-werks","quote":"James Pumphrey and Peter Naam and Guntherwerks. 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