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Then watchmaker Jay Turkbas stops by to unveil the brand-new Sheffield Sport solar ceramic tennis watch, and drop the story of Joe Biden wearing a custom Sheffield on Jay Leno's Garage.\n\n______________________________________________\n\n\n\n🛠️ RaceDeck - Transform Your Garage\n\nGet 15% off garage flooring!\n\nhttps://RaceDeck.com/SCR\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🛞 Vredestein - Car, SUV, Van, and Light Truck Tires\n\nDemand a better tire. Demand Vredestein.\n\nhttps://vredestein.com\n\n\n\n🛏️ Brooklyn Bedding - Award Winning Mattresses\n\nGo to https://brooklynbedding.com and use my promo code SPIKE for 30% off sitewide!\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\nMatt Farah explains why he's skipping Pebble Beach this year in favor of Detroit's Woodward Dream Cruise, a gloriously chaotic 15-mile traffic jam of muscle cars, customs, and exotics taking over Woodward Avenue.\n\n\n\nMatt then delivers a full road test breakdown of the new electric Porsche Macan GTS: $105K base, up to 570 horsepower on Overboost, dual-motor AWD, rear-axle steering, and surprisingly excellent daily drivability. Charging on Tesla Superchargers? Yes. Annoying proximity key issues like Polestar and Lucid? Not a problem here. Matt's verdict: if money weren't real, he'd drive it every day.\n\n\n\nSpike gives an update on Morris Solomons, their boutique consignment dealership currently featuring a 1974 BMW Batmobile and a clean Toyota FJ Cruiser. Matt also brings a surprise COTA race trophy for Jonny Lieberman, recounting how Jonny selflessly stepped aside to let Matt double-stint, helping their team take the win.\n\n\n\nFinally, Sheffield Watches founder Jay Turkbas joins to debut the Sheffield Sport ceramic tennis watch along with the updated SCR II blue dial and a sneak peek at a rotated-dial rally watch designed in collaboration with Jonny. Oh, and Joe Biden wore a custom Sheffield on Jay Leno's Garage. Not bad for a three-year-old brand.\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 Matt Farah\n\n01:53 - Pebble Beach vs Woodward Dream Cruise\n\n10:21 - We're selling the '74 BMW Batmobile\n\n18:35 - 2026 Porsche Macan GTS Electric review\n\n35:24 - Introducing Jay from Sheffield\n\n38:11 - How to make a watch\n\n49:23 - The Joe Biden Sheffield\n\n51:12 - The Jonny Lieberman Sheffield\nLearn more about your ad choices. 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