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Episodes
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
The fourth episode of the Founders Podcast looks at the second Full Throttle trip.
If you liked our original Founders Podcast on Full Throttle 1 where we bolted off to Europe for one of the first drives in the Bugatti Veyron, we hope you’ll enjoy a few laughs as we take you back to Europe for the second instalment of our Full Throttle trip when we got to drive nine of the world’s fastest cars scattered across four countries.
Oh, and while the first Full Throttle adventure drained us of cash and equity, this next trip very did nearly wipe us out. Funny thing is, we wouldn’t have it any other way as we got to drive a few supercars that no one else had driven before us, like the Veritas RS111, Brabham BT92, and GTA Spano from Spain.
It was a wild ride that saw us run out of cash at a Spanish airport after Ryan Air cleaned us out for extra baggage charges as we tried to get to Sweden for a Koenigsegg drive and factory tour with Christian Von Koenigsegg himself.
And, who would have thought we’d be drifting a twin-supercharged Audi R8 by ABT around tanks at a German military base and then drag racing our M5 on the tank firing range.
It was a rush but also hilarious at times. Strap in and enjoy the ride as we relive the early years.
This is another long and uncensored episode, so grab a beer or a coffee as we take you through it all!
Connect with the founders on social media:
Paul: https://instagram.com/PaulMaric / https://facebook.com/PaulMaric / https://twitter.com/PaulMaric
Alborz: https://instagram.com/AlborzFallah / https://facebook.com/AlborzFallah / https://twitter.com/AlborzFallah
Anthony: https://www.instagram.com/anthony.crawford.944/
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Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
In this episode, Mandy is joined by Paul Maric and Mike Costello, with Anthony Crawford chiming in to run through the latest in automotive news and what’s happening at the CarExpert offices around Australia.
The team this week talks about the Subaru Liberty being axed from the Australian market, the all-new Jeep Grand Wagoneer concept, the all-new Mercedes-Benz S-Class and a resale value comparison between Toyota and Tesla.
Paul Maric discusses his review of the Isuzu D-Max and we hear from Mike Costello about the grim VFACTS figures..
Finally, Anthony Crawford dials in to chat about his Land Rover Defender review.
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Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
In this episode, Mandy is joined by Paul Maric and Alborz Fallah, with Scott Collie chiming in to run through the latest in automotive news and what’s happening at the CarExpert offices around Australia.
The team this week talks about the accidental leaking of the 2023 Ford Bronco Raptor, the five-year warranty on offer for the new Land Rover Defender, a new interior for the Mazda CX-5 and Toyota's claims to have finally fixed the Toyota HiLux DPF issue.
Scott Collie dials in to discuss his comparison between the Hyundai Ioniq EV and Nissan Leaf and we hear from Porsche Centre Sydney, who worked on rebirthing a specification of the original 911.
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Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
In this episode, Mandy is joined by Scott Collie and William Stopford, with Mike Costello chiming in to run through the latest in automotive news and what’s happening at the CarExpert offices around Australia.
The team this week talks about the arrival of General Motors Specialty Vehicles, pricing for the Genesis GV80 and Toyota Yaris, and Skoda's seven-year warranty trial.
Mike Costello dials in to discuss the MG HS, and Doftek boss Geoff Rogers joins the team to discuss his company's revolutionary active wheel alignment system.
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Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
In this episode, Mandy is joined by Paul Maric and Anthony Crawford, with Mike Costello chiming in to run through the latest in automotive news and what’s happening at the CarExpert offices around Australia.
This week the team talks about the all-new Isuzu D-Max pricing and specifications, BMW Australia confirming the arrival of an all-new BMW M3 Touring, Hyundai taking the wraps off the new Hyundai i30 Sedan N-Line and the Toyota Landcruiser Prado getting a power and torque upgrade.
Mike Costello also dials in to chat about his latest hybrid comparison between the Subaru Forester hybrid and the Toyota RAV4 hybrid – the results of that test may surprise you.
Finally, we chat with CarExpert tech expert Geoff Quattromani about his recent comprehensive dashcam comparison.
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Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
The third episode of the founders' podcast looks at the cars we bought and why we bought them.
A lot of motoring journalists don't own cars, or if they do, they rarely drive them. That's why people are often surprised to hear that we own a bunch of random cars, with our taste in cars completely varying between the three of us.
In this podcast episode we talk about the cars we owned before CarAdvice, the new cars we bought and finally the used cars we've acquired since selling the old business.
To cap things off, we thought we'd include a gallery of our cars at the CarExpert website (link below) so you have something to flick through.
Let us know what you think, which car you'd like to drive away in and which topics you'd like to hear us cover in future episodes.
This is a long episode and as always is uncensored, so grab a beer, or a coffee, or any other refillable drink and enjoy!
The gallery of our cars:
https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/podcast-why-we-bought-the-cars-we-bought
Connect with the founders on social media:
Paul: https://instagram.com/PaulMaric / https://facebook.com/PaulMaric / https://twitter.com/PaulMaric
Alborz: https://instagram.com/AlborzFallah / https://facebook.com/AlborzFallah / https://twitter.com/AlborzFallah
Anthony: https://www.instagram.com/anthony.crawford.944/
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Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
In this episode, Mandy is joined by Scott Collie and James Wong, with Mike Costello and Chris Atkinson chiming in to run through the latest in automotive news and what’s happening at the CarExpert offices around Australia.
This week the team talks about the Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 supercar, discusses the 2021 Kia Rio, and looks at why the Land Rover Defender 90 has been delayed in Australia.
Mike Costello joins the panel to talk about the latest round of sales figures after another tough month for the Australian new car market, and Chris Atkinson drops by to talk us through his lap in the Porsche Cayman GT4.
Finally, CEO of the Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce, Geoff Gwilym, talks about the impact of strict lockdowns to prevent the spread of Coronavirus on Victorian dealerships.
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Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
In this episode, Mandy is joined by Mike Costello, James Wong, with Will Stopford and Anthony Crawford chiming in to run through the latest in automotive news and what’s happening at the CarExpert offices around Australia.
This week the team talks about phone detection cameras rolling out in Queensland and Victoria, the new Mazda 3 turbo only being available in left-hand drive, Renault killing the Zoe in Australia and the Mitsubishi Pajero being retired.
Anthony Crawford joins the team to discuss his review of the Mercedes-Benz C300e, while Will Stopford comes on the podcast to chat about his Volkswagen T-Cross review. Finally, Mike Costello runs us through Australian first active wheel alignment technology.
As always, we'd love to hear your feedback, so if there's anything you'd like to hear on the podcast in the future, shoot us an email to podcast@carexpert.com.au – or touch base with us on social media using the details below:
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Friday Jul 31, 2020
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Thank you for the amazing positive reaction to the first and subsequent episodes of the CarExpert podcast!
Our first episode with the three founders, Alborz, Tony and Paul, was so well received that a number of you asked us to keep going with a series of podcast episodes with the three of us recounting stories from our 15 years together.
This episode is all about our first 'Full Throttle' trip. The European trip was fully funded by, the then broke, us, where we lined up drives of the Bugatti Veyron, a pair of Lamborghinis and a James Bond Aston Martin.
As always, the trip was full of adventures, learning from mistakes and being typical Australians in a foreign country.
If you'd like to see the images from our first trip, head to the CarExpert website where we've uploaded a full gallery. Don't hate us for what you see! Also please note this episode contains a language warning.
Connect with the founders on social media:
Paul: https://instagram.com/PaulMaric / https://facebook.com/PaulMaric / https://twitter.com/PaulMaric
Alborz: https://instagram.com/AlborzFallah / https://facebook.com/AlborzFallah / https://twitter.com/AlborzFallah
Anthony: https://www.instagram.com/anthony.crawford.944/
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Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
In this episode, Mandy is joined by Scott Collie and Mike Costello, with Paul Maric, Alborz Fallah and Geoff Quattromani from the Technology Uncorked podcast chiming in to run through the latest in automotive news and what is happening at the CarExpert offices around Australia.
This week in car news the team talks about the MG HS, Paul Maric reviews the Toyota Mirai , while Alborz speaks about his recent opinion piece on Australia's most dangerous road rule. Geoff Quattromani joins us to talk about Apple CarKey which will arrive shortly for the BMW 5 Series.
The team also discusses the upcoming Hyundai i20N, there's a new Mitsubishi Outlander coming and finally the team analyses a move by Australian car manufacturers entering into a voluntary emissions code ahead of the government.
As always, we'd love to hear your feedback, so if there's anything you'd like to hear on the podcast in the future, shoot us an email to podcast@carexpert.com.au – or touch base with us on social media using the details below:
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