$15k Used Car Challenge

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$15k Used Car Challenge

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Jan 1, 2019

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Happy New Year! I'm in a remote location, and forgot my hard drive full of my guest interviews, so the first of this year is going to be a return to the $15,000 Used Car Challenge. Back to your regularily scheduled programming next tuesday! Enjoy.

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Jan 1, 2019

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An audio exploration of passionate automotive minds, hosted by Trevor Byrne.

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Automotive Design: Josh and Trevor recount a recent visit to listen to Giorgetto Giugiaro speak to his history in automotive design, the role key Canadian designers have had in the automotive industry, and a Fiat Zagato Abarth. by The Bucket Seat
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Importing an E30 Touring: Trevor, and Josh discuss the search for, evaluation of, purchase, and delivery of a car from the U-S-Of-A into Canada. They discuss the common myths of problematic border crossings, complicated paperwork, and "Canadianizing" a vehicle that once resided in by The Bucket Seat
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Starting a Dealership: Lief Sorensen visits The Bucket Seat podcast to share his journey from washing cars at a dealership, to owning and operating one in Canada's biggest city. by The Bucket Seat
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Super 7's, Driving Instructors, and Blown Turbos.: Miles Markovic pays The Bucket Seat a visit to talk about building, rebuilding, and racing track cars - specifically his Super 7. Then, they discuss what it takes to become a driving instructor, and what programs to consider. Plus, a few stories about blo by The Bucket Seat
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Getting into Auto Journalism in Canada: Drivermod.ca: Homegrown (Canadian) automotive journalist Phillip Oliveria explains what his new site drivermod.ca is all about. And, takes us through what crazy Canadian builds he has featured, and what the plans are for the future of the site. Outside of drivermod Phi by The Bucket Seat
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$15,000 Used Car Challenge Pt.4: Finding an interesting car while on a budget can seem like an uphill battle, but it doesn't have to be. This is another instalment of the $15,000 used car challenge. A solo episode, where Trevor actually gets through 15 cars, for under $15k, in under 15 m by The Bucket Seat
37 min listen
$15,000 Used Car Challenge Pt.2: Finding an interesting car while on a budget can be seem like an uphill battle, but it doesn't have to be. This solo episode is a random smattering of what's available for $15k or less, today, on the Canadian market. Note: Despite the episode intro, I edi by The Bucket Seat
17 min listen
The Art of... Awesome!: The Art of ... Awesome. In this episode of The Bucket Seat, Josh and Trevor recount their trip to the Art of Performance driving experience. They got a bit of seat time in the F-Type R, F-Pace, and XE, which seriously opened their eyes to where Jaguar is by The Bucket Seat
33 min listen
Targa Truck - Part 2: Now that we've heard about Targa Truck's path to Newfoundland, we resume the episode with Marks in depth look at where Targa Truck is going, and what that build is shaping up to become. It's crazy, legitimately, and the lengths that Mark is going to with by The Bucket Seat
61 min listen
$15,000 Used Car Challenge: In this episode Josh and Trevor get a bit more comfortable with their mic set up, discuss a new wagon from Kia, the Volvo XC90, and begin a potentially regular segment finding $15k used cars in 15 minutes. by The Bucket Seat
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Ultimate Family Machines Reviewed: Chrysler Aspen, Subaru WRX, Subaru Crosstrek: This is the beginning of my quest to find the Ultimate Family Machine. I'll be reviewing, and giving my opinion on as many family friendly vehicles as I can. In the first of what will be many reviews, I take a specific look at vehicles that fit my current by The Bucket Seat
28 min listen
Insurance & Autonomous Driving: In this episode I have a fascinating conversation with insurance expert Jeff Charles about the current, and future states of autonomous driving. In particular, we talk about it through the lense of the insurance industry, and Jeff's unique, decade plus ex by The Bucket Seat
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$15,000 Used Car Challenge Pt.5: The $15k Used Car Challenge is back, and this time i find everything from the master of torque steer (MS3), to a Fox body, and an Audi S6 Avant... with a billion Km's on it. Cars don't have to be boring... if you're willing to put in some time. Enjoy by The Bucket Seat
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Tokyo: Short & solo episode from my hotel room in Tokyo, while on a trip to visit the home of Subaru. by The Bucket Seat
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PASMAG v.s. The Wind: This past weekend I was on location for the second time, at Fitted Toronto's 9th annual event. Serious kudos to David Soo and Arthur for the near decade of running such a successful event. While at Fitted my first two guests are Senior Editor Micky Slinge by The Bucket Seat
38 min listen
Tamir, Urban Outlaw, Magnus - Part 2: In part 2 of 2 I continue speaking with Tamir Moscovici. In this episode we really focus in on the making of Tamir's films, and spend a considerable amount of time on Urban Outlaw. We also chat about another one of his great feature length films after Urb by The Bucket Seat
48 min listen
Kia Stinger, Autonomy, & Great Dealers: Episode 22 features good friend Lief Sorensen, and I've split it into 2 parts for you. We start by talking about a brand that I normally don't talk a lot about, but with some exciting product on the way, Lief and I chat about the new Kia Stinger that took by The Bucket Seat
48 min listen
$15,000 Used Car Challenge Pt.3: Finding an interesting car while on a budget can be seem like an uphill battle, but it doesn't have to be. This is another instalment of the $15,000 used car challenge. A solo episode, where Trevor actually gets through 15 cars, for under $15k, in under 1 by The Bucket Seat
25 min listen
AE86'd & Fitted: Getting to know a few of the Toronto car scene's finest in this episode; David, the Head Honcho at Fitted (the auto lifestyle brand in Canada, and host to thousands of car fans yearly at his events), and Jover the Drift Aficionado (an official AE86 OG).We by The Bucket Seat
67 min listen
Jaguar F-Pace R-Sport Impression: I've started a quick fire impression format, and this is the first of what I hope are many, Jaguar F-Pace R-Sport......I wasn't in love at first, but listen in to find out how the romance evolved. by The Bucket Seat
8 min listen
$15,000 Used Car Challenge - Convertible Edition: In this episode we bring back the fifteen thousand dollar used car Challenge. However, in this one, we solely focus on convertibles. Most of you know that drop tops aren't my fave, but after many years of searching, I have to admit that you can find some by The Bucket Seat
44 min listen
Laurance Yap - Part 2: I'm back with Part 2 of the Laurance Yap episode, and am excited to to say that we focus in on Laurance's time as an automotive journalist. It's no secret that I'm a big fan of Laurance's, so getting to this part of the episode was really gratifying. Enjo by The Bucket Seat
33 min listen
Touge Tuning & Building Fast Subies: In Episode 21 of the Bucket Seat podcast, and I speak to Chris Richardson, founder and owner of Touge Tuning here in Toronto. Chris's shop does a ton of work building fast Subarus, are experts in forced induction, and they know what it takes to build road by The Bucket Seat
57 min listen
Pfaff, Singer, & McLaren: In this chat with Laurance we start out with the move he recently made at Pfaff automotive, to become Creative Director. Some of the inspiring things Pfaff is doing these days thats influencing the companies direction, are now under Laurance's careful con by The Bucket Seat
51 min listen
Laurance Yap - Part 1: The Laurance Yap episode. It ranges from stories of the Carerra GT press launch with Walter Rohl, Hurley Haywood, Rick Bye, and Tony Morris Sr., to Laurance's role in Urban Outlaw and how it inspired him to get into his own 911. We even get to the TranSyb by The Bucket Seat
55 min listen
Deloreans & Hondas: In this episode I had the opportunity to speak with Justin Sookraj of Wells Auto. Justin is a fascinating guy, with a very clear passion, for unique things in the automotive world. Tune in to learn about his exploits in the world of the Delorean DMC-12, a by The Bucket Seat
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Pat Cyr & Cyrious Garageworks - Part 2: Back with Part 2 of the chat with Pat Cyr. We go deep on CyriousGarageworks and Pat's latest collaboration with Toyota Canada. Enjoy & sorry for the delay on this one. by The Bucket Seat
50 min listen
Tamir, Porsche, Magnus - Part 1: In part 1 of 2 I speak with Tamir Moscovic. Many of you will know him as the man responsible for Urban Outlaw, Kaz, Ayrton's Wish, Painting Coconuts, and many other great pieces of auto and non auto film.In this episode we delve into the moments that insp by The Bucket Seat
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Pat Cyr & Cyrious Garageworks: In this episode I get the chance to speak to Pat Cyr; owner of Cyrious Garageworks, builder of badass machines, and super talented drift pilot.Super educational drift ep! by The Bucket Seat
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$15,000 Used Car Challenge Pt.6: Kicking 2017 off with another $15k used car challenge! This time I start off with a bunch of vehicles that would be fitting for our current Canadian climate - for once, a manual transmission wasn't mandatory, but AWD was. The BRZ's are coming, the BRZ's a by The Bucket Seat
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$15k Used Car Challenge

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