{"podcast":{"title":"Very Vehicular","slug":"very-vehicular-7616640","podcast_index_feed_id":7616640,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/very-vehicular","website_url":"https://bio.site/321actionaction","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/XlDrPVj1nNea4bJU7OP-Kq4cB4gOJ7CZrYSRm-gEf30/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMjEz/MTUyZDMwM2VjMjAz/ZTQ0NzNhMWU0ODNk/MGJhZS5wbmc.jpg","author":"Brian Scotto","episode_count":30,"summary":"A conversation about cars, trucks, tugs and other machines of transport that flows like an ADHD fever dream, hosted by Hoonigan co-founder and 321 Action Action director Brian Scotto. Enjoy, it’s gonna be a bizarre ride.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T04:19:20.591466+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/very-vehicular-7616640"},"episode":{"title":"Could Top Gear Even Exist Today? Topic Roulette With The Ballast Boys","slug":"could-top-gear-even-exist-today-topic-roulette-with-the-ballast-boys","published_at":"2026-05-27T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/very-vehicular-7616640/could-top-gear-even-exist-today-topic-roulette-with-the-ballast-boys","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/very-vehicular-7616640","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/73c7443f","audio_url":"https://2.gum.fm/op3.dev/e/pdcn.co/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/media.transistor.fm/73c7443f/c7075e39.mp3","summary":"The Ballast Boys are Back … again! Who doesn’t love a hang with the boys and quickly becoming regulars on Very Vehicular, Ron Zaras and Vin Anatra are here to play a little Topic Roulette with Scotto. Without giving too much away, the gang dive into the issues facing car culture, reveal some lukewarm takes (his own words!) and as ever, give each other a healthy dose of shit-talk. Enjoy! Mentioned in this episode Why British Plugs Are the Best Car Colors and the Recession Flock Cameras in Troy, NY Flock Cameras, Jalopnik Andy Wilman’s Lucky Pants @Vin_tra @Roncar @AntiLag @BrianScotto @321ActionAction Partners: Vyper Industrial FCP Euro Heatwave Visual Wera Tools KW Suspension Producer : Nick Rutter @nickrutterarts Music : SlikSound Patreon : https://patreon.com/u37266647 https://bio.site/321actionaction podcasts@321actionaction.com 00:00 - Welcome & Introduction 00:37 - Sponsors: Heat Wave Visual & KW Suspensions 02:17 - Return of the Ballast Boys 04:48 - One Car, One Track 15:53 - Is California Car Culture Dying? 29:08 - Perfect Day as a Car Nerd 38:37 - What Car Sold Today is a Future Classic? 53:06 - Sponsor: FCP Euro 55:33 - Good Tires / Crap Car? 01:01:46 - Does the Manual Transmission Still Matter? 01:22:05 - What Car Do You Wish Your Favourite Automaker Made Today? 01:37:01 - Sponsors: Vyper Industrial & Wera Tools 01:38:18 - Flock Cameras Vs Car Culture 01:47:15 - Are Muscle Cars Still Cool 01:57:48 - Silver Cars, Yes or No? 02:05:39 - Could Top Gear Exist Today?","meta_description":"The Ballast Boys are Back … again! Who doesn’t love a hang with the boys and quickly becoming regulars on Very Vehicular, Ron Zaras and Vin Anatra are her…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":9091,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/very-vehicular-7616640/episodes/could-top-gear-even-exist-today-topic-roulette-with-the-ballast-boys/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/very-vehicular-7616640/could-top-gear-even-exist-today-topic-roulette-with-the-ballast-boys.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}