By Tim Harris · February 19, 2026

Something about modern car culture stopped feeling real.

Not bad.

Not broken.

Just… disconnected.

Too much noise.

Too much ego.

Too many hidden agendas.

And not enough of the thing that made most of us fall in love with cars in the first place — genuine connection.

I didn’t start FullThrottleTalk because the world needed another car podcast.

It didn’t.

I started it because I wanted to build something honest again.

Someone recently asked me two simple questions:

Here’s the answer.

I didn’t start FullThrottleTalk to build another platform.

I started it to build a place.

A place where enthusiasts feel like they belong.

Belonging isn’t about exclusivity.

It isn’t about brand loyalty.

It isn’t about price point.

It’s about shared passion.

Because underneath all the noise, most enthusiasts are chasing the same thing — the moment when a machine connects with something emotional inside you.

That’s the common ground.

That’s what matters.

👉 FullThrottleTalk isn’t about status — it’s about shared obsession.

Let me say this clearly.

We celebrate the everyday car enthusiast.

We celebrate the serious collector.

Both belong here.

If someone buys a Ferrari GTO because it was their lifelong dream — and they worked, sacrificed, and earned it — we celebrate that.

That represents passion, discipline, achievement.

And if someone buys a Miata because it makes them smile every time they drive, we celebrate that just as much.

Passion isn’t defined by price.

It’s defined by connection.

What you won’t find here is class warfare disguised as commentary.

Jealousy isn’t culture.

Resentment isn’t enthusiasm.

Respect is the baseline.

And for the record — this isn’t theory for me. It’s how I live.

Yes, I buy new Ferraris.

And I also own:

A 2019 911 Speedster.
A 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder 1:1 FIA-approved tribute.
A 1993 Miata.
A 1954 Triumph TR2.
A 1976 VW Scirocco.

And a few other weird things that only make sense if you genuinely love cars.

I don’t love them differently because of price or prestige.

I love them because each represents a different experience.

Different eras.

Different engineering philosophies.

Different emotions.

Real car enthusiasm isn’t about climbing a ladder where one car replaces another.

It’s about collecting experiences.

Trust is everything.

When someone listens to FullThrottleTalk, they should feel like they can let their guard down.

No hidden agendas.

No disguised marketing.

No hosts praising cars they conveniently happen to have for sale.

That already happened once — and it will never happen again.

FullThrottleTalk is not a platform for selling cars.

Not for selling services.

Not a disguised marketing funnel.

Opinions come from passion — not inventory.

If listeners can’t trust the conversation, nothing else matters.

I don’t want podcasts filled with political talking points designed to provoke reactions.

I don’t want intentionally offensive takes chasing attention.

Cars should feel like an escape.

A shared language that connects people — not another battlefield.

Curious.

Respectful.

Direct.

Honest.

That’s the tone.

Some corners of car culture have turned into brand tribes.

Porsche vs Ferrari.

Exotic vs grassroots.

Collector vs driver.

But when you spend time around real enthusiasts, you realize something:

Most Ferrari owners love Porsches.

Most Corvette guys appreciate everything.

Real enthusiasts don’t build walls between brands.

They build garages that tell stories.

Cars are becoming software.

Drive-by-wire.

Digitally filtered inputs.

Algorithmically engineered experiences.

The steering feel you think you’re experiencing? Often it isn’t raw mechanical feedback.

It’s software simulating what engineers believe steering should feel like.

You’re not always feeling the machine.

You’re feeling an interpretation.

And this shift isn’t just happening to cars.

Our lives are increasingly mediated by AI and algorithms.

What we see.

What we buy.

Where we go.

How we move.

Mobility will become autonomous.

Cars will become appliances.

Convenient. Efficient. Predictable.

But something gets lost when experience becomes simulation.

My 12-year-old daughter might grow up in a world where she never needs to learn how to drive.

That thought hits hard.

So as a father, I’m making a commitment:

I will teach her to drive a manual transmission.

And she will go kart racing with me.

Not because she’ll need those skills to survive — but because some experiences are too important to lose.

As the world becomes more digital, more curated, more algorithmically optimized, humans don’t crave more simulation.

They crave what is real.

Unfiltered.

Unscripted.

Mechanical.

Human.

Social media feels curated.

Experiences feel packaged.

But standing next to another enthusiast, talking about why a car matters to you — that’s different.

No algorithms.

No performance.

Just shared passion.

👉 As the world becomes more simulated, real experiences become priceless.

And protecting that sense of real connection — between people, machines, and experience — is exactly why FullThrottleTalk exists.

This isn’t just about conversations online.

We want to create opportunities to step away from the simulated and into something real together.

Organized rallies.

European and U.S. driving tours.

Community gatherings where the only agenda is connection.

Real roads.

Real conversations.

Real experiences shared with people who understand.

The goal is simple.

Create a place where car people can show up and feel like they don’t have to prove anything.

Where nobody is trying to sell them something.

Where nobody is pushing an agenda.

Where a Miata owner and a Ferrari collector can sit in the same conversation and both feel respected.

Because cars have always been about more than machines.

They’re about connection.

Connection to the road.

Connection to yourself.

Connection to other people who understand why it matters.

FullThrottleTalk exists to protect that feeling.

That’s it.

— Tim Harris

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