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Dumb Shifts

Dumb Shifts is the car podcast where hot takes meet horsepower. We debate, rank, and roast the best and worst cars, from supercars, sports cars, classic cars, and JDM icons to electric vehicles, SUVs, pickup trucks, and everyday beaters. Join us for unfiltered car reviews, dream garage battles, automotive news, Formula 1 talk, and arguments over Tesla, Ferrari, Porsche, BMW, Ford, Toyota, and more. Whether you love EVs, muscle cars, off-road builds, or car culture, Dumb Shifts delivers funny automotive debates, bold rankings, and opinions guaranteed to grind your gears. New episodes regularly.

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  • 16 episodes
  • Avg 21 min
  • English
  • Wednesday · 21 min

    One Manufacturer, Only 3 Cars | Salt Flats Dream Garage

    One manufacturer. Three cars. What would make your ultimate Salt Flats dream garage? In this dream garage challenge, we’re assigned a manufacturer and have to choose just three cars from its lineup. Think speed, wild engineering, and the machines you’d want to take onto the salt. We do tons of dream garage challenges featuring Salt Flats vehicles. Subscribe for more, and tell us your three picks in the comments! Hashtags: #DreamGarage, #SaltFlats, #CarChallenge, #Bonneville, #CarEnthusiast

  • Wednesday · 27 min

    Tom’s Refurb Dream Garage: Does Noise Complaint Make the Cut?

    Which Tom’s Refurb cars deserve a spot in your dream garage? Brothers Quinn and Ian pick their favorites from Tom and his crew’s builds, debate the Noise Complaint Mustang, and talk about Tom’s new channel on this episode of the Dumb Shifts Podcast. Then it’s time for “This or That”: two cars, one winner, and another tough choice waiting. With cars including the Buick GNX and Ferrari Enzo in the mix, we work through head-to-head comparisons and decide which ones we’d actually want in our garages. Which Tom’s Refurb build would you keep—and which car would you never eliminate? Drop your dream garage picks in the comments and tell us whether Quinn or Ian made the better choices. Subscribe to Dumb Shifts for more car debates, dream garage picks, and automotive podcast episodes. HASHTAGS #TomsRefurb, #DreamGarage, #NoiseComplaintMustang, #DumbShiftsPodcast, #CarPodcast TAGS

  • September 6 · 19 min

    Building Dream Garages: Hamilton Collection, Triple F & Revved Up Wishes

    Which cars would make YOUR dream garage? In this episode of Dumb Shifts, we pick our favorites from The Hamilton Collection, The Triple F Collection, and Revved Up Wishes to build our ultimate fantasy garages. We debate dream cars, explore incredible supercars and hypercars, and give these amazing collections and the people behind them their flowers for giving back through automotive passion. Incredible cars, generous people, and plenty of tough garage decisions—this is what makes car culture worth celebrating. Tell us in the comments: which cars would you choose, and who built the best dream garage? Subscribe to Dumb Shifts for more dream garage challenges, automotive discussions, and fun for car enthusiasts and gearheads. Hashtags #DumbShifts, #DreamGarage, #TheHamiltonCollection, #TheTripleFCollection, #RevvedUpWishes, #Supercars, #Hypercars, #CarCulture

  • September 4 · 18 min

    The Ultimate Showdown: Ian vs Quinn | Who Wins?

    Your cars. WhistlinDiesel’s wildest rides. Our dream garages. On this episode of the Dumb Shifts Automotive Podcast, we build dream garages using our followers’ cars, then take on a whole bunch of WhistlinDiesel dream garages featuring cars from across his YouTube channel’s entire history. Want your car in the next round of dream garages? Go to https://dumbshifts.com Click “Submit Your Car” Fill out the form for a chance to be included in the next round! Which cars would make your dream garage? Drop your picks in the comments, and subscribe to Dumb Shifts for more dream garage builds and automotive discussions. HASHTAGS #DumbShifts, #WhistlinDiesel, #DreamGarage, #CarPodcast, #AutomotivePodcast, #SubscriberCars, #CarCommunity

  • August 26 · 22 min

    We are Building Dream Garages! Spend $9

    We’re playing the ultimate car enthusiast game: build the perfect dream garage—but every choice comes with a twist.In this episode, we debate dream cars, garage tools, oil changes, race cars, and mystery automotive products. Which picks belong in the garage, which ones get rejected, and who makes the most questionable decisions?Expect ridiculous choices, strong opinions, automotive trivia, unexpected reveals, and plenty of friendly car debates. It’s part car podcast, part automotive game show, and entirely made for enthusiasts who love arguing about cars.Play along in the comments: What are the first three things going into your dream garage?Subscribe for more dream-garage challenges, mystery oils, automotive product games, car debates, race-car picks, and enthusiast podcast episodes.#DreamGarage #CarGames #CarPodcast #CarEnthusiast #AutomotiveGames #CarDebate #RaceCars #DumbShifts

  • August 20 · 14 min

    Can We Still Afford to Save the Manual Transmission? Mini Games

    What would your ultimate dream garage look like if every car had to follow one rule? In this episode, we build fantasy car collections featuring gated-manual cars only, blue cars only, orange cars only, and green cars only. Expect plenty of Lamborghini, Ferrari, and BMW dream cars—including the legendary Lamborghini Countach—as we debate which vehicles deserve a place in each garage. We also reveal future project cars and upcoming automotive builds for the channel. Plus, we celebrate reaching 10,000 followers on TikTok! Thank you to everyone following the builds, debates, and car content. Watch to the end, then tell us in the comments: Which dream garage would you choose, and what car are we missing? Subscribe for more automotive podcasts, dream garage challenges, gated-manual supercars, project-car builds, Lamborghini content, Ferrari discussions, BMW builds, and future car reveals. #DreamGarage #Lamborghini #Ferrari #BMW #GatedManual #Supercars #CarPodcast #ProjectCars #LamborghiniCountach #CarCollection #Automotive #ManualTransmission

  • August 11 · 15 min

    NO SLEEVES! Cleetus Merch + BANNED Race Cars

    Ian finally received his Cleetus McFarland Freedom Factory merch—and this shirt is designed so you can rip the sleeves completely off. Naturally, the sleeves didn’t survive the episode. Hell yeah, brother!After going full NO SLEEVES, we build the ultimate red, white and blue Dream Garage. Each garage needs one red car, one white car and one blue car—but only the best combination can win.We also dive into some of the wildest banned race cars and Formula 1 cars ever created. These machines were so fast, dominant or controversial that racing organizations changed the rules to stop them.Finally, we rank the greatest Pontiac GTOs and debate which generation deserves the top spot.In this episode:🇺🇸 Ian tests Cleetus McFarland’s rip-off-sleeves Freedom Factory merch🚘 We build red, white and blue Dream Garages🏁 We discuss legendary banned race cars🏎️ We explore banned and controversial F1 cars🔥 We rank Pontiac GTO generations from worst to bestTell us in the comments:Which sleeves-free Cleetus shirt would you wear?What three cars belong in your American Dream Garage?Which banned race car was the most brilliant?What is the greatest Pontiac GTO ever made?Subscribe for automotive podcasts, Dream Garage drafts, car rankings, motorsport history, questionable opinions and plenty of enthusiast chaos.This channel is not affiliated with Cleetus McFarland or Freedom Factory. We’re simply fans of the merch, cars and community.#CleetusMcFarland, #FreedomFactory, #CleetusMerch, #NoSleeves, #HellYeahBrother, #BannedRaceCars, #Formula1, #F1, #PontiacGTO, #DreamGarage, #AmericanCars, #CarPodcast, #Automotive, #MuscleCars, #Motorsport

  • August 11 · 29 min

    BANNED! Racing’s Most Controversial Cars

    Some race cars were so fast, dominant or controversial that the rules had to be changed. In this episode, we break down the wildest BANNED race cars and decide which ones truly deserved to be outlawed. Then the drafts and rankings begin: 🏁 The most legendary banned race cars🎨 Drafting the greatest BMW paint colors🇬🇧 Ranking Aston Martin models from worst to best🔧 The hardest and most frustrating spark plug jobs🇯🇵 Drafting the best JDM wheels ever made🛞 The ultimate all-cars-combined wheel draft Which banned race car is the greatest of all time? What is BMW’s best paint color? Which Aston Martin belongs at the top of the ranking—and which wheels are you taking with the first overall pick? Drop your answers and your own draft selections in the comments. Subscribe for more Dream Garage drafts, automotive rankings, car debates, mechanical nightmares and enthusiast hot takes. Join our car drafting challenge as we pick the best BMW paint colors and rank every major Aston Martin generation. See who builds the better garage. We break down the design choices behind iconic BMW paint colors and debate the heritage of Aston Martin models. Whether you are obsessed with European luxury or Japanese performance, this session covers the styling details that matter most to enthusiasts. Beyond the primary rankings, we shift gears to discuss the best JDM wheels for street builds and analyze the engineering legacy of a legendary rotary race car. This conversation is for anyone who appreciates the intersection of performance tuning and aesthetic design. Subscribe for weekly car culture breakdowns, and tell us in the comments which BMW paint color you would choose for your own build. #BannedRaceCars #RaceCars #BMW #AstonMartin #JDM #CarWheels #SparkPlugs #CarPodcast #Motorsport #Automotive

  • August 7 · 38 min

    Pick the WORST engines, tranmissions, turbos and cars

    Is the Lamborghini Countach a genuine automotive masterpiece—or one of the most overrated supercars ever built? In this Dream Garage episode, we debate whether Lamborghini’s legendary wedge deserves a place in the ultimate car collection. We break down the Countach’s styling, engine, transmission, driving experience, legacy, and the compromises that come with owning such an extreme Italian icon. Our Dream Garage conversations cover everything from turbo six-cylinder engines and the best manual and automatic transmissions to wheel drops, trucks, Nissans, BMWs, NASCAR machines, Hennessey builds, Porsches, Singer creations, Lamborghinis, and the never-ending Ford vs. Chevy rivalry. Would you put a Lamborghini Countach in your Dream Garage—or choose something else? Tell us in the comments. Subscribe for more Dream Garages, automotive debates, race cars, wheel drops, trucks, performance builds, and brutally honest car opinions. HASHTAGS #Lamborghini, #Countach, #LamborghiniCountach, #DreamGarage, #Supercars, #CarPodcast, #AutomotivePodcast, #CarCulture, #ClassicCars, #ItalianCars, #ExoticCars, #CarDebate, #DumbShifts

  • August 3 · 14 min

    Ranking the Ultimate Dream Garage: RX-7s, Hummers, BMWs & More

    Which cars belong in the ultimate dream garage?In this episode, we rank every generation of the Mazda RX-7, compare the different Hummer generations, and build some seriously wild dream garages. That includes a garage inspired by Disney and Pixar’s Cars, a Ringbrothers dream garage, and the ultimate BMW collection.From the legendary RX-7 FD and rugged H1 Hummer to custom Ringbrothers builds, iconic movie cars, and BMW M cars, we’re choosing the vehicles we’d keep—and the ones we’d leave behind.What would your rankings look like? Tell us which car deserves the top spot and what belongs in your dream garage.HASHTAGS#DreamGarage, #MazdaRX7, #RX7, #Hummer, #H1Hummer, #BMW, #BMWM, #Ringbrothers, #CarRanking, #CarTierList, #JDM, #MovieCars, #CarsMovie, #CarCulture, #DreamCars

  • August 3 · 16 min

    Porsche Heaven: Dream Garage Porschepalooza

    Welcome to the ultimate Porsche episode—a complete celebration of Porsche cars, Porsche models, Porsche history and everything Porsche enthusiasts love.We draft the greatest Porsche models ever made, rank legendary Porsche sports cars, build our ultimate Porsche dream garages and debate the best Porsche wheels and factory paint colors. We finish with a Pimp My Ride–style challenge in which we create the wildest custom Porsche dream garage possible.This episode covers the complete Porsche 911 family, including the original Porsche 911, classic air-cooled 911, Porsche 930 Turbo, Porsche 964, Porsche 993, Porsche 996, Porsche 997, Porsche 991 and the latest Porsche 992 generation. We debate the Porsche 911 Carrera, Carrera S, Carrera T, Carrera GTS, Targa, Turbo, Turbo S, Sport Classic, Speedster, Dakar, S/T, GT3, GT3 Touring, GT3 RS, GT2 and GT2 RS.We also get into Porsche’s greatest supercars and racing legends, including the Porsche Carrera GT, Porsche 918 Spyder, Porsche 959, Porsche 550 Spyder, Porsche 904 Carrera GTS, Porsche 906, Porsche 917, Porsche 935, Porsche 956 and Porsche 962.The mid-engine Porsche lineup gets plenty of attention too, including the Porsche Boxster, Porsche Cayman, Porsche 718 Boxster, Porsche 718 Cayman, Cayman S, Cayman GTS 4.0, Porsche Cayman GT4, 718 Cayman GT4 RS, Boxster Spyder and Porsche 718 Spyder RS.We also discuss front-engine and modern Porsche models such as the Porsche 924, Porsche 944, Porsche 944 Turbo, Porsche 968, Porsche 928, Porsche Panamera, Porsche Macan, Porsche Cayenne, Porsche Taycan and the electric Porsche Taycan Turbo GT.In this ultimate Porsche podcast episode:• We draft the greatest Porsche cars ever made• We rank iconic Porsche models and 911 generations• We build the ultimate Porsche dream garage• We draft the best Porsche wheel designs• We draft legendary Porsche paint-to-sample colors• We create a Pimp My Ride Porsche dream garage• We debate air-cooled vs water-cooled Porsche 911s• We compare Porsche GT cars, supercars, classics and modern modelsExpect plenty of Porsche 911 discussion, from the classic air-cooled Porsche experience to the modern 992 GT3, 992 GT3 RS, 992 Turbo S, 911 Dakar and 911 S/T. We also compare the Carrera GT, 918 Spyder and 959 while debating where cars like the Cayman GT4 RS and Spyder RS belong in Porsche history.We cover famous Porsche colors and Paint to Sample options, including Guards Red, Racing Yellow, Shark Blue, Miami Blue, Riviera Blue, Gulf Blue, Mexico Blue, Oslo Blue, Irish Green, Python Green, Oak Green Metallic, Brewster Green, Rubystar, Ruby Star Neo, Signal Orange, Lava Orange, Speed Yellow, Viola Metallic, Chalk, Crayon and many more.We also draft classic and modern Porsche wheels, from Fuchs wheels and Turbo Twist wheels to Sport Classic, Carrera GT, GT3, GT3 RS and center-lock Porsche wheel designs.I’m wearing a custom Porsche-inspired shirt that I designed and had made specifically for the ultimate Porsche episode.Whether your dream Porsche is a classic 356 Speedster, an air-cooled 911, a 930 Turbo, a 964, a 993, a Carrera GT, a 918 Spyder, a 911 GT3 RS, a GT2 RS, a Cayman GT4 RS or a brand-new 992, this episode has something for every Porsche owner, collector and enthusiast.What is the greatest Porsche ever made? Which Porsche models belong in your dream garage? What are the best Porsche wheels and Paint to Sample colors? Post your Porsche draft, rankings and ultimate garage in the comments.Subscribe for more Porsche content, car rankings, automotive drafts, dream garages, sports-car debates and enthusiast podcasts.

  • August 3 · 18 min

    The Most STRESSFUL Wheel Draft Yet

    Today we’re settling three of the most important debates in automotive design.First, we draft the greatest Italian wheels ever fitted to cars from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Alfa Romeo and more. Then we battle over BMW’s most iconic wheel designs. Finally, we draft the best paint colors ever offered on Italian and German cars.Who built the best team—and which picks did we completely overlook? Rank our drafts in the comments.Subscribe for more car debates, rankings and automotive nonsense.#Cars #BMW #Ferrari #Lamborghini #CarPodcast #CarDesign #GermanCars #ItalianCars #CarWheels #Automotive

  • August 1 · 30 min

    I Picked a Corvette Over a Ferrari?!

    Ferrari or Corvette—which one are you taking? My brother and I go head-to-head, choosing the cars we would actually want in our garages. One of us picks the Ferrari. The other makes the case for the Corvette. Then we take things even further and build our ultimate dream garages—with plenty of V12 power. Some choices were easy. Others nearly started a family argument. Watch the full debate, then tell us: Ferrari or Corvette—and which cars belong in your dream garage? HASHTAGS #Ferrari, #Corvette, #CarDebate, #DreamGarage, #V12, #Supercars, #CarPodcast, #CarGuys, #SportsCars, #Automotive

  • August 1 · 26 min

    Ranking Engines | Which One Would You Pick?

    In this episode, my brother and I go back and forth ranking some of the greatest cars and engines ever made! We debate McLarens, famous cars from the movies, iconic James Bond cars, turbocharged BMW six-cylinder engines, and naturally aspirated BMW six-cylinders.Which McLaren deserves the top spot? What is the greatest James Bond car? Are turbo BMW inline-six engines better than the classic naturally aspirated versions? Watch our rankings, disagreements, and automotive hot takes—then share your list in the comments!Like, comment, and subscribe for more car rankings, automotive debates, performance cars, BMW content, and brother-versus-brother episodes.Hashtags:#McLaren, #JamesBondCars, #MovieCars, #BMW, #BMWInlineSix, #TurboBMW, #NaturallyAspirated, #CarRanking, #CarDebate, #PerformanceCars, #SportsCars, #Supercars, #CarTalk, #Automotive, #CarPodcast

  • July 29 · 13 min

    Ferrari vs Lamborghini: Building the Perfect Supercar Collection

    What would you put in the ultimate dream supercar garage? In this episode, we build our fantasy car collections using some of the greatest exotic cars ever made. We begin with the legendary Ferrari versus Lamborghini rivalry, exploring how Lamborghini challenged Ferrari and helped create one of the most famous rivalries in automotive history. From classic Italian sports cars to today’s high-performance machines, we debate which Ferraris, Lamborghinis and other supercars deserve a place in our dream garages. Would you choose the raw excitement of a Lamborghini, the racing heritage of a Ferrari or something completely different? Expect dream-car picks, surprising exclusions, supercar comparisons and plenty of automotive debate. Topics include: Ferrari vs. Lamborghini The history of the Ferrari and Lamborghini rivalry Building the ultimate dream garage Ranking legendary exotic cars Classic and modern supercars Italian sports cars and automotive history The best Ferraris and Lamborghinis ever made Choosing the perfect fantasy car collection Build your own dream garage in the comments. Which supercars are essential, and which famous models would you leave out? Subscribe for more car rankings, automotive history, dream-car discussions and car-culture podcast episodes.

  • July 29 · 17 min

    Ranking Police Cars, GM A-Body Muscle Cars, Wagons & Car Mods

    We’re ranking some of the most memorable vehicles and automotive trends of all time! Which police cars deserve the top spot? Which first-generation GM A-body muscle car from 1965–1967 is the greatest? Which station wagons are surprisingly cool—and which popular car modifications are actually worth doing? In this episode: Ranking classic and modern police cars The best GM A-body muscle cars from 1965–1967 Pontiac GTO, Chevrolet Chevelle, Oldsmobile 442 and Buick Skylark comparisons Ranking classic station wagons The best and worst car modifications Muscle-car history, automotive opinions and plenty of debate Whether you love classic muscle cars, vintage station wagons, police cruisers, custom cars or general automotive history, join us as we build our rankings and defend our choices.

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