Restricted Performance
Restricted Performance is a podcast about affordable fun, wacky car stories, car enthusiasm, and transportation. It’s also what happens when a check engine light appears—which pretty much sums up a car enthusiast’s life in a nutshell. Industry insiders Maddox Kay and Ross Litman are here to excite and amuse you with our irreverent takes on cars. Follow us on IG: @restricted_performance @maddoxkay @rlit1987
Episodes
Restricted Performance explores other forms of transportation this week with a discussion about cycling and its mutual benefits to both car enthusiasts and non-car enthusiasts.
With the help of our resident cycling expert, Toby Kessler, we uncover why we love cycling, how it represents truer freedom than driving in 2024, and outline a brief buyers guide for bicycles.
Come join us on a two-wheeled episode of Restricted Perform...
In a more freewheeling episode of the podcast, Ross and Maddox discuss why the abandonment of congestion pricing is a bad thing, which leads to a broader discussion on car dependency, car enthusiasm, and why enthusiasts should advocate for better public transit.
Finally, we talk about Ralph Gilles’ incredible career, how to exercise your special car and failed attempts at clutchless manual transmissions.
Maddox and Ross host one more episode from the Tail of the Dragon (and surrounding roads) in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina/Tennessee. Joining us this week will be our friends Ryan Yee and our first repeat guest, Alex Farmer. Ryan will profess his love for modifying cars (with mixed results) and discuss his recently completed BMW E38 740iL manual swap. The four of us also discuss what cars we've seen here and our takeaway...
What do seafood, an Italian super coupe, and Volvos have to do with each other? Well, they're all topics on this week's episode of the podcast. Maddox talks about his recent trip to the World of Volvo company museum in Sweden, we discuss Maddox's recent press car: the bewitching Maserati Gran Turismo Trofeo, and talk about Ross' new replacement vehicle: the normcore BMW X3.
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https://www.instagram.com/restricted_performance/ https://www.instagram.com/maddoxkay https://www.instagram.com/rlit1987/A bit of a bonus episode this week, as we discuss the best and mainly the worst of special-edition and co-branded cars, including but not limited to: the Jeep Comanche Eliminator, Mini Goodwood, and Ford Expedition Funkmaster Flex Edition. Enjoy!
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Can car enthusiast culture thrive in and around New York City? We're joined by our first guests: Will Lee of PTSRS, Toby Kessler, and Aaron Segal. Will, Aaron, and Toby are all lifelong car enthusiasts and give their perspectives on what makes NYC car culture unique.
Will: https://www.instagram.com/ptsrs
Toby: https://www.instagram.com/tobykessler
Aaron: https://www.instagram.com/asegal17
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https://www.instagram....Continuing the JDM discussion from last week, we discuss whether the import craze is past its peak and what might come next. We also explore the weirdness of TVR and Israel's only sports car, the Sabra.
The R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R Marks the End of the JDM Import Golden Age: https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-r34-nissan-skyline-gt-r-marks-the-end-of-the-jdm-import-golden-age
Best Motoring 996 Turbo vs. Ferrari 360, R34 GT-R, NSX: h...
Starting with a few minutes of banter this week: Ross drove the 2023 Volvo V60 T8 Polestar and 2024 Polestar 2 and Maddox shot the Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato.
From there, we dive into a brief history of Japanese automakers and JDM cars from World War II to today.
Books referenced:
"Cult of GT-R: A True Story of Crime, Obsession and the World's Most Coveted Car" by Ryan Zummallen: https://bookshop.org/p/books/cult-of-gt-r-a-true-s...
Today on the podcast, Maddox and Ross talk about the most common car modifications for the average enthusiast. We discuss what you should and should *not* do when it comes to modifying your car, how to get the most ‘bang for your buck’ out of mods, and share entertaining stories of mods gone wrong.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/restricted_performance/ https://www.instagram.com/maddoxkay https://www.instagram.com/rlit1987/
In this inaugural episode of the podcast, Maddox and Ross explore affordable fun by looking at different price points for enthusiast cars. We talk about the current state of sports cars and look at a wide variety of cars for the average enthusiast.
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