The Carmudgeon Show

ISSIMI is an enthusiast-owned, full-service specialist offering sales, consignment, collection management, service, and consulting to discerning enthusiasts and collectors. Specializing in complex transactions that include international services for exceptional cars, ISSIMI’s San Francisco Bay Area and Europe-based teams of experts pride themselves on transparency and knowledge. ISSIMI also produces enthusiast editorial media, including “Spotlight,” “Jason Cammisa on the Icons,” “The Carmudgeon Show,” and “Proper Care & Feeding of Cars.” Some of the vehicles featured in these editorial products, including the subjects in this Spotlight video, may be listed for sale through ISSIMI’s platform. Please check ISSIMI.com for more information.The Carmudgeon Show is a comedic, information-filled 25-minute conversation with Jason Cammisa and Derek Tam-Scott, two car enthusiasts who are curmudgeonly beyond their years. Proving you don’t have to be old to be grumpy, they spend each episode talking about what’s wrong with various parts of the automotive universe. Despite their best efforts to keep it negative, they usually wind up laughing, happy, and extolling their love for cars...

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 53m. Bisher sind 47 Folge(n) erschienen. Jede Woche gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 17 hours 4 minutes

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episode 37: Extended length season finale! — The Carmudgeon Show — Ep. 37


It’s time we put you in charge of the subject matter — and we received hundreds of great questions. Many were remarkably intelligent, some were genuinely difficult to answer, and a few cracked us up. Either way, thanks to our awesome audience!

This is the last episode for the first season of The Carmudgeon Show — and it’s the longest episode yet...


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 July 22, 2020  1h47m
 
 

episode 36: Gone in 2.5 seconds — The Carmudgeon Show — Ep. 36


In this episode of the Carmudgeon show, Derek and Jason discuss fast cars. Or, more precisely, they complain about fast cars. Speed limits haven’t changed, so as cars get faster and faster, it just means we get to enjoy them less.

Derek recently drove a Ferrari 488 Pista, the first Ferrari Jason thought was too fast. And yet Car and Driver Magazine just tested a BMW M8 that would crush the Pista in a drag race. The M8 Competition is a luxury barge that hits 60 mph in 2.5 seconds...


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 July 17, 2020  1h16m
 
 

episode 35: Will your car be valuable one day? — The Carmudgeon Show — Ep. 35


In this episode, Derek and Jason peer into the crystal ball to concoct the recipe for the perfect collectible car. What it comes down to is a number of factors; a checklist of characteristics. 
Did the car represent an end of an era? Or if it was replaced, was its replacement fundamentally different in a bad way? How many units were made — only two cars to ever hit the million-dollar price tag were produced in greater than 1000 units — the Mercedes 300SL Gullwing and the Ferrari F40...


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 July 10, 2020  1h3m
 
 

episode 34: The Corvette as a model citizen — The Carmudgeon Show — Ep. 34


This week, Derek and Jason discuss every generation of the Chevrolet Corvette while ogling beautiful sculpts made by Amalgam Collection.

Derek explains that the C1 Corvette, in all of its various bodies, was perhaps better to look at than to drive, with a solid rear axle and (in early versions) a truckish straight-six engine...


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 July 2, 2020  1h8m
 
 

episode 33: Don’t you dare lease that Alfa — The Carmudgeon Show — Ep. 33


This episode is all about leasing — or in other words, spending on depreciation versus investing in a car. There’s a certain cost of transportation that you just can’t beat, calculating Total Cost of Ownership. Paying more than that for something special (for example, a magnificent Alfa Romeo Giulia) can be worth it, but when you look at the upcharge for the QV, the cost is staggering...


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 June 24, 2020  1h2m
 
 

episode 32: When is it okay to modify a car? — The Carmudgeon Show — Ep. 32


This week, we ask the million-dollar question: when is it okay to modify your collector car? Or must you keep it stock at all costs?

Turns out, it depends — if your car is a “reference grade” collectible car, its value will be in its originality and correctness. But Derek and Jason discuss many times when it may be okay to modify: when it addresses a fundamental flaw in the car, when the mods are done well, and when the car still functions as designed...


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 June 17, 2020  53m
 
 

episode 31: Good car, bad example — The Carmudgeon Show — Ep. 31


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Like a magnificent grand piano that needs to be tuned, you can drive a vintage car that drives nothing like it should.

How, where, and who maintains a car can influence how it drives, even more than any inherent goodness or badness from the factory. There is some variation between cars when new, but it’s minimal — the big difference comes from how they’re treated by their owners...


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 June 11, 2020  49m
 
 

episode 30: It had better be a Diesel— The Carmudgeon Show — Ep. 30


How much ground clearance do you need in an apocalypse vehicle? After all, running over zombies might damage the cooling system on your venerable Mercedes W123—which otherwise will be the official car of the cockroach, long after all other life forms on Earth have ended.

Surely we all know (except Derek) that Zombie Apocalypse vehicles need to be diesels, lest the zombies deactivate your spark-ignition system with their ray-guns...


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 June 3, 2020  52m
 
 

episode 29: Aston Martin's CEO Drama — The Carmudgeon Show — Ep. 29


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Andy Palmer, the CEO of Aston Martin, was just fired with no notice — and was replaced by Tobias Moers of AMG fame...


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 May 29, 2020  1h2m
 
 

episode 28: BIRDS OF A FEATHER — The Carmudgeon Show — Ep. 28


Your taste in cars says a lot about you. We collect, covet, and drive different cars for many different reasons, but we see all kinds of different themes in people’s tastes. Some people are one-marque wonders; others chase a great driving experience or even a colorful palette in their garage. 

Perhaps what makes car-shows like Radwood so incredible is that they’re brand-agnostic celebrations that bring together car enthusiasts who would otherwise not meet one another...


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 May 20, 2020  1h2m