Cold Start cover art

Cold Start

Cold Start

Written by: Cold Start
Listen for free

About this listen

An abrupt dive into automotive culture. No need for intros, just straight to talking about cars, motorsports, and anything automotive.

Copyright 2025 All rights reserved.
Episodes
  • Checkered Past: Sylas Goes Back to Track Days
    Feb 17 2026

    What seemed like a simple afternoon for a professional driver to go to a track day to hang with friends, turned into a deep dive into the mental side of motorsport -- and what it means for a competitive individual to actually have fun at an activity they've spent years training to master. After chasing the high of racing wheel-to-wheel, Sylas shares his insights of what it's like to take a step back to chill track days and the struggles he faced in just going for fun to Thunderhill in his Spec E30.

    Cold Start Hint: The best examples have shiny or painted headers.

    Answer to Episode 51 Cold Start: Nissan 240SX with a Tomei Exhaust

    Show More Show Less
    49 mins
  • How to Properly Mod Your Car
    Feb 10 2026

    As car enthusiasts, leaving our cars stock is simply not an option. We always need to be tweaking and making changes to make our cars our own. Anyone can modify their cars but there is an art to modifying them well. Todd and Sylas talk about what they have learned from their own journeys of modifying cars and what they think is the proper order of operations to make a well modified automobile.

    Cold Start Hint: It has a modified exhaust

    Answer to Episode 50 Cold Start: Porsche 991.2 GT3RS

    Show More Show Less
    48 mins
  • Private Racetracks
    Feb 3 2026

    There has been an interesting phenomenon that has been sweeping the nation in the motorsport industry. More and more "country club" racetracks have been popping upper to cater to the uber wealthy car/racing enthusiast. This business model has become so popular that even some public tracks have started to make the transition to go private and more exclusive. The guys explore this topic and discuss its long term effects on the grassroots enthusiast and motorsport industry as a whole. And they also answer the question of if these exclusive racetracks are even worth the hype.

    Cold Start Hint: The perfect starter car to go with your track membership

    Answer to Episode 49 Cold Start: 2005 Dodge Ram SRT-10

    Show More Show Less
    55 mins
No reviews yet