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Episode 421: 2025 Toyota 4Runner Trailhunter, 2026 Audi Q3, Benjamin Bought A New Car

·1 hr 14 min·5 clips

Toyota hides trailer settings and safety acronyms like PKS, CKB, and TRS in a tiny gauge-cluster screen.

Sami greets listeners and welcomes new people to the show. Benjamin answers with his dry greeting. Sami thanks the audience for trying the show. The hosts joke about how many podcasts Benjamin has been doing. Benjamin says the schedule is tied to interviews for his comic Model UN. Sami plugs the Kickstarter, the October 7th launch at 8 a.m., and the comic site. The comic is framed as a story about aliens, high school kids in the 90s, and the fate of the earth. Benjamin says those interviews have exposed him to a wide range of podcast styles and formats. The show then slides back to cars. The clip centers on the Audi Q3 and Benjamin's broader car discussion. The Q3 becomes the main focus and the closest thing it has to a tech showcase. The hosts start with the outside details, especially the front end and its sensor layout. The front emblem is blacked out and the rear emblem is illuminated. Benjamin jokes that it feels like two different teams worked on each end of the vehicle. Inside, the Q3 leaves a better impression. Benjamin says it now feels less like an elevated Golf and more like a smaller Q5. They talk through Audi's use of sustainable materials and the general problem of fake plastics. Benjamin jokes that biodegradable interiors are not automatically appealing when the car costs about $45,000. The conversation wanders through plastic jokes, spider-web Mazda memories, and other ways cars become awkward homes for things you do not want. The episode ends by pointing ahead to Chad Kirshner guest-hosting next week and Benjamin talking about the Nissan Versa.

As heard by us

A loose car review that turns the Q3's interior, emblems, and badge logic into the main event.

The piece starts in a loose, conversational way, with listener thanks and Ben's packed podcast schedule tied to the Model UN Kickstarter. It takes its time getting to the car talk, but that meandering does fit the tone of the discussion rather than fighting it.

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Why you'd press play

You want an Audi Q3 talk that leans into the odd badge-and-lighting details and still makes room for the podcast banter around it.

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