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Wrenched. Then Driven.
Modern cars are changing faster than ever. Wrenched. Then Driven. is about making sense of what that means when you actually own and drive them.
From EV charging and road trips to technology, driving behavior, ownership, and the changing relationship between cars and the people who drive them, each episode looks past the specs to explain what’s really happening—and why it matters.
Wrenched. Then Driven. is the companion podcast to Wrench & Reason on YouTube, where we explain how modern cars actually work.
Wrenched. Then Driven.
Latest Episodes
Modern Cars Feel Less and Less Mechanical
Modern cars are smoother, quieter, safer, and easier to drive than ever before. But in the process, many of them also feel less mechanical than the vehicles that came before them.From EV throttle tuning to brake-by-wire systems, regener...
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Traffic Keeps Getting Faster
Modern traffic feels different than it did twenty or thirty years ago, but not necessarily because people changed.Today's vehicles accelerate more quickly, respond more immediately, and make performance accessible in ways that were once...
No More Manual Transmissions?
Manual transmissions used to have practical advantages. They could be cheaper, more efficient, and give the driver more control than the automatics of their time.That changed.Modern automatics are faster, easier to integrate wit...