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341-KEVIN WILLIAMS!!! from 2022-04-14T20:00

We're extremely grateful to have Kevin Williams join us on this week's show! You know Kevin by way of Car Bibles where he literally wrote the book on the Fiat 500 Abarth. Kevin focuses on some incr...

196-Ian Beams In To The Blanket Fort So That We Can Lose Our Minds Over A Vanity Plate from 2022-03-04T15:48:22.149636

Episode 196-It's seafood this time. It was leftover pizza last time.

Much like Ian's over-inflated rental car tires, we pump as much hot air into this episode as we can, but b...

160-Dave Gets Faster, Ian And His Saab Have A Very Interesting Relationship, And We Find Someone That Has It All Figured Out. from 2022-03-04T15:48:22.069063

Episode 160

Booty N Pizza. What more can be said? What more could be desired out of life? Never have eleven letters said so much. Our admiration dials get turned to 11 on this...

335-Craigslist-based Cries For Help from 2022-03-03T20:00

In this week's episode we start with a Mental check-in, then pivot to Mental checking in. Dave does what Dave does, in that he techs the heck out of something, and Ian manages to find perhaps the s...

335-Craigslist-based Cries For Help from 2022-03-03T20:00

In this week's episode we start with a Mental check-in, then pivot to Mental checking in. Dave does what Dave does, in that he techs the heck out of something, and Ian manages to find perhaps the s...

334-JC Peterson Talks About Her New Book!!! from 2022-02-24T22:00

JC Peterson is an author of hilarious Young Adult novels, and also married to the serial bad-car-owner Ian. We finally have her on the show to talk about her debut novel, why every car is actually ...

333-Whoopsie Poopsie! from 2022-02-17T20:00

Ooof. Sometimes you see something so weird you wonder how in the world it could have happened and oftentimes you never find out. Well, in this episode we end up relating to a Jeep Renegade a bit mo...

332-Peter (Peedah) Knowles And His New Car!!! from 2022-02-10T20:00

There's only one person call when we need some Big Mainer Energy brought to the show, our dear friend Peedah! In this episode Peedah and Dave surprise Ian with a few things, primarily Peedah's wick...

331-Chris Landry Joins Us To Talk About His High-Mileage Hondas And His ML320!!! from 2022-02-03T20:00

Chris Landry joins us in the virtual blanket fort this week!!! You know Chris from the fantastic Gears and Queers website, and from his delightful presence on Twitter where his brilliant personalit...

330-Talking About Talking About The Ford Bronco Raptor from 2022-01-27T21:00

We get in to some deep stuff at the beginning of this show, just putting that out there. We share our thoughts on toxic masculinity and the whirlpool of institutional misogyny, homophobia, and ulti...

329-Cody Wagner!!! from 2022-01-20T19:00

This week we're honored to have our longtime friend Cody Wagner on the show! Cody is the brain behind Cody's Car Conundrum and a Dodge Viper fan through and through. In this episode he takes us thr...

328-The Phaeton Menace from 2022-01-13T19:00

In this episode...well, maybe the term"episode"doesn't quite fit, how about"cry for help"? Sure. In this cry for help, we descend into a Phaeton-induced tailspin. Come with us. We love you.

327-David Obuchowski and His Peugeot 405 Mi16!!! from 2022-01-06T17:00

We're incredibly honored to have our dear friend David Obuchowski back on our show this week! David's essay,"The Road Trip That Made My Dream Car Mine"has been published on Road&Track! He's gracing...

326-While You're In There... from 2021-12-30T17:00

In this episode, which also happens to be our last episode of 2021, we discuss our mental states, cars that are beyond complicated, new cars for 2022, and most of all our gratitude for you. We trul...

325-The Abarth Is Alive!!! from 2021-12-23T15:00

In this episode we discuss our recent karting sessions and all of the fun and chaos that ensued. Speaking of fun, Dave's Abarth is finally running! It's like an adorable little Italian Christmas pr...

324-Steve Edwards!!! from 2021-12-16T21:00

Holy cow we are so lucky to have Steve Edwards on the show this week! This guy has some STORIES! In this episode we talk about helping a new friend obtain an obscure French car, overlanding through...

323-F1 Fun And Kitten Kibitz! from 2021-12-09T21:00

Despite Dave's best effort to talk about anything besides Effington One, including showing ADORABLE KITTENS TO ALL, Ian still manages to talk about the penultimate race of the season. We love you e...

322-Stripped Studs And Wobbly Nuts from 2021-12-02T21:00

With a title like that, you're either going to be disappointed or relieved. Maybe both? Either way, we had a good time chatting about Dave's Abarth woes and idiots with vanity plates. We love you.

321-Ian Drives Laguna Seca And We Give Gift Ideas For The Holidays! from 2021-11-25T21:00

Ian ticks a big one off of the bucket list, and despite a less-than ideal outing, it is an outing nonetheless. Also in this episode we discuss gift ideas for the automotive enthusiast in your life.

320-We Have Thoughts On The Thoughts On The New Integra from 2021-11-18T21:00

Thoughts on thoughts on thoughts son. In this episode we discuss the discourse on the new Acura Integra. Oh, and Dave puts Ian in charge of Ford, so that's cool! We love you.

319-Juz Two Dudes Jukin from 2021-11-11T21:00

In this week's episode our token grump discusses his discovery that someone else shares the same pet peeve as he, but there can be only one! After that we juz Juke around, you know, juz Jukin. Anyw...

318-Ian's Vanity Plate Ringer And Dave's Abarth Issues from 2021-11-04T21:00

She said that she doesn't listen while he's recording. Sure. Then the topic of Harry Potter comes up and BOOM! Gotcha! Anyway, in addition to Ian's wife texting him guesses at a vanity plate, Dave ...

317-Fiat 500 Abarth Woes And Rental Car No-Nos!!! from 2021-10-28T21:00

Dave's back in the valley of despair this week, as his Fiat 500 Abarth, AKA Project Meatball, takes a turn for the worse. Like a SHARP turn for the worse. We also discuss Ian's rental car adventure...

316-The Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4XE Plug-In Hybrid!!! from 2021-10-21T21:00

We'll cut right to the chase, we love this friggin Jeep! In this episode we discuss the spectrum of Jeephood, things that have resonated and not with our personalaties and tastes, and clue you in o...

315-Brian Cather Gives Us The Rundown Of His Racing Adventures! from 2021-10-14T21:00

On the show this week we are proud to have Brian Cather on to discuss his amazing racing adventures and what it's like to have our resident Fancy Lad as part of his racing team. Thank you so much B...

314-Ian Takes Down Facebook And Dave Finds The Abarth Fault! from 2021-10-07T21:00

We feel you Facebook engineer, we feel you. Anywhoozle, in this episode we talk about Dave's Abarth and Ian plays a spooky scary FMKCars! Stay safe everyone, get vaxxed, get boosted, and take care ...

313-Our Take On The 2021 Mazda MX-5 RF Grand Touring 6MT!!! from 2021-09-30T21:00

In this week's episode Ian and Dave discuss their VERY DIFFERENT experiences with the Mazda MX-5. Listen in to find out how we almost broke a press car, have to visit a chiropractor, and what it wa...

312-Dave Digs In To The Abarth And Ian Digs Into A Tailgate Sticker from 2021-09-23T21:00

Sometimes seeing a thing in traffic brings up WAY more questions than it does answers, to that end we dig in to an absolutely crazy truck tailgate. Thankfully it is not all head spinning, Dave upda...

311-The Toyota RAV4 Prime AWD Plugin Hybrid SUV And Ian's First 24 Hour Lemons Race! from 2021-09-16T21:00

In this week's episode we discuss Ian's first 24 hour Lemons race and how the 2021 Toyota RAV4 became an unlikely friend. We love you everyone, get vaxxed, get boosted, and stay safe.

310-We Talk 24 Hours of Lemons with Founder Jay Lamm!!! from 2021-09-09T21:00

It's an absolute honor to have Jay Lamm, founder of the 24 Hours of Lemons, on the show this week! We talk about Lemon's impact on car culture and Jay shares some fantastic perspective on individua...

309-Dave Did A Thing! from 2021-09-02T21:00

In this episode Dave once again joins Ian in Club Hatchback! We go over his recent purchase, as well as some great MyEyes and a temple-rubbingly dumb Carstanza. We love you everyone! For the love o...

308-Doug DeMuro Plays The License Plate Game And Talks Tesla Plaid! from 2021-08-26T21:00

We're absolutely honored to have the one and only Doug DeMuro back in the virtual blanket fort this week! In this week's show we talk vanity license plates, his incredible auction site Cars and Bid...

307-Did It Really Have To Be That Car? from 2021-08-19T21:00

In this week's episode we talk about what's on our minds. On one hand you have the Nazi car that won the highest award at Pebble Beach so...yeah, and on the other hand you have everything that's ha...

306-VICTORIA SCOTT!!! from 2021-08-12T21:00

This week we are humbled to have Victoria Scott on the show! She's an amazing writer and photographer and an absolute joy. We truly had an amazing time talking with Victoria and we know you'll have...

305-For Some Reason We Talk About Bison, Like, A LOT from 2021-08-05T21:00

It's not really off-brand for us to diverge, but bison? Sure. Anyway, besides us fawning over our large bison sons we talk about a new vanity plate proposition from our buddy Donnie. We love you!

304-THE MOST FASCINATING CARSTANZA WE'VE EVER SEEN!!! from 2021-07-29T21:00

Honestly, there is no description that could do this thing justice. Really, no words. Speechless. We love you, and we love the person that made this insane thing. Shine on you crazy diamond.

303-Oops Ian Did It Again from 2021-07-21T21:00

In this week's episode Ian contemplates the living hell that playing golf sober would be. It turns out that our resident golf-hater has been driving Golfs and golf carts into fields for quite some ...

302-We Have Crossed The Rubicon Of Dorkiness from 2021-07-15T21:00

What else is there for us to explore about ourselves other than how absolutely nerdy we can be? In this week's show we discuss how we have each crossed our own Rubicon of Dorkiness, from which we w...

301-We Talk All Things Climate With Joe Wertz from 2021-07-08T21:00

In this week's show we talk all things climate with Colorado Public Radio's Climate and Environmental Editor, Joe Wertz.

300-EPISODE THREE HUNDRED!!! from 2021-07-01T20:00

OMG EPISODE THREE HUNDRED!!! Holy cow. Here we are. Back in the blanketfort and straight in to your earballs and eyeholes. We couldn't have done three hundo episo without you. We love you.

299-Golf Yoke-els from 2021-06-17T20:00

Since Dave is out of the loop, Ian brings him up to speed on YokeGate. In return, Dave presents Ian with a golf-themed license plate game. We love you everyone, stay safe out there!

298-VW R32 Overlanding And Raising The Kiddos Right from 2021-06-10T22:00

There really is no limit to what Ian will do with his R32. In this episode he recounts his experience taking his son camping, watching as his car was bump-inspected by a gigantic bull, and somehow ...

297-Dave Is Still Weird When Karting And We Talk About The Ford F-150 Lightning! from 2021-06-03T22:00

There are a few things that you can count on when it comes to Apex Adjacent. One, Dave does, and will continue to do, WEIRD stuff while karting. Two, we hit the blanket fort therapy session in unde...

296-Ian Makes A Big Green Friend And Races In The Rain from 2021-05-27T22:00

Ian is back from outer space! Well, Oklahoma City, so you know, space but with way more corn and the like. In our episode this week Ian retells his weekend racing: the highs, the lows, and the big ...

295-Patrick George of The Drive, Car Bibles, Task&Purpose, and The War Zone! from 2021-05-20T22:00

In this week's episode we're honored to have Patrick George on the show! We discuss the democratization of automotive media, car media's sustainability, and what elements of traditional media we lo...

294-RIP Dave's Viggen from 2021-05-13T22:00

We've often stated that grief is a part of the automotive ownership process. In this week's episode it hits way too close to home. Pour out some 0W-40 and light some direct ignition cassettes on fi...

293-Adam From The Ten Tenths Podcast!!! from 2021-05-06T22:00

Adam! Ten Tenths! This has been a long time coming. We've even sat down across from one another in the before times in REAL PHYSICAL SPACE and consumed BBQ together! Yeah! But it's taken us YEARS t...

292-A Faraday Cage For The Discourse from 2021-04-29T22:00

On this week's show we talk about the things that everyone else is talking about. We're talking Teslas, and we even talk about talking about Teslas. Woah. We love you.

291-Coping With Difficult Times from 2021-04-22T22:00

There's not much that needs to be said about this week's episode beyond the fact that we're thankful to talk to each other about everything that's going on in and out of our car bubbles. Please tak...

290-Chris Rosales!!! from 2021-04-15T22:00

This week we're absolutely humbled to have Chris Rosales on the show! Chris writes insightful and poignant pieces that discuss car culture and how it fits in to culture as a whole. Give his work a ...

289-Heaven Forbid You Get Cucked From Death. from 2021-04-08T22:00

In this week's episode Ian tells us about a time he had an encounter with toxic brosculinity. Dave gives Ian a music-themed license plate game, and our buddy Joe managed to find the EXACT OPPOSITE ...

288-Chrissy and Jeff with the Everyone Racers Podcast! from 2021-04-01T22:00

We had a fantastic time talking to Chrissy and Jeff from the Everyone Racers podcast! They are super-experienced endurance racers and we had a fantastic conversation around endurance racing, vanity...

287-Syd! Automotive Photographer and Artist! from 2021-03-25T22:00

This week's episode is AWESOME, no two ways about it. Joining us in the virtual blanketfort is Syd, the owner, operator, artist, and all around awesome person behind OHOAT! She makes INCREDIBLE art...

286-David Obuchowski!!! from 2021-03-18T22:00

We're super humbled this week to have David Obuchowski in the virtual blanket fort this week! David's an awesome podcast host and producer, be sure to binge all of the Tempest episodes, and an all-...

285-Ian Is Now One Of THOSE People from 2021-03-11T22:00

We'd be lying if we said we're comfortable in EVERY single situation we encounter. Press events. Bank lines. Urologist Exams. Basically every encounter with us equals at least one uncomfortable per...

284-Rabble Rabble Rabble from 2021-03-04T22:00

In this week's episode Ian basically yells at people and tells them to get off his lawn, but like the car version. You know? We don't either. We love you!

283-Crazy Juke, We Love You, New Mail Truck, We Love You Too from 2021-02-26T06:00

That new USPS mail truck design putt-putted straight into our hearts. I mean come on, it looks like a cartoon! Anyway, Ian sees a crazy Juke, which we also love, we have tons of listener MyEyes, an...

282-License Plate Game-Hard Mode from 2021-02-19T08:00

Ian never fails to impress! Besides absolutely dominating the license plate game, we discuss Ian's recent camping trip, and vehicles that are great in the winter and not awful during the rest of th...

281-Five Stars from 2021-02-12T17:00

We have a short and sweet one this week. We discuss being on Talon Homer's show, Ian's Ronin-themed FMKCars and Dave runs us through a license plate game. Oh! And we got gifts!

280-Talon Homer! from 2021-02-04T20:00

This week our virtual blanket fort is graced by Talon Homer! He's here discussing his latest YouTube Series, Drivin' Theater, cars and movies, and movie cars! All that plus Talon's fond memories of...

279-TECH SHOW NERD SCREAM! from 2021-01-28T22:00

In this week's show we return to form and mostly talk about cars! That's right, it's an Apex Adjacent tech show, featuring cars! We love you everyone, please stay safe.

278B-Collective Partial Unpuckering from 2021-01-22T07:00

Whew. Okay. Take a deep breath and allow yourself to let out the ever so slightest sigh of relief. That's what we're doing on the second part of this week's show and we'd encourage you to do it as ...

278A-How Ya Doin' Buddy? from 2021-01-18T21:00

Look, we're going to level with you. Stuff is TENSE right now. Given everything that's happening in the world right now we've decided to split this week's episode up into two different parts. This ...

277-Marquette's Intervention! from 2021-01-14T20:00

In this week's episode, we host a virtual intervention/support group/investigation into our buddy Marquette's recent automotive purchase. We had a great time chatting with him, and we're looking fo...

276 from 2021-01-08T17:00

Honestly, there isn't much we can say about this week's episode. There have been some absolutely crazy and disappointing events taking place, so in this week's episode we talk about the coup attemp...

275-The Apex Adjacent Year In Review! from 2020-12-30T20:00

Was this the 2020 any of us wanted to have? Ooof. No. Hard pass. That said, there were still some positive things we could pull out of this dumpster fire of a year. In this week's episode we reflec...

274-Beige Pilled! from 2020-12-24T20:00

It's hard to imagine a tin foil hat that could tame Ian's mane, but in this week's episode it becomes very clear that he's going to need it. We love you everyone, stay safe and have a safe holiday ...

273-Ditched Viggen And The Florida Wind Tunnel from 2020-12-17T20:00

Are there lessons you could learn from this week's episode? It depends. Would you ever buy a Saab? Would you ever fill said Saab with old cans of house paint that leak all over and fill the car wit...

272-Memories, In The Corner Of My Mind, Or In A Random Gas Station Field In Nebraska from 2020-12-10T20:00

In this week's episode we reflect on a very specific event in the before times, a little time capsule of joy, panic, donuts, and shame. We love you everyone.

271-Stef Schrader! RIP Oppo, Long Live Oppo! from 2020-12-03T20:00

This week we're absolutely honored to have Stef Schrader return to the show. We talk all things puffalump, how Rolls Royce validated her automotive opinions, and PARSH things! Our main topic is abo...

270-Misgendered At The Hardware Store from 2020-11-26T18:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Just because you're crying while eating turkey in your basement all by yourself doesn't mean that you have to be alone, at least from an audio/video perspective.

269-Multi-Function Rear-Facing Doll Head. Yep. from 2020-11-19T20:00

If you are going to go through the effort of gluing a creepy freaking doll head on the back of your car, you may as well go the extra mile of getting out the soldering iron and making it a FUNCTION...

268-Every Episode May Not Be A Car Show, But It Is An Apex Adjacent Show from 2020-11-12T20:00

You know, not every episode is a car show, but every episode certainly is an Apex Adjacent episode. In this episode we lightly touch on cars, but mostly we talk about our mental states, why we took...

267-Mobile Hair B and B from 2020-10-29T20:00

Ian is back in Denver! And not in his house. Yep, in this episode Ian beams in from his mobile blanket fort studio bathroom station. We had a great time catching up and sharing our respective car s...

266-Things To Do In Denver Before You Die from 2020-10-22T20:00

Well, based on the title and a vanity plate, we don't know if buying a convertible C5 Corvette is really on the list, but here we are. In this episode we retreat to our island to take a mental brea...

265-Road Tripping With Ian from 2020-10-15T20:00

Our boy Ian is out and about, so apologies for the truncated episode. Besides Ian's apology-non-apology, still manage to wedge in some discussion around one of the more earnest and INSANE vanity pl...

264-Oops All Bicycles! Almost. from 2020-10-08T20:00

You speak, we listen. Mostly. Sometimes. Anyway, what are we talking about? Cars. Nope! Bicycles. And then some cars too. Thanks Daniel for suggesting this, it was a really fun episode. We love you...

263-I Gotchoo Boo from 2020-10-01T20:00

In this week's episode Ian's been having a time. In typical fashion, Dave is ready and waiting with the automotive podcast equivalent of a hot cup of tea and a well-worn book by the fireplace. Afte...

262-Ian The De-Escalator from 2020-09-24T20:00

Cool. Calm. Collective. A friggin ice cube under pressure. When weird stuff goes down, and it has gone down, Ian's expert hands know how to handle the situation. Besides our cooler Ian diffusing an...

261-Take Me Away Venus Daddy!!! from 2020-09-17T20:00

In this week's episode Ian screams into the sky, wishing his celestial Calgon vanquish him from the hellscape that is our present tundra. Dave? Oh, he just brags about beating the pants off of his ...

260-We've Been Doing This For FIVE YEARS?!?!?! from 2020-09-10T20:00

Wow. Five years. In this, our 5th anniversary show, we reflect on how far we've come, how fantastic our listeners are, and how clutch this show has been for both of us. Thank you. Thank you so much...

259-Ian Learns To Read, Vanity Plates That Is from 2020-09-03T20:00

Wow. Ian's reading of vanity plates is...something. It's not that he gets them wrong, but he certainly makes them more fun. Look, if you're going to broadcast when you graduated from an Ivy League ...

258-Goodbye TurboX, Hello Alltrack! from 2020-08-28T08:00

Parting with a car can be difficult, especially when you are also parting with the idea or the potential of what that vehicle could be. In this week's episode we discuss Ian finally letting go of h...

257-Donnie And Birdman: An Automotive Ownership Overlap Evaluation from 2020-08-20T20:00

There's having cars, then there's having CARS. Our good buddy Donnie certainly has had some CARS, so when the prospect of Donnie doing a deep dive on how his automotive ownership has overlapped wit...

256-The Adventures Of Hat Bro And Golf Boi from 2020-08-13T20:00

Who you gonna call when you need a JDM camper van that may leave you stranded on mountain passes? Who could answer the call to provide transportation that lulls you to sleep as you comfortably waft...

255-Ian's Idiotitis Mutates And Dave Daves Luther's Maintenance Schedule from 2020-08-07T15:00

When Dr. Ian is your consulting physician in your oddball automotive purchasing decision, the results are guaranteed to be nothing less than fantastic and adorable.

254-It Puts The Lotion On The Door Skin Or It Gets The Hose Again from 2020-08-03T22:00

In this week's episode we dig deep on a super odd car sent to us by way of our buddy Eric. We also discuss some less nightmare-ish topics such as Peedah's amazing E36 M3 and spotting a pre-producti...

253-Dave Solves The Button Mystery! from 2020-07-30T22:00

It's not really the most fiscally responsible way of figuring out what those weird passenger seat buttons are on a Lexus, but we're not your normal automotive podcast, are we? We love you.

252-Ian And Dave And Jonny! from 2020-07-24T22:00

In this week's episode our show is graced by our longtime friend Jonny. Jonny is an amazing auto detailer and a walking Pontiac knowledge base, so naturally we show him one of the weirdest Pontiac-...

251-Tantric Mechanic And Rogue Johnsons from 2020-07-16T16:00

In this week's episode, we discuss Ian's hyper-contagious condition, which in someways is worse than our current pandemic, shrug emoji? We also entertain ourselves with a very not-wacky Nissan Roug...

250-A Milestone Episode With Special Guests! from 2020-07-10T16:00

BIG thanks to Jesse, Donnie, and Peedah for dropping in and guesting on our 250th episode! We had a lot of fun talking Fantasy F1 and Fiats with Jesse, bonkers Florida tales with Donnie, and lockdo...

249-Everything Still Sucks But At Least We Play A New Game! from 2020-07-02T22:00

Ugh. The world is still a crapshow, and crappy things continue to be done by crappy people, further exposing their crappiness. Like I said earlier, Ugh. If it's any consolation, we introduce a new ...

248-Sausage Yearning And The Old Man Sedan Dilemma from 2020-06-25T22:00

Our resident ginger is in a bit of a pickle with his Old Man Sedan Infiniti M45 as he has finally found the source of the car's overheating issue. In typical fashion, Ian offers a very elegant and ...

247-McKinley Thompson Jr. The First Major African American Automobile Designer. from 2020-06-18T22:00

In this week's episode we discuss the first African American automotive designer for a major corporation, McKinley Thompson Jr. He contributed to some incredibly amazing designs throughout his care...

246-Why Politics And Car Culture Can Never Be Separated. from 2020-06-11T22:00

In this week's episode we pick up where we left off last week. We reflect on the events of the last few weeks and our take-away thoughts that have come up since our last show. We also talk about ho...

245 from 2020-06-04T22:00

This isn't a normal episode for us, and these are certainly not normal times. If you're looking for an escape from current events and news, we'd suggest you check out another one of our episodes or...

244-Reckless! Not Really. from 2020-05-28T22:00

Go ahead and insert your own guitar solo noises as often as you'd like during this episode, especially during the part where we discuss a VERY BOLD declarative vanity plate on an otherwise middle o...

243-Tetanus And Tragedy from 2020-05-21T22:00

It's not often that we wander into an even remotely good idea, but here we are, firmly planted in our new business idea, Tetanus and Tragedy. Stay safe everyone, we love you.

242-Nice On The Outside, Not So Much On The Inside. from 2020-05-14T22:00

In this week's episode we discuss a very VERY green Porsche as well as get updates from Ian's dad, an FMKCars from our buddy Eric, and some great Craigslist finds from our buddy Marc. We love you e...

241-Chief Investigator Ian And Deputy Dave Dive Into A Carstanza Query from 2020-05-07T22:00

Oh we get INTO it this week! Queue the Law and Order theme music! Our dear friend Marc sent us a perplexing Carstanza, so we decide to dig in, live-ish on air to show you REAL CARSTANZA INVESTIGATI...

240-Ian Is The Automotive Leeroy Jenkins And Both Of Dave's Cars Are Broken from 2020-05-01T07:00

In this week's episode we unearth Ian's video game and virtual track day spirit animal, so to speak. Dave's cars are both in need of mending, and he thinks he knows what started it all. Stay safe e...

239-Gazing Back Into The Carstanza Abyss from 2020-04-24T07:00

Sometimes it's worth revisiting Carstanzas of days past, and sometimes revisiting said automotive insanity sends Dave into catatonic shock. We also talk about the latest Cannonball ahem...record(?)...

238-We Interview Brian With Regular Car Reviews About Their New VW Vanagon Westfalia Camper Van Video from 2020-04-17T09:00

Regular Car Reviews has rapidly established itself as one of the few standout voices in automotive reviews. In this episode we talk to Mr. Regular, Brian, about the show and the exciting next step ...

237-Dave The Groundhog And Ian The Unshorn from 2020-04-10T09:00

Maybe you've been spending a little too much time alone when you freak out at the sight of your own shadow. So...Dave's fine? Sure. Besides photoshopping cats and talking cars, we've got some advic...

236-Kittens. Yard Treasures. Vans. We Love You. from 2020-04-02T23:00

During this trying time of physical distancing, isolation, and life coming to a standstill, it's comforting to know that you can still rely on one thing: Ian's VW R32 breaking, even without it movi...

The Apex Adjacent Podcast - Bonus Content - Newly Wed To A Car - 2020 Lexus LS from 2020-03-29T23:00

Here's a little bonus to help you get through the lockdowns and social distancing. We recorded this a little while ago, before all of those necessities, just in case you were thinking we weren't ta...

235-Socially Distant, Not So Much Emotionally. from 2020-03-24T23:00

Hey! Thanks for rolling with our weird schedule during this weird time. We need everyone to take care of themselves and focus on flattening the curve to smooth out the impact to healthcare workers ...

234-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Jake From Racers HQ! from 2020-03-12T23:00

We welcome Jake from Racers HQ back on the show, and had a great time interviewing him during his first in-person visit to the Apex Adjacent blanket fort. We talked all things racing and even cover...

233-Brown! Manual! Diesel! Wagons! And A Ford Fusion. from 2020-03-05T23:00

It's a bit of a brief episode this week, so to make up for it we focus on the absolute joy that brown, manual, diesel station wagons bring to this world. Speaking of joy, we also discuss approachin...

232-We Got Jag F-Pace Spy Shots! Really! from 2020-02-27T23:00

You read that title right folks, one of us got angrily stared at by a test driver as we obtained Jaguar F-Pace spy shots. Yeah, it's one of those broken clock is right twice a day kinda things, but...

231-The 2020 Colorado Winter Driving Encounter! from 2020-02-20T23:00

In this episode Ian and Dave talk about their time in Winter Park at the 2020 Colorado Winter Driving Encounter. We discuss the 2020 Nissan Altima (now with AWD!), the Nissan Rogue Sport (stay with...

230-I'm Aware Of The Concept Of Sheep, And Let's Go Driving In The Snow! from 2020-02-13T23:00

In this week's episode we discuss Ian's headlight, erm...repair(?), talk about some My Eyes, Dave's mind's eye, and get prepped for the 2020 Colorado Winter Driving Encounter with Rocky Mountain Re...

229-Dashcam Dunces And Secret Agent Ian from 2020-02-06T23:00

Life is interesting. Sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down. Sometimes you're just driving along and some idiot in a Tahoe cuts across two lanes of traffic to make a left turn with no regard fo...

228-Getting Damp With Dave Question Mark? from 2020-01-30T23:00

It looks like Ian is not the only one that stands in the shower, silently thinking thoughts, it turns out our token Ginger does as well. In this week's episode we get Damp with Dave as he reflects ...

227-Getting Wet With Ian Again from 2020-01-23T23:00

Well, it looks like the Wall Street Journal beat us to the "Ghosn, baby Ghosn" joke. Go figure that their writers, far more talented than us, landed on a homophone-based headline WAY before we did....

226-Photon? How about No-Ton? from 2020-01-16T23:00

Your two car-loving podcast hosts are a bit ragged this week, world-weary from their respective travels and longing for a bit of peace in the blanket fort to restore their constitution. Thankfully ...

225-Announcing Super Happy Friendship Car Review!!! from 2020-01-09T23:00

Apologies for the brief episode this week, some sudden travel needs came up and we weren't able to get you that hot hashtag blanketfort content like we usually do. What we do have is an announcemen...

224-Holiday Gaming With Apex Adjacent from 2020-01-02T23:00

Ah the holidays. What better way to pass the time with your family than by ignoring them and playing some video games? Or at least watching us play some video games. In this episode we play and tal...

223-Listener Content Special! from 2019-12-26T23:00

We love all of the things that you folks send us and in this week's episode we have no shortage of awesome content from you! Thank you so much for sending all of these great pictures in, it truly m...

The Apex Adjacent Podcast - Holiday Bonus Episode - Motorist Meditations - Vol. 1 - The Subaru Forester from 2019-12-24T23:00

Happy Holidays everyone! Here's a gift from your weird podcast uncles, Ian and Dave. We recorded this a while ago and never had a chance to record more. So yeah, for Christmas we're regifting it to...

222-Happy Holidays From Apex Adjacent from 2019-12-19T23:00

Happy Holidays dear listeners, we hope this episode brings you joy. Maybe not the same joy that Ian felt when he gazed upon a bagged VW Passat wagon, that would not be appropriate for the dinner ta...

221-A Blanket Fort Divided Cannot Stand! from 2019-12-12T23:00

In this week's episode we discuss Dave and Ian's different feelings about the nutjobs that recently broke the Cannonball Run record and made it across the United States in under 28 hours. You know ...

220-Ian's R32 Gets Superpowers And Dave Eliminates Peas from 2019-12-05T23:00

It's lonely in the blanket fort this week, Ian Skypes in and Dave laments the lack of whiskey and stray hair. We talk about Ian's R32 quite a bit and why Dave isn't going to fault it for its latest...

219-Breaking Tesla News! Just Kidding, It's The Tech Buggy. from 2019-11-25T15:00

Sound the alarm! Telsa hath made-eth a product announcement! Ian takes us us for a ride on the hype cycle as he unveils the latest and certainly not real Tesla creation, the Tech Buggy!

218-Ian's Not Mad, He's Just Disappointed from 2019-11-21T23:00

Our token father, Ian, voices his disapproval when Dave brings the Renegade to Thanksgiving dinner. It's not all disappointment this week, we have a great time when Ian figures out how to fully unl...

217-Tantrums And Tiny Trucks from 2019-11-14T23:00

It is not often we find a vehicle that we didn't already know about, so when we find out that the RAM 1000 is a TINY TRUCK that we never knew about, that's BASED ON A FIAT, you can understand why w...

216-Karting Plus Talking Equals FUN!!! from 2019-11-07T23:00

Karting. It's fun, right? Oh yeah. Well, somehow we found a way to make it even more of a blast. In this episode we discuss how Dave's tenacity and somewhat-capable use of a multimeter yielded hila...

215-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Jonathan Stancel Of Bandit Miata And Garbage Car Kids Fame. from 2019-10-31T23:00

If you navigate to where the roads Rad, Awesome, Crazy, and Inspirational intersect, you're going to find one specific car did a sweet handbrake turn and hard parked right there. Welcome to the Ban...

214-Gretchen, Stop Trying To Make MX1 Happen. It's Not Going To Happen. from 2019-10-24T23:00

And we are back! Welcome to the first real Apex Adjacent podcast!Let's see here, what's changed? Do Carstanzas still fill us with whirlwinds of insane emotions? Yep!Do we find the WORST car to pick...

213-THE LAST TEAMCLEARCOAT PODCAST - But not our last podcast... from 2019-09-19T23:00

Episode 213-winky face emoji

213 episodes. A bunch of videos. Kale. Feelings. Aftershows. Remember those? Book club? Bwahahahaha! We tried. Well, one of us did. We've had a mi...

212-Ian Preaches The Gospel Of Burnouts, Dave Likes A BMW, And We Continue Our Discussion About RMDE 2019 from 2019-09-12T23:00

Episode 212

In this episode, Ian once again beams in to the blanket fort for our usual discussion. This time we're treated to envisioning Ian as the prophet that he is, travel...

211-Dave Feels For A Fiat, Ian Turbos Everything, And We Talk Telluride, Kia That Is. from 2019-09-05T23:00

Episode 211

We put a lot on our cars, sometimes even more than we put in them. In this case, we talk about Dave's attachment and empathy for the plucky little Fiat 500X in way...

210-Ian And Dave Are At RMDE, Driving Cars And Drinking Espresso from 2019-08-29T23:00

Episode 210- Hashtag RMDE2019

Despite Dave's best efforts, Ian managed to secure a hotel room for this year's Rocky Mountain Driving Experience with two separate beds, thereby...

209-Dave Makes It Hot In Here For Ian, And We Go Nuts For The New RS6 Avant from 2019-08-22T23:00

Episode 209-Powah Wagons

This week Ian and Dave fawn over the latest Audi offering and in a shocking surprise to EVERYONE, Audi is bringing the new RS6 to the US!

208-Ian Goes St. Karting, Dave Goes On A Repair Tear, And We Listen To The Song Of The Summer from 2019-08-15T23:00

Episode 208-It's getting hot in here.

In these turbulent times, it's good to know that there are a few things you can always count on. Thing the first, our intrepid road warri...

207-Dave Subpodcasts The Podcast, Ian Calls Out The Calf Implants Of The Car World, And Keep Your Feet In Your Cars People. Sheesh. from 2019-08-08T23:00

Episode 207-Pedals are the place where feet go. Rear-view mirrors? Not so much.

Vanity plates. Appropriately named, poorly executed, and hot content generators for our little...

206-Ian Loses Two Kinds Of Racing, Dave Doesn't Care That He Won, And We Fall In Love With An Old White Truck from 2019-08-01T23:00

Episode 206

Even a broken clock is right twice a day; that's the old saying, right? Well, in this week's show our Fantasy Effington One Token Broken Clock (ahem, Dave) gets to...

205-Dave Gets Glared At, Ian Gets It Right With A Vette, And We Solve A TRD Mystery!!! from 2019-07-25T23:00

Episode 205-WTFTRD-Part Deux

In this week's show we get to the bottom of things! And No! That's not a reference to food poisoning or our hind parts or feces, or any of the oth...

204-Ian Runs The Blanket Fort, Dave Rents A Road Bike, And We Keep It Cool For The Babies from 2019-07-18T23:00

Episode 204

First off, let's start this episode's description with an apology. We should probably start every episode off that way, but it's really more implied at this point....

203-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Nick From DAE! from 2019-07-11T23:00

Episode 203 and DAE

Once again we've managed to get another guest to wander into the blanket fort, this time it's Nick Lyle, co-founder of the Denver Auto Enthusiasts Facebook...

202-Dave Goes Karting, Ian Predicts His Future Car, And We Have Juice In Our Shorts from 2019-07-04T23:00

Episode 202-Gross

Ah, children. Their sweet innocent perspectives allow us some moments of levity, mainly because we're way too familiar with the crushing heft of reality kick...

201-Truffle Fries And My Eyes! from 2019-06-27T23:00

Episode 201

If there's one thing that unites us all, it's our gastrointestinal system. Sheesh. This is a car show folks, despite our tummy's best attempts at derailing it, and...

200-We Leave The Blanket Fort And Do A Podcast From Unser Karting from 2019-06-20T23:00

Episode 200-IRL

Two hundred episodes. That's a lot of time to spend in a blanket fort, so to celebrate, we actually leave the blankets behind and set up shop at one of our fav...

199-Dave Is Lonely In The Blanket Fort And Ian Doesn't Get Food Poisoning. Shocking. from 2019-06-17T23:00

Episode 199

Hey! We have another bonus inbetweener episode for all of you goofballs; Ian Skyped his way into the blanket fort for a quick discussion about his rental car, Dave...

198-The Carstanza That Broke Dave, And Reality from 2019-06-13T23:00

Episode 198-Worse than Freddy.

Humble listeners, we want to give you a warning. Once you've seen the horrors that Dave presents in this episode, you will never be able to unse...

197-We Get Our Hands On A Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid! from 2019-06-06T23:00

Episode 197

The Chrysler Pacifica is many things: a minivian, A hybrid vehicle, a nice place to be. More than anything however, it is one specific thing: a belt sander that ta...

195-Dave And Ian Clean Out The Listener Mailbag And We Compare Cars To Limited Edition Meat Sandwiches from 2019-05-30T23:00

Episode 195-Thanks Jonny!

This week Ian's returned to Denver and we're finally back in the blanket fort the way good baby Santa Jebus intended.

In his absen...

194-We Make The Best Of Life Giving Us Very Minor Lemons, And Make A Very Minor Podcast from 2019-05-23T23:00

Episode 194

You know the old saying, when life gives you lemons and makes you fly to another part of the country at the drop of a hat and it interrupts recording your dorky au...

193-Ian Somehow Thinks A Saab 9-7x Is A Good Idea, Dave Does Crash Analytics, And We Clean Out Ian's Camera Roll from 2019-05-16T23:00

Episode 193-I mean, it's just a Trailblazer.

If you really want to get exactly what you want, it's going to take some work. And money. Usually a fair amount of money. In this ...

192-Ian Dresses Dave, Dave Dresses Ian, And We Play Ian's Most Hated FMKCars Ever. Ever. from 2019-05-09T23:00

Episode 192-At least he didn't say tube tops.

There's a quite morbidity about a decaying, neglected, and no longer used factory. There's a quietness to it. Sadness in the stil...

191-We Drive The New 2020 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon, The Jeep Wrangler Turbo, And Some Ram Trucks! from 2019-05-02T23:00

Episode 191-Jeepie go BOOOOST!!!

It's hard to believe that out of Ian and Dave, that Ian is the one that's driven a dualie pickup truck. Well, this week we made that right, as...

190-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Erik Bergman from Hagerty! from 2019-04-25T23:00

Episode 190

This week we're very fortunate to have a fantastic guest, Erik Bergman with Hagerty! You absolutely should be aware of Hagerty if you happen to have a collectible ...

189-Ian Finds Record Store Bliss, Dave Sees An R32, And We Find The Perfect Two Car Garage from 2019-04-18T23:00

Episode 189-DON'T AT ME

Our resident Ginger has been out and about on the roads of Colorado and before doing so he solicited the advice of our resident vinyl junkie to get som...

188-Dave And Ian Dress Up Like Princesses And Race In The Mushroom Rally from 2019-04-11T23:00

Episode 188

Copyright law. It's something we obviously don't understand. We do understand one thing though, if we're not taking people's money, we don't ask any questions. We ...

187-Ian Needs Support, Dave Needs Sleep, And We Interview Matt Pilgrim And Talk About The 2019 Denver Auto Show from 2019-04-04T23:00

Episode 187

This week in the blanket fort, Matt Pilgrim from http://www.pilgrimmotorpress.com does us the honor of sitting down to talk about automotive engineering, the Denve...

186-TeamClearCoat Walks The Show Floor At The 2019 Denver Auto Show from 2019-03-27T22:00

Episode 186-Officially Unofficial

We have no idea why we keep getting asked back to the press day at the Denver Auto Show, but we're not going to look a gift Prius in the gril...

185-Ian Goes On An Emotional Rollercoaster, Dave Only Thinks Of Himself, And Ian Ruins The Plan from 2019-03-21T23:00

Episode 185-A Man, A Plan, A Kart Stuck In A Barricade

They say that the best laid plans of mice and men, and in this case our two goofball hosts, go astray. That's true. Ther...

184-Dave Sees A Landau, Ian Sees A Paradox, And We Love A Brown Limo from 2019-03-14T23:00

Episode 184-We did not see that coming.

You know, sometimes you think you've got someone all figured out. You've taken in the evidence, judged that book by its cover and then....

183-Ian Groans In Delight, Thankfully Unrelated To That-Dave Is Happy, And We Talk About A Cadillac from 2019-03-07T23:00

Episode 183-Groan

Sometimes you just need to look at a car and just be happy that you're looking at it. It doesn't need to be more complicated than that, but it often is. In a...

182-Ian Gets Us Ready For The Next Time, Dave Sees Carcakes Evolved, And We Launched A Thing! from 2019-02-28T23:00

Episode 182-Yum. Tums.

After three and a half years, we have forged quite the support structure between the two of us. We're here to support one another, no matter what (or fr...

181-We Get Wet With Ian Again, And Dave Is On Borrowed Time from 2019-02-21T23:00

Episode 181-Well done whole milk

You know what they say: "Life comes at you fast, but food poisoning comes at you even faster". Yeah, we all remember that classic, right? Sorr...

180-Dave Drives Cars On Ice, Ian Longs To Drive A Maserati, And You Should Probably Not Run Over Stoplights Or Hit Strangers With Grocery Carts from 2019-02-14T23:00

Episode 180-The end of civilization will absolutely start inside a Whole Foods.

Ah Whole Foods, so foods many wholes, and this week's show starts off with Dave telling us abou...

179-Our Review Of The 2019 Ram 1500 Longhorn Pickup Truck from 2019-02-07T23:00

Episode 179-Yeehaw!

What do Dave, Ian, and Barry Effing Manilow all have in common? Well, it's certainly not singing ability, that's for sure. What they do have in common is t...

178-Dave Takes His Turn In The Shower, Ian Gets Mad At Jeremy, And Someone Leaves Dave A Candy Treat from 2019-01-31T23:00

Episode 178-Come and knock on my door. Or don't. Please don't.

Do you need your toothbrush to tweet? For the love of dog, NO. That said, the Internet of Sh*t comes in handy ev...

177-We Reflect On Our Time With The 2018 Subaru BRZ tS from 2019-01-24T23:00

Episode 177

In what could be called the most car-centric show we've ever done, we present to you, beloved viewer, our thoughts on the 2018 Subaru BRZ tS. I mean we are a car s...

176-Ian Gets Interrogated, Dave Gives An Intervention, And We Did A Thing Again! from 2019-01-17T23:00

Episode 176-Oh we talk about a Saab? Really?

Much like procedural crime dramas, some elements of the TeamClearCoat Podcast can be formulaic, but satisfying nonetheless. One of...

175-Dave Is A Taxi Driver, Ian Has Good Guesses, And We Clean Out Our Mail Bag from 2019-01-10T23:00

Episode 175-Mail Bag

Our intrepid, scratch that, our taffy-addled and cardigan-ensconced hosts are back in the blanket fort after their holiday travels. In this episode we cat...

174-We Continue To Perpetuate The Circle Of Regifting With Our "Best-Of" 2018 Part 2 from 2019-01-03T23:00

Episode 174-Regifting, via Podcast.

It's the holiday season and you know what that means: We phone it in! Our intrepid hosts are scattered about this great-ish nation of ours,...

173-We Stretch The Meaning Of The Term "Best Of" In Our Clip Show From 2018 - Part 1 from 2018-12-27T23:00

Episode 173-Regifting, via Podcast.

It's the holiday season and you know what that means: We phone it in! Our intrepid hosts are scattered about this great-ish nation of ours,...

172-Ian's Saab TurboX Is Killing Him, Dave Discusses Balancing Risk Versus Thrift, And We're The Worst Crime Fighting Duo from 2018-12-20T23:00

Episode 172-Ian's Batman. And not the good one.

The Saab TurboX. We could honestly have an hour long weekly show that just talked about the woes of owning a TurboX. No one wo...

171-Ian And Dave Race In The Unser Winter Race League And Tell You All About It - Volume 1 from 2018-12-13T23:00

Episode 171-So very cold.

Just because the elements of a specific activity don't sound "good" certainly doesn't mean that it won't taste good. To illustrate this point, let's ...

170-We Manage To Only Partly Screw Up An Interview With Michael Ballaban - Deputy Editor At Jalopnik And Yugo Owner from 2018-12-06T23:00

Episode 170-You go Yugo, You go.

This week we're incredibly lucky to have Michael Ballaban, Deputy Editor at Jalopnik, on the show. This came about by way of an election nigh...

169-Dave Does God's Work, Ian Sends Dave To Jail, And We Have The Worst Superpower from 2018-11-29T23:00

Episode 169 - Nice

It's all planes, trains (spoiler alert: there are no trains), and automobiles in this episode. We start with salad and end up where we usually do. Ian share...

168-Ian Does His Civic Duty, Dave Is Up Way Past His Bedtime, And We Empty Our Automotive Pantry from 2018-11-22T23:00

Episode Hehe...Duty

There's a fantastic Sarah Silverman joke about our duties. She says that we all have them, and sometimes they're big and stinky. She's got a point.

167-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Erica And Adrian, Awesome People And Hearse Owners! from 2018-11-15T23:00

Episode 167-It's time to fix something.

One hundred and sixty six episodes scattered across more than three years. That's how long TeamClearCoat has been in this here podcast...

166-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Peedah, And We Went Karting! from 2018-11-08T23:00

Episode 166-Peedah

Look, George Lucas did everything wrong with Phantom Menace. Thems just the facts folks. We don't need to know the backstory to why there are now some weird...

165-Our Wheels Come Off And We Yell Into The Void from 2018-11-01T23:00

Episode 165-Wheels? Who needs 'em?

Like the proverbial abyss, so much bleakness surrounds the blanket fort this week. Let's go to our happy place, let's visit our island.

164-TeamClearCoat Grieves The Loss Of A True Icon, Well At Least The Loss Of One Of Said Icon's Specific Jobs. They're Totally Fine. from 2018-10-25T23:00

Episode 164-Really, he's fine. But we're not.

Grief has several stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance. Here at the TeamClearCoat podcast, we'v...

163-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Ted Parks Of Varsity Roadsters from 2018-10-18T23:00

Episode 163-Varsity Roadsters

Joining us this week is Ted Parks, founder of Varsity Roadsters. Let's get this out of the way right up front: we had an absolute BLAST talking t...

162-Dave Stops Being Nice, Ian Defends His Position, And We Adopt Different Personas from 2018-10-11T23:00

Episode 162-Blue shell.

Questions. We has them. Can karting be had without thinking of Mario-esque power-ups? Can Subarus be had without ambient lingering vape? Can a rental H...

161-Ian Sees Gary Numan, Dave Has Insomnia, And We Duck And Cover Because Blade Is About To Show Up from 2018-10-04T23:00

Episode 161-What's that coming down from the sprinklers?

The stuff that keeps you up at night. The source of the heartburn. No, we're not talking about that certainly-too-old ...

159-Ian Ruins Q-Bert, Dave Injures Himself, And We'll Never Want To Play Toad Again. Ever. from 2018-09-20T23:00

Episode 159-Hurrrrp.

Look, there's no getting around this. Toad. Yep, that Toad. We can never play Toad in Mario Kart again without throwing up a bit in the back of our mouths...

158-RIP BURT REYNOLDS from 2018-09-13T23:00

Episode 158-Ups and Downs

There's one thing that absolutely needs to be above the fold on this episode's description: RIP BURT REYNOLDS

In other news, we ta...

157-Ian Gets His Brain Tickled By A Nissan, Dave Displays Empathy For A Coal-based Misconception, And We Find A Vanity Plate That We Actually Like from 2018-09-06T23:00

Episode 157-Coal Rolls

There's some surprises in this episode of the TeamClearCoat Podcast. First, we discuss how much fun we had in Nissan's hopped-up golf kart. After all, t...

156-Dave And Ian Drive Cars At The 2018 Rocky Mountain Driving Experience from 2018-08-30T23:00

Episode 156 - They just handed us the keys...

Apologies up front for the abreviated episode. Dave and Ian were busy kanoodling across Colorado in all kinds of cars and we're a...

155-Ian Will Find Your Limited Edition LP Box Sets, Dave Turns Around On A Leopard, And Neither Of Us Are Bad2Bone from 2018-08-23T23:00

Episode 155-He's like an bomb-sniffing dog for costly online purchases.

When inviting Ian into your home, if there happens to be a limited edition LP boxed set, guess what? IA...

154-Dave Drives A Go Kart, Ian Drives A Go Kart, And People Are Giving Us Cars, What For Driving! from 2018-08-16T23:00

Episode 154-Sweaty

You know, after a long sweaty day at the go kart track, what could be more refreshing than sitting in a blanket fort with absolutely zero ventilation? Well,...

153-Ian Is Actually Proud Of Something He Did For Once, Dave Talks About His Lobes For A Day, And One Of Our Friends Sees A Dockers Of Slingshots from 2018-08-09T23:00

Episode One Five Three

We're still puzzled as to why someone would put a put a 3.7L badge on a Ford Mustang. What we're not puzzled about is what WRX drivers adorn their cars...

152-Dave Fails, Ian Wins, And We Could Be Royals! from 2018-08-02T23:00

Episode 152-Royals!

Humility. Denial. When it comes to Ian's karting abilities, our resident racer (the better and less-sunburned of the two at least) seems to be in a Schrod...

151-Ian Is Still Not Good At Fantasy F1, Dave Rests On His Smug Laurels, And We Look And Listen To The Stuff You Monsters Sent Us from 2018-07-26T23:00

Episode 151-The taste of victory

Ah the refreshing flavor of victory. Dave doesn't get to taste it often, or seemingly care to, but when he gets his pasty ginger lips on the s...

150-Dave Goes To DonK Dot Com, Ian TAKES IT TO THE MAX, And We Pick Up The Hotline from 2018-07-19T23:00

Episode 150-Wow!

When is a DonK not a donk? When is an effort to save humans turned awful? When will Dave stop obsessing over Isuzu? Well, answers in order: when it's a websit...

149-Ian Explores Dave's Relationship, Dave Goes Down The Isuzu Rabbit Hole, And We Are TOTALLY ONBOARD THE KIMI CONSPIRACY, er, KIMSPIRACY from 2018-07-12T23:00

Episode 149-Kimspiracy Theories

This week gets deep. Whether it's a deep dive into the dark deep F1 state plot for Kimi to understeer into Lewis, or Dave finally learning how ...

148-Dave Apologizes, Ian Is Back On Top, And Did We Mention That We're Sorry? from 2018-07-05T23:00

Episode 148-Don't do as we say. Or do.

It is never too late or too early to apologize. If there was ever one word that could sum up the show, "sorry" may not be it, but it's...

147-Ian Receives A Sentence, Dave Gets Grossed Out By A Sticker, And Call The Hotline, We'll Be There For You from 2018-06-28T23:00

Episode 147-Help is almost a call away.

Sometimes we hear what we want to hear, versus what someone is actually saying. In this instance of "Ginger Hears What A Ginger Wants T...

146-Dave Teaches Donk School, Ian Is Impossible, And We Have A New Nemesis from 2018-06-21T23:00

Episode 146-KRYPTO

We have a hotline and we encourage you to call or text whenever you see something. This week, something is a broken down Peugeot (is there any other kind in...

145 - Ian Sees A Strange Car, Dave Sees A Weird Car, And It, Well…Dave, Puts The Lotion On the Seats Unless It Gets The Hose Again. from 2018-06-14T23:00

Episode 145-Zoom and enhance and regret instantly

At first glance, a brown, angular, petite car careening down the highway seems a bit odd. Dave, arguably the Lotus Europa Spe...

144-Dave Buys A Viggen, Ian Falls For A French Car, And We Get The Best Email Ever from 2018-06-07T23:00

Episode 144-Born from jets, now in the hands of a ginger.

It was bound to happen sometime -- we made a whole show that was about cars. Dave bought a Viggen, Ian fell in love w...

143-Ian Almost Fesses Up, Dave Gets To Be The Fastest Passenger, And We Did A Thing That We're Proud Of For Once! from 2018-05-31T23:00

Episode 143-We don't mean to brag, we don't mean to boast, but DAVE LIKES TOAST.

Look, pride is not something we're very familiar with here at the TeamClearCoat Podcast. I mea...

142-Ian Eats Hot Chicken, Dave Plays The Hotline, And We Have A Hot Take On Hot Takes from 2018-05-24T23:00

Episode 142-Hot hot hot? Not.

In this episode, we start off on the wrong foot. In a drastic over-correction, we quickly pivot to yet another wrong foot. Thankfully we have ye...

141-Dave Won't Get Off His Horse, Ian Falls For A Curvy Italian, And We Talk About Our Moms from 2018-05-17T23:00

Episode 141-Horses, high.

Well good news everyone, Dave's still on his F1 high horse and we'll be honest, hold your slow claps, it's exhausting. That as it may be, his pithine...

140-Ian Wants To Eat The Rich, Dave Can Finally Come To A Complete Stop, And We Remember the Chrysler ME FourTwelve from 2018-05-10T23:00

Episode 1400-Hotline Dingus

Very few things make Ian rage as much as rich youths. Thankfully, because this is a car show, the angry man in his mid-thirties, yep, mid, (Dave wr...

139-Ian Is Bad At Fantasy Sports, Dave Kicks Ian While He's Down, And We Discuss A Phaeton. Again. from 2018-05-03T23:00

Episode 139-He's bad.

We'd like to credit our friend and listener, Eric, that correctly summarized the rare occurrence of Dave actually doing something other than nothing when...

138-Dave Gives Ian A Ride, Ian Gets A Ride, And We Have A Hotline from 2018-04-26T23:00

Episode 138-Pampered

Listeners, we'd like to start off with what we should start every episode with, an apology. Surely you're no stranger to how life happens, and over the pa...

137-Ian Doesn't Know How Numbers Work, Dave Exposes Himself And The Fears Of Others, And We Put Out Piping Hot Hashtag Content from 2018-04-19T23:00

Episode 137-Content is so hot right now.

We've talked before about how being in our orbit kind of wobbles the orbit of people around us, and in this episode we continue to dis...

136-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Jake From RacersHQ And Rags To Races! from 2018-04-12T23:00

Episode 136-RacersHQ Take Two

This week in the blanket fort, we bring in our (virtual) guest Jake from RacersHQ! You probably already know Jake from the Rags to Races podcast,...

135-Ian And Dave Take You On An Audio Tour Of The 2018 Denver Auto Show from 2018-04-04T20:00

Episode 135-You're gonna want to pack some juice.

Dear listener, we'd like to extend an invitation to you. As if it wasn't enough of a chore for you to honor our weekly invita...

134-Dave Takes The Fantasy Out Of Sports, Ian Points And Laughs At Dave, And We Go Karting In The Great Outdoors! from 2018-03-29T23:00

Episode 134-Bad at sports, even in a fantasy world.

"When in doubt, throttle it out." Classic words to live by. In this episode, we enter our own creation into the lexicon of ...

133-Ian Gets Hit, Dave Gets A Gift, And We Don't Look Back. Because We Can't. from 2018-03-22T23:00

Episode 133 - Seriously, it's like looking through a child's Batman mask.

Ian discusses something that we've all known for a long time, but we've never quite articulated it li...

132-Dave Kisses Dusty Goodbye, Ian Keeps His Shoes On Because He's Not A Monster, And We Rehash The Carstanza Hashtag from 2018-03-15T23:00

Episode 132-Goodbye. Hello.

Coming home. There's nothing quite like the feeling of getting back into your car after a long trip. You kiss your fingers, touch the headliner, a...

131-Ian Finds A New Version Of The X6 To Hate Even More, Dave Numbs A Coworker, And We Spread The Rage Of Calling Out Carstanzas from 2018-03-08T23:00

Episode 131-Irrational Rationale.

There's a saying: "Don't yuck someone else's yum". Sure, sounds good (and a touch gross) in theory, we get it. If you're into putting car eye...

130-Dave Goes High, Ian Deploys Shame, And We Mutter Into Our Mugs Of Despair from 2018-03-01T23:00

Episode 130-We have thoughts...

If we had a dollar for every time this show was an emotional roller coaster, we'd have lots of dollars. The life of a person is full of ups and...

129-Ian Chokes Dave, But Not Like In A Hot Way Or Anything, And Dave Contextualizes Ian's Car, But Not Like In A Hot Way Or Anything. from 2018-02-22T23:00

Episode 129-Urus

Urus. If you make it to the end of the show, you'll probably never hear the name of the weird Lamborghini SUV without it being coupled by a spine-tingling shi...

128-Dave Teases Ian, Ian Doles Out Facts, And We Soak In Our Poor Timing from 2018-02-15T23:00

Episode 128-Cliffhanger!!!

Look, we have a bit of an inverse Midas touch. We worked hard to line up an interview with one of the best voices in automotive journalism, Alanis K...

127-Ian Hits Things With A Hammer, Dave Almost Gets Kicked Out Of A Lexus, And We Change Our Metaphorical Socks. from 2018-02-08T23:00

Episode 127-Soft IT Hands

Sometimes life requires a delicate touch. Unfortunately, this is not one of those moments, so we have to buck up and put our soft IT hands through th...

126-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Alanis King - Staff Writer With Jalopnik from 2018-02-01T23:00

Episode 126- Cats, Hell and otherwise.

Let's have a construction discussion. Well, we did, and we do, and we need to continue to do so. Similar to seeing an entertainment cent...

125-Dave And Ian Surprise Each Other And We Fly Too Close To The Parts Desk On Wings Of Wax. And Fuses. from 2018-01-25T23:00

Episode 125 - Kids Icarus

In the psychological realm the term projection is used to describe a scenario in which you interpret someone's emotions or actions in a way that desc...

124-Ian Wants To Go Karting, Dave Wants To Go Karting, And We Discuss Ian's Automotive Predicament from 2018-01-18T23:00

Episode 124-Ford STs and soap for men.

People far smarter than us often exclaim that history is doomed to repeat itself unless we learn from it. What can we learn from our car...

123-Dave Taps Out Of The Grand Tour, Ian Figures Out The BEST Autonomous Car Uses, And We Discuss The Clarkson Problem from 2018-01-11T23:00

Episode 123-Stickers and self-loathing

What can we be doing as automotive enthusiasts to make our community more accessible? Unfortunately, there is no shortage of answers and...

122-Ian Apologizes, Dave Leases His Life, And We Contemplate Enabling Poor Life Choices from 2018-01-04T23:00

Episode 122-Turns out Dave isn't the worst...

Ian stared into the abyss, and you know what looked back? A critical and certainly missed rest stop in his rear view mirror. Dave...

121-Dave Sees A Strange Snack, Ian Is A Bad Car Parent, And We Give Leafy Advice from 2017-12-28T23:00

Episode 121-Proof

Math shows up more than you'd think on our TeamClearCoat automotive podcast. Whether it's Dave's "Tetanus Math" or our "Sticker Proximity Index", equations w...

120-Ian Detests The Young, Dave Sees Some Shame Scars, And We Need Bail After Installing Coilovers On A Stranger's Venza from 2017-12-21T23:00

Episode 120-The cookie the cookie...the beast

We kick this episode off by Ian giving himself to Dave - in cookie form. In addition to Dave eating that cookie, Ian gives us ins...

119-Dave Plays Vega In A Vega, Ian Faces Himself Six Times Over, And We Discuss Nostalgia. Again. from 2017-12-14T23:00

Episode 119-That's a lot of scowling....

Did you know that you can tell how unreliable a person's car is from looking at their refrigerator? Yep! Dusty Rusty is personally res...

118-Inhale Deeply And Step Into Our Man Van As We Discuss The Motor Trend Car Of The Year from 2017-12-07T23:00

Episode 118-Pssst...

Hey there. Yes, you. Why not step into our man van, and we'll show you our YouTube comments?

We'll teach you our superpowers: identifyi...

117-Ian Teaches The Youths, Dave Goes On The Run, And We Devise A Mathematical Theory! from 2017-11-30T23:00

Episode 117-Because that's why everyone listens...for math.

We live in the era of the Hot Take. Since one of the hallmarks of this era is how wrong everyone is on their first...

116-Dave Is Thankful For Botching Repairs, Ian Is Thankful For Wooden Bowls, And We Figure Out How To Share Our Shameful Bits from 2017-11-23T23:00

Episode 116-Thankfully.

We waddle right out of the gate by catching the proverbial drippings of Fiats in an instantaneous round of FMKCars. Given that food and cars are insepa...

115-Ian Wins Parenting, Dave Gets Mad At Weeds, And We Have A Car Show from 2017-11-16T23:00

Episode 115-Whooooooo!

Ian, the longshot, defeats all odds and wins at parenting but…but he ends up putting a ring on Clippy, so yeah, there's some ups and downs this week. Listen

114-Dave Has A Meltdown, Ian Identifies Issues, And Why Is Three? from 2017-11-09T23:00

Episode 114-WHY IS THREE???

Ian provides treats, Dave provides the airhorn bleats...since Ian's whiskey mishap yields delicious Kits Kat. Because everyone loves it when someon...

113-Ian Goes Racing, Dave Sees Redwoods, And We Drink A State Drink from 2017-11-02T23:00

Episode 113-State Drink? Drank.

If you were hoping to hear all about us two idiots this episode, you're in luck!

Dave had to recalibrate his brain to under...

112-Dave Sees Blue, Ian Sees Green, And We Admire A Versa Owner from 2017-10-26T23:00

Episode 112-When life gives you a Versa...

Normal service has resumed in the blanket fort, and that means we start right off with complaining about garish G-Wagen owners, exam...

111-We're In A Blanket Fort Of Emotion As Dave Remembers His Dad from 2017-10-19T23:00

Episode 111-Now he's doing Roadrunner burnouts in the sky...

We've been offline for a bit, and in this episode we talk about why.

There's a few things to s...

110-Dave Has A Rough Day, Ian Takes A Knee, And We Coin A Term For LIARS from 2017-09-28T23:00

Episode 110-These times man...

We get right to the heart of the matter on this episode.

First, we quickly identify the real cause of Dave's recent fender-b...

109-Ian Needs Money, Dave Needs To Tend To His Bush...ings, And We Fall In Love With A JDM Jimney from 2017-09-21T23:00

Episode 109-It was the little hood scoop that did it...

The downside of being an enthusiast - no matter if it's for cars, whiskey or home repairs - is that eventually, your ex...

108-Dave Discusses His Grooming Habits, Ian Figures Out How To Phish Dave, And We Want To Punch Infiniti Infotainment Systems. from 2017-09-14T23:00

Episode 108-Click here for HOT DONK PICS, Dave.

Functioning in the modern age means accepting a certain amount of uncertainty in the world; some things will just be confusing...

107-Dave Figures Out The Subaru Facelift Strategy, Ian Has Rogue Rage, And We Scorch Our Down Parts from 2017-09-07T23:00

Episode 107-Rage Against the Rogchine

This hobby of ours is sometimes an emotional rollercoaster, and on this week's show we explore all the ups and downs.

...

106-We Drive A Van, We Love Said Van, And I Guess We Just Talk About Feet Now? Gross. from 2017-08-31T23:00

Episode 106-A man. A van. Also another man.

Hello David and Ian, long-time victim, first-time complainer here. I just wanted to say that while I appreciate the breakthroughs ...

105-Ian Thinks About Weiner Logistics For The First Time, Dave Sees A Cute Car And An Insecure Bro, And We Trip Clubman Taillights Awful from 2017-08-24T23:00

Episode 105-There's no way that's attached...

Cars inspire judgements. Sometimes they're quick, and you pay a compliment that isn't well received. Or, like a bad flashback, yo...

104-Dave Has A Bad Blower Experience, Ian Finds People On The Internet That Don't Like Us, And We Turn Swears Into Repairs from 2017-08-17T23:00

Episode 104-Coast to a stop.

As car enthusiasts, we have a certain number of shared experiences.

We've all ended up spending more money in the name of savi...

103-We Get In Touch With Our Inner Van Man And Interview Andrew Ganz! from 2017-08-10T23:00

Episode 103-Inner Van Man

The best thing about becoming Legitimate Automotive Journalists is meeting awesome people like this week's guest, Andrew Ganz.

An...

102-We Discuss Our Nutritional Value, Plan Cross-Continent Drives, And Wash The Reince Off Our Preibus from 2017-08-03T23:00

Episode 102-This one gets weird...

Well, we tried. We really did. We were totally just going to talk about cars this time. And we did okay - garage updates, autonomous car leg...

101-Katie and Lauren Go Karting, Ian Defends The Miata, And Dave Gets Mountain Misty from 2017-07-27T23:00

Episode 101

It's not really an easy sell to get someone to agree to spend the evening with us in the blanket fort. Thankfully, our friends Katie and Lauren looked past the fac...

100B-We Manage To Not Screw Up Getting Interviewed By Nathan Adlen from 2017-07-21T23:00

Episode 100-Part 2

For the second part of our 100th episode celebration, we're joined in the blanket fort by the always-delightful Nathan Adlen. In between teasing Ian about h...

100A-We Manage To Not Screw Up A Second Interview With Doug Demuro - DOUG DEMURO!!! from 2017-07-20T23:00

Episode 100-Part 1

In the year since we last talked to Doug DeMuro, his popularity has exploded, and we, well, we are still doing the podcast.

For some rea...

99-Dave Drives Another Infiniti, Ian Stabs Himself In The Leg With A Fork To Stay Awake While Driving A Nissan Altima, And We Are The Lane Deviants from 2017-07-13T23:00

Episode 99-I'm Lane, this is Deviant...

Somewhere between willfully endangering Ian's life with a Takata airbag and creeping everyone out with a song about a cookie, Dave made...

98-We Saw Baby Driver, We Loved Baby Driver, And Baby Driver Baby Driver Baby Driver from 2017-07-06T23:00

Episode 98-We held hands the whole time.

When it gets late in the blanket fort, things get punchy quick. Sometimes we just devolve into an endless stream of non-sequiturs. Listen

97-Ian Receives An Apology, Dave Exposes His Bottom, And We Discuss Technology As The Equalizer from 2017-06-29T23:00

Episode 97-In Loving Memory: Hey Y'all watch this!

Like most other people, our judgement is usually awful. Like when Dave takes pictures of the new Kia Stinger while driving, ...

96-Ian Licks A Car, Dave Makes Ian Go Through The Three Stages Of Terror, And We Get To Drive Cars On And Off Of Roads! from 2017-06-22T23:00

Episode 96-We get it!

Professional automotive journalists update: we got invited to a press event at a race track! And an offroading facility! No, we don't know why either. Listen

95-Dave Gets A New Alter-Ego, Ian Walks Us Through The Safety Dance, And We Set Our Expectations Low. from 2017-06-15T23:00

Episode 95-Low.

It's critical in the blanket fort on this episode of TeamClearCoat.

We talk about how we'd like to improve the Grand Tour season 2, how saf...

94-Dave Has A New Parking Lot Nemesis, Ian Wants To Yell At The Youths, And We Find A Happy Place from 2017-06-08T23:00

Episode 94-Blanket Fort dress code? Donald Duck.

In daily life, you experience varying levels of comfort in inter-personal interactions, and we run the gamut this week.

93-Ian Races A Maserati At Watkins Glen, Dave Rides A Bicycle At Watkins Glen, And We End Up In Bed Together. Twice. from 2017-06-01T23:00

Episode 93-Doing it with my bro.

Ummmmm… Right… Uhhhhhhh… Hmmmmm… Well, this is awkward: we have no prior experience or strategy for how to address success here at TeamClearCo...

92-Dave Takes Off His Shirt, Ian Laughs And Coughs, And We Pack Our Fireproof Underoos from 2017-05-25T12:00

Episode 92-My Eyes!

Is Dave stripping an example of him exerting his autonomy or is it basically an automated process at this point?

Next question. What ab...

91a-Ian Has A Confession... from 2017-05-22T23:00

Episode 91 Aftershow-It heads in more than One Direction. See what I did there? Sorry.

When it comes to the concept of "enjoyment," it's sometimes a stretch for Ian.

91-Dave Sees A Paradox, Ian Is Patient Zero, And Everyone Loves The Weiner. Weinermobile. Right. from 2017-05-18T23:00

Episode 91-It puts a smile on your face.

Even LEGITIMATE AUTOMOTIVE JOURNALISTS have weaknesses, and when one of us (cough, glares at IAN) succumbs the weapons-grade germs of ...

90-Ian Drives A Mini, Ian Drives A Dacia, And Ian Drives A Seat, Oh And Ian Drives Karts Too from 2017-05-11T23:00

Episode 90-And Dave is jelly.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Step right up, step right up!

Today we have for you a Classic Mini Cooper in its native ...

89-ALEX ROY!!! THIS IS HAPPENING!!! from 2017-05-04T23:00

Episode 89-And he's hiding out in the Mitsubishi booth storage area no less...

Let's sit down and make a list of all of the various topics that we love to talk about on this s...

88-We Manage To Only Slightly Screw Up An Interview With Matt Covert, Founder Of Racers HQ from 2017-04-27T23:00

Episode 88-Stunt Driver. Yep.

Matt with Racers HQ sets his expectations appropriately low and joins us via Skype in the Blanekt Fort this week.

We talk abo...

87-Dave Still Wants A Megane, Ian Cheats On Dave, And That Seems About Right from 2017-04-20T23:00

Episode 87-SHO burnouts? Sure!!!

Family is important to car culture, and sometimes the stories we tell end up reflecting that. We're deep into our familial relationships on th...

86-Dave And Ian Watch F1, And We Put The F In Feelings from 2017-04-13T23:00

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Episode 86-And Fun. And Friendship. But Not Furries.

The secret to all great car-based entertainment is that they're really all about relationships. They all lure you in with...

85-The 2017 Denver Auto Show from 2017-04-07T23:00

Episode 85-Maybe leave the windows down for a bit.

In a decision that can only be described as "ill-advised," your humble cohosts were granted press credentials for the 2017 D...

84-Ian And Dave Go To The Track And Make It Back from 2017-04-06T23:00

Episode 84-Vrooooom!

TeamClearCoat is capable of delivering surprises from time to time. Today, we're surprising everyone with a new website, which contains a few easter eggs....

83-We Pop And Crack In A Ford Focus RS from 2017-04-05T23:00

Episode 83-Pop pop fizz fizz

Oh what a relief it is. To finally get out of this car. Ian LOVED it. Dave felt like he got beat with a thousand tennis racquets.

82-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Alex Davies-Transportation Editor for Wired from 2017-04-04T23:00

Episode 82-Alex Davies Is Awesome Edition

Alex Davies, Transportation Editor for Wired joins us in the blanket fort this week. We talk about Congress and other unproductive bo...

81-Ian Drives Dave's Old Man Infiniti from 2017-04-03T23:00

Episode 81-And he's suddenly inspired to yell at the youths to get off of his lawn.

One night in the recent past, Dave volunteered to take Ian to a Craigslist transaction (rea...

80a-Growlers of Chai and Sleepy Dave from 2017-04-02T22:00

Episode 80 Aftershow

Sometimes, all you want to do is scald a hippie with hot coffee and laugh maniacally, but you can't because of "society" and "laws" and "the need to model...

80-Ian Watches A Race, Dave Watches Ian Watch A Race, And We Eat Candy from 2017-03-30T23:00

Episode 80-Candy from afar! Thanks Jake!

We all greet everything with which we interact a level of tolerance and patience. And on this week's show, we're all over the map. Dav...

79a-Is Our Friendship Is A Lie? from 2017-03-27T20:00

Episode 79a-No, no....no.

As terrible as both our memories are, we finally figured out it's entirely possible we hate each other. Yes, the hosts of what is basically "Dave and...

79-Dave Laughs, Ian Coughs, And We Discover A Car Neither Of Us Will Drive. Or Touch. Ewww. from 2017-03-23T23:00

Episode 79

If you regularly wave your finger in the air and prepend your hot knowledge with "well, ACTUALLY," you're either Ian's toddler or a car enthusiast on the Internet. ...

78-Dave Drowns In A Sea Of Audio Cables, Ian Finally Learns How To Fix VW Electrical Issues, And We Agree On Things from 2017-03-16T23:00

Episode 78-Near Miss

Whether you're living in the city, driving in the mountains, or trying to troubleshoot some irritating audio problems, there are going to be some near-mis...

77a-Work Those Levers from 2017-03-13T23:00

Episode 77a-Deep state.

Despite being set in the decidedly pointless TeamClearCoat after-show, this week's conversation has an actual point.

We discuss why...

77-Powder Your Own Dang Puff from 2017-03-09T23:00

Episode 77-It means teeth. Yeah. That's for later in the show.

It's all about happy places this time around on TeamClearCoat.

It turns out the Prius forums...

76-We Didn't Prepare, But We Still Figured Out What Car Was Born From A Corporate Boardroom Human Centipede from 2017-03-02T23:00

Episode 76-There's no other way to explain that thing.

Once in a while, when you just start talking without preparing beforehand, hard-and-fast truths come tumbling out.

75a-Ian's First Word Was A Disappointed Sigh from 2017-02-26T23:00

Episode 75a-And Dave's were asking the whereabouts of taffy.

Should you ask the TeamClearCoat idiots to play musical instruments? Just when did Ian develop his trademark sigh...

75-Ian Plays FMKCars In Real Life, Dave Gets Ian To Go Pegging, And Pip Pip Right Old-NOPE! from 2017-02-23T22:00

Episode 75-FMKIRL

After more than a year of doing the show, we've accumulated a whole stack of ignored, discarded or otherwise forgotten about ideas. And since we're now Legit...

74-Don't Lick A Sick Kid's Nose, Bizarro Ian And Dave, And The Podcast, The Podcast, The Podcast Cast Pod from 2017-02-16T23:00

Episode 74-Just don't

Unfortunately, we all live in the era of the Hot Take, so it was inevitable that we'd produce an entire episode of them.

How's this fo...

73-Dave Learns About His Loins, Ian Exposes His Linkage, And We Need Badges...Or Crossbows from 2017-02-09T22:00

Episode 73-We neeeeeeeeed them.

Not sure if we've ever mentioned it before, but both of us are IT guys. I know - it's a shock! But for us, the worst case scenario is a live de...

72a-The TeamClearCoat Aftershow - Behind The Blanketfort from 2017-02-06T04:00

Episode 72a - I keep saying it in that VH1 Behind The Music guy's voice.

Is it good, or is it interesting? Not only does that apply to our show, but sometimes to the first few...

72-Ian Gets Serviced - Against His Will, Dave Seals Himself In A Camper Van, And We Defend Our Island From A Jet Skiing Cheeto from 2017-02-02T23:00

Episode 72-We're back, and better than ever! Well, we're back at least.

Come, join us on our mental health island! It's full of cars - broken Saabs, beautiful Volvos, and exci...

71-Dave Is A Nightmare On The Playground, Ian At The Gardens Is A WHOLE THING, And We Talk A Lot from 2017-01-06T23:00

Episode 71-The part when Nico starts touching the other baby's head...

We're discussing some emergency situations this time on the TeamClearCoat podcast. Dave has a Code Brown...

70-Happy Freaking Holidays From TeamClearCoat from 2016-12-26T21:00

Episode 70-Bah Whatever

We're imagining the future in this episode - the realities of the coming year in automotive news, the dystopian possibilities of a world filled with de...

69a-The TeamClearCoat Annual Performance Review from 2016-12-22T21:00

Episode 69a-This doesn't sound good...

Hey: TeamClearCoat! Step into my office, it's time for your annual performance review.

Now, don't get me wrong: you d...

69-Ian Is Uncomfortable, Dave Has Loud Feelings, And We Stab A Fork Into Our Thigh Just To Feel SOMETHING from 2016-12-19T21:00

Episode 69-Zeees hair, iz all yours? Is nice!

Ian has an uncomfortable interaction; well…all of his interactions are uncomfortable so this was par for the course. Anyway, movi...

68a-More Milk Silence from 2016-12-15T18:00

Episode 68a-The stuff that happens in Sodor man...it's heavy.

The after show is short and sweet - we're enamored with this week's main show, and we talk about our favorite stu...

68-Allroad Milk Silence, A Delicate Essence Of Something, And 700 Words For Pothole from 2016-12-12T23:00

Episode 68-Yeah, this is a good one.

You guys, we don't want to toot our own horn or anything, but the pithy one-liners out of the blanket fort are pretty spectacular this we...

67a-Dave Eats Candy, Ian Likes The Wrong Kind Of Candy, And We Talk About Data About Data About Data from 2016-12-09T23:00

Episode 67a-Well duh.

It's short and literally sweet in the blanket fort for today's after show.

We talk about candy and whether attempts to display it in a...

67-Dave Finally Talks F1, Ian Perfects His Dave Impression, And We Put Ourselves Into Winter Mode from 2016-12-04T21:00

Episode 67

It's back to normal programming this week in the blanket fort. Except that it's anything but normal.

Ian gets to talk about F1, Dave attempts a ...

66a-We Lost Some Good Ones This Year, And It Hurt from 2016-12-01T23:00

Episode 66a-RIP Sharon Jones

If you haven't listened to Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, stop what you're doing, give up on this dumb podcast and go listen to her now. Now. Listen

66-Dave Is The Cookie, Ian Is The Whiskey, And We Continue To Call Ourselves An Automotive Podcast from 2016-11-27T21:00

Episode 66-Sounds super delicious, right?

We kick this ambitious episode talking about our ambitious ambitions (Drivetribe), and ambitious cars. We weave over to how Dave want...

65a-Ambitious? Sure. Very? Eh... from 2016-11-23T18:00

Episode 65a-Ambitious Aftershow Alliteration

We've really stayed true to our promise to use these aftershows to talk about anything other than cars this week.

65-Dave Is Turning Into Karl Pilkington, Ian Gives Us What We Need, And We Say You Should Hang In There from 2016-11-20T23:00

Episode 65-It's the ONLY kitten

After the last week, we are determined to be in a good mood.

Let's talk about cute cars. Let's explore Instagram car cultur...

64-Like Peanut Butter And Motor Oil, Politics In Car Culture And What It Means To Us from 2016-11-11T16:00

Episode 64-Ooof

Whew. That happened, everyone.

We've never shied away from the events in the world around our little hobby, and we confront some of that he...

63-ChumpCar 2016 at Road America-Race Conclusion And Drive Home, Dave Finds His Trucker Audience and Ian Tells Dave To Take A Nap from 2016-11-06T18:00

Episode 63-Mr. Tiny Tank Runs Out and Ian Channels Samuel L. Jackson

Our epic road trip saga continues! We participated in ChumpCar's 2016 Winter Classic at Road America befor...

62-ChumpCar 2016 at Road America-Dave Has A Tiny Tank, Ian Has A New Piece Of Paper, And We Have The Meat Sweats from 2016-10-28T22:00

Episode 62-The Meat Sweets would be so much better.

When you embark on a road trip, examples from pop culture roll through your mind. You start by hoping for an epic like "Lor...

61-RIP Dusty Rusty, Long Live Dusty Rusty from 2016-10-22T14:00

Episode 61-Goodbye old friend, hello new race car!

We're not exactly a bundle of sunshine on this episode of TeamClearCoat.

A car has died, you won't own yo...

60a-Um, Clowns Are Bad MmmmKay from 2016-10-12T22:00

Episode 60a-They are. Period.

The aftershow experiment continues apace! In the non-car/confusing part of the show, we talk about clowns, Ian's eternity in Whole Foods purgator...

60-Ian Likes A Weird Green, Dave Is The Fun One, Ostensibly, And We Dream Of Fufilling Last Wishes With Gentle Drifts And Dune Jumps from 2016-10-10T22:00

Episode 60-Happy Little Drifts

We've found there are definitely some things in this world to be proud of - Mercedes' Kryptonite Green, the amount of happiness Dave puts out in...

59a-Which Part Is This? Is It The Car Part? Nope, Not That Part, Different Part from 2016-10-06T22:00

Episode 59a-Ian still doesn't know what this is; Dave isn't telling him.

How does Dave like his coffee? Like he likes his cars: dri...

59-Ian Needs To Be Supervised, Dave Is On Hashtag Brand, And A Life-Sized Dave Bobblehead Would Be AMAZING from 2016-10-03T23:00

Episode 59-Do you even hydrate, bro?

Time for some updates to things that were already obvious: it's almost never okay to comment on a stranger's Listen

58a-Oh God Enough With Talking About Cars Already from 2016-09-29T17:30

Episode 58a-We tried to not do it. And Failed.

Did you know that Dave and Ian work in IT? Or that they both like coffee very much? Or that Dave likes video games? Or that Ian ...

58-Dave Passes A Test, Ian Lays Out Our Political Campaign, And We Talk About The Future Of Cars. Again. from 2016-09-26T09:00

Episode 58 - Here we go again on our own.

We're as boring as Dave's pants this weak: pleats on pleats on pleats.

We talk Apple's interest in McLaren, infras...

57a-It Doesn't Work When You Try To Add "In Bed" from 2016-09-22T19:00

Episode 57a-This "after-show" idea continues to be confusing.

First, Dave and Ian hit you with dramatic readings of their fortune cookies, then BOOM: tonal shift! Talking abou...

57-AutoTrader Incognito Mode, Michael Bay As A Car Brand, And We Almost Get Political from 2016-09-18T19:00

Episode 57-Kaboosh

Dave and Ian are a little loopy in the blanket fort this time, and their hyperactivity manifests as covering every topic known to modern humans: Film direct...

56a-That Was Either The Best Or The Worst from 2016-09-15T22:30

Episode 56a-We don't know either, but we have a hunch.

The TeamClearCoat After-Show: What is this? What are we doing here?

Well, this time we're giving a qu...

56-All Energy And No Content from 2016-09-12T06:00

Episode 56-Just another synonym

Do Dave and Ian know some words? Ostensibly.

It's punchy in the blanket fort this time. Dave and Ian have a hard time stayin...

55a-ONE YEAR! from 2016-09-06T19:00

Episode 55a-We can't believe we haven't gotten kicked off the internet yet.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, EVERYONE! We made it one whole year of doing a podcast! We've learned almost...

55-Dave Talks About The Difference Between Lefty And Righty And Ian Wants Nothing To Do With It from 2016-09-05T12:00

Episode 55-Really, Lefty is the first to let me know.

It's diiiiiirty in the blanket fort today.

Nips, probes, and an unsolved mystery in the form of pairin...

54a-Behind The Blanket Fort-The TeamClearCoat Podcast Aftershow-Episode 1 from 2016-09-01T15:00

Episode 1-Oh god I'm so sorry for all of the chewing noises. We didn't mean to make an ASMR podcast.

It's dark in here.

Because we've put our heads up our own....bla...

54-Disco Doesn't Suck and Neither Do Donks from 2016-08-29T15:00

Episode 54-Well, Actually...

We really get into refining ideas in the blanket fort this time; we really dig into our proclamations of donk friendliness, Ian updates his list o...

53-Ian's School Of Improv, Dave Wants A New-ish Car, And We Have Sausages In Our FMKCars from 2016-08-22T18:45

Episode 53 - Gretchen, stop trying to make VR5 happen. It's not going to happen. Oh, wait it did. It did.

The long-running best practice for improv comedy is a technique know...

52-Dave And Ian Have Been Thinking About Getting Into Making An Automotive Podcast from 2016-08-15T06:00

Episode 52-And certainly NOT steampunk. Sheesh.

It's just a trail of misery this time around in the blanket fort.

Our most depressing garage update yet is ...

51-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Nathan Adlen From TFLCar from 2016-08-07T22:00

Episode 51-It puts the blanket in the fort or else it gets the taffy again

We've interviewed some interesting characters for this show, but none have been as game for anything...

50-Dave and Ian Take A Lap Of Some Colorado, Dave Eats Candy, Ian Gets Micromanaged, And We Manage To Not Kill Each Other from 2016-08-02T05:30

Episode 50 - Not to say that there wasn't some light stabbing.

To commemorate the 50th episode of TeamClearCoat and the journey you've followed us on, we decided to get litera...

Are We There Yet? Are We? How Much Longer? from 2016-07-25T08:00

Episode 49-ish - So maybe we bit off more than we can chew.

As a TeamClearCoat listener, you're probably used to that fact that we can be a bit...how you say...over-ambitious ...

49-Ian Gave Dusty Rusty A Bad Case Of VD-er-VW, Yeah VW from 2016-07-18T21:00

Episode 49-Concern. We has it.

What if the worst traits of a car company were actually a contagion that other cars could catch? We speculate on what happens when a car catches...

48-Dave Ruins Everything By Liking A Lexus, Ian Is Basically Elon Musk, Well, Musty, and ROCKET BOAT from 2016-07-11T23:00

Episode 48-Like chocolate and peanut butter but a bit more flammable

We really hone in on the obvious this episode: the Aston Martin V8 Vantage is a good car to drive, boats s...

47-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Stef Schrader, Racing Driver And Writer For Black Flag and Jalopnik from 2016-07-04T12:00

Episode 47-Puffalumps. Yep.

When Stef Schrader isn't running Jalopnik's excellent motorsports blog Listen

46-Dave Ruins Everything By Not Liking A Mustang, Ian Is Going To Get Beat Up By Jocks, Again, And Dave Has Updates On Top Gear from 2016-06-26T21:00

Episode 46-What is glazing agent anyway?

Dave and Ian are finally back in the TCC Blanket Fort after some time away. Dave talks about his Listen

45-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Derek Mead The Editor-In-Chief At Motherboard from 2016-06-19T13:30

Episode 45-Seriously, we didn't screw it up!

Derek Mead is the editor-in-chief of Motherboard - Vice's excellent tech blog - but he's also a Listen

44-We Survive Racing The 24 Hours Of LeMons BFE GP, And We Didn't Finish Last Place, Or First, But You Probably Guessed That Second One Already from 2016-06-12T22:30

Episode 44 - In which we make it home alive and not too badly sunburnt

In all things, there's always something you have to manage. In this episode dedicated to TeamClearCoat's...

43-Gummy Cola Bottles and Condecending Parking Spaces from 2016-06-06T17:00

Episode 43-Cray To The Zee

For some people, it's a formerly-loved TV show that makes them crazy, and that crazy manifests as saying dumb things on the Internet.

42-Tailgating Leads To An Erotic Gobble, But You May End Up Well Lubed And Quite Disappointed from 2016-05-29T21:00

Episode 42-Erotic Gobble

It's all about certainty this time around.

Dave is certain he knows how to combat tailgating, we're all in agreement that the Listen

41-One Hundred Percent Successful Fifty Percent Of The Time from 2016-05-22T18:00

Episode 41-Black Flags Abound

It's a Very Special episode! Which, if we're honest, really just means we're trying something new and it most likely will not turn out well.

40-TCCBookClub-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Doug Demuro, The Author Of Plays With Cars from 2016-05-18T19:00

Episode 40-TeamClearCoat BookClub - Doug Demuro - Plays With Cars

Doug DeMuro joins us in the blanket fort for the first in our book club series.

We talk ab...

39-How Candles Are Made, The Film Ginger And Grumpy Enters Pre-Production, Probably With Questionable Sponsorship from 2016-05-15T19:00

Episode 39-Carnauba Wax In Mass Quantities

Today in the blanket fort, it's all about paying attention - to where you're driving, to your Listen

38-Dave Sees The Jukes Of Hazzard And Ian Needs To Rethink His Definition Of Worst Case Scenarios from 2016-05-09T21:30

Episode 38-It's like something out of Scooby Doo

Dave and Ian are separated by most of the continent, but they're both on the good ship SS poor audio quality.

37-We Call A Car A Warm Glass Of Skim Milk, We Check Each Other's Lugnuts, And Ian's Latest Rental Adventures from 2016-05-01T07:00

Episode 37-This week's description, with apologies to Craig Finn

They got to the part with the karting and the clutch cable thing, they said I'm pretty sure we've heard this o...

Announcing the TeamClearCoat Book Club from 2016-04-27T08:00

The TeamClearCoat Book Club Announcement

We're happy to announce the launch of the TeamClearCoat book club!

On the 3rd Wednesday of every month, we'll relea...

36-We Talk All the Talks with Ike From The Untitled Car Show from 2016-04-24T20:00

Episode 36-You have what in your glass?

It's all a little bit too much this time, but in the best possible way.

Ike from Listen

35-Deep Vs, Needing Deep Pockets for a GTV, and Ian Brings Dave Taffy from 2016-04-18T02:00

Episode 35-How do you rate things?

We talk this time about rating your ride-share driver, how Ian would rate new drivers, and how low Dave would rate LCD Soundsystem. But that...

34-Dave Hates Segways, Ian Loves Gluten, And We Have Different Opinions On Coconut Oil from 2016-04-10T20:00

Episode 34-See, there's the "okay".

Yeah, this is a weird one. Let's just get that out of the way right now. Dave full on rages against the Segway machine, Ian conte...

33-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Jason Torchinsky from 2016-04-02T13:50

Episode 33-Really, nothing went wrong!

Jason Torchinsky of Jalopnik joins us in the blanke...

32-Ian Loves Compliments, Dave Hates Car Cakes and Corollas from 2016-03-29T04:00

Episode 32-This week's description comes courtesy of the hypothetical therapist we talk with every week:

"I'm so proud of all the breakthroughs we've had this session, Te...

31-Denver Auto Show 2016-Sometimes You Just Need A Little Apple Juice from 2016-03-22T03:00

Episode 31-Or maybe just be ready with the pocket taffy.

We went to the 2016 Denver Auto Show with the intention of acting like adults...

30-We, Well Really Dave, Screws Up An Interview With Mr. Regular from 2016-03-14T02:00

Episode 30-It's almost probably going to be okay.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times to be a pair of hapless automotive podcasters.

The goo...

29-Practice Your Egress Because Clippy Will Just Watch You Burn from 2016-03-08T05:00

Episode 29 - Really, he's no help at all.

If you're going to crash into the uncanny v...

28-Grumpy Dave Defends A Prius, So Obviously There's A Global Taffy Shortage Or Something from 2016-02-29T15:00

Episode 28 - Now it's Dave's turn to ruin something by liking it.

Let's just get this out of the way: Dave and Ian get in their biggest argument to date.

Wa...

27-It's Their Fault For Looking, Dusty Rusty's OG Owner, and Uhhh, Poop On A Loop from 2016-02-23T01:00

Episode 27 - Yep, a loop.

There's a guest in the blanket fort, but only sort of. Dave's friend Eric is observing the podcasting process, like the worst Jane Goodall impersonat...

26-Ian Ruins Everything By Liking A Kia from 2016-02-15T21:00

Episode 26 - Really, a Kia.

It's all about convincing arguments this time in the refreshed blanket fo...

25-Hobo Code For Rental Cars and Scion Was Actually a Gym Teacher The Whole Time from 2016-02-09T02:30

Episode 25-The Younger Is Watching

If you've ever read something so crazy it derailed your whole day, you'll understand the mood in the blanket fort this time around.

24-Staccato Tachometer Pedal - Dopest Elite from 2016-02-02T01:00

Episode 24: Welcome to The Tempest Cacao Taco Lard: penis day is gonna suck

Where do the things you drop in your engine bay go? We like to think there’s a Listen

23-Headcolds, Detroit, And Using Lexus Grilles For Personal Grooming from 2016-01-25T21:00

Episode 23-Subtitled:Boardroom Ayahuasca Day

If you replace whiskey and taffy with a whole bunch of cold medicine, you end up with graphic descriptions of what VW/Audi's Listen

22-We Interview Greg Welch From Unser Racing And Entertainment from 2016-01-21T02:00

Episode 22-Greg Welch with Unser Racing and Entertainment

Greg Welch from Unser Karting and Events is in the blanket fort this time! He schools us on what it takes to get into...

21-Listener FMKCars Special - FMKCars Marathon As We Slowly Lose Our Minds from 2016-01-18T02:00

Episode 21-Listener FMKCars Special

How many FMKCars are too many FMKCars? The answer is infinity, because we can never have enough. That said, Ian and Dave might get a bit wa...

20-Reunited And It Feels So Right But Office In Your Car Feels So Wrong from 2016-01-11T02:00

Episode 20 - MS Office In Your Car Is A BAD IDEA

What everyone wants from their automotive podcast is a 20 minute discussion about Listen

19-Party of Three in the Blanket Fort - We Interview Jimmy from Our Gang Ice Racing from 2016-01-04T02:00

Episode 19-Interview with Jimmy Olson from Our Gang Ice Racing

It's our first-ever interview! Joining us on the podcast this time is Jimmy Olson from Listen

18-We Push the Boundries of the Definition of the Words"Best Of" from 2015-12-28T02:00

Episode 18 - Best Of Episodes 1-10

Clip show!!! We've selected some of our favorite (and probably least educational or informative) bits from our first 10 episodes, wrapped th...

17-Short Attention Spans, Rambling Reviews, and the Supercar Trifecta from 2015-12-21T12:00

Episode 17 - Short Attention-What?

Yup, it's definitely 2015: you're listening to two people on a podcast talking about a Listen

16-Dave Eats Taffy, F1 Wings Are Flappy, and Numbers Continue To Be Numbers from 2015-12-14T01:00

Episode 16 - If you give a ginger some taffy...

If you give a ginger some taffy, he's going to want a 4 cylinder Porsche. And then he'll want to complain about Formula One's <...

15-Soup Bowls with Extra Anatomy, Ian Makes Feelings Happen, and Idiots Continue to be Idiots from 2015-12-06T03:00

Episode 15 - It's chaos in the blanket fort!

Ian's responsible for a talk about feelings, there's porn on my soup bowl, and we're both really excited about a Listen

14-Prog Rock Twinesmanship and Forced Fours Versus Natural Sixes from 2015-11-30T02:00

Episode 14

The eyes of the blanket fort turn to the Italian auto industry, with only a few small pit stops along the way to discuss Listen

13-Espresso-Deprived Engine Groans and Ferrari's Slow Cousin from 2015-11-23T15:00

Episode 13

It turns out the Ford Motor Company does not listen to the advice of old-before-their-ages amateur podcasters before maki...

12-Cheese-Scented Keys to the Blanket Fort of Feelings from 2015-11-17T04:00

Episode 12

Dave redesigned the blanket fort, or is it actually the lair for the wors...

11-Virgin Shovels, Rap Air Horn Apps and Man-Sorry from 2015-11-15T03:00

Episode 11

Sometimes you make a proclamation so tentative you need to sacrifice some virgins just to be sure. This week's "all clear" for the TeamClearCoat garage is...

10-Just A Couple of Poor Men With Nipple Stickers from 2015-11-10T04:00

In which we reintroduce ourselves and manage to be no more articulate than we were in episode 1. In Dave and Ian are going to be poor news, Ian reveals his other money-pit hobby, and Dave lays out ...

09-Taffy-Fueled Track Days and TurboX Woes Bros from 2015-11-06T04:00

It's all about love stories this time on TeamClearCoat: the love Ian's Saab mechanic has for his broken TurboX, Dave's love for an amazing gearshift, and one for the ages: the love between two men ...

08-Sugar Rushing Gingers and Smashed Up...Thank You - Sorry from 2015-11-01T14:00

What happened to Mitsubishi? Just how attractive ARE Dave's smashed-up genitals? How many times can we talk about Lycra cycling clothes on a podcast ostensibly about cars? Episode 8 is all about un...

07-A Very Special TeamClearCoat Episode from 2015-10-26T13:00

Dave pulls on his NPR corduroys and plays good cop/nicer cop in an interrogation about Ian's first race weekend. Yes, folks, it's a VERY SPECIAL TeamClearCoat episode. Get your kerchiefs, the feeli...

06-Exploring Each Others Feet...and Feelings from 2015-10-17T23:00

Ian attempts a motorsports intervention to understand why Dave doesn't watch F1, but in typical TeamClearCoat fashion, we get distracted and end up talking about YouTube rally videos and Walter Roh...

05-Gold-plated Craigslist Encounters from 2015-10-12T06:00

04-Real Life Bond Villains and King Ranch Kittens from 2015-10-04T18:00

It's only the 4th episode, and we've already lost our minds: Bond villains, nipple clamp-wearing Land Rover owners, and hobo-sized butt prints are all covered...in the first 10 minutes. Somehow, we...

03-Black Chrome Bok Choy and Smashed Up Genitals from 2015-09-24T10:00

We all have our automotive happy place we retreat to when our car is broken. Unfortunately, there isn't much of a happy place for Volkswagen right now, but we kinda had to talk about it. A lot. And...