Author: TeamClearCoat

84-Ian And Dave Go To The Track And Make It Back

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. Other surprises include how well Dave’s car takes that one corner at High Plains Raceway, and that we have to wrap this up due to Legitimate Automotive Journalism Pursuits. Totally not surprising is that… Read more →

83-We Pop And Crack In A Ford Focus RS

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. But after love and beatings, we still think about this car. It’s still in our mind, and it makes us want to drive a VW Golf R more… Read more →

82-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Alex Davies-Transportation Editor for Wired

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 boondoggles like the construction zone problem, the Uber vs Google fight, and of course, old Saabs. We may not have arrived at any answers in this discussion, but we think we may have… Read more →

81-Ian Drives Dave’s Old Man Infiniti

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 (read: his own murder). When he showed up, Ian was ordered into the driver’s seat and we started recording. Driving around Denver, a few things were confirmed: Ian will… Read more →

80a-Growlers of Chai and Sleepy Dave

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 good behavior for your child.” We talk about that and other injustices on this week’s aftershow. Like Dave narrowly missing seeing a date gone dramatically wrong, or how… Read more →

79a-Is Our Friendship Is A Lie?

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 Ian Are Friends: The Show” may just routinely forget the ways in which they hate each other. Our friendship is a lie, basically. But here are some things that aren’t… Read more →

79-Dave Laughs, Ian Coughs, And We Discover A Car Neither Of Us Will Drive. Or Touch. Ewww.

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. And either way, you’ll likely find plenty to object to in this week’s episode. Hacking autonomous cars with salt, Ferrari trim levels and the intricacies of an Infiniti steering rack… Read more →