Author: TeamClearCoat

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-misses. And near-misses are familiar to the makers of the Dodge Caliber SRT4, the Ferrari marketing department, and the gentleman who vomited just outside his car. TeamClearCoat Drivetribe TeamClearCoat YouTube Channel TeamClearCoat website… Read more →

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 process is sometimes the most important thing. Whether it’s why you’ve decided to go rogue and join the deep state, how you’ve arrived at a great piece of art, or just what you do before sitting on your… Read more →

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 are the happiest places on the Internet, the Focus RS is our happy place, and being more stubborn than a thing is hard will make even a bystander happy. TeamClearCoat Drivetribe TeamClearCoat YouTube… Read more →

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. And so it is with this week’s episode; with no preparation whatsoever, we determined that karting is actually a valid mental health treatment, that the 2011 Saab 9-5 is still stunning, and that the… Read more →

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? And should we be worried about Richard Simmons? All of this plus some music talk in this week’s after-show. TeamClearCoat Drivetribe TeamClearCoat YouTube Channel TeamClearCoat website TeamClearCoat Instagram TeamClearCoat Twitter TeamClearCoat Facebook TeamClearCoat… Read more →

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 Legitimate Automotive Journalists, we’re allowed to dive into our drafts folder and discover cars of the 90s, take very long tangents on multiverse theory, and reiterate Dave’s old-man-ness. TeamClearCoat Drivetribe TeamClearCoat YouTube… Read more →

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 for a hot take: we should lower everyone’s car so they have to dodge potholes instead of text. And that’s before we go off the deep end and discuss personal responsibility vs… Read more →

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 demo that fails. So of course we had to talk about the Faraday Future launch at CES. We also discussed several other worst-case scenarios, like… Read more →

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 listens of an album. For this after show, we discussed some things that we can difinitively say are great: Dave’s new favorite EDM track,… Read more →

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 exciting new Kias. We can even start a Werther’s Original liveried racing tea… Wait. Is that spray-tanned jerk on the jet ski back? FINE. We’ll talk about the stupid wall!… Read more →