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 center for what it is, a composition of bolts, wood, and glue, we see the automotive landscape for what it is. People, cars, personalities, unity as well as its fair… Read more →
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125-Dave And Ian Surprise Each Other And We Fly Too Close To The Parts Desk On Wings Of Wax. And Fuses.
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 describes something that you are truly feeling yourself. In this week’s show, we blatantly use a random Audi vanity plate as inspiration for a new automotive term. Are we correct?… Read more →
124-Ian Wants To Go Karting, Dave Wants To Go Karting, And We Discuss Ian’s Automotive Predicament
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 cars? Perhaps that like socks, they’re best changed often. Sticking to the same pair for years could only end in disappointment and shattered emotions? Let’s pick up the… Read more →
123-Dave Taps Out Of The Grand Tour, Ian Figures Out The BEST Autonomous Car Uses, And We Discuss The Clarkson Problem
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 on this episode we talk about things we’d like to hear less of and things we’d like to hear more of. On the lighter side, if you’re in Denver on January 14th, you should… Read more →
I just had an epiphany about the hottest trend in automotive design.
Anyone who has been paying attention to new cars lately has noticed a weird trend in design: the floating roof. Or, more specifically, a blacked out c or d pillar (the vertical piece closest to the back of the car). Well, yesterday, I was driving along when I saw a new Lexus RX: See that blacked-out area under the roof… Read more →
122-Ian Apologizes, Dave Leases His Life, And We Contemplate Enabling Poor Life Choices
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 stepped to the precipice as well, and a peak plastic-era Chrysler stared RIGHT back at him through its dull headlight lenses and straight into the space where his soul… Read more →
121-Dave Sees A Strange Snack, Ian Is A Bad Car Parent, And We Give Leafy Advice
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 work their way into our lives and thus our cars. We constantly seek structure to justify the world we see with reason and logic, and on this week’s show we pull out all the stops.… Read more →
120-Ian Detests The Young, Dave Sees Some Shame Scars, And We Need Bail After Installing Coilovers On A Stranger’s Venza
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 insight into how that cookie reacts to suspicious reactions to said cookie’s jokes. Wait…who’s the cookie again? Anyway, we digress. In an interesting turn of events, Ian did detective… Read more →
119-Dave Plays Vega In A Vega, Ian Faces Himself Six Times Over, And We Discuss Nostalgia. Again.
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 responsible for about 3 square feet of real estate on Dave’s fridge. So let’s talk about other stuff we know. We know that nostalgia can be bad news when it’s in… Read more →
118-Inhale Deeply And Step Into Our Man Van As We Discuss The Motor Trend Car Of The Year
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: identifying cars by smell, and businesses by the cars in the parking lot. Also, we’ll rationalize the games we play to you, obsess over Cadillac tail lights, and also it’s Dave’s birthday. And it’s not… Read more →