Category: The Podcast

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 →

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 while driving home for the holidays, Ian has a parental emergency, and what did we do with those stupid paper tickets? Slightly less urgent are discussions about how difficult the last few tenths… Read more →

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 dealership parts counter employees, and the utopian vision of a world with fewer Hawaiian shirts and more cardigans. Right now, though, we need to deal with a stripped out Volkswagen and Dave… Read more →

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 did some great stuff this year. “Big strong man?” Classic! Your interviews? Surprisingly not terrible! Dave ahem…relieving himself in a fie… well, HR will talk to you about that one later. What I want to discuss… Read more →