Category: The Podcast

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. Dave and Ian are joined by Zev for some instruction and seat time at High Plains Raceway during the SCCA’s Track Night In America event. Please do check out Zev’s non-profit… Read more →

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 about his book Plays With Cars, along with such glamorous topics as avoiding your family members, Craigslist encounters, and, of course, whatever it is that goes on in Florida. If you haven’t… Read more →

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 TicTac intake, and to the uglier associations within car culture. Sometimes, though, you can pay a little TOO close of attention, like Ian’s baby when the R32 bottoms out, or when you buy a Yankee Candle. Hey!… Read more →

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. What else is on this cruise ship? Oh, just some gumballs, a jumping Juke, and a tiny pinch of flesh-eating diesease. Really. Hey! Did you know you can view the full… Read more →

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 one before. Doesn’t it all end up in some rental car with 4 guys modding a Mustang, and violent red VWs, NASCAR and sweet, sweet car cake justice. I think… Read more →

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 release an episode featuring an author of an automotive-related book. These episodes will be in addition to our regular weekly ones. So let’s all read some more books! The first episode will be on 18 May,… Read more →

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 Untitled Car Show joins us for a discussion that goes too far in pretty much every direction. There’s a little too much talk about Mitsubishi, one too many mentions of when you need to apply Vaseline… Read more →

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 too-low rating is nothing compared to how too-low Dave’s V-Neck was on his shirt. In that spirit, here are some other ratings from this episode. GTV prices: 1/5 stars.… Read more →

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 contemplates life as a freegan, and yeah…other stuff is discussed. Once again we have thoughts on a carmaker’s proposed then rescinded flagship sedan, then end up discussing Lincoln, because that’s… Read more →

Episode 33-Really, nothing went wrong! Jason Torchinsky of Jalopnik joins us in the blanket fort this time for a wide-ranging discussion on cars, parenthood, and telling automakers that you know better than them. The best part? No recorder malfunctions this time! Thanks again to Jason for taking the time to talk with two idiots in a blanket fort! You’re welcome… Read more →