Category: The Podcast

Episode 22-Greg Welch with Unser Racing and Entertainment Greg Welch from Unser Karting and Events is in the blanket fort this time! He schools us on what it takes to get into competitive karting, how to get faster at arrive-and-drive karting, and even dabbles in marriage counseling. Oh, and the dude is a serious car-guy, having owned an impressive roster… Read more →

Episode 21-Listener FMKCars Special How many FMKCars are too many FMKCars? The answer is infinity, because we can never have enough. That said, Ian and Dave might get a bit wacky as time goes on, but that’s nothing new for the blanket fort. This is our all-listener-submitted FMKCars special where we read the FMKCars that you, our listeners sent in!… Read more →

Episode 20 – MS Office In Your Car Is A BAD IDEA What everyone wants from their automotive podcast is a 20 minute discussion about Microsoft Office, right? Right? Well how about some complaining about the new automotive low of Ian’s life, the Dodge Journey? If there’s still nothing here that you like, maybe we can interest you in the… Read more →

Episode 19-Interview with Jimmy Olson from Our Gang Ice Racing It’s our first-ever interview! Joining us on the podcast this time is Jimmy Olson from Our Gang Ice Racing. He tells us all about how the ice racing club got started, tolerates our dumb questions about how to drive fast on ice, and even makes fun of the blanket fort.… Read more →

Episode 18 – Best Of Episodes 1-10 Clip show!!! We’ve selected some of our favorite (and probably least educational or informative) bits from our first 10 episodes, wrapped them up in oily shop rags and put them under our dried-out Christmas tree, all for you, our listeners! Hm…now that we think about it, oily rags, dried out Christmas tree, blanket… Read more →

Episode 17 – Short Attention-What? Yup, it’s definitely 2015: you’re listening to two people on a podcast talking about a YouTube video featuring 3 cars you’d be lucky to see in person. It all gets brought back down to earth with the age old enthusiast question: automatic or manual? As we ramble our way through that we extend our scope… Read more →

Episode 16 – If you give a ginger some taffy… If you give a ginger some taffy, he’s going to want a 4 cylinder Porsche. And then he’ll want to complain about Formula One’s new regulations with his friend, eye autonomous vehicles with skeptical optimism, and wonder aloud about how VW could downsize. Or he’ll just chew loudly into a… Read more →

Episode 15 – It’s chaos in the blanket fort! Ian’s responsible for a talk about feelings, there’s porn on my soup bowl, and we’re both really excited about a Volvo. From the emotional low of the Pirelli calendar backlash, to the high of a coworker finally understanding what the hell you’re talking about, we’ve got some ground to cover (and… Read more →

Episode 14 The eyes of the blanket fort turn to the Italian auto industry, with only a few small pit stops along the way to discuss prog rock, Toyota’s attitude towards enthusiasts and “styling by sturgeon”. This round of FMK cars gives birth to the friendliest superhero ever, gets Ian in trouble with his wife, and nets Dave a new/old… Read more →

Episode 13 It turns out the Ford Motor Company does not listen to the advice of old-before-their-ages amateur podcasters before making major decisions about the corporate strategy of their luxury automobile brands. We exact revenge by performing our first review in what is a glorious — if temporarily — feelings-free blanket fort. Hey! Did you know you can view the… Read more →