Category: The Podcast

Episode 12 Dave redesigned the blanket fort, or is it actually the lair for the worst Bond villain ever? A lair would be fitting this week, since talking about lots of heroes – heroes at the Vehicle Vault-hosted Cars and Coffee putting huge engines in small cars, heroic kart track employees, and potential for Saab racing heroism from your humble… Read more →

Episode 11 Sometimes you make a proclamation so tentative you need to sacrifice some virgins just to be sure. This week’s "all clear" for the TeamClearCoat garage is no exception. Dave confronts the existence of the awful Man-Sorry tuning house, while Ian fumbles for a connection between an album he likes and Regular Car Reviews. Oh, and at least one… Read more →

In which we reintroduce ourselves and manage to be no more articulate than we were in episode 1. In Dave and Ian are going to be poor news, Ian reveals his other money-pit hobby, and Dave lays out the long road ahead of us getting his other Saab into LeMons. We take check, money order, cash, paypal, welding help, sandwiches,… Read more →

It’s all about love stories this time on TeamClearCoat: the love Ian’s Saab mechanic has for his broken TurboX, Dave’s love for an amazing gearshift, and one for the ages: the love between two men and a hugely lifted AMC Eagle SX Coupe. Oh, and there’s a little bit about Italian yogurt too. Read more →

What happened to Mitsubishi? Just how attractive ARE Dave’s smashed-up genitals? How many times can we talk about Lycra cycling clothes on a podcast ostensibly about cars? Episode 8 is all about unanswered questions (and genitals, obviously). Read more →

Dave pulls on his NPR corduroys and plays good cop/nicer cop in an interrogation about Ian’s first race weekend. Yes, folks, it’s a VERY SPECIAL TeamClearCoat episode. Get your kerchiefs, the feelings are a-comin’. Read more →

Ian attempts a motorsports intervention to understand why Dave doesn’t watch F1, but in typical TeamClearCoat fashion, we get distracted and end up talking about YouTube rally videos and Walter Rohl’s superpower. Dave also reveals his dismal car history in FMK cars before another attempt at making Ian FEEL THINGS. Read more →

You know it’s true love when both of you find the exact same car option to be upsetting. And, Craigslist: can you buy things without being lightly murdered? TeamClearCoat investigates! Read more →

It’s only the 4th episode, and we’ve already lost our minds: Bond villains, nipple clamp-wearing Land Rover owners, and hobo-sized butt prints are all covered…in the first 10 minutes. Somehow, we also cover a few rounds of FMK cars and segue into part 2 in our 679-part series, “We Feel Conflicted About Trucks and SUVs.” Read more →

We all have our automotive happy place we retreat to when our car is broken. Unfortunately, there isn’t much of a happy place for Volkswagen right now, but we kinda had to talk about it. A lot. And then there was the discussion about Dave’s smashed-up genitals…we covered a lot of ground in this one. Read more →