Teamclearcoat - An Automotive Enthusiast Podcast By Two Car Nerds

We're so lucky to have Jake Thiewes joining us on this week's show! We have a great conversation about the founding of Out Motorsports and discuss the work that they do to create a safe and inclusive space for LGBTQ+ motorsports enthusiasts. Amazing. We're so thankful for Jake and for the work that Out Motorsports is doing.

In this week's episode Royal Ian graces us peasants with his new-found air of confidence. Thankfully he's okay rubbing elbows with the unwashed masses, or maybe just a mostly-unwashed ginger. We also discuss how MORONS descended near-ish to Washington D.C.

In this week's episode we start with a Mental check-in, then pivot to Mental checking in. Dave does what Dave does, in that he techs the heck out of something, and Ian manages to find perhaps the saddest vanity plate to ever exist. Stay safe everyone, we love you!

JC Peterson is an author of hilarious Young Adult novels, and also married to the serial bad-car-owner Ian. We finally have her on the show to talk about her debut novel, why every car is actually a Chevette, and what it's like to live with (and mostly tolerate) a car enthusiast with questionable judgement. "Being Mary Bennet" is out everywhere March 15th, but you can preorder it now anywhere you buy books.

Ooof. Sometimes you see something so weird you wonder how in the world it could have happened and oftentimes you never find out. Well, in this episode we end up relating to a Jeep Renegade a bit more than we thought we did. We love you everyone, stay safe out there and take care of yourselves and each other.

There's only one person call when we need some Big Mainer Energy brought to the show, our dear friend Peedah! In this episode Peedah and Dave surprise Ian with a few things, primarily Peedah's wicked new car! We love you everyone, stay safe, and thanks for coming back on the show Peedah!

Chris Landry joins us in the virtual blanket fort this week!!! You know Chris from the fantastic Gears and Queers website, and from his delightful presence on Twitter where his brilliant personality, Kylie Minogue and Madonna fandom, as well as his affinity for high-mileage Hondas and his gen 1 ML320 shine through. Thank you so much for joining us this week Chris, you are welcome back anytime!!!

We get in to some deep stuff at the beginning of this show, just putting that out there. We share our thoughts on toxic masculinity and the whirlpool of institutional misogyny, homophobia, and ultimately lazy ways to write about cars. To lighten things up we talk about owning cars with fantastic body kits and our other usual ramblings.

This week we're honored to have our longtime friend Cody Wagner on the show! Cody is the brain behind Cody's Car Conundrum and a Dodge Viper fan through and through. In this episode he takes us through his creative endeavors and fills us in on everything he's doing. Thanks Cody!!!

In this episode...well, maybe the term "episode" doesn't quite fit, how about "cry for help"? Sure. In this cry for help, we descend into a Phaeton-induced tailspin. Come with us. We love you.

We're incredibly honored to have our dear friend David Obuchowski back on our show this week! David's essay, "The Road Trip That Made My Dream Car Mine" has been published on Road & Track! He's gracing our show once again to give us some great background on his fantastic Peugeot 405 Mi16.

In this episode, which also happens to be our last episode of 2021, we discuss our mental states, cars that are beyond complicated, new cars for 2022, and most of all our gratitude for you. We truly appreciate everyone watching and listening, we couldn't do it without you. Please stay safe everyone, we love you!

In this episode we discuss our recent karting sessions and all of the fun and chaos that ensued. Speaking of fun, Dave's Abarth is finally running! It's like an adorable little Italian Christmas present that puts a smile on your face.

Holy cow we are so lucky to have Steve Edwards on the show this week! This guy has some STORIES! In this episode we talk about helping a new friend obtain an obscure French car, overlanding through Africa, and all kinds of other fun stuff!

Despite Dave's best effort to talk about anything besides Effington One, including showing ADORABLE KITTENS TO ALL, Ian still manages to talk about the penultimate race of the season. We love you everyone, stay safe!!!

With a title like that, you're either going to be disappointed or relieved. Maybe both? Either way, we had a good time chatting about Dave's Abarth woes and idiots with vanity plates. We love you.

Ian ticks a big one off of the bucket list, and despite a less-than ideal outing, it is an outing nonetheless. Also in this episode we discuss gift ideas for the automotive enthusiast in your life.

Thoughts on thoughts on thoughts son. In this episode we discuss the discourse on the new Acura Integra. Oh, and Dave puts Ian in charge of Ford, so that's cool! We love you.

In this week's episode our token grump discusses his discovery that someone else shares the same pet peeve as he, but there can be only one! After that we juz Juke around, you know, juz Jukin. Anyway, we love you.

She said that she doesn't listen while he's recording. Sure. Then the topic of Harry Potter comes up and BOOM! Gotcha! Anyway, in addition to Ian's wife texting him guesses at a vanity plate, Dave talks about what went wrong with the Abarth. Here's a hit, it's tall and taffy addicted. We love you.