TeamClearCoat

We had a fantastic time at High Plains Raceway yesterday at the Emich Track Day. We did a lot of laps, met a lot of awesome people, and had a great time.

It 'may' be possible that the Rocky Mountain Automotive Press made a lapse in judgement by approving our membership applications. But...we're a bit more legit now, ostensibly.

TeamClearCoat is BACK! And we're on YouTube! Give us a watch if you'd like to see pictures of the cars we talk about and our dumb faces. Thank you, sorry. #teamclearcoat #teamclearcoatpodcast #automotive #automotivepodcast #car #carshow #carpodcast #blanketfort

Here's a little preview for TeamClearCoat, episode 73. Yeah, we know 72 isn't even up yet, but damn Dave loves this Brat soooooooooo much.

No no no no no no no no no no #myeyes #teamclearcoatnotapproved

Everything in its right place.

How does TeamClearCoat close out the year? Karting of course!!!!

The TeamClearCoat Podcast, episode 69 is up on the internets now! Here's the full description: Ian has an uncomfortable interaction; well…all of his interactions are uncomfortable so this was par for the course. Anyway, moving from discomfort to our happy places, SNOW HAS FALLEN AND WE CAN HAZ ALL THE DRIFTING!!! Dave and Ian discuss the differences between their two cars' handling in snow and we uncover an odd surprise about Ian. To that end, we discuss the ideal ballast for Dave's trunk and how having a V8 means that Dave doesn't need a handbrake lever to have fun. The flip side to our happy coin is that carcake season has returned. Sigh… While we're going down our sad carcake rabbit hole, we discuss the awful trend of people throwing non-OEM badges on their cars and how upset this makes Dave. That's how you make a ginger divide by zero folks, it's his kryptonite. Somehow, and we have no idea how, but we managed to correlate Winona Ryder's shoplifting incident from waaaaay back to a Chevy Malibu. Go ahead and read that again, I had to just to make sure it was real. While we're getting weird, we recast Marvel's Avengers and make them even more awesome. We at TeamClearCoat hope you have a great time over the holidays. Eat some gravy, don't ask why the table cloths are hard to clean, and remember that we love you.

Well now, it seems that a pony-tailed individual that goes by "Bear", has decided to follow our Fit/(not)Hybrid friend's lead and convert their Dodge Neon to a Chrysler 300 M. . WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING I DONT WANT TO BE ON THIS PLANET ANYMORE #MYEYES

You guys, we don't want to toot our own horn or anything, but the pithy one-liners out of the blanket fort are pretty spectacular this week. The highlight is Dave's distillation of a Toyota hybrid badge on a Honda Fit (it's just too brilliant for the iTunes profanity filter). But there are other gems like "Michiganders have 700 words for 'pothole,'" "It made the worst thunk," and something about an "Allroad milk silence." We also discuss how Dave ruins things with his pretty mouth, extend an olive branch to the people who don't want to be listening to us, and mention Harambe for some reason. Did we mention we recorded this very late at night? . #teamclearcoat #teamclearcoatpodcast #allroadmilksilence

Okay, #myeyes, this is a WEIRD ONE!!! Can anyone spot what's off about this Honda Fit? WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THAT?!?!?!?

Episode 67 of the TeamClearCoat podcast is up now! Here's the episode description: : It's back to normal programming this week in the blanket fort. Except that it's anything but normal. Ian gets to talk about F1, Dave attempts a burnout, and all the cars are now in - ugh - winter mode. But don't worry: we'll still drone on for far too long about autonomy and infrastructure.

After the last week, we are determined to be in a good mood. Hopefully episode 65 gets us moving in that direction. Let's talk about cute cars. Let's explore Instagram car cultures. Let's .. wait, Audi did WHAT? Nope, nope, we're going to stay positive and talk about the bright future of Max Verstappen. That is, until Dave brings it crashing down with a discussion of modern journalism. If you need us, we'll be on the floor, staring longingly at a Nissan Pao. #teamclearcoat #teamclearcoatpodcast #hanginthere #itstheonlykitten #daveiskarl

@nuknukgoose spotted a pre-release Audi S5. Looks like they're trying to camouflage just the bits that cheat on emissions. That's not how you fix it guys. #myeyes #youredoingitwrong #audi

Check out Episode 64 of the TeamClearCoat Podcast, up on iTunes and other internet thingies now. Here's the full description: Whew. That happened, everyone. We've never shied away from the events in the world around our little hobby, and we confront some of that head-on this time. TeamClearCoat has always been about friends using car culture to help each other through the world. But now we need to turn some of that energy outside and make sure we protect our hobby and each other. We love you.

@nuknukgoose is digging his new addition to the #teamclearcoatgarage. We'll be getting into it in episode 64. #ripdustyrusty #infiniti #m45 #infinitim45 #y50 #fuga #nissanfuga

Want to know what vidya games #TeamClearCoat recommends? Check out our curated list on Steam! We'll add more over time, automotive and non-automtive games, but they're all things we enjoy playing. #steam #videogames #burnout #burnoutparadise #racethesun #projectcars #assettocorsa #trialsevolution #trackmaniaturbo #absolutedrift