Apex Adjacent

Episode 95-Low.

It's critical in the blanket fort on this episode of TeamClearCoat.

We talk about how we'd like to improve the Grand Tour season 2, how safe motorsports should really be, and Dave's new alter-ego Mr. T. Affy.

There are ring-pops. Oh god we've said too much.

Episode 94-Blanket Fort dress code? Donald Duck.

In daily life, you experience varying levels of comfort in inter-personal interactions, and we run the gamut this week.

On the nice end of the spectrum, Dave finds the most innocent oasis of kindness in the roiling tempest of terribleness that is the modern Internet, Ian takes his toddler to Cars and Coffee for the first time, and we discuss the amazing comfort of Donald Ducking.

On the other hand, sometimes we're not so comfortable with our fellow humans. Like when you feel compelled to be an old man and educated a youth, or when you come across the ACTUALLY guy, or when you read racist hot takes about the Indy 500.

Good luck out there, people: you need it.

Episode 93-Doing it with my bro.

Ummmmm… Right… Uhhhhhhh… Hmmmmm… Well, this is awkward: we have no prior experience or strategy for how to address success here at TeamClearCoat.

So, it is with heavy hearts we must inform you our race weekend at Watkins Glen went very well. Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated in this difficult time.

Thank you, sorry.

Episode 92-My Eyes!

Is Dave stripping an example of him exerting his autonomy or is it basically an automated process at this point?

Next question. What about members of the Twimp administration displaying willful ignorance, automation or autonomy?

Us preparing for a race weekend? Automated? Not even close; our socks have autonomy and have escaped our suitcase.

Episode 91 Aftershow-It heads in more than One Direction. See what I did there? Sorry.

When it comes to the concept of "enjoyment," it's sometimes a stretch for Ian.

Unless we're talking about cardigans, the new Harry Styles album, or making awful noises into the microphone and making Dave sort out the levels later.

Dave enjoys far more: the fact that Ian wears cardigans EVERYWHERE, coffee, and even his air travel hacks.

Episode 91-It puts a smile on your face.

Even LEGITIMATE AUTOMOTIVE JOURNALISTS have weaknesses, and when one of us (cough, glares at IAN) succumbs the weapons-grade germs of a toddler, the inevitable happens. So, with that sniffly disclaimer, you'll see that our metaphorical reverse lights are on, but we still plan on going forward.

We push trough the piles of snot rags in this episode to talk about cars that inspire Google searches, automotive paradoxes, and actually perform our journalistic duties.

Oh. And we figure out (kind of) how to solve the world's energy crisis. With Audi Allroads.

Episode 90-And Dave is jelly.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Step right up, step right up!

Today we have for you a Classic Mini Cooper in its native habitat! And the curious case of a Romanian car amongst the snow and fires of Iceland!

What's that? You're here for the freak show? Well then prepare yourself, protect your children: we have the rare North American Venz-bro!

Episode 89-And he's hiding out in the Mitsubishi booth storage area no less...

Let's sit down and make a list of all of the various topics that we love to talk about on this show. Okay, what do we have here:

Now that we have this list, let's further this experiment and try to think of one human being that is not only awesome and super fun to talk to, but is widely considered to be an expert on every one of those topics.

We found him. Alex Roy joins us in the blanket fort to discuss anything and everything having to do with autonomous cars, augmented driving experiences, vehicle disengagements, and how it impacts us all.

Thank you Alex for taking the time to talk to us. We are truly grateful for the time.

Episode 88-Stunt Driver. Yep.

Matt with Racers HQ sets his expectations appropriately low and joins us via Skype in the Blanekt Fort this week.

We talk about stunt driving (and like us you probably heard a guitar riff in your head as you were reading those words, as you should).

We also discuss racing, sim racing, confidence, rally co-driving, and of course some FMKCars. Make sure to check out Racers HQ and give them a follow on Twitter as well. >

Episode 87-SHO burnouts? Sure!!!

Family is important to car culture, and sometimes the stories we tell end up reflecting that. We're deep into our familial relationships on this week's show.

Ian tells a story about his dad and driver's ed, Dave wonders about teasing your daughters, and we've decided we have a "poly-kart" relationship.