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Episode 65a-Ambitious Aftershow Alliteration

We've really stayed true to our promise to use these aftershows to talk about anything other than cars this week.

We manage to talk about ambition in music, tacos, Killer Mike, video games and what pop culture you use as comfort food.

Episode 65-It's the ONLY kitten

After the last week, we are determined to be in a good mood.

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.

Episode 64-Ooof

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 more importantly, each other. What are the good things in life if we can't share them with each other? We love you.

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Episode 63-Mr. Tiny Tank Runs Out and Ian Channels Samuel L. Jackson

Our epic road trip saga continues! We participated in ChumpCar's 2016 Winter Classic at Road America before driving back to Denver.

The euphoric highs of a well-executed endurance race day yield pretty quickly to that lowest of lows: road-side bathroom emergencies.

Enjoy part 2 of this very special episode and learn from our mistakes: never drive across Nebraska.

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Episode 62-The Meat Sweets would be so much better.

When you embark on a road trip, examples from pop culture roll through your mind. You start by hoping for an epic like "Lord of the Rings," then it starts to feel like "Thelma and Louise," and you just hope it doesn't turn into "The Road."

This here is the first half of Dave and Ian's trip to Road America for an endurance race. You'll have to decide who is Thelma and who is Louise.

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Episode 61-Goodbye old friend, hello new race car!

We're not exactly a bundle of sunshine on this episode of TeamClearCoat.

A car has died, you won't own your car in the future, and worst of all, we talk about the election. Yuck!

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Episode 60a-They are. Period.

The aftershow experiment continues apace! In the non-car/confusing part of the show, we talk about clowns, Ian's eternity in Whole Foods purgatory, and Dave's wild theory about ice cream and guns.

And because that wasn't a big enough range of topics, we also managed to squeeze in some discussions on vinyl collecting and Discogs, what Dave will be like as an old man, and Ian's plan to just be done with 2016 already.

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Episode 60-Happy Little Drifts

We've found there are definitely some things in this world to be proud of - Mercedes' Kryptonite Green, the amount of happiness Dave puts out into the world, and TeamClearCoat resisting the urge to make an obvious dirty joke.

In a few less proud moments, we talk about our impending road trip, current styling for hearses, and why clowns need autonomous cars more than anyone else.

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Episode 59a-Ian still doesn't know what this is; Dave isn't telling him.

How does Dave like his coffee? Like he likes his cars: dripping, exotic, and snappy. How does Ian like his cappuccino? Like he likes his um....well...he likes them dry. Very dry. Do with that what you will.

Anyway, Dave dissects Dunkin' Donuts' coffee, we graph Gwar, Peter Frampton, and The Shawshank Redemption on the pH scale, and we talk about our current favorite Twitter account.

A bit of hokey and thankfully no pokey; that's what the aftershow is all about!

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Episode 59-Do you even hydrate, bro?

Time for some updates to things that were already obvious: it's almost never okay to comment on a stranger's appearance, the Honda Civic Type R coming to the US is GOOD NEWS, and it has been zero days since the last burn out in a rental car.

More obviousness: Donald Trump isn't qualified to talk about the auto industry, and everyone is excited for Dave and Ian's dad to become pen pals.

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