Apex Adjacent
Apex Adjacent
Apex Adjacent is an automotive enthusiast podcast where all are welcome. Your line might not be perfect, your car might not be running, but we still love you.
Episodes
1-The Apex Adjacent Intro Episode - Take Three
Hello. Yes, this is the third version of our first podcast. When you run a show for over 4 years and then decide to change your name, you kind of want to give you folks that are coming in at episode 1 a heads up. So here we are. We're Ian and Dave and we're Apex Adjacent. We were/are TeamClearCoat for four years, but we're Apex Adjacent now. We love you.
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Honestly, there isn't much we can say about this week's episode. There have been some absolutely crazy and disappointing events taking place, so in this week's episode we talk about the coup attempt and kick it over to ourselves from a time before it happened. We love you everyone, please stay safe.
277-Marquette's Intervention!
In this week's episode, we host a virtual intervention/support group/investigation into our buddy Marquette's recent automotive purchase. We had a great time chatting with him, and we're looking forward to you watching/listening along.
278A-How Ya Doin' Buddy?
Look, we're going to level with you. Stuff is TENSE right now. Given everything that's happening in the world right now we've decided to split this week's episode up into two different parts. This one is a quick check-in between two friends to find out how one another is coping with everything. We'll come back at you later this week with another episode once current events play out. Please mask up, wash your hands, stay safe, and take care of yourselves and others. We love you.
278B-Collective Partial Unpuckering
Whew. Okay. Take a deep breath and allow yourself to let out the ever so slightest sigh of relief. That's what we're doing on the second part of this week's show and we'd encourage you to do it as well. Oh yeah, and we also invented a mental health self-check based on the 5th gen Maserati Quattroporte. So yeah. We love you.
279-TECH SHOW NERD SCREAM!
In this week's show we return to form and mostly talk about cars! That's right, it's an Apex Adjacent tech show, featuring cars! We love you everyone, please stay safe.
280-Talon Homer!
This week our virtual blanket fort is graced by Talon Homer! He's here discussing his latest YouTube Series, Drivin' Theater, cars and movies, and movie cars! All that plus Talon's fond memories of a Chevy Impala, video game racing, and a dash of therapy.
281-Five Stars
We have a short and sweet one this week. We discuss being on Talon Homer's show, Ian's Ronin-themed FMKCars and Dave runs us through a license plate game. Oh! And we got gifts!
282-License Plate Game-Hard Mode
Ian never fails to impress! Besides absolutely dominating the license plate game, we discuss Ian's recent camping trip, and vehicles that are great in the winter and not awful during the rest of the year. We love you everybody!
283-Crazy Juke, We Love You, New Mail Truck, We Love You Too
That new USPS mail truck design putt-putted straight into our hearts. I mean come on, it looks like a cartoon! Anyway, Ian sees a crazy Juke, which we also love, we have tons of listener MyEyes, and a license plate game. We love you.
284-Rabble Rabble Rabble
In this week's episode Ian basically yells at people and tells them to get off his lawn, but like the car version. You know? We don't either. We love you!
285-Ian Is Now One Of THOSE People
We'd be lying if we said we're comfortable in EVERY single situation we encounter. Press events. Bank lines. Urologist Exams. Basically every encounter with us equals at least one uncomfortable person and usually it's us. In this week's episode we talk about Ian's recent discomfort and how he'd prefer for his mechanic interactions to go.
286-David Obuchowski!!!
We're super humbled this week to have David Obuchowski in the virtual blanket fort this week! David's an awesome podcast host and producer, be sure to binge all of the Tempest episodes, and an all-around awesome member of the automotive community!
287-Syd! Automotive Photographer and Artist!
This week's episode is AWESOME, no two ways about it. Joining us in the virtual blanketfort is Syd, the owner, operator, artist, and all around awesome person behind OHOAT! She makes INCREDIBLE art and AMAZING things you should absolutely buy!
288-Chrissy and Jeff with the Everyone Racers Podcast!
We had a fantastic time talking to Chrissy and Jeff from the Everyone Racers podcast! They are super-experienced endurance racers and we had a fantastic conversation around endurance racing, vanity plates and rental cars. Thank you so much for hanging out in the virtual blanketfort with us, you're welcome back any time!
289-Heaven Forbid You Get Cucked From Death.
In this week's episode Ian tells us about a time he had an encounter with toxic brosculinity. Dave gives Ian a music-themed license plate game, and our buddy Joe managed to find the EXACT OPPOSITE of the Booty N Pizza windshield decal guy. We love you everyone, stay safe out there.
290-Chris Rosales!!!
This week we're absolutely humbled to have Chris Rosales on the show! Chris writes insightful and poignant pieces that discuss car culture and how it fits in to culture as a whole. Give his work a read over at Car Bibles, trust us, it's just the kind of stuff we love to ponder.
291-Coping With Difficult Times
There's not much that needs to be said about this week's episode beyond the fact that we're thankful to talk to each other about everything that's going on in and out of our car bubbles. Please take care of yourselves everyone, stay safe, and remember that we love you.
292-A Faraday Cage For The Discourse
On this week's show we talk about the things that everyone else is talking about. We're talking Teslas, and we even talk about talking about Teslas. Woah. We love you.
293-Adam From The Ten Tenths Podcast!!!
Adam! Ten Tenths! This has been a long time coming. We've even sat down across from one another in the before times in REAL PHYSICAL SPACE and consumed BBQ together! Yeah! But it's taken us YEARS to get our good buddy Adam on the show. Well, the waiting is over!!!
294-RIP Dave's Viggen
We've often stated that grief is a part of the automotive ownership process. In this week's episode it hits way too close to home. Pour out some 0W-40 and light some direct ignition cassettes on fire as Dave's Viggen is no more. We love you.
295-Patrick George of The Drive, Car Bibles, Task & Purpose, and The War Zone!
In this week's episode we're honored to have Patrick George on the show! We discuss the democratization of automotive media, car media's sustainability, and what elements of traditional media we love. If you really want to get into how the automotive media sausage is made, this is the episode for you.
296-Ian Makes A Big Green Friend And Races In The Rain
Ian is back from outer space! Well, Oklahoma City, so you know, space but with way more corn and the like. In our episode this week Ian retells his weekend racing: the highs, the lows, and the big green thing that kept him warm at night. We love you!
297-Dave Is Still Weird When Karting And We Talk About The Ford F-150 Lightning!
There are a few things that you can count on when it comes to Apex Adjacent. One, Dave does, and will continue to do, WEIRD stuff while karting. Two, we hit the blanket fort therapy session in under 5 minutes. And three? We've got takes. This time it's on Tesla and the new Ford F-150 Lightning. We love you.
298-VW R32 Overlanding And Raising The Kiddos Right
There really is no limit to what Ian will do with his R32. In this episode he recounts his experience taking his son camping, watching as his car was bump-inspected by a gigantic bull, and somehow rockets were involved? Okay. We love you.
299-Golf Yoke-els
Since Dave is out of the loop, Ian brings him up to speed on YokeGate. In return, Dave presents Ian with a golf-themed license plate game. We love you everyone, stay safe out there!
300-EPISODE THREE HUNDRED!!!
OMG EPISODE THREE HUNDRED!!! Holy cow. Here we are. Back in the blanketfort and straight in to your earballs and eyeholes. We couldn't have done three hundo episo without you. We love you.
301-We Talk All Things Climate With Joe Wertz
In this week's show we talk all things climate with Colorado Public Radio's Climate and Environmental Editor, Joe Wertz.
302-We Have Crossed The Rubicon Of Dorkiness
What else is there for us to explore about ourselves other than how absolutely nerdy we can be? In this week's show we discuss how we have each crossed our own Rubicon of Dorkiness, from which we will never return. We love you everyone, stay safe out there!
303-Oops Ian Did It Again
In this week's episode Ian contemplates the living hell that playing golf sober would be. It turns out that our resident golf-hater has been driving Golfs and golf carts into fields for quite some time. We love you!
304-THE MOST FASCINATING CARSTANZA WE'VE EVER SEEN!!!
Honestly, there is no description that could do this thing justice. Really, no words. Speechless. We love you, and we love the person that made this insane thing. Shine on you crazy diamond.
305-For Some Reason We Talk About Bison, Like, A LOT
It's not really off-brand for us to diverge, but bison? Sure. Anyway, besides us fawning over our large bison sons we talk about a new vanity plate proposition from our buddy Donnie. We love you!
306-VICTORIA SCOTT!!!
This week we are humbled to have Victoria Scott on the show! She's an amazing writer and photographer and an absolute joy. We truly had an amazing time talking with Victoria and we know you'll have a great time listening along. We love you!
307-Did It Really Have To Be That Car?
In this week's episode we talk about what's on our minds. On one hand you have the Nazi car that won the highest award at Pebble Beach so...yeah, and on the other hand you have everything that's happening in Afghanistan right now, and yet on even more hands you have us doing our best to do a car show and...kittens. Really a mixed bag this week, but hey, we are what we are and the world is what it is. Stay safe everyone, we love you.
308-Doug DeMuro Plays The License Plate Game And Talks Tesla Plaid!
We're absolutely honored to have the one and only Doug DeMuro back in the virtual blanket fort this week! In this week's show we talk vanity license plates, his incredible auction site Cars and Bids, and how the Tesla Plaid CHANGED HIM. Thank you Doug, we had a blast talking to you!
309-Dave Did A Thing!
In this episode Dave once again joins Ian in Club Hatchback! We go over his recent purchase, as well as some great MyEyes and a temple-rubbingly dumb Carstanza. We love you everyone! For the love of all things, vaxxed and stay safe!!!
310-We Talk 24 Hours of Lemons with Founder Jay Lamm!!!
It's an absolute honor to have Jay Lamm, founder of the 24 Hours of Lemons, on the show this week! We talk about Lemon's impact on car culture and Jay shares some fantastic perspective on individual's experience with racing, how to continue racing safely during the COVID era and more!
311-The Toyota RAV4 Prime AWD Plugin Hybrid SUV And Ian's First 24 Hour Lemons Race!
In this week's episode we discuss Ian's first 24 hour Lemons race and how the 2021 Toyota RAV4 became an unlikely friend. We love you everyone, get vaxxed, get boosted, and stay safe.
312-Dave Digs In To The Abarth And Ian Digs Into A Tailgate Sticker
Sometimes seeing a thing in traffic brings up WAY more questions than it does answers, to that end we dig in to an absolutely crazy truck tailgate. Thankfully it is not all head spinning, Dave updates us on his progress with the Fiat Abarth.
313-Our Take On The 2021 Mazda MX-5 RF Grand Touring 6MT!!!
In this week's episode Ian and Dave discuss their VERY DIFFERENT experiences with the Mazda MX-5. Listen in to find out how we almost broke a press car, have to visit a chiropractor, and what it was like to feel the wind in our hair. We love you everyone!
314-Ian Takes Down Facebook And Dave Finds The Abarth Fault!
We feel you Facebook engineer, we feel you. Anywhoozle, in this episode we talk about Dave's Abarth and Ian plays a spooky scary FMKCars! Stay safe everyone, get vaxxed, get boosted, and take care of yourselves and others. We love you.
315-Brian Cather Gives Us The Rundown Of His Racing Adventures!
On the show this week we are proud to have Brian Cather on to discuss his amazing racing adventures and what it's like to have our resident Fancy Lad as part of his racing team. Thank you so much Brian!
316-The Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4XE Plug-In Hybrid!!!
We'll cut right to the chase, we love this friggin Jeep! In this episode we discuss the spectrum of Jeephood, things that have resonated and not with our personalaties and tastes, and clue you in on why you should absolutely consider this vehicle if you're in the market for anything Jeep-related.
317-Fiat 500 Abarth Woes And Rental Car No-Nos!!!
Dave's back in the valley of despair this week, as his Fiat 500 Abarth, AKA Project Meatball, takes a turn for the worse. Like a SHARP turn for the worse. We also discuss Ian's rental car adventures and how we're thankful a Mustang didn't yeet him straight off of this mortal coil.
318-Ian's Vanity Plate Ringer And Dave's Abarth Issues
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.
319-Juz Two Dudes Jukin
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.
320-We Have Thoughts On The Thoughts On The New Integra
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.
321-Ian Drives Laguna Seca And We Give Gift Ideas For The Holidays!
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.
322-Stripped Studs And Wobbly Nuts
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.
323-F1 Fun And Kitten Kibitz!
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!!!