Well, not ACTUAL grades... we&#39;re not that way around here. However, we&#39;ve taken a couple of weeks to think about some of the choices made in the heat of the draft, evaluate some options left on the table, and further flesh out why we made the choices we made. As a bonus, we even tried to come up with car company names better than STELLANTIS! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/checkenginepodcast/support

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Draft Grades

That&#39;s right everyone, it&#39;s draft season! So, CEP has decided to get in on the fun. To build our own car companies, we&#39;ll choose from the best the automotive "universities" (read: existing car companies) have to offer, both domestic and international. Give us a listen today and give us a draft grade! Did we waste any picks? Score any late-draft wunderkinds? Or did we miss something you think should have been an obvious pick? Let us know! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/checkenginepodcast/support

Draft Day Pt. 1 - Lunch Pail Mentality

In this episode, we got an UPGRADE! Armed with their newly unlocked soundboard, they boys discuss Ford&#39;s trend of "Raptor everything", X-Cars that were either the one that got away or the one that might still be, and the inevitable outcome of last episode&#39;s poll. Listen in today and let us know if you have any memorable X-Cars! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/checkenginepodcast/support

Hitcha With the Noise

In this episode, we return to an old favorite format: the news roundup! Ripping our topics from the headlines, we cover EVs, vehicle design, and many other timely topics. Nick and Andrew even ARGUE! Listen today and let us know which one of them is right. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/checkenginepodcast/support

Beefsteak Edition

In this episode, we realize that we have made it to FIVE YEARS of podcasting! Thank you to our loyal listeners who have stuck with us this far, through thick and thin, consistent and inconsistent release schedules, and everything else!! After we reminisce for a little while, this episode then jumps into the deep and of the automotive industry conspiracy theory pool! Are we fools for wasting money on gas when we could use water? IS the New World Order coming for us? Listen in today and feel free to tell us how we've missed the next big automotive plot! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/checkenginepodcast/support

Go Touch Grass, Loser

In this episode, Nick has been given to daunting challenges: Put a Nissan Rogue in reverse and to convince Andrew and Tristan (and maybe even our listeners) to watch more than IMSA this year! Being the marketing wizard he is, Nick has been tasked with assembling the perfect sales pitches that will hook Andrew and Tristan on the 2023 NASCAR, IndyCar, and F1 seasons. Listen in today to see if they take the bait! Maybe you will too! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/checkenginepodcast/support

The Great Racing Pitch of 2023

This very first episode of Season SIX marks the triumphant return of your full set of Spirit of the Race award winning hosts! With some big life changes behind us, we're finally able to reunite around the virtual table to discuss some recent automotive news, the futures of self driving and updating cars, Super Bowl commercials, Tristan's travelogue, and even a couple rental car reviews! Join us as we knock off the rust and get back to it! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/checkenginepodcast/support

Don't Call it a COMEBACK: Lethargically Enthusiastic

We're BACK everyone! And ready for Season 6! With Andrew still out on assignment in Nebraska, Nick and Tristan get to host a discussion on grassroots karting (and karting at the NOT so grassroots level). Join us for a virtual round table with several of the drivers in Nick's karting group, the TaG Master's Championship (and one driver who might join them one day). With drivers of various backgrounds, experience levels, and life experience, this episode promises to be a lively discussion full of the stories of our guest drivers, discussions of their championship, and discussion about karting in general, all over the world.  For more information, right from the drivers themselves, please visit and support their various social media and merch opportunities listed below! Roman Padans' Lv2Race YouTube Channel Charlie Ropke's YouTube Channel Brian Janty's YouTube Channel And last, but certainly not least, the merch store for Kevin Kullman and Brian Janty's Mean Wieners --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/checkenginepodcast/support

Karts of the Round Table

On this week's episode, we welcome Mike Skeen! Mike is a multi-talented driver who has driven everything from Baja to NASCAR to Trans Am cars to the fabled Pike's Peak hill climb! If it has wheels, he can (and probably will) race it! Providing some great inside stories that only a driver like Mike can, he brought us one heck of an episode! Listen in today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/checkenginepodcast/support

Not as Bad as Falling Off a Cliff feat. Mike Skeen

It's that time again folks! Time for our yearly roundup of our pilgrimage to the promised land, Heaven on Earth, America's National Park of Speed: Road America in beautiful Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. From our observations on the quality of racing, to Andrew's first experience out on the track, to some of Nick's post-race exploits in the friendly confines of Siebkens bar, we'll make you feel like you were there! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/checkenginepodcast/support

No, no, NOnonono, no, NO, No, no, no, no, no, no, , no, no, no, nononono, no you can't do that -John Heindaugh

In this open episode, we discuss some issues with driving we've noticed lately, baffling car to human interface choices, this new subscription model the car companies are trying, what to do about the weird Buick/Cadillac dichotomy, and some cool motorsports news from Nick! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/checkenginepodcast/support

The Platonic Ideal of a Volvo Wagon

In this open episode, we celebrate the return of Andrew's Elantra from repair purgatory! We also celebrate the return of Tristan from the perils of the Bermuda Triangle! We discuss some motorsport, some car news and NEAT (or not so neat...) car news, and various other topics of the day. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/checkenginepodcast/support

Many Happy Returns

In this open episode, we discuss the Check Engine Podcast's first Long Term Test Drive, our Indycar Weekend at Road America, our limits on how far we'd go for different car buying experiences, and Diet Dr. Pepper. This episode, we'd like you not to donate to us, if you feel inclined, but please visit Racing With Autism's website to donate to Austin and the wonderful work he's doing! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/checkenginepodcast/support

No Pretense of Professionalism

We're finally back in the studio! Armed with backlit, big screen TV, accent lighting, a real mixing board, and microphone stands, the boys are BACK! Being the season of "Dads and Grads" we follow a listener suggestion and fill out the pages of our automotive yearbook with everyone's favorite part: the awards! We bring our nominees for most likely to succeed, teacher's pet, and class clown to the table and crown some winners. Listen in today to tell us if there are any other nominees or even any other awards you'd hand out! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/checkenginepodcast/support

Coming for Joe Rogan

In preparation for Pride Month in June, we decided to delve deep into the wonderful, rainbow wonderful world of color! Everyone remember your memory tricks for the colors of the rainbow? We do! We explore the full spectrum of Roy G Biv as it applies to the automotive world. We each discuss and show and tell our favorite Reds, Oranges, Yellows, Greens, Blues, Indigos, and Violets (with some bonus neutrals thrown in as well) and what cars they look the best on. Listen in today, find us on social media, and then show us YOUR rainbow of automotive goodness! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/checkenginepodcast/support

Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Yakety Schmakety Edition

The only podcast created by three two-time winners of IMSA’s Spirit of the Race award, the Check Engine Podcast is a car podcast for car fans. We love cars, and we know you do too. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/checkenginepodcast/support

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