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Thanks for listening to the Automotive Podcast that Peoria… Desires?  (Still working on the catchphrase!) Peoria Cars and Coffee finally happened!  We have a little roundup of the turnout.  (It was awesome BTW)  Burnouts are still a thing???  Apparently they are!  (Side note, the big reveal was released since we recorded…  CC Peoria will be at the Levee District for the May event) Let’s talk auto shows Eric and Daryl had the opportunity to get out to the Peoria Auto Show before the event opened for Media and Dealer night.  Friend of the show Regan popped in as well. The Peoria Auto Show is aRead More →

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A fast car with a sticky set of tires doesn’t make someone a better driver. Spend a few minutes searching YouTube and you’ll find proof in the form of BMWs that drive off a twisty California mountain road, or Ford Focus STs that drift into a hill. There are much better ways to sharpen your skills behind the wheel, but there’s none more attainable than a ¾ mile road course set up by a local volunteer-run organization such as the Champaign County Sports Car Club. About This Week’s Guest Dean Plumadore knows a thing-or-two about such matters. As president of the CCSCC, he’s letting hisRead More →

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Spring is in the air, and so is that “new car smell” air freshener you bought at the local auto parts store. Don’t worry, we’re not judging you. As soon as the nice weather arrives, most of us start thinking about cleaning our rides and washing off all of that caked-on winter salt and road grime. For those of us with hobby vehicles that never see such harsh conditions, we eagerly bust them out of their automotive cocoons to begin the seasonal preparations for the upcoming show season. But before you pick up a bottle of Nu-Finish and drag out the orbital buffer you gotRead More →

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It’s quite easy to fall down a YouTube rabbit hole. It begins innocently enough with a search for a video about a classic Porsche and before you know it, you’ve watched every video related to Porsches, and the history of Porsche as a brand, and traced the Porsche family lineage and mapped out your next 12 Porsche purchases, ranked in order of historical significance. You’ve lost daylight, grown a beard, and the kids haven’t gotten their dinner. (Did you have kids?) This is no way to enjoy life. As part of our ongoing commitment to improve your automotive YouTubing*, we’ve mechanically sorted the wheat fromRead More →

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Eric and Daryl class up the place by inviting our friend Regan on the show for some insight into the automotive industry. We also talk about the Springfield origins of fried meat on a stick along Route 66, dream of “BroDozering” a Rivian pickup, and we break down why the Oldsmobile Quad 4 engine was the pinnacle of automotive engineering. This show is another 90-minute wonder, but it’s chock-full of fun, so you’ll definitely have to download and then block your calendar for a long lunch. You’ll enjoy it or your money back* *this show is free, so you get what you pay for. EpisodeRead More →

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As the late great Joan Rivers would ask…  “Can we talk?  Can we talk?” The answer on this latest episode of Throwin Wrenches is “YES! We know how to talk”.  As a matter of fact… We take this show into the unrealized depths of 90 minutes! We are not the Joe Rogan show… But we can assure you that we had 90 minutes of car news to share!  So much so, that we talked about doing more shows to keep up! On the show: What are Throwin Wrenches by definition? Eric and Daryl’s ongoing projects World News: The Supra release Carlo’s Goshen watch continues PrinceRead More →

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Never fear Peoria!  We are back for 2019 with National, State and Local automotive news! Eric and Daryl rock the first show of the year with a heavy hitting newsy episode!  Don’t worry…  We still get a little silly.  (Oh, and long… This one rings in at 120 minutes!) On the show: Feedback…  Eric is still getting battered for his East of the Mississippi mistake!  (Bring it!!! I’m tough!) Our latest projects. Eric watches the future of powertrains get installed in an electric car. Daryl searches for the perfect Chevy steel rim. News: Nissan has a car carrier disaster going on in the Pacific. MoreRead More →

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We are glad to have you along for this festive final show of 2018.  Eric and Daryl use this year end edition to cut loose and tell some holiday tales about Christmas’ and winter driving errors of years ago. Astro Van stories abound.  Also, a flying Christmas Tree, a spinning Volare and an upset spouse…  We share it all. Cars of the week: 1960 Bentley with a blown engine and a 1925 Ford Model T, Snow Flier edition.  We will let you guess who picked each of these. Thanks again for all the support in 2018.  We look forward to more shows and more contentRead More →

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Let’s face it, we all have a holiday shopping list that seems to grow each year. Some people on our list are easy to shop for. Others, not so much. We’re looking at you, car people! Year after year we have to cater to needs of our family and friends, even if that means a $100 visit to the Yankee Candle store and making the back seat of your car temporarily smell like vanilla cupcakes. Let’s not forget the occasional glitter bombing, and the bleeps and bloops of the latest must-have kids toys. The only saving grace for gearheads is that we’re actually pretty easyRead More →

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Since Studio A is getting a set of whitewalls and fuzzy dice, the dynamic duo returns to Studio B  for a show about the usual automotive topics. We’ve got a projects update, customer tales, Daryl whines about his injured back and Eric serenades us with an obscure Queen song about mechanophilia. (Blame Roger Taylor for that one, not the legendary frontman Freddie Mercury… even though his last name also relates to a car.) There’s plenty of other vehicular shenanigans to go ’round in this week’s episode, so kick the tires and take it for a spin around the block. Other Highlights Tires are the perfect giftRead More →

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