Check Engine Podcast

In this episode, your hosts bare their souls and answer YOUR questions. We plumb our depths of consumer advice, mechanical advice, our opinions on food items, and much more! Listen in today and think of MORE questions for next time! If you really like what we're doing, please support us on our home, Anchor.fm or on our Patreon page!

In this week's episode, your hosts take a quick spin through some car news before talking about cars that missed it by.... THAT much! That's right, we discuss cars that we don't care for, but we could be brought to love by changing just one thing about them. Listen in today and see if we'd change what you'd change! If you really like what we're doing, please support us on our home, Anchor.fm or on...

In this week's episode, your hosts touch on some recent car news and examine a list from Autocar that had us scratching our heads. Tune in today to see what had us turning up our nose at this list... If you really like what we're doing, please support us on our home, Anchor.fm or on our Patreon page!

In this episode, the CEP boys discuss some wild new technology from Mercedes, some new car news, and the BIG ONE: The Daytona 500. Nick brings us back some first hand information and impressions from the big race! Listen today to see what he thought! If you really like what we're doing, please support us on our home, Anchor.fm or on our Patreon page!

This week, the CEP boys recap their most recent (and most completely attended) Chicago Auto Show visit. We discuss our picks from the show, some surprises both good and bad, and ask a few questions. Tune in now to see what we thought of the show this year! If you really like what we're doing, please support us on our home, Anchor.fm or on our Patreon page!

This week, the CEP boys recover from the temporary loss of their coolest host and take a dive into the shallow end of the advertising pool! That's right, we're here to examine the finest the advertising industry has to offer the auto industry on football's biggest night. Listen now to see what we thought! If you really like what we're doing, please support us on our home, Anchor.fm or on our...

The uncool kids will play! That's right folks, on this episode of the Check Engine Podcast, Andrew and Tristan are home alone for the weekend! That means we get to cover everything from Tristan's "borrowed" car reviews, to Andrew's stealing of Tristan's Deep Thoughts TM, to the pièce de résistance: these two chuckleheads' prognostications regarding what current cars will become future classics. Li...

We're back! That's right folks, the Check Engine Podcast makes its triumphant return to Anchor and your streaming service of choice! On this week's episode, the boys take the decade challenge! No, not the social media meme! Instead, a look at the cars that, to them, defined the 2010s. This isn't some tired list of the fastest, the most beautiful, the best, or any other number of worn out adjective...

This week brings us to the saddest time of year: the holidays. NO NO, we're not a bunch of Scrooges, Grinches, or any other holiday downer you might think of. We LOVE the holidays, so we spend it with our families and friends! That means that we take a break from recording for a while, and not bringing YOU new content makes us sad! Like Frosty the Snowman, we'll be back again some day, but, until...

Taking their lead from a famous US newspaper, this week the CEP boys take a stab at covering all the news that's fit to print. Or at least talk about. If it interests them. MAN a lot of news dropped last week... If you really like what we're doing, please support us on our home, Anchor.fm or on our Patreon page!

This week, on the Check Engine Podcast, we introduce a new critique tool to our arsenal: The Corny Field. Using this tool, we contemplate the finer points of excellence and corniness. Will we evaluate your favorite car? Will some of ours end up where we hope they will? Listen in and find out today! If you really like what we're doing, please support us on our home, Anchor.fm or on our Patreon page...

Last year, Andrew declared that SEMA made him mad and... the rest of us mostly agreed with him. A little more than a year and a notably different show later, the Check Engine Podcast team takes another look at SEMA to see if this is still the case. Can our minds be changed? Listen in to find out!

In this episode, we try to channel the famous "reaction video" and find out just how weird automotive news is when it surprises you... What's more, Andrew brings a new segment to the table for your listening enjoyment. Listen in today to hear what he's cooked up! If you really like what we're doing, please support us on our home, Anchor.fm or on our Patreon page!

In this episode, the Check Engine Podcast dives back into cars the MEAN something. We dig back, decade by decade to put a pin in the cars that are truly emblematic of every decade from the 1950's to today. In some cases, they may not be the ones you think!  If you really like what we're doing, please support us on our home, Anchor.fm or on our Patreon page!

In this episode, the Check Engine Podcast hosts go back to a time when skipping songs was down to the seek feature on your car's tape deck, and the closest thing to a playlist was a mix tape. To listen to a different album you had to swap out physical disks instead of asking your digital assistant. Yes, in this episode, we disguise ourselves as a car podcast while discussing our favorite FULL road...

In celebration of Mental Illness Awareness Week, the boys at the Check Engine Podcast wanted to bring you a little ray of positive sunshine to tide you over until our next, new, full-size episode next week. Be well. If you ever need assistance for various mental health issues, a repository of various hotlines and assistance services can be found here .

In this episode, the Check Engine Podcast hosts make a (hypothetical) commitment. One car. Your whole life. Could you do such a thing? If so, what would you choose? Listen in and find out what WE chose! If you really like what we're doing, please support us on our home, Anchor.fm or on our Patreon page!

In a desperate bid for relevancy on "Car Twitter", the dynamic duo of Andrew and Tristan host the return of the podcast's new friend ArtisanLoaf ! In this episode, we discuss the best bang for your buck across a wide swathe of tax brackets and, of course, take the occasional swipe at Tesla. Listen in for some solid, well thought out "consumer advice"! If you want to hear more from ArtisanLoaf, ple...

In this episode the CEP interview driver, spotter, coach, entrepreneur, and all-around nice guy Steve Welk. Steve regales us with tales of races, racers, and team owners he's worked with over his years in motorsports and even drops some hints at what it might take for CEP to break into the top ranks of podcast-related merchandising! Listen in today! Please say hello to Steve on Instagram and twitt...

In this Episode, the CEP boys expand upon an idea first brought up in last week's episode: electric hobby cars. Owning only an electric car has been a non-starter for us since day one, but... what if you could use them only as a toy? A quick weekend blast in the countryside? A little crawling around offroad? Tune in today to see if we can find a place for electric cars in our lives. If you really...

After a brief pause to wrap up a busy summer, the CEP roundtable is back open for business! In this episode, your hosts discuss such topics as Andrew being right, electric hobby cars, the nature of motorcycle ownership, and even how some guy named Chuck will change the world forever. Tune in to hear about all those things and more! If you really like what we're doing, feel free to support us on ou...

In this episode, the CEP boys are ready to make our mark by discussing everything from form and function in racing movies, to the performance and presence of car advertisements, to what REAL, stronger core sales achievements look like. Join us now, and transform your daily podcast listening. If you're a fan of what doing, please support us at our Patreon page or with our home base on Anchor.fm !

In this episode, the CEP boys do a little recap of their exploits at Road America for the IMSA Road Race Showcase and then delve into a round (well, let's not lie... square...) table discussion of which generations of some crowd-favorite cars are the best and why!  If you're a fan of what doing, please support us at our Patreon page or with our home base on Anchor.fm !

The Legend, The Pioneer, and The Innovator. In this episode, we sit down on location at Road America with Heinricher racing, sports car racing's first all-women team, to discuss what it takes to be on the leading edge of a revolution. For even more information visit Heinricher Racing's website: https://heinricherracing.com/ and their partner's website http://www.michaelshankracing.com/ If you're a...

In this episode of the Check Engine Podcast, the CEP boys get peeved! That's right ladies and gentlemen, in this episode, we expand upon Nick's blog post from early in our run and return solidly to form in JUDGING OTHERS. The topic of our judgement this week is a list of some of the top pet peeves and driving etiquette faux pas presented by Car and Driver ... with a fun little twist. Listen in to...