Life Plus Cars

This week, Ian and Brendan are back to share their experiences of buying new cars. The two hosts describe the new car buying process as they have experienced it as well as what to be aware of if you're in the market for a new car.  Ian takes the listener on the journey that led to buying a new 2019 VW Golf Alltrack. Still his daily driver with almost 80k miles on it six years later, Ian shares wha...

Ian and Brendan take to the mic to tell their stories of buying used cars. Speaking from his vast car-buying experience, Brendan shares his personal tips, tricks, and recommendations when buying used. The used car stories continue as Ian revels in his rollercoaster ownership of a 2011 VW GTI named Lana and Brendan looks back on a basket case ZJ Grand Cherokee that he couldn't pass up. And finally....

Life Plus Cars welcomes Mike Briskie to the podcast, who has an accomplished career in the automotive industry and is also a skilled driver on the track. Mike recently led a group of car enthusiasts on a winding journey through the back roads of seacoast Maine and New Hampshire, all without the assistance of GPS. Mike tells Brendan and Ian about the inspiration behind the Seacoast Manual Transmiss...

Brendan shares the story of how he bought a 2006 Pontiac GTO while in college and had to regretfully sell it after a time. On a whim, he thought to track down the GTO and see where it ended up. You'll be amazed to learn how Brendan reconnected with his old car, and it may not be how you expect! Ian also shares his own tale of "the one that got away", taking listeners through his time spent with a...

Join us as Life Plus Cars welcomes another guest to the show: Ian's longtime friend and former college roommate, Cody Whelan. Cody is well known in the Portsmouth, NH community for his two dynamic businesses: Treeline Outfitters and Three Pedals New England.    Cody joins the podcast to share his inspiration to start a manual transmission driving program, his first time "rowing the gears" on his p...

What's in a name? Hosts Brendan and Ian discuss how and why people name their cars and how it further adds to the human connection we have with the cars we drive. Along the way, they regale stories of their past and current cars named Belinda, Lana, Clarence, Winston, Spike, and many more. If you've ever named a car, this is the episode for you.    Life Plus Cars: Curating Car Conversations!   Ema...

Brendan and Ian honor the late Brian Wilson, his talents, and his iconic songs as part of this episode all about Music Plus Cars . The two hosts share their favorite Beach Boys songs, both car-related and otherwise, along with other classic tunes about cars. Along the way, they also discuss other bands that favored cars in their music, the intersection of cars, movies, and soundtracks, and the dau...

In this episode of Life Plus Cars, hosts Ian and Brendan record together in the same space for the first time! Ian stops by Brendan's shop, home of Bayley Automotive, for a tour of two vehicles currently housed at the garage: Brendan's 1965 Buick Skylark Gran Sport and his dad's 1967 Chevy SS 427. Along the way, Brendan tells us how he and his dad acquired these two cars and the unique moments the...

In this episode of Life Plus Cars, Brendan and Ian are honored to welcome their first guest to the show: Brendan's older brother Ben!    Ben joins the conversation to share the journey with Rusty, his 1949 Willys Jeep.  Ben takes us back to the beginning where Ben and his dad first hauled a rusty shell of a Jeep home to restore. Now, over 25 years later, Rusty is fully restored and Ben can at last...

On this episode of Life Plus Cars, Brendan recounts his tales of driving his 2017 GMC Yukon from New Hampshire all the way to Montana to visit his brother outside of Yellowstone. Tune in to find out how he navigated Chicago traffic, lost a windshield wiper, saw incredible vistas, dodged wild hailstorms, and a host of other memorable moments only possible on a cross-country road trip. In the second...

Join Ian and Brendan as they share how they first discovered the car community. Ian takes us back to 2007 when he and Brendan first connected over cars, walking the endless rows of cars and car parts at the annual fall swap meet in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. That, and the Bailey family breakfast tradition. Beyond breakfast, Brendan discusses how he first absorbed bits and pieces of car restoration th...

In this first official episode of Life Plus Cars (okay, so the Pilot was #1), hosts Brendan and Ian share stories of two very special cars in their lives right now. Plus, both cars hail from 1966.    Which 1966 cars you ask? Tune in to find out, along with Brendan and Ian's most memorable moments in classic car ownership. Oh, and did we mention both cars are convertibles? Get ready for some top-do...

Welcome to the pilot episode of the Life Plus Cars podcast! Join hosts Ian Henry and Brendan Bailey as they describe the inspiration and purpose behind the show.    Ian and Brendan share when they first realized that they were car-crazy individuals.  Tune in to hear about Brendan's first job of "holding the light" while he watched his dad work on an engine, and how Ian would spend hours as a toddl...