Cold Start
An abrupt dive into automotive culture. No need for intros, just straight to talking about cars, motorsports, and anything automotive.
Episodes
In this episode of "Checkered Past" (our series about Sylas and Todd's racing pasts), Todd takes us back to how he got his start in racing -- diving head first into the deep end, moving from street cars to high downforce open wheel racecars in just over 5 months. A saga about triumphant highlights and character-building lowlights, this is the tale of rapid immersion into a life of racing.
Cold Start Hint: it's not a street car
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Our first guest on the Cold Start podcast! Bailey Smith, the General Manager of Club Wheelhouse, tells his story of moving from Florida to California to work within the automotive industry and pursue his passion of cars. From road tripping an imported Mitsubishi Delica van across the country to rebuilding an FD RX-7 to be the ultimate back road carver, it's apparent his joy and love of cars comes from the adventures and experiences...
In the first episode of a new series covering some of Sylas and Todd's racing stories, Sylas tells the story of how a rivalry between West Coast and East Coast leads to being disqualified from a national race in 2018. A tale of high emotions, malicious intent, totaled cars, and misread rules shows the not so fun side of club racing. You won't want to miss this one!
Cold Start Hint: we've used this one before.
Episode 9 Cold Star...
Watch out IndyCar and NASCAR! In the last couple years, has F1 done a better job in understanding the American motorsport fan comparative to IndyCar or even NASCAR? Todd and Sylas talk about how Formula 1 has positioned itself to capture the American audience and what changes will be coming in the future to continue F1's rise in the USA.
Cold Start Hint: a racecar sponsored by craft hotdogs.
Episode 8 Cold Start Answer: 2000 Ho...
Has the modern era of cars gone too far and could the best driving experiences be behind us? Todd and Sylas work through the decades to determine when the best drivers cars came to the market. They also figure out when it all may have gone wrong and why modern sport cars don't live up to the analog experiences from the past. And move aside, string theory, Sylas's M3-Theory may be the next big thing in understanding the automotive u...
Sometimes cars become well known and iconic not because of their fantastic driving experience or collectibility, but for being the butt of the joke. The bad, weird, and ugly cars of the past can be just as memorable as the good ones. Todd and Sylas go through some of the cars from the 80's, 90's, and early 2000's that are still burned into their memories for all the wrong reasons. Comment any of the bad, weird, or ugly cars they mi...
As car enthusiasts, we have all made a list at some point as to what we'd want in our dream garage. But what if you stumbled across a list of the cars you wanted from 10 years ago? Would you still agree with yourself? Would you have checked some of the cars off the list? In this episode, Todd comes across his 2015 dream garage and he and Sylas go through the list to see if it still holds up.
Cold Start Hint: this is a car on the l...
You've finally outgrown the standard track day but unsure what could be the next. Instead of being the annoying driver "racing" around in a track day group trying to chase a lap time, consider graduating into wheel to wheel racing or even time attack. Todd and Sylas dive into the steps it takes to get into amateur level racing and explain how its not as difficult or intimidating as one might think.
Hint: this would be a great begin...
Going to the racetrack for your first track day can seem intimidating and there's not a lot of information to answer those "stupid" beginner questions. Here is a step by step guide to get the wheels rolling, literally, to your first ever track day.
Hint: this time, the cold start at the beginning of the episode *is* a street car.
Episode 3 Cold Start Answer: Ligier JSP320 LMP3
The concept of a racecar for the street sounds awesome, but is it all it's cracked up to be? We dive into the limitations and drawbacks of having a "track car", and how it might be better to have a designated street car and racecar instead.
Hint: the cold start in this episode is not a street car.
Nope, not the answer to episode 1 - but a very special Porsche in its own right. Now we dive into what makes the Carrera GT a pinnacle Porsche, and how rising market value might be taking away from what the car represents as the ultimate analog car.
Porsche seems to be the answer to every question in the sports car world, but if you had to narrow it down to just one, what would be the perfect Porsche? We dive into what we think makes the perfect Porsche, and which one we would take home over all others.
Easter egg: what's the cold start sound at the start of this episode?
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