The Avants Podcast

Many of these hit home and make them memorable. The road trips in old cars more than most. Bringing back memories of family trips through France as a kid in the W123 300D taking tools with to fix things by the side of the road. Going into a French Mercedes deal whose mechanics mysteriously developed the ability to speak English on their lunch break when they saw an old diesel needed help. Then the part about being an ambassador for the hobby. This is why you let kids sit in your car and be respectful in small towns. I gave a kid At Redmond town center a copy of the book “what do cars say” two years later his mum recognized me and told me the book had become his favorite thing, gone to school and he wanted to be a car designer now. Joke is on her, because it comes back around, I had lost my job that year and had had little luck finding a new one. I was so down that was exactly the story I needed to pick my self up and smile again. What this episode showed is that it’s not the cars, it’s what you do with them that counts. Thanks guys, look forward to the next one.

Dan and Nick just talk cars the way normal people do. One week they're arguing about Porsche's EV problems, the next Dan's new KTM threw a check engine light at six miles. Turns out it goes away when it hits 60 degrees outside. That's the kind of stuff you get here. They actually do things with their cars too. Nick's out driving Utah 12 in an R8 with nobody on the road. Dan's pulling his truck apart to install brighter marker lights. They mod their Groms on the weekend. It's not theoretical car enthusiasm. The car tips are solid and they aren't afraid to call stuff out when they see it. But mostly I just like that it sounds like a real conversation.

I love listening to these two guys with their fun banter and deep knowledge on everything from oddball tools to automotive trends without additional agendas or corporate influences, swaying their opinions. When Nick or Dan give input on anything, it’s their raw clear unadulterated answers which is a refreshing change from most podcast that have a corporate bend or undue influence from their sponsors. Their wisdom & humor mixed in with this great knowledge and education is something I look forward to every week.

Great podcasts!!