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Furby of Baked Beans & Formula 1 Firestorms: Racing, Rage, and Road Atlanta

Published: 8 June 2025

In this chaotic yet charming episode of The Thing About Cars, the gang checks in on everything from F1 drama to baked bean Furby rage. Mickey’s trying to push out two episodes a week to catch up the podcast backlog (and avoid being haunted by guests), while Misty brings updates from the Dutch job market and the gridiron of Formula 1—complete with team infighting, rookie surprises, and scandalous rumors worthy of a soap opera.

Meanwhile, Tim reports live from Road Atlanta during quiet hour “shush laps,” and Ben introduces a potential guest with a voice smoother than a freshly waxed Lotus. Also: MX-5s crash, F1 Academy penalizes a rising star for taking the checkered flag twice, and Misty experiences a full-on accent-induced meltdown at the hands of Irish and Scottish F1 pundits.

Also in this episode:

  • The bizarre rage inspired by clay-colored cars
  • The MG resurrection project (plus a bonus parts car)
  • Adam and Dera’s struggle against Forsyth County injustice
  • Misty’s deep dive into motorsport gossip
  • Upcoming guests and a potential F-series & MotoGP spin-off
  • And Mickey’s unfiltered opinions about web design, podcast editing, and the merits of just wiping it all and starting fresh

👀 Plus: What the hell is up with a Furby made of baked beans?

🎙️It’s everything you expect from The Thing About Cars: a little speed, a lot of sarcasm, and more than a few surprises behind the wheel.

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Brian's Mazda and Misty's Wombat

Published: 4 March 2025

Our guest Brian Phillips and his uniquely named car tells us how he turned a traffic accident into getting a nicer car with an even more unique name via some friendly dealings with a pre-loved vehicle purveyor. We ponder the longevity of cars with cylinder deactivation. Misty and Tim talk about the peculiar events of the 2023 Las Vegas F1 race; regarding rules, flagging, staffing and scheduling. The gang discusses the city of Atlanta’s Erica’s law if it could lead to less automotive mayhem on the city’s streets. We find out why it is hard to get a Tesla off a freighter in Sweden and why Coffee & Cars in Houston banned Camaros, Mustangs and Chargers (at least temporarily). Our trivia question is about the Solar Car Challenge. And Misty needs a wombat.

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Peanut Butter and Tire Sammiches, Oh My!

Published: 11 April 2023

The crew starts with culinary bravery- what don’t you want in YOUR sammich? We welcome Greg Barner back to the table to discuss tires. Is Goodyear’s new sustainable tire as good as it sounds? What about Michelin’s airless tire? Will Mickey’s fat ass fit in a 350Z? Misty is still moist and Dave wants to try the pine schnapps- just don’t let him drive the RV when we go to the 24 Hours of Daytona next year. Yelotus is back on the road and Ben couldn’t be more chuffed about it! All this and find out what questions we’ll be answering in an upcoming episode.

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Technical Difficulties

Published: 13 October 2020

Friends, we’ve had a minor technological setback and we’re breaking in a new computer this week.  Moving from a 2009 laptop to a 2019 laptop comes with a new set of procedural challenges.  Mickey hopes to have it all ironed out in a couple of days, and will update you as soon as possible. We hope to have the next episode of The Thing About Cars out as soon as possible.

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Your support via Patreon will facilitate some of the peripheral upgrades we must also make at this time. (A firewire hard-drive won’t readily talk through a Thunderbolt port, it seems. Yes, we said firewire.) We’ve been producing The Thing About Cars for over three years with virtually no sponsor support. Your help will keep the show free of advertisements.