The Gear Patrol Podcast

Tyler explains what "influential" means in this context, how he selected the 50 cars and the top car of each decade, and why his list isn't of the 50 best cars.

Episode Navigation:

01:00 – Influential versus "Best"

08:15 – If You Change An Iconic Car, Is It Still The Same Car?

13:30 – The One Quality That Makes A Car "Influential"

16:30 – How Tyler Chose These 50 Cars

19:20 – Cars That Didn't Make The Cut

22:05 – The Most Influential Car On The List

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The Best New Cars, Trucks and SUVs We've Driven So Far in 2021

The Best Used Cars You Can Buy Right Now

These Are the 10 Best Cars to Buy Under $55,000

This Could Be Your Last Chance to Enjoy These Beers Aug 06, 2021

Show notes

Episode Navigation

1:25 — Google's Pixel 6 & Pixel 6 Plus

18:17 — Levi's x New Balance 992

30:35 — Molson Coors Kills Off Its Cheap Beer

Featured:

• New Balance x Levi's Authorized Vintage

• Marketing Dive: Molson Coors to Sunset 11 Economy Brands

• The Verge: Google Pixel 6 & Pixel 6 Pro

• CBC: Recording of discussion of the Ice Beer Wars of the 1990s

Sorry, Car Companies: Car "Feature" Subscriptions Kinda Suck Jul 30, 2021

Show notes

Will Price joins JD and Nick to discuss $99 AirPods Pro competitors, car "feature" subscriptions, and the Airstream x Pottery Barn collab.

Episode Navigation:

02:19 – Nothing Ear (1) ANC Earbuds

16:25 – Subscriptions to Unlock Car Features

32:58 – Airstream x Pottery Barn Special Edition Travel Trailer

Featured:

Vegan Chicken Nuggets? Impossible. Jul 23, 2021

Show notes

Impossible Foods announces chicken nuggets, Peloton gets into the video game business, and Stone Brewing launches a "premium" hard seltzer that is anything but.

**In the initial version of this episode, it was incorrectly stated that Stone was fined by the TTB for trade practice violations. This is not true. Stone paid the TTB for tax violations as a compromise after making a mistake in their tax filings — not because of trade practice violations. We regret the mistake. — JD

Episode Navigation:

01:35 – Peloton Launches Video Games, Is Now a Full-Blown Media Company

19:00 – Impossible Foods Announces Chicken Nuggets, Coming This Fall

32:44 – Stone Brewing Buena Vida Hard Seltzer, and Why It's Shouldn't be Called "Premium"

Featured:

Via Hollywood Reporter: “The Netflix of Wellness”: Inside the Hollywoodization of Peloton

Via Engadget: Peloton launches its first exercise game for connected bike owners

Via ReviewGeek.com: Sigh… Peloton Wants to Gamify Exercise

Via Insider: People are hacking their Peloton bikes so they can watch Netflix and cheat the leaderboard ranking system

Via Bloomberg: Impossible Foods to Launch Nuggets Into Brewing Faux-Chicken Battle

Via The Beet: Impossible Foods Announces New Vegan Chicken Nuggets

Via Thrillist: What’s the Difference Between Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat?

Via Stone Brewing: Stone Brewing Announces Buenavida Hard Seltzer, Crafted for the Good Life

Houseplant's Gravity Bong, a MagSafe Battery Pack, and Hyundai Goes for Grins Jul 16, 2021

Show notes

Upsides and downsides of Apple's battery pack, Hyundai swings for the fences with the Elantra N, and Houseplant releases yet another amazing smoking accessory.

Episode Navigation:

02:00 – Apple MagSafe Battery Pack

15:32 – Hyundai Elantra N

27:22 – Houseplant Gravity Glass

Featured:

The iPhone 12 is a Great Smartphone with Even Greater Promise

The Best MagSafe Cases for Your iPhone 12

The Best MagSafe Accessories for the iPhone 12

Should You Buy Apple's MagSafe Battery Pack for Your iPhone 12?

Seth Rogen's Weed Brand Made a Gravity Bong

The 2021 Hyundai Elantra Is One of the Best Values in New Cars

The 2021 Hyundai Veloster N: A Hot Hatch for Extroverts Who Love a Good Deal