RoAb #75 - The 'You're Doing it Wrong' Episode

Unless you listen to RoundAbout you’re doing it wrong, which is convenient, because that’s our theme this week.  Up for discussion is an array of stories including a man that was definitely doing it wrong when he got jacked up on drugs and went speeding off to save his girlfriend from aliens.  No, we’re not making this up.  The panel also takes a look at what could be the world’s ugliest Jaguar, EVER, plus we debut a brand-new segment called Design Hall.  Everything expert and automotive entertainer Jim Hall of 2953 Analytics sounds off on a controversial design trend that’s been sweeping the industry the last few years.  All in all, if you don’t listen to RoundAbout #75, the “You’re Doing it Wrong” episode you will, in fact, not be doing it right.

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Featuring: Jim Hall, Michelle Naranjo, Jeffrey Ross, Eric Trytko, Craig Cole and Ben Sanders

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RoAb #72 - The 'Better Mousetrap' Episode

Join your favorite audio hucksters as they put their heads together in an attempt to defy an age-old idiom.  This week they try to build a better mousetrap.  Learn about one Detroit-area hot-rodder that’s crafting a better vintage Chrysler sports car . . . one the company never actually built.  Find out what kind of insane powerplant was crammed into the back of a MINI in an attempt to deliver better performance.  You won’t believe your ears when you hear how much better chicken feathers, yes, chicken feathers are at storing energy than some much more expensive and higher-tech options.  Enjoy all of these exciting stories and more plus RoAb first-timer Nina Beckhardt of The Naming Group is our special guest this week.  The panel picks her brain about the controversial Chevrolet Sonic and a number of other name-related topics.   Enjoy RoundAbout #72, the “Better Mousetrap” episode.

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Featuring: Nina Beckhardt, Michelle Naranjo, Jeffrey Ross, Eric Trytko, Craig Cole and Ben Sanders

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RoAb #40 - The 'Bubbles and Water' Episode

Once again, our fearless leader Craig Cole has fled the country in search of weinerschnitzel and pretzels, but filling the void in his stead is none other than Rumblestrip, himself, Eric Trytko. This week Eric gets his Lawrence Welk vibe going as he takes RoundAbout into uncharted territory for the 'Bubbles and Water' episode. The Hydrokultur Nios and Zooop EV bring foretell a future populated by "bubble cars." Meanwhile, a UK study reveals that using water instead of windshield wiper fluid could literally kill you--and we don't mean from poor visibility. Then we talk about a bubble in the stock market that just may burst all over Toyota and Tesla. All that and more, plus our Blind Spot uncovers a vehicle that is very literally one horsepower and we play a waterlogged edition of our favorite game The Price is CORRECT!

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Featuring: Eric Trytko, Jeffrey Ross, Michelle Naranjo, Steven Ewing and Ben Sanders

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RoAb #39 - The 'Grab Bag' Episode - Mk II

Just like a RoundAbout intro crafted by Craig Cole, sometimes you never know what you’re going to get. Due to unprecedented popularity (Read: No theme ideas) we offer up our second-ever “Grab-Bag” episode. That's right, second! A Chinese intersection where no one follows traffic laws is a bundle of slow-motion hilarity.  A Jeep CJ and a Miata get together to produce an unspeakable monstrosity. Porsche sees MINI's Road Atlanta challenge and raises it an FU. There's a lot to enjoy in this week’s supersized, especially random installment of RoundAbout, The 'Grab Bag' Episode - Mk II.  Enjoy!

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Featuring: Colin Bird, Zach Bowman, Jeffrey Ross, Michelle Naranjo, Craig Cole and Ben Sanders

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RoAb #31 - The ‘Paying Your Dues’ Episode

We’ve all done it, or rather, had to do it – and some of us more than others.  We may have started our careers scouring burnt pudding off of nursing home kitchen equipment; we may have even been forced to serve time in a half-way house for a little run-in with Johnny Law, either way we’ve all had to pay our dues in one capacity or another.  This week on RoundAbout we invite you to pay up or shut up with a lineup of stories ranging from absurd to astounding.  An English woman flips her driver’s training car on her second time out on the road motorway.  One unfortunate man gets socked with a $200 fine for being the victim of a rear-end collision.  And a group of youngsters has to serve some time for an innocent car-to-car paintball fight that turns tragic, sort of.  We also go all Battlestar Galactica in our Blind Spot story of the week, plus we chat about what we’ve been driving In The Garage. 

With RoAb-regular Jeffrey Ross out of action (he’s getting married, finally) we invited muscle-car fanatic and blogger Dave Braddock to take his place.  Also making the rounds is the auto mainstremist himself, Eric Trytko, as well as Miss Motor Mouth, played by Michelle Naranjo.  Autoblog writer Zach Bowman, Producer Ben Sanders and host, Craig Cole are also on hand.

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Featuring: Dave Braddock, Michelle Naranjo, Zach Bowman, Eric Trytko, Craig Cole and Ben Sanders

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