The Avants Podcast

We Got There And Enjoyed The Drive

WE MADE IT TO EPISODE 50! It’s been quite a ride and we decided to take
this episode to recap some of our favorite moments, guests, and a few of
our blunders over the last year.
We tried to narrow it down to our favorite episodes since the start and it
wasn’t easy, but we felt like these were some milestones we personally
enjoyed. If you haven’t heard us before or you’re new to the podcast, give
these a shot!

Coming Up On Rain City Supercars...

Just so you know, this is more like episode 49.5. Nick and Dan were both
REALLY sick this week, but we wanted to do a quick episode letting everyone
know what’s coming up on RCS as well as introduce our new sponsor, Hagerty!
This has always been a labor of love for us, so we’ve been intentionally
slow to grab sponsors as we want to only represent brands we personally
believe in. We joke a lot, but putting our names on anything is something
we actually do take seriously and we are really proud and honored to be
associated with Hagerty who has always treated us and their customers well.
We should know, Nick has been one before this Podcast ever started.

It’s Ladies Night!

Amanda, Ashley, and Kristen take over the mics for episode 48, which is not
49 like we mentioned in the podcast! The episode is mostly all about the
women in the industry who are putting together a driver's group
specifically for women enthusiasts that enjoy track time, group drives, and
more than just standing next to their cars for attention. The group is
officially organized and led by Amanda with Driver's Club so you know it's
going to be good.

Branden Ben Powell And All Things SaRPinz!

We talk to the extremely interesting Branden Ben Powell, the owner of the SaRPinz. He talks about one of the most impressive off road vehicles ever made, the Pinzgauer, and how he actively uses it for Search and Rescue. As a huge fan of off-roading, this was easily one of our most entertaining guests to us and even if you have no interest in the off road world, this was a really eye opening interview about how multifaceted and important Search and Rescue is to the PNW. We let this one go quite a bit longer than usual since we were having such a good time talking to Brandon.

The Advancement of Avants with Adam Cramer

We welcome our friend Adam Cramer with Avants back to talk about the
massive growth of Avants since way back in Episode 12 and to talk about all
the amazing upcoming stuff including his partnership with Blipshift on a
PNW tee shirt design, some winter offroading you can do, some rainy weather
driving, and more! We talk about Avants often on our show with good reason.
If you’re an enthusiast it makes almost no sense why you wouldn’t be a
member!

JOHNIWANNA Joins Us!

On this week’s episode we get a visit from John Schommer aka JOHNIWANNA aka
Heavy Metal Affliction! John is a Forza Content Creator, streamer, writer,
and photographer and you can find him on IG as Heavy Metal Affliction where
he chronicles his love of cars. John is a man after our own hearts who
loves cars and the people that love them.

So Much British Love!

In this episode we discuss some polar opposite drives - a sunny Sunday in a
McLaren 675LT Spider and an off road excursion in a Land Rover Discovery
Sport! It’s hard to describe in any form of communication outside of a
stupid grin just how amazing the 675LT is and if you haven’t done any off
road driving you don’t know what you’re missing!

Monterey Car Week RULED

It's almost impossible to describe what Monterey Car Week is actually like
if you've never been before. It's even harder to accurately describe what
it was like for Dan this year. We'll walk you through the day by day of our
trip, which was every bit as great for us as it sounds and hopefully
convinces you to put this on your bucket list if you've never been. Check
out our gallery here for the photos, which still don't do it justice.