DEREK DEANGELIS: Hey, what's up?
Derek D. here.
Welcome to "Drive Central." Here, you'll find--
MIKE SPINELLI: Derek!
I'm here today, in the chair.
I'm actually sitting in the chair.
DEREK DEANGELIS: I know, but I thought it was
kind of like a double--
MIKE SPINELLI: No, it's fine.
But thanks for doing the show last week.
It was very good.
DEREK DEANGELIS: Oh, no problem, man.
I had a good time.
MIKE SPINELLI: You filled in very well.
DEREK DEANGELIS: Ah, well, thank you.
MIKE SPINELLI: And speaking of filling in, how are your
aunt's cannolis?
DEREK DEANGELIS: My aunt doesn't make cannolis.
MIKE SPINELLI: Yeah, I knew that.
DEREK DEANGELIS: That's gross.
MIKE SPINELLI: Sorry.
Anyway, thanks for coming in.
DEREK DEANGELIS: All right.
MIKE SPINELLI: OK, take it easy.
DEREK DEANGELIS: OK, have a good show, Mike.
MIKE SPINELLI: Bye, Derek.
Derek D., ladies and gentleman.
So welcome to "Drive Central." Here's where you're going to
find out what's happening on Drive this abbreviated summer
holiday week.
Want to know more about Drive shows or just mouth off to the
Drive hosts?
Go to slashdrive.tv, @drive on Twitter, and
facebook.com/drivetv.
Anyway, this week on "Big Muscle," Mike Musto drives a
1922 Roadster from the passenger seat.
Do you know why?
Because he's too damn big.
Ladies and gentleman, let's take a look at a clip.
MIKE MUSTO: I'm not going to lie to you, I have no idea how
this review is going to be.
I'm powering the gas with my right foot, using the brake
with my left foot, and I've got the gear lever in between,
well, my junk.
Because that's the only place that it can go.
Now, I don't mind driving with two feet.
I do it a lot when I'm on the racetrack.
So it's not something that's uncommon.
But driving on the right side of the car while the steering
wheel is on the left side of the car and trying to keep the
car in the center of track going straight down the road,
that's new.
That's very, very new.
MIKE SPINELLI: That's "Big Muscle," every Monday this
season on Drive.
And on Wednesday, it's another episode of "Drive Clean." This
week, Larry's talking about glass, cleaning it, not
blowing it.
Let's watch.
LARRY KOSILLA: There are a couple benefits to having a
clean windshield.
Well, obviously, in perfect weather, you're going to have
a great looking windshield.
And you can see right through it, no problems.
But the big one is during bad weather.
You want to prepare for that.
And one thing is when those little things that are
embedded, jammed in your glass, they're going
to catch the water.
And it's going to stay on your windshield
a little bit longer.
So when you have a nice, clean surface, it's going to fly
right off, making it safer when you're driving.
What you're going to do is give a few squirts.
We're going to spread it in just a little bit.
So you're not actually cleaning anything right now.
You're just getting some lubrication because your next
step is going to be your long reach razor blade.
What this is going to do is it's actually going to shave
the glass down.
And anything that's sticking up, kind of like your whiskers
here, it's going to shave everything off.
And it's going to get the closest clean that you
possibly can do.
Now, if you were going out for a drive, this might be good
enough for just going out and having a Sunday drive.
But if you want to go the full steps, this is
what you would do.
So this, to remind you, is a regular
microfiber cutting pad.
This is a little bit thinner microfiber cutting pad.
This is a glass polishing pad.
As you can see, it's much thinner.
And the reason why is glass is much harder.
So you're not going to need a backing plate to absorb any of
that pressure.
You want it all to go to the glass so that you can polish
it properly.
So what we're going to do is grab a machine, put some
product on there, and start polishing.
MIKE SPINELLI: That's "Drive Clean," every Wednesday.
And Chris Harris continues his summer holiday this week.
"Shakedown" is on.
Leo Parente for the best motorsports opinion, analysis,
and attitude you'll find anywhere on the
internet at any price.
That's "Shakedown," with Leo Parente every Friday on Drive.
And that wraps up "Drive Central" for this week.
Don't forget, you can find all the Drive videos and some
other stuff on drive.jalopnik.com.
And if you want to see more of Drive, go to your mommy's
purse, get me a $20 bill, send it to me, Mike Spinelli at
care of driveshirts.com.
And we'll see what we can work out.
All right, see you--
Ian!
All right, see you later.