Hank Watson's Garage Hour - Cars, Trucks, Beers & Guns
737 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings50,000 watts of gearhead terror. We’re the talk radio blowtorch you want, chock-full of cars, trucks, beers and guns since 2009. We'll be your go-to for gearhead get-some, full of the sliciest canyon carving, dirtiest off-roading, biggest calibers, hairiest sasquatches, loudest explosions, plus the best epic fails, smoking rubble and blue-collar awesomesauce since Top Gear full of beer.
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03.01.24: Reporting on Henchicrats Who’re After Your Guns (& Will Kill You w/ Wild Animals Next), Hertz Dumps CEO Because It Can’t Dump His Electric Cars (or Rent Them), Short-Bed Truck Function Envy, Necessary R.I.P.s & Some Doom
April 02, 2024 18:47 - 1 hour - 30.2 MB…Catching up with the episode backlog - only more to go. Played in and out by Snail (more happy bluesy doom, says Conan), this Garage Hour’s got everything you like. Cars and trucks (why to never buy a rental car, and diagnosing your short-bed problems), beers and guns (well, a ton of Second Amendment info about how states like Colorado and Kalifornistan are still seeking to disarm you shortly before seting grizzly bears and wolves loose in your back yard). There’s also chainsaw-grade sho...
03.01.24 (MP3): Reporting on Henchicrats Who’re After Your Guns (& Will Kill You w/ Wild Animals Next), Hertz Dumps CEO Because It Can’t Dump His Electric Cars (or Rent Them), Short-Bed Truck Function Envy, Necessary R.I.P.s & Some Doom
April 02, 2024 18:45 - 1 hour - 29.5 MB…Catching up with the episode backlog - only more to go. Played in and out by Snail (more happy bluesy doom, says Conan), this Garage Hour’s got everything you like. Cars and trucks (why to never buy a rental car, and diagnosing your short-bed problems), beers and guns (well, a ton of Second Amendment info about how states like Colorado and Kalifornistan are still seeking to disarm you shortly before seting grizzly bears and wolves loose in your back yard). There’s also chainsaw-grade sho...
02.22.24 (MP3): Porsche, Pistols & Pepperoni - Gearhead Bits & Bites (+ Bushmills Whiskey), Picky Porsches, Pocket Pistols (Good & Bad) & Reload of the Week, Return of Right to Repair, To Tow or Be Towed, + Allman Bros, Skynyrd & CCR
March 24, 2024 18:03 - 1 hour - 29.4 MB…Like a kid full of candy who won’t shut up and go to sleep, it’s the episode that would’t go to bed - so much doin’ and so little time. Well, it’s done: Hostus Maximus Justin Fort and Porsche Boy JustMark met up in the hills for fine sopressata, Irish whiskey (that loved Justin but hated Mark) and a chat about pocket pistols - commonly called a “micro” nowadays. From Derringers to Jennings and S&Ws and LCPs, the gerhead consultants whip it out and compare misfires. When it was all said a...
02.22.24: Porsche, Pistols & Pepperoni - Gearhead Bits & Bites (+ Bushmills Whiskey), Picky Porsches, Pocket Pistols (Good & Bad) & Reload of the Week, Return of Right to Repair, To Tow or Be Towed, + Allman Bros, Skynyrd & CCR
March 24, 2024 17:12 - 1 hour - 30.2 MB…Like a kid full of candy who won’t shut up and go to sleep, it’s the episode that would’t go to bed - so much doin’ and so little time. Well, it’s done: Hostus Maximus Justin Fort and Porsche Boy JustMark met up in the hills for fine sopressata, Irish whiskey (that loved Justin but hated Mark) and a chat about pocket pistols - commonly called a “micro” nowadays. From Derringers to Jennings and S&Ws and LCPs, the gerhead consultants whip it out and compare misfires. When it was all said a...
02.20.24(MP3): Mercedes, Ford & Volvo Jump Electric Ship, Airlines Can’t Fly DIE & Dealerships Can’t Sell Nonsense, Fob Hopping & Camaro Stealing VS Anti-Theft Devices (Car Keys), Coffee VS Bourbon, iMac Win VS iCar Flop, Custom Reloads, Gearhead Over
March 08, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 30 MBWhile the cohosts are away building bumpers, bullets and blackout tint, Hostus Maximus will play (with Tomahawk, all show long). Gasoline and caffeine. 7mm-08 and .308. Bourbon and coffee. iMacs, iPhones and iCars (win, win and lose). Automakers losing their electric religion as shoppers lose the fad. Integra and Cutlass. Woke fails at 30,000ft and corporates bail on ground-level politics. Meanwhile, we’ve got some stand-in cohosts: Dave Mustaine, Thomas Sowell, Layne Staley, Mike P...
02.20.24: Mercedes, Ford & Volvo Jump Electric Ship, Airlines Can’t Fly DIE & Dealerships Can’t Sell Nonsense, Fob Hopping & Camaro Stealing VS Anti-Theft Devices (Car Keys), Coffee VS Bourbon, iMac Wins VS iCar Flops, Custom Reloads, Gearhead Overlap
March 08, 2024 05:12 - 1 hour - 30.6 MBWhile the cohosts are away building bumpers, bullets and blackout tint, Hostus Maximus will play (with Tomahawk, all show long). Gasoline and caffeine. 7mm-08 and .308. Bourbon and coffee. iMacs, iPhones and iCars (win, win and lose). Automakers losing their electric religion as shoppers lose the fad. Integra and Cutlass. Woke fails at 30,000ft and corporates bail on ground-level politics. Meanwhile, we’ve got some stand-in cohosts: Dave Mustaine, Thomas Sowell, Layne Staley, Mike P...
02.04.24 (MP3): Old Car Speedos & German Trannies, Rolex 24 @ Daytona & Rye Bread @ the Hollywood Bowl, Eneos Grenadiers & Prius Pickups, Used Glocks & Manlicher 10-22s, Jeep Top Rules for Girls & Gun Rules for Kids, + Tastiest Presidents & Best Squirrels
February 29, 2024 06:37 - 58 minutes - 26.9 MBWhat do you get for the episode that has everything? This cut of the Garage Hour with Justin, Justmark and Justcaleb even sports a backup Caleb (in the form of his sensible son Liam), who schools the newbs on smart kid firearm rules, and Justmark on MySpace humor. Just to be thorough, there’s a race report from this year’s 24 Hours at Daytona, a range report on an almost-on M24 in .308 and a never-off Weatherby Vanguard in 7mm-08, a reloading report featuring Hornaday, Vargit, AA, boat-tai...
02.04.24: Old Car Speedos & German Trannies, Rolex 24 @ Daytona & Rye Bread @ the Hollywood Bowl, Eneos Grenadiers & Prius Pickups, Used Glocks & Manlicher 10-22s, Jeep Top Rules for Girls & Gun Rules for Kids, + Tastiest Presidents & Best Squirrels
February 29, 2024 06:25 - 58 minutes - 27.4 MBWhat do you get for the episode that has everything? This cut of the Garage Hour with Justin, Justmark and Justcaleb even sports a backup Caleb (in the form of his sensible son Liam), who schools the newbs on smart kid firearm rules, and Justmark on MySpace humor. Just to be thorough, there’s a race report from this year’s 24 Hours at Daytona, a range report on an almost-on M24 in .308 and a never-off Weatherby Vanguard in 7mm-08, a reloading report featuring Hornaday, Vargit, AA, boat-tai...
01.22.24 (MP3): Save the Geeks (& Other Revolting Peasants), w/ Truckers & Farmers VS Eurocrats, Right Tires for Bad Weather, Bad Governance VS Good Tires, Airbag, Sensor & Fuel Pump Recalls, Electric Car & Truck Fails, +Early Ministry & Earlier Booker T
February 20, 2024 05:24 - 1 hour - 28.6 MBAlien technology (might be fun at parties but probably won’t solve anything). While we’re at it, Hostus Maximus Justin Fort revels in the old Party Point ‘Squatch Runs, Justmark’s M1A, tales of cohosts like The Jaimz and Dirty Dave, crime versus law and order (and citizens living in an upside-down world that makes the Second Amendment even more important), Uncle Doug’s Northstar-powered Caddy versus Dad’s Lincoln, and what it means for a tire to actually work in sheddy snowy situations. Th...
01.22.24: Save the Geeks (& Other Revolting Peasants), w/ Truckers & Farmers VS Eurocrats, Right Tires for Bad Weather, Bad Governance VS Good Tires, Airbag, Sensor & Fuel Pump Recalls, Electric Car & Truck Fails, + Early Ministry & Earlier Booker T
February 20, 2024 05:13 - 1 hour - 29.2 MBAlien technology (might be fun at parties but probably won’t solve anything). While we’re at it, Hostus Maximus Justin Fort revels in the old Party Point ‘Squatch Runs, Justmark’s M1A, tales of cohosts like The Jaimz and Dirty Dave, crime versus law and order (and citizens living in an upside-down world that makes the Second Amendment even more important), Uncle Doug’s Northstar-powered Caddy versus Dad’s Lincoln, and what it means for a tire to actually work in sheddy snowy situations. Th...
01.12.24 (MP3): Summer Plans & 24 at LeMans, Mike’s Practice Rounds & K-Mart Scopes We Found, Burning Wood & Knives are Good, + Shotguns, Shotguns, Shotguns (w/ Sounthern Culture on the Skids)
February 03, 2024 06:05 - 56 minutes - 26.4 MBWho’s doing what this summer? You’d better get some things figured because whether it’s Tail of the Dragon, 24 Hours of LeMans, JF Summit, or just a few runs at Palomar, any high-Q gearhead fun requires a little foresight (even if that just means inflating tires)…. But you’ll need to survive that long to make anything happen, so the Gearhead Consultancy chats up a few home-defense shotgun options (870, 500 and 1300, for example), and factors for recalcitrant applicant-operating cohost PK Ju...
01.12.24: Summer Plans & 24 at LeMans, Mike’s Practice Rounds & K-Mart Scopes We Found, Burning Wood & Knives are Good, + Shotguns, Shotguns, Shotguns (w/ Southern Culture on the Skids)
February 03, 2024 05:53 - 56 minutes - 26.9 MBWho’s doing what this summer? You’d better get some things figured because whether it’s Tail of the Dragon, 24 Hours of LeMans, JF Summit, or just a few runs at Palomar, any high-Q gearhead fun requires a little foresight (even if that just means inflating tires)…. But you’ll need to survive that long to make anything happen, so the Gearhead Consultancy chats up a few home-defense shotgun options (870, 500 and 1300, for example), and factors for recalcitrant applicant-operating cohost PK Ju...
01.03.24 (MP3): Watches & Gun Shows & Powdercoating, Oh My! The NRA is DeWayned, an M1A & a G43X, 870s VS 500s, Wood VS Plastic Furniture, Porsche Speedsters & Boxsters, Gun Stores in Co. Springs, + .308, .22LR, Iridium 192 & Bald Parents
January 23, 2024 06:08 - 56 minutes - 26.5 MBSo much junk in this trunk… Zippos and hippos and chrome-plated nipples, plus a fancy Luftkraft shift knob cohost PK Caleb (ala EAS) bought for the Porsche he hasn’t yet. Hostus Maximus Justin Fort’s reports from the Tanner Gun Show illuminated more than overprices ammo (unless you’re willing to bundle bullets) - yes, used and new pew-pews are starting to act affordably again (so don’t sit on your hands). He also picked up a neato flexy Bad Ass (straight out’a Texas) IWB holster for one of...
01.03.24: Watches & Gun Shows & Powdercoating, Oh My! The NRA is DeWayned, an M1A & a G43X, 870s VS 500s, Wood VS Plastic Furniture, Porsche Speedsters & Boxsters, Gun Stores in Co. Springs, + .308, .22LR, Iridium 192 & Bald Parents
January 23, 2024 06:07 - 56 minutes - 26.8 MBSo much junk in this trunk… Zippos and hippos and chrome-plated nipples, plus a fancy Luftkraft shift knob cohost PK Caleb (ala EAS) bought for the Porsche he hasn’t yet. Hostus Maximus Justin Fort’s reports from the Tanner Gun Show illuminated more than overprices ammo (unless you’re willing to bundle bullets) - yes, used and new pew-pews are starting to act affordably again (so don’t sit on your hands). He also picked up a neato flexy Bad Ass (straight out’a Texas) IWB holster for one of...
11.21.23 (MP3): Lost Episode! Fast Cars on Curvy Freeways & Being Nice to the Boys in Blue, Don’t Hijack the UPS Gal VS Don’t Drop Your Tools in Space, a $100 Mill Loss for Fisker VS a Tesla Loss for Toyota, +500 Million Guns & Condor’s Gonna Condor
January 10, 2024 04:26 - 53 minutes - 24.5 MBSome times you feel like a nut (such as after an episode of the Garage Hour), and some times the recording software miscodecs a segment and you have to redrop the file raw. Whoops. So! …Here’s the lost November episode of the show the gearhead goons warned you about - chock full of the goodness you demand - so at least there’s that: making freeways fun (especially in an uncorked 5.0), the Mr. Dustin Report (Miatas and dollars and go-fast habits), the UPS chick getting truckjacked (and an...
11.21.23: Lost Episode! Fast Cars on Curvy Freeways & Being Nice to the Boys in Blue, Don’t Hijack the UPS Gal VS Don’t Drop Your Tools in Space, a $100 Mill Loss for Fisker VS a Tesla Loss for Toyota, + 500 Million Guns & Condor’s Gonna Condor
January 10, 2024 04:16 - 53 minutes - 25.1 MBSome times you feel like a nut (such as after an episode of the Garage Hour), and some times the recording software miscodecs a segment and you have to redrop the file raw. Whoops. So! …Here’s the lost November episode of the show the gearhead goons warned you about - chock full of the goodness you demand - so at least there’s that: making freeways fun (especially in an uncorked 5.0), the Mr. Dustin Report (Miatas and dollars and go-fast habits), the UPS chick getting truckjacked (and an...
12.21.23 (MP3): What’s Your Next Beater? Too Nice Used Cars VS Choice Beaters, & Classic Gearhead Mistakes, .40 S&W and .30-30 W.C.F., Used Glocks & New Henrys, Shark Week at Home, Fancy Overtuning Fails, + Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Public Enemy & Anthra
January 04, 2024 22:53 - 1 hour - 27.6 MBCaffiene and Christmas go together (because you can’t handle one without the other), and the Gearhead Consultancy is up to its gills in it to get through this episode. P.K. outrovert Caleb of EAS and Radar Mark, Porsche man and sticker fan, joined Hostus Maximus Justin “Type A” Fort for this pre-holiday freeforall, and it’s got everything. Buying a beater but not falling into the “too nice” trap, wailing on expensive cars and because why not, battleships and their powder, rifles and their ...
12.21.23: What’s Your Next Beater? Too Nice Used Cars VS Choice Beaters, & Classic Gearhead Mistakes, .40 S&W and .30-30 W.C.F., Used Glocks & New Henrys, Shark Week at Home, Fancy Overtuning Fails, + Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Public Enemy & Anthrax
January 04, 2024 22:41 - 1 hour - 28.2 MBCaffiene and Christmas go together (because you can’t handle one without the other), and the Gearhead Consultancy is up to its gills in it to get through this episode. P.K. outrovert Caleb of EAS and Radar Mark, Porsche man and sticker fan, joined Hostus Maximus Justin “Type A” Fort for this pre-holiday freeforall, and it’s got everything. Buying a beater but not falling into the “too nice” trap, wailing on expensive cars and because why not, battleships and their powder, rifles and their ...
12.10.23 (MP3): Gifts for Gearheads (w/ Guns & Sips & Tools & Fancy Waxy Polish), + Brother James’ Creekwater Whiskey, .40 S&W Wrecking Guns, Two Degrees from a Cutlass, 719 Traffic VS 24 Hours of LeMans, & A Family Brawl at the Broadmoor
December 19, 2023 05:36 - 1 hour - 30.2 MBIt’s Christmastime, so why not grab the punching handle by the blondes and try the Home Depot China Challenge yourself? …Because the gearheads in your life like what we like, we have ideas: fine waxes (Zymol), special sips (Gilark Creekwater rye whiskey, Axe & Oak, and 291), good tools (used or new, it’s about the function), obscure watches (make the effort), tint and clear-bra from E.A.S., slot cars, Atari and N64, and the gift of babysitting (so folks can make some time). Most important...
12.10.23: Gifts for Gearheads (w/ Guns & Sips & Tools & Fancy Waxy Polish), + Brother James’ Creekwater Whiskey, .40 S&W Wrecking Guns, Two Degrees from a Cutlass, 719 Traffic VS 24 Hours of LeMans, & A Family Brawl at the Broadmoor
December 19, 2023 05:20 - 1 hour - 30.8 MBIt’s Christmastime, so why not grab the punching handle by the blondes and try the Home Depot China Challenge yourself? …Because the gearheads in your life like what we like, we have ideas: fine waxes (Zymol), special sips (Gilark Creekwater rye whiskey, Axe & Oak, and 291), good tools (used or new, it’s about the function), obscure watches (make the effort), tint and clear-bra from E.A.S., slot cars, Atari and N64, and the gift of babysitting (so folks can make some time). Most important...
12.03.23 (MP3): Guns, Whiskey, Tanks & the Phantom Crapper (i.e. Random Gearhead Awesomesauce) - Live from EAS, w/ Tank VS Tank, Lemans VS Lemons, Old Lexuses VS Glickenhouse Porsches, + Sabot Rounds, Crotch Bats & the Jerky Boys
December 10, 2023 19:15 - 55 minutes - 25.3 MBYeah, yeah, it’s been too long. …Usual Christmastime to-do list is kicking everyone’s ass. Thankfully, Caleb from EAS in the ‘Springs kicked Hostus Maximus Justin and Gearhead Celebutant Mark’s collective asses back into the studio (over sips at Bristol Brewery), because the Garage Hour is too much candy not to have some. Gearhead location experimentation ensued, fueled by Axe & Oak’s Pike’s Peak Hillclimb whiskey, 9mm and .22 Magnum, visits from Charlie (who actually commanded an Abrams ...
12.03.23: Guns, Whiskey, Tanks & the Phantom Crapper (i.e. Random Gearhead Awesomesauce) - Live from EAS, w/ Tank VS Tank, Lemans VS Lemons, Old Lexuses VS Glickenhouse Porsches, + Sabot Rounds, Crotch Bats & the Jerky Boys
December 10, 2023 19:03 - 55 minutes - 25.9 MBYeah, yeah, it’s been too long. …Usual Christmastime to-do list is kicking everyone’s ass. Thankfully, Caleb from EAS in the ‘Springs kicked Hostus Maximus Justin and Gearhead Celebutant Mark’s collective asses back into the studio (over sips at Bristol Brewery), because the Garage Hour is too much candy not to have some. Gearhead location experimentation ensued, fueled by Axe & Oak’s Pike’s Peak Hillclimb whiskey, 9mm and .22 Magnum, visits from Charlie (who actually commanded an Abrams ...
10.22.23 (MP3): So Much - Fart Pipes, Bad Tires, Good Thinking, Automatic Transmissions (or Trannies), Volvo Households, Off-Roaders VS REI, the Electric Car “Cold Snap Sprint”, Ice Fog, Louisiana Fog, + RIP to Some Excellent Weirdos
November 05, 2023 19:01 - 1 hour - 27.7 MBOkay, busy boy does gearhead goodness: good pipes on slushbox BR-Zs (awww), Volvo households and 244s (turbo!), car racism and Tiptronic, automatic trannies for off-road effect, avoiding Chinese tires, new-car reality versus the electric car market and the “Cold Snap Sprint” (home), the 80-40 ice fog freakout, REI (bad) versus four-wheeling (good), and the big Louisiana fog crash (holy shed). More: discretion versus valor (pull off and have a burrito), pilots versus shrooms (and 83 counts...
10.22.23: So Much - Fart Pipes, Bad Tires, Good Thinking, Automatic Transmissions (or Trannies), Volvo Households, Off-Roaders VS REI, the Electric Car “Cold Snap Sprint”, Ice Fog, Louisiana Fog, + RIP to Some Excellent Weirdos
November 05, 2023 18:55 - 1 hour - 28.3 MBOkay, busy boy does gearhead goodness: good pipes on slushbox BR-Zs (awww), Volvo households and 244s (turbo!), car racism and Tiptronic, automatic trannies for off-road effect, avoiding Chinese tires, new-car reality versus the electric car market and the “Cold Snap Sprint” (home), the 80-40 ice fog freakout, REI (bad) versus four-wheeling (good), and the big Louisiana fog crash (holy shed). More: discretion versus valor (pull off and have a burrito), pilots versus shrooms (and 83 counts...
10.01.23 (MP3): Cars Getting Uglier (Melty Booger Benz) & Weather Getting Nastier (& Invading ze Garadtch), Tie-Down Authentication & Ratchet-Strap Redundancy, Jeepers FAFO & Electric Jeeping Because Cheap(ening), + Dude Food Meat Science
October 24, 2023 04:28 - 52 minutes - 24.2 MBSomuchworktodo…. Sorry about the untimely uploads, but the Gearhead Consultancy’s plate doth overfloweth. Now, about some good talk: What happens when a thunderstorm bombs the garage, and what’s the deal when your meat has been froen instead of hitting the ‘fridge fresh? 4Runner trans mounts (and squishy torque specs), stupid Jeepers winning stupid prizes (or horse-tranqed beggars - hey, it’s not MY wedding), secret Pioneer head units, JKs with V8s, electric Jeeps with rebates, new cars s...
10.01.23: Cars Getting Uglier (Melty Booger Benz) & Weather Getting Nastier (& Invading ze Garadtch), Tie-Down Authentication & Ratchet-Strap Redundancy, Jeepers FAFO & Electric Jeeping Because Cheap(ening), + Dude Food Meat Science
October 24, 2023 04:11 - 52 minutes - 24.7 MBSomuchworktodo…. Sorry about the untimely uploads, but the Gearhead Consultancy’s plate doth overfloweth. Now, about some good talk: What happens when a thunderstorm bombs the garage, and what’s the deal when your meat has been froen instead of hitting the ‘fridge fresh? 4Runner trans mounts (and squishy torque specs), stupid Jeepers winning stupid prizes (or horse-tranqed beggars - hey, it’s not MY wedding), secret Pioneer head units, JKs with V8s, electric Jeeps with rebates, new cars s...
09.20.23 (MP3): Shredding Nuts & Bolts & Shocks, Invading Wolves & Bears & Cougars, Goolag Kills Drivers (?), Robot Semis Attack CA (& OH & IN), Diesel Makes Batteries Work, Green Makes LEGOs Fail, + Dad’s Cigarette & Yuge Pieces of Whatever In the Road
October 03, 2023 03:56 - 1 hour - 27.9 MBWhen we’re not stripping bolts on Warn hubs and trans mounts, the gearhead goons have a good little bit of info for you on using the right fastener (and not the “it fits” rule employed by the Walkin’ Dude…). There’s also news on robot-controlled semis being permitted on more roads (we’re about two steps from “Maximum Overdrive”, kids), the Goolag steering hapless Jeep owners off cliffs and creeks (buy a map), electric cars being powered by diesel (when unicorn farts are in short supply), an...
09.20.23: Shredding Nuts & Bolts & Shocks, Invading Wolves & Bears & Cougars, Goolag Kills Drivers (?), Robot Semis Attack CA (& OH & IN), Diesel Makes Batteries Work, Green Makes LEGOs Fail, + Dad’s Cigarette & Yuge Pieces of Whatever In the Road
October 03, 2023 03:37 - 1 hour - 28.4 MBWhen we’re not stripping bolts on Warn hubs and trans mounts, the gearhead goons have a good little bit of info for you on using the right fastener (and not the “it fits” rule employed by the Walkin’ Dude…). There’s also news on robot-controlled semis being permitted on more roads (we’re about two steps from “Maximum Overdrive”, kids), the Goolag steering hapless Jeep owners off cliffs and creeks (buy a map), electric cars being powered by diesel (when unicorn farts are in short supply), an...
09.09.23 (MP3): Just Because You’re Paranoid… Situational Garage Awareness, Car Theft (and Overseas Markets), Gearhead Lost & Found, UAW VS Ford (& Its Members), Electric Vehicle Bans, + Stop Running Over Sh!t & Your Car Won’t Blow Up
September 24, 2023 21:33 - 1 hour - 28.1 MBWe warned you - the Gearhead Consultancy is all about paying attention (because geek!), and this uberule applies to home, self, car, property and Sanctum Garagium. If you don’t want your goods to get grabbed, watch your back when you park the Aston (or whatever you roll) in the car hole, because with all the crime exploding across America, someone might be watching you. The market is there for thieves - don’t be their meat. There’s more: lost D-rings, lost hitches and lost F-35s, hacked s...
09.09.23: Just Because You’re Paranoid… Situational Garage Awareness, Car Theft (and Overseas Markets), Gearhead Lost & Found, UAW VS Ford (& Its Members), Electric Vehicle Bans, + Stop Running Over Sh!t & Your Car Won’t Blow Up
September 24, 2023 21:19 - 1 hour - 28.7 MBWe warned you - the Gearhead Consultancy is all about paying attention (because geek!), and this uberule applies to home, self, car, property and Sanctum Garagium. If you don’t want your goods to get grabbed, watch your back when you park the Aston (or whatever you roll) in the car hole, because with all the crime exploding across America, someone might be watching you. The market is there for thieves - don’t be their meat. There’s more: lost D-rings, lost hitches and lost F-35s, hacked s...
09.01.23 (MP3): Get Back to Four-Wheeling (‘Tis the Season)! Gear for On-Trail, Prep to Avoid Being a Burden, National Forests VS State Parks, Mileage Math & Oil Consumption, + Lost Lexuses, Four-By Celicas, Pressure Washing, & Pleasure Mechanicking
September 18, 2023 21:13 - 56 minutes - 26.2 MBHoly carp - too much to do (and apologies for the tardy transmission). The Gearhead Consultantcy is always on the job, we’re just busy. Hostus Maximus Justin Fort and the Walkin’ Dude got back together out in BFE (Black Forest Excellence) for some trail tales - Red Cone, Imogene, Webster Pass, Mt. Herman, Gold Camp, Mt. Baldy - and thoughts on truck bags (gear for a day), mine access, universal keys, lost D-rings, and not ‘froading alone. As always, there’s a lot more: bags on roofs and ...
09.01.23: Get Back to Four-Wheeling (‘Tis the Season)! Gear for On-Trail, Prep to Avoid Being a Burden, National Forests VS State Parks, Mileage Math & Oil Consumption, + Lost Lexuses, Four-By Celicas, Pressure Washing, & Pleasure Mechanicking
September 18, 2023 20:59 - 56 minutes - 26.5 MBHoly carp - too much to do (and apologies for the tardy transmission). The Gearhead Consultantcy is always on the job, we’re just busy. Hostus Maximus Justin Fort and the Walkin’ Dude got back together out in BFE (Black Forest Excellence) for some trail tales - Red Cone, Imogene, Webster Pass, Mt. Herman, Gold Camp, Mt. Baldy - and thoughts on truck bags (gear for a day), mine access, universal keys, lost D-rings, and not ‘froading alone. As always, there’s a lot more: bags on roofs and ...
08.28.23 (MP3): The Value of Overdoing It (Embracing the Gearhead Brain) - Hard Lessons from the Maui Fire, Incl. Outside-the-Box Survivors, Hazards of Herd Mindset, Misplaced Trust in Authorities, Hardening Your Kids Against Risk, & When Cows Attack
September 04, 2023 19:12 - 54 minutes - 25.3 MBDrive over the lawn, bust down the fence, toss the barricade in the ditch, ‘froad the road less travelled, or just go the “wrong” way - it’s not the climate that’s going to ruin your day, it’s the fire started by bad behavior (intentional or incompetent) storming around the corner of your neighbor’s bungalow that you need to flee. Lots of bad stuff happened in the Maui firestorm, but good lessons are never too early to be learned, and the Gearhead Consultancy is here to help - turns out you...
08.28.23: The Value of Overdoing It (Embracing the Gearhead Brain) - Hard Lessons from the Maui Fire, Incl. Outside-the-Box Survivors, Hazards of Herd Mindset, Misplaced Trust in Authorities, Hardening Your Kids Against Risk, & When Cows Attack
September 04, 2023 19:05 - 54 minutes - 25.8 MBDrive over the lawn, bust down the fence, toss the barricade in the ditch, ‘froad the road less travelled, or just go the “wrong” way - it’s not the climate that’s going to ruin your day, it’s the fire started by bad behavior (intentional or incompetent) storming around the corner or your neighbor’s bungalow that you need to flee. Lots of bad stuff happened in the Maui firestorm, but good lessons are never too early to be learned, and the Gearhead Consultancy is here to help - turns out you...
08.13.23 (MP3): Plate Cameras, Robot Cars & Non-Destructive Creative Civil Disobedience (NDCCD), Don’t Leave Babies in Cars (Tech Can’t Save You from Darwin), Battery Vehicle Bankruptsy, Exploding Houses, Hurricane Hillarious, & Close Your Damn Garage
August 25, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour - 29.6 MB...Got a lot of respect for Darwin’s capability to wipe out bad batches of genes from the people stew that is humanity, but let’s stop making kids in hot cars take the brunt of it. Meanwhile, back at the garage, how about some gearhead civil disobedience? You’re no pepperoni-armed hipster antifa weenie, so keep it non-destrictive like MLK Jr. said we should. Plate cams, robot cars and bad bureaucracy are a great place to start: unplug something; cover something; aim something at a wall; d...
08.13.23: Plate Cameras, Robot Cars & Non-Destructive Creative Civil Disobedience (NDCCD), Don’t Leave Babies in Cars (Tech Can’t Save You from Darwin), Battery Vehicle Bankruptsy, Exploding Houses, Hurricane Hillarious, & Close Your Damn Garage
August 25, 2023 19:35 - 1 hour - 30.3 MB...Got a lot of respect for Darwin’s capability to wipe out bad batches of genes from the people stew that is humanity, but let’s stop making kids in hot cars take the brunt of it. Meanwhile, back at the garage, how about some gearhead civil disobedience? You’re no pepperoni-armed hipster antifa weenie, so keep it non-destrictive like MLK Jr. said we should. Plate cams, robot cars and bad bureaucracy are a great place to start: unplug something; cover something; aim something at a wall; d...
08.03.23 (MP3): What the Hail? Can You Defend Your Daily Driver from Doom in the Sky w/ Hail “Proof” Car Covers? Options, Types & Homemade Jobs, + Ford F-150 Recalls (Just a Million), & Exploding Cancer Vehicles from the E.P.A. (...Not On Our Side)
August 18, 2023 04:54 - 55 minutes - 25.8 MBJoin the Garage Hour goons and say “Hail No!” to your cars and trucks looking like you left them parked at the receiving end of a driving range. Jus because it’s summer and you live in a town that’s prone to the big icy agony-inducing airborne projectiles known as HAIL doesn’t mean you have to live with dents and dings and the sneering sideways glances from your dentless neighbors. We’ve got ideas and solutions: homemade, inexpensive, effective, available, inflatable, hand-me-down and hard...
08.03.23: What the Hail? Can You Defend Your Daily Driver from Doom in the Sky w/ Hail “Proof” Car Covers? Options, Types & Homemade Jobs, + Ford F-150 Recalls (Just a Million), & Exploding Cancer Vehicles from the E.P.A. (...Not On Our Side)
August 18, 2023 04:43 - 55 minutes - 26.4 MBJoin the Garage Hour goons and say “Hail No!” to your cars and trucks looking like you left them parked at the receiving end of a driving range. Jus because it’s summer and you live in a town that’s prone to the big icy agony-inducing airborne projectiles known as HAIL doesn’t mean you have to live with dents and dings and the sneering sideways glances from your dentless neighbors. We’ve got ideas and solutions: homemade, inexpensive, effective, available, inflatable, hand-me-down and hard...
07.27.23 (MP3): Excellent Car Cleaning Tips (You May Not Know), w/ Tricks for Better Washing, Quicker Drying, Avoiding Water Spots, Building Shine, Removing Tar & Saving Grease, + 42 Days of Tracks Fighting to Be on the Garage Hour
July 31, 2023 16:06 - 1 hour - 27.7 MBThe Garage Hour goons got our fancy canyon carving nasties a little dirty on a fuuuuuun run over Independence Pass (lousy stupid mountain cloudbursts), so it’s time for car cleaning. How about some technique you might not know from the detailing experts (referring to us - hilarious)? Here’s the what: keeping metal cool and wet, cold water versus glass, pre-washing, two buckets (and two sponges?), detailing with detailer, thumbnail tricks, clar bars, cotton and microfiber towels, car-care ...
07.27.23: Excellent Car Cleaning Tips (You May Not Know), w/ Tricks for Better Washing, Quicker Drying, Avoiding Water Spots, Building Shine, Removing Tar & Saving Grease, + 42 Days of Tracks Fighting to Be on the Garage Hour
July 31, 2023 15:46 - 1 hour - 28.2 MBThe Garage Hour goons got our fancy canyon carving nasties a little dirty on a fuuuuuun run over Independence Pass (lousy stupid mountain cloudbursts), so it’s time for car cleaning. How about some technique you might not know from the detailing experts (referring to us - hilarious)? Here’s the what: keeping metal cool and wet, cold water versus glass, pre-washing, two buckets (and two sponges?), detailing with detailer, thumbnail tricks, clar bars, cotton and microfiber towels, car-care ...
07.12.23 (MP3): Garagey Gearhead Awesomepile - 5VZ & 1UZ, 4Runners, Fairmonts, Phil’s TOWs & Dustin’s Greens, Big Brakes & Backing Plates, Red Sticky, Plant Haters, Engine Swaps, Sorting Bolts, Wratcheting Renches & Wonderful (Boneless) Breasts
July 25, 2023 05:21 - 58 minutes - 27.2 MBSome Garage Hours are just a free-for-all, with parts and nuts and sockets and rockets and blowing up bad guys, while Colorado windshield death comes for us all. The Walkin’ Dude cohosts this one while Hostus Maximus Justin Fort stabs a transfer case into the revitalized third-gen trail pig (a.k.a. Mr. Miyagi). There’s also some junkyarding, good installation tricks and Dude Food. What else... Shepherdlike coyotesque dogbjects, disc versus drums, Bradley tarps, good grease, e-people and ...
07.12.23: Garagey Gearhead Awesomepile - 5VZ & 1UZ, 4Runners, Fairmonts, Phil’s TOWs & Dustin’s Greens, Big Brakes & Backing Plates, Red Sticky, Plant Haters, Engine Swaps, Sorting Bolts, Wratcheting Renches & Wonderful (Boneless) Breasts
July 25, 2023 05:07 - 58 minutes - 27.7 MBSome Garage Hours are just a free-for-all, with parts and nuts and sockets and rockets and blowing up bad guys, while Colorado windshield death comes for us all. The Walkin’ Dude cohosts this one while Hostus Maximus Justin Fort stabs a transfer case into the revitalized third-gen trail pig (a.k.a. Mr. Miyagi). There’s also some junkyarding, good installation tricks and Dude Food. What else... Shepherdlike coyotesque dogbjects, disc versus drums, Bradley tarps, good grease, e-people and ...
07.02.23 (MP3): Are Flying “Cars” Future Jetsonmobiles OR a Frightening Air-Traffic Liability Crashpig? Also, Used-Cars Price Stagnation (& Taking Advantage of It), When Brake Pads Fall Off, Tornado Wrenching w/ the Ayatollah, & Sears May Still Be
July 15, 2023 17:35 - 50 minutes - 23.1 MBDon’t get us wrong - if people drove as well as flying cars deserved, the Garage Hour goons would be all about Jetsoning to the hardware store for a 2x4, but as long as geeks like us can’t get straight answers about liability and licensing and small details like power provison, controls sans computer, and when we can fly our car up a canyon like Clint in “Firefox”, we’ll stick with the backyard helicopter, thank you. ...Just like electric cars, until said thing can stand on its own two, it’...
07.02.23: Are Flying “Cars” Future Jetsonmobiles OR a Frightening Air-Traffic Liability Crashpig? Also, Used-Cars Price Stagnation (& Taking Advantage of It), When Brake Pads Fall Off, Tornado Wrenching w/ the Ayatollah, & Sears May Still Be Sears
July 15, 2023 17:24 - 50 minutes - 23.5 MBDon’t get us wrong - if people drove as well as flying cars deserved, the Garage Hour goons would be all about Jetsoning to the hardware store for a 2x4, but as long as geeks like us can’t get straight answers about liability and licensing and small details like power provison, controls sans computer, and when we can fly our car up a canyon like Clint in “Firefox”, we’ll stick with the backyard helicopter, thank you. ...Just like electric cars, until said thing can stand on its own two, it’...
06.22.23 (MP3): Automaker Data Capture & What They Do w/ It (Or Refuse to Admit They’re Doing), A Submarine Built with Doubt, Federal Law Enforcement’s Ongoing Green Fail-Fest, + Destroyers in WW2, Green Beret Party Games & Clutch
June 30, 2023 13:25 - 1 hour - 28.1 MBOf course, we could not have known that the little sub that might’ve didn’t (R.I.P., gents), but a thought or two about trusting your geek instinct and self-preservation... There’s also a few thoughts about how automakers are attempting to (or desperately want to) capture and sell your data, from face-recognition to fingerprints and banking records to who you know. ...Sound like what you signed up for when you wanted a new car? More gearhead goodness: plumb and true versus rack, rake and...
06.22.23: Automaker Data Capture & What They Do w/ It (Or Refuse to Admit They’re Doing), A Submarine Built with Doubt, Federal Law Enforcement’s Ongoing Green Fail-Fest, + Destroyers in WW2, Green Beret Party Games & Clutch
June 30, 2023 13:09 - 1 hour - 28.7 MBOf course, we could not have known that the little sub that might’ve didn’t (R.I.P., gents), but a thought or two about trusting your geek instinct and self-preservation... There’s also a few thoughts about how automakers are attempting to (or desperately want to) capture and sell your data, from face-recognition to fingerprints and banking records to who you know. ...Sound like what you signed up for when you wanted a new car? More gearhead goodness: plumb and true versus rack, rake a...
06.13.23 (MP3): ...When the Sheriff Gives Police a Speeding Ticket, Pike’s Peak Hillclimb Preview, Leatherman Warranty Save, Theoretical VS Experimental Gearheads, Get Your Politics Out of My Beer, & Tech Is Still Not On Our Side, w/ Karma to Burn
June 22, 2023 17:47 - 1 hour - 30.5 MBNow, with less hoit and toit... The Gearhead Consultancy has a few gems for you: handy PPIHC pre-race details (false peak but real info), excellent tales of service from the Leatherman multi-tool people (some warranties are worth more than others), thoughts on what (not) to say when the law is at the door, why political garbage is now even less welcome in your beer, tech and radio (and speaking of tech, Amazon might be out to get you), and an Orlando cop gets the speeding ticket he deserve...
06.13.23: ...When the Sheriff Gives Police a Speeding Ticket, Pike’s Peak Hillclimb Preview, Leatherman Warranty Save, Theoretical VS Experimental Gearheads, Get Your Politics Out of My Beer, & Tech Is Still Not On Our Side, w/ Karma to Burn
June 22, 2023 17:32 - 1 hour - 31.2 MBNow, with less hoit and toit... The Gearhead Consultancy has a few gems for you: handy PPIHC pre-race details (false peak but real info), excellent tales of service from the Leatherman multi-tool people (some warranties are worth more than others), thoughts on what (not) to say when the law is at the door, why political garbage is now even less welcome in your beer, tech and radio (and speaking of tech, Amazon might be out to get you), and an Orlando cop gets the speeding ticket he deserve...
06.02.23 (MP3): Open Can Insert Fort! Bubba “Loser” Wallace VS Jim “Fireball” Brown, Kia & Hyundai VS New York City, Rioting Antifalike Objects VS Your Car, Chinese In Cuba VS Your Data, Robot Cars VS Law Enforcement, + 16 Volt & Freakonomics
June 14, 2023 04:40 - 1 hour - 29.1 MBIs Bubba Wallace the new Danica Patrick? Way to ruin what little credibility you had left, schmuck. We prefer Jim Brown - R.I.P., big guy. We also prefer Richard Jewell (speaking of R.I.P.), whom this episode somehow commingles with the Unabomber (who will probably not be resting peacefully, if you catch our drift). Then it’s all experts and flying SFPD patrol cars and NYC suing carmakers who don’t make cars that can survive the city’s criminals, plus not blowing people up. Don’t worry,...
06.02.23: Open Can Insert Fort! Bubba “Loser” Wallace VS Jim “Fireball” Brown, Kia & Hyundai VS New York City, Rioting Antifalike Objects VS Your Car, Chinese In Cuba VS Your Data, Robot Cars VS Law Enforcement, + 16 Volt & Freakonomics
June 14, 2023 04:27 - 1 hour - 29.7 MBIs Bubba Wallace the new Danica Patrick? Way to ruin what little credibility you had left, schmuck. We prefer Jim Brown - R.I.P., big guy. We also prefer Richard Jewell (speaking of R.I.P.), whom this episode somehow commingles with the Unabomber (who will probably not be resting peacefully, if you catch our drift). Then it’s all experts and flying SFPD patrol cars and NYC suing carmakers who don’t make cars that can survive the city’s criminals, plus not blowing people up. Don’t worry,...