Hank Watson's Garage Hour - Cars, Trucks, Beers & Guns
755 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 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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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,...
05.23.23 (MP3): Madcap Freeway Action (Spoilt Teens + No Skills + BMW + Stinger Flatbed), Small Cars VS Large Safety, Small VS Large Brewers, OEs Hacking YOU (Duhh) & AI Hunting YOU (That Was Quick), Cars & Engines That Last, + NHTSA’s Political Agendi
June 10, 2023 20:49 - 58 minutes - 27.1 MBGeeks don’t want politicians to take away their freedom to roam, nor ruin their gearhead life (geek powa!), and the skill-set guys (aka: geeks) won’t let snap-lift oversteer derail an otherwise enjoyable 120mph joyride in the 3-Series daddy just bought ‘em. Meanwhile, back at the garadtch, we dipped our toes in a collection of indestructibility for your driveway (this topic will return - the schwartz says so), as well as vacuum wiring, “initial” build quality, tranny fluid, Floriditis, and ...
05.23.23: Madcap Freeway Action (Spoilt Teens + No Skills + BMWs + a Stinger Flatbed), Small Cars VS Large Safety, Small VS Large Brewers, OEs Hacking YOU (Duh) & AI Hunting YOU (That Was Quick), Cars & Engines That Last, + NHTSA’s Political Agendi
June 10, 2023 20:33 - 58 minutes - 27.7 MBGeeks don’t want politicians taking away their freedom to roam, nor ruining their gearhead life (geek powa!), and the skill-set guys (aka: geeks) won’t let snap-lift oversteer derail an otherwise enjoyable 120mph joyride in the 3-Series daddy just bought ‘em. Meanwhile, back at the garadtch, we dipped our toes in a collection of indestructibility for your driveway (this topic will return - the schwartz says so), as well as vacuum wiring, “initial” build quality, tranny fluid, Floriditis, an...
05.13.23 (MP3): When Animals Attack (the Garage Hour), Carving Curvies & Hillclimbs Upcoming, What Your Car Says About You & What Music Does to Movies, How Defending Yourself & War Graves Against Pinkos Is a Thing, + Plumbing, Shark Bites & GLU
May 30, 2023 22:47 - 1 hour - 27.6 MBThat’s a spicy meatball - everything from killer whales eating your rudder (still not sure of their MO) to godless commies dredging up sunken WW2 wrecks for scrap, this episode’s got it. ...It’s all gearhead, though - don’t ‘fraid dat. On top of the usual suspects, however, we’ve piled plumbing parts, protecting your peep, new steekers, old lamp oil, Curtis Sliwa and a Marine in New Yawk City, and the plum amber at Trinity. Now, go out in the world and make something - we made some God Li...
05.13.23: When Animals Attack (the Garage Hour), Carving Curvies & Hillclimbs Upcoming, What Your Car Says About You & What Music Does to Movies, How Defending Yourself & War Graves Against Pinkos Is a Thing, + Plumbing, Shark Bites & GLU
May 30, 2023 22:27 - 1 hour - 28.3 MBThat’s a spicy meatball - everything from killer whales eating your rudder (still not sure of their MO) to godless commies dredging up sunken WW2 wrecks for scrap, this episode’s got it. ...It’s all gearhead, though - don’t ‘fraid dat. On top of the usual suspects, however, we’ve piled plumbing parts, protecting your peep, new steekers, old lamp oil, Curtis Sliwa and a Marine in New Yawk City, and the plum amber at Trinity. Now, go out in the world and make something - we made some God Li...
05.12.23 (MP3): Why Are Lousy New Cars Ruining the Used-Car Market, When AM Becomes Pirate Radio (We’ll All Be Pirates), Truckers & Earthquakes in CA, Pasadena’s Fail Patrol, + James Bondses, Right to Repair, & an HKS EVC
May 22, 2023 19:26 - 1 hour - 27.6 MBWhen the gearheads get enthusiastic, the geeks get going: the new-car connectivity albatross and its threat to AM (as well as your seat heaters), why new cars and their general state of suck is making a mess of the used-car market, and some F!ed up fun from Kalifornistan, where the police can’t chase you and the earth is swallowing up off-roaders. Then it’s turbos, bugeye WRXs, EVCs, own-versus-rent and right-to-repair, and a breakdown of the better James Bonds (and why Remington Steele’s/...
05.12.23: Why Are Lousy New Cars Ruining the Used-Car Market, When AM Becomes Pirate Radio (We’ll All Be Pirates), Truckers & Earthquakes in CA, Pasadena’s Fail Patrol, + James Bondses, Right to Repair, & an HKS EVC
May 22, 2023 18:58 - 1 hour - 28.2 MBWhen the gearheads get enthusiastic, the geeks get going: the new-car connectivity albatross and its threat to AM (as well as your seat heaters), why new cars and their general state of suck is making a mess of the used-car market, and some F!ed up fun from Kalifornistan, where the police can’t chase you and the earth is swallowing up off-roaders Then it’s turbos, bugeye WRXs, EVCs, own-versus-rent and right-to-repair, and a breakdown of the better James Bonds (and why Remington Steele’s/P...
05.01.23 (MP3): Carrying Concealed & Round in the Chamber? Great Training & Killer Ideas to Survive a Shootout (From a Guy Who Did), w/ Must-Watch Video on How to Practice & What to Expect When A Meet-Up Goes Bad, + Good Thoughts on Staying Alive
May 16, 2023 04:36 - 56 minutes - 26.2 MBHoly carp, if you ever may use a gun to protect your person, people or property, this is an episode for you. We dug into a great interview of a gent who came out on top during a parking lot throwdown with an armed criminal. Colion Noir did a good job and let the winner (hey, he’s not dead) talk about it: the boon of practice (practice, practice...), the bane of tactical doodads, why round-limits will get you killed, big guns versus small, physical wellbeing and the right clothes, situation...
05.01.23: Carrying Concealed & Round in the Chamber? Great Training & Killer Ideas to Survive a Shootout (From a Guy Who Did), w/ Must-Watch Video on How to Practice & What to Expect When A Meet-Up Goes Bad, + Good Thoughts on Staying Alive
May 16, 2023 04:08 - 56 minutes - 26.8 MBHoly carp, if you ever may use a gun to protect your person, people or property, this is an episode for you. We dug into a great interview of a gent who came out on top during a parking lot throwdown with an armed criminal. Colion Noir did a good job and let the winner (hey, he’s not dead) talk about it: the boon of practice (practice, practice...), the bane of tactical doodads, why round-limits will get you killed, big guns versus small, physical wellbeing and the right clothes, situation...
04.22.23 (MP3): Hillclimbing VS Hilldescending, Electric STi Boos, Lambo Urus Record, Smoking Tesla VS Race Day, Fighter Pilot Effectiveness (Chicks VS Dudes), BMW VS Takata, Car Prices & Car-Loan Defaults, + Used Plastics, Used Words & Used Stickies
May 12, 2023 17:58 - 55 minutes - 25.8 MBThoughts from the gearhead planet... Sticky tires and Bilstein PSS9s, Doc’s Elise and Ryan’s Alpina, pie-faced ditzes and Porsche mugs, Teslas trying to burn down mid-race, BMWs and their airbags, electric STis won’t hunt (or go hillclimbing, or all day), new and used car prices up about 20% since Sniffy Joe got into office (and the electric-car price distortion), Lamborghini’s slightly challenging (and airborne) Pike’s Peak record attempt, and a few thoughts on how microplastics might be a...
04.22.23: Hillclimbing VS Hilldescending, Electric STi Boos, Lambo Urus Record, Smoking Tesla VS Race Day, Fighter Pilot Effectiveness (Chicks VS Dudes), BMW VS Takata, Car Prices & Car-Loan Defaults, + Used Plastics, Used Words & Used Stickies
May 12, 2023 17:43 - 55 minutes - 26.3 MBThoughts from the gearhead planet... Sticky tires and Bilstein PSS9s, Doc’s Elise and Ryan’s Alpina, pie-faced ditzes and Porsche mugs, Teslas trying to burn down mid-race, BMWs and their airbags, electric STis won’t hunt (or go hillclimbing, or all day), new and used car prices up about 20% since Sniffy Joe got into office (and the electric-car price distortion), Lamborghini’s slightly challenging (and airborne) Pike’s Peak record attempt, and a few thoughts on how microplastics might be a...
04.12.23(MP3): Greetings From The T-Shirt Planet! Fake Car Sounds, Fraudulent Electric Car Emissions, Foolish Bureaucrats Traff*@€ing w/ Your Right to Roam, Cronyism @ Ford, Badge Dishonesty, Catalytic Killings, + Keeping Old Farts On Cam (More Inputs!)
May 02, 2023 20:08 - 1 hour - 28.7 MBDo you want alien archeologists to brand Earth the T-shirt and cardboard planet? We neither, so let’s get to work quelling the free-farce zone built upon by bumper stickers, bad governance, idiot officials and ideology that can’t get past its first foot forward. Expand your inputs (think from the firehose) - AM is a part of unexpected reality, and that’s good. Challenge the bubble - Car & Driver is taking down the fake figures supporting e-car efficiency. Ridicule bureaucrats when they s...
04.12.23: Greetings From The T-Shirt Planet! Fake Car Sounds, Fraudulent Electric Car Emissions, Foolish Bureaucrats Traff*@€ing w/ Your Right to Roam, Cronyism @ Ford, Badge Dishonesty, Catalytic Killings, + Keeping Old Farts On Cam (More Inputs!)
May 02, 2023 19:56 - 1 hour - 29.3 MBDo you want alien archeologists to brand Earth the T-shirt and cardboard planet? We neither, so let’s get to work quelling the free-farce zone built upon by bumper stickers, bad governance, idiot officials and ideology that can’t get past its first foot forward. Expand your inputs (think from the firehose) - AM is a part of unexpected reality, and that’s good. Challenge the bubble - Car & Driver is taking down the fake figures supporting e-car efficiency. Ridicule bureaucrats when they s...
04.03.23(MP3): Americans Stock Up! 60Million New Guns Ain’t Wrong (+Millions of 1st-Timers), w/ 400 Rounds in 4 Hours (Practice), Unconstitutional Laws (Common Use), Smart Guns (Ain’t), +Florida Bacteria, Exploding Rockets, Tyrannosauruses & Yuengling
April 26, 2023 03:03 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBYou’re the geek, so you understand the importance of the Second Amendment (probably to the point of being obnoxious). Good - we too. This piece gathers the bits, including the massive growth of ownership, all the new (and novel) firearms owners, the importance of training - don’t buy 10 guns, buy one and ten boxes of bullets. ...Or maybe 100. Then the Gearhead Consultancy flubs the Constitution (we should all grab a copy and bone up), but saves the day with background on bad laws from Wa...
04.03.23: Americans Stock Up! 60 Million New Guns Can’t Be Wrong (+Millions of 1st-Timers), w/ 400 Rounds in 4 Hours (Practice), Unconstitutional Laws (Common Use), Smart Guns (Ain’t), +Florida Bacteria, Exploding Rockets, Tyrannosauruses & Yuenglings
April 26, 2023 02:44 - 58 minutes - 27.4 MBYou’re the geek, so you understand the importance of the Second Amendment (probably to the point of being obnoxious). Good - we too. This piece gathers the bits, including the massive growth of ownership, all the new (and novel) firearms owners, the importance of training - don’t buy 10 guns, buy one and ten boxes of bullets. ...Or maybe 100. Then the Gearhead Consultancy flubs the Constitution (we should all grab a copy and bone up), but saves the day with background on bad laws from Wa...
03.32.23 (MP3): Gearhead Questions & Geekthink Re: Forcing Electric Cars VS Failing Demand & Fraudulent Ideology, & Gov’t Force VS Your Right to Roam, + New Connectivity for Auto Thieves, Robot Cars (Tech Is Not On Your Side), & A Bud Mea Culpa
April 21, 2023 21:29 - 1 hour - 32.3 MBSo much good stuff: why Johnny Cab is planning to kill you, why nobody wants electric cars, why gov’t choices aren’t, why electric cars are a social contagion too, why gov’t action is an inverse penalty, why more CO2 is a good thing, why 60% of new cars can never be electric, why artificial intelligence isn’t, and why robot cars are causing new and innovative traffic jams. Also, F-16 flyovers, hooch VS hooch, Budweiser’s tranny fail (is more than a missed gear), “She’s So Heavy” and “Space...
03.32.23: Gearhead Questions & Geekthink Re: Forcing Electric Cars VS Failing Demand & Fraudulent Ideology, & Gov’t Force VS Your Right to Roam, + New Connectivity for Auto Thieves, Robot Cars (Tech Is Not On Your Side), & A Bud Mea Culpa
April 21, 2023 21:07 - 1 hour - 33 MBSo much good stuff: why Johnny Cab is planning to kill you, why nobody wants electric cars, why gov’t choices aren’t, why electric cars are a social contagion too, why gov’t action is an inverse penalty, why more CO2 is a good thing, why 60% of new cars can never be electric, why artificial intelligence isn’t, and why robot cars are causing new and innovative traffic jams. Also, F-16 flyovers, hooch VS hooch, Budweiser’s tranny fail (is more than a missed gear), “She’s So Heavy” and “Space...
03.23.23 (MP3): Don’t Miss the Thing! A Guide to Found On Road Awesome (FORA), Driving VS Running, Scanning VS Staring, Planning, Recognizing & Picking It Up, w/ Specific Mass & Remembering the Where - You Too Can Have the Awesome & Cool Weirdness
April 10, 2023 19:04 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBDo you have the walnuts to stop and grab that sweet thing you saw on this morning’s commute? The Gearhead Consultancy is here to help, with suggestions (and excellent results) from our adventures in exploiting the retention-disabled. ...Because Found On Road Awesome! We catalog one month’s grabs: a D-ring and hitch-block, channel-locks and flush-cuts, an air chuck and some serious scissors (all tools we can use), plus some sweet signage. You can do it too (...because geek). It’s there f...
03.23.23: Don’t Miss the Thing! A Guide to Found On Road Awesome (FORA), Driving VS Running, Scanning VS Staring, Planning, Recognizing & Picking It Up, w/ Specific Mass & Remembering the Where - You Too Can Have the Awesome & Cool Weirdness
April 10, 2023 18:41 - 58 minutes - 27.4 MBDo you have the walnuts to stop and grab that sweet thing you saw on this morning’s commute? The Gearhead Consultancy is here to help, with suggestions (and excellent results) from our adventures in exploiting the retention-disabled. ...Because Found On Road Awesome! We catalog one month’s grabs: a D-ring and hitch-block, channel-locks and flush-cuts, an air chuck and some serious scissors (all tools we can use), plus some sweet signage. You can do it too (...because geek). It’s there f...
03.03.23 (MP3): What the Buck, Used Cars? Prices Up Again! Why Big $ Pressures & New Cars & Statist Gov’t & Supply Chains Make It Worse, + Two Cubans Geek Out to FL, Streets of Chicago VS Kabul, Dad’s Scott Amp & AM Radio, Good Logs & Bad Pinkos
March 31, 2023 04:40 - 55 minutes - 25.7 MBWe’re busy building things and fixing stuff, so have a rundown: - used-car prices gone crazy (again), w/ financial pressures, interest and inflation hikes, shortages of cars/parts/money - misbegotten gov’t overreactions making the aforementioned worse - manufacturer costs inflated by electric car unicorn farts - rules for paying to attention to used-car prices (follow what you know) - some side history on automakers’ ongoing fruitless efforts to kill AM radio More to live for: hoo...
03.03.23: What the Buck, Used Cars? Prices Up Again! Why Big $ Pressures & New Cars & Statist Gov’t & Supply Chains Make It Worse, + Two Cubans Geek Out All the Way to FL, Streets of Chicago VS Kabul, Dad’s Scott Amp & AM Radio, Good Logs & Bad Pinkos
March 31, 2023 04:26 - 55 minutes - 26.4 MBWe’re busy building things and fixing stuff, so have a rundown: - used-car prices gone crazy (again), w/ financial pressures, interest and inflation hikes, shortages of cars/parts/money - misbegotten gov’t overreactions making the aforementioned worse - manufacturer costs inflated by electric car unicorn farts - rules for paying to attention to used-car prices (follow what you know) - some side history on automakers’ ongoing fruitless efforts to kill AM radio More to live for: hoo...
03.02.23 (MP3): State of 2A - Gearheads & Geeks Targeted by Alphabet Agencies: The Hazard of Lists & Secondary Offenses, Firearms Dealers & West VA File Stash; Citizens & Voters Fight Back w/ 2A Sanctuaries, Constitutional Carry, & the Girl Scout Snipers
March 22, 2023 21:49 - 1 hour - 27.7 MBOi vey! Americans just want to defend their home, family and property, but grabby bureaucrats and Big Gov’t fans want to defang the everyday man and force his compliance. The Garage Hour goons have updates for you about what’s going on: Creepy Joe Meat Puppet’s executive orders, tremendous funding for federal targeting, pinkos versus a well armed citizenry, what’s a male Karen, the degredation of American exceptionalism, file cabinet fires, and remembering why the Second Amendment isn’t the...
03.02.23: State of 2A - Gearheads & Geeks Targeted by Alphabet Agencies: The Hazard of Lists & Secondary Offenses, Firearms Dealers & West VA File Stash; Citizens & Voters Fight Back w/ 2A Sanctuaries, Constitutional Carry, & the Girl Scout Snipers
March 22, 2023 21:17 - 1 hour - 28.2 MBOi vey! Americans just want to defend their home, family and property, but grabby bureaucrats and Big Gov’t fans want to defang the everyday man and force his compliance. The Garage Hour goons have updates for you about what’s going on: Creepy Joe Meat Puppet’s executive orders, tremendous funding for federal targeting, pinkos versus a well armed citizenry, what’s a male Karen, the degredation of American exceptionalism, file cabinet fires, and remembering why the Second Amendment isn’t the...
02.23.23 (MP3): Tire & Wheel Clearance - Wide x Tough Guy Tires VS Wheel Wells, Stuff VS Flex, Mounting VS Spacing, Trimming VS De-Fendering, Tire Shape VS Suspension Selection, + Ford’s Remote Repo, VW Carjacker Protection & Saw Blade Doom
March 09, 2023 23:03 - 1 hour - 28.4 MBPut on the goggles, ‘cause this ‘uns a lumpy one: good ideas and bad results of clearancing your trail rig to let the tires eat! Trailing arms, tire sizes, Pahnard bars, shackle positioning, pinion angles, bump stops, spacers, 4Runners, Wranglers, XJs, backspacing, fenders and Dremel blades... Guest appearances by Rock Hound Off-Road, Fageol Superchargers, Dirty Dave’s Super Pooper and Gov. Used Car Hair. While we’re at it: bread is yummy, hot-boxing ruins resale, killing whales and bir...
02.23.23: Tire & Wheel Clearance - Wide x Tough Guy Tires VS Wheel Wells, Stuff VS Flex, Mounting VS Spacing, Trimming VS De-Fendering, Tire Shape VS Suspension Selection, + Ford’s Remote Repo, VW Carjacker Protection & Saw Blade Doom
March 09, 2023 22:45 - 1 hour - 29 MBPut on the goggles, ‘cause this ‘uns a lumpy one: good ideas and bad results of clearancing your trail rig to let the tires eat! Trailing arms, tire sizes, Pahnard bars, shackle positioning, pinion angles, bump stops, spacers, 4Runners, Wranglers, XJs, backspacing, fenders and Dremel blades... Guest appearances by Rock Hound Off-Road, Fageol Superchargers, Dirty Dave’s Super Pooper and Gov. Used Car Hair. While we’re at it: bread is yummy, hot-boxing ruins resale, killing whales and bir...
02.13.23 (MP3): Chunks of Gearhead Reality - Smart Truck Wiring VS Extracurricular Components, London VS Leftover Bombs, Snow-‘Froading, Catalytic Stealin’, AI Vomitin’, Lightning Failin’, Kyle Busch’s Handgun Elitin’, + Eddyline & Saturnine
March 01, 2023 00:24 - 1 hour - 28.6 MBThis is a test (new uploading technique), but it’s also gearhead goodness - all the stuff you like. Safe shopping for online scores? Walkin’ Dude flash-fries a water buffalo? Wiring and transpirins’ (do all wires matter)? Do you flash the guy who doesn’t belong in the #1 lane? If you dig a hole in England, is there a bomb or a skeleton in it? ...And what’s more important, your right to privacy or a drone’s right to see what you’re up to? There’s more: the impending unsold army of For...
02.13.23: Chunks of Gearhead Reality - Smart Truck Wiring VS Extracurricular Components, London VS Leftover Bombs, Snow-‘Froading, Catalytic Stealin’, AI Vomitin’, Lightning Failin’, Kyle Busch’s Handgun Elitin’, + Eddyline & Saturnine
February 28, 2023 21:12 - 1 hour - 29.3 MBThis is a test (new uploading technique), but it’s also gearhead goodness - all the stuff you like. Safe shopping for online scores? Walkin’ Dude flash-fries a water buffalo? Wiring and transpirins’ (do all wires matter)? Do you flash the guy who doesn’t belong in the #1 lane? If you dig a hole in England, is there a bomb or a skeleton in it? ...And what’s more important, your right to privacy or a drone’s right to see what you’re up to? There’s more: the impending unsold army of For...
02.03.23 (MP3): This Old Hour (House) Redux: Fortify the Castle w/ Geek Fix-It Juice, Incl. Can Your Car Be Safer, Security Ideas from the Fuzz, Destructive Testing, Being Safe VS Feeling It, + Making Screws Feel Your Soapy Wrath
February 22, 2023 05:56 - 1 hour - 31.3 MBInvent a better mousetrap and they'll beat a path to your door, or, in the case of the gearheads at the Garage Hour, do an episode full of fun homeownery crap and everyone will want more. ...Because we'd been planning to spend an hour with formerly Silent Sean (head in the bag, mind in the gutter) tuning up the deadbolts at Castle de Sack, what better time to capture some more easy to-dos that'll keep the wolves at bay (now that the stupider people in Colorado have deigned to release an ape...
02.03.23: This Old Hour (House) Redux: Fortify the Castle w/ Geek Fix-It Juice, Incl. Can Your Car Be Safer, Security Ideas from the Fuzz, Destructive Testing, Being Safe VS Feeling It, + Making Screws Feel Your Soapy Wrath
February 22, 2023 05:35 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBInvent a better mousetrap and they'll beat a path to your door, or, in the case of the gearheads at the Garage Hour, do an episode full of fun homeownery crap and everyone will want more. ...Because we'd been planning to spend an hour with formerly Silent Sean (head in the bag, mind in the gutter) tuning up the deadbolts at Castle de Sack, what better time to capture some more easy to-dos that'll keep the wolves at bay (now that the stupider people in Colorado have deigned to release an ape...
01.31.23 (MP3): Pickup Trucks & Miles Driven in the Crosshairs, Lumberjack Commandos VS Hipster Chin, Mixed Freight VS High Coal, Bitter Beers VS Bitter People, Tesla Democrats VS Twitter Files, & Why Are Land Fan Bird Blenders Blowing Up?
February 07, 2023 05:09 - 52 minutes - 24.4 MBAlright, gearhead here: Which came first - harsh I.P.A.s or histper sippers? Dwindling dollars cause big dogs to suffer the same fate as big cars and big homes? Does your 7500lb one-week chargemobile make for good transportation or a big paperweight? Got to love big 'Benzes on the Autobahn. Also, gas prices are now lower than electricity by the mile, and R.I.P. Robbie Knievel. More fun: Fatso Jetson, Acid King, Linkin Park, Puny Human, Contagion, Black Crowes, Dog Fashion Disco, Farflung, ...
01.31.23: Pickup Trucks & Miles Driven in the Crosshairs, Lumberjack Commandos VS Hipster Chin, Mixed Freight VS High Coal, Bitter Beers VS Bitter People, Tesla Democrats VS Twitter Files, & Why Are Land Fan Bird Blenders Blowing Up?
February 07, 2023 04:48 - 52 minutes - 24.9 MBAlright, gearhead here: Which came first - harsh I.P.A.s or histper sippers? Dwindling dollars cause big dogs to suffer the same fate as big cars and big homes? Does your 7500lb one-week chargemobile make for good transportation or a big paperweight? Got to love big 'Benzes on the Autobahn. Also, gas prices are now lower than electricity by the mile, and R.I.P. Robbie Knievel. More fun: Fatso Jetson, Acid King, Linkin Park, Puny Human, Contagion, Black Crowes, Dog Fashion Disco, Farflung, ...
01.21.23 (MP3): Geeking Out on Home Fixes (It's Cold Out!) - Burning Wood & Cookin' w/ Gas, 3-Way Switches, Tool Drawers & Function Centers, Sweating Pipe & Shark Fittings, Schrader Valves, Arced Tools & Electrocuted Friends, + Music for Misbehavior
January 30, 2023 16:20 - 58 minutes - 27.1 MBIf it's snowing igloos and narwhales outside, you might as well do something in (let your home be a canvas for your genius). The Gearhead Consultancy also knows fine homeownerin', so this episode's got three-way switches (fix the travellers, don't be one), municipalities' rules for wiring (no dimmers for you), firewood and gas logs (because chainsaw), making your utility drawer an expansion of capability (no junk so no junk drawer), not trusting the web (buy a book, maybe even the old Reade...
01.21.23: Geeking Out on Home Fixes (It's Cold Out!) - Burning Wood & Cookin' w/ Gas, 3-Way Switches, Tool Drawers & Function Centers, Sweating Pipe & Shark Fittings, Schrader Valves, Arced Tools & Electrocuted Friends, + Music for Misbehavior
January 30, 2023 16:03 - 58 minutes - 27.7 MBIf it's snowing igloos and narwhales outside, you might as well do something in (let your home be a canvas for your genius). The Gearhead Consultancy also knows fine homeownerin', so this episode's got three-way switches (fix the travellers, don't be one), municipalities' rules for wiring (no dimmers for you), firewood and gas logs (because chainsaw), making your utility drawer an expansion of capability (no junk so no junk drawer), not trusting the web (buy a book, maybe even the old Reade...