Hank Watson's Garage Hour - Cars, Trucks, Beers & Guns

You can't get this kind of awesomeness without a warrant (or a prescription). This Garage Hour does geek right, with a firearm-friendly amendment in Iowa, big AM-talk in San Diego (board-ops, fer shur), the risk science poses to senseless sinners, why New Yorkers are scared shedless of chintzy scooters from pinko China (apartment flambé, anyone?), and why Kevin Bacon can't hold a candle to our "Two Degrees from a Cutlass" theory. There's also some reminiscence about a client with a private dirt-oval, and an exposé of what happens to your skillset when the electro-nannies start doing your legwork. But wait! the Gearhead Consultancy also explains the "Drowning Man" theory, and we take a look at how the thugly F.B.I. is taking a rope to the progenitor of Dreamland Resort (.com) and his affection for Area 51. There's also Machines of Loving Grace, Goatsnake, St. Vitus, Five Horse Johnson, Primus and Air.

You can't get this kind of awesomeness without a warrant (or a prescription). This Garage Hour does geek right, with a firearm-friendly amendment in Iowa, big AM-talk in San Diego (board-ops, fer shur), the risk science poses to senseless sinners, why New Yorkers are scared shedless of chintzy scooters from pinko China (apartment flambé, anyone?), and why Kevin Bacon can't hold a candle to our "Two Degrees from a Cutlass" theory. There's also some reminiscence about a client with a private dirt-oval, and an exposé of what happens to your skillset when the electro-nannies start doing your legwork. But wait! the Gearhead Consultancy also explains the "Drowning Man" theory, and we take a look at how the thugly F.B.I. is taking a rope to the progenitor of Dreamland Resort (.com) and his affection for Area 51. There's also Machines of Loving Grace, Goatsnake, St. Vitus, Five Horse Johnson, Primus and Air.

It's another pile of gearhead supersauce. ...Learning to read vehicle dynamics and understand where your car's "squish" is (and some thoughts on how to tune that thing so it goes left and right right). ...How Occum's Razor applies to traffic "circles" (the illustrious round-about, another thing that should have stayed in England) and why people keep dying on them. ...The basic math of salt water + electric components + vacuous elites ("elite" at what, exactly?) = car goes BOOM and house goes FLOOM. Also, a little bit of detail on how Kalifornistan has turned on Tesla (they can only take away what they gave you). Have some: Zach Wilde, Anthrax, drunk Jim Bowie, the Cadillac Eldorado, and RIP Dietrich Mateschitz.

It's another pile of gearhead supersauce. ...Learning to read vehicle dynamics and understand where your car's "squish" is (and some thoughts on how to tune that thing so it goes left and right right). ...How Occum's Razor applies to traffic "circles" (the illustrious round-about, another thing that should have stayed in England) and why people keep dying on them. ...The basic math of salt water + electric components + vacuous elites ("elite" at what, exactly?) = car goes BOOM and house goes FLOOM. Also, a little bit of detail on how Kalifornistan has turned on Tesla (they can only take away what they gave you). Have some: Zach Wilde, Anthrax, drunk Jim Bowie, the Cadillac Eldorado, and RIP Dietrich Mateschitz.

These aren't ideas you haven't had, but the Gearhead Coinsultancy got together in Black Forest with The Walkin' Dude to remind you why the basics matter with you've got one foot to spare between dropping 100ft into a washout and crawlin' the high side to your knobby-tired doom. Easy things: truck-training your kids and dogs, knowing your rig's behavior under duress, managing yourself and avoiding fatigue, as well as dumping the ego at the trailhead so you don't wind up an instructional video. Because there's always more: Dirty Harry and the Spanducci Speech, the Cell Phone Incident at FJ Summit, Fred's custom platform for him forum, and Eddyline's "Stay the Trail" Pale - a good beer but not always a good idea.

These aren't ideas you haven't had, but the Gearhead Coinsultancy got together in Black Forest with The Walkin' Dude to remind you why the basics matter with you've got one foot to spare between dropping 100ft into a washout and crawlin' the high side to your knobby-tired doom. Easy things: truck-training your kids and dogs, knowing your rig's behavior under duress, managing yourself and avoiding fatigue, as well as dumping the ego at the trailhead so you don't wind up an instructional video. Because there's always more: Dirty Harry and the Spanducci Speech, the Cell Phone Incident at FJ Summit, Fred's custom platform for him forum, and Eddyline's "Stay the Trail" Pale - a good beer but not always a good idea.

Yeahhhh, we've been slacking - too much on one plate. No worries, though, because the Gearhead Consultancy got the Second Amendment episode screwed together that we've been promising you, and it's a deusie: everything from historic tales of armed citizens worldwide (and the dictators being dicts who disarmed them), background check fires, what the 3% actually looks like, and reinforcing your children's values to make them safe citizens and not a rat. ...Because geeks need their freedoms, no matter the age. Also making an appearance: "Heavy Metal" (the movie) with Harry Canyon and good niborg, plus Coldwave Breaks and Scrabble with Justin.

Yeahhhh, we've been slacking - too much on one plate. No worries, though, because the Gearhead Consultancy got the Second Amendment episode screwed together that we've been promising you, and it's a deusie: everything from historic tales of armed citizens worldwide (and the dictators being dicts who disarmed them), background check fires, what the 3% actually looks like, and reinforcing your children's values to make them safe citizens and not a rat. ...Because geeks need their freedoms, no matter the age. Also making an appearance: "Heavy Metal" (the movie) with Harry Canyon and good niborg, plus Coldwave Breaks and Scrabble with Justin.

Do YOU know better than to put propane in your Tesla's tires? Do YOU know Teslas need special gas that doesn't come from the gas station? ...Then YOU might be smarter than the college laureates who could buy one but not own them. College... While we're at it: be nice to truckers (say it again, uh!), be wary of connecting your heater to your 'fridge to your A/C to your electricity (the internet of things or an appliance army marching towards your destruction?), and the story of a guy from New Jersey who was forced to crush his Cummins Dodge because it was for sale on Fakebook Marketface. Yuuuuuup. Don't say we didn't warn you (because we did, like, all the time ago). Also, Karma to Burn, John Lee Hooker, Big Head Todd, Naked Funk, QOTSA, Skynyrd and the Allmans.

Do YOU know better than to put propane in your Tesla's tires? Do YOU know Teslas need special gas that doesn't come from the gas station? ...Then YOU might be smarter than the college laureates who could buy one but not own them. College... While we're at it: be nice to truckers (say it again, uh!), be wary of connecting your heater to your 'fridge to your A/C to your electricity (the internet of things or an appliance army marching towards your destruction?), and the story of a guy from New Jersey who was forced to crush his Cummins Dodge because it was for sale on Fakebook Marketface. Yuuuuuup. Don't say we didn't warn you (because we did, like, all the time ago). Also, Karma to Burn, John Lee Hooker, Big Head Todd, Naked Funk, QOTSA, Skynyrd and the Allmans.

The Garage Hour would like to present you this barnyard of proclivities as gathered by Hostus Maximus Justin Fort on a cross-country dash to Mom's... The transit quesiton: why do some folks think we should be regressing with electric cars and trucks? The power question: who's going to want a car they can't fill up (brownouts, anyone?)? ...And the control issue: what happens when there's so little power that the next neighborhood gets some but you don't? Also, have some good mileage. Special guests include Durant from "Darkman", the Godwin Rule and Murray Gelman Amnesia Hypothesis, Chris Farley, plus some leftist efites and degree snobs.

The Garage Hour would like to present you this barnyard of proclivities as gathered by Hostus Maximus Justin Fort on a cross-country dash to Mom's... The transit quesiton: why do some folks think we should be regressing with electric cars and trucks? The power question: who's going to want a car they can't fill up (brownouts, anyone?)? ...And the control issue: what happens when there's so little power that the next neighborhood gets some but you don't? Also, have some good mileage. Special guests include Durant from "Darkman", the Godwin Rule and Murray Gelman Amnesia Hypothesis, Chris Farley, plus some leftist efites and degree snobs.

Been slackin'! Garage Hour's got too much on its plate, and we're chewing like mad to get back to you - in as-soon-as-it's-fixed gearhead time. We've got some goodness for you here: more left-turn-on-green intersection violence (somebody's up to something) and a revisitation of Asimov's rules (technology's not on your side), speaker repair fun (geeks don't chuck it, they fix it), and how Ford's ruining decades of reputation by calling a failing electric pickup by a classic nameplate (hints of Mustang, anyone?). ...Then we liked this picture: There's also some bits - revisiting the Lexus LFA and fat Porsches, a guy eating chips while he Subies, Charles Bronson, plus the Rev (Heat), Masters of Reality, Megadeth, Puny Human, Whoregasm, Mindbomb and the Space Truckers.

Been slackin'! Garage Hour's got too much on its plate, and we're chewing like mad to get back to you - in as-soon-as-it's-fixed gearhead time. We've got some goodness for you here: more left-turn-on-green intersection violence (somebody's up to something) and a revisitation of Asimov's rules (technology's not on your side), speaker repair fun (geeks don't chuck it, they fix it), and how Ford's ruining decades of reputation by calling a failing electric pickup by a classic nameplate (hints of Mustang, anyone?). ...Then we liked this picture: There's also some bits - revisiting the Lexus LFA and fat Porsches, a guy eating chips while he Subies, Charles Bronson, plus the Rev (Heat), Masters of Reality, Megadeth, Puny Human, Whoregasm, Mindbomb and the Space Truckers.

Get wound up and the oddball icing stacks up. From the accelerating failure of Ford's useless electric trucks (as heralded by the frauds at Autoweek) to a strange-by-creepy exposé of intersections that put traffic at odds (and who's in control of what), plus bearing witness to an in-situ near dive-bomb on law enforcement by a not-very-piloted Tesla... With a late-night radio chaser from Red Eye, Nouri and Ground Zero - the Garage Hour is here to inform your non-consent. While we're at it: why what's missing from automakers is more than "chips", why defining your elitist fluffer-dream with your neighbors' taxes is pure fail, and the sadness that is Colorado's embrace of Kalifornistan's 40-year old stupidity.

Get wound up and the oddball icing stacks up. From the accelerating failure of Ford's useless electric trucks (as heralded by the frauds at Autoweek) to a strange-by-creepy exposé of intersections that put traffic at odds (and who's in control of what), plus bearing witness to an in-situ near dive-bomb on law enforcement by a not-very-piloted Tesla... With a late-night radio chaser from Red Eye, Nouri and Ground Zero - the Garage Hour is here to inform your non-consent. While we're at it: why what's missing from automakers is more than "chips", why defining your elitist fluffer-dream with your neighbors' taxes is pure fail, and the sadness that is Colorado's embrace of Kalifornistan's 40-year old stupidity.

We've got places to be! Get out of the Garage Hour's way, because there's bike parts, buckets, lumber, hangars, tire irons, fuel cans, straps, chains, come-alongs, brooms, ducting, coolers, bungees and street signs to be found. That, plus traffic's Accordion Effect, an iPod that knows where we're going, American-style legal reforms in a third-world jungle, and a whole lot of analysis about rich celebrities whose automobile is a social dowsing rod. While it's on the burner: cyborgs, driving fast (fastmobile then beverate), fixing solenoids by hitting them harder (damn Siamese port long-tubes), and securing your load before we get it for free.

We've got places to be! Get out of the Garage Hour's way, because there's bike parts, buckets, lumber, hangars, tire irons, fuel cans, straps, chains, come-alongs, brooms, ducting, coolers, bungees and street signs to be found. That, plus traffic's Accordion Effect, an iPod that knows where we're going, American-style legal reforms in a third-world jungle, and a whole lot of analysis about rich celebrities whose automobile is a social dowsing rod. While it's on the burner: cyborgs, driving fast (fastmobile then beverate), fixing solenoids by hitting them harder (damn Siamese port long-tubes), and securing your load before we get it for free.

(Not) lost in the woods with the gearhead goons - Hostus Maximus Justin Fort joins the Walkin' Dude at his Black Forest shop for an hour to work through finding the newest small-dollar commuter. In this case, it's an $800 third-gen 4Runner, and we've got deets on how to find your own: what to look for, what's it "need", how to find the "panic point" and how a good truck CAN be more than the sum of its parts. There's more: Primus, Claypool, John Paul Jones, Cumberland Gap, Monolord, Goatsnake, beers from Estes Park Brewery, Toyotas from Iran, Mustangs from Australia and Epstein didn't kill himself.

(Not) lost in the woods with the gearhead goons - Hostus Maximus Justin Fort joins the Walkin' Dude at his Black Forest shop for an hour to work through finding the newest small-dollar commuter. In this case, it's an $800 third-gen 4Runner, and we've got deets on how to find your own: what to look for, what's it "need", how to find the "panic point" and how a good truck CAN be more than the sum of its parts. There's more: Primus, Claypool, John Paul Jones, Cumberland Gap, Monolord, Goatsnake, beers from Estes Park Brewery, Toyotas from Iran, Mustangs from Australia and Epstein didn't kill himself.

No, it's not Dude Food, it's good tortillas versus crap fuel, plus corn, cane and calories, as well as the mailman's budget sticking its foot up the bureaucrats' exhaust port. You can't keep down this much gearhead goodness - it's the second of May's Lost Garage Hours. What else wasn't lost? A PO FU to President Hair-sniff McBranden, some fine riffs (and whose are they?), a gearhead goodbye to classic testadura Fred Ward, Pothole Pete still wants to take away your car, and a not terribly massive black hole hiding in your back yard. ...More than candy: Zepplin, Korn, Vultures, Testament, Puny Human, STP, Zombie (s) and the Desert Sessions (off Hostus Maximus Justin Fort's #3 Hillclimb Mix).

No, it's not Dude Food, it's good tortillas versus crap fuel, plus corn, cane and calories, as well as the mailman's budget sticking its foot up the bureaucrats' exhaust port. You can't keep down this much gearhead goodness - it's the second of May's Lost Garage Hours. What else wasn't lost? A PO FU to President Hair-sniff McBranden, some fine riffs (and whose are they?), a gearhead goodbye to classic testadura Fred Ward, Pothole Pete still wants to take away your car, and a not terribly massive black hole hiding in your back yard. ...More than candy: Zepplin, Korn, Vultures, Testament, Puny Human, STP, Zombie (s) and the Desert Sessions (off Hostus Maximus Justin Fort's #3 Hillclimb Mix).

These two episodes from May almost took a long walk off a short hard drive, but thanks to doing stuff with our brains, hereyago: Tesla's legacy issues with batteries and taxpayers, electric cars (replacement or runabout?), chicks from Georgia parking on the tracks (and the return of the bodycount conundrum), committing auto theft with a Ford, a big foot and cheap tech, two-step security and the old-school LS400 fob, "I, Robot", plus a drive-by from the Air Force Thunderbirds and one Commander "Slappy". There's more goodness: Desert Sessions and the gang - Kyuss, Fatso Jetson, K.D. Lang, Screaming Trees and "Girl Boy Tom", plus Frankenstein Big Bird.

These two episodes from May almost took a long walk off a short hard drive, but thanks to doing stuff with our brains, hereyago: Tesla's legacy issues with batteries and taxpayers, electric cars (replacement or runabout?), chicks from Georgia parking on the tracks (and the return of the bodycount conundrum), committing auto theft with a Ford, a big foot and cheap tech, two-step security and the old-school LS400 fob, "I, Robot", plus a drive-by from the Air Force Thunderbirds and one Commander "Slappy". There's more goodness: Desert Sessions and the gang - Kyuss, Fatso Jetson, K.D. Lang, Screaming Trees and "Girl Boy Tom", plus Frankenstein Big Bird.

Garage Hour goons go off about the stupid shed we warned you was going to happen - doesn't take much to figure out the future when you're a geek (2 + 2, cats and kitties). Yes, truckers in Kalifornistan are going to revolt (80,000 repowers can't be wrong). Yes, robot cars will try to kill you. Yes, greenthink is pulling a Spy-VS-Spy and killing itself. Yes, carbon dioxide haters are plant racists. Yes, the clot shots don't a candle to old-school medicines already amortized in the world's poorest nations (one-time lucky?). Yes, gas stoves are still better than electric. So much good stuff. Oh yeah, and Primus' head-weirdo Les Claypool mastered the sounds for the original "Cowboy Bebop" - because awesome.

Garage Hour goons go off about the stupid shed we warned you was going to happen - doesn't take much to figure out the future when you're a geek (2 + 2, cats and kitties). Yes, truckers in Kalifornistan are going to revolt (80,000 repowers can't be wrong). Yes, robot cars will try to kill you. Yes, greenthink is pulling a Spy-VS-Spy and killing itself. Yes, carbon dioxide haters are plant racists. Yes, the clot shots don't a candle to old-school medicines already amortized in the world's poorest nations (one-time lucky?). Yes, gas stoves are still better than electric. So much good stuff. Oh yeah, and Primus' head-weirdo Les Claypool mastered the sounds for the original "Cowboy Bebop" - because awesome.

Try on this episode for a two-hour dissertation on how to get what's up (and not be fooled by the info snobs, liars and malcreators in the media). We've got what's said versus what's meant (and what words mean), how to avoid a legacy of idiocy (Tide Pods & eye shots?), drilling down to what's real and what's fake, why bad PR is just bad PR, emotive hooks (what are they good for - absolutely nuthin'!), and how to read messaging tools and channels for their sincere selves. Not every day does the Gearhead Consultancy take off its off-roading, road-racing, tin-bending and break-fixing hats to don the professional public-relations fedora, but the time was right - let's be a savvy message consumer.

Try on this episode for a two-hour dissertation on how to get what's up (and not be fooled by the info snobs, liars and malcreators in the media). We've got what's said versus what's meant (and what words mean), how to avoid a legacy of idiocy (Tide Pods & eye shots?), drilling down to what's real and what's fake, why bad PR is just bad PR, emotive hooks (what are they good for - absolutely nuthin'!), and how to read messaging tools and channels for their sincere selves. Not every day does the Gearhead Consultancy take off its off-roading, road-racing, tin-bending and break-fixing hats to don the professional public-relations fedora, but the time was right - let's be a savvy message consumer.

Roads from the thought with a trip-think spectacular - freeway rules for signal-work, flow-merging, traffic-desnobbing and photo-enforcement unConstitutionalism. It's geek stuff - what we overdo: while the Garage Hour goons are gear-deep in high-brained cross-country goodness, we consider more than just blacktop: windmill disposal failures, stop signs versus speed limits (physics versus rules), and the Garbage Disposal Syndrome (fix it before it's broken - duhh). There's more: a review of the bag of tricks we should all keep for ifs and whens, how gearhead trends move across the country, and an Iowa cornfield mailbox moment.

Roads from the thought with a trip-think spectacular - freeway rules for signal-work, flow-merging, traffic-desnobbing and photo-enforcement unConstitutionalism. It's geek stuff - what we overdo: while the Garage Hour goons are gear-deep in high-brained cross-country goodness, we consider more than just blacktop: windmill disposal failures, stop signs versus speed limits (physics versus rules), and the Garbage Disposal Syndrome (fix it before it's broken - duhh). There's more: a review of the bag of tricks we should all keep for ifs and whens, how gearhead trends move across the country, and an Iowa cornfield mailbox moment.

Too much good stuff: with the Pike's Peak International Hillclimb done (full-length, too!), it's down to the whos, the whats and the hows. Racecar: Mustang, Camaro, Bronco, Wolf, 911, Cayman GT4, Evo, 935, Taco (spaceship), Tesla, Sierra, M3, NSX, WRX, STi, Audi 4000, Charger, 'Cuda, Boss 302S, Integra, Palatov, Viper, F1, Leaf and a Porschevy. Racer: Shute, Donner, Donahue, Vahsholtz, Becker, Block, Millen(s), Boyd, Zwart, Murdock, Dai, Dallenbach, Clay, Bolleau, Robinson(s), Schrantz, Aweida, Denmeade, Sighn, Guerrero, Strauch, Hess, Novembre, Zimmer, Lundh, Hill, Crouch, Wesley and Oi. Spot: George's Corner, Cog Cut, Engineer's Glen Cove (& Cove Creek), Elk Park, 16-Mile, Devil's, Boulder and the Ws.

Too much good stuff: with the Pike's Peak International Hillclimb done (full-length, too!), it's down to the whos, the whats and the hows. Racecar: Mustang, Camaro, Bronco, Wolf, 911, Cayman GT4, Evo, 935, Taco (spaceship), Tesla, Sierra, M3, NSX, WRX, STi, Audi 4000, Charger, 'Cuda, Boss 302S, Integra, Palatov, Viper, F1, Leaf and a Porschevy. Racer: Shute, Donner, Donahue, Vahsholtz, Becker, Block, Millen(s), Boyd, Zwart, Murdock, Dai, Dallenbach, Clay, Bolleau, Robinson(s), Schrantz, Aweida, Denmeade, Sighn, Guerrero, Strauch, Hess, Novembre, Zimmer, Lundh, Hill, Crouch, Wesley and Oi. Spot: George's Corner, Cog Cut, Engineer's Glen Cove (& Cove Creek), Elk Park, 16-Mile, Devil's, Boulder and the Ws.

You know you're popular when the citizens of your state call you "Gov. Toilet Scandal", and Illinois' elected rich snob has cemented his popularity by bulldozing legacy state resident Caterpillar. ...And yeah, they're headed for Texas. Meanwhile, the cops in that state's ritzy hamlet of Naperville are holding down the fort, especially when attacked by Paul Bunyan (insert axe-to-gunfight joke here). Seriously, cats and kitties, let's back the blue. While we're at it: Ford trannies versus the neighbor's dog, pinko electric van plan fails (so much cronyism), with a special appearance from the Sinister drop-inner, and ice on a volcano.

You know you're popular when the citizens of your state call you "Gov. Toilet Scandal", and Illinois' elected rich snob has cemented his popularity by bulldozing legacy state resident Caterpillar. ...And yeah, they're headed for Texas. Meanwhile, the cops in that state's ritzy hamlet of Naperville are holding down the fort, especially when attacked by Paul Bunyan (insert axe-to-gunfight joke here). Seriously, cats and kitties, let's back the blue. While we're at it: Ford trannies versus the neighbor's dog, pinko electric van plan fails (so much cronyism), with a special appearance from the Sinister drop-inner, and ice on a volcano.

Our friends at Focus on the Forest have built a grassroots non-profit that picks up trash just like we all should, and because the Garage Hour runs what we brung and hauls what we brought, we got together so you can too. Whether you're out in the woods for some four-wheeling, biking, shooting or climbing, this is the one time it's better to be a taker than a maker: take out your trash We've got the stories: 610 tires, 150 'fridges, 100 mattresses, 15 trailers, 2 pianos and a jacuzzi - and that's just the things (not counting more than 200 tons of stuff). Shawn and Eve told us secrets, too: who's best at keeping clean (off-roaders) and who's the worst, who's a big help (locals donors and Teller County Waste), plus how this can all be done ONE BAG AT A TIME.

Our friends at Focus on the Forest have built a grassroots non-profit that picks up trash just like we all should, and because the Garage Hour runs what we brung and hauls what we brought, we got together so you can too. Whether you're out in the woods for some four-wheeling, biking, shooting or climbing, this is the one time it's better to be a taker than a maker: take out your trash We've got the stories: 610 tires, 150 'fridges, 100 mattresses, 15 trailers, 2 pianos and a jacuzzi - and that's just the things (not counting more than 200 tons of stuff). Shawn and Eve told us secrets, too: who's best at keeping clean (off-roaders) and who's the worst, who's a big help (locals donors and Teller County Waste), plus how this can all be done ONE BAG AT A TIME.

Backwards or forwards, it's still racecar! Uphillclimbing at its finest is once again uponst us with the return of the Pike's Peak Hillclimb (PPIHC.com), one of America's oldest running races and still a killer to-do of go-fast goodness. We've got some of the drivers - Crouch, Millen, Vasholtz, Novembre, Shute, Shrantz, Donner and Dallenbach - and a few of the cars - 911, Bronco, Mustang, Camaro, WRX, STi, Evo, stockers, LMPs, open and closed-wheel, Cudas, Acura, Audi, Hellcat, Civic, and one guy in a Leaf. How about joining us? The Garage Hour might just be at George's Corner, and you should definitely be in the audience. More? ...Some excellent car crashes caught on tape in Seattle - because incompetence ain't just a river in Egypt.

Backwards or forwards, it's still racecar! Uphillclimbing at its finest is once again uponst us with the return of the Pike's Peak Hillclimb (PPIHC.com), one of America's oldest running races and still a killer to-do of go-fast goodness. We've got some of the drivers - Crouch, Millen, Vasholtz, Novembre, Shute, Shrantz, Donner and Dallenbach - and a few of the cars - 911, Bronco, Mustang, Camaro, WRX, STi, Evo, stockers, LMPs, open and closed-wheel, Cudas, Acura, Audi, Hellcat, Civic, and one guy in a Leaf. How about joining us? The Garage Hour might just be at George's Corner, and you should definitely be in the audience. More? ...Some excellent car crashes caught on tape in Seattle - because incompetence ain't just a river in Egypt.

...Because there's still squads of peoplelike objects shambling the streets who think Memorial Day is National Uncover the Pool Day or Barbecue Day, the Gearhead Consultancy is here to unconfuse you about this solemn day. From rules for your flag to the right time for the moment of silence (yuuuuuup), we're here to help with how y'all are going to honor those who signed on the dotted line but never came back, and why the price they paid allows you to spend the weekend Tooting on Myface. ...And because you might like some relief from all that heaviness: there's Faith No More, Tomahawk, hounds with bees in their mouths , why "2001: Space Odyssey" makes us think too much, and making hay with the hundred-dollar commuter (don't overown it).

...Because there's still squads of peoplelike objects shambling the streets who think Memorial Day is National Uncover the Pool Day or Barbecue Day, the Gearhead Consultancy is here to unconfuse you about this solemn day. From rules for your flag to the right time for the moment of silence (yuuuuuup), we're here to help with how y'all are going to honor those who signed on the dotted line but never came back, and why the price they paid allows you to spend the weekend Tooting on Myface. ... And because you might like some relief from all that heaviness: there's Faith No More, Tomahawk, hounds with bees in their mouths , why "2001: Space Odyssey" makes us think too much, and making hay with the hundred-dollar commuter (don't overown it).

Go get lost - in the mountains, on some trails, in the canyons, in the woods, in some history. The Garage Hour goons (with 'froading fool Fred and his Walkin' Dude) are here to help with a few thoughts about being equipped for on-trail out-thereism, with ideas on straps to use (and to avoid), where you can get heavy-duty gear for a light-wallet price, and some other need-tos for your rig so the next gotta-go doesn't turn into a never-got-there. Specifics include air, hi and bottle-jacks, "Insomnia" in Alaska (with Pacino and Williams), and a junkyard dog that might be part Velcro. While we're at it, there's rock (Kyuss), hillclimbing (PPIHC's 100th), sub-$G commuter wonderment, truck guns, and the dumb stuff people do in the woods (that a guy with a truck usually cleans up).

Go get lost - in the mountains, on some trails, in the canyons, in the woods, in some history. The Garage Hour goons (with 'froading fool Fred and his Walkin' Dude) are here to help with a few thoughts about being equipped for on-trail out-thereism, with ideas on straps to use (and to avoid), where you can get heavy-duty gear for a light-wallet price, and some other need-tos for your rig so the next gotta-go doesn't turn into a never-got-there. Specifics include air, hi and bottle-jacks, "Insomnia" in Alaska (with Pacino and Williams), and a junkyard dog that might be part Velcro. While we're at it, there's rock (Kyuss), hillclimbing (PPIHC's 100th), sub-$G commuter wonderment, truck guns, and the dumb stuff people do in the woods (that a guy with a truck usually cleans up).

Here's something: The Man is after robot cars (but not for a reason that would fix the problem), rich guys are making the twits at Twatter crazier (because geek trumps nerd), Russian tanks are thwarted by Russian mud (how ironic), Chinese-made cameras are full of software and hardware back-doors (duhh), and how about that fool who idles 15 minutes waiting to park (in front of a hiking trail). Meanwhile, does cognitive dissonance cause cancer? ...Because it causes a lot of other sheddy stuff, like bureaucratic dehydration (No desal for you!). Smetal: Slayer, Sleep, Slot, Snail, Solarized, Soundgarden, Stabbing Westward, Steril, Stick, Sugar Ray and 16-Volt.

Here's something: The Man is after robot cars (but not for a reason that would fix the problem), rich guys are making the twits at Twatter crazier (because geek trumps nerd), Russian tanks are thwarted by Russian mud (how ironic), Chinese-made cameras are full of software and hardware back-doors (duhh), and how about that fool who idles 15 minutes waiting to park (in front of a hiking trail). Meanwhile, does cognitive dissonance cause cancer? ...Because it causes a lot of other sheddy stuff, like bureaucratic dehydration (No desal for you!). Smetal: Slayer, Sleep, Slot, Snail, Solarized, Soundgarden, Stabbing Westward, Steril, Stick, Sugar Ray and 16-Volt.

TIme to push it down and lean back - it's a one-day sprint from here to there with Hostus Maximus Justin Fort. From rating the troopers in Illinois against the meter maids in the San Diego sector (so much copulence) and talking your way out of tickets, to good behavior in the car and road-trip expectations, we've got your pricey gas right here. Just don't ask for a Chevy Equinox - those big gals tried to drive it into the ditch on the 80 (so much better than the 88). There's more: the difference between dashboard data and dial-up distractions (it's all bad), where have all the audio jacks gone (?), and being saved by the rear-view (got to live in your mirrors when you're piling on the MPHs).

TIme to push it down and lean back - it's a one-day sprint from here to there with Hostus Maximus Justin Fort. From rating the troopers in Illinois against the meter maids in the San Diego sector (so much copulence) and talking your way out of tickets, to good behavior in the car and road-trip expectations, we've got your pricey gas right here. Just don't ask for a Chevy Equinox - those big gals tried to drive it into the ditch on the 80 (so much better than the 88). There's more: the difference between dashboard data and dial-up distractions (it's all bad), where have all the audio jacks gone (?), and being saved by the rear-view (got to live in your mirrors when you're piling on the MPHs).

Holy freakin' sequel, Batman - the Garage Hour goons gathered up the Chi-town hustlers for another armpit-adjacent gearhead free-for-all, and spicy meatballs happened. What's it? Cutting cars in half in auto shop, why electric Jeeps still aren't going to four-wheel (but the Gladiator is semi-driveable), interior colors (Whorehouse Red, anyone?), buying neighbors' forgotten treasures, and a dynamite analysis of where the used-car market is, where it's going, and what cars we're watching to make the math. But wait: Trinity's Kolsch, Bell's IPA, and Toppling's Pseudo Sue, pit bulls and their tails, mall-crawling versus flexing Starbucks (Jeepers), and wading the Dupage River.

Holy freakin' sequel, Batman - the Garage Hour goons gathered up the Chi-town hustlers for another armpit-adjacent gearhead free-for-all, and spicy meatballs happened. What's it? Cutting cars in half in auto shop, why electric Jeeps still aren't going to four-wheel (but the Gladiator is semi-driveable), interior colors (Whorehouse Red, anyone?), buying neighbors' forgotten treasures, and a dynamite analysis of where the used-car market is, where it's going, and what cars we're watching to make the math. But wait: Trinity's Kolsch, Bell's IPA, and Toppling's Pseudo Sue, pit bulls and their tails, mall-crawling versus flexing Starbucks (Jeepers), and wading the Dupage River.

...And sometimes, the cluster is half the adventure (or most of it, in this case). While doing a banzai run to a "meet here" out-there getogether with some 'froading buddies (who we met at the now-defunct FJ Summit), the Gearhead Consultancy wound up doing a test of tent tie-downs and fireproofing, duct tape and rental-cabin supplies, plus hose clamps, zip-ties and Lee Van Cleef. More thoughts for you: Texas VS Taos? Flat-four VS small-block? Tramp VS Glamp? Ex-parte VS exfil? Also, Frampton VS Rogan, Tom Waits, and Dave Mustaine's throat.

...And sometimes, the cluster is half the adventure (or most of it, in this case). While doing a banzai run to a "meet here" out-there getogether with some 'froading buddies (who we met at the now-defunct FJ Summit), the Gearhead Consultancy wound up doing a test of tent tie-downs and fireproofing, duct tape and rental-cabin supplies, plus hose clamps, zip-ties and Lee Van Cleef. More thoughts for you: Texas VS Taos? Flat-four VS small-block? Tramp VS Glamp? Ex-parte VS exfil? Also, Frampton VS Rogan, Tom Waits, and Dave Mustaine's throat.