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

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

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S12 Ep 201.10.22 (MP3): Live @ the Brewery! Beers, Booze, Brokens & Baskets of Bacon @ Trinity, w/ Dodges & Toyotas, Submarines & SEALs, ATF & 3-D Printing, .308 & .300 Blackout, Eatin' What Yer' Hunting, Trunks for (2) Bodies, + Dumb People Saying Dumb Things

Got'ta wear shorts - why not in the middle of winter? Hostus Maximus Justin Fort is pursued by Jason and Peyton from Trinity and "Regular" Bill into Location "B" for broken Dodges, tube amps, reconned speakers, buying more ammo (pop some pork), and DUI cash cows. Fire was required for Bill's booger bias, and Kamel Hairass is still an embarrassing failure. Fine sips for you: Space Force IPA, Slap Yer' Mammy (in the cask), Vienna Lager, leftover Oktoberfest, and a guest appearance by scratch-built pizza and Tincup Whiskey.

Jan 12, 202258 min

S12 Ep 201.10.22: Live @ the Brewery! Beers, Booze, Brokens & Baskets of Bacon @ Trinity, w/ Dodges & Toyotas, Submarines & SEALs, ATF & 3-D Printing, .308 & .300 Blackout, Eatin' What Yer' Hunting, Trunks for (2) Bodies, + Dumb People Saying Dumb Things

Got'ta wear shorts - why not in the middle of winter? Hostus Maximus Justin Fort is pursued by Jason and Peyton from Trinity and "Regular" Bill into Location "B" for broken Dodges, tube amps, reconned speakers, buying more ammo (pop some pork), and DUI cash cows. Fire was required for Bill's booger bias, and Kamel Hairass is still an embarrassing failure. Fine sips for you: Space Force IPA, Slap Yer' Mammy (in the cask), Vienna Lager, leftover Oktoberfest, and a guest appearance by scratch-built pizza and Tincup Whiskey.

Jan 12, 202258 min

S12 Ep 101.02.22 (MP3): Going Fast is Geek Chic, But Why? Why All Skill Sets Matter, Why Mapping Software Is Out To Get You, Why Auto Sales Are Flopping, +Road Race-Ism (The Curves VS The Straights), 500,000 Teslas Recalled, & RIP @ Rick Marcinko & John Madden

So much for on-topic - you can't get lost when you're already there. The Gearhead Consultancy is off to the races yet again, this time debating whether left and right is better than here to there, and arriving at the fact that both could require talent so you'd better have some. Like the ads say, there's more: the ret-con of Bubba's faux-noose fail, the scary fact that your map-app is out to get you (Who said artificial intelligence is required to like you?), and rock with roll by Fatso Jetson, Bio-Mechanical Degeneration, Atomic Bitchwax, Failure and Tom Waits.

Jan 9, 202255 min

S12 Ep 101.02.22: Going Fast is Geek Chic, But Why? Why All Skill Sets Matter, Why Mapping Software Is Out To Get You, Why Auto Sales Are Flopping, + Road Race-Ism (The Curves VS The Straights), 500,000 Teslas Recalled, & RIP @ Rick Marcinko & John Madden

So much for on-topic - you can't get lost when you're already there. The Gearhead Consultancy is off to the races yet again, this time debating whether left and right is better than here to there, and arriving at the fact that both could require talent so you'd better have some. Like the ads say, there's more: the ret-con of Bubba's faux-noose fail, the scary fact that your map-app is out to get you (Who said artificial intelligence is required to like you?), and rock with roll by Fatso Jetson, Bio-Mechanical Degeneration, Atomic Bitchwax, Failure and Tom Waits.

Jan 9, 202255 min

S11 Ep 5312.22.21 (MP3): Lurkers Unite @ Post-Pre Garage Christmas! 9mm Phones & AT&T Derringers, Porsche Guy Parts & Glock Guy Bits, Fine Sips & Fancy Booze, + Mileage Mandate Fails, Snow Driving, Exploding Teslas & Big-Blocks (for Motorhomes, not Sleighs)

Don't get too much awesome in your Christmas chili: it's time to put the nose to the Panetone and activate your Lurker Sense. From foolish gun buy-backs and anti-cop Dem politicos being carjacked for irony and hypocrisy, to putting better presents in your stockings, the Garage Hour has the holiday goodness for your (belated) merry margarita. Yes, have some. Don't forget the basics (because we didn't): The Bullet Points, AWR Hawkins, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Brian Setzer Orchestra and Burl Freakin' Ives.

Dec 31, 20211h 2m

S11 Ep 5312.22.21: Lurkers Unite @ Post-Pre Garage Christmas! 9mm Phones & AT&T Derringers, Porsche Guy Parts & Glock Guy Bits, Fine Sips & Fancy Booze, + Mileage Mandate Fails, Snow Driving, Exploding Teslas & Big-Blocks (for Motorhomes, not Sleighs)

Don't get too much awesome in your Christmas chili: it's time to put the nose to the Panetone and activate your Lurker Sense. From foolish gun buy-backs and anti-cop Dem politicos being carjacked for irony and hypocrisy, to putting better presents in your stockings, the Garage Hour has the holiday goodness for your (belated) merry margarita. Yes, have some. Don't forget the basics (because we didn't): The Bullet Points, AWR Hawkins, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Brian Setzer Orchestra and Burl Freakin' Ives.

Dec 31, 20211h 2m

S11 Ep 5212.12.21 (MP3): Gearhead Roughtimate of Rhino-Lined FJs VS Plasti-Dipped Miatas, Cowboy Bebop Canon VS Netflix Remake Fail, Vinegar & Truck Bumpers (for Bumping!) VS Grocery Store Pinkos, Racist Electric Cars (Huh?) + #2 in the #1 Lane

Pre-Christmas madness from the one-track guardrails-by-braille festival of gearhead goodness that makes the Garage Hour's wheels turn: Rhino-lined FJ80s versus Plasti-Dip Miatas, Cowboy Bebop (versus the Netflix remake), vinegar and marinade goodness and good bumper selections versus pinkos in the grocery store, and electric cars versus politics. Why do electric cars have to be racist now? Let them suck (or swim) on their own, and leave the palest pyramid scheme vampie alone with his billions. Shouts outed to Hoosier Eric, Dustin v2, the Ayatollah, Chef Jeff, .45 Phil and Gringo Rich (and the ignominious end of the name "Dick"...).

Dec 21, 202152 min

S11 Ep 5212.12.21: Gearhead Roughtimate of Rhino-Lined FJs VS Plasti-Dipped Miatas, Cowboy Bebop Canon VS Netflix Remake Fail, Vinegar & Truck Bumpers (for Bumping!) VS Grocery Store Pinkos, Racist Electric Cars (Huh?) + #2 in the #1 Lane

Pre-Christmas madness from the one-track guardrails-by-braille festival of gearhead goodness that makes the Garage Hour's wheels turn: Rhino-lined FJ80s versus Plasti-Dip Miatas, Cowboy Bebop (versus the Netflix remake), vinegar and marinade goodness and good bumper selections versus pinkos in the grocery store, and electric cars versus politics. Why do electric cars have to be racist now? Let them suck (or swim) on their own, and leave the palest pyramid scheme vampie alone with his billions. Shouts outed to Hoosier Eric, Dustin v2, the Ayatollah, Chef Jeff, .45 Phil and Gringo Rich (and the ignominious end of the name "Dick"...).

Dec 21, 202152 min

S11 Ep 5112.02.21 (MP3): Stuff You Ought'a Hate - Dangerous Robot Trucks, Ill-Mannered High Beams, & Things You Can't Fix (Support "Right to Repair"), + John Wayne Flics, Monster Magnet, Masters of Reality, Orbital, 16-Volt, Steril, Hellacopters & White Zombie

Do stuff (because you can) - pedalling the Subie wagoon cross-country is a great time to collect some serious gearhead thoughts. Garage Hour's Hostus Maximus peels apart the reasons for actually hating a thing - not because you were told to, but because it's bad. Start with driverless cars and semis, add the right to repair (if you own it, why can't you fix it?), and finish with clowning those boobs who can't run a set of headights ...With shouts out to Chef Jeff, the Diesel Ayatollah, .45 Phil, the Jaimz Unit, Popeye's muscles, Greedo's eggs (Han shot first) and some industrial and darkwave yumminess.

Dec 14, 20211h 2m

S11 Ep 5112.02.21: Stuff You Ought'a Hate - Dangerous Robot Trucks, Ill-Mannered High Beams, & Things You Can't Fix (Support "Right to Repair"), + John Wayne Flics, Monster Magnet, Masters of Reality, Orbital, 16-Volt, Steril, Hellacopters & White Zombie

Do stuff (because you can) - pedalling the Subie wagoon cross-country is a great time to collect some serious gearhead thoughts. Garage Hour's Hostus Maximus peels apart the reasons for actually hating a thing - not because you were told to, but because it's bad. Start with driverless cars and semis, add the right to repair (if you own it, why can't you fix it?), and finish with clowning those boobs who can't run a set of headights ...With shouts out to Chef Jeff, the Diesel Ayatollah, .45 Phil, the Jaimz Unit, Popeye's muscles, Greedo's eggs (Han shot first) and some industrial and darkwave yumminess.

Dec 14, 20211h 2m

S11 Ep 5011.20.21 (MP3): Driver Crutches, Device Depencency, Two-Lane Traffuckery, Busting Bad Rythms & Deflating Drivers' Bubbles (Because Motoring Should Be Brainful) + Some Gun-Sales Numbers @ Black Friday & Some Prius-Driving Thoughs (@ Don't Be A Prius)

Why do things "because that's how we always dude them"? Dump the habits that don't make sense and honor the physics of traffic (with a little nod to the law, just to keep those tickets to a minimum), and make the phone-nodding top-knot neck-beard half-wit behind you think about hissowndamnself for a change. Watch the traffic elitist behind you when you take your foot of the brakes at a red light, and test their skill (or lack thereof). The road ain't a solo act, and we're all in this mess together - might as well own it.

Dec 7, 202154 min

S11 Ep 5011.20.21: Driver Crutches, Device Depencency, Two-Lane Traffuckery, Busting Bad Rythms & Deflating Drivers' Bubbles (Because Motoring Should Be Brainful) + Some Gun-Sales Numbers @ Black Friday & Some Prius-Driving Thoughs (@ Don't Be A Prius)

Why do things "because that's how we always dude them"? Dump the habits that don't make sense and honor the physics of traffic (with a little nod to the law, just to keep those tickets to a minimum), and make the phone-nodding top-knot neck-beard half-wit behind you think about hissowndamnself for a change. Watch the traffic elitist behind you when you take your foot of the brakes at a red light, and test their skill (or lack thereof). The road ain't a solo act, and we're all in this mess together - might as well own it.

Dec 7, 202154 min

S11 Ep 4911.02.21 (MP3): Gearhead Pile of Questions - Trailer-Hitch Murder, How Much (Cost) Is Too Much (for Gas)?, Sticker Preachers (Window Hypocrisy), Trucks & Cars Invading Your Phone (Whose Data Is It?), + Popping Some Bubbles This Thanksgiving

Remember, many of the world's great problems could have been smothered in the crib - don't let your headache grow into World War Seven. The Garage Hour is here to help when it does, though, with everything from trailer hitches (stalking your every shin), Bowie weirdness (better to burn out), abject madness (of lefty relatives), new-car invasiveness (bought a truck but sold his data), and Night Fliers (the book or the Mustang?). Don't be dismayed - there's more: notworking highway workers, Indiana pinkos, Nissan owners, deer fear, and trailer bitches.

Nov 20, 202147 min

S11 Ep 4911.02.21: Gearhead Pile of Questions - Trailer-Hitch Murder, How Much (Cost) Is Too Much (for Gas)?, Sticker Preachers (Window Hypocrisy), Trucks & Cars Invading Your Phone (Whose Data Is It?), + Popping Some Bubbles This Thanksgiving

Remember, many of the world's great problems could have been smothered in the crib - don't let your headache grow into World War Seven. The Garage Hour is here to help when it does, though, with everything from trailer hitches (stalking your every shin), Bowie weirdness (better to burn out), abject madness (of lefty relatives), new-car invasiveness (bought a truck but sold his data), and Night Fliers (the book or the Mustang?). Don't be dismayed - there's more: notworking highway workers, Indiana pinkos, Nissan owners, deer fear, and trailer bitches.

Nov 20, 202147 min

S11 Ep 4811.01.21 (MP3): What Your Cars Says About Your Vote & Other Gearhead Logic... Down at the Brewery w/ CDs VS Gs (& Sticking the Turn), Thoughts on Concealed-Carry (Steel VS Plastic, Ladies' Comfort, & 9mm VS 10mm VS .40), + Punisher & Judge Dredd

Cars, trucks, beers and guns! We've got those for a night of sips at Trinity Brewing, plus an analysis of which generations of Dredd and Punisher were worth your time, plus Tiggers, bacon and a drunk fly. It's mostly gearhead - we review a survey of 43,000 people that analyzes what your car says about your vote (prepare to be surprised), plus the top-10 cars for libs and progs. There's also some reporting from CD player testing on an on-ramp (Gs won, CDs lost), and some useful thoughs about whicn pistols are best to carry (love the one you're with). Trinity brings an imperial stout, a mild IPA, a European lager and a classic Oktoberfest.

Nov 16, 202153 min

S11 Ep 4811.01.21: What Your Cars Says About Your Vote & Other Gearhead Logic... Down at the Brewery w/ CDs VS Gs (& Sticking the Turn), Thoughts on Concealed-Carry (Steel VS Plastic, Ladies' Comfort, & 9mm VS 10mm VS .40), + Punisher & Judge Dredd

Cars, trucks, beers and guns! We've got those for a night of sips at Trinity Brewing, plus an analysis of which generations of Dredd and Punisher were worth your time, plus Tiggers, bacon and a drunk fly. It's mostly gearhead - we review a survey of 43,000 people that analyzes what your car says about your vote (prepare to be surprised), plus the top-10 cars for libs and progs. There's also some reporting from CD player testing on an on-ramp (Gs won, CDs lost), and some useful thoughs about whicn pistols are best to carry (love the one you're with). Trinity brings an imperial stout, a mild IPA, a European lager and a classic Oktoberfest.

Nov 16, 202153 min

S11 Ep 4710.22.21 (MP3): ...A Road Tripping Deep-Dive Special - Mechanical Lockers & Hard Parts VS Electronannies & Computer-Aided Traction for Off-Road Functionality (a.k.a. Who's In Charge of Your Truck?), or Who's Skill Set Is It?

When time for negotiations are through and Lelu Dallas's multipass won't cut the mustard (Bunky), you can usually fall back on a mechanical part to function like the instructions said it would. That's not always the case with digital traction aids and computer-controlled robo-'froaders. Point is, there are good points and bad points for each, but the bads for knuckle-dragging hard parts don't look to be nearly as hazardous as the downsides of fancy programming and traction voodoo. The Garage Hour goons are here to help figure out what's it to you. While we're in there, we've also got some parts humor, flaky drivers and a few pot-shots at Mom (because no one can lay it on thicker than her).

Nov 1, 202152 min

S11 Ep 4710.22.21: ...A Road Tripping Deep-Dive Special - Mechanical Lockers & Hard Parts VS Electronannies & Computer-Aided Traction for Off-Road Functionality (a.k.a. Who's In Charge of Your Truck?), or Who's Skill Set Is It?

When time for negotiations are through and Lelu Dallas's multipass won't cut the mustard (Bunky), you can usually fall back on a mechanical part to function like the instructions said it would. That's not always the case with digital traction aids and computer-controlled robo-'froaders. Point is, there are good points and bad points for each, but the bads for knuckle-dragging hard parts don't look to be nearly as hazardous as the downsides of fancy programming and traction voodoo. The Garage Hour goons are here to help figure out what's it to you. While we're in there, we've also got some parts humor, flaky drivers and a few pot-shots at Mom (because no one can lay it on thicker than her).

Nov 1, 202152 min

S11 Ep 4610.20.21 (MP3): Can You Hack It? Nissans VS Coolant, Binge Watching Deep-Vees VS Haulover Point, Mustang Guy VS Traffic, Fat Basement People VS The Bicycle (& Millenials VS Reality), + the Pending Uber Shortage & Your Cat's Not a Dog

As if the geeks and goons chasing the Garage Hour don't have enough reality to deal out already, it's a show with more - fat beardos with their first bike (and it was pink!), Florida's Haulover Inlet and all the sweet boats that hit it (and those that couldn't pull it off), that Mustang "Guy" who doesn't understand traffic doesn't plan to cooperate, and a little bit on where have all the UbLyfters gone. Why yes, there's more: cats and dogs (refusing to live together), the value of coolant, a few thoughts on the importance of human decency and why other drivers could use some.

Oct 26, 202152 min

S11 Ep 4610.20.21: Can You Hack It? Nissans VS Coolant, Binge Watching Deep-Vees VS Haulover Point, Mustang Guy VS Traffic, Fat Basement People VS The Bicycle (& Millenials VS Reality), + the Pending Uber Shortage & Your Cat's Not a Dog

As if the geeks and goons chasing the Garage Hour don't have enough reality to deal out already, it's a show with more - fat beardos with their first bike (and it was pink!), Florida's Haulover Inlet and all the sweet boats that hit it (and those that couldn't pull it off), that Mustang "Guy" who doesn't understand traffic doesn't plan to cooperate, and a little bit on where have all the UbLyfters gone. Why yes, there's more: cats and dogs (refusing to live together), the value of coolant, a few thoughts on the importance of human decency and why other drivers could use some.

Oct 26, 202152 min

S11 Ep 4510.12.21 (MP3): 2A VS CA & the Guns of Kalifornistan: Further Firearming for Women and First-Timers, Some New Gun Owners & More Old Tool Functions, + Wearing Shorts to Work, & the North Face Loses It While Dudes & Chicks Use It

Don't be a tool - let function guide you to the geek side. Garage Hour goons and gearhead gadabouts alike are celebrating more Second Amendment fans, and everyone's going plinkin'. Meanwhile, CA is still trying to prove that fewer guns equal less crime (it doesn't), and Norway proves that guns don't make people kill (just the evil in men's hearts). While we're at it, there's some Blues Brothers, high-zoot hypocrites, another reason for good file-keeping (instructions!), lifted Subies (eww), and having a good day.

Oct 21, 202159 min

S11 Ep 4510.12.21: 2A VS CA & the Guns of Kalifornistan: Further Firearming for Women and First-Timers, Some New Gun Owners & More Old Tool Functions, + Wearing Shorts to Work, & the North Face Loses It While Dudes & Chicks Use It

Don't be a tool - let function guide you to the geek side. Garage Hour goons and gearhead gadabouts alike are celebrating more Second Amendment fans, and everyone's going plinkin'. Meanwhile, CA is still trying to prove that fewer guns equal less crime (it doesn't), and Norway proves that guns don't make people kill (just the evil in men's hearts). While we're at it, there's some Blues Brothers, high-zoot hypocrites, another reason for good file-keeping (instructions!), lifted Subies (eww), and having a good day.

Oct 21, 202159 min

S11 Ep 4410.10.21(MP3): Questionable Car-Maker Ideas -Design Fails VS Leadership Virtue-Signals @Cadillac & Ford & Hyundai, Exploding Bolts (Still Funny), Supply Lines (Still Choked), Engine Bans (Still Kalifornistan), +English Drivers & Italian Truckers VS Idiots

The Gearhead Consultancy made a drive-by of recent decisions by hallmark international automakers' lousy design and product ideas, and was led into a originality dead end. From parts-bin novelties to bathtub visibility, the limited-production cop-out to mimicry versus flattery, there's more "ehhh" than "yeah" coming out of the big guys, and you're right to demand better (or other). It's all good: there's also Dude Food with stew and roast, zombie chainsaw Darwin, Andrew Bornhop, and garagelike wads of goodness (plus flash VS pan).

Oct 14, 202154 min

S11 Ep 4410.10.21: Questionable Car-Maker Ideas - Design Fails VS Leadership Virtue-Signals @ Cadillac & Ford & Hyundai, Exploding Bolts (Still Funny), Supply Lines (Still Choked), Engine Bans (Still Kalifornistan), + English Drivers & Italian Truckers VS Idiots

The Gearhead Consultancy made a drive-by of recent decisions by hallmark international automakers' lousy design and product ideas, and was led into a originality dead end. From parts-bin novelties to bathtub visibility, the limited-production cop-out to mimicry versus flattery, there's more "ehhh" than "yeah" coming out of the big guys, and you're right to demand better (or other). It's all good: there's also Dude Food with stew and roast, zombie chainsaw Darwin, Andrew Bornhop, and garagelike wads of goodness (plus flash VS pan).

Oct 14, 202154 min

S11 Ep 4310.02.21 (MP3): On the Road (Again...) w/ Uncle Travelling Gearhead - Lighting Legality, Stolen Design Cues, Gas Station Poseurs, Lane 1 Tough Guys, 99% Racecar Drivers, Idiots Doing Idiot Things (in Traffic), & Starting Days Right + Info Deserts

Getting back in the saddle is hard to do - but we're doing it anyway, because gearhead. Hostus Maximus Justin Fort was on the road and captured everything from automotive design cheating (BMW and Suzuki VS Subaru), that guy in the Jeep in the #1 lane who forgets he's in traffic because his wagon is the toughest (traffic elitist), the same elitism at the gas pump, and why professional test drivers are serious one-percenters. While we're at it, there's also the upside of kick-starting your day with doing (geek!), what lights on the front of your rig won't get you arrested, and what an information desert tastes like.

Oct 11, 202158 min

S11 Ep 4310.02.21: On the Road (Again...) w/ Uncle Travelling Gearhead - Lighting Legality, Stolen Design Cues, Gas Station Poseurs, Lane 1 Tough Guys, 99% Racecar Drivers, Idiots Doing Idiot Things (in Traffic), & Starting Days Right + Info Deserts

Getting back in the saddle is hard to do - but we're doing it anyway, because gearhead. Hostus Maximus Justin Fort was on the road and captured everything from automotive design cheating (BMW and Suzuki VS Subaru), that guy in the Jeep in the #1 lane who forgets he's in traffic because his wagon is the toughest (traffic elitist), the same elitism at the gas pump, and why professional test drivers are serious one-percenters. While we're at it, there's also the upside of kick-starting your day with doing (geek!), what lights on the front of your rig won't get you arrested, and what an information desert tastes like.

Oct 11, 202158 min

S11 Ep 4209.01.21 (MP3): Too Many "B"s, Not Enough Time @ Trinity Brewing - Beer, Brats, (Where's) Bill, Bacon, (Upper) Brass, Blown (Up), Balls, (Will It) Blend, & Buttons! Also, Cast-Iron Pans, w/ Trinity's Head Brewer on How We Got Here (Beer!)

English, schminglish... Sorry, but there's a lot going on in Garage World right now - running out of hours. We did manage to kidnap Trinity's saucemaster for an hour - Jon Taylor, Regular Bill and Hostus Maximus Justin Fort did an in-house session on yummy beveraging (Simcoe Smash, peanut-butter stout, Idaho 7, dandelions for beer and health, and rusty reds), nose tasting and food pairing. Like usual, there was a whole bunch of other - cast iron, storage avalanches, "Yes" to flipping ('tis the season) and something about Long Island Ice Teas.

Sep 19, 20211h 0m

S11 Ep 4209.01.21: Too Many "B"s, Not Enough Time @ Trinity Brewing - Beer, Brats, (Where's) Bill, Bacon, (Upper) Brass, Blown (Up), Balls, (Will It) Blend, & Buttons! Also, Cast-Iron Pans, w/ Trinity's Head Brewer on How We Got Here (Beer!)

English, schminglish... Sorry, but there's a lot going on in Garage World right now - running out of hours. We did manage to kidnap Trinity's saucemaster for an hour - Jon Taylor, Regular Bill and Hostus Maximus Justin Fort did an in-house session on yummy beveraging (Simcoe Smash, peanut-butter stout, Idaho 7, dandelions for beer and health, and rusty reds), nose tasting and food pairing. Like usual, there was a whole bunch of other - cast iron, storage avalanches, "Yes" to flipping ('tis the season) and something about Long Island Ice Teas.

Sep 19, 20211h 0m

S11 Ep 4108.22.21 (MP3): Bushings & Wrenches & Trucks & Expansion Tanks, Oh My - Plus No Lane for You!, Curvy Road Requests, Tool Trays (& Not Tool Trays), Old Laptops & Old Software (w/ New Problems), + Rob Zombie

It's a fine selection of the random gearheadiness that makes the Garage Hour an international sensation (seriously, what's wrong with you people?) - semis and wide loads and how to own the lane, a review of some logic powering automotive bushings (and rubber versus polyurethane), and we found some Found On Road Awesomeness - Snap-On, baby! Because it's not a Garage Hour without serial weirdness, we've also got a Silence of the Lambs intro (basementy!), a Spyderco knife moment, the Walkin' Dude's 4Runner, and a call for geeks to get involved (because you pay the best attention).

Sep 10, 202159 min

S11 Ep 4108.22.21: Bushings & Wrenches & Trucks & Expansion Tanks, Oh My - Plus No Lane for You!, Curvy Road Requests, Tool Trays (& Not Tool Trays), Old Laptops & Old Software (w/ New Problems), + Rob Zombie

It's a fine selection of the random gearheadiness that makes the Garage Hour an international sensation (seriously, what's wrong with you people?) - semis and wide loads and how to own the lane, a review of some logic powering automotive bushings (and rubber versus polyurethane), and we found some Found On Road Awesomeness - Snap-On, baby! Because it's not a Garage Hour without serial weirdness, we've also got a Silence of the Lambs intro (basementy!), a Spyderco knife moment, the Walkin' Dude's 4Runner, and a call for geeks to get involved (because you pay the best attention).

Sep 10, 202159 min

S11 Ep 4008.21.21 (MP3): Superballs & Other Traffic Projectiles... Also Chevy Bolt Battery Fires (Crispy), Cool Military Hardware XMas for the Taliban (Toucans & Blackhawks & MRAPs, Oh My), No Bullets for You (but Plenty for Terrorists), + Some Motoring Questions

Balls that bounce are great, but GM recalling 50-70,000 Bolts aint. Also, when you have lemons, don't make terrorists lemonade. ...Unless you're a fool, in which case you gift-wrap that lemonade in $85billion of the finest military hardware on Earth. Geeks like military hardware, so we'll talk about it. There's other bouncing madness: even though fundamentalist cavemen get mountains of rifles and ammo courtesy of your tax dollars, you're about to be blocked from buying Russian bullets (first time Joke Biden blocked anything from Russia).

Aug 27, 202157 min

S11 Ep 4008.21.21: Superballs & Other Traffic Projectiles... Also Chevy Bolt Battery Fires (Crispy), Cool Military Hardware XMas for the Taliban (Toucans & Blackhawks & MRAPs, Oh My), No Bullets for You (but Plenty for Terrorists), + Some Motoring Questions

Balls that bounce are great, but GM recalling 50-70,000 Bolts aint. Also, when you have lemons, don't make terrorists lemonade. ...Unless you're a fool, in which case you gift-wrap that lemonade in $85billion of the finest military hardware on Earth. Geeks like military hardware, so we'll talk about it. There's other bouncing madness: even though fundamentalist cavemen get mountains of rifles and ammo courtesy of your tax dollars, you're about to be blocked from buying Russian bullets (first time Joke Biden blocked anything from Russia).

Aug 27, 202157 min

S11 Ep 3908.12.21 (MP3): Tech VS Gearheads - How & Why of Mindless Self-Surveillance, w/ Hacks @ Tech-Privacy Survival, Nuts & Bolts of Data-Hungry Vehicles, Vulnerability of Cars to Outside Control, Info-Harvesting Corporations, +Who Should Profit from Your Data

The next time you wander into the kitchen in your torn boxers, are the 'fridge and toaster watching you? ...And who's watching them? How about when you pair your car's "infotainment" system with your phone? "Smart" homes and cars appeal to a lot of stupid people because you can be really bright but still dumb enough not to realize that if you're not managing all that unwelcome tech in your life, someone else will. Unphone, bitches! The Gearhead Consultancy wants to help. Faraday-caged homes, phone boxes, historic examples of spying, modern examples of hacking risks and car-control death - it's a scary data forest out there, and you're in it.

Aug 22, 202157 min

S11 Ep 3908.12.21: Tech VS Gearheads - Hows & Whys of Mindless Self-Surveillance, w/ Hacks for Tech-Privacy Survival, Nuts & Bolts of Data-Hungry Vehicles, Vulnerability of Cars to Outside Control, Info-Harvesting Corporations, + Who Should Profit from Your Data

The next time you wander into the kitchen in your torn boxers, are the 'fridge and toaster watching you? ...And who's watching them? How about when you pair your car's "infotainment" system with your phone? "Smart" homes and cars appeal to a lot of stupid people because you can be really bright but still dumb enough not to realize that if you're not managing all that unwelcome tech in your life, someone else will. Unphone, bitches! The Gearhead Consultancy wants to help. Faraday-caged homes, phone boxes, historic examples of spying, modern examples of hacking risks and car-control death - it's a scary data forest out there, and you're in it.

Aug 22, 202157 min

S11 Ep 3808.02.21 (MP3): Why Car Accidents Don't Mean What You Think - Road Entitlement & Cost VS Competence, Traffic Elitism, Skill-Set Shortages, Distracted Drivers & the Unguided Missile, + 4-Wheeling Ramona, Trinity's Belgian Wit & Jaegermeister in 'da Freezer

...Because driving ain't about being able to afford a car, and being skilled ain't because you showed up - motoring fails are not what you think, but you should have thought of that. The Garage Hour goon squad - with Mr. Intolerant and Hostus Maximus Justin Fort - does a little dance with why car accidents are up, and the whys aren't what they were (ahem, the road is in the real world). While we're at it, there's cat versus squirrel (the cat lost), FJs in Ramona, street racing in the 'Springs, Hank Hill versus Homer Simpson, and Cut Chemist.

Aug 14, 20211h 0m

S11 Ep 3808.02.21: Why Car Accidents Don't Mean What You Think - Road Entitlement & Cost VS Competence, Traffic Elitism, Skill-Set Shortages, Distracted Drivers & the Unguided Missile, + Four-Wheeling Ramona, Trinity's Belgian Wit & Jaegermeister in 'da Freezer

...Because driving ain't about being able to afford the car, and being skilled ain't because you showed up - motoring fails are not what you think, but you should have thought of that. The Garage Hour goon squad - with Mr. Intolerant and Hostus Maximus Justin Fort - does a dance with why car accidents are up, and the whys aren't what they were (hint: the road is in the real world). While we're at it, there's cat versus squirrel (the cat lost), FJs in Ramona, street racing in the 'Springs, Hank Hill versus Homer Simpson, and Cut Chemist.

Aug 14, 20211h 0m

S11 Ep 3708.01.21 (MP3): Need New Conspiracies (Old Ones Came True)... Power-Grabbers Grabbing Your Power - Gov't Wants to Take Away Your Race Car, Track Your Driving & Call You Guilty Until Proven Innocent (Because "Infrastructure") - Gearheads Need to Get Mad

Want to do your thing, and geek out on fast cars, fine beer, crawly trucks and bangy guns? Like doing stuff that's not "approved" by the woketards? If you don't stand up for your right to do your thing, "your thing" could go from "out there" to "illegal" under cover of the Trojan corpse in the White House and his band of unmoored zealots. To borrow a term, it's time to fight for your right to party (however you do so). The Gearhead Consultancy took a few minutes to help understand why bad (Big) gov't is wrong - and will take away your rights. You should be mad. The idiots in DC want breathalyzers in all cars, are desperate to track you wherever you go, and to ban you from taking your car to the track. It's time to geek up and start punching back.

Aug 6, 202158 min

S11 Ep 3708.01.21: Need New Conspiracies (Old Ones Came True)... Power-Grabbers Grabbing Your Power - Gov't Wants to Take Away Your Race Car, Track Your Driving & Call You Guilty Until Proven Innocent (Because "Infrastructure") - Gearheads Need to Get Mad

Want to do your thing, and geek out on fast cars, fine beer, crawly trucks and bangy guns? Like doing stuff that's not "approved" by the woketards? If you don't stand up for your right to do your thing, "your thing" could go from "out there" to "illegal" under cover of the Trojan corpse in the White House and his band of unmoored zealots. To borrow a term, it's time to fight for your right to party (however you do so). The Gearhead Consultancy took a few minutes to help understand why bad (Big) gov't is wrong - and will take away your rights. You should be mad. The idiots in DC want breathalyzers in all cars, are desperate to track you wherever you go, and to ban you from taking your car to the track. It's time to geek up and start punching back.

Aug 6, 202158 min

S11 Ep 3607.27.21 (MP3): Just Add Rice! Fun w/ Japanese Cars & Tuner Bits, JDM & Ricer Stories, + Stick VS Paddle, Home-Fab Intakes, Making a Ridgeline Work On-Trail (Though It's Still Not a Truck), Speed Holes & Deep-Vee Powerboat Blowers

Nothing like climbing into a little history, especially when it's the great Japanese and USDM stuff from the late '80s and '90s. You name it - CRX, EF, EG and EK, S-13 and S-14, good seats and bad grounds, cotton and foam intakes, STILLEN, RNC, Jackson, HKS, Road & Track, Flyin' Miata, GTR, NSX, VQ, 350 and 370Z, fart pipes and blow-offs, 1J and 2JZ, straight fours and sixes, FJ40s and 80s, and whatever else we come up with. Meanwhile, the Garage Hour breaks in some new meat with the introduction of Mr. Intolerant, plus sips of What It Is kolsch and Dark Cherry Seltzer from Trinity Brewing.

Jul 31, 202159 min

S11 Ep 3607.27.21: Just Add Rice! Fun w/ Japanese Cars & Tuner Bits, JDM & Ricer Stories, + Stick VS Paddle, Home-Fab Intakes, Making a Ridgeline Work On-Trail (Though It's Still Not a Truck), Speed Holes & Deep-Vee Powerboat Blowers

Nothing like climbing into a little history, especially when it's the great Japanese and USDM stuff from the late '80s and '90s. You name it - CRX, EF, EG and EK, S-13 and S-14, good seats and bad grounds, cotton and foam intakes, STILLEN, RNC, Jackson, HKS, Road & Track, Flyin' Miata, GTR, NSX, VQ, 350 and 370Z, fart pipes and blow-offs, 1J and 2JZ, straight fours and sixes, FJ40s and 80s, and whatever else we come up with. Meanwhile, the Garage Hour breaks in some new meat with the introduction of Mr. Intolerant, plus sips of What It Is kolsch and Dark Cherry Seltzer from Trinity Brewing.

Jul 31, 202159 min

S11 Ep 3507.22.21 (MP3): Daytime-Running Lights - Good or Crap? In-Car Nanny Devices VS Skills & Attentiveness, Motorcycle Safety (Loud Pipes Save Lives!), Nightime Motoring & Car-to-Car Comms, + Demolition Man, Rust Belt & Emmitt from Silverado, & Naked Funk

The answer is "crap!" Geeks ain't fooled by a thin logic, and Hostus Maximus Justin Fort goes late-night weirdsauce (and possibly some other places) on the safety fraud that DRLs have become. Because there's always situational affects, there's also a look at good running lights on semis and bikes, lane-spltting, single DRLs and marker lights, and a little on why "automatic" headlights are not very. Just to keep things super, there's also self-driving canolis, sharpies, plastics, skillsetting the sheep, hydration, and Han shot first.

Jul 28, 20211h 0m

S11 Ep 3507.22.21: Daytime-Running Lights - Good or Crap? In-Car Nanny Devices VS Skills & Attentiveness, Motorcycle Safety (Loud Pipes Save Lives!), Nightime Motoring & Car-to-Car Comms, + Demolition Man, Rust Belt & Emmitt from Silverado, & Naked Funk

The answer is "crap!" Geeks ain't fooled by a thin logic, and Hostus Maximus Justin Fort goes late-night weirdsauce (and possibly some other places) on the safety fraud that DRLs have become. Because there's always situational affects, there's also a look at good running lights on semis and bikes, lane-spltting, single DRLs and marker lights, and a little on why "automatic" headlights are not very. Just to keep things super, there's also self-driving canolis, sharpies, plastics, skillsetting the sheep, hydration, and Han shot first.

Jul 28, 20211h 0m

S11 Ep 3407.17.21 (MP3): Don't Be a Speed Bump (Or Less Skilled), or Does More Automotive Technology = Less Driver Capability? (Automation & Convenience Make You Suck), Four-Wheeling Failtown, + Trainshooting for Thugs & Protecting Data VS Controlling It

From green lawns versus gravel yards (cop-out) to the human question of whether you're less of one if your car is more man than you, the Garage Hour doesn't phone it in. We've got the real-world impact of folks who can't figure out how their headlights work (uhhh, taillights are good), plus a hard look at the new trend for the victims of Tesla's robot-drive auto-wash self-steering crashes to sue from outside the restrictive NDAs that the company puts on its consumers. Then it's all beers and rock and roll and space-phalluses. Fatso Jetson, KMFDM, Ministry, Dog Fashion Disco, Blazing Haley, Bjork, Black Label Society, Cabbage Boy and Hum join in, because awesome.

Jul 22, 202159 min

S11 Ep 3407.17.21: Don't Be a Speed Bump (Or Less Skilled), or Does More Automotive Technology = Less Driver Capability? (Automation & Convenience Make You Suck), Four-Wheeling Failtown, + Trainshooting for Thugs & Protecting Data VS Controlling It

From green lawns versus gravel yards (cop-out) to the human question of whether you're less of one if your car is more man than you, the Garage Hour doesn't phone it in. We've got the real-world impact of folks who can't figure out how their headlights work (uhhh, taillights are good), plus a hard look at the new trend for the victims of Tesla's robot-drive auto-wash self-steering crashes to sue from outside the restrictive NDAs that the company puts on its consumers. Then it's all beers and rock and roll and space-phalluses. Fatso Jetson, KMFDM, Ministry, Dog Fashion Disco, Blazing Haley, Bjork, Black Label Society, Cabbage Boy and Hum join in, because awesome.

Jul 22, 202159 min

S11 Ep 3307.14.21 (MP3): Rehumanize! Right to Repair (Because Sh!t Must Be Fixed!) & Electric Car Letdowns (Ruined by Hype), + Dump Truck Crashes (Bye Bye Bridge), Cambus #69, Steve Wozniak, Dirty Dave, Queens of the Stone Age, Humping Squirrels & Too Much Justin

Let's do the thing - great rock (QOTSA all day), great crashes (who needed that yacht), earth-shaking stamping mills, loads of government graft on the back of fraudulent electric transit unicorn farts, the mystery of disappearing nuke plants, and 'You Can't Quit Me Baby". While we're at it: Gillig Phantoms, dump trucks, sinkholes, Arby's, Miata VS Mustang, and if you know what you're doing, why can't you do it?

Jul 18, 202158 min

S11 Ep 3307.14.21: Rehumanize! Right to Repair (Because Sh!t Must Be Fixed!) & Electric Car Letdowns (Ruined by Hype), + Dump Truck Crashes (Bye Bye Bridge), Cambus #69, Steve Wozniak, Dirty Dave, Queens of the Stone Age, Humping Squirrels & Too Much Justin

Let's do the thing - great rock (QOTSA all day), great crashes (who needed that yacht), earth-shaking stamping mills, loads of government graft on the back of fraudulent electric transit unicorn farts, the mystery of disappearing nuke plants, and 'You Can't Quit Me Baby". While we're at it: Gillig Phantoms, dump trucks, sinkholes, Arby's, Miata VS Mustang, and if you know what you're doing, why can't you do it?

Jul 18, 202158 min

S11 Ep 3207.04.21 (MP3): Superfried Support of Second Amendment (+2A News), 2/3 of US Counties = 2A Sanctuaries, the (Pending) Death of CA's "Assault" Weapon Ban, Cannon Building VS Cannon Owning, w/ The Precious (10mm) & Trinity's Dark Cherry Seltzer

Down in the lab... It's a 1% battery episode: Hostus Maximus Justin Fort's tank was on empty for this one, but somehow a good think-piece happened. There's reports on the health of our Second Amendment (w/ improvements!), cannon building versus cannon owning, money-making schemes from the Asterisk administration, and being the 2A every day. Surprises: Joke Biden was wrong again, arm braces brace your arms, scary features are not scary, the Dems want to keep you fearful, cactus needles hurt your face, and it's not Indiana's fault, Chicago.

Jul 10, 202157 min

S11 Ep 3207.04.21: Superfried Support of Second Amendment (+2A News), 2/3 of US Counties = 2A Sanctuaries, the (Pending) Death of CA's "Assault" Weapon Ban, Cannon Building VS Cannon Owning, w/ The Precious (10mm) & Trinity's Dark Cherry Seltzer

Down in the lab... It's a 1% battery episode: Hostus Maximus Justin Fort's tank was on empty for this one, but somehow a good think-piece happened. There's reports on the health of our Second Amendment (w/ improvements!), cannon building versus cannon owning, money-making schemes from the Asterisk administration, and being the 2A every day. Surprises: Joke Biden was wrong again, arm braces brace your arms, scary features are not scary, the Dems want to keep you fearful, cactus needles hurt your face, and it's not Indiana's fault, Chicago.

Jul 10, 202157 min

S11 Ep 3106.27.21 (MP3): Drivers & Racecars @ Pike's Peak Hillclimb - Times, Winners, Race-Lines, Recaps, "Incidents" & Conditions from the Mountain, + Rebuilding Old Mac Products, Cassette VS 8-Track, Fruity Beers & the Sandwich Break

PPIHC 2021 is in the books, and the Garage Hour goons were in the mix (George's, baby!). From early on the hill to fine sips afterwards (plus a little racing), we were in it and we have tales to tell. Drivers? Shute, Dallenbach, Dumas, Millen, Astier, Vasholtz, Schrantz, Donahue, Clay, Pobst and 100 more. Cars? LMPs, sprinters, stockers, Trans-Am, Cadillac, Porsche, BMW, Bentley, Camaro and Mustang, plus zip-ties, downforce and turbochargers. So many turbos. Because racecar, there's more: Engineers, Bottomless and Boulder Park, Contagion, Deep Purple, Eagles of Death Metal and Gruntruck. Oh yeah, and beer.

Jun 30, 20211h 0m

S11 Ep 3106.27.21: Drivers & Racecars @ Pike's Peak Hillclimb - Times, Winners, Race-Lines, Recaps, "Incidents" & Conditions from the Mountain, + Rebuilding Old Mac Products, Cassette VS 8-Track, Fruity Beers & the Sandwich Break

PPIHC 2021 is in the books, and the Garage Hour goons were in the mix (George's, baby!). From early on the hill to fine sips afterwards (plus a little racing), we were in it and we have tales to tell. Drivers? Shute, Dallenbach, Dumas, Millen, Astier, Vasholtz, Schrantz, Donahue, Clay, Pobst and 100 more. Cars? LMPs, sprinters, stockers, Trans-Am, Cadillac, Porsche, BMW, Bentley, Camaro and Mustang, plus zip-ties, downforce and turbochargers. So many turbos. Because racecar, there's more: Engineers, Bottomless and Boulder Park, Contagion, Deep Purple, Eagles of Death Metal and Gruntruck. Oh yeah, and beer.

Jun 30, 20211h 0m