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

Some times you feel like a nut (such as after an episode of the Garage Hour), and some times the recording software miscodecs a segment and you have to redrop the file raw.  Whoops.  So!  …Here's the lost November episode of the show the gearhead goons warned you about - chock full of the goodness you demand - so at least there's that:  making freeways fun (especially in an uncorked 5.0), the Mr....

Caffiene and Christmas go together (because you can't handle one without the other), and the Gearhead Consultancy is up to its gills in it to get through this episode.  P.K. outrovert Caleb of EAS and Radar Mark, Porsche man and sticker fan, joined Hostus Maximus Justin "Type A" Fort for this pre-holiday freeforall, and it's got everything.  Buying a beater but not falling into the "too nice" trap...

Caffiene and Christmas go together (because you can't handle one without the other), and the Gearhead Consultancy is up to its gills in it to get through this episode.  P.K. outrovert Caleb of EAS and Radar Mark, Porsche man and sticker fan, joined Hostus Maximus Justin "Type A" Fort for this pre-holiday freeforall, and it's got everything.  Buying a beater but not falling into the "too nice" trap...

It's Christmastime, so why not grab the punching handle by the blondes and try the Home Depot China Challenge yourself?  …Because the gearheads in your life like what we like, we have ideas:  fine waxes (Zymol), special sips (Gilark Creekwater rye whiskey, Axe & Oak, and 291), good tools (used or new, it's about the function), obscure watches (make the effort), tint and clear-bra from E.A.S., slot...

It's Christmastime, so why not grab the punching handle by the blondes and try the Home Depot China Challenge yourself?  …Because the gearheads in your life like what we like, we have ideas:  fine waxes (Zymol), special sips (Gilark Creekwater rye whiskey, Axe & Oak, and 291), good tools (used or new, it's about the function), obscure watches (make the effort), tint and clear-bra from E.A.S., slot...

Yeah, yeah, it's been too long.  …Usual Christmastime to-do list is kicking everyone's ass.  Thankfully, Caleb from EAS in the 'Springs kicked Hostus Maximus Justin and Gearhead Celebutant Mark's collective asses back into the studio (over sips at Bristol Brewery), because the Garage Hour is too much candy not to have some.  Gearhead location experimentation ensued, fueled by Axe & Oak's Pike's Pe...

Yeah, yeah, it's been too long.  …Usual Christmastime to-do list is kicking everyone's ass.  Thankfully, Caleb from EAS in the 'Springs kicked Hostus Maximus Justin and Gearhead Celebutant Mark's collective asses back into the studio (over sips at Bristol Brewery), because the Garage Hour is too much candy not to have some.  Gearhead location experimentation ensued, fueled by Axe & Oak's Pike's Pe...

Okay, busy boy does gearhead goodness:  good pipes on slushbox BR-Zs (awww), Volvo households and 244s (turbo!), car racism and Tiptronic, automatic trannies for off-road effect, avoiding Chinese tires, new-car reality versus the electric car market and the "Cold Snap Sprint" (home), the 80-40 ice fog freakout, REI (bad) versus four-wheeling (good), and the big Louisiana fog crash (holy shed). Mor...

Okay, busy boy does gearhead goodness:  good pipes on slushbox BR-Zs (awww), Volvo households and 244s (turbo!), car racism and Tiptronic, automatic trannies for off-road effect, avoiding Chinese tires, new-car reality versus the electric car market and the "Cold Snap Sprint" (home), the 80-40 ice fog freakout, REI (bad) versus four-wheeling (good), and the big Louisiana fog crash (holy shed). Mor...

Somuchworktodo…. Sorry about the untimely uploads, but the Gearhead Consultancy's plate doth overfloweth.  Now, about some good talk:  What happens when a thunderstorm bombs the garage, and what's the deal when your meat has been froen instead of hitting the 'fridge fresh?  4Runner trans mounts (and squishy torque specs), stupid Jeepers winning stupid prizes (or horse-tranqed beggars - hey, it's n...

Somuchworktodo…. Sorry about the untimely uploads, but the Gearhead Consultancy's plate doth overfloweth.  Now, about some good talk:  What happens when a thunderstorm bombs the garage, and what's the deal when your meat has been froen instead of hitting the 'fridge fresh?  4Runner trans mounts (and squishy torque specs), stupid Jeepers winning stupid prizes (or horse-tranqed beggars - hey, it's n...

When we're not stripping bolts on Warn hubs and trans mounts, the gearhead goons have a good little bit of info for you on using the right fastener (and not the "it fits" rule employed by the Walkin' Dude…).  There's also news on robot-controlled semis being permitted on more roads (we're about two steps from "Maximum Overdrive", kids), the Goolag steering hapless Jeep owners off cliffs and creeks...

When we're not stripping bolts on Warn hubs and trans mounts, the gearhead goons have a good little bit of info for you on using the right fastener (and not the "it fits" rule employed by the Walkin' Dude…).  There's also news on robot-controlled semis being permitted on more roads (we're about two steps from "Maximum Overdrive", kids), the Goolag steering hapless Jeep owners off cliffs and creeks...

We warned you - the Gearhead Consultancy is all about paying attention (because geek!), and this uberule applies to home, self, car, property and Sanctum Garagium.  If you don't want your goods to get grabbed, watch your back when you park the Aston (or whatever you roll) in the car hole, because with all the crime exploding across America, someone might be watching you.  The market is there for t...

We warned you - the Gearhead Consultancy is all about paying attention (because geek!), and this uberule applies to home, self, car, property and Sanctum Garagium.  If you don't want your goods to get grabbed, watch your back when you park the Aston (or whatever you roll) in the car hole, because with all the crime exploding across America, someone might be watching you.  The market is there for t...

Holy carp - too much to do (and apologies for the tardy transmission).  The Gearhead Consultantcy is always on the job, we're just busy.  Hostus Maximus Justin Fort and the Walkin' Dude got back together out in BFE (Black Forest Excellence) for some trail tales - Red Cone, Imogene, Webster Pass, Mt. Herman, Gold Camp, Mt. Baldy - and thoughts on truck bags (gear for a day), mine access, universal...

Holy carp - too much to do (and apologies for the tardy transmission).  The Gearhead Consultantcy is always on the job, we're just busy.  Hostus Maximus Justin Fort and the Walkin' Dude got back together out in BFE (Black Forest Excellence) for some trail tales - Red Cone, Imogene, Webster Pass, Mt. Herman, Gold Camp, Mt. Baldy - and thoughts on truck bags (gear for a day), mine access, universal...

Drive 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...

Drive 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...

...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 burea...

...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 burea...

Join 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 ide...

Join 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 ide...

The 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?),...

The 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?),...