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).

More:  discretion versus valor (pull off and have a burrito), pilots versus shrooms (and 83 counts of attempted murder for Captain Stupid), UFC refuses to learn from Bud Light’s fail, and a big Garage Hour R.I.P. to excellent weirdos Richard Mull (“Bull” from Night Court) and Matthew Perry from Friends (don’t do drugs then hit the hot tub).  …Sounds from Peter Gunn, Vibravoid, God Lives Underwater, and thoughts about sounds from Iron Maiden.

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).

More:  discretion versus valor (pull off and have a burrito), pilots versus shrooms (and 83 counts of attempted murder for Captain Stupid), UFC refuses to learn from Bud Light’s fail, and a big Garage Hour R.I.P. to excellent weirdos Richard Mull (“Bull” from Night Court) and Matthew Perry from Friends (don’t do drugs then hit the hot tub).  …Sounds from Peter Gunn, Vibravoid, God Lives Underwater, and thoughts about sounds from Iron Maiden.

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 not MY wedding), secret Pioneer head units, JKs with V8s, electric Jeeps with rebates, new cars suffering a case of the old elbows, stolen design cues, and tie-downs and ratchet straps (because if it’s on the side of the road, it’s not on your load).

Also, Home Depot versus Harbor Freight, half-digested Citroens, Zach’s elk summer sausage, and Electric Wizard, Living Color, Propellerheads and Electronic Excursions in High-Fi.

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 not MY wedding), secret Pioneer head units, JKs with V8s, electric Jeeps with rebates, new cars suffering a case of the old elbows, stolen design cues, and tie-downs and ratchet straps (because if it’s on the side of the road, it’s not on your load).

Also, Home Depot versus Harbor Freight, half-digested Citroens, Zach’s elk summer sausage, and Electric Wizard, Living Color, Propellerheads and Electronic Excursions in High-Fi.

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 (buy a map), electric cars being powered by diesel (when unicorn farts are in short supply), and the wisdom of avoiding yuge chunks of Jersey barrier while commuting the company coche (because ashtray).

Then again:  wolves (not) in Colorado, wasted capital on fake green agendi, the Densh…. Denmarkers…. people of Daneland… giving up on environmentally friendly LEGOs, plus Goblin, Blur, Puny, Fatso, FNM, Mastodon, Faktor, Dekoder, Straits and AIC.

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 (buy a map), electric cars being powered by diesel (when unicorn farts are in short supply), and the wisdom of avoiding yuge chunks of Jersey barrier while commuting the company coche (because ashtray).

Then again:  wolves (not) in Colorado, wasted capital on fake green agendi, the Densh…. Denmarkers…. people of Daneland… giving up on environmentally friendly LEGOs, plus Goblin, Blur, Puny, Fatso, FNM, Mastodon, Faktor, Dekoder, Straits and AIC.

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 thieves - don’t be their meat.

There’s more: lost D-rings, lost hitches and lost F-35s, hacked ships and hacked warplanes (yikes?), pawn shops and battery slop, Teslas running over junk and unions running over members, JF Summit, illegal Canadia, the thumb on the scale, plus Fu Manchu, High on Fire, Sleep, Matt Pike and Dragonaut, Herbalizer, Alice in Chains and Die Krupps.

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 thieves - don’t be their meat.

There’s more: lost D-rings, lost hitches and lost F-35s, hacked ships and hacked warplanes (yikes?), pawn shops and battery slop, Teslas running over junk and unions running over members, JF Summit, illegal Canadia, the thumb on the scale, plus Fu Manchu, High on Fire, Sleep, Matt Pike and Dragonaut, Herbalizer, Alice in Chains and Die Krupps.

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 keys, lost D-rings, and not ‘froading alone.

As always, there’s a lot more:  bags on roofs and tents on trucks, too much pressure washing and oil consumption, not enough Eddyline and Coors Banquest, Fred and Rudy (dogs), Cujo (dog name), Capt. Surly and Dani (people), and The Toadies and Presidents of the United States of America (bands).

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 keys, lost D-rings, and not ‘froading alone.

As always, there’s a lot more:  bags on roofs and tents on trucks, too much pressure washing and oil consumption, not enough Eddyline and Coors Banquest, Fred and Rudy (dogs), Cujo (dog name), Capt. Surly and Dani (people), and The Toadies and Presidents of the United States of America (bands).

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 are never too early to be learned, and the Gearhead Consultancy is here to help - turns out your natural distrust of government, bureaucrats, elected libtards and watermelon environmentalists is well placed.

Yes, you’re correct - it’s a little soon for this chat - but it’s never too soon to be prepared for the next one, and not knowing when that is, let’s take this opportunity to toughen up and avoid a repeat.  Because, in the end, your survival is your business.

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 are never too early to be learned, and the Gearhead Consultancy is here to help - turns out your natural distrust of government, bureaucrats, elected libtards and watermelon environmentalists is well placed.

Yes, you’re correct - it’s a little soon for this chat - but it’s never too soon to be prepared for the next one, and not knowing when that is, let’s take this opportunity to toughen up and avoid a repeat.  Because, in the end, your survival is your business.

...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; drop a traffic cone in front of something - show how bad or stupid or insidious something is without destroying it.

More goodness:  Funyons versus coffee, Hillary’s SoCal fail (less rain than January), IRS agents with guns, new homes on old mines (wicked ultra KAPOW, folks), Bud versus Busch, Maui’s firebug problem, electric busses go bankrupt because they only do politics, and another electric F-150 function flop.

...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; drop a traffic cone in front of something - show how bad or stupid or insidious something is without destroying it.

More goodness:  Funyons versus coffee, Hillary’s SoCal fail (less rain than January), IRS agents with guns, new homes on old mines (wicked ultra KAPOW, folks), Bud versus Busch, Maui’s firebug problem, electric busses go bankrupt because they only do politics, and another electric F-150 function flop.

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 ideas and solutions: homemade, inexpensive, effective, available, inflatable, hand-me-down and hard to assemble.  Also, this episode’s got OE recalls (F-150 e-brakes engaging when they feel like it), Porsche insulting Christianity but pretending days of editing was an “error”, the E.P.A. approving additives for gas that cause cancer in EVERYTHING (government isn’t on your side), and why Ohio and Indiana letting HAL 9000 drive their semis.

...And sorry about the delayed upload - too much to-doing in Earning a Livingland.

More:  Rev. Heat versus Liberace, barn haters, baloney sandwiches, and gambling with music (like Horton Heat, A.F.I., Ministry, Wellwater Conspiracy, Metallica, Sugar Ray, Living Colour, Luscious Jackson and 16-Volt).

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 ideas and solutions: homemade, inexpensive, effective, available, inflatable, hand-me-down and hard to assemble.  Also, this episode’s got OE recalls (F-150 e-brakes engaging when they feel like it), Porsche insulting Christianity but pretending days of editing was an “error”, the E.P.A. approving additives for gas that cause cancer in EVERYTHING (government isn’t on your side), and why Ohio and Indiana letting HAL 9000 drive their semis.

...And sorry about the delayed upload - too much to-doing in Earning a Livingland.

More:  Rev. Heat versus Liberace, barn haters, baloney sandwiches, and gambling with music (like Horton Heat, A.F.I., Ministry, Wellwater Conspiracy, Metallica, Sugar Ray, Living Colour, Luscious Jackson and 16-Volt).

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?), detailing with detailer, thumbnail tricks, clar bars, cotton and microfiber towels, car-care chemicals, wheel brushes, tool prep, hang-drying, air and water drying, specialized cleaners for special surfaces, and using good products like Mother’s, Griot’s and E.C.P. ( as well as their detail guides).

More: Worschestirerer sauce, fresh O.J. (now that he’s out of prison), plus Truckfighters, Quicksilver Loom, Yes, Faust & Shortee, Soundgarden, Tomohawk, and Massive Attack.

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?), detailing with detailer, thumbnail tricks, clar bars, cotton and microfiber towels, car-care chemicals, wheel brushes, tool prep, hang-drying, air and water drying, specialized cleaners for special surfaces, and using good products like Mother’s, Griot’s and E.C.P. ( as well as their detail guides).

More: Worschestirerer sauce, fresh O.J. (now that he’s out of prison), plus Truckfighters, Quicksilver Loom, Yes, Faust & Shortee, Soundgarden, Tomohawk, and Massive Attack.

Some 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 CO2 haters versus trees and shade, bolt sorting, coolant hoarding and a jack named tranny.

Some 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 CO2 haters versus trees and shade, bolt sorting, coolant hoarding and a jack named tranny.

Don’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’s just words.

More to love: rock and roll from Dog Fashion Disco, Contagion, Man or Astroman, Hum, Dandelion and Die Krupps, fire and lots of it, “Demolition Man” robot-car self-drive shenannigans, with an intro by some misshapen monsters from Mars.

Don’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’s just words.

More to love: rock and roll from Dog Fashion Disco, Contagion, Man or Astroman, Hum, Dandelion and Die Krupps, fire and lots of it, “Demolition Man” robot-car self-drive shenannigans, with an intro by some misshapen monsters from Mars.

Of 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 run, being as dumb as a smart home, Ai versus operator, Polish beet sauce, wool from Cabela’s, pirate ships, more soy at the FBI, and lot’sa Clutch.

Of 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 run, being as dumb as a smart home, Ai versus operator, Polish beet sauce, wool from Cabela’s, pirate ships, more soy at the FBI, and lot’sa Clutch.

Now, 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 deserved from a Florida sheriff (and a whole bunch more).

More:  dishwashers washing dishes, being the agent of karma (carma?), owning your sincerity, not digging coal with your teeth, and some Karma to Burn (while we’re at it).

Now, 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 deserved from a Florida sheriff (and a whole bunch more).

More:  dishwashers washing dishes, being the agent of karma (carma?), owning your sincerity, not digging coal with your teeth, and some Karma to Burn (while we’re at it).

Is 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, there’s more, like a complete “16 Volt” background track, journalists behaving badly, “Escape from New York”, “Invasion USA”, Kurt Russell, Chuck Norris, Lee Van Cleef, Mac 10s, and more corruption in Quid Pro Joe’s basement.

Is 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, there’s more, like a complete “16 Volt” background track, journalists behaving badly, “Escape from New York”, “Invasion USA”, Kurt Russell, Chuck Norris, Lee Van Cleef, Mac 10s, and more corruption in Quid Pro Joe’s basement.

Geeks 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 technology is still not on our side.

It’s not all ball bearings nowadays: independent beermakers like Appalachian Mountain go rogue, drones with artificial intelligence go rogue, carmakers’ data-capture goes rogue, and Wyoming goes rogue to protect its taxpayers.  Special appearances by Carl Sagan, Mission Creep, Orbital, Elmer Bernstein, Meat Beat Manifesto, Genesis and the NY Post...

Geeks 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, and technology is still not on our side.

It’s not all ball bearings nowadays: independent beermakers like Appalachian Mountain go rogue, drones with artificial intelligence go rogue, carmakers’ data-capture goes rogue, and Wyoming goes rogue to protect its taxpayers.  Special appearances by Carl Sagan, Mission Creep, Orbital, Elmer Bernstein, Meat Beat Manifesto, Genesis and the NY Post...

That’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 Lives Underwater (come through your speakers), Shark Bite (fittings fix some pipes), new Garage Hour vinyl (stick to your jalopy), with honorable mentions for White Gladis and John Cleese.

That’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 Lives Underwater (come through your speakers), Shark Bite (fittings fix some pipes), new Garage Hour vinyl (stick to your jalopy), with honorable mentions for White Gladis and John Cleese.

When 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/Pierce Brosnahanan’s “November Man” could have been perfect).

More for you:  DJ Contact (w/ DJ Cookie Dough), Amon Tobin (with a mashup), Air (#becauseweird), and Source Direct (#becausetractor).  Also, Umberto from GRC, The Uhhs, jerkles and unicorn skulls.

When 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/Pierce Brosnahanan’s “November Man” could have been perfect).

More for you:  DJ Contact (w/ DJ Cookie Dough), Amon Tobin (with a mashup), Air (#becauseweird), and Source Direct (#becausetractor).  Also, Umberto from GRC, The Uhhs, jerkles and unicorn skulls.

Holy 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, situational awareness, how you’ll feel and what to do and say afterwards, and why you carry with a pew in the pipe (because “Carrying With a Round in the Chamber Saved My Life”).

There’s a lot more here, and every ounce is worth a shooter’s time: smart meet-ups, lawyers for shut the f@€& up, don’t be fat, plus Contagion, NIN, Deftones, Whorgasm, Chainsaws & Children, Alien Faktor and Steril.

Holy 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, situational awareness, how you’ll feel and what to do and say afterwards, and why you carry with a pew in the pipe (because “Carrying With a Round in the Chamber Saved My Life”).

There’s a lot more here, and every ounce is worth a shooter’s time: smart meet-ups, lawyers for shut the f@€& up, don’t be fat, plus Contagion, NIN, Deftones, Whorgasm, Chainsaws & Children, Alien Faktor and Steril.

Thoughts 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 secondary problem to the overall plastic recycling fraud.  Also, other stuff.

Also also, safety should not depricate freedom, and dumb folks don’t know they are.  More tastiness:  Velvet Acid Christ, Steril, Korn, Zombie, Skrew, Nation of Fear, Nick Cave, 16 Volt and Sugar Ray.

Thoughts 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 secondary problem to the overall plastic recycling fraud.  Also, other stuff.

Also also, safety should not depricate freedom, and dumb folks don’t know they are.  More tastiness:  Velvet Acid Christ, Steril, Korn, Zombie, Skrew, Nation of Fear, Nick Cave, 16 Volt and Sugar Ray.

Do 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 say things that don’t make sense - racist roads and electric tanks?  ...And call out corruption when you see it - Sniffy Joe’s White House basement just hired Ford’s China-funded battery lobbyist.  WT capital F?

More to love (perhaps it’s time for a diet): cyborgs, hard-boiled eggs, New Jersey-level paranoid, electric NASCAR and quiet Thunderboats, are catalytic thefts being buoyed by the skidplate industry, plus Folk Implosion, Man or Astroman, Mastodon, Cujo, Beck, DJ Shadow, Gruntruck and Bio-Mechanical Degeneration.

Do 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 say things that don’t make sense - racist roads and electric tanks?  ...And call out corruption when you see it - Sniffy Joe’s White House basement just hired Ford’s China-funded battery lobbyist.  WT capital F?

More to love (perhaps it’s time for a diet): cyborgs, hard-boiled eggs, New Jersey-level paranoid, electric NASCAR and quiet Thunderboats, are catalytic thefts being buoyed by the skidplate industry, plus Folk Implosion, Man or Astroman, Mastodon, Cujo, Beck, DJ Shadow, Gruntruck and Bio-Mechanical Degeneration.

You’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 Washington state (a rifle ban?) and bad ideas from idiots (“smart” guns)...

What’s more: Atomic Bitchwax, Southern Culture, Failure, Goatsnake, For Love Not Lisa, Josh Wink, Corrosion, Bowie, and Al King with Stevie Ray.  Also, Legos for kids and adults, tyrannosaurus skeletons for the living room, T-90s for truck stops, bacteria for everyone, good PR for exploding billions, beers for Americans, and tranny fluid for pinkos.

You’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 Washington state (a rifle ban?) and bad ideas from idiots (“smart” guns)...

What’s more: Atomic Bitchwax, Southern Culture, Failure, Goatsnake, For Love Not Lisa, Josh Wink, Corrosion, Bowie, and Al King with Stevie Ray.  Also, Legos for kids and adults, tyrannosaurus skeletons for the living room, T-90s for truck stops, bacteria for everyone, good PR for exploding billions, beers for Americans, and tranny fluid for pinkos.

So 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 “Spaceship Landing”, and Kyuss, Anthrax, Southern Culture on the Skids, Bio-Mechanical Degeneration, Living Colour, Beatles, Volbeat, Zeppelin, The Rev and Machines of Loving Grace.

So 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 “Spaceship Landing”, and Kyuss, Anthrax, Southern Culture on the Skids, Bio-Mechanical Degeneration, Living Colour, Beatles, Volbeat, Zeppelin, The Rev and Machines of Loving Grace.

Do 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 for you: Sackpack’s pricey flashlight, Walkin’ Dude’s yuge Ft. Carson & orange Yellow Freight signs, plus Justinius Rex’s dozens of Snap-On tools and jar O’ sockets.  Also, Earthlings?, Megadeth, Kyuss, Dog Fashion Disco, Filter, Solarized and Die Krupps.

Do 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 for you: Sackpack’s pricey flashlight, Walkin’ Dude’s yuge Ft. Carson & orange Yellow Freight signs, plus Justinius Rex’s dozens of Snap-On tools and jar O’ sockets.  Also, Earthlings?, Megadeth, Kyuss, Dog Fashion Disco, Filter, Solarized and Die Krupps.

We’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: hooray for Cubans pulling a McGuyver (the old one, not the silly new version) on Communism, cottonwood versus aspen, Duesenbergs, Southern Culture on the Skids, Masters of Reality, Monolord, God Lives Underwater, High On Fire, Deadbolt and Fatso Jetson, plus Stephen King’s evil basement and upcoming Found On Road Awsomeness.

We’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: hooray for Cubans pulling a McGuyver (the old one, not the silly new version) on Communism, cottonwood versus aspen, Duesenbergs, Southern Culture on the Skids, Masters of Reality, Monolord, God Lives Underwater, High On Fire, Deadbolt and Fatso Jetson, plus Stephen King’s evil basement and upcoming Found On Road Awsomeness.

Oi 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 31st.

While we’re at it, more stuff: Metallica, Volbeat, Dragonaut, Faith No More and Bjork, Dave Barry, Hunter S. Thompson, Breitbart, The Federalist, Ammoland and the Epoch Times, plus a proper R.I.P. for excellent weirdo Tom Sizemore.

Oi 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 31st.

While we’re at it, more stuff: Metallica, Volbeat, Dragonaut, Faith No More and Bjork, Dave Barry, Hunter S. Thompson, Breitbart, The Federalist, Ammoland and the Epoch Times, plus a proper R.I.P. for excellent weirdo Tom Sizemore.

Put 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 birds, false electric-car advertising, snow in L.A. because it’s winter, VW takes the carjackers’ side, Ford isn’t on yours, and beer acting weird at 13,000ft.

Put 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 birds, false electric-car advertising, snow in L.A. because it’s winter, VW takes the carjackers’ side, Ford isn’t on yours, and beer acting weird at 13,000ft.

This 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 Ford’s nonsensical new Lightning pickups, AI making it up as it goes along, and Vibravoid, Satriani and smushy catalytic-convertor thief deaths (and the Weinermobile).

This 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 Ford’s nonsensical new Lightning pickups, AI making it up as it goes along, and Vibravoid, Satriani and smushy catalytic-convertor thief deaths (and the Weinermobile).

Invent 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 apex predator into our backyards)?

Code pads?  Double-authentication?  House numbers?  Screen doors?  Door braces?  Frangible rounds?  Driveway safety and garage-door security?  Local laws?  Fake rocks?  Safe rooms?  Shatter Guard?  Mail gettin'?  We've got 'em.

Invent 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 apex predator into our backyards)?

Code pads?  Double-authentication?  House numbers?  Screen doors?  Door braces?  Frangible rounds?  Driveway safety and garage-door security?  Local laws?  Fake rocks?  Safe rooms?  Shatter Guard?  Mail gettin'?  We've got 'em.

Alright, 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, Deadbolt, Gluecifer and Clutch.

Alright, 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, Deadbolt, Gluecifer and Clutch.

If 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 Reader's Digest bible), and fixing scuffs in hardwood (markers!).

Random rock and/or roll: Zach Wilde, Candy Snatchers, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Chainsaws & Children, Metallica, Puny Human, AC/DC, Orgy, Desert Sessions, Hydroponix, Machines of Loving Grace & Blazing Haley!

If 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 Reader's Digest bible), and fixing scuffs in hardwood (markers!).

Random rock and/or roll: Zach Wilde, Candy Snatchers, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Chainsaws & Children, Metallica, Puny Human, AC/DC, Orgy, Desert Sessions, Hydroponix, Machines of Loving Grace & Blazing Haley!

"The more I learn, the less I know." said everyone, always - it's time to get your geek on with some off-the-wall thinking.  With tacos full of bell and turbos full of charge (and a guest appearance by Glorvox the Massive), the gearhead goons put words to cold batteries and warm wi-fi (and the shame that's what happened to the nameplates "Lightning" and "Hummer"), as well as why CO2 is good (we like trees), distracted driving is bad (spend some attention), Carl Sagan was wise (technology w/ morality), and why just because we can doesn't mean we should.

Also appearing: Ministry, Air, Five-Horse Johnson, Biopsiy and Cujo (because that stuff's great!), as well as some crazy eyes, yuge glasses, and green thumbs.

"The more I learn, the less I know." said everyone, always - it's time to get your geek on with some off-the-wall thinking.  With tacos full of bell and turbos full of charge (and a guest appearance by Glorvox the Massive), the gearhead goons put words to cold batteries and warm wi-fi (and the shame that's what happened to the nameplates "Lightning" and "Hummer"), as well as why CO2 is good (we like trees), distracted driving is bad (spend some attention), Carl Sagan was wise (technology w/ morality), and why just because we can doesn't mean we should.

Also appearing: Ministry, Air, Five-Horse Johnson, Biopsiy and Cujo (because that stuff's great!), as well as some crazy eyes, yuge glasses, and green thumbs.

Let's spread some real on now that the good day is done - the Garage Hour goons have hit 2023 like a dump truck full of boba and we're getting it all over the place: freak out the neighbors with your old-school drone, then fix things because the courts came down on farmers' side against John Deere (Steve Wozniak isn't wrong - your right to repair is a big deal).  Then it's upgrade versus Green Hell in CA as nobody thought of raising a few dams and keeing water when it's rainiy for days when it ain't.  Nice state you've got there...

We'll also help you yell about the random craptastic gift for your kid that turned out to be a dirty old man's joke-machine, as well as dish on some Karma to Burn ("V" and "Arch Stanton") and Clutch ("Spacegrass").

Let's spread some real on now that the good day is done - the Garage Hour goons have hit 2023 like a dump truck full of boba and we're getting it all over the place: freak out the neighbors with your old-school drone, then fix things because the courts came down on farmers' side against John Deere (Steve Wozniak isn't wrong - your right to repair is a big deal).  Then it's upgrade versus Green Hell in CA as nobody thought of raising a few dams and keeing water when it's rainiy for days when it ain't.  Nice state you've got there...

We'll also help you yell about the random craptastic gift for your kid that turned out to be a dirty old man's joke-machine, as well as dish on some Karma to Burn ("V" and "Arch Stanton") and Clutch ("Spacegrass").

Gearheads giving geeky goodness - what could be better for Christmas?  There's gobs of great holiday happiness here, plus a few gifts you shouldn't give. Putting some 2A under a real tree?  You and 16,000,000 other Americans this year.  Concealed-carry helpers are grand too.  Making the effort matters - you don't want to mistakenly send someone to Kalifornistan and its reanimation of zombie unconstitutional microstamping mandates, or electric cars, which still don't work when it's cold.

More goodies: Christmas chili, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Brian Setzer, Art Carney, Burl Ives, Arthur Fiedler and Deadblot, with notes from the Mom Planet (population turkey).

Gearheads giving geeky goodness - what could be better for Christmas?  There's gobs of great holiday happiness here, plus a few gifts you shouldn't give. Putting some 2A under a real tree?  You and 16,000,000 other Americans this year.  Concealed-carry helpers are grand too.  Making the effort matters - you don't want to mistakenly send someone to Kalifornistan and its reanimation of zombie unconstitutional microstamping mandates, or electric cars, which still don't work when it's cold.

More goodies: Christmas chili, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Brian Setzer, Art Carney, Burl Ives, Arthur Fiedler and Deadblot, with notes from the Mom Planet (population turkey).

Prepping versus being prepared: what's it take to keep the little things from killing you when it's snowing icebergs and polar bears (because there's no second chances at zero degrees), and intelligence versus smarts for dumb stuff like tires and recovery (because the difference between a minor inconvenience and a major one in cold weather is you).

More fun: western actors and movies you didn't know were worth your time like "Night Passage" and "Ride Clear of Diablo" (with Jimmie Stewart, Dan Duryea and Audie Murphy), and a few thoughts on "Good/Bad/Ugly" versus "Fistful of Dollars" and "A Few Dollars More", and the unappreciated genius of Eastwood, Van Cleef and Wallach.

Prepping versus being prepared: what's it take to keep the little things from killing you when it's snowing icebergs and polar bears (because there's no second chances at zero degrees), and intelligence versus smarts for dumb stuff like tires and recovery (because the difference between a minor inconvenience and a major one in cold weather is you).

More fun: western actors and movies you didn't know were worth your time like "Night Passage" and "Ride Clear of Diablo" (with Jimmie Stewart, Dan Duryea and Audie Murphy), and a few thoughts on "Good/Bad/Ugly" versus "Fistful of Dollars" and "A Few Dollars More", and the unappreciated genius of Eastwood, Van Cleef and Wallach.

So much to upload - sorry, so busy...  Garage Hour is on it, though, so don't 'fraid dat: we've got a goodly gearhead glob of geeksauce here.  Undercar neon, roundhouses for parking your locomotive and your caboose, sawzalls and reciprocating burglars, driverless cabs, moralless robots, reliabilityless Fords, and the Novembre open-wheel Pike's Peak hillclimber for sale.  There's more car-guy stuff: emergency brakes versus parking brakes, and the mechanical peril posed by wheel and tire choices combined with pulling a parade float while undertalented.

As for the spice, there's much to enjoy: Rammsetin, Black Nasa, Alabama Thunderpussy, Monster Magnet, Nation of Fear, QOTSA, Wo Fat, as well as cohosts of note Gerhart Klimeck and Dirty Dave.

So much to upload - sorry, so busy...  Garage Hour is on it, though, so don't 'fraid dat: we've got a goodly gearhead glob of geeksauce here.  Undercar neon, roundhouses for parking your locomotive and your caboose, sawzalls and reciprocating burglars, driverless cabs, moralless robots, reliabilityless Fords, and the Novembre open-wheel Pike's Peak hillclimber for sale.  There's more car-guy stuff: emergency brakes versus parking brakes, and the mechanical peril posed by wheel and tire choices combined with pulling a parade float while undertalented.

As for the spice, there's much to enjoy: Rammsetin, Black Nasa, Alabama Thunderpussy, Monster Magnet, Nation of Fear, QOTSA, Wo Fat, as well as cohosts of note Gerhart Klimeck and Dirty Dave.

Yummmm, segminty.

Good stuff:  The crap you bolt on your roof is a legitimate threat to your vehicle - wear and tear, fluid abuse and suspension decrepitation.  Serious gearhead Jay Leno is saved from reallllllly bad burns by friends in his garatch.  Carvana is choking on the reality of artificial pressures on capitalism ala Kung Flu.  European Union bureaucrats are still pretending they can drive a unicorn fart to work (or: Thatcher and Friedman are still right).

More good stuff: the pending prepping episode (and an upcoming Dude Food special), 10-year old Stagg chili and "expiration" dates, honey is also yummy (and good for what ails you), pork roast and a crock pot, and less "elite" but more "efite".

Yummmm, segminty.

Good stuff:  The crap you bolt on your roof is a legitimate threat to your vehicle - wear and tear, fluid abuse and suspension decrepitation.  Serious gearhead Jay Leno is saved from reallllllly bad burns by friends in his garatch.  Carvana is choking on the reality of artificial pressures on capitalism ala Kung Flu.  European Union bureaucrats are still pretending they can drive a unicorn fart to work (or: Thatcher and Friedman are still right).

More good stuff: the pending prepping episode (and an upcoming Dude Food special), 10-year old Stagg chili and "expiration" dates, honey is also yummy (and good for what ails you), pork roast and a crock pot, and less "elite" but more "efite".

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.