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

...And sometimes, the cluster is half the adventure (or most of it, in this case).  While doing a banzai run to a "meet here" out-there getogether with some 'froading buddies (who we met at the now-defunct FJ Summit), the Gearhead Consultancy wound up doing a test of tent tie-downs and fireproofing, duct tape and rental-cabin supplies, plus hose clamps, zip-ties and Lee Van Cleef.

More thoughts for you: Texas VS Taos?  Flat-four VS small-block?  Tramp VS Glamp?  Ex-parte VS exfil?  Also, Frampton VS Rogan, Tom Waits, and Dave Mustaine's throat.

Direct download: HWGH042422mp3.mp3
Category:gearhead personality -- posted at: 1:09pm EDT

...And sometimes, the cluster is half the adventure (or most of it, in this case).  While doing a banzai run to a "meet here" out-there getogether with some 'froading buddies (who we met at the now-defunct FJ Summit), the Gearhead Consultancy wound up doing a test of tent tie-downs and fireproofing, duct tape and rental-cabin supplies, plus hose clamps, zip-ties and Lee Van Cleef.

More thoughts for you: Texas VS Taos?  Flat-four VS small-block?  Tramp VS Glamp?  Ex-parte VS exfil?  Also, Frampton VS Rogan, Tom Waits, and Dave Mustaine's throat.

Direct download: HWGH042422.m4a
Category:gearhead personality -- posted at: 12:52pm EDT

Wellll...  It should be no surprise that wading waist-deep into mid-day traffic for a Colorado hot lap might plunge the Garage Hour into some of the usual left-lane snobs, inattentive Audis, sloppy Subarus, tuned-out tail-gaters and just a few intrepid truckers.  This is a classic on-the-road snapshot, including a parachute job by The Craig, an old friend of the show and used-car expert.

While we're at it, how about analysis of a very beat third-gen 4Runner (probably not worth $5000), and a little more of what you like best: Hostus Maxiums Justin Fort yelling at lousy motorists.

Direct download: HWGH042222mp3.mp3
Category:gearhead personality -- posted at: 12:27am EDT

Wellll...  It should be no surprise that wading waist-deep into mid-day traffic for a Colorado hot lap might plunge the Garage Hour into some of the usual left-lane snobs, inattentive Audis, sloppy Subarus, tuned-out tail-gaters and just a few intrepid truckers.  This is a classic on-the-road snapshot, including a parachute job by The Craig, an old friend of the show and used-car expert.

While we're at it, how about analysis of a very beat third-gen 4Runner (probably not worth $5000), and a little more of what you like best: Hostus Maxiums Justin Fort yelling at lousy motorists.

Direct download: HWGH042222.m4a
Category:gearhead personality -- posted at: 12:05am EDT

Even the fist-fights between millenial race-car drivers suck - what we'd give for the good old days when Cale Yarborough beat up the whole Allison family, or Boris Said "teaching 'em a lesson..."  Whatevs - the Garage Hour will keep reminding you what good looks like.  Then we'll tell you about Texas reminding Mexican truckers who's in charge, and why amoral and compassionless robots ain't here to help (and will probably hurt).

Then again, it could be worse - just move to Denver, where they want to disarm law-abiding citizens, or Kalifornistan, where they don't make enough electricity to top off the ego in your electric status-symbol.

Direct download: HWGH040422mp3.mp3
Category:gearhead personality -- posted at: 1:28am EDT

Even the fist-fights between millenial race-car drivers suck - what we'd give for the good old days when Cale Yarborough beat up the whole Allison family, or Boris Said "teaching 'em a lesson..."  Whatevs - the Garage Hour will keep reminding you what good looks like.  Then we'll tell you about Texas reminding Mexican truckers who's in charge, and why amoral and compassionless robots ain't here to help (and will probably hurt).

Then again, it could be worse - just move to Denver, where they want to disarm law-abiding citizens, or Kalifornistan, where they don't make enough electricity to top off the ego in your electric status-symbol.

Direct download: HWGH040422.m4a
Category:gearhead personality -- posted at: 1:15am EDT

When you've got too much to do but no daylight to do it, be the night owl. With syrupy tracks and big thoughts, Hostus Maximus Justin Fort pours on the goodness: why Ukraine's war hurts your auto parts (neon!), how mental environmentalists' tire-slashing campaigns aren't making them friends, how paying the people who burned down your car exposes municipalities' complicity in bad ideas, and what the Hell is wrong with Nissan owners.

It's not just the big stuff: someone in Ukraine is 3-D printing RPG launchers, and why horses worldwide are concerned about high gas prices too.

Direct download: HWGH040222mp3.mp3
Category:gearhead personality -- posted at: 7:15am EDT

When you've got too much to do but no daylight to do it, be the night owl. With syrupy tracks and big thoughts, Hostus Maximus Justin Fort pours on the goodness: why Ukraine's war hurts your auto parts (neon!), how mental environmentalists' tire-slashing campaigns aren't making them friends, how paying the people who burned down your car exposes municipalities' complicity in bad ideas, and what the Hell is wrong with Nissan owners.

It's not just the big stuff: someone in Ukraine is 3-D printing RPG launchers, and why horses worldwide are concerned about high gas prices too.

Direct download: HWGH040222.m4a
Category:gearhead personality -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

Don't let the small-thinkery of those who'd walk into traffic because their phone was more interesting than their wellbeing steer your geek-brain wrong. We've got the Motts on traffic cameras (and why they're dangerous, ineffective and unConstitutional, no matter which city is saying otherwise), NASCAR's attempts to crap on their fans (electric race cars?), Tesla's attempts to burn your house down, woke fools' attempts to call steam engines racist, and how Alabama just might have given Mr. LGB his plates back.

While we're at it, how about some killer southern-fried rock? ...'Cause we've got "Clutch"; and your dog. Be nice to your dog.

Direct download: HWGH032722mp3.mp3
Category:gearhead personality -- posted at: 3:09pm EDT

Don't let the small-thinkery of those who'd walk into traffic because their phone was more interesting than their wellbeing steer your geek-brain wrong. We've got the Motts on traffic cameras (and why they're dangerous, ineffective and unConstitutional, no matter which city is saying otherwise), NASCAR's attempts to crap on their fans (electric race cars?), Tesla's attempts to burn your house down, woke fools' attempts to call steam engines racist, and how Alabama just might have given Mr. LGB his plates back.

While we're at it, how about some killer southern-fried rock? ...'Cause we've got "Clutch"; and your dog. Be nice to your dog.

Direct download: HWGH032722.m4a
Category:gearhead personality -- posted at: 2:47pm EDT

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