Synopsis
Hank Watson's Garage Hour: Cars, Trucks, Beers & Guns.Gearhead Talk Radio @ 6:PM Saturdays.1170AM/KCBQ.COM
Episodes
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05.03.22 (MP3): Chicagoland Border Hell Spring Garagefest! Used Jeeps, 4Runners, Porsches & Dogs, Shopping for Deals in a Crashing (Car) Economy w/ Price VS Panic, Opportunists VS Offers, Asking VS Selling, + Auto Shop, Nolectric 'Froading & 17" of Rain
14/05/2022 Duration: 01h03minHoly freakin' sequel, Batman - the Garage Hour goons gathered up the Chi-town hustlers for another armpit-adjacent gearhead free-for-all, and spicy meatballs happened. What's it? Cutting cars in half in auto shop, why electric Jeeps still aren't going to four-wheel (but the Gladiator is semi-driveable), interior colors (Whorehouse Red, anyone?), buying neighbors' forgotten treasures, and a dynamite analysis of where the used-car market is, where it's going, and what cars we're watching to make the math. But wait: Trinity's Kolsch, Bell's IPA, and Toppling's Pseudo Sue, pit bulls and their tails, mall-crawling versus flexing Starbucks (Jeepers), and wading the Dupage River.
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05.03.22: Chicagoland Border Hell Spring Garagefest! Used Jeeps, 4Runners, Porsches & Dogs, Shopping for Deals in a Crashing (Car) Economy w/ Price VS Panic, Opportunists VS Offers, Asking VS Selling, + Auto Shop, Nolectric 'Froading & 17" of Rain
14/05/2022 Duration: 01h03minHoly freakin' sequel, Batman - the Garage Hour goons gathered up the Chi-town hustlers for another armpit-adjacent gearhead free-for-all, and spicy meatballs happened. What's it? Cutting cars in half in auto shop, why electric Jeeps still aren't going to four-wheel (but the Gladiator is semi-driveable), interior colors (Whorehouse Red, anyone?), buying neighbors' forgotten treasures, and a dynamite analysis of where the used-car market is, where it's going, and what cars we're watching to make the math. But wait: Trinity's Kolsch, Bell's IPA, and Toppling's Pseudo Sue, pit bulls and their tails, mall-crawling versus flexing Starbucks (Jeepers), and wading the Dupage River.
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04.24.22 (MP3): Off-Road Adventure Goes Full-Cluster! Four-Wheel Drifting Curveballs w/ Old Hoses & Coolant Clouds, Wind, Fire, Snow, & Sheep (+ Trout, Dirt, Trails & Tents) + 10th Man Analysis, Dude Food Creek Cooling, & Fish on a Stick
30/04/2022 Duration: 56min...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.
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04.24.22: Off-Road Adventure Goes Full-Cluster! Four-Wheel Drifting Curveballs w/ Old Hoses & Coolant Clouds, Wind, Fire, Snow, & Sheep, (& Trout, Dirt, Trails & Tents) + 10th Man Analysis, Dude Food Creek Cooling, & Fish on a Stick
30/04/2022 Duration: 56min...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.
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04.22.22 (MP3): Road-Run to 4Runners - Colorado Cars, Truculent Traffuckery, Freeway Logic (Faster Roads in SoCal & the Front Range), Excessive Roof-Rackism, the Return of Traffic Elitists, + Breckenridge Brewery, the Beer Fort & a Kia Forte
29/04/2022 Duration: 50minWellll... 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.
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04.22.22: Road-Run to 4Runners - Colorado Cars, Truculent Traffuckery, Freeway Logic (Faster Roads in SoCal & the Front Range), Excessive Roof-Rackism, the Return of Traffic Elitists, + Breckenridge Brewery, the Beer Fort & a Kia Forte
29/04/2022 Duration: 50minWellll... 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.
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04.04.22 (MP3): NASCAR Fights & Airport Robots, Texan Troopers VS Mexican Semis, Electric Car Brownouts, Ethanol Gas Fails, Municipal Attacks on Constitutional Rights, + the Terrible & Fiery Death of Many Nails, Drill Bits & 2x4s
24/04/2022 Duration: 01h05minEven 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.
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04.04.22: NASCAR Fights & Airport Robots, Texan Troopers VS Mexican Semis, Electric Car Brownouts, Ethanol Gas Fails, Municipal Attacks on Constitutional Rights, + the Terrible & Fiery Death of Many Nails, Drill Bits & 2x4s
24/04/2022 Duration: 01h05minEven 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.
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04.02.22 (MP3): Dark:30 Gearhead Brain - Slashing Tires & Burning Cars Doesn't Make Your Point, Jumping Teslas Ain't Brainful, Chernobyl Is No Sandbox, Missing Chips Isn't Just a Parts Problem, Horse Fear of Fat Folks, + 3D RPGs & Blue Wonder Power Milk
11/04/2022 Duration: 56minWhen 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.
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04.02.22: Dark:30 Gearhead Brain - Slashing Tires & Burning Cars Doesn't Make Your Point, Jumping Teslas Ain't Brainful, Chernobyl Is No Sandbox, Missing Chips Isn't Just a Parts Problem, Horse Fear of Fat Folks, + 3D RPGs & Blue Wonder Power Milk
11/04/2022 Duration: 56minWhen 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.
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03.27.22 (MP3): Traffic Cameras Hate Your Safety & More Illogical Attacks on Gearheads, w/ People Who Hate Trains (Who Hates Trains?), Electric-Car Fires, Gas-Price Fails & Race Car Frauds, + Sounds of Clutch (the Band) & Being Nice to Your Dog (Dammit)
09/04/2022 Duration: 53minDon'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.
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03.27.22: Traffic Cameras Hate Your Safety & More Illogical Attacks on Gearheads, w/ People Who Hate Trains (Who Hates Trains?), Electric-Car Fires, Gas-Price Fails & Race Car Frauds, + Sounds of Clutch (the Band) & Being Nice to Your Dog (Dammit)
09/04/2022 Duration: 53minDon'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.
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03.17.22 (MP3): Night of the Living Day Drinking @ Trinity w/ Tube-Frame Pintos & Rodeck V8s, Beer Canning & German Interrupting, Taco Pizza VS Pizza Taco, Tales from the Studio, + Barns, Belly Rigs & Broken Tables (Fuggedaboutit!)
23/03/2022 Duration: 54minYikes. This one was all over the place from the word "Welcome" - Dude Food (w/ bacon, beef and horseradish sauce), Javelins and Call of Duty, breaking in your belly holster (and standards for performance), KCBQ's gleaming black towers of broadcast superiority, getting lost in Boston, and inserting Regular Bill into Poland's Ukraine. We've also got a look at Trinity's Farmhouse Ale (almost a red) and their famous Mexican lager, FNG Brett's music ("Finding Chase"), Maker's Mark under the table, and the undying question of when a pizza taco is a taco pizza.
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03.17.22: Night of the Living Day Drinking @ Trinity w/ Tube-Frame Pintos & Rodeck V8s, Beer Canning & German Interrupting, Taco Pizza VS Pizza Taco, Tales from the Studio, + Barns, Belly Rigs & Broken Tables (Fuggedaboutit!)
23/03/2022 Duration: 54minYikes. This one was all over the place from the word "Welcome" - Dude Food (w/ bacon, beef and horseradish sauce), Javelins and Call of Duty, breaking in your belly holster (and standards for performance), KCBQ's gleaming black towers of broadcast superiority, getting lost in Boston, and inserting Regular Bill into Poland's Ukraine. We've also got a look at Trinity's Farmhouse Ale (almost a red) and their famous Mexican lager, FNG Brett's music ("Finding Chase"), Maker's Mark under the table, and the undying question of when a pizza taco is a taco pizza.
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03.13.22 (MP3): Driveshaft Diagnostic & Late-Night Deepthink - U-Joints & Yokes VS Bearings & Half-Shafts, Rebuilt VS Replaced, Staked & Clipped & Welded & Clocked, + Anarchy VS Enthusism, Avocados VS Coconuts, Toothbrushing, Jokers & New Sips
20/03/2022 Duration: 57minIf you're gonna be a bear, be a grizzly - the Garage Hour gearheads got their groove on for an hour of issues with new and used driveshafts. Troubleshooting, driving diagnosis, balancing and building, parts and tools, Cardins, needle-bearings, donuts, SVO and magazine parts, washers, yokes, paint markers and bearing cups. We're not done: there's Dr. Tooth, Animal, Megadeth, Ninjatune, gumlines, drivelines, late-night hammering, and fixing your woketard neighbor (take "Blazing Saddles" and "Cannonball Run" and don't call us in the morning).
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03.13.22: Driveshaft Diagnostic & Late-Night Deepthink - U-Joints & Yokes VS Bearings & Half-Shafts, Rebuilt VS Replaced, Staked & Clipped & Welded & Clocked, + Anarchy VS Enthusism, Avocados VS Coconuts, Toothbrushing, Jokers & New Sips
20/03/2022 Duration: 57minIf you're gonna be a bear, be a grizzly - the Garage Hour gearheads got their groove on for an hour of issues with new and used driveshafts. Troubleshooting, driving diagnosis, balancing and building, parts and tools, Cardins, needle-bearings, donuts, SVO and magazine parts, washers, yokes, paint markers and bearing cups. We're not done: there's Dr. Tooth, Animal, Megadeth, Ninjatune, gumlines, drivelines, late-night hammering, and fixing your woketard neighbor (take "Blazing Saddles" and "Cannonball Run" and don't call us in the morning).
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03.10.22 (MP3): Defending the Second Amendment (Like a Boss) - Constitutional Carry, "Not About Hunting", FJB VS Gun Owners, Hiding Rules in Swampy Laws, & Safe-Room VS Prison?, + Tesla's China Problem, Electric's Conceit Problem, AMMO Inc & NASCAR Owners
14/03/2022 Duration: 54minThe 2A is going to need to land a few punches - let's help by asserting our individual rights and freedoms and standing up for Indiana (constitutional carry, mostly for the better). Meanwhile, the LGB White House's creepy crawlies are trying to grab millions of gun-purchase records they're legally prohibited from touching, and you can't blame a hammer for hitting nails (because a good bullet is a good bullet, even if the user isn't). Also: Dead Guy Ale, Them Crooked Vultures, Garbage, Goatsnake, the Hyundai El Camino, and the Garage Hour's "Dig Two Holes in England and One Will Have a Corpse in It" rule redux.
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03.10.22: Defending the Second Amendment (Like a Boss) - Constitutional Carry, "Not About Hunting", FJB VS Gun Owners, Hiding Rules in Swampy Laws, & Safe-Room VS Prison?, + Tesla's China Problem, Electric's Conceit Problem, AMMO Inc & NASCAR Owners
14/03/2022 Duration: 54minThe 2A is going to need to land a few punches - let's help by asserting our individual rights and freedoms and standing up for Indiana (constitutional carry, mostly for the better). Meanwhile, the LGB White House's creepy crawlies are trying to grab millions of gun-purchase records they're legally prohibited from touching, and you can't blame a hammer for hitting nails (because a good bullet is a good bullet, even if the user isn't). Also: Dead Guy Ale, Them Crooked Vultures, Garbage, Goatsnake, the Hyundai El Camino, and the Garage Hour's "Dig Two Holes in England and One Will Have a Corpse in It" rule redux.
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03.05.22 (MP3): Gas Price Stupidity & Electric Idiocy, Why Old Names Ain't New Cars, Automaker Badge-Engineering Fails & Reputation Degredation, Axle Assemblies & Bearings, Calibers for Ukraine, More Felon Foolishness In Chi-Town, + Bye Bye Antonov 225
10/03/2022 Duration: 58minDon't let the progressives regress your success: it's a brand new Garage Hour, complete with 16-Volt, Sepultura and Metallica, plus why your new Maverick, Mustang and Blazer still ain't an El Camino, plus the upside of a Samurai still being a Jimny (ladder-frame, bitches!). Because cars have trannies, not are. While we're at it, we've got some gearhead reasoning for you: electrocardiograms for high-school sports, lessons in the Second Amendment for the tyrants at CNN, and Ammo Inc's provisioning of Ukraine's fighters (because bullets!).
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03.05.22: Gas Price Stupidity & Electric Idiocy, Why Old Names Ain't New Cars, Automaker Badge-Engineering Fails & Reputation Degredation, Axle Assemblies & Bearings, Calibers for Ukraine, More Felon Foolishness In Chi-Town, + Bye Bye Antonov 225
10/03/2022 Duration: 58minDon't let the progressives regress your success: it's a brand new Garage Hour, complete with 16-Volt, Sepultura and Metallica, plus why your new Maverick, Mustang and Blazer still ain't an El Camino, plus the upside of a Samurai still being a Jimny (ladder-frame, bitches!). Because cars have trannies, not are. While we're at it, we've got some gearhead reasoning for you: electrocardiograms for high-school sports, lessons in the Second Amendment for the tyrants at CNN, and Ammo Inc's provisioning of Ukraine's fighters (because bullets!).