Hank Watson's Garage Hour - Cars, Trucks, Beers & Guns
50,000 watts of gearhead terror. We’re the talk radio blowtorch you want, chock-full of cars, trucks, beers and guns since 2009. We'll be your go-to for gearhead get-some, full of the sliciest canyon carving, dirtiest off-roading, biggest calibers, hairiest sasquatches, loudest explosions, plus the best epic fails, smoking rubble and blue-collar awesomesauce since Top Gear full of beer.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 819
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
05.12.23 (MP3): Why Are Lousy New Cars Ruining the Used-Car Market, When AM Becomes Pirate Radio (We’ll All Be Pirates), Truckers & Earthquakes in CA, Pasadena’s Fail Patrol, + James Bondses, Right to Repair, & an HKS EVC
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 maki…
05.12.23: Why Are Lousy New Cars Ruining the Used-Car Market, When AM Becomes Pirate Radio (We’ll All Be Pirates), Truckers & Earthquakes in CA, Pasadena’s Fail Patrol, + James Bondses, Right to Repair, & an HKS EVC
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 maki…
05.01.23 (MP3): Carrying Concealed & Round in the Chamber? Great Training & Killer Ideas to Survive a Shootout (From a Guy Who Did), w/ Must-Watch Video on How to Practice & What to Expect When A Meet-Up Goes Bad, + Good Thoughts on Staying Alive
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 throwdow…
05.01.23: Carrying Concealed & Round in the Chamber? Great Training & Killer Ideas to Survive a Shootout (From a Guy Who Did), w/ Must-Watch Video on How to Practice & What to Expect When A Meet-Up Goes Bad, + Good Thoughts on Staying Alive
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 throwdow…
04.22.23 (MP3): Hillclimbing VS Hilldescending, Electric STi Boos, Lambo Urus Record, Smoking Tesla VS Race Day, Fighter Pilot Effectiveness (Chicks VS Dudes), BMW VS Takata, Car Prices & Car-Loan Defaults, + Used Plastics, Used Words & Used Stickies
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, e…
04.22.23: Hillclimbing VS Hilldescending, Electric STi Boos, Lambo Urus Record, Smoking Tesla VS Race Day, Fighter Pilot Effectiveness (Chicks VS Dudes), BMW VS Takata, Car Prices & Car-Loan Defaults, + Used Plastics, Used Words & Used Stickies
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, e…
04.12.23(MP3): Greetings From The T-Shirt Planet! Fake Car Sounds, Fraudulent Electric Car Emissions, Foolish Bureaucrats Traff*@€ing w/ Your Right to Roam, Cronyism @ Ford, Badge Dishonesty, Catalytic Killings, + Keeping Old Farts On Cam (More Inputs!)
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 of…
04.12.23: Greetings From The T-Shirt Planet! Fake Car Sounds, Fraudulent Electric Car Emissions, Foolish Bureaucrats Traff*@€ing w/ Your Right to Roam, Cronyism @ Ford, Badge Dishonesty, Catalytic Killings, + Keeping Old Farts On Cam (More Inputs!)
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 of…
04.03.23(MP3): Americans Stock Up! 60Million New Guns Ain’t Wrong (+Millions of 1st-Timers), w/ 400 Rounds in 4 Hours (Practice), Unconstitutional Laws (Common Use), Smart Guns (Ain’t), +Florida Bacteria, Exploding Rockets, Tyrannosauruses & Yuengling
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 own…
04.03.23: Americans Stock Up! 60 Million New Guns Can’t Be Wrong (+Millions of 1st-Timers), w/ 400 Rounds in 4 Hours (Practice), Unconstitutional Laws (Common Use), Smart Guns (Ain’t), +Florida Bacteria, Exploding Rockets, Tyrannosauruses & Yuenglings
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 own…
03.32.23 (MP3): Gearhead Questions & Geekthink Re: Forcing Electric Cars VS Failing Demand & Fraudulent Ideology, & Gov’t Force VS Your Right to Roam, + New Connectivity for Auto Thieves, Robot Cars (Tech Is Not On Your Side), & A Bud Mea Culpa
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 pen…
03.32.23: Gearhead Questions & Geekthink Re: Forcing Electric Cars VS Failing Demand & Fraudulent Ideology, & Gov’t Force VS Your Right to Roam, + New Connectivity for Auto Thieves, Robot Cars (Tech Is Not On Your Side), & A Bud Mea Culpa
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 pen…
03.23.23 (MP3): Don’t Miss the Thing! A Guide to Found On Road Awesome (FORA), Driving VS Running, Scanning VS Staring, Planning, Recognizing & Picking It Up, w/ Specific Mass & Remembering the Where - You Too Can Have the Awesome & Cool Weirdness
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…
03.23.23: Don’t Miss the Thing! A Guide to Found On Road Awesome (FORA), Driving VS Running, Scanning VS Staring, Planning, Recognizing & Picking It Up, w/ Specific Mass & Remembering the Where - You Too Can Have the Awesome & Cool Weirdness
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…
03.03.23 (MP3): What the Buck, Used Cars? Prices Up Again! Why Big $ Pressures & New Cars & Statist Gov’t & Supply Chains Make It Worse, + Two Cubans Geek Out to FL, Streets of Chicago VS Kabul, Dad’s Scott Amp & AM Radio, Good Logs & Bad Pinkos
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…
03.03.23: What the Buck, Used Cars? Prices Up Again! Why Big $ Pressures & New Cars & Statist Gov’t & Supply Chains Make It Worse, + Two Cubans Geek Out All the Way to FL, Streets of Chicago VS Kabul, Dad’s Scott Amp & AM Radio, Good Logs & Bad Pinkos
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…
03.02.23 (MP3): State of 2A - Gearheads & Geeks Targeted by Alphabet Agencies: The Hazard of Lists & Secondary Offenses, Firearms Dealers & West VA File Stash; Citizens & Voters Fight Back w/ 2A Sanctuaries, Constitutional Carry, & the Girl Scout Snipers
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 …
03.02.23: State of 2A - Gearheads & Geeks Targeted by Alphabet Agencies: The Hazard of Lists & Secondary Offenses, Firearms Dealers & West VA File Stash; Citizens & Voters Fight Back w/ 2A Sanctuaries, Constitutional Carry, & the Girl Scout Snipers
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 …
02.23.23 (MP3): Tire & Wheel Clearance - Wide x Tough Guy Tires VS Wheel Wells, Stuff VS Flex, Mounting VS Spacing, Trimming VS De-Fendering, Tire Shape VS Suspension Selection, + Ford’s Remote Repo, VW Carjacker Protection & Saw Blade Doom
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…
02.23.23: Tire & Wheel Clearance - Wide x Tough Guy Tires VS Wheel Wells, Stuff VS Flex, Mounting VS Spacing, Trimming VS De-Fendering, Tire Shape VS Suspension Selection, + Ford’s Remote Repo, VW Carjacker Protection & Saw Blade Doom
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…