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

05.22.26 (MP3): Ideas Work Better When Your Brain Works Too (Contrive Drunk, Execute Sober), More Mass-Air Madness, Honoring The Trucker (Minor Skills Make Major Difference), Tesla Trucks Won't Float, Reverse Cameras Can't See, + Dude Food & Beau Weevils 01.06.2026 54min

It's a leftover episode (or an episode made of leftovers) - who's hungry? This here Garage Hour is a delicious assortment of parts that'll put your mother's goulash to shame. Made with the finest ingredients we could find in the back of the 'fridge (and/or on the cutting room floor), we've got trucker skills, Tesla fails, drinking ideas versus sobering wrenches, gas prices, beer tourism, estate sale chemicals, thoughts on mass-air sensors, why so many reverse-cameras are being recalled (rightly so - turn your head already), and how to avoid the dreaded doom-loop of bad-idea layering. Meanwhile, there's the random outsourcing with the Walkin' Dude, Mr. Intolerant, White Mark the Diversity Hire, Tony Sawaya, Homer Simpson and Henchman 23.

05.22.26: Ideas Work Better When Your Brain Works Too (Contrive Drunk, Execute Sober), More Mass-Air Madness, Honoring The Trucker (Minor Skills Make Major Difference), Tesla Trucks Won't Float, Reverse Cameras Can't See, + Dude Food & Beau Weevils 31.05.2026 54min

It's a leftover episode (or an episode made of leftovers) - who's hungry? This here Garage Hour is a delicious assortment of parts that'll put your mother's goulash to shame. Made with the finest ingredients we could find in the back of the 'fridge (and/or on the cutting room floor), we've got trucker skills, Tesla fails, drinking ideas versus sobering wrenches, gas prices, beer tourism, estate sale chemicals, thoughts on mass-air sensors, why so many reverse-cameras are being recalled (rightly so - turn your head already), and how to avoid the dreaded doom-loop of bad-idea layering. Meanwhile, there's the random outsourcing with the Walkin' Dude, Mr. Intolerant, White Mark the Diversity Hire, Tony Sawaya, Homer Simpson and Henchman 23.

05.02.26 (MP3): What Fancy Cars Are Preferred by Fraudsters? Which Food-Delivery Zoombie Will Post Pictures of You Online? Which Bigfoot Gets the Best Press? Also, A Rav4's Funeral & Frankenstein Switches, + So Much Zep (ala Physical & B-Side Winners) 28.05.2026 54min

Out of order awesomeness... Which luxury and/or exotic cars are preferred by crooks and food-stamp fraudsters (by brand - Ferarris and Lambos and Porsches, oh my) - and what your car behavior says about you (publicly, on gov't docs, you fool), why trusting Door Dash randos to not film you passed out through a closed door and then go full tick-tocking victim-voyeur is probably a bridge too far (invite the worst and you'll get it) and why there's an entire generation that deserves the Ray Liotta prison-island treatment, and the sad death of a (and some fun history about) the first-generation Toyota Rav4. There's also a warning from the Gearhead Consultancy: when you're having fun at less-sanctioned small-scale car-guy gatherings like a bit of crawling, an illegal street race or a monster truck event in Colombia, keeping your head on a swivel is not optional - what keeps you safe is YOU. All that, plus project pouncing (let the geek ride!), Led Zeppelin, battle-driving and coyotes in Chi-town, Bigfoot and friends (El Squatcho and attack avocados - real or just underdiscovered?), and wearing pants for the neighbors.

05.02.26: What Fancy Cars Are Preferred by Fraudsters? Which Food-Delivery Zoombie Will Post Pictures of You Online? Which Bigfoot Gets the Best Press? Also, A Rav4's Funeral & Frankenstein Switches, + So Much Zep (ala Physical & B-Side Winners) 28.05.2026 54min

Out of order awesomeness... Which luxury and/or exotic cars are preferred by crooks and food-stamp fraudsters (by brand - Ferarris and Lambos and Porsches, oh my) - and what your car behavior says about you (publicly, on gov't docs, you fool), why trusting Door Dash randos to not film you passed out through a closed door and then go full tick-tocking victim-voyeur is probably a bridge too far (invite the worst and you'll get it) and why there's an entire generation that deserves the Ray Liotta prison-island treatment, and the sad death of a (and some fun history about) the first-generation Toyota Rav4. There's also a warning from the Gearhead Consultancy: when you're having fun at less-sanctioned small-scale car-guy gatherings like a bit of crawling, an illegal street race or a monster truck event in Colombia, keeping your head on a swivel is not optional - what keeps you safe is YOU. All that, plus project pouncing (let the geek ride!), Led Zeppelin, battle-driving and coyotes in Chi-town, Bigfoot and friends (El Squatcho and attack avocados - real or just underdiscovered?), and wearing pants for the neighbors.

05.12.26 (MP3): Pay Attention, Dammit! Speeding Ticket for Knight 2000, Ramming Speed for Poop Truck, Complacency for Bureaucrats, a Diet for Porsche, Some Cuts for E-Cars, Collapsing Tunnels, Lousy Radio Ads, Night Runs, Refried Beans, + Unida & Dozer 25.05.2026 57min

A surprisingly gearheadly episode for something served with a side of dried apples - it's time to tighten your belt and peel your ears. We've got someone spoofing The Hoff's Knight 2000 so Mr. Someone can speed through school zones, tunnels falling apart in big cities (not always fatal), tales of tickets and fees that no one earned (and some tolls that no one deserved - talk about incompetence...), trucks on mountains at night, Porsche selling off properties because they overreached again (some more), and many more auto manufacturers (including the guys at Porch) taking yuge losses on electric cars. There's also some thoughts on bad radio ads (beta much, you incompetent boobs?), good beans, and a septic tanker that parked in the second worse spot in the world. Also, a the Unida/Dozer split album...

05.12.26: Pay Attention, Dammit! Speeding Ticket for Knight 2000, Ramming Speed for Poop Truck, Complacency for Bureaucrats, a Diet for Porsche, Some Cuts for E-Cars, Collapsing Tunnels, Lousy Radio Ads, Night Runs, Refried Beans, + Unida & Dozer 25.05.2026 57min

A surprisingly gearheadly episode for something served with a side of dried apples - it's time to tighten your belt and peel your ears. We've got someone spoofing The Hoff's Knight 2000 so Mr. Someone can speed through school zones, tunnels falling apart in big cities (not always fatal), tales of tickets and fees that no one earned (and some tolls that no one deserved - talk about incompetence...), trucks on mountains at night, Porsche selling off properties because they overreached again (some more), and many more auto manufacturers (including the guys at Porch) taking yuge losses on electric cars. There's also some thoughts on bad radio ads (beta much, you incompetent boobs?), good beans, and a septic tanker that parked in the second worse spot in the world. Also, a the Unida/Dozer split album...

04.24.26 (MP3): Get the Mud Out... K&N-Style Cotton Filters? Soaping, Soaking, Drying & Oiling, Snorkels VS Water, Mass-Air Cleaner VS Brake Cleaner, Bloodhounds VS Air Horns, Squeaky Subie Engines, the Wifey's Favorite Skillet & God Lives Underwater 09.05.2026 51min

Yes, have some... ideas about cleaning your K&N-style cotton filter: how often do you check it (more often), how much do you soak it (more soaking), what do you look for when it's clean (more clean), how dry does it need to be (more dry), and how much oil do you need to put on it (less oil). Hostus Maximus Justin Fort, the Walkin' Dude and a spider got together at the Garage Hour's Location B.F.E. for an hour of keeping that filter cleaner, longer, and how to fix the little to-dos that crop up when you're getting it done, like oil on the mass-air, mud in the mesh, and water in the snorkus. While we're at it, there's a metric crapton of '90s industrial and goth-metal, a C-130, a mystery squeak in a Subaru Legacy's 2.5-liter flat-four, a bloodhound, about a dozen horns, some sporty chemicals and Dani's favorite skillet.

04.24.26: Get the Mud Out... K&N-Style Cotton Filters? Soaping, Soaking, Drying & Oiling, Snorkels VS Water, Mass-Air Cleaner VS Brake Cleaner, Bloodhounds VS Air Horns, Squeaky Subie Engines, the Wifey's Favorite Skillet & God Lives Underwater 09.05.2026 51min

Yes, have some... ideas about cleaning your K&N-style cotton filter: how often do you check it (more often), how much do you soak it (more soaking), what do you look for when it's clean (more clean), how dry does it need to be (more dry), and how much oil do you need to put on it (less oil). Hostus Maximus Justin Fort, the Walkin' Dude and a spider got together at the Garage Hour's Location B.F.E. for an hour of keeping that filter cleaner, longer, and how to fix the little to-dos that crop up when you're getting it done, like oil on the mass-air, mud in the mesh, and water in the snorkus. While we're at it, there's a metric crapton of '90s industrial and goth-metal, a C-130, a mystery squeak in a Subaru Legacy's 2.5-liter flat-four, a bloodhound, about a dozen horns, some sporty chemicals and Dani's favorite skillet.

04.22.26 (MP3): Things To Do When Selling Your Car/Truck/Vehiclemobile - Knowing Prices (& If What You've Got Is or Is NOT), What's Worth Prepping VS Worth Explaining, Legwork You Can Do, Attracting VS Selling, + Trying New Lawnmowers & Cut Chemist 06.05.2026 50min

We're all doing it right now - eyeballing the spare boiler in the driveway that you may or may not need (probably not, if you're any sort of geek), wondering if there's some solid cash to be had if you just did a leeeeettle work. Well, the Gearhead Consultancy at the Garage Hour has done this before (a LOT), and we can help you get to done. What's a must-do and what can you explain away? Does the Check Engine Light mean buy a new sensor or buy a $20 code-reader? How do you move from attracting a shopper to making them a buyer? Are you ready to pounce when Mr. Shopper's want turns to need? ...And do you know what your buggy is worth? While we're at it: PPIHC 2026 (right around the corner), trying new snowblower repairmen (because why not), JFS4 detail ('froading is for fun), and yummy tunes from the one and only Cut Chemist (because that stuff's great too).

04.22.26: Things To Do When Selling Your Car/Truck/Vehiclemobile - Knowing Prices (& If What You've Got Is or Is NOT), What's Worth Prepping VS Worth Explaining, Legwork You Can Do, Attracting VS Selling, + Trying New Lawnmowers & Cut Chemist 06.05.2026 50min

We're all doing it right now - eyeballing the spare boiler in the driveway that you may or may not need (probably not, if you're any sort of geek), wondering if there's some solid cash to be had if you just did a leeeeettle work. Well, the Gearhead Consultancy at the Garage Hour has done this before (a LOT), and we can help you get to done. What's a must-do and what can you explain away? Does the Check Engine Light mean buy a new sensor or buy a $20 code-reader? How do you move from attracting a shopper to making them a buyer? Are you ready to pounce when Mr. Shopper's want turns to need? ...And do you know what your buggy is worth? While we're at it: PPIHC 2026 (right around the corner), trying new snowblower repairmen (because why not), JFS4 detail ('froading is for fun), and yummy tunes from the one and only Cut Chemist (because that stuff's great too).

04.12.26 (MP3): Car Care & Detailing Details - Expert Tips: Right Soap, Better Towels, Good Mitts, Two Buckets, Drying V Detailing, Cleaner V Carnauba, (Not) Hotel Towels, Coatings, Clay, Ceramic, Microfiber, Know Your Chemicals, + Fu Manchu & Liverwurst 01.05.2026 58min

It's time: spring is sprunged and your want your hooptie to be set for stunning - the Garage Hour can help. This episode is always a hoot, because there's so much info to relay that there's never enough time - knowing (and caring for your) your car care chemicals (including temperature management) as well as your tools (buckets, towels and mitts), how and when (and where) to apply the right stuff, be it carnauba, a polish (or not to polish), or the clayyyyy, how to apply the water you're using, a bit of brand knowledge, and indispensable background information you can lean on from professional sources like Mother's Detail Guide and the Griot's book. More to have, you to know: Fu Manchu (all the time), fine sandwiches, and a little bit of hail.

04.12.26: Car Care & Detailing Details - Expert Tips: Right Soap, Better Towels, Good Mitts, Two Buckets, Drying V Detailing, Cleaner V Carnauba, (Not) Hotel Towels, Coatings, Clay, Ceramic, Microfiber, Know Your Chemicals, + Fu Manchu & Liverwurst 01.05.2026 58min

It's time: spring is sprunged and your want your hooptie to be set for stunning - the Garage Hour can help. This episode is always a hoot, because there's so much info to relay that there's never enough time - knowing (and caring for your) your car care chemicals (including temperature management) as well as your tools (buckets, towels and mitts), how and when (and where) to apply the right stuff, be it carnauba, a polish (or not to polish), or the clayyyyy, how to apply the water you're using, a bit of brand knowledge, and indispensable background information you can lean on from professional sources like Mother's Detail Guide and the Griot's book. More to have, you to know: Fu Manchu (all the time), fine sandwiches, and a little bit of hail.

04.02.26 (MP3): U.S.A. VS Chinese Cars (Park the Pinko Peril), Dude-Don't D.U.I. (Learn a Lesson from Tiger's Travails), Fixing Things Because You Can (Drive Belts VS Digital), Used Car Prices: New VS Old, + So Much Zep & Rando Beer Adventures 21.04.2026 1h 3min

Some serious stuff lands better with humor, so help yuck up some doom and gloom with the Garage Hour gearheads. We've got the potential peril of cars made in China (everything from unactuated robot cars and vampire technology to dangerously chintzy products and blatant trademark infringement) and the real-life lessons you and we can learn from the rinse-and-repeat episodes of Tiger Woods' DUIs (let the celeb make the mistake for you). From there, there's some thought development on a schism developing in the used car market (new and old - divergent, but why?), and a reminder that some tech is easy to fix because it's easy to fix (geeks can do stuff!). Also in there: loads of Led Zeppelin (Physical Graffiti, of course), and some adventures in foam with beer from the sale shelf (why not enjoy some beer tourism?).

04.02.26: U.S.A. VS Chinese Cars (Park the Pinko Peril), Dude-Don't D.U.I. (Learn a Lesson from Tiger's Travails), Fixing Things Because You Can (Drive Belts VS Digital), Used Car Prices: New VS Old, + So Much Zep & Rando Beer Adventures 21.04.2026 1h 3min

Some serious stuff lands better with humor, so help yuck up some doom and gloom with the Garage Hour gearheads. We've got the potential peril of cars made in China (everything from unactuated robot cars and vampire technology to dangerously chintzy products and blatant trademark infringement) and the real-life lessons you and we can learn from the rinse-and-repeat episodes of Tiger Woods' DUIs (let the celeb make the mistake for you). From there, there's some thought development on a schism developing in the used car market (new and old - divergent, but why?), and a reminder that some tech is easy to fix because it's easy to fix (geeks can do stuff!). Also in there: loads of Led Zeppelin (Physical Graffiti, of course), and some adventures in foam with beer from the sale shelf (why not enjoy some beer tourism?).

03.32.26 (MP3): Lift Your Car Why, Clunk Your Truck Now, Used Car Values Do What, Earth Sounds (or Man Fans) Make AI Worse, Progress is Sonic Booms, the Historic Argument for VW Building Weapons for Israel, Phalanx for Fun & Profit, & a Shark Named Bruce 09.04.2026 55min

The Garage Hour: ignoring life's biggest questions because gearhead (or racecar - you choose). We've got everything in this one: why lift your car when you could buy a truck; why the Concorde's awesomeness was so early we missed it; why Volkswagen is building missiles for Israel (mis-Israel?) (and why Ford, GM, AM General and 100 other good manufacturers did the same); why the FTC is eyeballing car sellers, why the cooling needs of AI and data centers will make your brain hurt (and drive their neighbors crazy); why more automakers are not making electric cars; and why so many car magazines have a long way to go in recovering from their electric-car madness. What else? Russian cosmonauts kick ass (on manual), squirrels hang best (in effigy), Omni Magazine was always awesome (laser beams and nuclear accelerators), Microsoft and Three-Mile Island (what could go wrong?), and what happens when an A-10 and R2-D2 get together.

03.32.26: Lift Your Car Why, Clunk Your Truck Now, Used Car Values Do What, Earth Sounds (or Man Fans) Make AI Worse, Progress is Sonic Booms, the Historic Argument for VW Building Weapons for Israel, Phalanx for Fun & Profit, & a Shark Named Bruce 09.04.2026 55min

The Garage Hour: ignoring life's biggest questions because gearhead (or racecar - you choose). We've got everything in this one: why lift your car when you could buy a truck; why the Concorde's awesomeness was so early we missed it; why Volkswagen is building missiles for Israel (mis-Israel?) (and why Ford, GM, AM General and 100 other good manufacturers did the same); why the FTC is eyeballing car sellers, why the cooling needs of AI and data centers will make your brain hurt (and drive their neighbors crazy); why more automakers are not making electric cars; and why so many car magazines have a long way to go in recovering from their electric-car madness. What else? Russian cosmonauts kick ass (on manual), squirrels hang best (in effigy), Omni Magazine was always awesome (laser beams and nuclear accelerators), Microsoft and Three-Mile Island (what could go wrong?), and what happens when an A-10 and R2-D2 get together.

03.12.26 (MP3): Gearhead Excellence from B.F.E. - Toys in the 'Woods, Speaking Jeep, Phoneless Errands, Landau Tops & Grand Coupes, Brakes & Ball-Joints, Leafs & Shackles, Hammers & Bald Mtn (Night Run?), + Stocking Firewood, Fred's Face & 3x5" Cards 07.04.2026 1h

Time for an hour of Black Forest Excellence at Dan's Burrito & Taco Emporium... With enough beer in us to speak Jeep (many F.I.A.T. jokes, plus tonned and LS'd), the Gearhead Consultancy got together in the deep dark woods to chat out the things that matter: 1UZ oil pans, JFS4, Bud Light (back when chainsaws were still funny), tire pressure, heat cycling, expensive brake pads, and keeping the leafs from bonking the frame (of a 4Runner?). There's also Fat Foot Syndrome versus heel-and-toe, rollover Exploders versus the '99 4Runner, and the value of expensive brake pads. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, have some: using up the old tear gas, MikeRoweAgression, erranding sans horn, M.O.A.B.s and Daisy Cutters for Iran, the 'Springs' winterless winter (lousy Smarch weather), and the importance of winter wood. ...And remember, only trash leaves trash.

03.12.26: Gearhead Excellence from B.F.E. - Toys in the 'Woods, Speaking Jeep, Phoneless Errands, Landau Tops & Grand Coupes, Brakes & Ball-Joints, Leafs & Shackles, Hammers & Bald Mtn (Night Run?), + Stocking Firewood, Fred's Face & 3x5" Cards 07.04.2026 1h

Time for an hour of Black Forest Excellence at Dan's Burrito & Taco Emporium... With enough beer in us to speak Jeep (many F.I.A.T. jokes, plus tonned and LS'd), the Gearhead Consultancy got together in the deep dark woods to chat out the things that matter: 1UZ oil pans, JFS4, Bud Light (back when chainsaws were still funny), tire pressure, heat cycling, expensive brake pads, and keeping the leafs from bonking the frame (of a 4Runner?). There's also Fat Foot Syndrome versus heel-and-toe, rollover Exploders versus the '99 4Runner, and the value of expensive brake pads. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, have some: using up the old tear gas, MikeRoweAgression, erranding sans horn, M.O.A.B.s and Daisy Cutters for Iran, the 'Springs' winterless winter (lousy Smarch weather), and the importance of winter wood. ...And remember, only trash leaves trash.

03.23.26 (MP3): Because Racecar! Garage Hour Does Race Prep w/ Jim & Jimmy Ford, + Belts, Welds, & Never Accepting Second, 9000RPM, 6-Inch Exhaust, Yuge Generators, 1st-Gear Turns & Slap Stick Sequentials (Technology Is Finally Good For Something) 04.04.2026 54min

Hostus Maximus Justin Fort and regular liveregulator Ryan the BMW Guy were roaming backwoods 'Springs and happened upon the compound of PPIHC Open Class contenders Jim and Jimmy Ford. These guys are so serious about homebuilt, homedriven all-comers competition in the most famous hillclimb in the world they didn't even waste time on new names. ...And lurking in the the Ford Garage Bar is one very evolved, poked and stroked Roush-Yates Windsor-powered Trans-Am TA-1 car (and all the stories that power it). ...This episode was so good we had to skip a few. (Don't worry, they're comin' up next.) Thanking their sponsors with every breath they had, Jim and Jimmy (and Hero too) wanted to mention Hoosier, Shoup and Scooter's, Jesel, Newcomer, Iron Wolf, Driven and G-Force (plus everyone they didn't get to before we ran out of time). Because gearheads are people too: this episode's got Coors, loving your belts (and your welds), flying stewardesses, Smokey Yunick, the 9/10th Camaro and the vinyl-top Challenger, getting the right shoes, and some Excellent Weirdo R.I.P.s for Ozzy Osbourne, Chef Jeff and Chuck Norris (the knife died before he did).

03.23.26: Because Racecar! Garage Hour Does Race Prep w/ Jim & Jimmy Ford, + Belts, Welds, & Never Accepting Second, 9000RPM, 6-Inch Exhaust, Yuge Generators, 1st-Gear Turns & Slap Stick Sequentials (Technology Is Finally Good For Something) 04.04.2026 54min

Hostus Maximus Justin Fort and regular liveregulator Ryan the BMW Guy were roaming backwoods 'Springs and happened upon the compound of PPIHC Open Class contenders Jim and Jimmy Ford. These guys are so serious about homebuilt, homedriven all-comers competition in the most famous hillclimb in the world they didn't even waste time on new names. ...And lurking in the the Ford Garage Bar is one very evolved, poked and stroked Roush-Yates Windsor-powered Trans-Am TA-1 car (and all the stories that power it). ...This episode was so good we had to skip a few. (Don't worry, they're comin' up next.) Thanking their sponsors with every breath they had, Jim and Jimmy (and Hero too) wanted to mention Hoosier, Shoup and Scooter's, Jesel, Newcomer, Iron Wolf, Driven and G-Force (plus everyone they didn't get to before we ran out of time). Because gearheads are people too: this episode's got Coors, loving your belts (and your welds), flying stewardesses, Smokey Yunick, the 9/10th Camaro and the vinyl-top Challenger, getting the right shoes, and some Excellent Weirdo R.I.P.s for Ozzy Osbourne, Chef Jeff and Chuck Norris (the knife died before he did).