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
From Hank Watson's Garage Hour - Cars, Trucks, Beers & Guns by Justin Fort
April 9, 2026 · 56 min · Season 14 · Episode 12
About this episode
The episode discusses various automotive topics, including the reasons for lifting cars versus buying trucks, the historical context of military manufacturing by car companies, and the implications of AI on the automotive industry.
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.
People in this episode
Host: Justin Fort
Topics covered
- automotive technology
- used car values
- electric cars
- military manufacturing
- AI cooling needs
- historical automotive insights
Keywords
- lift your car
- used car values
- Volkswagen missiles
- electric cars
- AI cooling
- Concorde
- automakers
- squirrels
- Omni Magazine
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Volkswagen, Ford, GM, AM General, FTC
Products: A-10, R2-D2
Books & works: Omni Magazine
Places: Israel, Three-Mile Island
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