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Built in Texas, the Toyota Tundra is one of those vehilces that consumers love and love to keep for a long time. It is one of those hard to find pre-owned vehicles due to people keeping them so long. As a result, it has been a while since a real update has happened to the Tundra.With the 2022 m…

In this episode of In Wheel Time, we learn about Texas4Fest, a two day off-road event coming up in the first of December. For the four-wheel enthusiast, the 4Fest Events offer two full days of off-road fun and experiences with trails to explore, hills to climb, rock courses to test driver skills, …

We start this segment with news about the newest limited edition Ford Bronco - the Bronco DR. Limited to only 50 'desert ready' production vehicles, this is one serious off-roader and Don Armstrong has the story. In our feature segment, Konrad DeLong has the popular - 'This Week In Auto His…

Hard to cover a 20+outstanding automotive journalist career in a few words, but fortunately we do have 'the man' joining us for this segment of the program. Richard Truesdell is not only well known for his international coverage of the automobile happenings, but he has several books with wonderfu…

Almost every automotive enthusiest looks forward to seeing what is the newest product coming out of Detroit. Some are looking at style, functionality, or performance to see what is the latest and greatest. We just seem to decide what is better than last year or other vehicles from this year, so …

It is a changing world, and that can be a good thing! At least for the Houston area motoheads this year, as after missing 2020, the Houston Autorama is back! This Thanksgiving Weekend, the place for automotive enthusiests will be the GRB - George R Brown Center downtown Houston. Seems there wil…

Join us with our guests like Steve Green, Area Director for the Houston Autorama who has an update on the 2021 event.Leading news outlet NEWSWEEK has compiled their list of the 2021 Best Autos by Catagory and Senior Auto Editor Eileen Falkenburg-Hull has the details.Noted automotive author Richar…

It is always great a local young man that is persuing his dreams to do good. The automotive race car driver world is super competitive, after all, who among us has not thought themseves a race car driver at one time or another? Factor in those with a little money to chase a dream and there you ha…

For several years now, we have been honored to have Sgt. Woodard join us occasionall to share some of his wit and wisdom. It is always good to get some reminders about safe driving, as well as any new traffic laws that come into effect.This week is the big Lone Star Rally in Galveston, where the…

Consumer Reports has a reputation for doing very thorough research on a wide variety of things. In the case of automotive, they often have 'secret buyers' that actual go out and buy the vehciles they will be doing long term research on. Generally it is the high volumn models as that is what consu…

One of the biggest, if not THE biggest event in Las Vegas each year is the SEMA Show. Now this is the Specialty Equipment Manufacture Association, which translates into the automotive aftermarket show. It is not open to the public, but there sure is a lot of automotive 'builders and the like' the…

After making some qucik adjustments due to our host, Don Armstrong having to leave unexpectidly, the show must go on!In this segment, we talked about some of the recent recalls. We also discuss how to check your own vehicle for a possbile recall. It is a great idea to do this everytime the time…

Friend of the show, Richard Tomlin with Apex Auto Works is heavily involved in the Houston Area sports car scene. In fact, he is the Regional Executive for the Sports Car Club of America, and he is also a member of Racers Without Borders...if there were such a group.Several years ago, Richard in…

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Tis the season to be jolly, almost, but definitely time to look under the hood of the family ride to get ready for the upcoming Holiday Trip. Even if it is just across town, a breakdown on the way to Grandma's house could bring out the big bad wolf in anyone.Joining us today from Professional Au…

Seems every car enthusiast has a story - if we are lucky, we grow up in a car world leading us to venture out on our own. With a family of auto enthusiast to lead the way, Marc Sorger worked his way through most aspects of the car culture. He did some builds, did some drag racing, a little road r…

There are rumors that everything is bigger in Texas....well, maybe maybe not. But down in the small town of Beeville, Texas, there is a race that is called the Texas Mile ... it is a mile long speed run.Joining us today is Jessica Evans on the scene of the race as things are starting to happen. …

Texas Truck Works is a name that has been around for a while modifying trucks and providing accessories. They have also become heavily involved in the world of Jeep by developing a name creating more power by doing engine swaps. The HEMI is a popular swap with a lot of low end power, and of late,…

Halloween Show!On this episode of our Halloween Show, we get a visit from 'Deadpool' - aka Eric Allen. This version of Deadpool is all about fun whether on 2-wheels or 4, it is all about fun for a good cause. In our feature segment of this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk, we hear about "Thi…

Halloween Show!We start the week off with our Halloween show, and in this segment, we cover a variety of topics. We start with a discussion on 'diagnostic fees' then we move on to recalls and a variety of stories. In our feature segment of this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk, it is Don Arms…

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One of our favorite auto couples live up in Oregon, and they are involved in all kinds of activites. Previously, Andy Lilienthal told us about some efforts to revoke the exising registration of a type of JDM vehicle in two states. Today, Andy has an update on how some currently registered JDM v…

In the history of NHRA, there have been a lot of famous family operations, and, of course, some hard working not so famous. This is particularly true in the Sportsman Classes. One notable family operation is Emmons Motorsports Racing. Based outside of Houston with the family business, Emmons Aut…

Our guest on this segment of In Wheel Time Car Talk comes to us from McAllen, Texas, where he currently resides. Born in Mexico where he got his start in racing, Max Calles migrated to Texas looking for more racing opportunities.Join us as we learn a bit about how he got started, what his curren…