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Dec. 8, 2021

The Ron Stein Collection and we have 'This Week In Auto History!'

Gowing up in the North East part of the country, where people like Vic Eldebrock and Wally Parks were formulating the start of a hot rodding industry that has inspired automotive enthusiast for generations, it would be hard n...

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Dec. 7, 2021

Wondering about vehicle reliability, Consumer Reports discusses a rec…

Consumer Reports is one of the unique companies that has developed a reputation for being 'neutral' in the consumer product world. With some of the strictist guidelines on maintaining a repution of testing products in an unb...

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Dec. 7, 2021

A look at 'ol school hot rodding vs the 'new generation' of auto enth…

Technology is our friend, sometimes. For In Wheel Time, the use of video confernece tools has allowed us to continue to bring our guests into the program even when safety issues prevented them from joining us in the studio....

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Dec. 5, 2021

Auto console vault for added security, the banned Nissan Skyline GT-R!

As automotive enthusiast, we are always 'looking' for new stuff that make our vehicles more useful, or at least more fun! This time of year, we spend a lot of time talking about gifts for the gear head as it is often tought ...

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Dec. 1, 2021

From the Autorama Tuner Gallery, it is 'Minh Nhan' with his Skyline! …

The 'Tuner Gallery' is something new for the Autorama series of shows this year and it is a good chance to see another part of the automotive enthusiests world. It is something that many of us only see on tv or in the movies...

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Nov. 30, 2021

Lonnie Ford with the Lone Star Throwdown is at the Autorama and it is…

One of the areas largest custom truck show is held each February at the Montogomery Fair Grounds, outside of Conroe, Texas. We have know some of the guys on the Lone Star Throwdown team for almost 30-years and it is always g...

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Nov. 29, 2021

Our coverage of Autorama continues with Larry Way and we have Konrad'…

We continue our talk with Larry Way at the 2021 Houston Autorama. As an auto enthusiest, Larry is very involved in the Autorama. In addition, Larry gets to work with the 'celebraties' of the show like Chip Foose and Sting f...

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Nov. 28, 2021

Kick'n off the 2021 Houston Autorama with Larry Way!

Finally, time once again for the Houston Autorama held at the George R Brown Center! After skipping a year due to the pandemic, it is almost a full house with 500 custom cars and trucks that have had an extra year to get rea...

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Nov. 26, 2021

Automtoive News Headlines and other stories from the week in this Epi…

In this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk, the crew reveiws some of this weeks stories that are mostly automotive - kind'a sort's almost maybe. We cover the top 20 cars with the most American made content, JIT or Just In Time...

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Nov. 24, 2021

Wonder about the 'real world' cost of an EV vs an ICE vehicle? Ander…

There has been a lot said about ICE and EV efficiency and cost comparisons. Generally, it is based on the cost of gasoline vs electricity and not the real world cost of owning either or both types of vehicles. Enter Anderso...

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Nov. 24, 2021

Hot Rod Tour of Texas is coming and we have details and the 'T-Rex' M…

The great contry music troubador Ernest Tubb sang about a 'Waltz Across Texas', probably because he couldn't join the Hot Rod Tour of Texas! Set for the end of April 2022, this three day event is just what it sounds like - a ...

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Nov. 23, 2021

Ram Commercial Trucks update with Dave Sowers and the 'Pinto' is in t…

Ram Commercial trucks continue to brink new and improved vehicles to the market with a network of 1200 dedicated Ram Commercial Dealers. Led by long time friend of the show, Dave Sowers, the Ram Promaster receives several up...

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Nov. 23, 2021

Smart Infratructure - Jamie Sullivan from DERQ tells us more about wh…

There has been a lot of talk about infratructure without any real definition other than what most of us learned in school. In this new world, things are not always what they seem. Joing us from DERQ, a data analization compa...

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Nov. 22, 2021

Toyota makes This Automotive Headlines this week, we have the Event C…

We start this week with some of the automotive news headlines that seem to need some discussion - Toyota being called out for not be unionized by some government officials. We also have an update on coming events with the Eve...

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Nov. 19, 2021

The new 2022 Toyota Tundra is here and then it is Konrad's Car Clinic!

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 bee...

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Nov. 18, 2021

Looking for some off-roading with Texas4Fest that is coming up and we…

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 wi...

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Nov. 17, 2021

Ford goes all-out off-road with the Bronco DR! We also have This Wee…

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 featu...

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Nov. 16, 2021

Automotive photographer and author Richard Truesdell visits In Wheel …

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 cover...

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Nov. 15, 2021

Newsweek presents a 'Best of 2021 List' and the Chevy Tahoe Premium i…

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 ...

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Nov. 14, 2021

The Houston Autorama is BACK!! Director Steve Green has the details o…

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 wil...

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Nov. 12, 2021

Houston Native and Road Racer Alec Udel pays a visit to In Wheel Time!

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 anoth...

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Nov. 11, 2021

Consumer Reports looks at some of the Driver Assist Systems on In Whe…

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 ...

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Nov. 10, 2021

It is the Texas Department of Safety friend of the show - Sgt Woodar…

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 ...

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Nov. 9, 2021

SEMA Factory vehicles and the Dodge Demon that was banned from NHRA!

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...

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