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Jan. 13, 2022

We be 'Jeep'n' with Jim Morrison, Head of Jeep -

In Wheel Time Car Talk is celebrating 10-years of automotive talk, and one of our original supporters is Jim Morrison, Head of Jeep North America. Jim has been a friend of the show since the beginning and is always fun to ta...

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Jan. 12, 2022

God's Garage, helping others in need get 'roll'n again'.

It is an unfortunate fact of life that bad things happen, and when they do, often people need help getting started again. This is particularly true for single mothers or families of service members. One of the biggest obsti...

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Jan. 11, 2022

Houston Raceway Park - 2022 update on event planning for the track.

Unfortiunately, it was announced late 2021 that the Houston Raceway Park would be closing after the 2022 NHRA Spring Nationals, a key highlight event of NHRA. The combination of an excellant facility, 'management and weather...

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Jan. 10, 2022

It is the 'EV-angelist' Buzz Smith with some updates on the world of …

Friend of the show, Richard 'Buzz' Smith is a real world EV enthusiast who not only talks the talk, but walks the walk. Buzz joins us with some updates on develpments as well as some thoughts on what we might see in the upco...

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Jan. 9, 2022

The Dakar Rally, international desert race with Sue Mead, Amy Lerner …

The Daka Rally is a desert race currently being held in the sands of Saudi Arabia. It is truely an international event that brings people together with one commonality - being an automotive enthusiast! The massive compound ...

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Jan. 3, 2022

Manual vs Auto for that next purchase. CVT? DCT?

There is a joke on the internet that a manual transmission is a theft deterrent - apparently driving a manual shift vehilce is becoming a lost art. Should a manual transmisson be part of your considerations? Thinking a sim...

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Dec. 31, 2021

For the next vehicle - 4 cyl vs 6 cyl vs v8? Gas vs EV?

In this segment, the In Wheel Time crew tries to take on the decision of what needs to be under the hood of the next automotive purchase. While there are basically three choices of power under the hood, there are subsets tha...

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Dec. 29, 2021

New vs Used - car? truck? SUV? In the Car Clinic, we are talking '…

There are a lot of decisigns that go into buying the next vehicle. Often the first decision is new or used - generally comes down to finances, but other considerations may need to be included in the decision making process. ...

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Dec. 27, 2021

How important is the 'right' dealership in the auto purchase experien…

For most people, the puchase of an automobile will be the biggest expense behind a home mortgage, particularly a new vehicle. With CPO or other one/two/three year old pre-owned vehciles also fetching a hefty price, it is acr...

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Dec. 17, 2021

It really is a '57 Chevy Jet Truck!

We have been trying to get some time on his schedule for sometime, and we finally get Hayden Profitt to slow down long enough to tell us about his 1957 Chevrolet truck - Jet Truck to be exact! Running in the triple digits wit...

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Dec. 16, 2021

PaintHouseTx has some last minute gift ideas to care for your vehicle…

After having a project that we have poured money and time into building, we want to be sure that it stays looking like we intended. That can mean taking care of the paint and the interior because that is what people see fir...

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Dec. 15, 2021

Car Clubs are a'chang'n and we have Konrad's Car Clinic!

As we have a variety of guests on the show, it is often interesting to see how diffent people look at different topics. At the Houston Autorama this year, we talked with some participants in a new part of the show - the Tune...

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Dec. 14, 2021

Big News from the Houston Auto Show! There are DONKS in the house!

We only get to talk on the program with our friend, RoShelle Salinas a few times a year, mainly related to the Houston Auto Show. She joins us on this episode with some big news about the 2022 show - Not only it is returning...

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Dec. 13, 2021

'Tis the season to be Merry and hope Santa brings some go fast goodie…

In honor of the upcoming Holidays, the In Wheel Time crew takes a look at some last minutes ideas for automotive enthusiests. Because of the current 'shipping' issues, we try to focus on what can be found on the shelf other ...

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Dec. 12, 2021

SCCA, PRI, and the 2022 GMC Sierra Denali Carbon Pro is in the New Ca…

Joining us on this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk it is friend of the show, Richard Tomlin, proprietor of Apex Auto Works, Regional Director of SCCA and all around fun guy that like to go fast! Richard is on his way back f...

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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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