GBXM European Tour 2012
Can I tell you a secret? I know more gearheads in Australia than I do neighbors on my own block. In some respects, I know that’s terrible, but in others, it’s totally awesome. Every other year, my wife and I try to get out and see the world – the world of gearheads. We at Gearbox Magazine want YOU to be able to experience stuff like this too, so I’m going to keep you in the loop as things progress in the coming months.
2012 Summer Gearhead Games
The Summer Olympic Games take place in London, England, in July. Medals will be awarded for all manner of summer sports, including equestrian (horse), cycling/mountain biking, even canoe and sailing. For all the power, speed, and agility tests involving vehicles, there will be no automotive games. We think that should change, even if it means we design our own Summer Gearhead Games. Here’s some ideas on what that might look like.
Modify Your Life, Part 5
One of the neat things about being a gearhead and knowing how the various systems and assemblies on our vehicles work is that we can use our understanding of them to help us better understand other things. I like to think of this as “automotive metaphor.” Today, what say we see what we can learn about life by thinking about traction and handling on a car.
The Most Popular Threads on Your Forum
One question keeps me awake at night; Why don’t more people comment on the stories we run on Gearbox? Some people have told me it’s because forums are where everyone’s opinions matter, while blogs are only about one person’s opinion. As a 10-year forum veteran, I call bullshit. Not here. Not this “blog.” I think it’s that we’re just not sharing the right stories or something. So I did a little digging into some the forums I’m on.
Modify Your Life, Part 4
Something you might not know how to do: Modifying your life. If only changing our lives was as easy as changing an air filter, right? Even a timing belt, at least we could see how close we were to being done. The question is, why do you modify your vehicle?
Modify Your Life, Part 3
Something you know how to do: Modifying your car. If you’re reading this, you’re probably a gearhead. Modifying your life isn’t easy, but neither is modifying cars. Sure, it might seem easy today, but we all started somewhere.
Modify Your Life, Part 2
Today we get started with the serious automotive metaphor. As gearheads, we’re pretty good about figuring out how to modify our vehicles. It’s not so easy to modify our lives, though. (Or is it?)
Modify Your Life, Part I
Why is it the thing(s) we enjoy doing the most aren’t able to pay the bills? Today we begin a series of articles (hopefully conversations) meant to get us all thinking about why we’re gearheads and how we can translate our gearhead skills and activities to other pursuits which stand to help us help each other live better lives. This series has been a long time in the making. You deserve the best we have to offer.
Roninisms: The Wisdom of Sam
If you’ve seen Ronin, you know it’s one hell of a ride, but what did you learn from it?
