Gearheads united.
How agile are you? No, I’m not talking about your ability to stand on one foot, pat yourself on the head with one hand, and rub your belly with your other. I’m talking about intellectual acuity – your ability to think critically on the fly and convert new information into actionable knowledge.
By the way, how’s your project coming along? [Read more…]
Many people may look at it and think that it’s just a place for shops to show off what they can do – and they’d be partially right. Where they are wrong is that many of the shops are doing this on order – it’s gearheads requesting this work. [Read more…]
Martis’ passion for cars started in Kuwait at a young age. Surrounded by those with oil-money and a father who was a mechanic at Kuwait Air Base (his mother a teacher), young Martis grew up motor-headed.
“My dad being a mechanic, I was really into mechanical stuff – in fact I became a big fan of planes and cars – and just seeing all those cars, I fell in love with a few brands,” Martis said.
With the likes of BMW 635CSi, Buick Riviera, and Datsun 240’s driving around his neighborhoods, how can one not begin to feel a little something. The correct answer is: they can’t. They will inevitably become infatuated.
“I grew up just admiring those cars, loving them, staring at them,” said Martis. “That’s really how I got addicted to cars in general.” [Read more…]
We all know that we gearheads come in many different shapes and flavors – some hoon, some engineer, some … some code. Coding to create Teslas inner synapsis or coding to create something different in the online realm where the audiences of Twitter and Facebook are skyrocketing.
We gearheads, much like newborn moms with their baby pictures, spam the incessant crap out of our cars to anyone following our feeds. I’m sure by now many of the people I know have stopped following me, running from all the Mazda-ratti posts.
Now there are online places just for us gearheads, but they mostly follow the same old Web 1.0 forum-style layout. There’s no interactivity, no user friendliness, no likes of Facebook or Twitter for the motor-inclined. [Read more…]
What happens when a regional club becomes more national? Is it possible to re-brand & evolve without losing that which makes it special? How do you do that? We caught up with Scott Pinkterton of trueEvo (aka: Midwest Evos), who told us about how their community evolved. [Read more…]
Over the course of the last two years, I toyed with the idea of possibly going back to Germany to attend ElbeTreffen. Sometime after the DSM Shootout last summer, I decided we had to make it happen and started planning in earnest. Plane tickets to Germany in the prime tourism season (summer) were crazy expensive, but I discovered we could save nearly US$1000 by flying into London. I’ve never been to the UK.
The GBXM World Tour 2012 began to take shape. [Read more…]
We’re pretty much a 2-man operation here at Gearbox (unless you’d like to join us, of course). And the last month has been crazy for both of us. Dennis has been trying to buy a house in The Netherlands, and I’ve been trying to plan out the most epic gearhead adventure I’ve ever had. We’ve come up a little short on new stories, but wanted to let you know we’re still in this for the long haul and we appreciate your continuing to stop by.
Here’s a quick look at some of the stories we’ve got in the works right now… [Read more…]
Every time we give up control of something to others – be they government entities, corporations (one and the same), or machines – we risk one day being prohibited from having control of it in the future. In this way, our technology is a double-edged sword. We realize greater efficiency and convenience today, but at what cost tomorrow? ALPR is coming to a city near you. Are you ready? [Read more…]
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. [Read more…]
One thing the people featured on this site have in common is that they’re all leaders. They may not actually run a community, but they lead by example. This week, we interview Jay Taylor, who actually runs a Mitsubishi community – EvoEmpire.org. [Read more…]
One thing the people featured on this site have in common is that they’re all leaders. They may not actually run a community, but they lead by example. This week, we interview David Kammerich, who actually runs a Mitsubishi community – MissouriMitsu.com. [Read more…]
One thing the people featured on this site have in common is that they’re all leaders. They may not actually run a community, but they lead by example. This week, we interview Andy Smedegard, who actually runs a Mitsubishi community – WI-DSM.com. [Read more…]
We at Gearbox believe in the power of passion in Mitsubishi to bring people together, to build a sense of community on a global scale. We are Mitsubishi owners and proud of it. Mitsubishi gets it. Have you heard about M-Gen yet? What are you into? [Read more…]
In the last week, we’ve been fortunate to speak with Darin Frow, the guy behind the wheel at the Mitsubishi Lancer Register. Some of the things we’ve learned have blown our mind. This might just be the longest interview we’ve ever run on Gearbox Magazine. Grab a drink and settle in for a solid read. We think you’ll be impressed. [Read more…]
March is Galant VR4 Month here at Mitsubishi Gearbox Magazine. We start things off with an interview with Ryan Hertz, who runs GalantVR4.org. The number of Galant VR4s is dwindling, but ownership continues to prove rewarding. Read on! [Read more…]
Gearbox Magazine is all about bringing gearheads together. This week, we feature an interview with DSMtuners founder, Chris Raymond. Ever wonder why the biggest DSM site in the world was started? What challenges they’re facing, or why they do it? Read on! [Read more…]
One thing the people featured on this site have in common is that they’re all leaders. They may not actually run a community, but they lead by example. This week, we interview Scott Pinkerton, who actually runs a Mitsubishi community – MidwestEvos.com. [Read more…]
