Wait no more! After a long long break we have finally emerged to start our summer season of episodes! In the time that we have been gone, multiple happenings have occurred like: Wes keeps getting sick, Turtle has a double entendre-fest with his distributor rebuild, and Reyson has been alive. In this lighter hearted episode Turtle tells us his saga of one man and a distributor rebuild, we fondly remember our best Toys R Us memories, and figure out what cars everyone from 80’s cartoon nostagia land would be driving to a hot 80’s car meet!
Rollalife Podcast: Episode 7
July 7, 2018 by Leave a Comment
BEWARE! AE86 Christmas is under siege by dastardly lowlife car thief scum that strives to ruin our car human holiday season. In this very special Holiday Christmas episode, we step into the mind of the car thieves that have hit the bay area, and give actual helpful tips on how to not get your car stolen! In addition we cover the classic holiday topics such as: What if Michael Jackson was a car guy drifter? The value of a Toyota CHR, a serious discussion on 3rd brake lights, and how Turtle and Wes shared a precious moment on the touge. Join us for our year end episode, pop open that fizzy drink of choice of yours, and stare at your car out the window because the second walk away from it, it will be stolen.
Fan of AE86s or automobiles in general? Join Wes, Turtle, and Reyson as they explore the wonderful topic of “Rollalife”. We plan to give you a peek into the various lives and personal stories of drivers, builders, and car enthusiasts. Rollalife is an ever growing term, catch a ride in our passenger seats as we take this drive.
Rollalife Podcast: Episode 6
June 30, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The cast describes a time when they were able to see a Black Limited AE86 in person. Scary stories are also told. Special thanks to Cedu for telling us a scary experience.
Fan of AE86s or automobiles in general? Join Wes, Turtle, and Reyson as they explore the wonderful topic of “Rollalife”. We plan to give you a peek into the various lives and personal stories of drivers, builders, and car enthusiasts. Rollalife is an ever growing term, catch a ride in our passenger seats as we take this drive.
Rollalife Podcast: Episode 5
June 23, 2018 by Leave a Comment
After a long hiatus, the Rollalife Podcast team is going to give you the episode you deserve. Here’s to 86 day!
Rollalife is an automotive podcast hosted by Reyson, Wes and Turtle, about their adventures as a corolla owner.
RollaLife Podcast: Episode 2
May 26, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Hedgehogs are fast and so aren’t corollas. On this episode Wes changes out his pan-difficult bar and tells us how he first got his corolla. We ask the question “what is a carguy?” We also tell you a lot about Sonic fan art and vocal fry for some reason.
Frankie’s Garage: Hot Wheels Ford Fiesta Drift Short
December 16, 2016 by Leave a Comment
It’s Snowkhana 5! This fun stop-motion short film has the Hot Wheels 1/64 scale die-cast car drifting around toy town.
Frankie’s Garage: Just Call It – “The Toyota 86!”
March 24, 2016 by Leave a Comment
What it should always have been branded in North America! Not the defunct Scion brand, but Toyota. The Scion FR-S in 2017 goes back to the Toyota car line-up and will simply be known as the Toyota 86. Finally!
Frankie’s Garage: Ken Block Drifting in Dubai
March 2, 2016 by 1 Comment
One of my favorite Ken Block Gymkhana’s was in San Francisco about 3 years ago. He was drifting up and down the hills of SF and it was awesome and now he’s back drifting in his special Ford Fiesta AWD on the Dubai city roads.
Takara Tomy Drift Package Nano!
November 24, 2015 by 2 Comments
It seems the older I get, I don’t have enough time in the day to spend hours building a Gundam snap-on plastic model kit or building a R/C car. I have ADD due to watching YouTube videos and such. The Internet, but I digress. Here’s a neat little all-one ready-to-go R/C car package by Takara Tomy, it’s their Drift Package Nano set!
Frankie’s Garage: Drifting with James Deane
April 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Xcar Films interviews racing drifter James Deane and family on drifting and his drift cars. This is a 2-part documentary short:
Frankie’s Garage: Building a Drift Mobile
November 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Drifting from around the world, here’s a look at the UK-side of things. XCar Films interviews driver/owner Phil Morrison of Driftworks Limited.
For more info, go to: XCar Films.
Frankie’s Garage: Ken Block’s ’65 Mustang
November 6, 2014 by Leave a Comment
If you’ve seen the Gymkhana videos on YouTube then you know what’s it all about. Ken Block is getting ready for Gymkhana 7 and will use a custom 1965 Ford Mustang that is AWD V8. The engine is tuned by Roush Yates. And this is the Hoonicorn RTR:
Frankie’s Garage: AUTOart ReRelease – Initial D AE86
October 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I’m looking forward to AUTOart’s re-release of the iconic Toyota Trueno AE86 from the popular anime/manga “Initial D” by Shuichi Shigeno. If you’re a diecast car collector then you should also know the name AUTOart. This incredible HK toy company makes super detailed diecast cars, and this 1:18 scale “Fujiwara Tofu Ten” AE86 looks amazing.
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Frankie’s Garage: Drifting Sedans!
April 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Vauxhall VXR8 GTS versus the BMW M5 Competition Package, basically big V8 sedans going sideways in this episode of AutoCar UK. The cheaper VXR8 GTS uses a supercharged V8 pumping out 577 horses and the M5 Competition Package uses a twin-turbo V8 producing 567 horses. It’s all about drifting in this challenge battle between these two V8 brutish sedans.
Frankie’s Garage: Drifting a classic Datsun 280Z
April 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
This maybe just a Clarion USA ad, but it’s a cool drift vid with Chris Forsberg. He drives a classic 1975 Datsun 280Z powered by a Skyline engine, the RB25DET. And that’s all you really need to know, just watch the car-porn.
Frankie’s Garage: Subaru BRZ Turbocharged & tons of Torque!
June 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Motor Trend’s latest episode of Ignition looks at American-tuned Subaru BRZ. The BRZ is tuned by Crawford Performance that packs in a turbo-charger pumping up 490-500 horses. I think its safe to say, it can do some amazing drifting with 550lb/ft of torque.
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