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Crankshaft Culture Gear Garage: Meguiar’s Car Care Products

July 3, 2021 / Andy Lilienthal / Leave a comment

Detailing cars has always been a hobby of mine, even as a kid—a trait I likely learned from my father. Meguiar’s car care products are well known in the auto industry; I actually have used some of their goods for years. Meguiar’s recently reached out and sent a sampling of some of their products, like…

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Quick Drive: Polaris Slingshot

October 14, 2019 / Andy Lilienthal / 2 Comments

It’s not a two-wheeled motorcycle, it’s not a four-wheeled car. So what is this three-wheeled contraption? The short answer is a ridiculously fun motor vehicle. I got to spend some time with one at the 2019 NW Automotive Press Association’s Run to the Sun drive event, and this thing was a downright hoot. You may…

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Review: 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV GT

October 7, 2019 / Andy Lilienthal / Leave a comment

I love it when someone says, “Look, I’m going to be honest.” I always think—does that mean they’re not usually honest? Well listen, I’m going to be honest: When Mitsubishi sent over the 2019 Outlander PHEV GT, I thought—well, it’ll be nice to drive this around for a week, but I’ll have to think of…

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Crankshaft Culture Gear Garage: Big Agnes Double-Wide Sleeping Set-up

August 28, 2019 / Mercedes Lilienthal / 1 Comment
Big Agnes double-wide sleeping bag and pad

Getting a solid night sleep when adventuring in the backcountry is key. Having the chance to snuggle up to your partner while doing so is even better.

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Review: 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid

August 14, 2019 / Mercedes Lilienthal / Leave a comment
2020-Toyota-Corolla-Hybrid-1

As of 2020, Toyota’s decided to give the Corolla some hybrid love.

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Mudfest: The 2019 NW Outdoor Activity Vehicle of the Year

May 28, 2019 / Mercedes Lilienthal / 1 Comment

ABOVE: Still one of my favorites, the runner up in the Subcompact and Compact Family class, the 2019 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk. Photo: Ryan Douthit, MediaSpigot LLC The Northwest Automotive Press Association’s Mudfest event brings in the newest 4WD/AWD vehicles for judging by a host of automotive writers. Now in its 25th iteration, this year’s event…

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Headlight Heaven: Adding J.W. Speaker 8700 Evo 2 LED Lights

January 29, 2019 / Andy Lilienthal / 7 Comments
JW Speaker 8700 Evo 2 headlights Mitsubishi

Back when we had the PDXJ, our 2001 Jeep Cherokee, one of the upgrades we made was replacing the OE headlights with J.W. Speaker LED headlamps. The headlights were a huge improvement over the Jeep’s stock headlights which worked about as well as whale oil lanterns.

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Our Eight Great Holiday Adventure Gifts

December 12, 2018 / Andy Lilienthal / 1 Comment
Jeep with Christmas Lights

Looking for holiday gift ideas for the adventurer in your life? Here are eight great gifts suggestions for all of budgets. 

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Review: Yokohama Geolandar A/T G015 All-Terrain Tires

December 1, 2017 / Andy Lilienthal / 3 Comments
Yokohama Geolandar G015 tires on Mitsubishi Delica

Words by Andy Lilienthal. Photos by Andy and Mercedes Lilienthal Admittedly, when I get the opportunity to get new tires on any of our vehicles, I get excited to see how they’ll perform. This holds especially true with tires that I’ll take off road because there are so many performance variables. It’s not just wet/dry…

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Review: Magellan eXplorist TRX7 GPS

April 25, 2017 / Mercedes Lilienthal / 2 Comments
Magellan TRX7

You can have the most capable and built off-road rig, the coolest and most expensive gear, and all the desire in the world to conquer your adventure—but if you don’t know where you’re going, you may as well stay home or play in the mall parking lot. Enter the Magellan eXplorist TRX7 GPS.

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