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How old were you when you first discovered your passion for vehicles?
My dad is a biker and was into photography when he was younger. He had a ton of cool black and white pics of his Harleys. Dually interested in photography and bikes from the age of 3 or 4.
Never really did much with vehicles other than my Triumph Bonneville until the last few years. Now enjoy buying shiny new tools and scraping my knuckles because I kind of suck and don't know what I am doing.
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Would you ever lower a truck?
The only reason I could think of to do this would be to try to fill out those hideous square Chevy wheel wells. But I wouldn't buy a chevy truck, so no.
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What's your preferred jam while hoonage ensues?
I'm not a huge music person. But I do have a deep love for Jimi Hendrix. I have maybe 60 CDs various live shows by him. I spend most of my car time with podcasts. Or if I am particularly stressed out, some old jazz.
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What's your typical Whataburger order?
A1 Thick & Hearty, no onions, Whatasized, Dr. Pepper, three ketchups
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How do you like your steak cooked?
The way I usually go is to put all the charcoal in my 22" Weber Kettle on one side to make that side super hot. I throw in one of my cast irons on the opposite side with some butter. Once the grill is hot (like 500-600 degrees on the hot side) I throw my steaks (pre seasoned with kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper) in the cast iron and put butter on top. I keep them rotating and at about 115-120 degrees, I pull them and throw them on grill right over the coals. Get a nice sear on each side and they are a nice medium-rare.
Also, we have Steaksgiving, not Thanksgiving. Turkey is for diets. Steak is for celebrations.
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If you were to build a sleeper with a typical budget, what vehicle would you use and what power plant would you use?
Not sure what a typical budget is.
Not super exciting, but I think I might do a LS swap with a 944.
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What state would you reside in if you weren't able to live in Texas?
I wasn't born here, but I can't imagine living anywhere else. If I won the powerball, I'd probably have a place on 30A, a ranch around BCS and a place somewhere in Colorado good for hiking and skiing (Durango?) But I would spend all my time in the Tine and the Promised Land of the Bravos Valley.
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Most f'ed up car/driving story of your life?
I once left Coog High at 6pm on a Thursday and made it to my hotel in Frisco in 3 hours and 45 minutes driving a Hyundai Veracruz fully loaded with camera stuff.
When I was in India in 2008, I was with Turk Pipkin and two guys working for Turk that had done work for National Geographic in all kinds of crazy places. We had an absolutely insane driver and I was on a jump seat in the cargo area of an SUV. One of the NatGeo guys handed me his video camera and told me to start filming everything out the back windshield. Both of them and Turk had cameras going and we all legitimately thought this guy was going to kill us. We didn't die.
When I was in the Sudan in 2007, we were dropped off on a little landing strip in the middle of no where, where we would sleep in mud huts and live with the indigenous people. We had a little folder solar charger for our Sat Phones. One Sat Phone could receive text messages for free. The first day, when we were trying to charge the sat phone, the phone actually melted and couldn't be used anymore. So we had one more sat phone to last us and otherwise, we just had to be at the right place at the right time to get picked up by the next plane.
I borrowed a friend's motorcycle when I was living in Bangkok. Riding wearing running shorts, flip flops, ball cap and a t-shirt only. They drive on the wrong side of the road, so turning right is across traffic, instead of left. I'm stuck trying to turn right in heavy traffic with a lot of cars behind me. Finally a really small opening and I gun it. As I clear the intersection, a truck pulls out of the driveway across my lane. I had to slide the bike to not t-bone it. Luckily, not much damage to the bike, but I had crazy amounts of road rash. I got back to the place and I spent an hour picking the gravel out of my leg, arm and back. No alcohol other than purell, so I got to use Iodine all over my body.
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Favorite/least favorite beer?
Least favorite is anything that sacrifices taste for low calories/carbs. If I am going to drink a beer, I'm going to make those calories count.
If I can go to Specs, I'm probably looking for some Belgium beer. Love Duvel and Chimay. Not really into IPAs. Normal gas station six pack would probably be New Castle.
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Drink of choice?
Dr. Pepper or Big Red. With dinner usually a Cabernet. Not the cheapest one, but like the second or third cheapest, because I'm more frugal than classy, but am not all that sophisticated. Mixed drink is a manhattan or old fashioned.
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What do you want your next vehicle to be?
I'm not sure, depends which car I get rid of. Have a Hyundai Veracruz with 154k miles and a Miata with 102k (plus my wife has an Optima we are keeping.) Probably going to replace one or both in the next year or two. I drive a lot - deducted 18k miles last year and will have more this year.
I'd like to replace the Veracruz with a Jetta CheaterWagen especially since the used price has dropped to 8-12k, but afraid the EPA is going to say they all have to be crushed. No emissions testing in Texas for diesels, yet.
What should I get, Texags? Want comfortable ride with good highway milage. If I replace the Veracruz, it needs to be at least Sportwagen size.
Am I insane for considering a TDI right now? It has great highway milage and can hold all the stuff I need it to hold.
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How many JCI chili cheese dogs can you eat in one sitting?
I think I could polish off four on a normal day. And I would hate myself for it for at least two days.
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Which car do you want to shove off a cliff?
My 2000 Ford Exploder, roll over edition
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In your opinion, what is the absolute worst modification that can be done to a vehicle?
Hard to say.
This:
Or This:
or stance/camber/wings on freaking Miatas.
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3 favorite car related activities?
1. Long road trips
2. Trying to fix something
3. Asking 1Ags how I screwed up and what I should do to fix it.
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Preferred city for getting crunk?
I stopped getting crunk long ago and all my time is pretty much split between wife&kids and work. But I love going to nice restaurants and trying great food. I'm originally from New Orleans, so going to Commander's Palace, Arnauds or the Bakery Bar is on my list there.
Went to Vegas for the Super Bowl with my dad and that was pretty amazing. I'd do that again.
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Origin of user name?
Used to play a lot of guitar and my last name is Campbell. Been called Soup ever since I was a kid.
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Current hometown?
Upper East Side of Houston.
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Original hometown?
Born in New Orleans, lived in San Antonio before going to A&M then moving to Houston.
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Occupation?
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Without considering cost, if you could give your kids any vehicle when they turn 16, what would you start them in?
I think I might get a project jeep when my oldest is about 12 or 13. Make both kids learn how to tear it down and build it back up. Plus it will be slow as molasses and have a stick shift.
