Gear Up for Autumn: Essential Car Maintenance
Tips to Keep Your Vehicle Running Smoothly Autumn is a season of change where temperatures start to drop. Just as you prepare yourself for the cooler weather, it’s important to ensure that your vehicle is ready too. As the seasons transition from summer to autumn,…
Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival by Boat
This past weekend The Rugged Male team was invited to attend Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California. We decided to add to the adventure by riding down to south Orange County in the Cuttyhunk – my 1988 Tiara, a 31-foot cabin cruiser with two…
How to Practice Driving Skills In Between Passing Your Test and Getting a Car
In an ideal world, you would go home to your own car waiting for you on the drive straight after passing your driving test. But this isn’t always the case. Many new drivers have to wait a while before they can get on the road…
How to Buy a New Bike and Not Regret It a Few Months Later
Buying a new bike is not rocket science, especially with so many specialized shops that can help you and guide you through the entire purchase. Of course, some part of the effort still lies on your shoulders – especially when it comes to knowing what…
Smooth Sailing: Changing Your Boat Name Without Inviting Bad Luck
So you finally bought a boat. You have been thinking about it for years and putting it off, pretending you like to play golf. Congratulations and welcome to the final frontier that hasn’t been ruined by insurance companies and lawyers … the open seas! But…
Boating At Night, How To Prepare
Most of the content republished from BoatUS Eventually if you are boating or sailing long enough, by choice or not, you will find yourself out on the water at night. Whether the day got away from you, or because of a breakdown, or if you…
Our Favorite Muscle Cars of 2020
Ever since I was a kid, I would hang out in my father’s garage and work on cars with him. At first, he had no interest in any muscle cars (it seemed) when I was little. Then, I became a teenager, my parents got divorced,…
New Year, New You … New Car Repair
If you are like most people you don’t specifically have resolutions. You certainly haven’t written anything down, BUT you do think about starting the year off with an increased productivity. That means dropping the eat-everything holiday diet, committing to an exercise regime and getting a…
Our Favorite RV Campgrounds in California
California’s diverse landscape and vast shorelines make it one of the most popular states to travel by RV. Many RVs come to experience California for the first time, others simply call their RV, home. The amazing weather, beautiful coastline & national parks are just a…
Toyota’s New Urban Utility Concept Car
We were fortunate to have been invited to a private panel discussion hosted by Make Magazine in San Francisco this week for Toyota’s unveiling of their new Urban Utility concept vehicle, or U-Squared. The vehicle concept and elements reflect the lifestyle and needs of an entrepreneurial,…
