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Hooniverse Asks- What Would Your Car's Theme Song Be?
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Usually when we get into our cars the radio is on, already set to a favorite music station, or one streaming out the constant drone of news and traffic. That kind of background noise pervades our relationships with our daily drivers, but when thinking about that ride, what song plays in your head?
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Vintage Garbage Trucks via Dark Roasted Blend
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We received this tip at Hooniverse Central over a week ago, and I’m just now getting around to posting it (Thanks Jason by the way!) in a continuation of our heavy truck theme for this weekend. See more images after the jump….
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Unsafe at Any Speed? A Corvair No More!
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This little gem is currently on Ebay, and was brought to my attention by Jen Dunnaway over at CarDomain.
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Some Random Engine Photography To Help You Start Your Weekend
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We have a weakness here at Hooniverse for British sports cars. And British convertibles. Oh, and British sport-utes. And British humour. Oh, and sexy British women. Courtesy of our good friend Syrax comes a random photograph that should get everyone here tingly in their naughty bits. This is the engine from the new 2010 Land…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Superstars Italian Touring Car Racing; Pay Attention NASCAR!
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This little tidbit comes from Longroofan (Thanks Man!) from his website. It features a promotional video of the Italian Touring Car Championships called Superstars. Want to see it? You will have to make the jump…..
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Mystery Car Revealed- Are You Ready to Solo?
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Well, this morning’s mystery car was a little harder than I thought it would be, but commenter extraordinaire Tonyola put his mad knowledge of car scoopery to good use and came up with the correct answer, which, of course is. . .
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Hooniverse Asks- What Cheap Fun Car From the Past Would you Like to See Resurrected?
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Pocket rockets, GT packages, Euro trim. There used to be a lot of fun little cars out there, and they didn’t cost an arm and a leg to buy and own. Today, Honda still gives us the Civic Si, and Nissan’s Sentra SE-R won’t cost you a kidney to buy, but that’s pretty much it.…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Do Other Drivers Do That Pisses You Off the Most?
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Yesterday afternoon, while out running around, some ass-hat pulled into my lane, while I WAS STILL OCCUPYING IT. I laid on the horn to alert them to their ass-hattery, but that only served to make them apply their horn and come to a complete stop in front of me. Later that night I was driving…
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Upholster your seats in your father's trousers!
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When discussing the merits of semi-affordable, FWD hot hatches, one factor that always comes into play when weighing the GTI’s merits is its rad, optional plaid seats. “The Mini Cooper handles better, the Mazdaspeed 3 is faster, the Type-R (for our readers across the pond) is cheaper to maintain, when the Fiat 500 comes here…
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Showdown – Dubiously Awesome Turbo Ponycars Edition
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I’m shocked to learn that you lot would pick one of the most plentiful 4x4s of all time over an orangered oddball custom-built behemoth with a removable roof. Todaye we have a showdown only a thermodynamicist could love. We’ve got two pony cars from an era when Detroit was testing out a replacement for displacement:…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Was Your Worst Car Repair Experience?
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Yesterday we asked about the bad experiences you had with buying a car, and you provided us with some great war stories about bad dealers, untrustworthy private sellers, and cars that weren’t all the ads said they were. Now that those nightmares are behind you, tell us what it’s been like to get them fixed.
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Sweet Sixteen
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A sixteen cylinder engine is a beautiful thing. Typically they are found nestled into the most elegant of classic coach-built bodywork or the most exotic of supercars. Sometimes however they make their way into a vehicle that you might not expect. Read on to find out more…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Vintage Car & Track Videos; Let's waste the rest of the weekend!
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There is a You Tube member, MIRADART, that has been sharing their collection of classic Car & Track videos, and the first one I want to share is the Avanti II. To see some of these videos, you will have to make the jump…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Flaming Engine Failure via BangShift.
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This post I spotted over at BangShift, and well, what can I say? The videl speaks for itself. But you will have to see it after the jump….
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Happy Birthday to the Automobile!
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For those of you unaware, today is the day that many would consider the birthday of the automobile. Today, January 29, is the date that Karl Benz patented his original three-wheeled motorcar, the Patent Motorwagen, back in 1886.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: The V8 Hotel in Stuttgart, Germany.
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This is just about the greatest idea in Hotels that I have seen in a long while. This posting over at CarDomain caught my attention, and I thought it was something worth sharing. Introducing the V8 Hotel in Meilenwerk, Stuttgart, Germany.