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2020 24 Hours of Lemons Halloween Hooptiefest ends in DNF
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Well, that didn’t go as planned. The Buick crapped out on the first day of the 2020 24 Hours of Lemons Halloween Hooptiefest. In the seven years of racing our beast of a Buick with a park bench, this is our third DNF. The first one was overheating, the second was oil starvation, and now…
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Off The Road Again: Dan Edmunds – Episode 40
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Welcome back to the Off the Road Again podcast! We’ve missed you. The focus is on the off-road adventure but we also dabble in all things SUV, truck, and van, maybe even some rally cars. Ross & Chris welcome Dan Edmunds to the show. Dan has worked for Toyota at their desert proving grounds and was responsible for the Tacoma TRD Off-Road suspension package…
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Here’s a better look at the upcoming Vanderhall Navarro
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Vanderhall is prepping its first four-wheel vehicle. The company is looking to get dirty and the Navarro is the way forward. We got a teaser of this upcoming vehicle earlier in the year. Vanderhall is still developing the super side-by-side and we can’t wait to learn more about it. For now, though, we just have…
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Motor Trend crowns the new Land Rover Defender their 2020 SUV Of the Year
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Another year, another “SUV Of the Year” crowning in the books. Motor Trend has named Land Rover’s Defender their 2020 champion, beating out a hefty and diverse field of contenders. The winner is named such on the merit of “A heady mixture of go-anywhere capability, refinement, style, and luxury, the surprising Defender wins our hearts…
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Happy 9th birthday to Bultakenstein
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Happy 9th birthday to Bultakenstein, my custom motorcycle project. I snapped the top photo on October 18, 2011. I had just taken delivery of the frame, which I bought off Ebay for $69.99. The bottom photo is how it looks today. It is, as the saying goes, “90% complete, with 90% yet to do.” It…
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Off The Road Again: Taylor Wallace & Go Fast Campers – Episode 39
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Welcome back to the Off the Road Again podcast! We’ve missed you. The focus is on the off-road adventure but we also dabble in all things SUV, truck, and van, maybe even some rally cars. Ross & Chris welcome Taylor Wallace to the show. Taylor works for Go Fast Campers and talks to every customer! Taylor and his wife also own an AMC Eagle,…
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BMW 2 Series Active Tourer: The Amalfi Coast Honeymoon Review
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The honeymoon is supposed to be the best trip of your life: relaxing, rewarding, indulgent. Six months after our wedding my wife and I ventured out to Italy’s Amalfi Coast and had an experience that was all of the above and more. It was my wife’s first time in this specific region and my first…
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The SSC Tuatara just went 331 MPH
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What an unfathomable amount of speed, yet the SSC Tuatara has just reached it. And it appears to have done so rather effortlessly. The SSC Tuatara is the long-time-coming hypercar from the likes of North American automaker SSC. There have been big promises with regards to performance and it appears the claims have just been…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s the most memorable license plate you saw?
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Picking one vanity license plate from all the ones everyone sees around is not easy. And that’s not really what I am asking for. But is there one that stuck out to you? I saw this RECALL license plate at this week’s 24 Hours of Lemons race. It would be meaningless on most other cars.…
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2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB250 – The Sweet Spot
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It seems all new vehicles have to be crossovers or SUVs. This trend has made sedans, wagons, and pretty much every other interesting car disappear from the market, for this reason, I have a general disdain for them. There are a few exceptions that prove the rule, but they have to do something special. Toyota…
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The News for October 16th, 2020
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. This week: Volkswagen reveals a groundbreakingly uninteresting compact crossover because that’s all we deserve anymore, Ford confirms pricing for the Mach 1, more Mustangs are getting replaced by the Mach 1 than…
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Last Call: Where are my Porsche 914 guys at?
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I find it so interesting how the Porsche 914 has such a cult following and yet they don’t really look anything like a Porsche. I would guess that most people think of the froggy face and sloping rear end. With the 914, we instead get a box that somehow looks good. On a different tangent,…
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Ryan Tuerck is swapping a Judd V10 into his GR Supra
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Pro Drifter Ryan Tuerck made news when he swapped a 4.5-liter V8 engine from a Ferrari 458 into a Toyota GT86. Now he’s cooked up a far more interesting swap (though that other one was pretty rad too). Tuerck is taking the straight-six out of his A90 GR Supra and popping in something a bit…
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We’re back for the 2020 24 Hours of Lemons Halloween Hooptiefest!
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The fact that the 2020 24 Hours of Lemons Halloween Hooptiefest is happening is kind of a miracle. Whatever it took to make it happen, I’m glad it’s here. This will be the first race that I am doing in over two years. While other obligations kept me from competing, my teammates did two races…
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Hoonigan is building a donk and the series has been fun to watch
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Hoonigan has a new build series and no, it does not feature some wild custom rally machine, a drift monster, or an ambitious goal that won’t be met. This time, Hoonigan bought a clapped-out 1971 Chevrolet Caprice and plans to turn it into a blown Donk. The Hoons from up the road have partnered with…
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Royal Enfield takes its Build Train Race program to the track in Atlanta
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Royal Enfield introduced a program called Build Train Race. The idea is to get people interested in Flat Track racing. And to do this, the bike maker has given four riders the opportunity to build up their bikes, train, and then race. And this is a real race that actually aired on NBC Sports between…