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Hooniverse Asks- What's More American, Ford or Chevy?
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Let’s say that the Great Gazoo arrives from Planet Nine and it’s your responsibility to explain to him about the people of the Earth. Naturally, being a firm believer in American Exceptionalism, you want to pump up our great nation in case he’s seeking world domination, and you want to make sure that we’re seen…
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He Who Dies With The Most Toys Wins. . . Be That Guy
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Up for auction on eBay – for a cool $1.2 million – is the collection you see above. Described as 48-years worth of car and part hoarding, it contains hundreds of mid-’50s to late ’70s cars and literally millions of parts all sitting on 4 acres of what is now most likely a more oil-soaked…
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The coolest Italian cars aren't red.
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Red Italian cars? How cliché. In many ways, the Alfa Romeo Brera is Italy’s answer to the Chevy Monte Carlo. Blasphemy! Maybe, but bear with me for a second: the fiery Latin coupe and the perennial “Official Ride of People of Wal-Mart” have a lot more in common. The Brera isn’t the fastest car in…
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F1 2010 Will Rain on Your Parade Lap
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The upcoming console and PC game F1 2010 looks to raise the bar in environmental dynamics, as this work-in-progress promo video describes.
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Hooniverse Projects- 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee – Trailer Hitch
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A few weeks back I covered the replacement of some road-scarred headlamps on the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Today, we’re gonna’ get hitched!
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Hooniverse Asks- If Your Favorite Auto Maker Had a Cologne, What Would it Smell Like?
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We all want to smell good. But, being car people we usually emit the funk of road grime and drive-thru food farts. Both of those olfactory offenses may be masked by the judicious application of a gallon or two of some eau de toilette, but if we’re going to go the perfume route, we might…
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Found on Ebay: A Subaru Justy, with a Heart Transplant
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Here at Hooniverse Central, we seem to get tips from our readers all the time. And look, here’s another one from long time Hoon, LTDScott (Thanks, Man). So what do you get when you cross one of the most underwhelming models Subaru ever produced with one of their all conquering, rally bread sports cars? You…
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Pay No Rent! Accepting Neighborhood Close to Campus – Best Flier Ever
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We’re not done with our vannin’ shenanigans, oh no. This is an actual flyer pulled from a (real, physical) bulletin board right around the end of the school year back my UCSD days. No, this didn’t become Chez Mad_Science…but it was briefly under serious consideration, given rent prices in the vicinity of La Jolla. Do…
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Right-Hand Drive Saturn is Only 97.3% as Dull as Left-Hand Drive One!
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Planning a trip to the British Isles, or perhaps Japan soon? Want to freak out the neighbors, but don’t want to spend a lot doing it? Maybe you do a lot of mailbox drop offs and hate the fact that you can never seem to find a curb-side box that isn’t on the right of…
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Thanks for your patience, We're almost there…
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As many of you are aware, we are in the process of upgrading to a new hosting system. I thought it would be done over the weekend, but this is not the case… I am still in the process of making the move to the faster, stronger host. Please bear with us during this time,…
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Offset Impacts are Mesmerizing
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This video has been around for a while, but I still find it kind of hypnotic, what with crash after crash happening to the dulcet tones of Love’s Alone Again Or. It also makes me want to wear clown makeup whenever I go somewhere, on the off chance I get into an accident, so I can…
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Last Call- Luftwaffe Edition
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The Red Baron strikes again!
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Name That Part- Eng & Chang Edition
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Marvin Gaye once sang One can stand alone in the dark, Two can make the light shine through- It takes two, baby, It takes two, baby, Me and you, just takes two. And no pair of siblings exemplified that devotion to another better than Chang and Eng, the conjoined twins. Between them (literally it appears) they fathered numerous children…
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Hooniverse Asks – Have You Ever Made a "Barn Find"?
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They are mythical, they are legendary, they are the one that got away kind of stories. You’ve heard about them, maybe through a friend of a friend, or your brother-in-law’s nanny’s dad, about the guy that happened upon – just by chance – the find of a lifetime. I’ll share a little story with you,…
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Last Call- Steve McQueen Was Even Cooler Than the Cold War Edition
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That’s Steve McQueen and his stuntman pal, Bud Ekins during the 1964 International Six Day Trial motorcycle race, held in communist East Germany. Both Ekins and McQueen rode Triumph 650s, but the race ended badly for the actor when a spectator rode into his path causing a crash and wrecking the bike. An excellent account…
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Objects in Mirror are Far, Farther Away Than They Appear
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Not sure who the redhead is, but whatever job they’re carpooling to is probably pretty sweet. Source: Shingo.ca via FFFFOUND