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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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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
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Be Just Like MFP's Jim Goose, Except Without Horribly Disfiguring Burns
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While many people regard Mad Max and its ilk as the best Australian post-apocalyptic police car movies ever made, sometimes its easy to forget the role that two-wheeled contraptions played in the mayhem. Take Jim Goose’s Z1000, lovingly recreated by Japan’s Whitehouse motorcycle shop.
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AutoWeek Fights MS with Slot Cars
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You doing anything on July 24th? How would you like to race some slot cars and contribute to the fight against Multiple Sclerosis? AutoWeek and the Peterson Museum in Los Angeles are putting on the charity race as well as a conversation with legendary Porsche 917 pilot, Vic Elford, in something they say is not…
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Radial Engine Cutaway is Hypnotic, Kinda' Sexy
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I don’t know why, but I find this. . . arousing. At any rate, if you wanted to know exactly how a radial engine operates, here you go. Now if I can just find one of the ones where the crank is stationary and the cylinders spin! Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Showdown: Dirt Wagon Edition
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Over the weekend, UDMan pitted arch-rival Chevy and Ford pickups against one another, but it was more of a philosophical thing, what with no poll and all. It’s also roughly tied based on the comments. The last time we kept score, the Marlin turned the Barracuda to chum. This time around, we’re looking at the…
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Rose City Rossi
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The city of Pasadena CA is alternately referred to as the Crown City and the Rose City. This past Sunday, Pasadena’s main drag in old town was overrun with what many consider automobiledom’s crowning achievements, and most of them were rose-colored.
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Pep Boys, Italian style: Rome’s Autoricambi d'Epoca Giolitti
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Nestled between the kebab shops and knockoff purse stands across from Rome’s Termini station is a rather unassuming auto parts store. It seems like an oddball place for car parts: tourists getting their first glimpse of the Eternal City are looking for currency exchangers and shady Internet cafes rather than woodgrain Nardi three-spoke steering wheels…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: 10 Awesome Gadgets to Annoy Other Road Users
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Isn’t it annoying when someone swerves out in front of you on the road? Do you find yourself thinking up a million ways to really irritate them? This list is from the Train Horn Blog (Gee, there’s a blog for almost everything!) and thanks to Amy (Thanks, Amy!) we can now read all about these…
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Hooniverse Asks – What would you drive in a buddy-cop show?
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Last week we asked you what you would drive as a PI, and you came back with some great suggestions, with cars that reflected the personalities of its detectives. But after that botched drug raid with Hernandez’s men (that you point out was successful), you’ve been reassigned! You’re too reckless, Sargeant Callahan says. You need…