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The Car from Kick-Ass…Kicks Ass?
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It looks like a gaudy movie prop…and to be quite honest in many ways it is. This is the car known as Red Mist from the new film Kick-Ass. Hidden beneath the ducting and huge scoop however, sits a pretty awesome car. Want the stats? Click to
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Last Call – How's This for Progress? Edition
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This is a bronze chariot from ancient Rome, as shown at the Musei Capitolini.
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I Wonder If It Comes With Spritle And Chim-Chim In The Trunk?
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Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go! Now’s your opportunity to go like Speed in your very own Mach Five. This C4 Corvette-based custom has the look, but it’s doubtful it has all of Pops’ wonderful toys. But at $32,000 you might have enough left over to add those grille-mounted circular saws.
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Hoon Obit – The Chicago Car Spindle Artist Passes Away
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The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Dustin Shuler, creator of Chicago’s Cermak Plaza Car Spindle, has passed away.
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Hooniverse Asks- What's The Best P.I. Car?
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Magnum had his 308 GTS, Rockford had his Firebird. Columbo, still being on the force, could only afford an old Peugeot 304 Grand Luxe, but at least it was a cabriolet. So many TV detectives, so many car chases, but which one was the best?
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Want to Get With a Starlet? Go to Las Vegas!
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Ah, Las Vegas. Come for the ephemeral promise of material gain, leave with the rolling chassis of a tiny Toyota for less than your booze-addled buddy is going to blow at the strip club (“Dude, I think she really loves me! I’m going to hit the ATM again …”). Not everything that happens in Sin…
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Hooniverse Asks- What is your most embarrassing oops?
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Having been a licensed driver for almost 20 years I can proudly say my oopsies are few and far between. I have never been in any sort of serious accident, minor fender-benders notwithstanding. In that time I have only had 3 (I think) speeding tickets, the most recent being in ’98. Don’t get me wrong,…
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This Month In Hoonage: Two-Stroke Roundy Round Goes Horribly Awry
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRasoZMirRc&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]I know it’s a bit early to call this the Greatest Hoonage Moment Caught On YouTube for May as we’re only halfway through the run of it, but you’ve got to hand it to these kids. True hoonage lies in the innovative ways we apply too much horsepower to all the wrong devices. This time…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: The Last Horch Automobile
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While cruising around on the web, I found a video describing the search for the last Horch, which was found in West Texas of all places. So, what is a Horch?
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Hooniverse Assaults The TTXGP eGrandPrix With Blood And Thunder: An Informational Guide
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We’re all so familiar with how our beloved muscle cars of old are being drawn and quartered in the name of the environment and other greenie hogwash. Does this mean our passion for PB Blaster-flavored danger-machines will always be at odds with the Green Agenda we’ve come to fear so strongly? The TTXGP eGrandPrix believes…
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Last Call- Is Your Intercooler Pedestrian-Friendly? Edition
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The best description for this S4 is that it is whacked. Image source: [Clubroadster.net]
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Ever Seen One Of These?
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If either of the two above images draw your interest and you can spare a few minutes of your busy work day for more images, and some Ramblings From The olelongrooffan, stroll on through to see What I Saw Today.
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Your Chance to Win a Nismo 370Z
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Nissan is gearing up to give away a brand new Nismo 370Z. To enter the contest all you have to do is enter your email address and answer some car trivia questions. Lets see…do you guys know anything about car trivia? Oh that’s right, you know everything about cars. Head to http://nissan.promo.eprize.com/nismo/ to get started.…
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Learn How to Drive a 13-Speed Transmission in One Easy Step!
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The zombies are shuffling down the dark country road towards the 24-hour diner you idiotically determined to hole up in. Now it’s up to you – do you want your brains to garnish a zombie Grand Slam breakfast, or are you going to get the hell out while your cerebellum is still undigested? If only…
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Mitsubishi Benz Impostero Isn't Fooling Anybody
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What’s wrong with this picture? Thanks to LTDScott for the tip!
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How to Make an Audi R8 5.2 V10 Commercial
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Take one expensive four-ringed German supercar, add an experience driver and film crew, and finally throw in one sweet-ass matte-finished Audi camera rig. Our friends at WebRides got their grubby little sparco-gloved hands on a 2010 Audi R8 5.2 (starts at $146,000) and drove the crap out of it at El Toro. Thanks for the…