Articles
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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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Last Call – Brazilian Wax Edition
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Missing a little pizazz in your kustom kar? Why not add some style with some ape pit carpets? Unique! Imported! A real performance mod! It’ll go great with your shrunken head shift knob with real animal skin! Maybe even from an orangutan! (But not really, as they are endangered.)
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Vintage Australian Touring Car Racing: Because You Weren't Going To Be Productive Today Anyhow
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The Incomparable Mr. Scroggs has come through once again in his singular mission to destroy your productivity.
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It's got heart! The scrappy little Mini Scamp
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If the Mini Cooper is the glamorous sister hobnobbing with celebrities like Paul McCartney, Marc Bolan and Twiggy, then the Mini Scamp is the unloved sister sitting at home on a Saturday night playing Disney songs on the recorder for the neighbor’s cat. That may be a bit mean, however. The Scamp deserves more credit…
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Hooniverse Calendar – The Weather's Gettin' Nice Edition
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Cruising around this weekend in the Lotus with the windows down, RPM’s up reminded me that with beautiful weather now prevalent across MOST of the states (sorry northerners!) there’s going to be some fantastic shows this summer across the northern hemisphere. Conveniently for you we’ve compiled a number of them right here on our own little…
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Yo Dawg I Heard You Like to Caption Photos…
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Leo (SVT2888) is a good friend of Hooniverse and one of the main folks taking great shots at CnCPics.com. He captured the following vehicle in the parking lot of the recent Fabulous Fords show in Orange County, CA. I don’t think Xzibit drove this to the event, but I can imagine his face plastered over…
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Hooniverse Editorial: Cars Have No Soul
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[This was the first piece I wrote for The Smoking Tire. It was sufficiently blasphemous enough for me to stick around there for a while.] There, I said it. Alfa Romeo drivers, prepare to have your hearts broken.
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The Uberbird Begins to Wake From Her Slumber
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I’m at Casa_Science and the Bavarian Beast is getting some attention.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Automotive Traveler Image Gallery, Available for Purchase!
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Working with Fotki, a professional processing service, Automotive Traveler now offers high-quality automotive photographs in a variety of formats.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: The Kid, the Rolex24 and the Pits, Part 2
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Have you ever been to the pits and garage area of the Rolex24 Hours of Daytona? At 2:30 am? Well this olelongrooffan has so join me as my 15 year old nephew and I watch those Hoons in sleep deprived action! As this olelongrooffan mentioned in Part 1, this was the Kid’s first time to…
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Last Call- How's Your Commute? Edition
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We’ve seen jet-powered cars, and rocket-powered jetpacks, however neither of those was very good at multi-tasking. But now, for only $86,000 and a permanent butt-pucker, you can sail over traffic jams in a V4 piston-powered turbofan jetpack. The Martin Jetpack has a 280-lb load capacity (sorry tubbos) and a 31-mile range at an FAA-regulated 63…
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Therapy, Jeremy Clarkson Style
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[googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8917730350468263249#[/googlevideo] Having a rough morning? Need a bit of motivation to get moving? Need a little bit of cheering up? Does someone have a case of the Mondays? Yes, well all of that nonsense will get better with a little help from Jeremy Clarkson. I’m sure some of you fanatics have seen this before, but…
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Mystery Car
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TGIF, so let’s have some fun. Here’s a car that’s not so common, but that has a pretty rich history, and one that you all should get in no time flat. You know the drill- year, make, model, and engine size, FTW. Regardless of which one of you comes up with the correct answer in…
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The Mecum Auction – Kissimmee, FL 2010
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I am sitting on a plane heading back to Orange County, California after attending the Mecum Auto Auction in Orange County, Florida. I am typing this from over 30,000 feet in the sky and even though I am exhausted I am still excited. This was my first time attending a major auction and I got…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Last Call – Metal Heart by Keith Loutit
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Sydney photographer and filmmaker Keith Loutit created a series of short films using the tilt-shift / time-lapse technique, making everyday scenes look like miniatures. Boats bob like toys in a bathtub, cars race like slot-cars, and crowds march as toy armies. This short film, titled Metal Heart, was released over a year ago, but seems…
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Hooniverse Asks- Are New Cars Better or Worse Than Old Cars?
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yesterday we asked about Forbes list of terrible, horrible worst cars ever, and you all found a lot to disagree with creepy Steve’s magazine’s choices. Today we want to know if you think modern cars are better to drive than old cars, or if, like the 1950s, those golden oldies were the best.