Articles
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Hooniverse Asks- If You Could Run Any Car Company, Which One Would It Be, And What Would You Change?
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Let’s say you’re walking done the beach, and you come across an old oil lamp. Picking it up, you rub the side to clear away the grime and seaweed and out puts a genie who awards you for freeing him from the lamp with one wish (it used to be three, but times are tough),…
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I Love California Vanity Plates
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I love guessing what vanity plates say. It is even more fun in California where plates are allowed to have certain symbols. I once saw a plate that had a symbol of a hand then read LMYBIZ…Handle My Biz. Today after dropping my wife off at work I came upon a new(ish) BMW wagon. A…
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You Buy, I'll Fly- Hope This Was Before He Dragged Home Captain Morgan
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Cop Chases Truck Dragging Stolen Soda Machine – Watch more Funny Videos The only thing missing is sheriff John Bunnel, with his impossibly white teeth, singing the Coke song- I’d like to steal a machine full of coke To keep me company And drag it sparking behind my car While the pursuing cops video me…
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Hooniverse Editorial: Carflation, or The Ongoing Bloat of Once-Small Vehicles.
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Have you ever noticed that the car model you owned in the past has grown in size, in weight, and in displacement? This phenomenon affects almost every car line from BMW to Honda, with a few exceptions.
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Hooniverse Parting Shot: The Saturn Division; GM's Hope for the Future.
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What started out as a division with a cult-like following ended up another irrelevant brand within the GM hierarchy. This is the story of how GM fumbled a golden opportunity to reinvent itself over the last 20+ years.
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Quick Reminder – HCOTY Polls Close at Noon
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That would be noon where I am. As in about 2.5 hours from now. As of right now, it looks like The Beast has opened up a bit of a lead over the Basement Lambo, but maybe the Lutz has an army of haxx0rs waiting in the wings, ready to bombard our servers with G8…
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Ferrari Dealership Proves Douchebag Ferraristi Stereotype
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The Edmonton Motor Show was this weekend. While it is difficult to truly express how thrilling it was to walk through a giant auditorium that seemed to be little more than a used car lot filled with 5,000 people, there were, at least, a few highlights.
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Well Blow Me Down
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0qeYd5gcnQ[/youtube] After this morning’s discourse of turbos vs. blowers (actually, only roots-style superchargers are blowers) I remembered this video from a few years back. If you haven’t seen it, it’s pretty fun, especially when the wheelie bars FAIL. Sadly, they don’t show the big blower running, but the images look like something out of an…
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Happy Birthday to the Automobile!
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For those of you unaware, today is the day that many would consider the birthday of the automobile. Today, January 29, is the date that Karl Benz patented his original three-wheeled motorcar, the Patent Motorwagen, back in 1886.
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Last Call- Shouldn't the Deer be Strapped Across the Mantle? Edition
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How many miles to the gal-log do you think it gets? Image source: [funnyartpictures.com]
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Last Call- RTD Bus Edition
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Few people realize that the Type 2 VW Bus had a one and a half ton load capacity. Of course, the original 43-hp wheezer made that a challenge, an issue this mid-mounted V8 with double quads shouldn’t have at all. Image source: [gtotiger68 via Flickr]
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Let's See That Basement Lamborghini Do This!
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In mother Russia, Hummers are popular rides for the wealthy, but typically those trucks bring the bling rather than tear up the tundra. One Russian, who was looking for something more Siberian Husky than Moscow Mule, took matters into his own hands and decided to give himself a Hummer. Since he was unbound by the limitations…
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What's Your Eleanor? – UDMan Edition
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I became car aware in the late 60’s and early 70’s when attending George J. Penney high School, which was located in the working class town of East Hartford. We never really had what you would call a good car (one that was almost new) because we were a rather large clan, with 5 siblings.…
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When Live Gives You Alcohol and Spare Junk – Make Deathmachines!
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Where is this? What is this? Why is it on Hooniverse.com? The answers you seek lie on the other side…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Would Be Your Transcontinental Ride of Choice?
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The days are getting longer, and warmer, and as the trees begin leafing out, I’m beginning to feel a gnawing sense of wanderlust settling in. I’ve done about a half dozen cross-county car trips over the years, including a 3-day marathon that was kind of like something out of a Doors song. Despite that history,…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Ebay Find of the Weekend; a Custom Daimler Pickup
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What do you get when you cross a Daimler Limousine with a Lincoln Navigator? You get this thing….