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Mecum Auction-Kissimmee, Florida 2010 – Saturday Gallery
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Ready for more Mecum action? The Saturday gallery is just on the other side of this here jump…
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Hoon in Training
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pYtxD92SpY[/youtube] Most of us like to rock out while behind the wheel, and cranking up the metal will make even a milk run seem exciting. This little tyke, with the questionably motivated parents, is getting an early start on the whole car/music thing, although all that head-banging seems to wear him out.
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Cars and Coffee Montrose, March 20th, 2010
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Spring has sprung here in, so it’s time to bring out all the topless, windshield-wiper free rides for an informal car show. CnC Montrose has a different feel than CnC Irvine. Must be something about the air up here.
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Last Call- Putting Your Faith in Flatheads Edition
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Amen, brother. Image source: [ChatterboxDrivein.com]
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Tata Nano Sales are Hot, But Not as Hot as Tata Nanos
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Alternately described as the World’s least expensive car, and, what your customer service rep drives, the Tata Nano has had a launch marred by controversy. First was the riot that closed the Nano factory for a time, and then it was the significantly higher price quoted for the upscale European model. And now, apparently they’re…
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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…
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Hooniverse Projects- 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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From time to time we like to bore regale you with the projects upon which we are currently wrenching. Sometimes it’s a LeMons car that’s being turned into some kind of mobile theme park, other times it’s a classic (well, classic by my definition) car requiring some TLC, and today it’s a 2001 Jeep Grand…
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So You Like Racing Videos?
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We all love watching footage of automotibles from all eras racing around various tracks. Be it vintage film of the true pioneers of the sport or an Australian Touring Car season from a few years ago. Too bad there is no single source that allows you to view this in one place…oh wait, that’s the…
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Truckload Sale: Buy A Truckload of Ammo, Keep The Truck?
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In what may be one of the strangest promotions we’ve ever seen, this one comes from a company named “ArmaLite” which apparently sells the… you know, ammo-stuff for those gun-things that Americans seem so fixated on.
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Streetwalker: Separated at Birth Edition
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It’s easy to loathe badge engineering and derivative styling, but the indisputable fact is such endeavors provide an interesting study into how simple tweaks change the appearance of otherwise identical cars, and seek to satisfy individual whims. On the bad end of badge engineering lives the infamous GM J-car with a Cadillac suit woefully inadequate…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's History's Best Chevrolet?
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Whether Biscayne shoebox, Camaro or Chevelle, or America’s sports car, the Corvette, Chevy has built some damn fine automobiles. Cars like the Corvair stretched the concept of a compact family car, and even though it ended its run in controversy, it’s still remembered fondly by the people who matter, unlike Ford’s Edsel fiasco, which was…
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Tata Nano Sales are Hot, But Not as Hot as Tata Nanos
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Alternately described as the World’s least expensive car, and, what your customer service rep drives, the Tata Nano has had a launch marred by controversy. First was the riot that closed the Nano factory for a time, and then it was the significantly higher price quoted for the upscale European model. And now, apparently they’re…
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2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI (aka The GDI)
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America, you don’t know what you want… “I want to get great fuel economy, so I think I should buy a hybrid”, says your mother. “I want a car that is fun to drive, so I have to have a sports car”, says your father. Since this is the Hooniverse, we want something that most…
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Roadside Discoveries: Otto's Wheels, Inc.; A Classic in Classic Cars
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I ran this post in Automotive Traveler almost a year ago. Since then, I no longer travel about looking for these oddities, mainly because I no longer travel about…. The company I was working for decided they no longer need an articulate, cultivated individual within the medium truck world, just someone who says yes all…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: See what you missed this past weekend.
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So, how many Hoons noticed that there were regularly updated Weekend Posts? You say you were unaware that there is a Weekend Edition? Well, you’re not alone, so as a public service to all the Hoons out there, here is a re-cap of this past Hooniverse Weekend Edition.
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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…