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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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Utah Auto Expo: Move along people, nothing to see here
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While other well known automotive bloggers were busy reporting actual auto shows, this guy was lurking around a lesser-known, beginner auto show. The Utah Auto Expo comes to Salt Lake City about this time every year to allow the big Auto Manufacturers to showcase their latest-and-greatest stuff available to the general public. Yep, pretty much…
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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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Why Vacuum-Assist Makes Power Brakes Work So Well
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Engine vacuum – that free bit of force that powers our brakes, keeps the headlights down on our Lotus Elans, and provides the myriad of hoses under our hoods – oh what would we do without you?
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Cast Your Vote For Hooniversal Car of the Year – Because the Decade Doesn't Start Until We Say So
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In our typical making-it-up-as-we-go fashion, we kinda kicked off the whole Hooniversal Car of the Year on a whim and never decided who’d wrap it all up. I just checked the post queue, and it appears no one else is, so here we go. Jump!
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Hooniverse Parting Shot: The 1976 to 1989 Aston Martin Lagonda Saloon; A Dramatic, Flawed, and Unusual Design.
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Aston Martin is one of Britain’s most prestigious and historic car companies, forever linked to Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels, surviving the 70’s after a close call with receivership, and prospering under the guidance of the Ford Motor Company. It is now again a proper British Motorcar producer, the marque owned by private investment firms…
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2010 Dodge Dakota
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The last 10 years brought marked advances in power, handling, safety and creature comforts to the half-ton truck. Apparently no one told the Dakota, which is still partying like it’s 1999. Jeff asked me not to use the term “piece of shit truck” in a review, but what he didn’t realize is that I meant it…
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V.I.S.I.T. – Orange Swedish Door Stopper Edition
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It’s a gorgeous spring day in Seattle, despite our intentional propaganda to the contrary designed to keep pesky tourists away. That didn’t stop this Swedish emigre from settling down in Ballard, home to many old Swedes and their cars. Full gallery below.
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Found on Ebay – Sprechen Sie AWESOME Edition
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Upon seeing this ad on ebay.de, I could only think of one thing. Deartháir stomping up and down, gnashing his teeth and screaming, “But daddy, I want it, NOW!”
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Copy Mr. Mad_Science and Get a Falcon of Your Own
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After an extended garage stay involving a clutch, shocks, front disc brakes, and shifter rebuild, the Mad_Science Falcon is back on the road in full commute (and car show!) mode. After a few weeks back in action, I can say it’s very nearly a perfect answer to today’s Hooniverse Asks. There has been one minor…
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Car cakes make your kid's birthday party a little more tolerable
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As an adult, the concept of a birthday party for a child is slightly less fun than it was before. You could avoid a house full of screaming, Nerf-shooting human larvae with a fistful of scotch, or you could bake those snot-nosed punks these cakes and introduce them to the joys of motoring at an…
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Missed It: You Could've Been King with this 1961 Dodge Coronet
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Our campaign to Hooniversize the world is well underway, as evidenced by the actions of our own Mr Schmo. Alas, sometimes we come upon a great potential hoonmobile too late. If nothing else, we can used these Ones That Got Away as examples of what you could’ve bought for the price of a used Camry.…
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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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Aston Martin Rapide- For the Discriminating Hoon
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The idea of a saloon car holds great appeal, especially if that saloon car is as sexy as the Aston Martin Rapide.
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Last Call- The Falcon is the Showman
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Come on, you know you want to.
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Streetwalker: Charger With A Landau Roof
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Here’s a helpful hint for anyone trying to sell a car. We all know that providing plenty of information to a potential buyer is helpful, but perhaps writing all of that information on a giant poster that gets displayed in the window is not the best idea.