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Reports From The Field: The Detroit Auto Show 2010
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Hi Hooniverse, I’m Andy. I’ve done some motor blogging, pushed a weird little green car across the country 8 times this summer to the tune of 45k miles, and I’ve started a terrible racing series that my friends and I enjoy quite a lot. But put all that aside, because today we’ve got a show!…
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Showdown: Sub-$1000 Oddities – Pintochero or Matador Coupe?
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Last week’s dubious SVO gave the equally dubious Trans Am Turbo a shameless drubbing in the voting. However, today’s contenders are 1/10th the price, and offer style and utility (but not both!).
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Last Call- Paging Nicholas Cage Edition
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Introverts. . . need not apply.
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Last Call- Do The Evolution Edition
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In Russia, car changes YOU! Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Speaking of Peter Max: The Dale Earnhardt All Star 2000 Monte Carlo Racecar
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One of the oddest parings in NASCAR History was the May 2000 All Star Paint Scheme by the 1960’s artist Peter Max for one of the toughest drivers in NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt. I was made aware of this car by a good friend of Hooniverse, smokyburnout. Go here for the history of the car. Source:…
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Hold On Loosely
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In case y’all were wondering, we’re in the process of switching Hooniverse to a new server, and this has caused some major headaches for the Braff-master, as well as a dearth of content for everybody. We’re sorry you’re not getting your USDA- suggested allotment of hoon today, but we should be up and hooning again…
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The Super Bowl MVP gets to drive…
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Cadillac has supplied the Super Bowls most valuable player with their choice of a free ride for the last eight years. The most recent recipient, Santonio Holmes, went with a Platinum edition Hybrid Escalade. A safe, comfortable, and relatively PC choice, the Escalade Hybrid is also my choice for vehicle I secretly love even though…
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Hooniverse Asks- Driving Accouterments – Necessary, or Just Douchy?
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Driving gloves, Piloti shoes, silk windbreakers with CORVETTE written up each arm- there are certain garments that are claimed to make driving more enjoyable, or help you celebrate your passion for a particular vehicle. But, are they really necessary, or does wearing them make you look like a dink?
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Three Words: Nova. Wagon. Gasser.
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Here’s the question, Hoons: what would you do with a ’65 Nova Wagon with a straight-axle conversion and a 327 with dual Holley 450’s? Soccer practice, here we come. Found on Craigslist.
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Mini Cooper Selling for $25,000 — That's an Austin, not a BMW Mini
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Having just spent a great deal of time shopping around for a new Mini Cooper S, I know that $25,000 Canadian is a pretty good price for one in perfect shape with low miles. I also know that many dealerships still list the new BMW-built Minis as Austin Minis instead. What I don’t know is…
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If You Can Read This, That Means Jeff Was Victorious
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…and we’ll be back in action shortly.
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New York Times Sunday: Artist Peter Max and his Corvette Collection.
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I was going to run this piece for Modern Art Monday, but this story is so compelling it’s now under New York Times Sunday Edition. Anyway, I have a surprise for Modern Art Monday. This is a very interesting story by the New York Times author Daniel McDermon, as he described telling how the Corvettes…
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The Designers Night 2010 Party; How did they let the Hoons in?
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Covering the North American International Auto Show in Detroit was a treat, as I was able to co-mingle among the journalists and bloggers I have come to know over the past several years. So what if there was very little in the way of news; Who cares if the bloggers were making up posts to…
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Last Call- A Segway I Would Ride Edition
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You know what is holding the Segway back from being more than just a doughnut crumb-covered mall-cop prop? Why, a pair of turbofan propulsion units, of course! Designer Samir Sadikhov realized this omission and has come up with the Falcon, a design proposal that rectifies this discrepancy, and adds a new term to the segway’s…
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2011 Infiniti (a)M(azing)
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Infiniti recently set up camp at the Olympic Training Center outside of San Diego to show off their totally re-worked M sedan. It now has the swoopy lines and muscular stance that the rest of the family enjoys, but is it an improvement from the previous generation?
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Craigslist Find: International No-Brainer Edition
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Eureka! That’s what you’ll be saying about this idiot-proof steal, because that’s where you’re going in order to rescue this leviathan from certain doom…