Articles
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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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Patchwork Beetle: your grandmother is jealous
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Maybe your grandmother had a VW Beetle similar to this one. Chances are, she didn’t wrap it in vintage fabrics from the Middle East, show it off at Milan Design Week and auction it off for charity towards the Haiti earthquake. Bokja Design did, however, and with surprisingly charming results. Though I can’t imagine what…
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2010 Lexus IS250 AWD
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An entry-level luxury sedan should accomplish a few things. It should be fun to drive, provide a taste of what’s in store if you explore deeper into the model lineup, and show the world that you are climbing your respective career ladder. You may wish this were not the case but we live in a materialistic…
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Hooniverse Asks- Turbocharged or Supercharged?
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The old racing maxim goes Injection is nice, but I’d rather be blown. Of course, who wouldn’t? But which method of forced induction blows up your skirt?
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Not-Recycling Hurts Us All, Especially This Guy
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Who knew trash day could be so dangerous? This poor guy’s just trying to feed the dumpster, but the driver of the Renault is apparently angry that he’s mixing dark and clear plastics.
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The Power of Dreams…and Smoke Machines: Third Gen Accord Limos
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Have you ever been traveling in a limo, be it for prom, a wedding, or a totally XX-rated bachelor party trip to the airport and concluded that your stretched automobile riding experience would be much, much more pleasurable if the vehicle was smaller, less flashy, less luxurious, comically underpowered and Japanese? Well, apparently Jules Kaplan…
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’65 Fleetwood Brougham Drops Anchor on Route 66, Needs a New Home
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Remember when Cadillac built a vehicle that was taken just as seriously by this continent’s rich and famous as its foreign competition but wasn’t called Escalade? Me neither. However, Tomsk the Elder and I spotted this three-owner, large-and-in-charge barge Thursday while walking along the town’s northerly east-west artery (less than a mile west of the…
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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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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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Morbid Curiosity: Watch a Diesel V8 TOTALLY Explode on a Dyno
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Warning: some material may not be appropriate for those with sensitive dispositions, children, or diesel mechanics. If you may not be able to handle the violent disembowelment of a massively overworked diesel engine on a dynomometer, please do NOT click through to watch a video. You may use your MAN or Caterpillar hat to shield…
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V.I.S.I.T. – DAF Punk Edition
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This Volvo 66 (née DAF 66) rolled out of the Van Doorne’s Aanhangwagen Fabriek sometime between 1975 and 1980, after Volvo purchased DAF in 1974. It’s likely been befuddling passersby and seducing bizarre car enthusiasts (like me!) ever since.
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Last Call- Git Yer Programs Here! Edition
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From the first Daytona 500 in 1959- programs cost a buck, the race was a “sweepstakes” and Lee Petty wasn’t declared the winner of the photo-finish race until three days after it was over. The controversy surrounding the finish helped make Daytona’s debut legendary, and the track, to this day, rivals Indy as the most…
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Don't Let the Boss See You
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As it’s Friday, and you’re not doing anything important at work anyway, here’s a simple little crossword puzzle for you to waste some time on. The theme is American Muscle, so 4 down isn’t lamborghini. Also, we have to have the puzzle after the jump so it doesn’t grind the main page to a halt.
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Four Carbs, Four Doors, Four on the Floor … Corvair Monza 140 is GO!
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Sedans are funny creatures. Some sedans make this hoon swoon … a mid-sixties Continental with the right paintwork would make me hop in the back with Morpheus any day. Domestic sedans got tricky once the fuselage styling thing got going (1974 Dodge Monaco, anyone?), but apparently GM’s abacus-wielding stylists didn’t muck up the second generation…
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Found on BaT: Green dream machine
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When I saw this on BaT this morning, I about crapped myself. You see, I spent the better half of last summer stalking this car. I would see it in downtown traffic almost every day but it never sat still long enough to make it into my V.I.S.I.T. file.
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Cat's Pajamas- Craigslist XJ220 Makes Me Purrrrrrrrr!
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Mee-yow! The San Francisco Craigslist (Where do they get those wonderful toys?) has an uber-rare Jaguar XJ220 for sale, and this is one cat that’ll make you question the whole idea of the your dog being your best friend.