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3…2…1…Liftoff!
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9fWDtZ3esA[/youtube] Across the Intertubewebs, this fellow’s endeavor’s being labeled as a failure (FAIL, as they say). We say nonsense. When your airbag + tire + car seat adventure gets you 10 feet in the air it’s all win, regardless of how you come down. As far as we’re concerned, it deserves a MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner.…
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Thanks for your patience, We're almost there…
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As many of you are aware, we are in the process of upgrading to a new hosting system. I thought it would be done over the weekend, but this is not the case… I am still in the process of making the move to the faster, stronger host. Please bear with us during this time,…
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Hooniverse Asks- Who's Your Automotive Hero?
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On TV and in the movies, heros usually have some sort of superhuman power, or undertake unbelievable deeds of daring- escaping without so much as a hair misplaced. In real life, heros are those people who go above and beyond, who are catalysts for change, and who typically are more interested in the outcome than…
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Temptation, Thy Name Is Datsun
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I stumbled across this beautiful little Datsun 510 recently, hidden in an alcove beside an old service station. For all intents and purposes, it’s been relegated to lesser duties as a piece of art, resting just beyond the sidewalk. While it serves its new duties remarkably well there, I can’t help but feel that it…
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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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What Does a 4×4 Truck Have in Common with a Type XXI U-Boat?
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Why, if the truck is equipped with a snorkel, they can operate for long periods underwater! Make the jump to watch a hoon of the highest grade tackle a river in what looks to be a surplus military truck, complete with full snorkel equipment. Bonus points for IDing the truck.
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"Seest thou what happens, Laurence, when thou firk’st a stranger ‘twixt the buttocks?!"
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCcKBcZzGdA[/youtube] The tough part about writing a car blog is not including all the other crap we find whilst searching for the prime content you pay so dearly absolutely nothing for. Stretching the inclusion criteria a bit, we can’t help bring you infamous “You see, Larry…” scene from The Big Lebowski. John Goodman smashing a…
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What Does a 4×4 Truck Have in Common with a Type XXI U-Boat?
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Why, if the truck is equipped with a snorkel, they can operate for long periods underwater! Make the jump to watch a hoon of the highest grade tackle a river in what looks to be a surplus military truck, complete with full snorkel equipment. Bonus points for IDing the truck.
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Photo Friday Fun – Round 2
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A BMW M3 GT2 caught lifting the wheels mid-turn. [Found on SpeedHunters.com]
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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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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Best Cheap Performance Mod?
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We’d all like a little more go in our cars, but a lot of modifications can be wallet-draining exercises. Forced induction, re-calibrated ECM chips and suspension upgrades all cost a king’s ransom. So, what’s a hoon on a budget to do?
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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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Hooniverse Asks- Have You Ever Sold a Car That You Now Wish You Hadn't?
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It happens- you make a plan to clear out a space in the driveway, or to make a few extra bucks, by getting rid of a car that – at the time – you have fallen out of love with. Maybe it was a wild hair that drive the initial purchase, maybe it was too…
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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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Chevy Enthusiast via Hooniverse: The 1982 Chevette the GM dropped a V6 into.
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Some of you may or may not know that I write a monthly column for Chevy Enthusiast Magazine, titled Weird and Wonderful Bowties. It is quite unlike any other column you may read in a magazine, but not unlike this blog. You see, I don’t like writing about all the usual suspects that might be…
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The Mecum Auction – Kissimmee, FL 2010
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I am sitting on a plane heading back to Orange County, California after attending the Mecum Auto Auction in Orange County, Florida. I am typing this from over 30,000 feet in the sky and even though I am exhausted I am still excited. This was my first time attending a major auction and I got…