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Ze Germans Take Ze Cake for Construction Equipment Hoonage
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We all know industrial-grade diesels make incredible amounts of low-speed torque. Liebherr decided to hold a whole different object lesson on torque. Jump for the video.
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Last Call- I'd Hate to Have To Stare at the Back End of That in Traffic Edition
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I don’t know about you, but a moose making sexy-time with the delivery car says tasty pizza to me. Image source: [imgur.com]
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Last Call- Don't Mess With Texas Edition
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Being the first in your family to graduate high school can have its disadvantages. Image source: [nurBILDER.com]
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$600 1965 T-Bird: LeMons or What?
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The problem with searching for LeMons cars is that it’s too easy to come across potential daily drivers. For instance, we’ve got the 65 T-Bird sporting a 300ish HP 390ci, but with a blown transmission. The good news is, usable C6s are like $9, and rebuild kits go for half of that. 390s are easily…
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Are You Man Enough to Drive a Pink Nash Metropolitan?
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If you’re reading this site, you’ve probably come around to the idea of a Miata as an acceptable man’s car. In fact, on the whole, we’re cool with little cars. But dude…that’s a lot of pink.
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Which One's The Dummy? HOV Scofflaw Gets Picayune Penalty
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A New York driver faces a $135 fine for driving solo in the HOV lane. She thought she could skirt the law by placing a be-scarfed mannequin in the passenger seat. What foiled her nefarious plans? It turns out that the cops thought it was too cloudy a day for the passenger to be wearing…
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Stay Classy, $349 Benz
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As mainstream America knows, Mercedes-Benz ownership is a privilege reserved for the well-off (plus yours truly), and it’s impossible to pick up a complete, titled one for under four figures, right? RIGHT!?!
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car Are You Supposed to Like, But You Really Hate?
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Yesterday we asked what you secretly craved (automotively speaking- we already know about your passion for Sweatin’ to the Oldies Parts I, II and IV) and you came through in spades, spilling your guts and scaring the crap out of us with your individualistic proclivities. Today we want to go the other way (and we…
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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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Two-Stroker Ace: ’64 Saab Races through Copenhagen Carnage
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Now that we know Saab will live to BORK! BORK! fight another day, we can put the eulogies for our favorite automotive jet spawn away. But who says we have to put away the moving pictures as well?
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Hooniverse News Network- Toyota Matrix Car Wash Attack!
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The Cape Cod Times is reporting that a South Dennis woman was dragged through a Rte 134 car wash by her Toyota. Carol Burton-Groman, 74, of South Yarmouth got out of her 2008 Matrix, but then was inexplicably drawn back to the car, as if under its spell, and was dragged into the Shell car…
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eBay '69 AMC Javelin Checks All The Car-Ad Boxes
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In the spirit of today’s Hooniverse Asks, and my unrequited love for all things AMC, we stumbled across this ’69 Javelin on eBay earlier today. Clearly the seller has been reading Hooniverse, because he’s learned every lesson of how to sell a car on the internet, and he’s learned them well.
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The AMT Piranha Will Make You Cry U.N.C.L.E.
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From 1964 to 1968 there existed a television show called The Man from U.N.C.L.E. It starred Robert Vaughn and David McCallum who portrayed two secret agents working for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. They battled against their enemies who were part of the THRUSH organization, which was developed after the fall of…
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Last Call- S40 Not Found Edition
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404 error: Volvo Not Found The Volvo you requested was not found Did you mean to drive http://www.volvoS60.com? You will be automatically redirected there within 5 seconds. Maybe you should look at: The Main Page The List of All Volvos Available Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Last Call- How I Miss-Spent My Youth
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If your recollections extend far enough back to include the Nixon administration and odd-even gas days, then you’ll likely remember Unk and them Varmints. If you’re younger than that, you may still have an old tee-shirt with an iron-on from CARToons. Either way, from 1959, until 1991, it was a good way for a car…
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Not Just Exhibitionists- OPTIMA Batteries Ultimate Street Car Invitational
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Debuting this past Saturday on Speed TV was the one-hour OPTIMA Batteries Ultimate Street Car Invitational. Hooniverse caught the show, and we can tell you that the winning car was . . .