Articles
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car has the Worst Stigma?
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Whether it’s the VW Beetle being identified as a girl’s car, or the Camaro-mullet connection, many cars and trucks suffer from the image-projection stereotypes of their owners. Some aren’t that bad- the tweed-coated college professor image of the Peugeot 504 for instance. Some are wholly egregious- Porsche lothario anyone?
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Show us your V.I.S.I.T.
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I think for the most part, the winter snowpacalypse is behind us. It has been a rather dry winter (in the car-spotting sense) and (in Utah, the snow-spotting sense) things are starting to shape up as far as I can tell. Infact just the other day I spotted this uber-rare (stateside anywho) Skyline. I fully…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Best Current Racing Series?
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NASCAR, F1, WRC. . . Speed Channel is pretty full of racing when it’s not showing Pinks or the three hundred hours of Barrett Jackson. Some of the racing can be edge of your seat viewing, while some is like watching traded paint dry. The question is, which one’s the best to get your motor…
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V.I.S.I.T. – Daily Driver Bullet Bird Edition
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On a particularly cold day in Edmonton, you don’t expect to find a classic car in the parking garage of a mall. But lo and behold, there it was.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition, Last Call – Roaming Through Images Stored on my Laptop.
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For Last Call I decided to share with all of you some images that is stored on my laptop. Some of the images will be used for upcoming stories here at Hooniverse or elsewhere. Others I use for my full time gig in Truck Sales. You can never tell what they will be used for.…
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Dieselfumes: Trucks with Automated Manual and Allison Automatic Transmissions; I drive them, to explain them.
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This past weekend, I decided to try out two different Freightliner Trucks, one equipped with a Mercedes-Benz Automated Manual (AGS), and one with an Allison Fully Automatic, with a throwback shift control. I even included videos, and I never realized how uncomfortable I am in front of a camera. Oh well, it’s time for you…
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The Secret of Ford's Success
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So that’s how Ford has managed to weather the economic downturn.
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Update from Mecum – My first live auction experience
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Day one of my first auction experience is in the books and I wanted to send you folks an update. I will start by saying this – if you have the chance to attend an event like this…GO. Run, don’t walk to the car. Just get in and drive to an auction near you. The…
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Caption This: Back To The Future Of Saskatchewan Edition
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In celebration of the fact that I finally have Interweb tubes back into my house again, I present you with one of the first things to cross my desk the moment I got reconnected. Now, you know me, I love to ramble on at length about the most trivial of matters; in this case, however,…
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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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Hindsight Is 20/20: The Hooniversal Polar Expedition, Part II
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In the previous episode, we spent a great deal of time arguing about which vehicle should be our appropriate choice of steed for a mission to the North Pole. We accomplished a great deal of arguing and managed to keep the liquor production industry of Canada in business for another day. We did not accomplish…
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Perhaps We Could Interest You in a Plywood Racecar?
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So it looks a little like a Shelby Daytona Coupe that was shrunk in the wash, and its chassis is made out of plywood. Instead of being a miserable, abject failure consigned to the dustbin of history, the Marcos GT Fastback is a legitimately successful racecar, and this particular GT is one of only 7…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: The Subaru Justy with an STi Transplant, Now with more Details
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Last week, long time Hoon LTDScott sent in a tip about this particular Subaru, and the response from the commentariant was generally positive. Well, it seems that the owner created a Ride Page over at Car Domain on how he built this very car.
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The Pothole, The Back Story, The Follow Up
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Earlier this weekend, this olelongrooffan did a blog about The Pothole that popped up during the 2010 Daytona 500.
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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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Happy Birthday to the Automobile!
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For those of you unaware, today is the day that many would consider the birthday of the automobile. Today, January 29, is the date that Karl Benz patented his original three-wheeled motorcar, the Patent Motorwagen, back in 1886.