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Apophenia w/Doug DeMuro – Hooniverse Podcast 372
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Like a project car on blocks, sometimes it takes longer than you’d expect to get rolling again. Here’s our first episode of 2025, and we start it off with guest Doug DeMuro to talk about the enthusiast and new car market and some favorite recent drives. It’s a conversation that takes a lot of twists…
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Ford Bronco Everglades vs. Jeep Rubicon 392 Final Edition (Seriously)
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I know, I know, you’re thinking, “Y’all are out of your goddamn minds!” and I get that. There is a $50,105 price difference between these two vehicles I’m about to compare. For the price of the V8 Wrangler, you could buy the Bronco and a pretty lovely Wrangler as well. Stick with me, though, and…
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2025 BMW M235 Gran Coupe – One Take Review
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Note: I shoot the video in the evening because I did not have much daytime with this car. I chose not to drive on the weekend as the weather was very wintery and this M235 had high performance all-season tires. There is a special place in my heart for BMW vehicles. My first brand new…
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Mazda CX-70 – Fewer Seats, Less Zoom Zoom
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The Mazda CX-70 delivers sharp style inside and out. There’s no doubt that, in this world of everything crossover, Mazda builds some nice-looking vehicles. For years, though, Mazda has also been a bit of a leader in that it managed to deliver a crossover that still served up solid driving dynamics through proper suspension, transmission,…
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2024 Kia EV9 Land Long Range AWD: Review
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Every so often, a new car catches my eye. People drone on about how all new crossovers look the same, and I’ll admit I buy into that a little bit. Consumers prefer a particular shape, and it catches on across multiple design studios. Kia seems to say “screw that” and regularly and come out with…
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2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 XRT is Ready to Party in the Dirt
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When it comes to enjoying different vehicles, we like a wide range of things here in the Hooniverse. Rally-ready cars are fun, right? We love the idea of a hot hatch. Not everyone enjoys an electric vehicle, but I personally am a fan. When you sandwich that all together, then upsize it a bit, you…
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2025 Genesis GV80 Coupe E-SC – One Take Review
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The GV80 Coupe is a new model from Genesis for 2025. If it seems familiar, it’s because it should. This is a coupe-ized version of the GV80 SUV. It is the next vehicle in a trend started by BMW by trimming the rear area and hatch off the X5 and making it into an X6.…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s a Simple Automotive Term You’ve Misunderstood?
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I am constantly staring at listings on Craigslist, FB Marketplace, and OfferUp. My search is mostly centered on terms like “302”, “289, “347”, “T5”, and “Ford 9”. I’m hunting Mustang parts, obviously, and occasionally I find something interesting, but I have yet to pull any triggers. There’s one listing I keep running across, however, that…
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The BMW M4 – Is It a Sports Car or a Grand Tourer?
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Don’t adjust your screen, yes it’s that color. Personally, I think it’s far more interesting to have a pink BMW M4 over something black, gray, or white. Regardless, the most interesting thing about this particular M4 isn’t the hue; it’s the gearbox backing up that twin-turbocharged straight six. This one’s got a stick! BMW still…
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Will our Project Tesla Rally?
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Two weeks ago, we went to the Team O’Neil Rally School with our Ace Performance Project Tesla. We went there to see if the modified Model 3 will rally and would our modifications make it better. The short answers are: yes and yes Our electric hooptie was driven by Team O’Neil’s Wyatt Knox, who is…
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NONWICK – My 1967 Ford Mustang Now has Fresh Front Suspension
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I’ve been quiet on here about this one. That’s because enthusiasm and progress slow as you enter the tougher parts of project car hell fun. My 1967 Ford Mustang sits as a sort of table in my garage at the moment. It’s the wiring that really gives me pause and a brain itch. The process…
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Scoop Up This Super Shirt to Help the CA Fire Foundation
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The fine folks over at Blipshift have created a shirt with a great design, and a better goal. After a chat with Friend-of-Hooniverse Jonny Lieberman, the Blip crew turned to one of its CA-based artists to come up with a plan. A shirt needs to be made where all the proceeds go to the help…
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I’ve Finally Welded Something… How Long Will It Last?
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Sometime last year, I acquired a welder. It’s a simple Eastwood MIG 90 that runs off 110, which makes it useful for my potential needs. The first of those needs, I figured, would fall on the sheet metal (or lack thereof) on my Mustang project. Instead, I have finished my first actual welding beyond playing…
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Project Tesla – Lifting and Cardio
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Remember our Ace Performance Project Tesla? It is a dual-motor long-range Tesla Model 3. When we last left off we have added Falken Wildpeak A/T Trail tires and a Yakima GrandTour Lo roof-top cargo box. This made the entry-level Tesla a lot more capable in the snow and made transporting skis much easier, and safer. But we were not done!…
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The Power of an Old Bus: VW Type 2 Survives the LA Fires
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Anything can be a small symbol of hope. Sometimes, something old stands in the ashes of tragic destruction to remind us that there’s still color to be found in the world. Today, for some, that simple symbol arrives courtesy of an old Volkswagen bus. Megan Weinraub’s 1977 VW Transporter somehow survived the ferocious fires of…
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Pre-War Madness: Owning and Racing a 10-Liter “Car” from 1913
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My buddy Francois likes interesting cars. We first met in Germany during the Nurburgring 24 Hours race. He approached me in the hallway of a hotel next to the track, introduced himself, and we started to chat over a beer. We met up again the next day for another beer (or three) and to talk…