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Hooniverse Asks: Are you trying to sell a car right now?
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The other day, I asked if you were trying to buy a car right now. Some of you are considering it. Others are waiting to see what sort of deals are out there. While others know your current car is good for another decade or so. So there’s a range of buyers, fence-sitters, and contented…
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Last Call: I guess the Tesla Cybertruck will float?
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The other day, Elon Musk responded to a tweet regarding the wading depth of the Cybertruck. It’s a fair question that I was curious about myself since Rivian’s truck can three feet. Musk responded saying, “yes it will even float for a while.” I don’t really know what that means though. Floating could be an…
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Off The Road Again Podcast: Episode 15 – Off-Road Trailers, Expedition Overland & Dirt Every Day
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Welcome back to the Off the Road Again podcast! We’ve missed you. The focus is on the off-road adventure but we also dabble in all things SUV and truck, maybe even some rally cars. Chris & Ross discuss what they’ve been watching online: Hoonigan, Dirt Every Day, Expedition Overland, etc. Chris discusses his ideas for…
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Oil Drums Are Now The Cheapest Wheels You Can Buy
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Oil is worth negative money now, right? You go to the gas station, ask for ten gallons, and the attendant gives you three hundred bucks. Okay, maybe not really, but what would happen if you used oil drums for wheels? The great guys at Garage54 have decided to answer that question. As it turns…
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Speeding Tickets Over 100MPH Have Jumped 87% in California
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Any of you guys been outside lately? Not a lot of people driving despite gas being so cheap. This combination, despite the pandemic, is apparently giving people ideas. Along with the recent new cannonball record, speeding tickets in California are rising rapidly. On the face of it, this makes plenty of sense. You’re driving down…
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Last Call: I’m not sure if I would call the McLaren Speedtail a hyper-GT car.
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McLaren calls its new Speedtail a “hyper-GT” and I don’t really get what that means. So you want a GT car with all the performance of a real hypercar? Then why not just call it a hypercar? The whole point of a grand tourer is for you to be able to take it on long,…
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Hooniverse Asks: Are you going to try and buy a car right now?
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The automotive industry is facing down a crisis right now. Global sales are expected to fall 22% this year, while domestic sales will drop by nearly 27% per CNBC. This will be a very tough time for the automakers, but it could be a perfect time for you. If you were considering buying a new…
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Last Call: Turbo googly eyes on a 944?
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I’ve shown you guys some interesting trends while I’ve been doing Last Calls but this one is definitely not something I expected. Not that the Porsche 944 was a very menacing car, to begin with, but these turbos certainly don’t help. At least this one has an LSX to remind you that it means business.…
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Jay Leno is Not Impressed with Your Million Dollar Custom Supercar
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Jay Leno is one of the few people I’ve ever heard utter the words, “Doesn’t feel like twelve hundred horsepower.” There have been a few instances on his great Youtube channel Jay Leno’s Garage when he was not thrilled with cars he was driving, and made that clear. Sometimes with people from the company riding…
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Hooniverse Asks: Why do people leave cars in the Woods?
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I live in a rural area of New York State. There used to be a lot of dairy farms here, but most of them are shut down now. Apparently, when a farmer didn’t need a car anymore (or it broke down), they would just pull it into the woods with a tractor, and leave it…
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Last Call: I saw this anime 240sx and I obviously had to stop and take a picure
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The other day when I was getting groceries I saw this thing parked on the side of the road. Being a beat up 240 it caught my attention, but the anime wrap is what made me pull over. This is kinda like having an anime tattoo on your forearm. Everyone sees is and it’s kind…
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McLaren once copied a diffuser design using a picture of an upside-down competitor
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Formula 1 teams will do pretty much anything to get an idea of what the other guys are doing. Sometimes they’ll ask drivers to sniff around competitors the cars on the grid. Other times they send engineers to each other’s garages with cameras. This outright espionage sometimes has humorous results. Race mechanics occasionally stand in…
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Allen Berg Racing Schools wants to make you a better sim racer
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My iRacing expedition has been enjoyable so far. I’ll cover more of that soon, once I pull some screenshots and video captures off from saved replays. I’ve been getting a bit better behind the wheel after changing some settings and practicing more. But there’s a lot of room for improvement, and a driving coach would…
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The Government Sponsored Nationwide $1200 Dollar Mid-Pandemic Beater Roundup
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I have done a beater roundup before, but we’re caught up in some special circumstances now. A bunch of us are now 1200 dollars richer, right? Assuming you still have some manner of income, this check is an automotive opportunity. Don’t worry, though. You won’t have to spend the rest of your time on craigslist…
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Volvo: The Font of all knowledge
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You know when you notice something and then suddenly can’t un-see it, and you’ll not rest until you’ve got the answer as to exactly what it was that you thought you saw? No? I have, and it happened when I was sitting at the wheel of a Volvo S60. I’ve driven most of the current…
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Last Call: The Lotus Evija configurator is insanely realistic
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The new Lotus Evija is certainly a looker. But what else do you get for $2 million dollars outside of 2,000 hp? Well, for one thing, you get to design it yourself essentially. Lotus has created a program that lets you try out different paints, wheels, just like in a Forza game. But based on…