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Last Call: Is this the best racing game wheel setup?
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It’s no secret that key to better lap times on racing games is to have your Thrustmaster hovering in the air while screaming at everyone in front of you to get the hell out of your way. That’s obvious. What isn’t so obvious is that not having pedals and just imagining they’re there is what…
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Show Us the Coolest Street-Parked Cars You’ve Found
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Jalopnik ran a great post this morning showing a Volvo Sugga parked on a London street. That’s one hell of a find. Especially in the middle of London! But cool cars prevail the world over and carspotting is a global game. What are some of the greatest that you’ve found while out and about? Carspotting…
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LEGO will make Dom Toretto’s Dodge Charger
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Attention LEGO and Fast & Furious fans! LEGO will make Dom Toretto’s Dodge Charger. Based on the popular movie series, Dom’s 1970 Dodge Charger R/T will be a 1077-piece, 1:13 scale, Technic set. It will be available April 27th, for your Socially Distant Life, and it will retail for $99.99. The kit can be pre-ordered…
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In 1988 the Chevy Nova was Down but Not Out
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The Chevy Nova most of us remember wasn’t built in the eighties. It was made in the sixties and early seventies. It was powered by big V8s, and they’re a desirable car today amongst baby boomers. Go to a car show after the global pandemic ends and owners of SS Novas will still insist you…
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Oldsmobile’s FE3-X Concepts were Unironically Cool
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Being an “old person’s car” is a hard image to shake, especially when the name of your brand has the word ‘old’ in it. If you were Oldsmobile in the 1980s and 90s, you could either accept your fate or try something different. Most other GM brands chose the latter. Buick made their GNX, a…
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Last Call: Aston Martin’s hot-vee engine is, well… hot, really hot
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When I first heard about this and saw the pictures of Aston Martins’s newest creation I definitely got excited. The red hot turbocharged V6 will find it’s home inside the Valhalla (love that name) and is likely to be paired with an electric motor(s) of some sort. They call this the hot-vee and that’s about…
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Dodge Charger Hellcat Widebody: More Thicc is More Better
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The Dodge Charger Hellcat Widebody is automotive “more”. You want more power? It’s got that. You want more room than the Challenger? It’s got that. And now, do you want a wider body and stance? It’s got that too. [Disclaimer: Dodge tossed us the keys to the Hellcat Widebody and included a tank of fuel.…
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What’s your automotive news for the week?
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Well folks, I got nothing for you this week. As the world hits the pause button on life until further notice, the automotive sector is just one of many that is effectively shut down. A minuscule side effect of that means there’s also not much car stuff to report on. That doesn’t mean manufacturers are…
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Land Rover supports Red Cross with new Defenders
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Note: This article originally appeared on our sister site, Social Distance Life.com. Check it out. Land Rover has recently introduced the much-awaited new Defender. Typically, after a new vehicle is introduced at an auto show, it is then launched on various press drives. Land Rover recently did that with the Defender in Africa. Then the…
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SocialDistanceLife.com – new sister site focusing on the positive aspects on life in Coronavirus times
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We have added a new sister-site to the Hooniverse Media Empire®©™. The website is called Social Distance Life.com. I made this website to highlight the positive aspects of things associated with the Coronavirus and our new socially distant lifestyles. I have personally found the instant life changes associated with the Covid-19 virus rather challenging. With…
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Last Call: Has the new Toyota 86 been confirmed?
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I’ve been seeing posts about this leak floating around my Twitter feed so I thought I would give my two cents about it. What has been claimed so far is that the new 86 is set for a 2021 release. It is also rumored that it’s going to get a power bump to 255 ponies.…
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Off The Road Again Podcast: Episode 11 – More Bronco Pics, Electric Defender, & a 6-wheel Dodge Van
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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 more leaked Ford Bronco pictures, the RUF Rodeo concept, an Electric Defender, the Ram 1500 Laramie Southwest…
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Camel Trophy …Montero? You bet your ass!
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If you know anything about the history of Land Rover, you’re well aware of the Camel Trophy. This grueling off-road adventure took place every year from 1980 until 2000, with the exception of no event during 1999. It was a battle of vehicular capability and a wonderful marketing ploy dreamed up by the Camel cigarette…
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Last Call: What about the Olympics?
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We all know that the Coronavirus is postponing basically every event on Earth but what about the Olympics? The games have only been canceled because of WWI and WWII in the past so a cancelation because of an epidemic would be a first for the history books. In the post, you can see the hundreds…
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I’m Going to Dive Into iRacing Now
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The funny thing here is that I actually had a set of pedals and a wheel from Fanatec. That was years ago though. The set is gone and tech has improved since then anyway. Why do I care now though, you ask? Because the global pandemic has inspired more people to try out sim racing…
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Hooniverse Lada Lemons Racer: Restarting a Stalled Project
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The Lada showed at my friend’s now closed shop on an open car carrier a few years ago. It didn’t look like anything else; it was a tiny shell of a red car, on small wheels, with a golden roll cage inside. Dusty, banged up and beat up, it was a proper Lemons racer. I…