Articles
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I drove a Tesla Model 3… and it was pretty cool
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Yesterday was my first experience of note behind the wheel of a Tesla. I’d only driven a Model S for maybe 30 minutes, and that was a few years ago. Yesterday though, I took a brand-new Model 3 to lunch… 90 miles away. My video production partner at my current main contracting gig, Josh Ostrander,…
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Hooniverse Asks: What is the best V8 engine of all time?
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I believe the V8 is the greatest of the combustion engines. It’s inherent balance produces wonderful noise. There’s lots of power to be produced with a good V8. You don’t need forced induction to help it go. It’s immediate. It’s wonderful. The V8 is great. But which V8 is greatest? Now that is a tough question.…
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Ten Years Later: A Longing for Belonging
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What was I doing at this precise moment ten years ago? Well, there’s a strong possibility that I had just finished a very awkward phone call explaining why a customer’s car still isn’t fixed, why we haven’t ordered any parts and why, exactly, we haven’t got a clue what’s wrong with it. It was an…
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This is what the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 sounds like
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The 2020 Chevy Corvette is nearly ready for public consumption. Before that happens, the Road & Track crew got their mitts on the car. The C8 was up in Northern California as part of the fleet for R&T’s annual Performance Car of the Year testing. Matt Farah was on hand as part of this team, which…
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Toyota and Subaru announce new business alliance
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Toyota Motor Corporation and Subaru Corporation have announced that their current alliance will be lengthening into a long-term partnership. The major takeaways from the announcement are to continue making ever-better cars (didn’t say SUVS, weird right?) and to expand the partnership to survive this once-in-a-century period of change. More Sportscars Really what this means for…
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Ten Years Later: Giving credit where credit is due
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When I was a junior in college, studying advertising and public relations at Loyola University Chicago, I knew entering into my fall semester I wanted to open the door into the automotive world for my career. Far prior to hearing the word “Hooniverse.” After an internship with PickupTrucks.com (when it was run by now-Ford North…
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10 Years Later: Aussie Hoon
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10 years ago, I was freshly engaged and in a photography sales job and I photographing cars in my spare time. 10 years on I am about to celebrate my 10th wedding anniversary and I am working full time in my own business, photography cars and all things automotive almost daily. My connection with Hooniverse…
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Ten Years Later: Life is not what you thought it would be
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Hooniverse is 10 years old now, which is pretty significant. Tomorrow I’ll be celebrating my 23 lap around the sun, meaning this website has been around for more than a third of my life. When I discovered Hooniverse for the first time, it was more than likely through a post on Jalopnik. Jeff was driving…
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10 Years Later: It All Started With a Tweet
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As Hooniverse was getting built 10 years ago, I was starting my last year of high school. I’ve been a car enthusiast for a vast majority of my life and I had several good friends who were like-minded. I was also just starting to get a presence online and naturally gravitated to the enthusiasts on sites like…
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Ten Years Later: Off-Road Hoonage
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I’m closing in on ten years representing a quarter of my lifetime. It’s crazy to think that ten years ago we only had one kid (we now have four) and were driving him around in a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. In the past ten years, I’ve left my career as a middle school teacher, starting my…
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Ten Years Later: A quick note from the Loverman himself
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I’m very proud to have been sitting at the table the moment you and Tim decided to start Hooniverse. I hope that the tiny part I played in getting the ball rolling has in some way led to a decade of success. Also, KOREAN WAR MACHINE FTW!!! [Editor’s Note – Jonny Lieberman sent an email…
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Ten Years Later: Rood boy chimes in
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Based on a recommendation from the venerable Murilee Martin, Jeff put me on the Hooniverse roster in 2012. I had a full-time office job, a brand new baby, and a depth of car knowledge rooted entirely in the 24 Hours of Lemons. It was probably not the ideal life place from which to launch writing…
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Ten Years Later: The real Saab story
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If I were to glance at Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, I would understand that I am lacking in many things: stability, financial success, emotional maturity within relationships, a thorough understanding of Maslov’s Hierarchy of Needs. But one thing I do not lack is self-awareness. And in this case, such self-awarenss manifests in this convoluted and…
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Ten Years Later: From B-Rad to Radwood
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What you get out of life depends on what you put into it. For ten years the writers, photographers, video folk, and podcasters of Hooniverse have put in a lot of hard work. We’ve invested large percentages of our lives in the site and its readers, for the love of all things automotive and “the…
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Ten Years Later: I still like cars
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I joined Hooniverse about a year after it started. I had my own website up to that point and coming to Hooniverse was sort of a merging of the two. Not everyone liked this idea. Some people view any change as bad, but whatever. That original website of mine, which predated Hooniverse, was an expression…
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Ten Years Later: New tools, new skills, new friends
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Ten years ago, I was driving a 1992 Lincoln Town Car, a hand-me-down from my mother-in-law less than a year earlier, and a 2002 Ford F-150 Super Crew. I was about to end a twelve-year-long hiatus from motorcycles, during which I had devoted my spare time and workshop space to a trio of older, two-stroke…