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Two Wheel Tuesday: False Neutral Podcast #86 – One Bike To Rule Them All
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This month’s episode starts as usual with updates on our various project bikes, and we talk about the prodigious progress Garrett has made on his collection of two-strokes, along with some dreamed-up future project ideas we’ll surely never get around to actually attempting. After that, we each try to name one bike we could live…
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Recaro and Porsche: A perfect match made many decades ago
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You can buy a top-tier Formula Drift car on BAT
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Bring A Trailer auctions are typically filled with aging German metal. There are loads of BMW, Porsche, and Mercedes-Benz coupes and sedans for sale. A handful of Italian cars filter in, and there’s been a nice uptick in American muscle as well. You’ll also find the occasional race car. What you won’t see if a…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s the first thing you do when you buy a new project car?
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The truck needs some attention in the front end. I haven’t given it an oil change yet. I’ve only just washed it, but it’s slated to rain again here in Southern California so it wasn’t a deep cleaning. The interior needs a bath, and I’ve got to source a fresh center gauge pod to fix…
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Is 700 million enough for Rivian?
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The EV startup that debuted at the LA Auto Show in November has announced a $700 million investment round led by Amazon. Rivian will stay an independent company. Their original shareholders are a part of raising the $700 million as well. They have not disclosed how much money Amazon has kicked in. GM has been reported…
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The News for February 15th, 2019
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. This week we have the new Alpina B7, a very green (literally) Toyota 86, a very green classic Mini (figuratively), and a special edition Bugatti Chiron with some French flags on it,…
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Mystery Car
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Welcome to another edition of Mystery Car! This week we are traveling to a time automakers would advertise engine components in big letters on the side of their vehicles. But what vehicle is this? Make, model, and of course engine. Please. Winner gets our admiration and nothing else. Last week’s vehicle was my Polish auto-journalist…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s the oldest car in which you’d consider commuting?
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Some of you want basic safety items. Others need heated seats, a cup holder, and satellite radio. But a handful of you are ok with the basics. An engine. A way to control that engine. And a steering wheel to get you were you need to go. The older a car gets the more likely…
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Last Call: Full size and FULL SIZE
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A full-size pickup truck is a very large machine. Trucks were always larger than cars, but now they’re larger than… trucks. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jacob Brown (@thejacobbrown) Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking…
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Travis Pastrana and his crew take on the 24 Hours of LeMons
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The team of daredevils at the Nitro Circus can handle all manner of vehicles. Be it two wheels or four, motorized or pedal and foot powered, this is a crew of men and women that can shred, slide, drift, wheelie, flip, and kick ass. They even compete in top-tier motorsport events… and now that includes…
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2020 Land Rover Defender Dashboard – “The real thing”
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The automotive news is abuzz today regarding a picture of what supposedly is the dashboard of the upcoming 2020 Land Rover Defender. The picture shows a weird layout of steering wheel angled more up than a typical vehicle. Behind is what looks like typical Land Rover gauges. To the side is a small, off-center transmission…
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The electric Chevy eCOPO Camaro runs in the nines
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Back in October, Chevrolet made news when it announced an all-electric drag-racing Camaro. The Chevy eCOPO Camaro uses an 800-volt BorgWarner-supplied battery pack. Paired with a set of electric motors, the eCOPO dishes out tire-shredding silent energy to the tune of 780 horsepower and 780 pound-feet of torque. How does it fair when it actually…
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Subaru officially unveils its return to iconic livery for 2019
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Subaru is bringing back its iconic blue & gold livery from the World Rally Championship glory days. While the automaker isn’t returning to the WRC yet, Subaru is looking to continue its domination of US Rally racing. The Subaru team have won 13 of the last 14 titles. For the 2019 season, Subaru is bringing…
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Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo 4S – One of the greatest cars ever…
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The Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo 4S is one of the greatest cars you can buy. It’s a Porsche… wagon, and it’s damn near perfect. Yes, it’s expensive ($128k as-tested) but you don’t need to own another car. It has room for your stuff. You can raise it to an off-road mode if you need to…
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Driving the new mild-hybrid Jeep Wrangler
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Jeep’s newest Wrangler JL launched last year and it’s since sold quicker than wildfire spreading through a dry valley of chaparral. In 2018, a some 240,032 Wranglers found new homes, up an impressive 26% compared to 2017, the last year of sales for the outgoing JK. But what’s important to note is that with the arrival…
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Last Call: You’ve never seen a Trailblazer like this
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This is a REVCON Trailblazer and it’s amazing. What would be your ideal trip in this monster? On or off road? View this post on Instagram I cleaned off the label on the air compressor. And was happy to find out that it’s an ARB compressor. So I’m pretty sure there’s probably no way…