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Hooniverse Asks: What’s the greatest vehicle for towing a motorcycle?
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It’s two-wheel Tuesday so I want to pay some love and respect to our motorcycle-loving friends. I may not ride, but I look on with envy as you roll past. Often while splitting traffic here in California. Constantly checking my mirrors, I appreciate and notice the thumbs up given when I yield proper lane space…
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The Car Collection of the Museum of Technology and Communication in Szczecin, Poland
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The car museum in Szczecin, specifically known as The Museum of Technology and Communication in Szczecin, comes across as a genuinely interesting collection, partially based on a private donation of 150 vehicles. It is an extremely well curated mix of unique and odd prototypes, classics, strange motorcycles, trams and buses that will surely be remembered by…
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We’ve got a fresh batch of stickers!
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Working with our friends at Blipshift, we’ve crafted up two new items for our partner store. We’ve got some fresh stickers available. This is the perfect item to slap on toolboxes, car windows, fenders, your neighbors forehead, boats, airplanes, and welding tanks. First up is a matte die-cut vinyl sticker that features the new stylized…
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Prepare your best headphones for Off-Road ASMR
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Autonomous sensory meridian response is the term given to that feeling you have when a sound tickles your ear drums just right. Maybe your scalp tingles and it runs down to the spot between your shoulder blades. It’s relaxing, calming, soothing, and it’s also big business on YouTube. A crops of ASMR channels deliver that…
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Volvo Stories is a trio of tales about your favorite Swedish machine
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“I didn’t really choose my first Volvo, it kind of chose me…” After an accident left him without a car, he needed to find a replacement. In searching, he discovered a Volvo wagon wearing a manual gearbox. Ever since, he’s been tumbling down a rabbit hole lined with Swedish parts. And this is just one…
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Staring down a new project car purchase
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It’s like standing atop a high cliff. You’re either going to make a smooth dive into the water below, or bounce off the rocks on the way down. These rocks are labeled for your convenience. They say “Head Gasket”, “Wiring”, “Cooling System”, and there are many more rocks to go before you splash down. I…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s the worst bout of road rage you’ve witnessed?
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That man on the hood of the white Infiniti FX/QX70 is 65-year-old Richard Kamrowski. The person driving the premium crossover is a 37-year-old named Mark Fitzgerald. Why is Richard on Mark’s hood? Because the pair got into it over a bit of fender bending. The action unfolds on the long slog that is the Mass…
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Visiting the ISC Archives and Research Center at Daytona International Speedway
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ISC, International Speedway Corporation, owns or operates thirteen of our nation’s premier race tracks. Daytona International Speedway is one of those tracks. In order to preserve the long history of racing in Daytona, ISC created the ISC Archives and Research Center, which located about three miles from the track. The main purpose of the facility…
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Rolex 24 at Daytona: Every Pit in the Middle of the Night
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It is after 2:00am. Those who were going to sleep are already doing so. Those who were not going to sleep aren’t sleeping yet. But the pits are different. The pits have to be ready for anything: emergency tire change, a refill under yellow, or a driver swap. I decided to walk along the back…
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Rolex 24 at Daytona: Pre-Race Pit Lane Walk
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It is almost 12:30am as I am writing this, less than halfway through this 24-hour endurance race. This is good time to mention how the whole thing began. I wish I had a cool story but the start was rather typical. All the cars lineup on pit-lane in their starting order. The faster DPi cars…
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Rolex 24 at Daytona: Hot Lap in a BMW M5
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Before each televised race, the hosts of the program take you on a fast lap of the track. Usually it is the pole sitter’s fastest lap. Well, I tried doing the same thing. Earlier this morning I was taken on a hot lap in a new BMW M5. I got to sit shotgun and…
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Rolex 24 at Daytona: The Michelin Tires
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There are some things you need to go racing. Like a proper race car, for starters. But like with anything, there is more to it than that. Those cars need spare parts, gasoline, tires, etc. Tires have always been a big part of racing. Arguments can made of which is more important: engine, chassis, brakes,…
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Rolex 24 at Daytona: Morning Paddock Walk
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The race doesn’t start until 2:30pm. But the day at the track starts at the crack of dawn. I walked aimlessly around the paddock this morning just looking at everything, absorbing it all, and taking pictures in which I attempt to show you a bit of this action. I can’t give you the sounds, the…
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The News for January 25th, 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 another excuse to talk about the Aston Martin Valkyrie, Brumos Racing colors making a comeback, GMC Sierra HD, Lincoln Aviator pricing, and your automotive news. Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR…
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More than you ever wanted to know about Tatras – Technické Muzeum Tatra in Kopřivnice
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On the English language car web, Tatra has gained a lot of attention and respect in recent years. From enthusiastic comments at Bring-A-Trailer to this now famous video of a Tatra 603 being raced through the Czechoslovakian mountains, there has been a fair bit of attention towards this historically important company. From basically designing the…
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Geyota Rallycross: What to upgrade first?
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Last summer I helped a friend who was taking his Mini Cooper S to a rallycross event. I shot pictures the whole time I was there and while I was editing the hundreds of photos that I took that moist July morning, I kept imaging what it must be like inside the cars: manual transmissions,…