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Hooniverse Asks: If you were to visit the 'Ring, what sort of vehicle would you use to drive 'round it?
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I recently returned from a trip to Germany where I stayed in a hotel that’s set right next to the famed Nürburgring. Sadly, my trip didn’t include a lap of the Green Hell but I was able to see a few machines turning laps in anger over the course of the many miles of twisting…
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Nostalgia Express: The Plaxton Viewmaster
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Almost five years ago, I posted about one of the buses that tool me to and fro of high school every day in the early 1990s. Its registration number was KJD58p and it had a pretty eventful life, reputedly ending its life as a spare parts donor for one of the open-top Daimler Fleetline sightseeing…
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The News for May 18th, 2018
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week: Aston Martin Racing has a go with the new DB11 BMW confirms new 8 Series debut for…
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Mystery Car
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Last week’s Mystery Car was identified pretty quickly by mdharrell. Special credit should be given because it was an obscure French military vehicle that few people have actually ever seen. The fact that I used a picture that I found on the internet made it somewhat easier. Good job! But that is not the case this…
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Hooniverse Asks: What's a fun or interesting to do with an old Volvo wagon?
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One thing I learned in life is that if an opportunity comes knocking, I shouldn’t rush to the door. I now have an opportunity to own the above 1997 Volvo V90 for an extremely low price. The wagon supposedly runs well. The body is a little beat up, the radio is missing, and the front…
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Quick Spin: 2018 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T SEL Premium
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There’s a problem with mid-size sedans. They’re not selling. Seriously, no one is buying them. Everyone wants an SUV these days. It’s so much of a problem that Ford, a huge automaker by any measure, gave in and decided “hell, let’s just not make any ‘cars’ for the U.S. market”. And others might follow suit,…
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Hooniverse Asks: What car would you never own?
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I hated the Saturn Aura. I drove one years ago back when I used to work at the shitty version of KBB. The Aura was reviewed and at the time I remember writing that they should’ve called it the Saturn Emo because it makes me want to cut myself. I pulled that line from the…
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Woodall Nicholson Kirklees: The fat end of the wedge
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Have you ever beheld a piece of obsolete technology and thought that time ought to have been kinder to it? Perhaps when you slide your favourite, home-recorded Minidisc into your still-functioning deck, or when you pass a once magnificent Sony WEGA CRT television as it sits, screen down, outside somebody’s house – it’s sheer weight…
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Classic Captions Contest- 1999 Fiat Ulysse Edition
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Welcome to another round of Hooniverse Classic Captions Contest, brought to you this week by Fiat. I’m convinced Fiat has churned out some of the most bizarre, obscure, odd, strange, (you catch my vibe) vehicles. The whip you see above, the ’99 Ulysse, I’m guessing would have made the founding brothers of Fiat all of…
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Two Wheel Tuesday: The False Neutral Podcast #77 – True Confessions
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This month, the False Neutral crew discuss a mess of different stuff, a good deal of it involving some level of irrationality. Why does Garrett subscribe to Hot Bike magazine, even though he’s never said anything good about Harleys? Why did he spend countless hours fixing something on his TX750 that wasn’t broken, when he’s…
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OVC is building a brand-new 1965 Shelby GT350R Mustang
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When you have the original Shelby crew wrenching on actual 1965 Ford Mustang coupes, you’re going to wind up with something great. The team is now called OVC, or Original Venice Crew, and they’re finding actual ’65 K-Code Mustangs to transform into Shelby GT350R race ready pony cars. Under the hood is a reworked 289…
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Review: 2018 Kia Stinger GT
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The headrests. I don’t love the headrests. If you keep the backrest of your seat more on the vertical, the headrests will push on the back of your head. They should really have some back and forth adjustment. Everything else about the Kia Stinger GT is excellent. It looks great. It goes and handles as good…
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Hooniverse Asks: What's the best interior/exterior color combo ever offered?
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A few year back, Audi showed off its R8 at the New York Auto Show. The color chosen for the display car was a gorgeous hue called Goodwood Green Pearl Effect. Inside, the cabin was delivered in a dark brown scheme. Combined, the two colors created an epic style statement. It wasn’t in your face,…
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Felixstowe to Ipswich run 2018: Jolly good show
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So, it’s Saturday night in the UK, and while families nationwide wallow in the festival of charged socio-political fireworks that is the Eurovision Song Contest, I thought I’d post what I meant to last night – before I spilled most of a can of cider over my laptop. 24hrs and a session in the airing…
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The News for May 11th, 2018
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week: Rolls-Royce does the inevitable with all-new Cullinan SUV BMW unveils new enthusiast-spec M5 Competition Aston Martin sends…
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Mystery Car
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Another Friday, another Mystery Car! I figured that I have been inundating yous guys with new cars, so I decided to throw in something old. I’m gonna give ya tip and say that it’s wicked old. I’m looking for make and hopefully model name, perhaps a period of time when it was made. Maymar was the first…