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Riding the Pan-American Highway by Bus: Peru and Ecuador
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As some of you know, I started a trek in 2007 to ride the entire 14,741-mile Pan-American Highway by bus. Last month, I finally accomplished this goal. The final stretch was from Lima, Peru, northward, to Turbo, Colombia. The Darien Gap, a roadless stretch of jungle between Panama and Colombia, prevents the highway from running…
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Podcast: Episode 238 – Hellcatting along
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Solo episode recorded from inside the ridealong chamber of the 2018 Dodge Challenger Hellcat W I D E B O I. Also, I chat briefly about heading off to sample the new Audi RS5, some updates to my Mercedes-Benz 280 sedan, and touch on a few of the vehicles coming to Hooniverse in the next…
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Hooniverse Asks: What's the most iconic wagon of all time?
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It’s Wednesday. The holy day in the middle of the week when we praise the longroof. In thinking about wagons, I was curious as to which of all the greats might we consider to be the most iconic? In the modern era, it’s likely to be a Mercedes-AMG E63 or the Audi RS6 Avant. Back…
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Review: 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk – The Best Hellcat?
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Great news! Sports cars are not dead! You can enjoy them on a summer day or a drive down a twisty mountain road. They make great rewarding track cars, too. And you will certainly look cool driving around town in your mid-engine machine. But if you’re looking for fast, like real-deal street fast, the answer…
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Hooniverse Asks: What's your Powerball-paid-for fantasy island car?
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I was just on vacation with my wife and daughter. We went to an island. I can’t afford to live there, but I can certainly day dream about what that might be like if I could. In this fantasy world, I’d need to vehicle to get around the island and I know exactly what that…
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Odd things that made you go "ooh" when you were younger.
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When you’re very young, the smallest things can make a huge impression. You would occasionally assign rather more value or significance to something than it might realistically merit. Such it was when I was growing up. My Dad was a Ford man for much of the ’80s, and I spend the latter portion of that…
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The News for February 16th, 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: BMW commits to the X4 again, mentions “dynamic” in the press release 17 times Another Texas edition…
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The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 250 – The Podcast All-Star Break
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With Brad absent this week, Cam is joined by Motor Affair’s Patrick Stevenson to talk about cars, kids, and understand BMWs, Porsches, and the Acura NSX. The Cammed and Tubbed Podcast – The Podcast All-Star Break Check out our Instagram, our Twitter, and our Facebook pages. As always, we’d really appreciate it if you would…
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The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 250 – The Podcast All-Star Break
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With Brad absent this week, Cam is joined by Motor Affair’s Patrick Stevenson to talk about cars, kids, and understand BMWs, Porsches, and the Acura NSX. The Cammed and Tubbed Podcast – The Podcast All-Star Break Check out our Instagram, our Twitter, and our Facebook pages. As always, we’d really appreciate it if you would…
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First Drive: Jaguar E-Pace
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Crossovers are currently where all the cash sits. Car buyers want them, and automakers keep cranking them out. That’s how we wind up with a vehicle like the all-new Jaguar E-Pace. It’s the baby of the Jaguar crossover bunch, but that doesn’t mean it’s simply an entry-level cash grab. Okay, it’s sort of that… but…
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Hooniverse Asks: What is the best rap/hip-hop car of all time?
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One of my favorite songs of all time is Gz and Hustlas by Snoop Dogg. The beat epitomizes everything perfect about early 90’s West Coast hip-hop. Snoop crushes the track with his signature flow, and the entire album has sold well over 11,000,000 copies to this day. During the song, there’s one line that always…
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BMW 335d SE: The subtlest 'sleeper' of all time?
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The turbocharged, go-faster Volvo 850T-5 caused something of a stir on its release in the early nineties. For a start, it was a Volvo, and Volvo were more associated with ever-so-sensible brick shaped cars best suited for carrying elderly people and antiques. Then there was the power, the front-wheel-drive layout, the modernity of those foot-tall…
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Truck Central: Dodge stuffs the 6.4L Hemi in the Durango SRTand it's real real good
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I’ve been reviewing trucks for a new YouTube channel called, appropriately, Truck Central. Recently I spent some time with the new Dodge Durango SRT. The FCA folks seem content to Hellcat everything, but the Durango hasn’t received that love just yet. What it has received, however is the 392. That would be the 6.4-liter HEMI and…
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Temporary Solution to Buggy UConnect Update
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Yesterday, the walking obscure car encyclopedia of man, Jason Torchinsky at Jalopnik, reported about an over-the-air update to FCA’s UConnect system. The update went out on Friday, right before all the FCA software engineers packed-up and left the office for the weekend. Unfortunately the forced update introduced an amazingly annoying bug into many of the…
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Two Wheel Tuesday: The False Neutral Podcast – “Everything Needs Fixing”
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Pete, Eric, and Garrett are all on hand this month. We update you on all the things that need fixing, including Garrett’s dirt bikes, Pete’s house, and Eric’s shoulder. We discuss Harley’s news: a factory closure, X-Games snow hillclimb, and production electric bike announcement. That leads to an examination of Moto-E’s upcoming electric spec class,…
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Two Wheel Tuesday: The False Neutral Podcast – "Everything Needs Fixing"
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Pete, Eric, and Garrett are all on hand this month. We update you on all the things that need fixing, including Garrett’s dirt bikes, Pete’s house, and Eric’s shoulder. We discuss Harley’s news: a factory closure, X-Games snow hillclimb, and production electric bike announcement. That leads to an examination of Moto-E’s upcoming electric spec class,…