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Podcast: Episode 223 – 'Bout Dat Zinfandel Life
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Just me and a delicious bottle of beer, sitting around spinnin’ yarns… Today I talk about running the Pismo Beach dunes in a Polaris RZR, letting someone else drive our Mazda CX-5 so we can taste wine, and then I dive into the upcoming guests for the SEMA episodes we’re going to record next week.…
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Video: Driving a Tiller Cab Fire Truck
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It is totally counter-intuitive and completely opposite to typical driving. You turn left to go right and turn right to go left. I am pretty sure I’d mess it up after a few turns but yet there are firefighters who do it in stressful conditions and get it perfect. If I hadn’t seen those huge…
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Hooniverse Asks: What Is The Perfect Car For Radwood?
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For those who don’t know yet, Radwood is a new car show series for 80s and 90s cars. Some would say these cars are misfits that don’t get attention at a “regular” car show, but at Radwood we (Yes, hello, I am one of the hosts) put them on the main stage. The first Radwood in Brisbane, near…
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Interface: Too much information.
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We have a simply ludicrous coffee machine where I work. It’s a Wittenborg 9100. I know this because it introduces itself with the line “I’m the Wittenborg 9100” on its high-resolution touchscreen display. The latter has a number of uses, the first of which is to display the menu of hot, yummy beverages this bean-to-cup…
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A quest to bring a 90's icon back to its sports bike glory
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When you love a specific point in time for your preferred mode of transportation, you find yourself hunting down ways to gain a piece of that time. For Peter Monshizadeh, that point in time appears to be when sport bikes were colorful, stylish, and well built during the early 1990’s. That’s why Peter decided to…
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Clarion Builds Acura NSX fetches $135K at auction
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The Clarion Builds program has moved off another great vehicle from its stable. That’s how it works though, as this program is designed to generate buzz around a cool build and then sell that build at an auction to provide funds for a worthwhile charity. It happened in the past with the wonderful Clarion BMW…
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Quick Spin: 2017 Kia Soul EV+
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There is a dirty little problem with electric vehicles that is going unaddressed. The ability to charge EVs for primary target buyers is very limited. Specifically, people living in urban areas with short commutes. I live in a downtown Boston condominium and I park my car in a common garage. Those garages do not have…
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Hooniverse Asks: What vehicle would be the starting point for your overland build?
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Let’s say you were looking to pack up the wife, kids, and maybe a dog. You want to get out and explore, and you want a vehicle that can take you far off the beaten path and then provide shelter once you’re away from others. The world of overlanding is calling you. What vehicle would…
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The Carchive: The '79 Chevrolet Caprice and Impala
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It’s been several weeks since we last last dipped our bucket into the fetid swamp of motoring past, and trawled up the early ’80s Nissan Patrol. We’re creeping backwards just a couple of years this time, but skipping continents to land stateside again. Welcome back to The Carchive. North America has produced many iconic cars…
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The News for October 20th, 2017
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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: Volvo’s Polestar finally reveals their very own performance hybrid Audi debuts new A7 Sportback Porsche now offering…
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Rotten Rental Car Review: Hyundai Accent SE
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I recently returned from a breathtaking backpacking trip in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park and the neighboring Never Summer Wilderness, part of the Arapaho National Forest. It was three, adrenaline-filled, heavenly days of backcountry exploring through deep forests of lodgepole pines and aspens, raging chilly streams and towering snow-capped mountains. Every time I embark on…
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The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 231 – Diminishing Returns
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In this episode of the Cammed & Tubbed podcast, our intrepid hosts return from a wonderful weekend with lots to discuss. Cam took his lovely Beth to see the lovely FLW-designed Fallingwater. Turns out, it’s a cool place. There’s a rug there that he really loves. Brad went to California for four days to drive…
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The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 231 – Diminishing Returns
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In this episode of the Cammed & Tubbed podcast, our intrepid hosts return from a wonderful weekend with lots to discuss. Cam took his lovely Beth to see the lovely FLW-designed Fallingwater. Turns out, it’s a cool place. There’s a rug there that he really loves. Brad went to California for four days to drive…
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Video: /DRIVE on NBC Sports, Season 4 starts tonight
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It’s unimaginatively called /DRIVE on NBC Sports, and starts its fourth season tonight. The show is hosted by three guys you may have heard of before – Chris Harris, Matt Farah, and Mike Spinelli. Alex Roy makes an appearance on the show, too. And guess what, it’s a show about about cars, hosted by three…
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2018 Cadillac Escalade – Premium Luxury At The Race Track
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A few weeks ago Cadillac asked if I would like to attend the IMSA race at Laguna Seca as a guest of theirs. They offered me my choice of loaner car for the weekend, and I had already intended to go to the race anyway, so I agreed without hesitation. I chose the venerable Escalade…
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The DFL Show: Episode 75 – Dick Stephane
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In this episode of the DFL Show, Brad and Eric are around to discuss a number of things. Eric was at a Lemons race in Michigan, and Brad went to the horrible shenanigans known as the 8 hours of California. Brad has lots of opinions about the race that went down at Laguna Seca. It…