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Thursday Trivia
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Welcome to Thursday Trivia where we offer up a historical automotive trivia question and you try and solve it before seeing the answer after the jump. It’s like a history test, with cars! This week’s question: Why is Ferrari’s Berlinetta Boxer not really a boxer? If you think you know the answer, make the jump and see…
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The DFL Show: Episode 50 – Sword Fighting Marc Marquez
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Holy Crap we managed to make it to fifty episodes. This is incredible and worthy of celebration. We’re going to give you a gift, the gift of more DFL. Here it is, episode fifty, with Brad, Eric, Pat, and Joel talking about racing cars and bikes and other myriad nonsense. Pat can’t get over Honda’s ASIMO…
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Hooniverse Asks: What Are The Best and Worst Commercial Jets to Fly on?
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I’ve got to take a plane trip coming up pretty soon and that got me thinking about just how much I hate air travel. Yeah, I know that there’s been a lot of stories in the news recently about certain airlines turning flights into impromptu WWE Raw events, but my animus for flying goes much…
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Last Call: Bob Ross Edition
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I don’t know man, he doesn’t look all that happy. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged. Image: AcidCow
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This is how the Borla S-Type Exhaust sounds on the Subaru WRX
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There’s a lot to love about the current generation of Subaru WRX. It’s quick, practical, gets decent gas mileage, handles quite well, and is easy to live with every day. But even the best of cars have downfalls, and for the FA-powered engine that powers today’s WRX that downfall comes with how the car sounds. It’s…
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Gadget Review: Recon Rings Silicone Wedding Band
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The welding world is full of horror stories about accidents involving wedding rings. The one I heard from the instructor in a community college welding class ended in the words, “peeled off his skin like a glove.” I’ll spare you the details; you can find as many stories as you can stomach all over the Internet. Though I don’t…
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Opinion: New-new Top Gear was pretty good
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A new era of Top Gear started when the Jezza, Hamster, and Captain Slow departed BBC. New hosts, many of them, new producers, and new desperation to keep a dying show relevant. And it stunk. I couldn’t take after watching the first episode. Then The Grand Tour came on Amazon and… and after much hype…
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Podcast: Episode 200 – We’ve been doing this how long now?!
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This is Episode 200. It’s a bit crazy to think we’ve been gathering to talk into microphones, laptops, handheld recorders, and other bits of tech for a number of years now. To celebrate Episode 200, we decided to record this one in person. A handful of folks gathered at Four Sons Brewery in Huntington Beach,…
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Podcast: Episode 200 – We've been doing this how long now?!
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This is Episode 200. It’s a bit crazy to think we’ve been gathering to talk into microphones, laptops, handheld recorders, and other bits of tech for a number of years now. To celebrate Episode 200, we decided to record this one in person. A handful of folks gathered at Four Sons Brewery in Huntington Beach,…
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Craigslist Crapshoot
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Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer. Last week we went looking for the worst examples of makes and models that have gone away and then been revived, and enjoyed the freedom of a no-object spending limit. We’ll see the zombie horde…
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Project 4Runner: Rigid Industries D2 LED Lights Review
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Somewhat thankfully, the long winter months are behind us now. The days are longer and wearing hats and gloves is no longer required. The ski season is also over and with it are our frequent trips to northern New England. In January, our fifth generation Toyota 4Runner project rig received a set of LED auxiliary driving…
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Hooniverse Asks: Did You Do Much Driving Before You Were Old Enough To?
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When I was about 13 I used to ride all over town on a little Honda that belonged to my brother. I’m lucky that I never got caught or in an accident seeing as I had neither a valid license nor any insurance. The statute of limitations has long since passed on such transgressions so I feel no…
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Last Call: Penché Edition
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A little known fact: Costco Gas Stations are an excellent place to practice your Arabesque. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged. Image: Imgur
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V.I.S.I.T: 1963 Daimler V8 250
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Two Daimler-badged cars were ever offered that offered the exquisite, turbine-like power of Edward Turner’s jewel-like small V8 engine. The first was a befinned, plastic-bodied atrocity with a guppy mouth and propensity for cracking in early models. It was the Daimler SP250 (nee Dart) – and I rather like it, of course. The second was…
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Long Beach Grand Prix Photo Dump: Sports Cars Galore
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A bit ago I was in California for a week, and spent a couple of days running around Long Beach checking out some of the coolest racing cars at one of the coolest temporary circuits in the world. This was a special event for me, and one that I can finally knock off my bucket…
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2017 Classic Motorsports Mitty Highlights (Part 2)
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Welcome to part 2 of the 2017 Classic Motorsports Mitty recap, where we dive into the rest of the classic race cars that flocked to Road Atlanta last weekend and weren’t already covered in the Porsche-only recap from yesterday. Porsche was the featured marque of the race but another 200 cars or so were welcomed…