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Podcast: Episode 197 – Alone after 200
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Here’s a solo episode recorded a few days after 200 was recorded. Since 200 doesn’t come out for a few more weeks, I wanted to make sure I get an episode out this week so we’re not waiting longer to run Ep200. Here I talk about some potential project cars I’m looking at acquiring, some…
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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. Turbocharged motorcycles were the order of the day last week. We’ll see what you’ve got to do to get blown around here in just a sec, but first this week’s quest. In case you…
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24 Hours of LeMons: 'Arizona D-Bags' Preview
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You wanted 24 Hours of LeMons previews, all three of our readers, and you’re going to get another one today. This weekend, the series heads to Inde Motorsports Ranch south of Tucson for Arizona D-Bags. The new facility may reside in almost-Mexico, but this year’s race, the second ever there, suggests a growing field of…
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Hooniverse Asks: What's The Worst Third Row You've Ever Experienced?
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The sales of “cars” has for all intents and purposes ground to a halt here in the U.S., supplanted by SUVs and Crossovers the popularity of which seems to know no bounds. How bad is it? Well, in March Cadillac moved more units of their recently introduced XT5 crossovers than they did all of their sedans put…
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Last Call: The Most Important Meal of the Day Edition
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In this case “B&B” stands for Bikes and Breakfast. 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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Stormtrooper 4Runner: First off-road trip report
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Off-roading isn’t anything that’s new to me. I’ve been around the hobby my entire life, having grown up with my dad’s lifted YJ Wrangler taking us on weekend excursions to local wheeling spots. I came home from the hospital in a Jeep, spent most of my childhood and young adulthood dreaming of off-roading something of…
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Track Tuesday: Name That Track
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Welcome to Track Tuesday where you are asked to identify a (maybe) famous race or test track from just one closely-cropped aerial image. This week, it’s…um, sort of… well, you know what it looks like. Good luck! Since no one managed to identify last week’s track the answer may be found here. Image: ©2017 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved
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False Neutral #53 : David Emmett of motomatters.com
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This week Eric rides solo and chats with David Emmett of motomatters.com. They talk about pre-season testing in MotoGP, a rundown of the riders and the machines they will pilot in 2017, and a look ahead to the 2017 season and what to expect. Further along in the show they also look ahead to what…
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Hooniverse Asks: What Car or Truck is "Thiiiiis Close" for You?
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You know what people used to say? “Close enough for government work” that’s what. That of course was back when the government actually, you know, worked. These days we have so many options in our daily lives that having to put up with something with even a single major flaw can be a deal breaker.…
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Last Call: Tanks A Lot Edtion
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And this is why I don’t own a Ferrari F40. 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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Peugeot Oxia Concept: Like reality, only better
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I’ve always thought that the best concept cars are those that feel like they’re only a few degrees separated from real life. As if the car you’re looking at comes from some parallel now on some much cooler planet. One such car was the Peugeot Oxia concept of 1988. One of my favourite years, ’88.…
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Regular Cars reviews a 1967 Dodge Coronet
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I’ve got a hankerin’ for some Mopar. My dream car is a 1968 Dodge Charger, and I have the silly idea that an old Benz wagon should have Hemi power. On the list of I Need To Own One Someday sits another example of Mopar greatness. It’s the Dodge Coronet. The 1967 pictured here looks…
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Today you're going to learn about camshafts
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If you’re not watching the Engine Masters series on Motor Trends YouTube channel, you’re missing out. David Freiburger leads a crew of wrenching pros on a mission to find out more about all aspects of the engine. In Episode 19, the focus is on the camshaft. What do all those numbers mean? How does a…
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Because its Monday: Let's All Appreciate This Painstakingly Restored IH Metro Snap-on Van
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Quick, what’s your favorite brand of mechanic’s tool? If you said whatever your neighbor has in his toolbox and it’s his fault for leaving his garage door unlocked then shame on you. If you instead said Snap-on then we have much to discuss. In fact, should you have said MAC Tools, or even King Dick (for…
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Hooniverse Asks: What Car Part Would You Want Simply For its Artistic Merit?
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The automobile has been, almost since its inception, a canvas for artistic expression. Whether it be a flourish of brightwork dressing up an exterior, or a particularly elegantly engineered mechanical element parts of cars can be the subject of aesthetic appreciation unto themselves. I have a hubcap from the first car I ever owned—a 1961…
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Last Call: Thingamabob Edition
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I don’t know what this thing is or even how it works. All I know is, I want it. 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