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Last Call: Strapped On Edition
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Here’s a question for you: have you in your entire life ever strapped a suitcase or other piece of luggage to an exterior rack on a car? Sadly I never have, and, seeing as such, I am adding it to my bucket list, right along with owning a Porsche 356. Last Call indicates the end…
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Toyota Australia creates the ultimate Tonka Truck
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We love our utes in Australia and in particular, we love the Toyota HiLux. It is actually our best selling vehicle. To celebrate that, Toyota teamed up with Tonka (again) to create what they call the ultimate Tonka truck ute. The mods are actually very cool – a total lift on six inches, thanks in…
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Podcast: Episode 196 – A Rumblin’ In My Tummer
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Chris and I are in the studio and we’re chatting about some of the vehicles I’ve driven lately. This includes; the Dinan BMW M2 S2, the Audi S3, and… the Chrysler Pacifica for some reason. I’ll be heading out later today to sample the latest Audi S4 and S5, which I’ll talk about on a…
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Podcast: Episode 196 – A Rumblin' In My Tummer
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Chris and I are in the studio and we’re chatting about some of the vehicles I’ve driven lately. This includes; the Dinan BMW M2 S2, the Audi S3, and… the Chrysler Pacifica for some reason. I’ll be heading out later today to sample the latest Audi S4 and S5, which I’ll talk about on a…
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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. I’d like to say that small car makers, what we oftentimes refer to a cottage car makers, are the backbone of the industry, but that’s simply not true. In fact, they are more…
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Year of Endurance: 24 Hours of Silverstone
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As an unabashed fan of endurance racing, I’m eager to share with Hooniverse’s readers previews of all the major endurance races in 2017. The latest installment for the coming weekend is the 24 Hours of Silverstone, the season-opener for the Touring Car Endurance Series. It’s not the high-profile race of a Sebring or Le Mans,…
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Hooniverse Asks: Do You Let GPS Tell You Where to Go?
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I’m sure for those of us stuck in daily slog of “rush hour” traffic, the arrival of the fully autonomous car can’t come a moment too soon. I mean, it’s the same thing every day—get into the traffic queue, get out of the traffic queue, get into another traffic queue, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. If you,…
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Last Call: Cub Reporter Edition
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Have you ever asked yourself, just how will I be an engaging conversationalist at parties? Well, ask no more because now you can regale others with your vast knowledge of Honda Cub model names and introductory model years. I know, and you’re welcome. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to…
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Jaguar F-Type SVR on track at the Coronado Speed Festival
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When Jaguar asks if you want to take the F-Type SVR for a spin, you say yes. Even if its for a brief stint, you still say yes. That’s what we did when the automaker invited us down to San Diego to sample the high-speed kitty. Even more fun? We did so on the airstrip…
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24 Hours of Lemons Buick will race again!
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The Park Bench Racing Team (PBRT) will be back in action this May at the The Real Hoopties of New Jersey race taking place at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Milli-Vanilli-ville, New Joyzee. Our continually evolving and always improving ’02 Buick Regal “race car” is the same it has always been, because it’s difficult to improve on perfection. We therefore…
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Meet Your Heroes – 2009 Volkswagen Golf GTI Review
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As a young and impressionable teen in 2006, the North American launch of the Mk5 Golf GTI was one that captivated me like few other cars had done before. It was a car that was portrayed as having a fun and youthful spirit while still being the more mature choice. If reading Super Street in that era taught…
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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 a figure eight. Good luck! Image: ©2017 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved
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False Neutral #52: Abhi Eswarappa of Bike-urious
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This week we’re joined by Abhi Eswarappa, the founder of Bike-urious.com, adventure biker, and all-around righteous dude. We talk with Abhi about his favorite bikes and favorite riding experiences, which include Mexico, Alaska, crossing the desert terrain of California and Nevada (in a Ural sidecar rig, no less), Ironbutt rides, and drafting behind an SUV…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s the Most Immature Person’s Car?
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Yesterday we tucked in our shirts, combed our hair, and for the moment at least said goodbye to the kiddie table as we discussed what might just be the world’s most grown up car. That’s all over and while it was fun to play let’s pretend I’m glad to get back to the juvenile…
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Last Call: Sherbet Edition
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Why, oh why don’t they offer wonderful pastels on trucks any more? California license plates were also once much more pleasing to the eye. 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: ©2017 Hooniverse/Robert…
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Vauxhall SRV: State of the dart in 1970
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The Vauxhall XVR concept actually had its feet bound firmly to 1965, despite styling that couldn’t look any more outlandish if you ate your own body weight of LSD and looked at it after spinning around really fast. One of the names associated with its very existence was one Wayne Cherry, who went on to…