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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: What company engieered the first all-steel car body? If you think you know the answer, make the jump and see if you’re…
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The DFL Show: Episode 45 – Fursonalities
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This week’s episode of The DFL show, Brad has oral surgery and the right half of his mouth is numb, so Eric sort of shares hosting duties. Also Patrick is around to provide insightful commentary. The racing action is getting super heated these days with a solid finish to the 12 Hours of Sebring, an…
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Hooniverse Asks: Do You Only Buy Cars Within a Narrow Color Spectrum?
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I have an admission: I’ve never owned a black car. Now, before you label me racist please understand that I’ve only ever actually owned one white car. It seems however that, over the course of my auto-owning years, I’ve visited every rainbow hue in between. Right now my driveway contains a metallic grey car, a silver bullet,…
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Last Call: Alpha Romero Edition
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I spotted this sign a few years back at the place of business of a friend of a friend, who was hosting a gathering of car folks as well as an impromptu garage sale. Now, let me be clear, the owner of the shop where this event was held is not just a car guy,…
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Bunker VS Clunker: Magic in the Mohawk Valley
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Welcome to the inaugural edition of Bunker VS Clunker, where we here at Hooniverse locate some real estate for sale, and pit it against a vehicle on offer in the same neighborhood, and in the same price bracket. It’s for you, the reader to ponder which one you’d brake off that American dollar on.…
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Subaru Forester XT Overland: It's A Subaru Thing You Wouldn't Understand
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One of the cool coming trends in the automotive world is people taking Subaru Outbacks and Foresters and turning them into true off-road vehicles capable of going well into the backcountry. As you might guess, this trend started in the wilds and expanse of Austrailia, though to be fair, some Subaru enthusiasts have been doing…
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Podcast: Episode 195 – Sitting Solo
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I am solo at home this evening for episode 195. I still have a few things to chat about, including our Team Valvoline stuff, my truck, the potential new project car I’m going to look at, and the cars I’m driving. That means we have to chat about the Audi S3 and the Dinan BMW…
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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. What’s your favorite campfire song? Mine’s Kookaburra. Before we sing under the stars however, we’ll need to sing the praises of the compact campers you all came up with last week. Merit badges…
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The Volkswagen Golf Alltrack is your adventure wagon
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Dear Fellow American… buy more wagons! Yes, you think you need that crossover or sport utility vehicle. Well, the Volkswagen Golf Alltrack is here to prove you wrong. This is basically the Audi Allroad Jr. It’s a near-premium longroof that looks good, drives well, and can go deeper into the world of no roads than…
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Hooniverse Asks: Could Electric Cars Bring Back an Age of RWD Bias?
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One of the most amazing features of Tesla’s car design is the compactness of its fuel source and drivetrain. Having started with a clean sheet in the engineering of the Model S and its derivative X, Tesla was able to create one of history’s most space-efficient practical automotive systems. That’s what allows the cars to have…
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Last Call: How Cool? Edition
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Oh sure, your bike’s badge may be cool, but is it naked Mercury holding a caduceus while riding a winged unicycle cool? 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 Emslie, All…
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24 Hours of LeMons: Sears Pointless 2017 Preview
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Remember that part of Truth in 24 where Jason Statham growls “It always rains at Le Mans?” In the 24 Hours of LeMons, that would be “It always rains at Sonoma.” Ok, not really, but LeMons’ spring and winter races at Sonoma regularly seem plagued by rainstorms that make the already-difficult track even more challenging.…
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Turbometal dishes out some two-wheeled goodness with Mokka Cycles
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I know nothing of this company. It’s a Hungarian outfit building very small displacement bikes. They look pretty cool too. What I do know though, is that the above video was created by the Turbometal channel. They produce some lovely bits of Internet video, and this one is no exception. It’s short. It’s pretty. It’s a…
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Review: 3M Rust Preventer Spray
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Despite the mild Midwest winter that I’ve enjoyed mostly bottled up in my house writing, I’ve noticed an ever-expanding problem on my daily driver: rust. While I’m not particularly inclined to think twice about it, I intend to keep the car until it ceases to be and would like to preserve it a little. I…
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The Double-LS Swap You'd Expect From Charnal House Racing
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You’d be hard-pressed to find a group of enthusiasts who better exemplify Hooniverse’s central mission statement than Charnal House Racing. We’ve shown you their work here before: junkyard aficionado and fiction writer Crab Spirits turned a Honda CBR engine and a Subaru 360 into a “Rolex watch made out of garbage.” The Charnal House crew…
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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 runoff that includes a river. Good luck! Image: ©2017 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved