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The Morgan Plus Four CX-T seems stupidly brilliant
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It’s definitely a trend of the last few years to take a road car and set it up for off-road adventure. People have been doing that for decades, of course, but the idea of “safari-ing” a vehicle has certainly gained in popularity as of late. Even automakers are taking this approach at the factory level.…
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Watch Mr. Le Mans go from 18th to 3rd in a Ford GT40
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Tom Kristensen is known as Mr. Le Mans for good reason. The man has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans an amazing nine times. Of those wins, six were consecutive. Kristensen is the best driver to suit up and run Le Mans. So to say he knows what he’s doing behind the wheel of…
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Hooniverse Podcast: Episode 314 – Happy? New Year!
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Ron and I consider what we enjoyed most in the automotive space in 2021. We reflect on the good while thinking about the future. There’s also a look at some auction results, talk about a recent off-road video by Alan Ampudia on YouTube, and then a bunch of questions before a toast to the year…
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Tony Montero: Let’s Refinish the Face
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My 1991 Mitsubishi Montero needs a bit of love on its face. The grille and headlight surrounds are chipping and the black paint I sprayed a few years prior is fading. So I set out on an easy fix to help clean all that up. Yes, I will need to do this again down the…
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Robby DeGraff, AutoPacific – Off The Road Again: Episode 103
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Welcome back to the Off the Road Again podcast! We’ve missed you. The focus is on the off-road adventure but we also dabble in all things SUV, truck, and van, maybe even some rally cars. Ross and Chris welcome Robby DeGraff of AutoPacific back to the show. The guys discuss Hyundai’s 2021 sales numbers, EVs, the Ford F-150 Lightning, and speculate on the upcoming Chevrolet Silverado…
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Watch Garage54 flip their Lada on purpose
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Garage54 is a glorious corner of the Internet. It’s where a team of mad wrenches and fabricators in Russia attempt to do all sorts of stuff just to see if they can. From making wheels out of gears and using super glue as a head gasket to building an 8-wheeled Fiat and more, the Garage54…
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Tesla: Simplified, with Added Lightness
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The genius of Colin Chapman’s “Simplify, then add lightness” motto may not apply modern electric cars. For one, EVs tend to be heavy. Batteries and electric motors, while having beneficial packaging, are much heavier than conventional internal combustion drivetrains. They are also more complicated, if not intimidating, to those who grew up gapping their own…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s a car part you want but do not need?
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Sometimes a thing pops in my head and I can’t get it out of there until I do something about it. Recently, that thing was the idea of having Marchal headlights or driving lights on one of my vehicles. This would be for the Jag, as I love the idea of yellow inner lamps against…
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Last Call: Dakar Classics have been off and running
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The Dakar rally is in Saudia Arabia running through the desert landscape right now. You have the usual suspects of bikes, quads, monsterous trucks, and all sorts of buggies. There are some new electrified vehicles competing as well. But you also have the classic rally that takes place now too, and it features some of…
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Dakar 2022 Highlights from Stage 2 of the race
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Dakar is underway in Saudia Arabia. Today’s racing unfolds over stage 2, which is a 338-kilometer section of grueling Dakar desert blasting. And as rider Skyler Howes notes it’s important to keep your head in the game with two weeks of racing ahead. In fact, this stage is on the shorter side compared to some…
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2021 Mercedes-Maybach GLS600 – XL Excess
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The Mercedes-Maybach GLS600 is a less useful GLS, but it is damn nice on the inside and super smooth out on the road. I logged a ton of miles in this one, and here’s what I found. Disclaimer: Mercedes tossed us the keys to this GLS600 and included a tank of fuel.
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The Jag: Don’t drive things where they shouldn’t go…
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There’s a car get-together that happens on Friday mornings in Los Angeles. It’s called the Good Vibes Breakfast Club, and it’s a thing I’ve wanted to attend for some months now. The issue for me is that it takes place at Newcomb’s Ranch up on Angeles Crest and I live down in the southern part…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s your first “car goal” of 2022?
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I spent the day yesterday refinishing the headlight surrounds and grille on my 1991 Mitsubishi Montero. A few years prior, I had painted both flat black. The surface of the headlight surrounds always needed a bit more paint on them. With the grille, the surface was begin to get pitted and some of the chrome-plated…
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Hooniverse Podcast: Episode 313 – Used to Care?
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On this episode of the Hooniverse podcast, Ron and I examine more auction results, talk about cars that don’t interest them anymore, bring up their project car woes, and answer some questions. If you’d prefer the audio-only version, head to https://anchor.fm/hooniverse or check us out wherever you normally get your podcast party on. We’re on Apple, Google, Spotify, and more!
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Beth Bowman, Rebelle Rally, & Bowman Odyssey – Off The Road Again: Episode 102
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Welcome back to the Off the Road Again podcast! We’ve missed you. The focus is on the off-road adventure but we also dabble in all things SUV, truck, and van, maybe even some rally cars. Ross & Chris welcome Beth Bowman to the show. Beth is the navigator for the Rebelle Rally team, The Wanderettes, along with her driver, Abigail Bassett. Beth has previously spent a year traveling…
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How I got ripped off during my very first Turo rental
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If you follow my column here at Hooniverse, you’ll know that I’m currently without a primary car. The used market was so crazy that I sold my BMW M4 back in October. Since then I’ve been getting by on press loaners and our family SUV. Well, recently we had a confluence of events where the…