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Pre-Pre-Last Call: Feeling Deflated?
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We all know that dull feeling in the pit of our stomach when we know that one of our tyres has taken a hit. Whether it’s a sudden violent shaking and having to fight to bring the car to a safe halt that tells you, or a polite warning light on the dash letting you…
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V.I.S.I.T. – Vehicles YOU Have Seen In Traffic
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This installment of V.I.S.I.T. comes to you courtesy of Peter Edwards from Auckland. Apparently, Peter has quite the eye for unusual, classic, and just plain cool cars. Thanks, Peter! Come take a look below the jump.
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Big Rock Classic Car & Cycle Show – Just the Trucks, Ma'am
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Last week, we took a look at some of the great classic cars at the Big Rock classic Car & Cycle show in Duvall, WA. It was a big show for a small town, and well supported by everyone who brought a car, truck, tank (yes), or motorcycle. For your Truck Thursday viewing pleasure, I want…
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German Car Day Preview: 1980 BMW M1
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If you’re looking for a fun summer time German car show, you’re unlikely to find something as eclectic as Larz Anderson’s German Car Day in Brookline, Massachusetts. Every year the Larz Anderson Auto Museum hosts over two dozen lawn events, and the one devoted to German cars is one of its top three best attended…
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Truck Thursday – 1980 Ford F-150 Custom
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Today’s Truck Thursday is brought to you by the word RED, as in “how much red can you handle on one truck”? Take a look at this ad below the jump and see if you can answer the question.
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Hooniverse Asks- What’s the Best “I Made It” Car?
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So let’s say you’ve been climbing the corporate ladder for some time now, dutifully adding notches to the bedpost of your career, and now has come the time to show off all that hard work, what’s the best way to do so? Oh sure, there are Tag Heuer watches, Armani suits, and the carefully cultured…
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Last Call- Sticky Slicky Edition
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There are three factors that allow a modern Formula One car to out corner almost anything else on the planet: Aerodynamic downforce created by its various curves and wings, tires softer than a marshmallow, and a driver with cojones the size of Manhattan. The first and last elements typically suffer little for their roles, but…
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The Heartbeat of America – 1990 Chevrolet Lumina Euro 3.1 Coupe
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In some respects, Finland is kind of like a small America. In other respects, it’s the polar opposite. Even if we have a deep affection for American cars, the model portfolios do not make it here complete. We got the Corsica, we got the Beretta, we even got the Trans Sport with a bowtie badge.…
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Hooniversal Joints- The Swigart Museum
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The world is full of great car collections, some of them in the least likely of locations. If you happen to be in the neighborhood of Huntingdon PA, a tiny burgh of about 8,000 hugging the bends of the Juniata River – which in 2009 was also voted the nation’s 5th-coolest small town by Budget…
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A Special Sort of Mustang
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I consider myself a Mustang fan, so when I received an invitation to check out a special one prepared for a movie, I jumped at the chance. Cars designed for both the big and small screen catch my attention. Granted, this isn’t the 1968 GT 390 Fastback used in Bullitt, or heck, even the Cobra II…
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Podcast: Episode 15 – Not FIT for EV Consumption
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¡Buenos dias! Today we celebrate our quinceañera with our 15th episode. Today the topics include a discussion on the new Corolla (don’t worry), the Jeep Recall, Ferrari and Ford ringing up awards at the International Engine of the Year competition, and driving the Beast from the movie White House Down. More importantly, however, we make…
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One Hoon's Quest to Find the Source of all Diecast Cars
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For diecast collectors around the world southeast Asia, namely the city-state of Hong Kong, has always been that mythical mecca of miniature cars. It is the place where they are made, and it was always said to be best place in the world to find scale models. Or so they said. Stories abounded about shops…
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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. For last week’s jump into the fire, I asked for cars and trucks that could give you wood, but lacked a long roof. We’ll pull out the splinters after the jump, but first…
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Spintires Tech Demo: Combining big Soviet trucks with incredible realism
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Is it Truck Thursday yet? Oovee Game Studios has been working on an interesting Windows PC simulator that would certainly be of interest to a great deal of us fellow Hoons. The game is called Spintires, and the only way I can possibly summarize it is to say that it’s a beautiful, highly detailed, and…
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Hooniverse Asks- Do You Think It's Too Easy to Get a Driver’s License?
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A few years back, I went to the DMV to transfer into my name the title of a recent poor choice I had made. While I was standing in the sea of humanity that was the line for such matters I happened to glance over at the area for license test taking to my left.…
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Last Call- Fit and Fiddling Around Edition
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This poor little Honda Fit EV depleted its batteries. Not wanting to be left out, the Challenger in back is attempting to deplete its rear rubber. Image source: ©2013 Hooniverse/Blake Z Rong, All Rights Reserved.