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Hooniversal Joints- Meet Parnelli Jones at Autobooks-Aerobooks
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Unless I’m talking about a specific Tom Cruise movie, or that story about Sleepy Hollow, I don’t normally like to use the term legend around here. When it comes to certain racing drivers however, there’s no better term, and one driver who assuredly fits that description is Parnelli Jones. If you are less than familiar with the exploits…
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V.I.S.I.T. – Audi 90 Quattro
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While our best scientists try to figure out where these all went (some theorize Estonia), let’s all try to remember what these were all about. The B4 Audi 80 came out in 1991 and was essentially a heavy facelift of the previous generation model. While this model was called the 80 in Europe, insecure and…
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Hooniverse Asks- Motorcycle Lane Splitting, Brah or Blah?
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Some people manage to jump between two and four wheeled conveyances with little trouble. Others choose early in life whether to ensconce themselves in metal and plastic, or to take life one bug to the teeth at a time. No matter which kind of motorist you happen to be, one thing we all can agree…
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Last Call- Mr. Plow Strikes Again Edition
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Upon its introduction, one of the Saturn’s touted features was its plastic body panels. Unbeknownst to the layman, the pieces that made up the sides of the car weren’t all the same kind of plastic. The doors used Pulse alloy, a blend of polycarbonate and ABS, while the quarter panels and fenders were made of polyphenylene…
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Down on the Amsterdam Street – Mercedes-Benz 560 SL (R107)
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Thought the Amsterdam stuff was all posted during last week? Not quite, as there is plenty of stuff left for this week too. Here is a white 1988 Mercedes R107-style 560 SL, and it’s even a Federalized version with the heavy bumpers. Take a peek.
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Video: The sights and sounds of the Grand-Am of the Americas
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The Grand-Am series rolled into Austin, Texas this past weekend, and our man Philip Thomas secured a few prime viewing spots of the on-track action. We’re happy to report that Friends of Hooniverse Turn Motorsports had an excellent weekend. Driver’s Bill Auberlen and Paul Dalla Lana pushed the number 96 Turner BMW to a GS-class…
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Video Teaser: That’s right… the Hooniverse Podcast is coming back
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Remember the Hooniverse Podcast? That lovely venture into the vivid world of voice work was led by our friend Alex Kierstein. Mr. Han Solex himself has since moved on to a writing gig at Road & Track (my, aren’t you fancy) and the Hooniverse Podcast died when he left. Now, however, it’s making a triumphant…
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Video Teaser: That's right… the Hooniverse Podcast is coming back
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Remember the Hooniverse Podcast? That lovely venture into the vivid world of voice work was led by our friend Alex Kierstein. Mr. Han Solex himself has since moved on to a writing gig at Road & Track (my, aren’t you fancy) and the Hooniverse Podcast died when he left. Now, however, it’s making a triumphant…
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V.I.S.I.T. – Imported From Kenosha
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When you think Wisconsin, you think Renault, right? Okay, so it’s hard to come to terms with the fact that Wisconsin produced more French cars during the decade of the 1980s than any other place in the western hemisphere. You know, to feed the voracious appetite of the upper midwest for compact French machinery during…
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Video Review: 2013 Audi AllroadAn A4 Avant that likes to play in the dirt
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Practical, stylish, and still fun to drive. When I use those terms that means I’m talking about a wagon. I love the long roofs, and Audi in particular makes some wonderfully choice examples. Their latest though, is a revival of the Allroad name. It’s based on the A4 Avant but it benefts from 7.1-inches of…
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Hoonivercinema- Monday Music Video
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We all heart the eighties so let’s start off the week with one of the MTV era’s best music videos. Not only the winner of 6 MTV Music Video awards – including Best Concept Video and Viewer’s Choice – the Norwegian band Aha’s 1986 video for Take Me On also showed just how dastardly sidecar…
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V.I.S.I.T. – The cars YOU have seen in traffic
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Last week I have asked you, my dear hoons, to send in the interesting, Hoon-worthy, cars you see in traffic. Hoons, you have delivered! Click the jump to see the eighteen cars that Hoons everywhere have spotted. They vary in makes, age, and countries of origin, but they are all special to us, because only…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Most WTF? Car Part Failure You've Ever Experienced?
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You know how Jeremy Clarkson famously averred that one cannot claim to be a true auto enthusiast until they had owned an Alfa Romeo? Yeah, well he later went one to detail all of the vexing issues that arose with his, proving that he must equate enthusiast with knuckle dragging moron. The truth be told,…
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Weekend Edition – The Ice Track Racers
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So yes, the track day wasn’t only for us amateurs. At the track, or over at the rallycross side to be precise, the ice track racers ran on spikes as we were already packing up our stuff. I managed to grab a few quick snaps of the real McCoys doing their practice runs.
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Weekend Edition – More Ice Track Cars
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We weren’t the only guys at the ice track event yesterday. The track was full of various local BMW:s, going around the wide track, spending most of the time sideways. This 2004 E46 330d was a good example: the guy ran all day long, keeping nice lines and without splitting any plastic parts in half.
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Weekend Edition – The Ice Track Loaner
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Over at the ice track, the arranging party had brought over a white 1991 BMW E34. For two euro per lap, you could flog it around the ice track, handily avoiding destroying anything on your own personal car. Naturally, I handed over a five euro note and some change and gave the loaner a go.