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Jump start your LeMons goals with this Porsche 944
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Are you ready to jump into the high-revving world that is shit-box racing? I’ve got the perfect starting point for you and your team. There’s a 1985 Porsche 944 for sale on Facebook Marketplace, and it’s priced at that $500 magic point. The car is a former LeMons racer with what appears to be a…
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Turn 1 at the Nürburgring is now Sabine Schmitz Kurve
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The Nürburgring is honoring Queen of the ‘Ring Sabine Schmitz. Turn One of the iconic Green Hell will now be known as Sabine Schmitz Kurve. It’s a wonderful tribute to an amazing person who helped push the ‘Ring into the global eye. Her appearances on Top Gear combined with her skill as both a race…
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The News for June 18th, 2021
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. This week: Porsche gives enthusiasts what they want, Mazda announces plans for EV expansion, GM seeks to make their problems go away with money, Koenigsegg laughs at your alternative fuels from…
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Fixing My Weird Vintage Car with a Haynes Manual, Car Twitter, and No Skills or Experience (Pt3)
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PART 3 OUT TO SEA (AND BACK) Part 1 https://hooniverse.com/fixing-my-weird-vintage-car-with-a-haynes-manual-car-twitter-and-no-skills-or-experience-pt1/ Part 2 https://hooniverse.com/fixing-my-weird-vintage-car-with-a-haynes-manual-car-twitter-and-no-skills-or-experience-pt2/ Over the course of about four hours, all I’d managed to do in my water pump replacement project (for my 1979 Alfa Romeo “Alfetta” Sport Sedan) was to drain the coolant and remove a belt between the alternator and water pump. I…
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The Jag: Diagnosing those new project car issues
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My 1986 Jaguar XJ6 runs strong. It sounds good. The seats are supremely comfortable, and the ride is great. It also runs rich and chugs fuel, needs an updated radio since I have zero tapes, could use some tint on the glass so I don’t fry in there, and the AC needs a recharge. Also,…
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Ken Block’s 1977 Ford F-150 Hoonitruck can be yours for $1.1 million
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That’s a lot of coin… but that’s a wild machine. Ken Block’s amazing 1977 Ford F-150 turned Hoonitruck is for sale. Offered by brokerage firm LBI Limited, the asking price is a crispy $1,100,000. And I’ll be honest, that price doesn’t shock me for what’s being offered here. The Hoonitruck features a monstrous 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged…
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Fixing My Weird Vintage Car with a Haynes Manual, Car Twitter, and No Skills or Experience (Pt2)
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PART 2 MY GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE? As you may remember from Part I, the situation was this: the water pump on my 1979 Alfa Romeo “Alfetta” Sport Sedan failed. One option was to find a qualified mechanic/shop in the Denver area to replace the part. The other option was to do the repair…
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Robby DeGraff & William Byrd – Off The Road Again Podcast: Episode 74
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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. Chris welcomes Robby DeGraff & William Byrd to the show. Robby is an automotive writer and industry analyst with AutoPacific. William writes about cars and automotive products for just…
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Last Call: Kicking it with Max Verstappen
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Max Verstappen had an unfortunate end to his Azerbaijan GP. He suffered a tire blowout with just 5 laps remaining in the race. As he climbed from the car, Verstappen gave his tire a kick in frustration. And now the Internet responds with a video showing Max doling out kick-based punishment to others. Enjoy. Last…
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Land Rover looks to hydrogen for help in zero emissions goals
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Jaguar Land Rover has a number of goals laid out ahead of it, and one of those happens to be a lineup with zero emissions by 2036. To reach that, JLR is looking beyond battery electric vehicles and on to fuel-cell equipped machines. We’re talking about hydrogen here, and it’s a surprising move. Still, the…
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2021 Acura NSX: The under-appreciated all star
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The 2021 Acura NSX is an excellent machine. And it looks better than ever with the new-for-2021 Long Beach Blue paint. This generation NSX will go down as an under-appreciated all-star of a machine, and I’m here to tell you why. [Disclaimer: Acura tossed us the keys to this NSX and included a tank of…
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Kia K5 GT 2.5T – The “Optima”l sedan?
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Sedans are dead, except that they aren’t. While major manufacturers like Ford are pivoting away from the four-door passenger car, others are making them even better. It’s hard to argue that Kia, Genesis, and Hyundai are killing it lately. And not just in the SUV market, they are producing some South Korean goodness in just…
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False Neutral Podcast #113 – Motorcycle Credit & Financing
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The focus of this month’s episode is less on building motorcycles and more on buying them. We discuss BMW’s balloon-payment financing model, how special financing deals can make a brand-new vehicle more attractive than buying used, depreciation, and the wisdom of paying cash. After that, we wrap up by discussing new bikes that might get…
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The Franz Flyer is the best sounding thing you’ll hear today
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The sound of a V8 on the boil can be intoxicating. Here’s one that is probably the least powerful you’ll see, but it’s still amazing. The video quality is not the best, but the exhaust note makes up for it. Denny Franz is a master machinist who loves multi-cylinder bikes. After building a 700 cc…
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Fixing My Weird Vintage Car with a Haynes Manual, Car Twitter, and No Skills or Experience (Pt1)
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PART 1 ALFA DOES THAT. (But I don’t.) I knew it was going to happen. I knew that, eventually, something was going to break on my car. But before we get to that, I need to tell you about the car itself. I bought it in the summer of 2019, back when my family and…
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The News for June 11th, 2021
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. This week: Toyota reveals first new Land Cruiser in nearly 15 years, Kia unleashes their wild designers on the Sportage, BMW has made the 4 Series Gran Coupe ugly, Audi…