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BFGoodrich brings me back to the Big Easy for a lesson in tire testing [w/video] UPDATED
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Back again once more. New Orleans and I have been getting awfully cozy as of late. I’ve been out there in the recent past to drive an Aston Martin Vanquish, experience some Michelin tires, and I even went out to the other side of Louisiana to film an upcoming show that I’ll tell you more…
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Video: Frenchman Guerlain Chicherit flips for MINI
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Nailing a backflip in a car is not something one thinks about very often. Sure, Rhys Millen most likely still thinks about firing up his truck and going for another attempt. Also, the world of monster trucks has seen its share of backflips. Cars, however, are not thought of as proper tools for being flung…
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V.I.S.I.T. – Audi Ur-S4
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Remember these? That’s right, from waaaaaaay back in the 1990s. A decade when the interwebs were slow, revolutions weren’t televised, and pants were baggy. The 1990s were also a time when spy agencies didn’t talk about what they did on national television every day, and when wearing a foam John Deere cap meant you were…
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Hoonivercinema- Monday Music Video
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This week’s Monday Music Video is not just an excellent driving song, it’s also by a band called Silversun Pickups – you know, almost like pick up trucks! This is the official music video for their song Lazy Eye, which also has some cool bikes at the end, and you can catch it right after…
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Hooniverse Asks- How Paranoid are You About Parking Lot Dents?
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Right behind a house, and an unopened complete original Star Wars Lego set, your car or truck is probably going to be your biggest expense for a tangible object. Unlike the others however, we frequently are required to take our automotive investments out in public, despite our deep seated antisocial tendencies. When we do, we sometimes…
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Weekend Edition – Ex-Danish Army 1988 Mercedes-Benz GD 240
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This weekend I’ve posted a couple of ex-Norwegian Army vehicles. This 1988 Geländerwagen is Danish, for a change. It too is army surplus, as the paintjob can tell a well-trained eye. It’s pretty worn, but comes with service history as military vehicles often do. Check it out.
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Weekend Edition – 1989 Hägglunds Beltevogn BV206
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Welcome to the second installment of this weekend’s Weekend Edition. In the previous post, you got to see a 1995 HMMWV put up for sale after the Norwegian Army was done with it. That’s all fine and dandy, but what if your summer/winter cottage isn’t really reachable by anything you could call a road?…
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Weekend Edition – Ex-Norwegian Army 1995 HMMWV M1097 Heavy
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Looking for a Saturday driver? Here’s a good candidate, a 1995 Humvee. HMMWV? Hooniversal Multi-purpose Mobility Weekend Vehicle, of course. You surely know these suckers by heart by now, but this one used to belong to the Norwegian Army. Check it out.
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Last Call- Big Wheel Edition
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I don’t know what’s funnier in this picture, the kid on the ATV who has managed to wind the snow around one tire like it’s a family-size roll of Charmin®, or the pair of what appear to be snowmen sharing brewskis in the loungers in back. Image source: [Imgur]
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For Sale – Suzuki-Powered Kicksled
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Kicksleds are Nordic, almost quintessentially Finnish ways for grannies and grandpas to get around town in wintertime. You lean on the handlebars and kick the sled along, with your groceries on the seat on front. The leisurely pace of a regular wooden kicksled hasn’t been enough for the builder of this one, so he has…
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Craigslist: 1981 Datsun 310 GX
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Holy poop!! Look at the Caddy hearse across the street! Anyway, here is something that’s rare now but was once very common. The question is, does its age and relative desire/uniqueness factor make it unique enough to be interesting? Additionally, this example brings forth the age old question of modifications and taste. How much is…
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The News for February 15th, 2013
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! This is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or the bull. I also throw in a little opinion of mine, just because I can. This week: Alfa Romeo unveils the 4C in production trim Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG is ready to take on…
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Mystery Car
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With meteors crashing to Earth, a maniac former cop showdown in Southern California, and the confirmation that jet-propelled squid have now taken to the air, it’s been a rock ’em sock ’em week. Considering all that’s gone down in the past seven days, it’s nice to be able to take a moment to stop and…
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Spyshots: Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S are going topless for the summer
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Sorry, I couldn’t resist the cheesy headline. We don’t do many spy shots here, but this is an interesting one. Both Jeff and I drove Subaru BRZ and the Scion FR-S, and both of us loved the little buggers. Now, it appears that they will be available without a roof too, and judging from the…
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Fastback Friday – 1973 Ford Taunus Coupé
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Here’s a car from the pages of history books, a 1973 Ford Taunus Coupé formerly owned by the dad of a friend of mine, Jani. The spectacularly brown Taunus was in their family from new, and gathered only a reasonable 150ish thousand kms on the clock before it was sold on to Sweden. Like in…