Articles
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Best Formerly Expensive Luxury Car to Pick up on the Cheap?
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Rich people aren’t like you and me, and that’s the way they like it. Of course maintaining that class barrier is expensive and part of the cost is paying top dollar for cars that, while usually cutting edge and feature laden, typically end up losing huge chunks of their value in short order. That’s called…
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Last Call- Happy Carb Edition
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I’M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE, I EFFING LOVE DRINKING GASOLINE!!!!!!!! Image source: [Reddit Motorcycles]
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Video: Robbie Maddison does his own sky fall in the DC Shoes film Air. Craft
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As Daniel Craigs stunt double in the latest Bond flick Skyfall, Robbie Maddison proves his bag of two-wheeled skills is rather full. The man can ride on ultra sketchy roof tops, up and down stairs, and across terrain not designed for mechanized modes of movement. He can do it over and over, as many times…
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R.A:S.H: The Triumph TR7
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It’s time to remove the Whitworth bolts, let the water drain from the distributor cap and blow-dry the Lucas electrics of Rusty’s Archive:- Showroom Hyperbole, the feature that inspired the Style Council lyric “You’re The Best Thing”. No particular theme, this week, just a random handful of literature from the vault to discuss. Our first…
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Polaris Patent Applications Describe Details for On-Road Side-by-Side Trike, Lust Ensues
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Polaris recently filed patent applications both domestically and internationally for a three-wheeled road-going side-by-side. The application describes the vehicle in excruciating detail, down the motor proposed (Specifically a GM 2.4L Ecotec LE5 (P/N 12619532)). Typically when a corporation files a patent this detailed (using what are clearly CAD renderings devolved to patent line drawings), it’s to protect…
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Random Thoughts: The Fine Line
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As the old saying goes, there is a fine line between genius and insanity. Equally, I believe there is a fine line between a hot rod and a shit box. As hoons, many of us likely skirt this line with our cars on a nearly daily basis. Limitations on time, budget, and give-a-shit put us…
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Aural Pleasures- Mechanical Synfonica
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On of the things that I think most impresses about Top Gear is the production values. The cinematography, sound and music, and location choices, all conspire to create automotive ballets that are stirring and sometimes heart stopping in the majesty of those element’s combined impact. And then Clarkson comes on, saying something about a man…
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Video Review: 2014 Mazda 6 First Drive
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Style, allow me to introduce you to Substance Happy-happy, joy-joy no more. Say hello to crisp, angular aggression. Say hello to an exterior wrapper finally matching the driving dynamics that lurk beneath. Say hello to the 2014 Mazda 6, and what I hope is the precursor of a whole lot more style injected into a…
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Hitchcock Needs a Heart
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I’m continually surprised by the sheer variety of cars in this area; just a few weeks ago, I was sitting in traffic next to a black MP4-12C. I’ve seen a blue Superbird on the highway. I’ve seen bro trucks, low riders, ricers, and rally cars (on a trailer this weekend!). If the Seattle area has…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Best Terrified Passenger Video on the Web?
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You’d think that the wives of F1 drivers would be wired differently, considering the personalities of those to whom they are married. That obviously wasn’t the case when Riccardo Patrese took his better half along for a lap in a Honda Civic Type R – which isn’t even a car that’s likely to obtain truly…
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Last Call- Pretty Fly For a McLaren Guy Edition
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When it was new, McLaren’s brilliant and no-compromise F1 cost as much as some small private aircraft. At the time it was new, it claimed the title of fastest zero to sixty to zero car, making it comparably fast as some of those cheaper planes. Here finally is the last piece of that F1/airplane conundrum,…
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Video: Ferdinand Ice Festival 2013 brings weather-proof hoons together
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I’ve always imagined that if you grew up in Norway, you are impervious to all things cold. I now have proof, thanks to Fredrik Videnes and his video coverage of the 2013 Ferdinand Ice Festival. On a frozen lake in Drevsjø, Norway, a track is cleared and vehicles of all sort are let loose on…
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The Dilapidated Duo: Northeast Snowpocalypse Edition
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What do you do when the headlights on your Bentley Turbo fog up and then short out? Replace them? Pfff, not worth it, not for what the dealer charges per hour. Makes more sense to just upgrade to a newer car. But what do you do with the old one, trade it in or sell…
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Modern Art Monday: The Mk IV GT40
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What else can be said about the legendary Ford Mk IV GT40? We all recognize its beauty and we all know the significance behind it. After all, this car along with the rest of the GT40 program helped put American motor sports on the map. Its only purpose was to beat European manufacturers on their…
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Video: Get a new angle on that Local Motors Rally Fighter flip
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I’m sure most of you saw the footage of the Local Motors Rally Fighter that flipped over at the Parker 425 recently. If you didn’t, here’s a quick recap the Rally Fighter got donkey kicked end-over-end, landed on its wheels… and kept on trucking. Pretty damn impressive. Want to see it for yourself? Click past…
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Hoonivercinema- Monday Music Video
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On the TV show Seinfeld, there was a famous episode about Elaine not being able to obtain her favorite contraceptive sponges. That made making the ones she had count, and she would gauge potential suiters by their “sponge worthiness.” Well, we all know that Speed Racer would have been sponge worthy, after all he’s a…