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Hoonivercinema- Monday Music Video
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Whether you call their music Industrial, Death Metal, or Thrash Rock, there’s just something warm and fuzzy about the band Fear Factory. Maybe it’s because, over their various permutations, the LA-based rockers have contended for the title of fattest heavy metalers on the planet. This video is Fear Factory doing what may seem impossible, making…
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And the Limited Collector's Edition version of Forza Horizon goes to…
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You, the dear reader, are a crafty man or woman who is capable of great works of art. Your medium is Photoshop. Some of you are better than others, but all of you are creative. Only one can rise to the top (and normally it’s Scandinavian Flick), and this time that person is Josh Howard.…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Was The Best Superbowl XLVII Car Ad?
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Much in the same way that retailers seem to start the Christmas season around mid-July, more and more Superbowl ads have jumped the gun getting online previews up to a week in advance of the big game. I didn’t watch any of them as I’m not interested in spoiling the event-like nature of the Superbowl…
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Video: Ford Raptor Jumps Like a Velociraptor
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Some dudes hooning a black Ford Raptor on some jumping grounds misjudge the velocity necessary to complete a jump. In a classic display of “Hey y’all, watch this!” the Raptor is launched high into the air, and the inevitable landing sounds painful. There’s some very entertaining HD video, and some NSFW language to top it…
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Weekend Edition Last Call: Flag to Flag Racing
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We’ve all seen those flags the corner workers wave during sports car races. This is what they mean. Image Copyright Hooniverse 2013/longrooffan
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Weekend Edition – 1973 TVR 3000M
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As a counterweight for yesterday’s lightweight two-litre TVR, it’s time to post another TVR sale proposition, albeit with a bigger block of engine up front. The successor to the Vixen and the predecessor of the Tasmin, this 1973 3000M isn’t a wedge-shaped TVR, but a bold bulbous blob of angriness with Cortina taillights. There’s a…
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Weekend Edition: 2013 Rolex24 Weekend: Let's Visit Some Manufacturer's Booths Shall We?
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Every year at the Rolex24 at Daytona, major race involved manufacturers show up to give all of us fans a look-see at their newest wares. Chevy has been there for years and this year brought along a trio of Camaros that lit up the track prerace along with some BMW’s and those Audis and R8’s…
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Weekend Edition: 2013 Rolex24 Weekend: Sambas, Taxis and Coke, Oh My.
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As has been demonstrated many times by this olelongrooffan and many of my fellow Hoons, sometimes the coolest cars are the ones seen in the lot while attending an automotive related event. The same proved to be true last weekend while I was attending the 2013 Rolex24 at Daytona.
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Get Well Soon, Jim
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Jim “UDMan” Brennan, our Weekend Editor and Classic Captions guy, is on temporary medical leave. He had a stroke this past week, and will be spending the next roughly six months working in regaining use of the right side of his body. We didn’t hear this from a relative, social media or through the grapevine;…
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Weekend Edition – Black Gold 1982 TVR Tasmin 200i
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When this TVR Tasmin caught my eye over at mobile.de, it really did that. The wedge shape is especially pronounced on the coupe version; I saw a related roadster one in Germany last summer and this somehow strikes me even more. The BLACK GOLD colour scheme dials the attention grabbing up a notch, too. Hold…
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Weekend Edition – V.I.S.I.T. – Renault Alliance Convertible
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If it was 1987 outside and you wanted a flash European convertible, you had some options. At the top of the price range were the Mercedes-Benz SL and the Jaguar XJS, which had been in production for waaay too long but were still selling like hotcakes. Alfa was still selling its ever-popular Spider, which was…
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Weekend Edition – V.I.S.I.T. – Preservation Class Edition
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If there was ever a car that looked like it had been sitting in a garage in some town in upstate New York since the Carter administration, right next to a plaid sofa and a bunch of Atari 2600 consoles, this was it. I spotted this Fiat 128 2-door saloon on the not-particularly-mean streets of…
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Last Call- Last Laugh Edition
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There’s this joke I like and it goes something like this: My grandfather was a bus driver. When I die, I want to go just like him, quietly and in my sleep. And not screaming in a horrible fiery death. . . like his passengers. It’s good to have a sense of humor about things,…
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Fastback Friday – 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler 2
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These HDR-laden photos depict a 1969 Mercury Cyclone for sale in the Osthrobothnian region of Finland. Yeah, it’s all wide open fields and straight roads, ones you need fat rubber on and steering movements are restricted to passing manouevres. Plant your foot and dodge the semi-trailers, and stop at an ABC service station to chew…
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2013 Rolex24 Weekend: The H Body Edition
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So, a couple weeks ago, Hooniverse workhorse tips line contributor, MV, sent in the above images of this Buick Skyhawk mentioning he had not seen this body style Buick previously and did we know what year it was? Of course we Hoons on that tips line quickly informed him of this body style mentioning the…
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Fastback Friday – Knight Rider's KITT in Italy
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The ’80s TV series Knight Rider was immensely popular in Europe, even long into the ’90s as reruns. Since our summer house didn’t have a functioning TV in 1993 or so, I biked to the house next door to watch Knight Rider and MacGyver. I’ve tried to watch both in recent times, and out of…