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R.A-S.H: The Chrysler Imperial
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Oh, hai! Welcome to the fifth instalment of Roadwork Archive- Showroom Hyperbole; the series that the internet was created for. We return to a North America of 1990 for today’s rummage through the dumpster of time, to a period where headlamps hid behind pneumatic flaps and roofs were partially upholstered. This was a bad time…
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Quick Spin: 2013 Acura ILX
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I don’t think it’s wrong to want to wear nice clothes. When I’m wearing items that might be a bit more expensive than my usual threads I wind up feeling better. No, I’m not a depressed person by any means, but good clothes can take me from an eight to a nine. Ten is reserved…
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Long Shots: The Ferrari Challenge: I Love Race Week Mornings
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As part of the Rolex24 at Daytona festivities this weekend, on Saturday, the Ferrari Challenge will have one of their 2013 events out at the Daytona International Speedway. When this olelongrooffan was out at the Roar a couple weekends ago, we got to see a souped up SUV with the rear hatch open filming a…
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Hoonivercinema- Music Video Monday
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Some things just naturally go together – peas and carrots, dogs and fleas, Hooniverse and Hoons. And to that list you can add AC/DC and movies about mysteriously animated and murderously intended machinery. Maximum Overdrive is just such a movie, and the Aussie rockers just happened to provide the soundtrack to the Stephen…
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What VW Phaeton Owners Complain About
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A lovely bunch, us. Under the Phaeton’s audio controls are two identical ashtrays/cointrays. Owners were complaining that they did not pop out at the same speed. Enough people complained to the poor VW dealerships that the manufacturer actually came up with a solution.
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Hooniverse Asks- Do You Welcome our new Driverless Car Overlords?
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The idea of the chauffeured carriage goes back centuries, after all there was a time that a gentleman of means simply didn’t drive himself. Today, the ability to drive is an alfa male demonstration that lets women know which of us are the most active and engaged lovers and which are. . .…
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Weekend Edition Last Call – A 21 Window VW Type 2… At a Gun Show!
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We received this tip from Todd (Thanks Man!) and I really have no additional words for it. This was at the 2013 SHOT Show in Las Vegas that just closed today. It is a VW Type 2 Van with a couple of really neat accessories. Make the jump to see the rest of the photos…
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Weekend Edition – Million Dollar Dreams Acquired in the Arizona Sun at RM Auctions
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This is a continuation of the Auction Weekend here at Hooniverse. I’m switching gears for a moment, and decided to look at the auction results from the RM Auction held at the Arizona Biltmore Resorts. While not as large as the Barrett-Jackson extravaganza, there were some great cars that were auctioned off. Make the jump…
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Weekend Edition – Yes, you can afford a collectible from Barrett-Jackson, and here's proof…
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Continuing on with our Arizona Auction Weekend, and this is the post in which you can discover hidden gems within any auction, if you look hard enough. All of these cars were auctioned off at the Barrett-Jackson shindig, but not during the main events held on Friday, or Saturday. These were early lots on Tuesday…
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Weekend Edition – Ramblers are finally bringing in the bucks at Barrett-Jackson
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Continuing on with our Auction Weekend Edition, and a curious thing has happened at the Barrett-Jackson extravaganza… there were three Ramblers (Yes, Ramblers) that rung the bell with their final auction prices. Of course they were special, so let’s take a look at them…
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Weekend Edition – The Wagons that sold at Barrett-Jackson… Lustworthy or Not?
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Welcome to another Hooniverse Weekend. This time I thought I would explore the Arizona Auctions that are currently humming along this weekend, in part because of this post produced by our own Jeff Glucker. There are five major auction houses operating in the Arizona Desert this week including Barrett-Jackson, RM Auctions, Gooding & Company, Russo…
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Last Call- You're Under A Vette! Edition
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Wake County North Carolina seized a drug dealer’s Z06 and instead of doing donut runs in it, they fitted the rabid Chevy with a light bar and used it to scare the crap out of speeders on I-40. Top Gear USA caught up with the force’s magnum force and used it in the…
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Shopping Basket Case – 1994 Rover 214i Cabriolet
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My Cologne-based friend Joe is looking for a cheap car. Cheap means he’s going to shell out 600-700 eur, and not a penny more. Naturally, this means I hit autoscout24.de and mobile.de like an ’80s actor hopeful hits a plate of Colombian sugar. The cars I procured just aren’t the kind of econoboxen that best…
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MR FX: Dual Drivetrain Lemons Build Update
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When last we left our group of idiotic racing enthusiasts, they had just taken a dull sawzall blade to a rusty MR2… It’s at this point of a project that many ambitious and enterprising folks take a step back, assess the situation, and realize they this thing will never run and that they were morons…
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The News for January 18th, 2013
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! This is a weekly recap of the biggest stories in the automotive industry, which this time around happens to be mostly Detroit Auto Show news. This is what we’ve got for you this week: Chevrolet Corvette (C7) Stingray is here 2014 Infiniti Q50 is the new G37 Cadillac ELR…
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The Roar Before The 24: Lap Two
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Yeah, my apologies to my fellow Hoons. When I attended the Roar Before The 24 a couple weeks ago, this olelongrooffan despite having worn long johns, three layers of shirts as well as a scarf and overcoat later in the evening, well, I got sick as the Zombie Racer did last week. You know, up…