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A visual odyssey of the 2012 Dakar rally (for real this time)
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A must-visit Internet destination for photography fans is The Big Picture over at Boston.com. Recently, the photography editors elected to feature images of the 2012 Dakar Rally, and the accompanying photos are simply amazing. Sure, we did a pretty good job covering the event ourselves, but we’ll stand aside and let the visual glory of…
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Last Call- SRO Dog Edition
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If looking at this picture doesn’t tighten your pucker then you are probably not a dog lover. Still, while Rover is one pothole away from being rolled over, he still looks pretty content in that position. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Hooniverse Asks- What’s Your Favorite Car Gathering?
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From Cars & Coffee to the Amelia Island Concours, gatherings of cars and their owners are a singular joy of the auto enthusiast. For the past thirty years, an event has taken place, nearly every Thursday night across the Los Angeles-adjacent San Gabriel Valley, known as Car Night. It started at the home of one individual, in…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Last Call: The In Your Dreams Edition
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Captured this image enroute to the Roar Before The 24 earlier today.
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Julia’s Rotten Rental Car Review: 2011 Volvo S40
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Sometimes, in the right place and at the right time, something relatively mundane and ordinary can transcend ordinary and jump straight to hilariously entertaining. Yes, you read right. I’m back again after a long hiatus with another review from rental car hell, or, in this case, rental car nirvana. You wouldn’t think that a Volvo…
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Craigslist: 1981 Porsche 911 – 959 Tribute/Conversion
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When the 959 was introduced it became an instant icon. It was the Porsche to have, and has actually stayed that way, and in the eyes of many there may never better. One of the reasons for it was that the 959 was a Group B rally car before it was a street car. It…
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Helsinki Snapshots
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These random pieces of sheetmetal and plastic, assembled behind a body shop, represent the variety of cars I photographed during a weekend trip way south, to the Finnish capital. In this post, I show you a few of the down-on-the-Helsinki-street sightings that were kind enough to stay still and be photographed.Make the jump and scroll…
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Last Call- Goodbye Kitty Edition
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Custom taillights on JDM car are nothing new, these however may just be the most annoying ones ever created. Of course that means we have to share them. Image: [Imgur]
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Modern Art Monday – The Revenge of the Wood-Dub
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Continuing with the wooden theme of the previous fake wood -vinyled Jetta and W201, here’s yet another German car from my town that’s had some distinctive vinyl layered on it. This time on a navy blue Jetta, the wood is not on the sides but on the hood. Is a wood hood just the thing…
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The News for June 15th, 2012
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! This is a weekly recap of the automotive industry’s biggest stories without the fluff or the BS. I also throw in some opinion, just because I can. This week: Audi RS4 Avant is too cool for America. Buick Verano Turbo, now with 250 horses and a manual. Hyundai Elantra GT…
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Hooniverse Asks- What American Car had the Most Impressive Italian Re-bodying? (Design Week)
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There’s a song that Irving Berlin composed for the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun called Anything You Can Do. A duet, the lyrics escalate competing accomplishments finally culminating in a climactic sharpshooting contest. While both the Broadway musical and Annie Get Your Gun are uniquely American, it’s pretty apparent that when it came to the…
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Speed Cameras Can Create Jobs
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Despite the fact that I do really hate speed cameras (though as long as they aren’t average speed cameras, they can be easily dodged), this video by prankster Rémi Gaillard made me chuckle. Not even police cars are immune to this reverse Terminator camera: cold steel on the outside, living flesh on the inside. See…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite Way Out of Left Field GT?
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There’s something about a Gran Turismo- the thought of coursing down the Autostrada, the flowing lines of the car vying with the eye candy in the passenger seat for sheer beauty, non c’è niente di meglio? You know it’s never really going to be like that, and for many an American a GT is little more than…
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Hooniverse Fastback Friday: The Fratzog Emblem Edition
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So while this olelongrooffan was out and about at the Daytona International Speedway this past weekend I was able to gather up a few Hooniworthy images of our olestandby themes and today is another example. It was bright red and was still having its bits and pieces replaced. The Fratzog Emblem shown above was on…
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Last Call- That Looks Like a Spot Edition
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One of the downsides of living or working in San Francisco is the dearth of parking spots available. While not optimal, the space the driver of this Scion Tc squeeze into could certainly fall into the category of resourceful. Image: [Imgur]
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How Hooniverse Broke the Story on the 2013 SRT Viper
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Back in February Hooniverse was the first source to show you images of the Hot Wheels 2013 SRT Viper which we found on another website. It was such a big story that at least two major automotive sites used us a source of it. Then a well-known professional journalist, and a friend of Hooniverse, suggested…