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Postcards from a Peugeot: Part 1.
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[singlepic id=3172 w=720 float=] Calais, France, is hell on Earth, designed with the sole intention of confusing disorientated foreigners. I found myself here, along with my girlfriend Nicola, having already been travelling for over four hours. We had taken it upon ourselves to go on a bit of a holiday, not, of course, by plane…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Drives You Nuts About Your Daily Driver?
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Usually, your daily driver is something that you’ve personally chosen, and as such is the culmination of a lot of contemplation and weighing of costs/benefits. Of course nothing is perfect and along with all the good your car provides, there’s likely an accompanying bag of bad that you just have to accept. Some of those…
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Video: ACE Performance takes a quick peek at why GPS and Autocross don't mix
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It seems each new day brings a tale of someone blindly following his or her GPS with tragic results. The map and computerized voice that accompanies it’s simply a guide, and not Automotive Moses guiding you to the promised land of an on-time arrival. Also, we’d like to think that it’s pretty clear that a…
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Hooniverse It's 1962 Weekend – A Few 1962 Cars to get the weekend started right, with a Poll!
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This is the Hooniverse Weekend Edition, and a couple of weeks ago I did a series of postings celebrating cars that just turned 25 years old (Born in 1987). This weekend, I decided to set the “Way-Back” machine to 1962, celebrating cars that have turned 50 years old. 1962 was an exciting time in car…
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Two Wheel Tuesday: When is a motorcycle old enough to be a classic?
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What makes a motorcycle a classic? The definition of a classic motorcycle is different then that of a classic car. For a motorcycle to be a classic it needs to stand out and draw your attention immediately. It needs something that shows it advanced the state of the art. Whether that’s from design or technology.
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Modern Art Monday – This is a 1972 Volkswagen Beetle… Yes, it really is!
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I hope you all had fun during the Hooniverse Overseas Via eBay Weekend Edition that was this past weekend, because I found one last gem that was listed in the German eBay Motors Site. This is a 1972 Volkswagen Beetle that has been transformed into… I’m not exactly sure what it has been transformed into,…
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The Interesting and Obscure Cars of Warsaw
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Walk around in Central San Francisco, or perhaps the Greenwich Village in New York City, or Beacon Hill in Boston and will likely find clusters of interesting older cars. Birds of a feather flock together. Another one of such places is the Ursynow section of Warsaw, Poland. It also happens to the area where I…
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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday – Volvo 900-series Hearse
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With this morbid, Nordic sighting we’re back for another Wagon Wednesday posting. I’m fairly certain a large amount of Finns making their last journey make it in a lengthened, dark-coloured Volvo; Mercedes W210 E-Classes are another favourites for memorial service vehicles, but I do find the Volvo slightly more suitable. A large number of my…
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Hooniverse Fastback Friday – Vintage Ads: 1984 Toyota Corolla GT Coupé
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Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses? Especially when you’ve left the hood open on your brand new 1984 Corolla GT Coupé and all those 4A-GE horses of your AE86 have leaped to freedom? There weren’t even that many to begin with, as the engine only developed 123bhp. Granted, that was a more significant reading back…
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Last Call- Ghia Monster Edition
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There’s nothing new about a proud builder snapping some shots of his work in-progress. What is special is when that work can fit in the palm of your hand – albeit, I have big hands – and exhibits such detail. Check out the rest of the shots on the Vortex. Image: [VWVortex Forums]
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Truck Thursday – Fiat Edition
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Fiat is all the rage right now. The Abarth is coming sometime this quarter, the 500 is selling in decent numbers, and finally there is an option for people who want a tiny European car that isn’t a Mini. Naturally, we should feature a Fiat on Truck Thursday, right? Presenting, a 1939 Fiat 508C pickup…
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V.I.S.I.T. 1989 Acura Legend Turns Back Time
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In 1989, Cher’s If I Could Turn Back Time was a chart topper. Sure, you remember the video. An already over-the-hill Cher did her best impression of Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. Well, the owner of this Acura Legend was able to turn back time because this car looks…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's The New Stereotypical Old Man's Car?
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As cool as you eventually realize they are, eventually everybody’s mom and dad gets to an age when cars become more of a rolling rest home than a road eater, and proclivities toward brands and demands change, just like waistlines, and hairlines. Yesterday we wondered what cars you were waiting around to become barely legal…
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Wow, $1300 for a Honda MB5? Should'a bought one in 1983!
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Hooniverse regulars know that Honda’s micro-hoonable MB5 is a favorite around here. Like an adorable puppy who tries to bark imposingly like a big dog, the MB5 could be the most enchanting 50cc bike ever mass-produced. Unfortunately for U.S. bikers, it was only sold for a single year on this side of the Atlantic, so…
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NYIAS – The Very Sad State of Lincoln
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This will be my last posting for the NYIAS, and by the time you read this, I will be on the train heading back to Connecticut. Yes, I took the train rather than pay the exorbitant parking rates on the west side (It was bad enough having a nearly $700 bill for the hotel that…
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Last Call- Yes Dear Edition
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I have a buddy who, when he was in the Air Force, once told me that it was always easier to say it’ll never happen again, than to ask permission in the first place. I think this applies to marriages as well, and apparently so does the wife of the soon to be former owner…