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Hooniverse Asks- Which Car Forums Have the Worst Trolls?
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There’s something great about an on-line forum, especially when its users are passionate about its theme or purpose. On-line forums provide a unique venue where many like-minded souls may gather together for the free exchange of ideas, opinions and partake in lively discourse. They engender the meeting of disparate cultures and experiences, and can be…
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Hooniverse Vocational Truck Weekend – North American Hino, and the Used Trucks I Buy
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This weekend I thought I would take you all into my world of Trucks. I market and procure Medium Duty Trucks for a four dealership chain within Massachusetts and Rhode island. The brands I represent are three of the four Japanese Brands currently ofered in the States; Mitsubishi-Fuso, UD Trucks, and Hino. I do manage…
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The MAZ-7907
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Good afternoon, Hoons and Hoonettes. I’ve always been very fond of the vehicles that the Soviets and Russians have used to transport their share of world-destroying nuclear ICBMs. They are all so single purpose designed and over the top, and unlike anything else. While I was out rooting around for some kind of truck to…
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CraigsList: Mad Max "Pursuit Special" "Clone"
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I was convinced that this was the real thing, but I was fooled. Anyone would be as the details are most exquisite. Oh, who am I kidding, the guy can’t even get the name of the car right. The seller says that this is the “Interceptor” clone, but we all know that he mean to say…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A 1987 Citroën CXA Prestige vs a 1973 Citroën GS 1220 Club
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This is the weekend in which I provide you with a choice of a couple of cars that are somewhat related, and you make the choice as to which one you would desire more, or maybe not. Here are a couple of Citroën models that are for sale here in the states, which is unusual…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – Could any of these Vans be considered pioneering Crossovers?
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Welcometo the Sunday Edition of the Hooniverse Crossover Controversy Weekend. With the pending death of two Asian Crossovers, and the fact that this category is growing ever larger with each passing year, I was wondering if any of these particular vehicles could ever have the Crossover label attached to them. Sure, they are vans, but…
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Modern Art Monday: Leslie Jones' camera gives us a glimpse of automobile accidents from the 1930s
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Leslie Jones was a man who loved taking pictures. A resident of Boston, Jones originally started down the path of pattern maker, but an accident in that field caused him to fall out of that industry. His camera was waiting for him, and he started a new career snapping shots for the Boston Herald-Traveler. This…
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Limited Slip Blog sends out an apology
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Earlier today, we shared a post highlighting the fact that a review I’d written on the Cadillac CTS-V Wagon had been plagiarized. The offending website was LimitedSlipBlog.com, and the team over there have responded swiftly. First, they dropped the offending writer, pulled all of his work, and have also written an apology on their site.…
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Auction Action: 2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police-spec
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Want a Pontiac G8 but can’t find a decent one? Can’t wait for the new Holden Commodore to get here? If you live close to Connecticut and you have a dealer license, I have some great news. Sort of. Southern Auto Action is a rather large independent dealer auction house. It receives cars from all over the tri-state area…
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Hooniverse "It's 1987" Weekend Edition – The GM "G" Bodies
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Welcome to the Hooniverse Weekend Edition, and this weekend we will be reliving 1987 all over again, and let me tell you why. According to the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA), cars that were built for 1987 have reached their 25 year milestone, and are now classified as antiques. They are now eligible to…
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Modern Art Monday: The Super Edition
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The Art of Auto car show this past weekend featured literally millions of dollars of high end new cars on display out in front of the New-Journal convention center. I thought my fellow Hoons might enjoy viewing a few of the super coupes I enjoyed seeing on Saturday but making the jump is necessary to…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – Howdy!
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Editors Note: This weekend, Hooniverse will be running a series of posts introducing you to some of the new writers who are now in our part of the Hooniverse. Please meet Scott by way of his Chevy, and let him know how much you appreciate his contributions. That’s me in the photo. I was born…
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Wagon Wednesday: '66 Mercury Colony Park is Our Kind of Green
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Clearly the biggest problem with Clark Griswold’s Metallic Pea wagon was the lack of 46 years of aging. This Mercury Colony Park wagon takes a perfect distillation of 1966 and ages it to perfection in the Southern California Sun. The beauty’s more than skin-deep too, as this Merc’s interior and spec sheet are nearly perfect.
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Greatest Unsung Hipster Ride?
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Sixties American iron – for the longest time they were generally considered to be overweight, under-braked behemouths with the handling prowess of warm Play-doh. And that was just the compacts. Up through the eighties, what had been the most mundane of the sixties family sedans and two-door coupes seemed destined only to be junk yard…
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Hooniverse Asks- What’s the Worst Thing Someone Else Has Done to Your Car?
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Shakespeare is famously quoted for the admonition, from Hamlet, neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. He’s also coined the phrase ‘dat ass’ and invented the beer bong. But sometimes people are faced with having to loan their car to a careless…
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Last Call- Fe2O3.nH2O Edition
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So this is a recent acquisition. It is 90% complete, despite the body being an even higher percentage tithed to the tin worm gods. There will be more about this car later, right here on the Hooniverse, but for now, as an added Friday bonus, does anybody want to wager a guess as to what…