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Last Call- LA Noire Then & Now Edition
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LA Noire is a new video game that plunges its players into the City of Angels’ seedy past. LAist has a compilation of great then and now pictures that celebrate that games late ’40s setting. One of the most interesting is the street scene in which the famous (think Blade Runner) Bradbury Building is in…
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For the Record – Triple Threat BMX Jump
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Jed Mildon of New Zealand leapt into the record books last weekend by attempting a triple backflip jump on a BMX bike. That’s one brave Kiwi. Click through the jump for the jump.
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They See Me Rollin' They Hatin'
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They say, chair-ity begins at home. However, it obviously no longer stays there. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Hooniverse Truck Thursday – Some Studebaker Truck Love via eBay
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Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse Truck Thursday. I know it seems like an eternity, but the last Truck Thursday Posting that I did was only about 6 weeks ago with this Datsun, so I thought it was time to revive this series of postings. With this in mind, and with some help from Tim,…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car is Most Transformed In Its Sporting Iteration?
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Lipstick on a pig, it’s not just for failed political candidates anymore – carmakers like it too! At least that was the impression yesterday from all the Gran Turd-isimos that you nominated as cars with delusions of sporting grandeur. Strangely none mentioned my favorite craptacular mashup of promising name and utterly disappointing execution – the…
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Last Call- Yorgdy Vorgdy Artsy Fartsy Edition
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I know we featured a P1800 just last week in honor of the car’s 50th anniversary, but this soft focus shot of a silver coupe sporting Lucas Tripods and alloy rims is just so damn pretty. Image source: [Meehanf via Flickr.com]
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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday – A Wagon with Six Different Nameplates
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Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday. The last Wagon Wednesday posting featured vehicles that I called The Worst Wagons Ever Produced. The reason why I took GM to task on those wagons was the fact that Ford was producing what amounted to a pretty good mid-sized wagon, with none of the shortcuts GM…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car Least Deserves Its Sporting Label?
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Yesterday I wanted to know which GTO got your goat bleating. You came up with some most excellent choices – a lot of you focusing on those coke bottle urethane-nosed machines of their heyday. No matter which one you picked, there’s no doubt that each earned its GTO badge by packing big engines, lots of…
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Last Call- King Of The Mountain Edition
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Twisty, narrow, and lacking anything more than a few ramparts between you and a quick ride to the bottom, this long and winding road on Tianmen Mountain seems made with vehicles like the Lotus Elise and sport bikes in mind. Image source: [Further to Fly via Flickr]
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Who Needs a Hybrid?
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It’s difficult to see the green digital readout in the picture above, but that’s because it’s hard to maintain course on a relatively busy LA freeway, while simultaneously trying to snap a shot of your IP with your iPhone. If you can’t make it out, my trip computer says that I’m currently averaging 31.6 miles…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite GTO?
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Yesterday was Memorial Day, a holiday here in the U.S. where we remember the fallen from all the wars in which we have fought. Another kind of war in which the U.S. played a prominent role was the horsepower war of the sixties and early seventies. This battle between car makers lobbing cubic inches instead…
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Happy Memorial Day
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Last Call
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This weekend is reputed to be date of the introduction of the VDub….lovely Amber’s favorite means of transport… Whether that is actually true, I will leave to my many fellow Hoons with a much better grasp of automotive history. And, Doyle, Dane, Bernbach did a wonderful job in advertising the Volkwagen to the American buying…