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Hooniverse Asks – What Would Be Your Bare Minimum For Getting Around?
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The other day, while driving over to my favorite single-use tool store – Harbor Freight – I saw an older dude headed the other way down the busy four-lane thoroughfare on a Honda Trail 70. Now, I think those pocketable bikes are too cool for school, but it got me to thinking that I wouldn’t…
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Last Call – Marketing 101 Edition
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Even the homies know, it’s important to stay hydrated. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Hoarders: Automotive Edition
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My wife occasionally tunes in the A&E TV show Hoarders. I really don’t share her uneasy fascination with the bizarre and dysfunctional behavior of compulsive hoarders, but when I pulled up next to this Ford Escape at a local grocery store, I couldn’t help but pull out my cell phone and snap a couple of…
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AC/DC: A Drive in the Nissan Leaf
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No, not that AC/DC! This is Hooniverse after all. A couple weeks ago, this olelongrooffan received an email from Nissan USA Marketing at my personal email account asking me if I would be interested in test driving Nissan’s new all electric LEAF?
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Mystery Car Revealed…Sort of. Also, Pretty Pictures!
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I honestly had no idea what the mystery car was, but got a kick out of the fact that it was being used as a tow vehicle in what might be the most quintessential 1970s drag picture ever taken. I picked these two up at the flea market last year, and ever since I’ve been…
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Hooniverse Motorboat Monday – A 100% Electric Ski Nautique Boat
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Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse Motorboat Monday. The Electric Car has many opponents within the car enthusiast community because most see it as a soul sucking pod that is devoid of any driving pleasure, couple with a limited range, and a huge price tag. The Tesla Roadster is seen as one of the few…
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Hooniverse German Lesson: Say "MARE-KOOHR!"
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Expensive. Poorly positioned in the market. Cursed by currency exchange rates. Saddled with a difficult to pronounce name. Sold out of indifferent Lincoln-Mercury dealers. Slow by today’s standards. Lima engine derived from a Pinto unit. Not especially durable. Also, one of the greatest vehicles ever to grace our undeserving shores; a brief glimpse into the…
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Mystery Car!
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All right, folks. Here’s another chance for you to impress us with your crazy car ID’ing skills. You get no hints, but I will say that you’ll see the rest of this picture this afternoon. Guesses after the jump!
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car Has The Angriest Face?
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We humans tend to anthropomorphize our possessions – extending even to our cars – and we even assign them personalities. As such, we look at the physical features, the hips of an E-Type say, and equate that to those of a person, oh say Kim Kardashian. And most every car has a face, what with the…
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Sunday Question – How Much Do You Think A Dealership Should Make on Repairs?
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Welcome to the Sunday Edition of Hooniverse Weekends. The lack of posts this weekend is due to two facts; I am trying to clear all the ice from around the house, and the fact that I now have to try and care for my elderly parents, with both of them currently residing at different care…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – Wood Gas Vehicles via Low-tech Magazine
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We have some of the best fans on the net, and here is another example. We received this tip from Andrew (Thanks man!) about another really interesting site called Low-tech Magazine, and one of their recent articles featured Wood Gas Vehicles.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – Where Tradition Meets Tech
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I received this tip from Tim about a really cool website, ScooterMcRad’s Whatchaworks. This is one of the coolest sites I have seen in a long time, and I thought I would highlight one of his features he does every Friday called Friday Cutaways… Tim described this as cutaway porn, but that is a really…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A Datsun 200 SX Roadster Found on eBay.
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Welcome to another Hooniverse Weekend Edition. The Datsun 200 SX of the early 80’s is re-badged Nissan Silvia and was really a Japanese interpretation of a small Monte Carlo of Ford Thunderbird of the 70’s. I remember going to a Datsun dealer and looking at the Notchback Coupe version, finished in a 2-tone blue with…
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Last Call – The Donner Party Edition
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Because you can never get enough Oregon Trail. Image source:[Imgur.com]
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Showdown: Cad-on-Cad Edition
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In our last Showdown the Puma pounced all over the pop-stop Sterling. Today, we’re going to put that good taste to a test and ask you to chose between two pinnacles of Malaise-o-Lux. Both are ’70 Cadillac Sevilles, but only one’s a Gucci Special Editon. you’d think the brown-with-gold trim Guccimobile would have it, but the…
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Mystery Car!
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Did you know that the word coupé comes from the French to cut? Did you further know that the traditional triangular martini glass is also known as a coupé? Oh the things you learn from basic cable. Here’s a car that’s a coupe -the car version, not the cocktail glass. It has two doors and…