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2023 Land Rover Trek – We did it again…
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Land Rover invited us back for another round of its Trek competition. This marks our 3rd time competing in the media wave, and it marks our 3rd victory. This time, the competition unfolds in a surprisingly excellent off-road space outside of Austin, Texas. Land Rover has built up a fleet of Defender 130s for use.…
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Honda Motocompacto is a modern mobility solution that’s also fun
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The Honda Motocompacto is a modern take on a cult classic. It’s the reimagined version of the Motocompo scooter from the early 80s. That was called a trunk bike and it was designed to fit in the rear of the subcompact Honda City. Today, the Motocompacto is here and it weighs half as much, as…
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I’m 2-for-2 Fighting Tickets with Off The Record
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Let me get two things out of the way right up front; no one is paying me to write this post, and yes I should maybe slow down behind the wheel. That first bit? I’m referring to the fact that this will sound like an ad but it’s in fact just me being supremely impressed…
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2023 Toyota Sequoia TRD PRO – Surprisingly Good, Shockingly Expensive
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The 2023 Toyota Sequoia TRD Pro is a pretty sweet machine in that it’s nicely built for off-road adventure, but can pack plenty of people and things on the inside. It looks the business and even offers up decent noise, just ignore that it’s mostly piped in via the speakers. But it’s also colossally expensive……
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Two Cars for Team Hooniverse at the 24 hrs of Lemons Buttonwillow
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Running a car at a 24 Hours of Lemons race never goes perfectly to plan. But we’re inching closer to seeing what that might be like for us. This was our second race running a two-car team, and we turned a whole lot of laps. In the end, one car was driven on the trailer,…
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Cars and Mountain Bikes: Everything is going electric?
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I love cars. I also have come to love mountain biking. And it’s been fascinating to watch the rise of electrification in both of them. The parallels are remarkably similar. Both weigh more and both cost more. The initial embrace has been a mixed bag. But more and more of them are finding favor with…
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This is the story of the Free-B MGB GT we race in Lemons
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We’re now a two-car team with respect to the West Coast efforts in the 24 Hours of Lemons. Yes, we still run the 1962 Ford Ranchero and it finally has V8 power. But we’ve added another headache; a 1966 MGB GT. And this one too, somehow, also has V8 power. Even better? Both cars finished…
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Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance is a teleportation machine on four wheels
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You’re here, and then you’re instantly over there when you’re driving the Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance. That’s what happens when you have over 1,000 horsepower being put to the ground seemingly effortlessly. What a wild machine, this thing is… [Disclaimer: Lucid sent over the Air and tossed us the keys. They also gave us…
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2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport is a step in the right (off-road) direction
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If you’re going to put a badge that says TrailSport on a vehicle, it better perform in the dirt – and the 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport is a step in the right direction for this sub-brand. [Disclaimer: Honda tossed us a keys to this Pilot and included a tank of fuel.]
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Balancing Act – Rally and Rampage with Brandon Semenuk
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I think rally racing is some of the best bit of motorsport on the planet. You can keep your boring-ass Formula 1. NASCAR only gets fun when you invite Kiwis to run courses with real corners. And endurance racing has its highline events, but rally is always the real deal. Besides car stuff, I also…
