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Crap, Now We Need to Learn Russian by The End of the Year
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Press play. Just do it. You’ll be treated to what looks like a mash-up of Transformers and Spiderman, but good. And in Russian, with a Volga. Then you’ll want to go here. A tip of the Stoli to Jonny L…no that’s too obvious. We’ll call him J. Lieberman over at Automoblog.
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Goat Chews on All-Natural Fuels
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No no, it’s okay, we’re still a car blog. Bear with us.
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VW Car-B-Que Puts the Grill in the Back, Where it Belongs
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VW Vortex member Thecleaner likes his VWs watercooled, but still pines for the days when the aircooled cars had their grills in the back. Having come across a clapped-out Cabriolet that was missing its top, he decided to set things right. He initially wanted to convert the car into a roadster but instead added a…
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Name That Part: Italian Stallion Edition
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Here’s a chance to show off both your car parts knowledge, and your appreciation of high quality film entertainment. The following picture is a part from a car, and if it were still on that car, 98.2% of you would guess it in a nanosecond. That’s why it was dragged out, naked and alone, so…
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The Lazy Man's Guide to Engine Removal
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We hope he was able to figure out how to get his cherry picker up higher before hoisting the engine into the recipient.
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We Weren't Kidding: 1990 Audi Coupe – $2500
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You thought our clever little line about EscortsForever’s rally gallery giving us Quattro Fever (aka H1-20V) was empty wordsmithing? Think again! One of the benefits of living in LA—aside from the police helicopters and wildfires—is a well-stocked Craigslist. One beautiful black UR-Quattro coming up! [Edit: Nevermind, we’re off our game today we’re merely talking about…
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Scoops, Lightbars and Mudflaps, Oh My!: Pictures from the Lake Superior Rally
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Reader EscortsForever has been so kinda as to grace us with a pile of shots from the pre-race parc expose from the Lake Superior Performance Rally. Quoth the photographer: Today is the beginning of the awesome. Between classes, I managed to get out to the parc expose (where the rally drivers show off their cars).…
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Whip It! Whip It Good…
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Everyone thinks they can drive well… only few actually can. One such Hoon (yes capital H for him) goes by the name Rob Krider. You may be familiar with his Racer Boy series over at SpeedSportLife, a great running column where he discusses what it takes to race at many various levels. You read the…
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In Case You Were Wondering, Aerodynamics Matter
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Your Hooniverse Public Service Announcement for this Friday afternoon: Triple-digit speeds and loose fiberglass body panels do not mix. That is all. Photo Source: Ron Lewis, Drag Racing Online, Via RacingNetSource, on Flickr.
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The Broken Road
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When I was in high school, my parents did what any sensible family living in the District of Columbia did in the 80s: they fled to the suburbs. In a city where you couldn’t even guarantee the picking up of dead bodies, let alone the picking up of the trash, the promise of a remotely…
