By Kamil Kaluski
By now we have all seen the “here are 10 bands I seen live and 1 is fake” game going around on Facebook. It’s awful and we all hate it, except Bradley and Jeff who actually enjoy the social aspect of such media. What is worse is the fact that we got to see this dumb game morph into “here are 10 cars I owned and 1 is fake!”
Well screw it… we’ve decided to play along. Sort of. Below is a list of a 100 cars that we, Hooniverse writers, own or have owned. To make it more difficult the list actually contains more than 120 cars. To make it easier we removed the production years and trims. For instance, the Ford Mustang is listed only once despite the fact that we had more than six of various generations and styles in our fleet.
Yes, there is a Prize! The prize is the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon press kit that I picked up at its official presentation at the New York International Auto Show. If you think that’s nothing special, just look at eBay. Yes, over $600!!*
One of the cars on the below list was not owned by any of current the current Hooniverse staff. Be the first to comment below on which it is and you win the prize.
Rules. Yes, there are always rules:
- You can only pick one car. Don’t copy and paste the whole list in your comment, wiseass.
- You only have one vote. Subsequent comments are welcome but they won’t count as your choice.
- First correct answer wins.
- Don’t be annoying and ruin it for others.
- Results will be given on Monday, May 1, 2017.
- If you have questions email us at ti**@ho********.info.
THE LIST
| Acura Integra |
| Acura MDX |
| Alfa Romeo 156 |
| AMC Eagle |
| Audi 4000 CS |
| Audi A4 |
| Audi A6 |
| Audi Fox |
| Audi S6 |
| Austin Healey Sprite |
| BMW 318iS |
| BMW 325i |
| BMW 328i |
| BMW 330i |
| BMW 518i |
| BMW 525i |
| BMW 535i |
| BMW 633csi |
| BMW M5 |
| Buick Regal |
| Buick Skylark |
| Chevrolet C-10 |
| Chevrolet Corvair |
| Chevrolet Sprint |
| Chevy Avalanche |
| Chevy Cavalier |
| Chevy Malibu |
| Chevy Tahoe |
| Chrysler 300 |
| Citroën Xantia |
| Datsun 240Z |
| Dodge Challenger |
| Dodge Magnum |
| Dodge Neon |
| Dodge Ram 1500 |
| Ford Aspire |
| Ford Capri Perana |
| Ford Country Sedan |
| Ford Crown Victoria |
| Ford Escort |
| Ford Excursion |
| Ford F100 |
| Ford F-150 |
| Ford F-250 |
| Ford Falcon |
| Ford Festiva |
| Ford Five Hundred |
| Ford Focus |
| Ford Mustang |
| Ford Ranchero |
| Ford Ranger |
| Geo Prizm |
| GMC Handi-Bus Custom |
| Honda Civic |
| Honda CR-V |
| Honda CR-X |
| Honda Prelude |
| Hyundai Excel |
| International Scout 810 |
| Isuzu VehiCROSS |
| Jeep Cherokee Quadratrac |
| Jeep CJ-7 |
| Jeep Wagoneer |
| Jeep Wrangler |
| Jensen Healey |
| Lada 2107 |
| Land Rover Discovery |
| Lincoln Town Car |
| Mazda 323 |
| Mazda CX-5 |
| Mazda Miata |
| Mazda Protege |
| Mazda RX-8 |
| Mazda3 |
| Mazda5 |
| Mercedes-Benz 240D |
| Mercedes-Benz 280 |
| Mercedes-Benz 300SD |
| Mercedes-Benz 300TD |
| Mercury Topaz |
| MG Midget |
| MGB GT |
| Mitsubishi Sapporo |
| Nissan 300ZX |
| Nissan Altima |
| Nissan Bluebird |
| Nissan Sunny |
| Oldsmobile 442 |
| Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight |
| Peugeot 205 |
| Peugeot 306 |
| Peugeot 405 |
| Plymouth Acclaim |
| Plymouth Satellite |
| Pontiac Grand Prix |
| Porsche 912E |
| Porsche 944 |
| Porsche Boxster |
| Rover 820e |
| Rover 825 |
| Saab 900 |
| Saab 9000 |
| Saturn SL1 |
| Saturn SW2 |
| Subaru Impreza WRX |
| Subaru Justy |
| Suzuki Kizashi |
| Toyota 4Runner |
| Toyota Celica |
| Toyota MR2 |
| Toyota Pickup |
| Toyota Prius |
| Toyota Sienna |
| Toyota Supra |
| Toyota Tercel |
| Toyota Yaris |
| Triumph Acclaim |
| Triumph Spitfire |
| Triumph TR7 |
| Volkswagen Beetle |
| Volkswagen Jetta |
| Volkswagen Polo |
| Volvo 1800s |
| Volvo 242 |
| Volvo V90 |
*T-shirt and hat not included, sorry, both have been worn. I still have the tote bag if you’re into that sort of thing. If you really want a hat, Jeff can send you one… but it won’t be for the demon.
Jeff Glucker
I don’t pay close enough attention to play this game, so I’ma pick the Mercedes-Benz 300SD ’cause that’s my car, and why not hazard a guess? I’ve got a better than zero percent chance of winning!
I used to own it and I wrote about it here – http://hooniverse.info/2011/10/27/quick-drive-2012-mercedes-benz-s350-bluetec-–-don’t-call-it-a-turbodiesel/
That’s long before I joined the site.
Nice to know, though!
AMC Eagle?
Nope, that’s real. It was mine. I keep in touch with the new owner.
http://hooniverse.info/2015/05/11/project-car-sotu-1984-amc-eagle/
Yep. Sorry.
http://hooniverse.info/2015/05/11/project-car-sotu-1984-amc-eagle/
https://i2.wp.com/hooniverse.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lead1.jpg?w=720
Ford Capri Perana?
Seems like I’d remember anyone mentioning that they’d owned one … and I don’t think Hooniverse has contributors from the Southern Hemisphere.
And if anyone here has had one, I hope they write an article about the experience.
I have one – it’s a tribute though – Self made v8, 5 speed Capri. It’s a blast hammering a tunnel out to fit those components in. Had I lived in South Africa, I would have tried to get a real one. A 1973 Capri RS3100 – I am currently in possession of.
umm hello, Joel from Australia here. “Joel Strickland, who comes to the Hooniverse by way of Australia. Joel will chime in on these pages to give us his Down-Under perspective on all things automotive. — Hooniverse “
Sorry it didn’t register. Perhaps you’re not using enough identifiable phrases like “Shrimp on the barbie, fair dinkum and Max Rockatansky”.
Agreed, especially with the stipulation that it refers to a Basil Green built in South Africa one and not just a Capri with a V8 stuffed in.
If one of you has owned an Oldsmobile 44 without mentioning it, I’m impressed at your reserve.
http://momentcar.com/images/oldsmobile-model-44-1916-2.jpg
Somebody went in halvsies on a Delta 88. Or their parts car isn’t quite picked over yet.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/30-1973-Oldsmobile-Delta-88-Down-On-the-Junkyard-Photo-by-Murilee-Martin-610×458.jpg
That should’ve read Olds 442, we fixed it now. You get another vote.
Aw, man! Couldn’t it at least have been a typo for the Oldsmobile B-44?
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/3/6/2/0/5/6/webimg/631214042_o.jpg
Marco….Volkswagen Polo
Mopar or no car, so I’ll go with the Plymouth Satellite
Sorry, nope. I had a ’71 sedan. Brown, AM radio, vinyl seats. 2-barrel 318 with an automatic. I miss that car. I could get another one any day if I wanted a coupe, but boring-ass sedans are hard to find.
Jensen Healey ?
Emslie
Was my second choice after the Capri Perana
Ford five hundred. So forgettable all slid in mid list.
http://hooniverse.info/2016/10/11/hoonifieds-im-selling-my-daily-duller/
I rest my case. It’s so forgettable that I did in fact forget it.
One of the most reliable and comfortable cars I’ve ever owned. Of course, I’ve owned a lot of British stuff so my baseline is different from others.
Isuzu VehiCROSS
Ross Ballot, albeit briefly.
I don’t know now if you could own one any other way than briefly
Toyota supra
I’ve had two. A 76 that I daily drove for a summer after my senior year of high school, and a shell I bought when I found out that one was seriously rusty.
Both tried to kill me on more than one occasion.
Subsequent comment:
Cars on that list I have owned: Corvair, Country Sedan, Mustang, Civic, and Beetle. Not in that order.
BMW 518i – because…why?
Below is a list of a 100 cars that we, Hooniverse writers, own or have owned. To make it more difficult the list actually contains more than 120 cars.
A list of
100>120 cars and 1 is fake. Modern media phenomenon are baffling.Who ya calling “media”?
Outlets are picking up social trends, turning it into media.
Who ya calling an outlet?!
He spelled “toilet” wrong.
Haha, what are you after? Blogs, radio (see below), soon papers and magazines and what not.
I would have thought you’d object to “modern.”
Nope, Antti owned a white E34.
GMC Handi-Bus Custom?
Nope. That would be this one.
http://tanshanomi.com/temp/gmcvan.jpg
Hard to guess by If it’s not the Oldsmobile 44 claimed by mdharrell before me, it has to be the Lada 2107. So my answer is: Lada 2107.
Someone has a stake in one as a crapcan racer
I have all the steaks. And stakes, too. I mean what other idiot… maybe the Fin, I guess.
If a Prius owner is on staff, please fire them immediately.
Let’s not jump to any hasty conclusions. In my experience there’s nothing wrong with a Prius that can’t be fixed by a Harley-Davidson powertrain swap.
“Let’s not jump to any hasty conclusions. In my
experiencefleet there’s nothing wrongwith a Priusthat can’t be fixed by a Harley-Davidson powertrain swap.”That’s mine, and I’m not apologizing for it. An economical, reliable appliance means more money and time to spend on project cars.
We have a Camry for that exact same reason; pluss it’s a very rare car in Europe, so there’s that excuse. Surprised though that no staffer has called one of the most common cars in the US their own. If not even for LeMons or some such loophole-of-style?
The “I’ve seen ten bands…” thing is proof that Facebook has become a vast wasteland, as Newton Minow would say.
Realistically, I’m starting to think the internet’s had a good run, but it might be time to put it out to pasture.
Ford Aspire. In Rose Mist pearl.
I believe Brad had one.
I’m going to go with the Plymouth Sapporo, since it’s unusual yet boring and nondescript. A lot of the cars on the list are cars I can remember being mentioned or written about by staffers past and present.
The Sapporo has its charme though. It came with plaid or checkered interiors, too.
I had an ’83 Technica, and the black/red/silver-grey seats were amazing! I miss that car. It is perhaps my most favorite of all the cars I’ve owned.
The Sapporo is legitimate, but it’s not a Plymouth-badged RWD coupe. The FWD 4-door Galant-based saloon which was sold in the States as the Sigma was a Sapporo here.
There’s a Plymouth Sapporo on the list?
This piece makes me think of some of the folks I haven’t seen here in awhile, like UD Mike.
I. (Still.) Miss. Charles.
He’s on Facebook
Now you’ll have to explain Facebook to him. Remember, he’s a geologist; he moves at a glacial pace.
I’m a mineralogist. Glaciologists are always in too much of a hurry.
UD Man?
Jim B, the weekend guy, the guy you hang out with at NYIAS… geez man, you need more sleep.
Right, whose name wasn’t UD Mike…
No, I hadn’t heard of this meme until you posted this. I’m with Batman on this one.
Christ, they’re even talking about it on my local public radio station. I’m okay with listening to the radio over the internet, but who wants the internet on their radio?
Hear hear!
(pun unintentional)
I was unaware of this meme as well, which is what I get for confining the bulk of my internet browsing to either Hooniverse or cakewrecks.com.
Consequently I spend a lot of time on Hooniverse.
I’ve checked, they are all real.
Perhaps. This assumes “Volvo 1800s” is either a typo for 1800S or a plural meant to encompass the P1800, 1800S, 1800E, and 1800ES collectively.
I did a Google image search, and cars turned up, must be no fake.
I am going for the BMW 518i – it just doesn’t seem like the kind of car that would attract a Hoon®
Lol nope, I documented the 1995 E34 for my Beaterland series. It was indeed the 115-horse 518i.
http://hooniverse.info/2013/07/14/weekend-edition-beaterland-report-10-000-miles-in-a-cheap-bmw/ Here’s the 518i together with the Sapporo.
That’s what I thought, too. Then again, downhill, everything is fine.
Here in Texas we’d describe a 518 as “All hat and no cattle”
Sienna?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kzj6wZ23sts/VYyVi3glorI/AAAAAAAADWc/fo8xrUP32J4/s1600/toyota.jpg
There were two of them…
TOTALLY WICKED BODYWERK
How would the sliding door open with that fender flare in the way?
You don’t slide the door open. Your children smash the glass for entry.
The front passenger door is rigged up to open suicide style. If the formerly sliding door doesn’t at least do a lambo hinge (though let’s be honest, it’s “go falcon wing or go home” these days), consider me disappointed.
Chevy Sprint. Paul Nedemeyer was giddy in one Curbside Classic about getting pictures of them, but nobody’s owned one that I remember.
I’ll say MGBGT….
I’d remembered it has it been brought up in the last 5 years.
Two different ones. Thanks for playing.
I will say this… no one’s guessed it yet.
V90
Beat me by seconds! Hopefully, you’re wrong.
He is.
Robert got one.
Can we get an article out of it?
My Google-fu is on top today:
http://hooniverse.info/2015/05/11/project-car-sotu-introducing-the-1998-volvo-v90/
Oh, I thought we were talking about the new V90. Had to let go of my P3 V70 recently after one too many $1000 repair bills. But, I still have a soft spot for the Swedes.
Yeah, it’s a bit strange how these cars are known as pretty much dead solid in Europe, and expensive money graves in the US. What did you replace it with? And, honestly, even though the new V90 is a 11/10 in the style department, I’d prefer the old one any day.
A Honda…
A nice reliable Honda.
I went down the same route and am now a not-so-proud-yet-content owner of a Honda Stream.
Nissan Bluebird?
Gosh this is way harder than the “your credit card fraud name is your first pet and the name of the street where you lived growing up” game.
AMC EAGLE
You have a 1 in 120 chance of guessing the right first car for one of our (however many) writers!
RX-8. I’d remember a thing like that.
But there’s one in Tim’s driveway.
MOAR ROTARY ARTICLZ PLZ
Ford Five Hundred.
Rob has or had one – I forget if he sold it or not
Audi fox?
Not only a Fox but an orange Fox. Man that thing ate starters like they were Ju-Ju-Bes.
Tahoe? maybe the trick is that the not owned car is very common… my other guess would be the tercel.
Russ…
*Ross
The Tercel was mine. 1981 2-door sedan.
Dodge Magnum?
http://hooniverse.info/2015/08/11/project-regretmobile-dodge-magnum-part-1-an-elegy-for-sensibility/
Alfa 156
I think Haining briefly had one
Jinx
Yup. Guilty! Sold it when I realised the folly in owning a depreciating asset. All my other cars have been fully-depreciated.
For the hell of it, Plymouth Acclaim?
How is it that there is only one Citroen on that list?
One is all you need.
Well even I own two.
Mercury Topaz?
I believe that was Eric’s first car.
Bmw M5?
I had an E28 M5.
After 36 hours there is still no winner.
Although I failed on my vote (and also the second), I’ll stand by my theory of a common car (yaris?!)
Close but no cigar.
Does that mean we get a second vote? 🙂
How bout the Audi 4000 cs?
Why wouldn’t one of us own that?
yeah, didnt give that much thought. Maybe I thought the contest was for a car ALL of you had owned.
I’m guessing that the results WON’T be given on Monday, May 1st.
Someone’s already taken the Plymouth Acclaim, so I’ll guess the Triumph Acclaim.
I’m guessing that none of you have had the pleasure of owning a djen-you-whine Hyundai Excel.
Acura MDX
Sorry, I had until last year.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rAsprdj_VMnWV1t-JbjaZsiB9xjPudBSUsGn-Va0sQY/edit?usp=sharing
Going through a super lazy search, we can probably whittle it down to these 29 outstanding vehicles (and we can probably eliminate the two BMWs, as Kamil once made a comment about having previously owned a total of 7 different BMW’s, and I’ve only accounted for 5).
Brad has mentioned of owning a TR7 back in high school. I also recall him saying something about owning a Dodge Ram as well. So that’s two more off the list.
That’s a very safe bet.
323
There were at least four 323 of various trims, one was the fancy turbo AWD I think.
Correct. I owned a 323 GTX for a few months. It didn’t run, didn’t have the turbo or the transmission. But I got it for free and was promised the trans at a later time. And it still had the cool factory spoiler. I hoped to use its bits to make an AWD Ford Escort, but my hopes were quickly dashed when I found out it was the BF and not the BG platform. Would’ve required more work and fabrication than I had skills for. So I sold it for $300 to some guy who had another 323 AWD (non-GTX) and wanted it for parts.
Chevy Avalanche? The answer to a question nobody asked
Would you believe that the guy who owned a Vehicross also owned the Avalanche?
Combining the worst features of a SUV with the worst features of a giant truck without the benefits of either one.
Brilliant, right?
M I D G A T E
I’m going with Toyota Yaris. No good reason to own one. There are cheaper cars that get better MPG.
The contest is over.
It was the yaris?
http://hooniverse.info/2017/05/01/results-100-cars-we-owned-and-1-is-a-lie/