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V.I.S.I.T. — Rush hour synchronicity
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Synchronicity—in addition to being a killer album by The Police—is the Jungian concept that two unrelated things with some common characteristic align in some way at a particular moment that links them. Frequently, people interpret synchronicity to carry some great meaningful connection, when usually it’s probably just a strange coincidence. On a recent errand in…
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24 Hours of LeMons releases 2015 schedule
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The 24 Hours of LeMons has released its calendar for 2015, which will be the series’ eighth full season (Depending on how you quantify a “season” of LeMons). This is, in some ways, probably surreal for a series that was really just going to be a one-off event in 2006 for kicks, but LeMons has grown into…
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V.I.S.I.T. — Mercedes 180D (W120)
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I frequent a local gas station because the small garage attached to it occasionally has some interesting jalopies in its driveway. I’ve seen a pristine Toyota Paseo and a ratty old Suzuki Esteem in the driveway, but while filling up recently, a pair of much nicer cars there caught my eye. The third-generation Pontiac Firebird…
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Motorsports weekend guide: February 21-23
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Welcome to what I hope to make a weekly feature around these parts: A quick glance at the world of racing to help you keep track of what’s going on in the world. Naturally, any given weekend has more racing than you can shake the proverbial stick axle at, but I’ll do my best…
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24 Hours of LeMons: 'Vodden the Hell Are We Doing?' preview
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Thunderhill Raceway holds some level of distinction (almost certainly not the right word) in 24 Hours of LeMons history: It was home to the cheap-car racing series’ first event held outside of a claustrophobic oval’s “road course” in December 2007, making it also the longest-running LeMons venue. This weekend finds it trying to pen a new chapter…
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Found on eBay: Charmed by a Continental Challenge Challenger
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I’m not sure this has ever been typed before, but professional racing costs a lot of money. As you no doubt heard in Episode 45 of the Hooniverse Podcast, the pricetag for a Miata built to compete in Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC)—a supporting series of the Tudor United Sportscar Championship and former Grand-Am…
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24 Hours of Lemons: 'Cure for Gingervitis' Liveblog, Saturday
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Disclaimer: Eric Rood will be getting paid to sit on the 24 Hours of LeMons Supreme Court for this race, punishing drivers for their misdeeds and generally doing his best to maintain order on the racetrack. Good day from the 24 Hours of LeMons race at Gingerman Raceway in pleasantly mild Southwest Michigan. I’ll be…
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Motorsports Weekend Guide: February 28 to March 2
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Hooniverse debuted a new feature last Thursday where we look to the coming weekend for a variety of racing series around the globe so that you, our dear reader, can keep tabs on the racing you want to follow (We’ve drafted up a new lead image with a bit of zazz, too). Last weekend…
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Citroën promo video features merciless hooning, crashing of 2CVs
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Most Hoons will, like me, wince at the above image of a pair of Citroën 2CVs colliding head-on if for the implication of its wafer-thin body panels yielding to the universe’s oppressive forces like so many 1940-vintage Char B1s. Fret not, Francophiles; this is all part of an early 1970s Citroën promotional video on the brand’s…
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Craigslist: Starstruck Geo Metro convertible
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What you’re looking at is surely one of the best-maintained Geo Metros of all time and it’s for sale on CraigsList for $4,500. Speed will be of no concern to the prospective buyer as power comes from the tiny 1.0-liter three-cylinder motor mated to an automatic transmission, which will also sap some of the…
