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Last Call: Buying a Ferrari 308GTS is Now Off The Table Edition
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You typically expect a clown car to be small and carry an impossible number of clowns who come tumbling out at the mere jiggle of the door latch. Apparently evil pays off though, as this clown can afford to ride solo in a classic Ferrari 308GTS. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s…
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Mystery Car
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Though April showers, may come your way… they bring the flowers, that bloom in May! I don’t know about you but I’m not interested right now in the promise of flowers next month. I’m more an instant gratification kind of guy, which is why I went down to the Trader Joe’s and bought myself a nice bouquet.…
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Hooniverse Asks: What car Intended to Attract a Younger Audience was Actually Bought by Younger People?
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Do you remember Scion? Yeah, I know it hasn’t been all that long. Hell, the body isn’t even cold. That sub-brand was introduced by Toyota in 2003 after the company found that the average age of Toyota’s clientele was creeping well into AARP territory. Scion was intended to be a hip brand, offering relatively cheap cars…
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Last Call: Navigation System Edition
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When I turned sixteen and obtained my driver’s license my mother gave me two gifts that I treasured at the time, and upon which I look back with great fondness now: a AAA membership and a Thomas Brothers Popular Street Atlas for Los Angeles County, my hood. Today I have Apple Maps and Siri telling…
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Thursday Trivia
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Welcome to Thursday Trivia where we offer up a historical automotive trivia question and you try and solve it before seeing the answer after the jump. It’s like a history test, with cars! This week’s question: What was the ingenious feature of Pete “Sneaky Pete” Robinson’s dragster that the NHRA banned after only one race? If you think you…
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Hooniverse Asks: What Car Makes You Thankful You're Not Stinkin' Rich?
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I have said it before, and I will undoubtedly say it again, the rich aren’t at all like you and me. We—and by we I mean those of us of fairly meager but not dirt-eating level means—have to be careful about how we spend our money for the simple reason that few of us have all…
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Last Call: Bud-Tugly Edition
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And that’s what really matters in life, am I right? Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged. Image: AcidCow
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Craigslist Crapshoot
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Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer. Turbocharged motorcycles were the order of the day last week. We’ll see what you’ve got to do to get blown around here in just a sec, but first this week’s quest. In case you…
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Hooniverse Asks: What's The Worst Third Row You've Ever Experienced?
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The sales of “cars” has for all intents and purposes ground to a halt here in the U.S., supplanted by SUVs and Crossovers the popularity of which seems to know no bounds. How bad is it? Well, in March Cadillac moved more units of their recently introduced XT5 crossovers than they did all of their sedans put…
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Last Call: The Most Important Meal of the Day Edition
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In this case “B&B” stands for Bikes and Breakfast. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged. Image: Imgur
