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Hooniverse Asks: What car stuff do you do with your free Saturday?
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The prospect of a free weekend is nearly a novelty. With a loaded work schedule, numerous hobbies, family on both my wife’s side and my side, and regular attempts to maintain something resembling a social life, plans for us seem to make themselves. In turn, that means most hours of the weekend are accounted for,…
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The “base” C8 Corvette Coupe can be optioned to over $100k
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Bored last night, I decided to toy around with the 2020 Corvette C8 Coupe configurator. It’s been live for a while now but I haven’t played with it much. And with pricing available, I figured it would be fun to subject Chevy’s newest performance halo car to the “how high can the MSRP go?” game.…
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Ten Years Later: Lots of cars and major life changes
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Ten years is a lot of time. More than a third of my life. Back when Hooniverse was founded, I entered my first semester in college. Ten years later I’m not just a different car person, but a different person entirely. 2009. A post-it note on my cork board has,” Live Life to the Fullest”…
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Hooniversal Opinion: 2020 Land Rover Defender
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The all-new Land Rover Defender is finally here. And not just for the land afar, but for the States as well. This doesn’t come without carrying a certain weight to it. The Defender is a truck bearing the name of one of the most storied four-wheel-drive vehicles of all time. An icon in the off-road…
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Project Introduction: 2013 Mazda Miata Club PRHT
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The first Miata I drove was a modified, ex-race-car NA-generation model. My seat time was limited to a few laps on Lime Rock Park’s infield autocross course. But something in my brain clicked. The Miata was unlike anything I had ever driven. It was so light, so nimble. Tossable in a way I didn’t know…
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2018 4Runner conclusion: Life changes but I’ll always love the 4Runner
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What are some of the most stressful events and changes in life? Getting married. Moving. Changing jobs. Most people don’t do more than two of those in a year. I’ve done all three April. And apparently that wasn’t enough so I went through another stressful process and sold all of my vehicles. First to go…
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Driving Florida’s A1A in a rented Mustang convertible
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It was a vacation at the tail end of chaos. The preceding weeks involved major life changes topped with major life changes. The timing was perfect. A summer weekend away in south Florida. A reprieve from reality. The trip snuck up on me. I packed a backpack and boarded a plane. A few short hours…
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Project “Conclusion”: 1991 Toyota MR2 “Someday Race Car”
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Not all projects get the end they deserve. Not all get the end you want them to. Not all even turn out to be projects. My ill-fated MR2 was all of the above. My friend Dan and I picked up the little second-gen Toyota MR2 a few years back. We had big plans for the…
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Hooniversal Opinion: 2020 C8 Corvette
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After decades of waiting the mid-engine Corvette has finally transformed from fantasy to reality. By now you probably know everything about the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. But here’s a refresher course: mid-engine. 6.2-liter V8, a modified version of the LT1 now called LT2. 495 horsepower. 460 lb-ft of torque. Tremec-sourced 8-speed dual-clutch transmission. Which is,…
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Comparison: 4th gen and 5th gen Toyota 4Runners
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Since its introduction in 1984 the Toyota 4Runner has become a forever player in the off-road capable, street-friendly SUV segment. Now deep into its fifth generation, the venerable 4×4 is still posting strong sales numbers. But prior generation trucks are holding up well, and the options for a reliable, comfortable, trail-happy rig are more than…
