Road salt is both your friend and your enemy. Those of us who live in areas with winter snow and ice have all been helped and hindered by it. It can save your life and kill your car. Most auto enthusiasts hate the stuff. Short term, it makes your car a mess. Long term, it literally rots your car away. Hit the jump for some interesting facts about road salt and some tips and tricks on how to slow down its appetite for destruction.
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The 1959 Cooper Climax.
There are certain people who, when you see them in their element, just astonish you with their abilities. The true gods of racing are perfect examples. Watching Sir Stirling give us a tour of Donington Park in the 1959 Cooper Climax Formula One car makes a viewer realize what the difference is between a great driver, and a driving legend. He is so smooth, so natural and so relaxed in the seat of this classic racer that it’s easy to understand why he became the icon he is.
This video is from the original Top Gear series from back in 1986, so there’s remarkably few explosions and almost no powerslides at all. And yet, somehow, against all odds, it’s absolutely captivating.
Things used to be simple back in the forties, toilet paper came in catalog form from Sears, everything was in black and white so it didn’t matter if your socks didn’t match, and cars had easy to pronounce names like Ford and. . . Ford. Today, it’s all different and cars come in a plethora of nameplates that require third-party manipulation of lip and tongue to pronounce- but Hooniverse is here to help.
Still beautiful, after all these years.
There’s a reason Italian food is so popular; be it pizza joints, pasta houses, ready-made dishes or jars of sauces, it’s an easy dish to make in some form or other, and pretty much no matter what you do to it, it’s gonna taste pretty good. However it came about, it’s the sort of food that follows such a simple formula that it’s easily adapted, easily changed, and easily perfected according to your particular taste.
Looking awesome was purely accidental.
Welcome to Hooniversity.
As this is our first class, we’re going to be starting out easy, and setting the tone. We think it’s important that you understand what this class is all about, so you can truly understand what it is you’re getting yourself into. … Continue Reading
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