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Project Bike SOTU 2018: Bultakenstein
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Bultakenstein will be seven years old next month, and if you’ve been following these SOTU updates, you will not be surprised to learn that it is still nowhere near complete. For the last five months, my build-a-motorcycle-from-random-salvage-parts project (along with its little brother, my ’73 Honda CL125S project) has been crammed into one corner of…
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Project Bike SOTU: Honda CL125S
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I got stranded. Less than a week after this Honda CL125S’s SOTU post last year, the bike developed a high-RPM miss on my commute in to work. It was worse when I took the bike to lunch. It wouldn’t start at all after work. I kicked it and bump-started it with hardly a pop. I…
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Project Car SOTU: Rover 800 gives Sterling service
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“Relax, it’s a Rover”. That was the defunct British firm’s late ’90s advertising strapline, and I could never have credited it with being so prophetic. I mean, we all know that cars from the brand’s twilight era weren’t exactly geared towards exuberance at the wheel, so the the fact that the strapline could be interpreted…
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Project Car SOTU: The Red Camaro
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I was reflecting and somewhat laughing at how the status of my red 2001 Chevrolet Camaro has changed since I drove it home twelve years ago. My (now) project car happens to also be my very first car that I still have and more importantly, love. The big red bow tie came into my life…
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Project Car SOTU: Project McProjectfaceOr, an owner's review of the Mustang GT Performance Package 2
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This isn’t really a “project” car per se, but I did add something to my stable worth talking about. And I’ve been wanting to talk about it for nearly half a year now. After falling in love with the new Mustang GT I abused rented while out in California back in March, I was certain my…
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Project Car SOTU: Dr. Wankel's Legitimate Pharmacy Mazda RX-8
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After Dr. Wankel’s first Lemons race, at Barber Motorsports Park this past winter, most of our team convoyed through sub-zero temperatures up to Illinois—the race car’s new home. And there it sat, largely untouched in one teammate’s garage, for about 4 or 5 months. Meanwhile, our group of friends mostly spent our free time…
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How A Car Works – A topic that continues to not make sense to me…
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My 1974 Mercedes-Benz is a mystery machine to me. Working under the hood of my 1965 Ford F100 I learned a lot. But I didn’t learn enough to prepare me for the Benz. It has a much smaller engine, less barrels of carburetor, and yet it’s far more complex. My problem today, however, isn’t a…
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Sometimes it's the dumb things that break…
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My audio system is 98% finished. We’re having an issue with one part, which is slated to be swapped out. I was on my way to have that done when I pressed the switches to slide down all of my side windows. They now move freely and it’s nice to have fresh air flowing in,…
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Review: Yakima HighRoad upright roof bike rack
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Transporting bicycles has always been an issue for me. I looked for the optional folding rear seat when I bought used BMWs. In my early WRX I had a roof rack. Once I had kids, my SUVs had hitch-mounted racks. The truth is that there were always compromises and the only ideal solution I found…
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Introducing Radwood's Project Armadillo
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This is my 1995 Audi S6 sedan. If you’ve been reading Hooniverse for a while, you may recognize it from Project Car SOTU in the past. It’s long served as an excellent daily driver, and in fact we just crossed our sixth year together. For those six years, it’s needed little more than regular maintenance,…
