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The LandYacht: Land Cruiser Field Report – Western Kansas
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First things first, the air conditioning has finally been repaired on the Land Yacht. The leaky evaporator core was removed by myself and a friend. The “new to me”-used core was installed and everything bolted up exactly as it should. It’s amazing to have cold air blowing through the truck again. A while back, I…
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Land Cruiser Field Report: Where the Buffalo Roam
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American Buffalo is actually a misnomer. The bison that used to roam the Central Plains are not closely related to the Buffalo (Cape & Water) of Africa and Asia. They are in the same family of hoofed mammals, but not close enough to be called buffalo. Just like how the West Indies are in the…
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Saving Memories – My Coast-to-Coast Drive with an F-150
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It’s the most ordinary and least exciting thing I could have possibly gotten, but what led me to buy this 2002 Ford F-150 in California and drive it across the country was pure sentimentality above all else. Ford sold millions of these tenth-generation F-150s and there’s almost as many of them here in Georgia as…
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Chasing Aurora with some help from the Audi S7
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We may have mostly figured out space travel, chemotherapy and all sorts of other tough stuff. Underwater welding, levitating trains, lab-grown artificial meat. This is good and all, but there’s something us guys haven’t quite figured out yet: What’s the best first date plan? The right mix of accessible and intriguing to both interest your…
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Prolonging the joy: Driving Anticipation
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Wanderlust has got a tight grip on The Towers of Rust right now – my wife and I have got ourselves a minibreak booked in Slovenia in May. It’s all thanks to one of those last minute holiday websites. The last trip we went on, which took in Prague, Vienna and Budapest was organised in…
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Hoonivercinema: Tour Iceland's 'Route One' in Real Time with Sigur Rós
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In my younger days when I was in bands and followed music more closely, it wouldn’t have taken me six months to notice that Icelandic ambient band Sigur Rós had released a concept recording of sorts. Ever the proponents of their volcanic home island, Sigur Rós teamed up with the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service to tour the…
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Roadside Attractions – Junkyard of Dreams
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Last month, my dad decided to buy a pickup from a guy up in Lebanon. For those of you not familiar with Lebanon (which is nearly all of you), it’s a medium sized town here in the Ozarks, known for its boat manufacturing and walnut bowls (there is a big factory in town that makes…
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Icelandic Odyssey: The Finest Roads I Have Ever Driven.
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It was, by its very nature, a driving holiday. When you have ten days to see as much of an island as you can, it’s going to mean a lot of wheel-time. However, frankly, you don’t hold out much hope for invigoration while piloting an Opel Corsa with an automatic gearbox. However, sometimes the stars…
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Three Cars, One Hill
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This was the best magazine road test that had never been undertaken. In an ideal world it would have been me and two other top-flight motoring journalists, and perhaps a photographer with a chase car. We would have had two days to get the exact shots that we wanted for the feature, as well as…
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An Unexpected Road Trip Adventure: The Unexpected End Has Arrived
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If my fellow Hoons are reading this post while at work, be warned it is a kind of longrooffan style, wandering all over the place, growing a white beard inducing kind of offering. A suggestion to wait until you are settled comfortably with a cool beverage of your choice may be in order. Or not.…
