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Submission Thursday: Dailies
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[Prior Submission Thursday Submitter Andrew Simmons comes back to update us on his latest automotive escapades. He needs to remember to take more pictures for his pieces, though. – Ed.] It was a frigid 62-degree morning in San Diego, and I found myself on the cusp of being late for a 7am meeting. Normally I’d pray…
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LeMons Team Profile: Sorry For Party Racing
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Today’s Submissions Thursday Submission comes from Estlin Link. He’s a 24 Hours of LeMons hanger-on and will be writing up profiles of various entertaining LeMons teams. 24 Hours of LeMons racers range anywhere from Michael Schumacher wannabes to the “I just fixed my car with duct tape” kind of guy. That diversity is exactly why LeMons has…
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Fiat 850 Spider rusting in the weeds
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John, a.k.a. mac350, writes: Every day I ride past this abandoned junk yard in NW Arkansas and watch as this old Fiat 850 turns back into the elements. It puzzles me why such a neat little car would wind up in this relatively remote location off the beaten path. Old Fiats are very rare in this…
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V.I.S.I.T. – Lime Rock Park race weekend snapshots
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Each Fourth of July weekend there is an American LeMans Series race at Lime Rock Park. While somehow none of the Hoon writers who live in the relative vicinity to the track never manage to make it there, a shame really, Hoon readers often do. A long time commenter, tipster, and all around halfway decent…
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W124 Love – All Things To All Men
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In the previous part, we talked about the ubiquity and sheer variety of the Mercedes W124 and its submodels that make it the European counterpart of Panther platform. In many ways the models are each other’s foil, embodying European and American takes on the long-running universal chassis. Let’s take a closer look now. [Ed: Today…
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W124 Love – The Panther of Europe
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Our friends at The Truth About Cars write a lot about The Panther Love – their affection to the greatest example of cheap, bulletproof American large sedan. Although it’s been taken away from us as of 2011, it still lives on the roads and used car lots of America. Whether you’re looking for cheap retired…
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Are Supercars like Rock’n’roll Stars?
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When I was watching the Richard Hammond’s review of Pagani Huayra on TopGear, watched its out-of-this world aerodynamic features, the steam punk interior, obsessive attention to detail and strangely understated, yet magnificient design, it occurred to me that this it The supercar of our time. Yes, Richard Hammond said something similar just a few seconds…
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Stainless Steel Stays In Style In Finland!
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Editor’s note: Sticking with the Finland theme laid down by our Mr. Scroggs, this was written by friend-of-Hooniverse Antti of Finnish Camaro fame, who recently visited a man in the Great White North with a Delorean that somehow hasn’t rusted to metal shavings. Antti himself owns a Mitsubishi Sapporo, and is living proof that the…
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British By Proxy: The Cyclops Eye and the Crown Vics of Calcutta
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It’s no secret that British culture has embraced the trappings of their former colony India in a way that would make Mangal Pandey flip his lid. From curry, which is the sort of cheap Asian fare that’s to the British what Chinese all-you-can-eat buffets are to our MSG-laden posteriors, to the comical and ironic Indian…
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Daily Drivers
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The Fiesta did not make a good first impression. What awful seats, I thought as I struggled to find the recline lever. What an awful noise, as the engine wheezed to life. What an awful car. I had been curious about the Fiesta ever since I’d ridden in a European model with an acquaintance who…
