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  • Best of France & Italy Car Show Mega Gallery

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    The 2009 Best of France & Italy car show was held last Sunday, with picture postcard weather, and a large crowd, proving that there’s a lot of Latin lovers in the City of Angels. And there was something for everyone there- from a car nicknamed after a little mouse, to one that could have carried…

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  • Streetwalking: Classic Pickups Hide Under Cover of Darkness

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    We found these two beautiful classics on one of our many late-night coffee runs. Tim Horton’s is an addiction that must be satisfied periodically, and the happy side of this is that it has a similar effect on the rest of Canada as well.

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  • Hoon Hall of Fame: Horatio Nelson Jackson

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    Many of us pilot hoopties that’d have a tough time making a cross-country journey. I’d bet on one of the four cars in my driveway. Rewind to 1903, and the idea’s pure insanity.

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  • Hooniverse Asks – How Far Do You Plan To Drive This Thanksgiving?

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    For our neighbors to the north, Thanksgiving was last month, so they’ll just have to sit on their hands for this one. But for those of us living in the contiguous 48, as well as Alaska and those lucky bastards surrounded by all that warm water in Hawaii, we’ve got a date with tryptophan coming…

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  • X-Pipe Exhaust Gives Crazy HPs, PAH!

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    If we needed a sweet home-fab X-pipe with cutouts, we’d totally pick this one up. PAH! eBay (Seriously, just go read the listing. Then be sure to check out the Q&A)

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  • Crazy Happy Fun Fun Hoon-dai Drivers of the Day

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    Most Amazing Car Tricks More Videos & Games at CarsVideo.net – Best Online Cars Videos Who knew (I mean other than Damnelantra) that Hyundais were capable of such poetic ballet? If there’s a petition around to get this entered as an Olympic event – synchronized elantra driving – I’m signing it!

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  • Coop Runs in the Carerra Panamericana, We Die of Jealousy

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    Mr. Coop has a pretty good gig. When he’s not working on sweet cars, he’s making some sweet hot-rod art. When he’s not doing either of those, he’s taking pictures of naked ladies (find that link yourself). In his down time, he heads down Mexico way for the running of La Carrera Panamericana. What’s the…

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  • Last Call – Tommy Keeps His Cool

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    In WWI, British infantry soldiers were referred to as Tommys because of the name used as example in the pay book- Tommy Atkins. British troops during the Great War were famous for their bravery, and for always keeping their heads when the action got hot. That’s why this Tommy is a fitting mascot for this…

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  • LeMons: Arse-Freeze-a-Palooza Teams 2009

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    Well, for those of you who have been waiting with baited breath, the information has been set free from the stony clutches of Assistant Perpetrator and Also Culpable Nick Pon.

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  • The Retro-Future Never Looked So Good: US Steel's A Portfolio of Probabilities

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    A friend of mine once had some really stupid roomates. Not so much stupid, as ignorant. You see, he was showing them old Three Stooges videos and they responded with “Who are these idiots? Don’t they know this is like the most played out form of comedy, like, ever?!”. Yeah, except Curly/Shemp, Moe and Larry…

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  • Hooniverse Asks- Expensive Cheap Car, or Cheap Expensive Car?

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    These days you can buy pretty much the same car from an auto maker’s different divisions. Whether it be Ford Fusion vs. Lincoln MkZ, Toyota Camry vs. Lexus ES350, or even BMW 328i vs. BMW 528i, you have the option of loading up a lower-priced model to exceed the features of its higher cost, but…

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  • Name That Part: Goon Show Edition

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    In yesterday’s Name That Part, I made the tragic mistake of leading with a photo of our beloved Saucy Minx. As such, nobody was actually paying any attention to the actual part involved. Which doesn’t matter, because I wasn’t paying attention either.

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  • Korean Creationism – Finding One's Soul and Discovering Genesis

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    Mrs. LaPine-Grueninger is a crafty lady with a crafty husband who also loves all-things automotive. They used to be Euro-obsessed dubbers (ok… they still are) but a recent trip to the Creation Museum helped open their eyes to the new gospel according to Hyundai and the modern word of Kia. Hop the jump for another…

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  • Future Hoons of America: Abdication of Parental Responsibility Edition

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    Do you think that any helicopter mom would allow her little snowflake to “ride dirty” on a pit bike? You see, modern parenting and all the various social services that strive to keep kids out of harm’s way are stifling our childrens’ innate and noble urges to hoon. The video after the jump makes it…

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  • Streetwalker: White on Rice Supra Masks Its Price

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    The 1989 Toyota Supra was a generation prior to the penultimate Supra gestation, but it still has its fans. This blanco-respray with a removable roof has had its asking price covered with making tape. If only they had used more of that when painting it.

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  • Last Call- Fetish Art or Ultimate Theft Deterrent?

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    There are many reasons why the Smart Plus Four failed in the market, but lack of snakes wasn’t one of them. Image Source: [UAE-Fist via KingSol]

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