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  • From YouTube to Live Hot Pursuit Coverage in 30 Seconds Flat

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    This is just too perfect. What starts out as a typical YouTube video of some guy’s TV showing a police chase in Inglewood, California takes a rather sudden and unexpected turn for the better. Just wait for it… Also if you’re at work and don’t wish to hear YouTuber Jason Lee eloquently summarize his once-in-a-lifetime…

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  • Hoonivercinema- Speed of Light

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        Described in its 70’s lurid title sequence as the World’s Smallest Chase, this awesomely clever video is the chase we all imagined our model cars and other toys having, across the congested and crowded streets and alleys of our living rooms and dens, back when we were growing up. Check out the great…

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  • Hoonivercinema- Monday Music Video

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    Urban environments and the automobile may not always get along, but there’s no doubt that over the past century cars have had a massive influence on the design and vibrancy of America’s great cities. While we normally have a traditional music video to start our week off – typically one in which cars play a…

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  • On the set of "On the Road"

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    Wandering around old Montreal in November of 2010  after enjoying some poutine, I inadvertently stumbled on to the set of On The Road. In the film adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s novel, which opened on December 21, the historic part of Montreal stands in for New York City of the 1940s with its old art deco…

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  • The Real World – Ford Aerostar

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    Minivans in general don’t get a lot of respect, and the Ford Aerostar in particular has been the object of derision as being a particularly lackluster example of the genre. One Aerostar that bucks that trend of disrespect is Frank the Tank, a $300 ’93 rust bucket that a group of Indiana Hoons bought with…

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  • Hoonivercinema- Monday Music Video

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    Maya Arulpragasam, aka M.I.A., is a British singer who is no stranger to controversy, having flipped the bird during last year’s Super Bowl half-time show. Here she is giving props to bad girls – the kind you don’t take home to mo-ther – while hanging out of an E36 rocking the hagwalah. Her music is…

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  • In-Car Lemons Highlights: Thunderhill 2012

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    What’s better than more posts about the 24 Hours of Lemons?  More posts featuring me, that’s what.  After the break, you’ll find what amounts to a highlight video from my (first-ever) stint in a Lemons car.  The car?  Why, the 2011 HCOTY, the Killer ZomBee, of course.  Don’t click though if you don’t like self-indulgence.

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