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  • Don't Be Afraid to Ask Questions: Part 2 – The Camshaft

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    A traditional gasoline engine needs a mixture of air and fuel to create combustion inside the individual cylinder chambers (be they numbered 4, 6, 8, or 3 if you drive a DamnElantra®). If you simply let in a bunch of air and an Inland Empire Meth Lab amount of fuel, your car would first go…

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  • VAZ 2107 Outruns Shelby Mustang, Camaro and Jeep

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    [youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHD8Xf5Rnvo[/youtube] Well, virtually, at least. Normally we’re not huge on “oooh, pretty rendering” stuff, but this one’s got some cool twists. Not a bad way to start a Friday. Hat Tip to Jeremy L aka ssurfer321.

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  • Streetwalking: Rode Hard and Put Away Wet

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    While the Best of France and Italy car show managed to have a representation of most every make and model of car those two countries officially sent to the U.S., as well as many that made it over here surreptitiously, one car that wasn’t present on the grass was the Peugeot 504. Well, we found one,…

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  • Hooniverse Asks, Bonus Edition: What Would A Hooniverse Coat of Arms Look Like?

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    Perhaps it’s because I’m not feeling too hot, but my mind is wandering something fierce today. But nevertheless, I want to poll the populace; if Hooniverse had a coat of arms, what would it look like?

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  • Real Hoons of Genius

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    (Real Hoon of genius) We salute you, Mr. Overpass-hanging Beertruck Driver. Because when other truck drivers are clogging the highways with spilled loads of rasberry jam (it’s so sticky) and watermelons (you’d think seedless wouldn’t be so messy), you bring it. If people have to be stuck in traffic (feels like it’s been hours), you…

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  • Road Rage Roundup: It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time

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    My first regular series as Murilee Martin, way back in early ’07, was Road Rage Roundup, and it started off pretty well.

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  • Parking Masters: Elderly Stereotype Edition

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    We generally try and avoid stereotyping. Just because someone drives a Buick, it doesn’t automatically mean that they’re elderly. I myself still have a ’93 Buick Century gradually decaying in the rainy weather of the North Coast of British Columbia, and I’m not that elderly. Well, not compared to Graverobber, anyhow.

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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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  • 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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