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Last Call: 4Runnerverse
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The Toyota 4Runner is a wildly popular vehicle in the off-road and overland communities. And it turns out it’s extremely popular here at Hooniverse as well. Here’s the current tally: Myself: White 4th gen “The Stormtrooper,” gray 5th gen TRD Off Road Kamil Kaluski: Gray 5th gen Limited; red 5th gen TRD Off Road press tester Jeff…
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Project Introduction: My new 5th-gen 4Runner TRD Off Road
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Things didn’t exactly go as planned last summer. The Grand Sport debacle backfired entirely and I found myself amidst a full-blown conundrum of needing a daily-driver that aligned with my primary hobbies of exploring, hiking, and off-roading. For a change my brain said “buy something normal” and, for the first time, my heart agreed. It was…
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Off the Road Again Podcast: Episode 7 – Vespas, a Pacifica, & Off Road Bios
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Welcome back to the Off the Road Again podcast! We’ve missed you. The focus is on the off-road adventure but we also dabble in all things SUV and truck, maybe even some rally cars. Ross & Chris, discuss the Nissan Frontier, Toyota Trail editions, the Jeep Gladiator Mojave, the NORRA Mexican 1000 Vespa class, and Chris’…
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Ten Years Later: Lots of cars and major life changes
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Ten years is a lot of time. More than a third of my life. Back when Hooniverse was founded, I entered my first semester in college. Ten years later I’m not just a different car person, but a different person entirely. 2009. A post-it note on my cork board has,” Live Life to the Fullest”…
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Project Introduction: 2013 Mazda Miata Club PRHT
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The first Miata I drove was a modified, ex-race-car NA-generation model. My seat time was limited to a few laps on Lime Rock Park’s infield autocross course. But something in my brain clicked. The Miata was unlike anything I had ever driven. It was so light, so nimble. Tossable in a way I didn’t know…
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Project “Conclusion”: 1991 Toyota MR2 “Someday Race Car”
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Not all projects get the end they deserve. Not all get the end you want them to. Not all even turn out to be projects. My ill-fated MR2 was all of the above. My friend Dan and I picked up the little second-gen Toyota MR2 a few years back. We had big plans for the…
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Hooniverse Asks: How do you reinvigorate your love for a project?
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I haven’t been very good to the Stormtrooper 4Runner lately. Alright, that’s not entirely true, since I installed new suspension recently and did a lot of upkeep/repainting (more on that in the coming weeks). But truthfully, in the last 7 weeks I’ve driven the truck once. It sits outside alone in the cold, staring longingly…
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Project Car SOTU: Toyota MR2 "Someday" Race Car
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It’s a situation that us car lovers fantasize over: a car somehow falls into your lap and you feel not only morally obligated, but genuinely excited, to accept it as your own. You welcome it with open arms, tell your friends of the new addition to your fleet, spend hours on the internet researching the…
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Project Car SOTU: Subaru WRX
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I’ve been posting a lot test-drive reviews lately, and not without weight to them. It’s probably been easy to pick up on, but it’s time to spell it out: I’m shopping for a possible replacement for my WRX. Not yet entirely sold on getting rid of it, I’m simply driving cars that are on my…
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2017 Subaru WRX Limited 6MT Long-Term Update: Year Gone By
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A riot when driven hard, but nearly unpolished for it’s own good…or simply for mine? Evaluating my Subaru WRX after one year of ownership A quick Google search, the pinnacle of in-depth and fact-backed research, reveals that the average American drives around 13,500 miles per year, or about fifteen-thousand if one considers Geico to be…
