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  • What's That? You Wanted To See The Diamond T's Passenger?

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    As engineerd pointed out in the previous post about the Diamond T, there is, sadly, a certain point where a lot of these custom cars start to look the same. If you get too many cars with the same patina finish, the same skull shifters, the same teardrop taillights, they start to get a bit…

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  • LA Auto Show Mega-Gallery Two- Audi R8 5.2

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    As Braff noted to me yesterday, the 4.2-litre Audi R8 is a supremely competent and engaging sports car, but the 5.2-litre V10 elevates it to supercar status.

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  • Diamond T Informs On How To Arrive In Style

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    One of my own personal criteria that I’ve developed over the years to mentally rank the relative “wow” factor of vehicles is to gauge its first impression punch. What will the impact on the average person be when they see it for the first time?

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  • Car Show Conundrum- Suzuki Always Picks Door Number Two

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    Here’s a shot of the new Suzuki Kizashi’s dashboard. One of the upscale features of the Camry-esque car with the S on its chest is the display between the speedo and tach, which tells you information about the car- including whether or not one of the four doors is ajar. Unfortunately, as you can see,…

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  • Hooniverse Asks- Does the Mustang's Live Axle Make it Suck?

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    One way that Ford has kept the costs down on the Mustang, and kept the traditional pony car feel alive, is buy using a coil-sprung, live axle. Now, Ford has a lot of experience with live axles, and the 2011 ‘Stang is probably the best handling stallion ever to emerge from the Blue Oval. But…

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  • LA Auto Show Mega-Gallery One- The Ford Fiesta

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    There’s no siesta from this Fiesta as Ford had nearly a dozen of the cars on display- from mild to wild. The 2011 Fiesta packs a 1.6-litre DOHC four cylinder that the Blue Ovoids claimed to be good for 40-mpg highway. We couldn’t verify that as there didn’t seem any easy way to get one…

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  • The Saga of Team Uberbird, Part II: Sunday

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    Sunday we were off to a great start. We had our fastest driver (Jeff), at the wheel and the car was running like a top. We were in the low 60s, place-wise, and climbing. Alas, he picked up a black flag after being waved by to pass…under yellow. Luckily, it’s just a driver swap and…

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  • Last Call- Old Racers and Bold Racers Edition

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    While racing is a sport- it should always be remembered that it’s one for which its participants give of themselves like few others. Image source: [photobucket]

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  • Fiesta Party isn't Redundant

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    Only two minutes to go. Braff and I are waiting for the littlest Ford to do a striptease.

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  • Hooniverse Asks- Have You Ever Had a Car Stolen?

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    We’ve all experienced it, that sickening feeling in your gut when you come back to where you think you remember parking your car only to find an empty space, or another in its place. A wave of relief comes over you when you realize that you were mistaken, and your car is an aisle or…

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  • The Saga of Team Uberbird, Part I: Saturday

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    [singlepic id=577 w=640 h=480 float=center] We came out of Buttonwillow with some busted parts and a massive to-do list of what we needed to fix, along with a whole new theme. We hit the track for practice on Friday about three inches lower, two feet more noseconier, four feet more winged and with twice as…

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  • Hooniverse Does the Car Show

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    Today marks the first press day of the Los Angeles Auto Show, and for some reason they thought it was a good idea to let Hooniverse attend. We’re going to check things out and see if there’s anything Hoontastic to report. We’ll spare you the news about the new colors on the Camry and such.

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  • Last Call- Reliance Tractors Edition

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    Here’s the product label for a part I recently recently received via UPS. The  application list reads like a panoply of failed English (and one Italian) auto makers. With the exception of Ford, Land Rover and – surprisingly – Lotus, everyone else has gone the way of Elvis, and parts like this are become harder…

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  • Take My Fire Extinguisher Away: Peugeot 405 Gets this Ad Hot 'n Heavy

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    Say what you will about the decline and fall of the French auto manufacturer’s expedition in the American market, but I for one miss the unique flavor (“Mmmm … rusty …”) that Peugeot and AMC-Renault brought to our shores. Of course, if you’ve been around the block, you’re already familiar with their, uh, avant-garde advertising…

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  • Bird-Brained Motorist Goes Colonel Sanders on an Emu

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    If you’re driving down the highway and happen to spot an enormous bird on the side of the road, would your first thought be Mmm, vittles? That seems to have been the case with this pickup truck driver that decided to go a-rasslin’ with a road-side Emu. Unlike the eponymous Big Bird from Sesame Street,…

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  • Ferrari Scuderia Replica — Some Assembly Required

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    Perhaps “replica” is a bit of a strong word. Imitation? That’s even a bit generous.

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