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hoon of the day

Jumping A Saturn At Dave's Farm

Another day, another beater car hooned at Dave's Farm. Sure it's not as impressive as the Honda 666, or the Buick Halfmaster, but who doesn't love seeing a car catching air? It may be a lowly '90s Saturn, but the flat black and flames make up for it.
[Dave's Farm]

5:00 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By marnold
3,498 views, 32 comments

news

Icelandic Hoons Protest Falling Krona, Rising Gas Prices

Iceland's the one country with a currency rate falling further than the dollar and according to the front-pager today in the Wall Street Murdoch Journal it's having a serious impact on our hoonage-loving brethren from the land of the ice and snow. As those of us here have known ever since we saw Richard Hammond try to outrun a man walking driving on water — their only real escape is on nitrous-injected, giant-wheeled trucks which they throw at the mountainous landscape with the greatest of abandon. Unfortunately ballooning debt payments, punishing fuel prices and a cratering currency are all such buzz-kills. The Journal's Marcus Walker tells the story: More »

9:40 AM on Fri May 2 2008
By Ray Wert
2,953 views, 23 comments

Latest by hossmaster: @ramv10 I am sure those guys run more than 1 fuel tank and carry jerry cans for incidents. more »

hoon of the day

Catastrophic ZAZ Rollover Leaves Russian Hoons Miraculously Unharmed

Where would we be without English Russia? We wouldn't have heard about the Stalinmobile, for starters! Most of all, we'd have to do without the all-important ZAZ hoonage! The Russians can bash 'em into trees, do epic donuts, and- of course- roll 'em. Today, we get to see in-car video of a quartet of Russians taking a Zaporozhets up to the lunatic speed of 90 KM/H, wipe out in spectacular fashion, and walk away from the wreck. That's sure to be a long trudge back to the village for these guys. [English Russia]

1:40 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,893 views, 27 comments

Latest by Stuntdriver: @CptSevere: russian rednecks!! lol! more »

hoon of the day

Hoon of the Day: Zaporozhets Donuts

We've seen Russian hoons roll a ZAZ and we've seen them smash a ZAZ into a tree. But how about taking the little air-cooled, 26-horse Russian car and adding another 150 or so horsepower? Excellent idea! Of course, when you build such a Zaporozhets, a certain amount of hoonage seems inevitable.

10:00 AM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,581 views, 25 comments

world's best dad

Hit It, Boy! Helmetless, Hopped-Up Power Wheels Hoonage

The ATV-assisted Power Wheels hoonage we saw yesterday showed some medium-grade disregard for safety, all right. But how about when you get a younger kid, lose the helmet, and juice up his Power Wheels truck with about ten times the factory power? This boy showcases some serious drifting skills as he lays hard plastic all over his cul-de-sac, ultimately flipping his top-heavy ride. Fortunately, there's a happy ending, without the kid's dome busted on the hard concrete... this time.

10:40 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Murilee Martin
11,441 views, 107 comments

Latest by econobiker: Damn, and I just junked a seriously sunfaded but completely functional Barbie powerwheels I had gotten out of the apartment complex trash dumpster...we even tried to sell it at a couple of yardsales but no buyers... more »

hoon of the day

Hoon Of The Day: News Van Drag Racing

Oops. While drag racing a news van in a larger market like San Antonio or Houston wouldn't cause such a stir, in El Paso it'll get you fired. The difference? In those big cities they have more live trucks, production vehicles and satellite rigs to cover a war. Chris Bernal, a photographer for KDBC, found out the hard way that heads will roll if you race the station's only live truck. Though they may have thought they had a monopoly on coverage of the event, you can hear someone in the video saying "every cell phone is out" to film it. Oops. [CarScoop, KVIA]

2:00 PM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,851 views, 34 comments

Latest by dr zero: @MazdaEric: Hayabusa swap? more »

commenter of the day

Commenter of the Day: Orange Crush Edition

Sure, we thought about foraging the assorted trashy declarations that followed our Dancing Traffic Girl Hoon of the Day post. We think she'd do pretty well on a USO tour of war-torn regions, and there's a taste of the dragon in there someplace. But not today. After all, we're working a car show. Let's maintain focus. Commenter of the day, then, please? More »

Feature

5:45 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Matthew DeBord
1,612 views, 110 comments

news

Violent Idaho Hoons Issue Beat-Down After Truck Donuts Criticized

Stories like this one make us wish we could write like Kevin Hoover of the Arcata Eye (Warning: Do not click on that link if you need to get anything done during the next several hours!). Basically, what we got here is a pair of Idaho brothers straight out of Northwest Hoon Central Casting, right down to the red flannel shirts, pickup truck, and scrungy facial hair. John and Robert Rasho were minding their own business on a street in Kuna, Idaho, just spinning some donuts in their truck, not bothering nobody, when some killjoy neighbor came out and asked them to, like, knock it off. Next thing you know, you got one hospitalized killjoy, one impounded pickup, and two hoons in jail. (Hat tip to LTDScott!) [KTVB]

7:45 AM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,266 views, 18 comments

Latest by TR3-A: Look like two upstanding, fine gentlement to me. Damn the repressive, international world domination conspiracy! more »

hoon of the day

Who Was Hoon of the Year in 2007?

We've seen some excellent examples of the Vehicular Idiocy Captured On Film genre this year, and now it's time for us to vote on which hoon wins the coveted Jalopnik Hoon of the Year award. Jump like a Suzuki Sidekick- wait, we mean like a Chevy Sprint- and vote early and often for the hoonliest hoon of 2007! Warning: many of these videos feature language that your uptight coworkers might consider NSFW.
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11:45 AM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Murilee Martin
33,941 views, 65 comments

Latest by SWG: Why is the Minnesota one NOT on the voting list? WTF? I'm sorry, but a 5,000 lb '80s Dodge conversion van flying over a Celica wins. That's just awesome. I'm sad they ruined that Celica, I would have bought it, but more »

technique

Snowbound Motive Mag Demonstrates the Scandinavian Flick

I happen to live in paradise Los Angeles, but for those of you in snowy, icy northern nightmares places, you might be very interested in the driving lesson that Motive is offering. It's called the Scandinavian Flick. Rally drivers, drifters and even my brother Hollywood stuntmen are all familiar with the technique. Motive's Bryan Joslin is claiming the Flick is the fastest and safest way around a wet corner. Though, he does point out that law enforcement might view your superior car control as nothing more than hoonage, so don't Flick on public roads. More »

2:45 PM on Fri Jan 4 2008
By Jonny Lieberman
5,142 views, 60 comments

Latest by billstewartx: we called it a POWER SLIDE n vermont in the 70's... used to do it with a 64 rambler with bald tires... NO self respecting vermonter would ever HIT the BRAKES... ever.. you just stayed on the gas pedal all the time.. if more »

thunderhill lemons

LeMon Pits: The Casualties Mount

This is racing! It's about 37 degrees out. There are no spectators here; no fans, just the drivers and the crews. Yet the teams aren't quitting. Unless they are forced to. Like the SE-R, which somehow lost 3 of its 4 studs on the right front wheel. That's metal fatigue for you. Team Dilligaf got three black flags for excessive hoonage, as did the former front runners in the #87 MR2. Other than that, it's just the usual series of brakes, radiators, gaskets and, well, radiators. Pit party starts in 15 minutes. TOTAL COVERAGE continues...

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12:00 AM on Sun Dec 30 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
673 views, 6 comments

Latest by FuzzyPlushroom: And isn't the Mazdasaurus a 626? more »

offbeat news

Aussie Hoons Constantly Blowing Themselves Up

Here's a fun statistic for you: one-in-ten serious burn cases treated in Australia are from men tinkering with their cars at home. It's such a serious issue that, according to the Herald Sun, one-in-six victims treated at the Victorian Adult Burns Service in 2006 were careless or unlucky gearheads. Said one young victim "One thing i don't think I will ever forget is the pain. You don't think you can be put through that much and still survive." Yeah, but he's got a totally rad Falcon to show for it. More »

11:45 AM on Fri Dec 21 2007
By Matt Hardigree
1,005 views, 14 comments

Latest by wkiernan: Back when I was a teenager in the pre-self-serve days (1971) I had a job pumping gas (at between 24 and 30 cents a gallon!). I'd check your oil and wipe off your windshield too. A lot of more »

offbeat news

Teenage Hoon Slapped with $104,000 Insurance Premium

Being a teenager in Canada isn't all it's cracked up to be. Described as having "a tendency to speed" by his doting mother, 19 -year old Jason Towers has racked up no less than 10 speeding tickets since he got his license in May 2005. Towers claims most of those tickets were given for only going a few kilometers over the per-hour limit. Which definitely explains his two license suspensions in that time. If you're starting to get the impression that Towers might be a dangerous driver, you'd be wrong. More »

12:15 PM on Wed Dec 12 2007
By Wes Siler
7,952 views, 69 comments

Latest by tikibomb: Funny. But I had 9 tickets in a 3 month period. Granted only 4 of them were for speeding and the others we for random hoonage. But I didnt let them hit the freaking insurance. I guess the judicial system more »

news

Hoon Mom Races With Toddler in Car

Today's "World's Best Dad" just happens to be a mom, proving that stupidity is not a genetic trait. It all started when two Australian women in their late 20's were popped by an unmarked car racing from traffic light to traffic light in Elizabeth North, Adelaide. No word on whether they were driving modified Holdens or just a pair of Taragos, though it didn't seem to matter to the police when they found the 22-month-old toddler in the back seat. More »

10:15 AM on Mon Dec 10 2007
By Matt Hardigree
823 views, 19 comments

Latest by iamtehawesome: My dad used to pile me and my friends in the back of a conversion van and haul ass over every bump he could find. We would try to stay standing for as long as possible, then he'd buy us more »

hoon of the day

Hoon of the Day: Suzuki Sidekick Hang Time


This one has all the makings of a total disaster, the kind involving emergency-room personnel tweezing shards of metal from scorched flesh while burly interns pin the screaming patient down and somber policemen interview his not-very-sober friends. Happily, though, this Sidekick jump goes off without killing or maiming anyone at all! We don't want to spoil it, but let's just say this hoon gives the jumping Mahindra Jeep scene a run for its money. Thanks to LTDScott for the tip! Warning: NSFW due to Jersey-style profanity.

1:30 PM on Thu Dec 6 2007
By Murilee Martin
25,498 views, 81 comments

Latest by FrankGrimes: man I thought for sure he was gonna endo into the tree. Sweetness for sure though. more »

hoon of the day

Hoon of the Day: Barbie Corvette + Gas Engine + Snow

The Power Wheels Barbie Corvette is just the thing for a little girl to cruise around the playground, with its safe-and-sane electric motor. But how about when you put a two-stroke gas engine in it, squeeze an adult male into the driver's seat, add beer, and put the whole assembly on snow? It looks like these hoons must have disabled the car's ABS prior to this run. But wait, there's more hoonage... More »

3:00 PM on Wed Dec 5 2007
By Murilee Martin
12,692 views, 34 comments

Latest by Tanshanomi: That's not hoonage. That's good, clean fun. more »

hoon of the day

Break Me Off A Piece Of That... Hand Brake?


Sometimes you're the Hoon of the Day because you purposely acted in a stupid fantastic way with the explicit intent of acting stupid fantastic. Other times, you're the Hoon of the Day because you did something accidentally brilliantly stupid. Other times you're the Hoon of the Day just because you decided not to use the hand brake. This would be one of those times. (Hat tip to J.F.!) [via Break]

4:00 PM on Wed Nov 28 2007
By Ray Wert
6,994 views, 71 comments

news

Aussie Hoon Cop Identified, Suspended


The Aussie policehoon we told you about yesterday has been identified as a 30-year-old first class constable of the West Australian police. The officer had a reasonable excuse, as the organizer of a local carshow asked the trained pursuit driver to show off his moves. Nevertheless, the local authorities are trying to send a message and have suspended the cop over the impromptu demonstration. More »

11:15 AM on Tue Nov 27 2007
By Matt Hardigree
2,450 views, 23 comments