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Category Archive: Unhinged, Videos

Unhinged: Listen To Ferrari Genius John Pogson Explain His Love Of An Unloved Ferrari

Every car ever built has had a fan. It doesn’t matter if it’s the opulent coach built monster of the 1920’s that is the coveted item for any and every collector or it’s the...

The “WTF?” Files: Winning At Life With The Coolest Ford Aspire We’ve Ever Seen!

(Photos: Kyle Hendrix via V.I.S.I.T.) The Ford Aspire….yeech, what a miserable little car. What did it do well? It made the Geo Metro look positively radiant by comparison, it sold more...

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Unhinged: The Most Exotic Thing I’ve Ever Spun A Wrench On, A Lancia Scorpion

(Lead photo: Hemmings) It’s safe to say that most “exotic” cars are safely kept away from me in some form or another. I’ll probably never own a Lamborghini or a Ferrari, let...

Unhinged: Living In The Times Of The Nine-Second Four-Door Sedan

From the moment I made my first move to get a car of my own onwards, I was told that four-doors weren’t worth the time or effort. They were engine donors. They were derby cars. But I...

Unhinged: The ChallengerFest 7 Story – From Running Angry Grandpa Like A Rental To Racing With Good People

I told myself over and over after ChallengerFest 6 that come hell or high water, as long as the Project Angry Grandpa Chrysler was running, that I was going to do more than spectate at ChallengerFest...

Funny Stuff: Taking Up Donations For A Worthy Cause, Done Right…Or, Don’t Date Crazy!

(Photo: Cody Adams, via V.I.S.I.T) Breakups are the worst, aren’t they? What started out as this amazing thing that two people shared, what brought them close together, has now become a vortex...

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Unhinged: Why Being A Fan Of Non-Mainstream Builds Is An Exercise In Self-Torment

Ever since I first signed up to CarJunkieTV so many years ago, I have been the guy who has had projects that have sat way out in left field, and I’ve been fine with that. Out of all of the cars...

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Unhinged: Thanks For The Letdown, Buick. Appreciate That.

Our jaws hit the floor. The Internet lit up. Facebook had it in the “trending topics” section almost immediately, and every auto journalist had to pick their jaws up off of the floor. The...

Unhinged: Cars, Food, Music And Conversation – Why Car Meets Are Good For The Soul

For most people, a two hour drive for a car meet in the early hours of the evening sounds ridiculous, and I’ll concede that it isn’t an every week event. But sure enough, the Angry...

Unhinged: Taking A Look Back At Some 1970s Print Ads, From Sad To…Wow…

The horsepower war is winding down, the broughams are preparing to strike with opera windows, super-fluffy seats and padded roofs, and gas mileage is officially becomes a factor when purchasing a...

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Unhinged Top 11: What Happened When I Let The Internet “#roastmycar”

Why on Earth would I subject three of my cars to an online open-mic comedy roast? What good could possibly come out of it? Humility, that’s what. We get so tied up in how great our cars are,...

Unhinged: Meet The Fiat 500L Tiberio Taxi…It’s A Tropical Taxi For Blind Tourists, We Think.

There is nothing wrong with saying that I’m not a fan of pretty much anything Fiat. I don’t like the 124 Spyder. I don’t like the 500, new or old. And I’m very hard-pressed to...

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Unhinged: The Radio Flyer Tesla Model S, And My Immediate, Irrational Hatred Of It

Before I begin, I should probably make the following admission: I know that I’m diving off of the deep end here. I’m losing my head over a kid’s toy, one that might actually sway...

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Unhinged: The Six New Presenters Of Top Gear Have Been Announced. Will The Show Be Worth Watching? Let’s Look At The New Faces And Find Out…

Finally, we seem to have a resolution to the TopGear “fracas” that started when Jeremy Clarkson decked assistant producer Oisin Tymon over a missing steak dinner about a year ago. While...