Hooniverse

Our friend Matt D'Andria (@Motorator) cohost of Carcast alongside Adam Carolla swings by to tell us about their new movie "Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman".  We of course cover a lot of ground on the Newman front however we also get into Matt's very ambitious 93 Cobra project, how Matt got into the podcast world and a little inside baseball on the subject of press fleets.

This week Blake and I are left to our own devices as Jeff makes his way back to "the old country" to spend some quality time with Aston Martin. Meanwhile Blake and I wax poetic on mechanical engineering, the realities of apartment living and remote California locales. Additionally Blake reviews the Mercedes SL550 and we try to figure out what he should replace his now defunct Miata with.

We're 102 episodes old now, which means we're tired. Hence the short episode...

Blake tells us about life at the Petersen, I tell you about life with my truck, and Chris has no voice.

Zack Klapman from the Smoking Tire and AJ Gordon from The Petersen Museum join host Jeff Glucker and producer Chris Hayes in the podcast studio. In this episode we learn what it's like to drive an old truck in a city filled with new cars. Also, Zack tells us about some of the stuff DRIVE has been up to, including the recent Middle East TV special, and AJ talks a bit more about what's going on at the Petersen.

Oh and the first few minutes we talk about beer instead of cars... ENJOY!

So it wouldn't be a Hooniverse podcast without the potential for audio issues... and that's what you get to celebrate episode 100!

Our guest this week is AJ Gordon who is the Content & Social Media Manager for the Petersen Museum. He's also the host of the great Car Stories podcast, which has tons of guests. Our chatter this week revolves around what we've done over the past 100 episodes, the new Paul Newman biopic, and also what's going on with HoonTruck and Blake's Miata.

Additionally, we dive into what it's like to work at the Petersen and focus on a crowd-funding project the museum is taking on. It's to revive a one-of-17 Davis Divan. If you're interested in learning more and possibly helping out, check out their IndieGoGo page.

Hosts Jeff and Blake and Producer Chris as joined by Zack Klapman from The Smoking Tire. The chatter this time around centers on the new Furious 7 movie, joining the cult of Harbor Freight, and then what we plan on doing for episode 100. There's also a bit of light HoonTruck and Miata news.

As a heads up, after episode 100 we're heading out to the Alibi Room in Los Angeles. We'll record on Monday the 13th, then head over for a few drinks and some grub around 8pm. If you're in the area, come say hi and join us!

On this episode, we dive right into talk about Blake's Miata. He's about 300 miles into the 500-mile break-in period of the new engine. From there it's some talk of my truck and Chris' Fiesta before we move on to the world of New Cars.

Oh and stay tuned for more information on a potential get together after episode 100

In this episode hosts Blake and Jeff are initially joined by producer Chrisy Hayes before taking a brief break and returning with Friends of Hooniverse Cory Burns and Zack Klapman.

We talk about Blakes Miata, my HoonTruck, and the 2015 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro Supercharged that I'm driving this week... and then shit gets real.

Mad real.

Jeff, Blake, and Chris are all together again for the first time in over a month. It's a spring-time miracle!

Our guest this week is Hooniverse's own Jason Connor, who serves as the camera car driver and occasional editor of cool car stuff. We briefly chat about some new car news but then drive into what we've been driving and our own car chatter.

This includes talk about the McLaren 650S Spider, Corvette Z06, Jason's two fords, Blake's Miata, Chris' own Ford, and Jeff's HoonTruck.

This week Blake and I are joined by Ben Hsu founder of Japanese Nostalgic Car. We of course cover all manner of bygone japanese motoring but we also touch on Miata rotaty conversions, Fiesta projects, bad action movies, Ayn Rand fashioned distopias and why Blake's mom loves DSM cars.