What is or how do you 'hoon'?
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I always thought hoon was a Scottish slang term for hooligan. Thus a hoon was to drive like a hooligan, which I would translate to mean driving on the ragged edge. Thus I rarely hoon these days and try not to get carried away, ok, well maybe just occasionally. 
I think a hoon can only be carried out in a petrol too. Diesels don't really have the same sonorous sense of occasion that a wrung out petrol motor does at high rpm. Sure, they're quick enough and torquey enough to get it power(torque)sliding, but they don't really trigger the adrenalin whilst doing it.
Oh, and most importantly, IMO hooning can only be done with driver aids switched off.
I think a hoon can only be carried out in a petrol too. Diesels don't really have the same sonorous sense of occasion that a wrung out petrol motor does at high rpm. Sure, they're quick enough and torquey enough to get it power(torque)sliding, but they don't really trigger the adrenalin whilst doing it.
Oh, and most importantly, IMO hooning can only be done with driver aids switched off.
We're lucky we dont live in Austrailia. I was chatting to a couple of guys on the Cannonball Run Europe last month. They came over to Europe to hoon as the Aussie hoon laws are getting ridiculous! (the word 'hoon' in Austrailia is a semi-legal term!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoon#Anti-hoon_legisl...
They flew to Germany a month ago, hired a BMW 335i (unlimited mileage!) and went straight to the Nurburgring, then onto Surrey for the start of the Cannonball Run Europe which included a 2500 miles 'hoon' AND a day at the Hungaroring. After the Cannonball they went off to Monaco and then onto the Swiss Alps all over 4 weeks. they must have clocked up over 4000 miles!
They mentioned that they didnt want pictures of themselves on the Cannonball Run Europe website because if Australian authorities saw them hooning in Europe they could get fined when they got home which was almost unbelievable!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoon#Anti-hoon_legisl...
They flew to Germany a month ago, hired a BMW 335i (unlimited mileage!) and went straight to the Nurburgring, then onto Surrey for the start of the Cannonball Run Europe which included a 2500 miles 'hoon' AND a day at the Hungaroring. After the Cannonball they went off to Monaco and then onto the Swiss Alps all over 4 weeks. they must have clocked up over 4000 miles!
They mentioned that they didnt want pictures of themselves on the Cannonball Run Europe website because if Australian authorities saw them hooning in Europe they could get fined when they got home which was almost unbelievable!
scarble said:
Is it wafting when you're in lane 3 and everyone
in front is just going "aw s**t" and getting out
the way?.
This will sound immature of me, but I love it when this happens! Will never forget bombing down the M25 in my Uncles newly acquired Black SRT-10 Dodge Ram. People were desperate to get out of the way, and I didn't even have to get close!in front is just going "aw s**t" and getting out
the way?.
Awesome.
NateWM said:
This will sound immature of me, but I love it when this happens! Will never forget bombing down the M25 in my Uncles newly acquired Black SRT-10 Dodge Ram. People were desperate to get out of the way, and I didn't even have to get close!
Awesome.
Maturity is overrated. Imagine what it feels like when swish saloons shift over when they spot your jalopee approaching Awesome.
Or when a new mondeo rep-mobile pulls out to the right lane behind you as you're exciting the roundabout onto an NSL DC and he ends up giving up trying to pass your R reg 'scort
bennyboysvuk said:
I think a hoon can only be carried out in a petrol too. Diesels don't really have the same sonorous sense of occasion that a wrung out petrol motor does at high rpm. Sure, they're quick enough and torquey enough to get it power(torque)sliding, but they don't really trigger the adrenalin whilst doing it.
Oh, and most importantly, IMO hooning can only be done with driver aids switched off.
I had a good hoon in an Avensis D4D a few months back. And I had the TC switched on (not that it made any difference) Oh, and most importantly, IMO hooning can only be done with driver aids switched off.
The good thing about the Avensis was the long gearing, so you'd be in the same gear as a petrol coming into a corner. Its quite disconcerting in the BMW as at 70 where you'd usually be in 3rd, your in 4th. It feels weird.
scarble said:
hooning is: wheelspin, popping up the inside rear, revs revs revs (but no revometer here!) and only braking as you exit the lolabout (to observe a 30 limit because you're entering a pedestrianable area).
I think you're actually mistaken. That's called "driving like a t
t", and it doesn't matter what car you're in...DanDC5 said:
EvoSlayer said:
Bisonhead said:
MC Bodge said:
Hoon?
Thats a flight!
So far we have: Blat for 10/10ths, Hoon for 7-9/10ths, Drive for 4-6/10ths, Bimble for 2-3/10ths and Waft for 0-1/10ths?
Is that about right?
sw4rm said:
Ask any racer, any real racer. It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile, hooning's hooning.
Racing is different. It isnt relaxing or for entertainment or even for the journey. It is a task, a goal to be achieved. There is no satisfaction (unless you cross the line first/set the fastest time...whatever)Hooning seems to be about the pleasure of the occasion and enjoying ones/the vehicle's abilities
Bisonhead said:
Racing is different. It isnt relaxing or for entertainment or even for the journey. It is a task, a goal to be achieved. There is no satisfaction (unless you cross the line first/set the fastest time...whatever)
Hooning seems to be about the pleasure of the occasion and enjoying ones/the vehicle's abilities
+1 That's why I never really caught the trackday bug. Track driving feels like work; road driving (on an empty NSL road) is pure, open-ended freedom.Hooning seems to be about the pleasure of the occasion and enjoying ones/the vehicle's abilities
said:
So far we have: Blat for 10/10ths, Hoon for 7-9/10ths, Drive for 4-6/10ths, Bimble for 2-3/10ths and Waft for 0-1/10ths?
I'd say hooning is 7-9/10ths, blatting is 4-6/10ths, bimbling for 2-3/10ths and wafting for 0-1/10ths. Driving is a generic term that encompasses all of these states; blatting is definitely lower than hooning on the involvement scale; and 10/10ths isn't for the road.Dave200 said:
I think you're actually mistaken. That's called "driving like a tt", and it doesn't matter what car you're in...
no.. it's hooning. Driving like a t**t would involve driving fast in 30/40 zones when there are pedestrians about or cutting people up. Nothing wrong with carrying some speed.t", and it doesn't matter what car you're in...Dave200 said:
scarble said:
hooning is: wheelspin, popping up the inside rear, revs revs revs (but no revometer here!) and only braking as you exit the lolabout (to observe a 30 limit because you're entering a pedestrianable area).
I think you're actually mistaken. That's called "driving like a tt", and it doesn't matter what car you're in...scarble said:
no.. it's hooning. Driving like a t**t would involve driving fast in 30/40 zones when there are pedestrians about or cutting people up. Nothing wrong with carrying some speed.
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