What is or how do you 'hoon'?
Discussion
MC Bodge said:
...when it lost traction/bumped into solid objects in my case 
At the time I thought I "hooned" or was some sort of young gentleman sporting motorist, but with hindsight I probably wasn't. Okay, I wasn't.
I was/am either gifted and naturally brilliant... Or lucky beyond belief At the time I thought I "hooned" or was some sort of young gentleman sporting motorist, but with hindsight I probably wasn't. Okay, I wasn't.
richard300 said:
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Can't argue with that, I'm glad sensibility prevails. Headlights are extremely useful for night-time drives. I did once have to properly anchor up for a cyclist with the most pathetic rear light I've ever seen (a candle would have been better) and no reflective gear, that always crosses my mind when out at night.The Crack Fox said:
Yes, unless you're wafting...
Is it wafting when you're in lane 3 and everyone in front is just going "aw s**t" and getting out the way? Cos I don't think that's really hooning.. I guess it depends on your car, perhaps more hooning in my little Escort than in something big and shiny and new 
some guy said:
sassafrassarassa kids in their corsas grumble grumble
and good on them!Always brings a smile to my face when I see a bunch of kids on mopeds darting about, jostling for space at junctions.
RenesisEvo said:
richard300 said:
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Can't argue with that, I'm glad sensibility prevails. Headlights are extremely useful for night-time drives. I did once have to properly anchor up for a cyclist with the most pathetic rear light I've ever seen (a candle would have been better) and no reflective gear, that always crosses my mind when out at night.It's actually very rare, but occasionally there's a drunk or suicidal pedestrian walking in the middle of the road, and of course badgers are something to watch out for.
My closest incident was about 10 years ago, I was halfway through an overtake of a single vehicle infront when I noticed a flickering reflection appear ahead, which swiftly turned out to be a car pulling out of a field entrance on my right and turning towards me with no lights on. Because I always overtake fairly tight to the vehicle I'm overtaking, I managed to avoid a head on collision.
The amount of drivers that pull out of junctions/driveways/laybys etc that don't look left when turning left is frightening, but to do that at night from a tiny field entrance and have no lights on is mind bogglingly stupid. Of course I'll never overtake across the face of a driveway etc for this very reason, but sometimes a simple field gateway can catch you out even if you're looking for signs like breaks in the hedgerow.
Marf said:
A hoon is a drive for pleasure, regardless of how you drive, be it bimbling along or driving like your arse is on fire.
no, a bimble is not a hoon. say hoon out loud, think of how it sounds. hooning is fast.This is a hoon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnmTYyVtKvU (and if you ask me that's as good a sound track as the original audio, it's like the video was made for the music)
NotDave said:
This.
But for me it'd involve empty country roads, a heavy right foot, practicing technique and a car that enjoys some mild abuse.
So no diesel, no stability control, and preferably some good music
Great definition, and exactly what I do at least once a week in my beloved Yorkshire dales. Hooning heavenBut for me it'd involve empty country roads, a heavy right foot, practicing technique and a car that enjoys some mild abuse.
So no diesel, no stability control, and preferably some good music
RichB said:
ctually it seems to have crept into common usage over the last 4 or 5 years. Makes me cringe whenever I read it, sounds like a bunch of 17 year olds going out Corsas to me...
It made me cringe even when I was a 17 year old in a Corsa.....now I'm slightly older, still in a Corsa 
Urban Sports said:
The benchmark needs to be 200+ bhp, no excuses
ohh contrayur, if anything it is more 'hooning' in something sh
e like my beasty 90hp 'scort. 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).
hooning makes you chuckle, hooning is listening to the little red guy on your shoulder, indulging your inner mischief.
hooning makes your day a little brighter, a little parcel of happy you carry around inside you.
roystinho said:
Great definition, and exactly what I do at least once a week in my beloved Yorkshire dales. Hooning heaven
Passed my test 8 weeks after my 17th, within another 4 weeks the fiesta had coilovers/wider rubber/big brakes.Whilst Mayes were in the pub, I was hooning, perfecting gear changes/corner entry and exit.
FFWD 18 months and I was in an MG ZR and in Sheffield at uni... Over 4 years there, 30,000 miles a year, always found time to visit snakes pass, wood head, and then roads around them as well all the Lincolnshire roads back home.
I improve my cara based on what I feel/notice when hooning.
I belive I have the proper answer to this.
I believe hooning developed from the term hone or honing meaning to sharpen or perfect.
If I went shooting every weekend then I would be sharpening or perfecting my skills as a gunman. Either as the purpose of or a byproduct of doing so.
The same applies to driving or riding.
I do agree that this would suggest a spirited drive. But I don't think it requires stretching any boundaries. Therefore I agree this could be done in any vehicle, within reason, so long as effort and skill is being excersized; skills should also be perfected or improved.
Before the word could be used on its own then one could have equally said " I'm out honing my driving skills/car control/etc"
Now we might be understood by just saying "I'm out hooning"
Driving is a genuinely modern pleasure so its not unusual for language to develop to apply to something more specific which is how I would explain the double oo.
That's my view on how the term developed.
I believe hooning developed from the term hone or honing meaning to sharpen or perfect.
If I went shooting every weekend then I would be sharpening or perfecting my skills as a gunman. Either as the purpose of or a byproduct of doing so.
The same applies to driving or riding.
I do agree that this would suggest a spirited drive. But I don't think it requires stretching any boundaries. Therefore I agree this could be done in any vehicle, within reason, so long as effort and skill is being excersized; skills should also be perfected or improved.
Before the word could be used on its own then one could have equally said " I'm out honing my driving skills/car control/etc"
Now we might be understood by just saying "I'm out hooning"
Driving is a genuinely modern pleasure so its not unusual for language to develop to apply to something more specific which is how I would explain the double oo.
That's my view on how the term developed.
Edited by JK55 on Friday 3rd August 00:11
And a very good view it is too, I'm always out "honing my driving skills", no room for complacency.
I thoroughly believe that car enthusiasts are safer drivers than non car enthusiasts, but have no stats to back that up. Insurance companies would know, and they do discount for car club members as a rule.
The main difference between an enthusiast and non enthusiast is that on the whole the enthusiast will actually be thinking about what he's doing when he's driving.
I thoroughly believe that car enthusiasts are safer drivers than non car enthusiasts, but have no stats to back that up. Insurance companies would know, and they do discount for car club members as a rule.
The main difference between an enthusiast and non enthusiast is that on the whole the enthusiast will actually be thinking about what he's doing when he's driving.
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