"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
10/10/2013 at 12:50 • Filed to: Best of Oppositelock
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"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
10/10/2013 at 12:50 • Filed to: Best of Oppositelock | 5
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Gathered here are the Oppositelock posts that people put a good deal of effort into writing on Tuesday. It includes a home-made glider, cars that forsake their ancestors, detailing for the lazy car owner and more.
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I took a pile of aluminum tubing and fabric and made a glider. The glider weighs about 175 pounds and has a 38’ wing span. I started with a pile of CAD drawings and built it in the garage. I’m a Jalop, self-taught garage mechanic who only had experience turning wrenches on my own vehicles. It took me May to Oct to build it during the evenings and weekends. It’s mostly T6 thin-walled tubing, bolted together with aircraft bolts and hardware. It’s covered with Dacron and painted with Rustoleum’s heavy duty enamel.
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Sometimes a car company revives a storied nameplate just to sell cars. It's all fine and dandy if these cars lived up to their namesake reputation. 95% of the time, they don't. Don't get me wrong, these cars would probably be decent on their own if given a different name. When you use an iconic nameplate, it's got shoes to fill that people would rather leave empty...
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This was the cat's ass. During the 80's with Dio songs of dragons and fire and John Houston films, there were games that were better than anything Atari or Coleco Vision had. They were played on a table. Dungeons and Dragons? WTF?? Magical elf's or a Weaponized supercharged GTO? You bet your ass I'm packing up in the GTO. (I bet you thought I was going to say a supercharged weaponized Elf..) Enter the game "Car Wars" (more)
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There was a time I loved washing my cars. Really, I did. I used to have wash days with friends who were car fanatics as well and we’d whip out our 3 Stage Meguiar’s Polish & Wax (Yes, this is before clay bars and single high end waxes went mainstream) and spent all day washing our cars. If I told my wife I was going over to a buddy’s house these days just to spend the day washing our cars…. well, those of you who are married probably know the response I’d get. I just wanted to put together the few tips I’ve learned recently to save time and keep your car in acceptable condition.
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I went to see the many acres of woods that my family owns, which was pretty cool. My family decided to drive because of course we did. It was surprisingly less crazy than previous trips even with my 8-year-old brother in tow. What follows is my account of the trip. Be warned, it's long. Slightly car related, but more an outlet for me to practice my storytelling.
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I can't remember the exact quote (it's been a while since I've seen the episode) but during James May's review of his beloved Fiat Panda, he said something along the lines of "It's more fun driving a slow car fast than a fast car slow." I took this to heart when I bought my first car, a 2011 Ford Fiesta. It was a fun car... Sure it wasn't fast, and I wouldn't call the handling special either, but the fact is that its limits could easily be reached during my drive home... The ST? Not so much...
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Let's bring back the spirit of Group 7 (Can-Am). Today's World: Today's GT racing series are over-restricted and governed. Even stupid things like BOP exist so that it really doesn't matter who has the best car. It's all getting silly, and there are few works teams competing outside of endurance events, primarily the FIA WEC. Endurance racing isn't very crowd friendly, and in many places struggles to draw viewers and an on-track audience. (just look at when WEC visited COTA).
The Best of the Rest
Giles007 shared photos and video from the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . MtrRider !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . 505Turbeaux did some more work on and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Burglar !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . If_it_broke_#WD40_#DuctapeUKuya !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . TheBloody found a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Willkinton247 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . MontegoMan562 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . ScorpioGTX1 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and the fall colours. Pessimippopotamus !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at the OC Auto Show. MayoKetchup took pictures of some !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
As always, If I've missed something and you would like me to include it, let me know.
Fun Discussions
There were several posts that asked questions and sparked some good discussion on Tuesday. Take a peek and chime in on some of them listed below:
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Show Us Your Phone's Background
What are the "other" most beautiful cars?
People buying used luxury cars for cheap piss me off
Would You Buy a Car on Sunday?
Who is forbidden to work on their wife/girlfriend's car?
Euro Car Hunting - Tatra Tuesday edition
What is going to be the next big thing for the car?
If there was a Car God, what would he drive and who would he be?
Who here does maintenance work yourself?
Is it wrong to ask for your dream car?
CarDomaining - "Does this fender make my... oh forget it" edition
Any body know a good GIF maker Program/Website?
Why do chrome wheels look awful?
The Corvette C7 Z51 Is $277,000 Where I Live
Just the #tips
[F1] Powers that be consider banning in-season helmet livery changes
Speedmonkey 2013 Porsche Cayman interior tour and review
Trailer for "1" - Formula 1 Documentary
RED BULL AIR RACING IS BACK IN 2014!!
Range Rover Sport, good for riding over squids AND near vertical cliff faces...
Ben Collins ('stig') Reddit AMA
Lewis Hamilton talks about Vettel...
Mazda recalls 2009-2013 Mazda6
"Justice For Jay Meezee" Raises Goal From $2,000 To $5,000
Golf no longer king of the hill in Norway
Honourable Mentions
These posts have already been shared with Jalopnik directly but deserve to be mentioned again because they were first posted in Oppositelock:
Why the "Touring Car Masters" series is awesome in one screengrab
Cars that time forgot - Honda Beat
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Want to participate on Oppositelock? Check out the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! as well the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to help you get started.
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> DasWauto
10/10/2013 at 13:06 |
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Man, no love for making loud muscle car sounds!?
what's this world coming to...
http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/montego-gets-l…
Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
> DasWauto
10/10/2013 at 13:10 |
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I like the new header image!
bkempert
> Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
10/10/2013 at 14:02 |
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BRING BACK THE PORCH
MonkeePuzzle
> bkempert
10/10/2013 at 14:50 |
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I think you mean porchA
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bkempert
> MonkeePuzzle
10/10/2013 at 14:53 |
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Yes, forgive me. Good point.
Menebrio
> DasWauto
10/10/2013 at 15:38 |
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Can you switch out the deep blue around the "THE BEST OF" & "OPPOSITELOCK"
There are just to many shades of blue which make it look awkward.
You might want to try giving the letter a white backround since the "GULF LIVERY" lines are fading the and due the letters on the in one of blue-ish tones or orange you are using on the stripes.
(Sorry I don't have Photoshop, otherwise I'd pass along the changes for your approval)
Inflame333
> DasWauto
10/10/2013 at 16:26 |
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:( Where is the Porsche?
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DasWauto
> Inflame333
10/10/2013 at 16:28 |
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I thought it was time for a change after 4 months of using the same picture. I might change up the image with the new text elements on a regular basis though so maybe I'll bring back a Singer Porsche at some point.
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DasWauto
> Menebrio
10/10/2013 at 16:32 |
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I might darken up the blue and dull the orange down a bit as I've noticed they don't quite match the actual Oppo logo.
I'm confused by your third paragraph though. I think you may have missed a few words.
*Martini Livery
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DasWauto
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
10/10/2013 at 16:32 |
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Missed it but added it in now.
Nintondo-San
> Menebrio
10/10/2013 at 16:32 |
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How dare thou call the "MARTINI RACING STRIPES" "GULF LIVERY"! ;-)
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> DasWauto
10/10/2013 at 16:33 |
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Awwww thanks.
I may be a little obsessed with the sound.
I went out and let it run last night just to sit there and rev it up for glorious sounds.
...and it needed to be started, hadn't been ran in over a week.
-Amateur
> DasWauto
10/10/2013 at 16:35 |
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DASWAUTO, You are awesome! That is all.
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DasWauto
> -Amateur
10/10/2013 at 16:38 |
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Thanks. You keep making good posts so I can't not feature them. Keep it up.
PilotMan
> DasWauto
10/10/2013 at 16:43 |
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Thank you for the love.
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Inflame333
> DasWauto
10/10/2013 at 16:44 |
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DasWauto
> PilotMan
10/10/2013 at 16:49 |
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No problem. Great project.
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Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
> DasWauto
10/10/2013 at 16:52 |
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Yeah, I'm with you on darkening up the blue a touch and softening up the orange a bit. Think that will really finish it off.
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Menebrio
> Menebrio
10/10/2013 at 17:18 |
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Sorry, its always hard to picture graphical changes in text. So here is a paint mock up.
I would use one of the pre-existing blues you used already in the "Martin Theme".
MtrRider Just Wants Doritos
> DasWauto
10/10/2013 at 19:20 |
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Pat Bateman took his Raptor into the desert, huh? I'd sure like to meet this guy.
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DasWauto
> MtrRider Just Wants Doritos
10/10/2013 at 19:24 |
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Derp.
PatBateman
> MtrRider Just Wants Doritos
10/11/2013 at 01:08 |
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Nice to meet you.
I caught that too. My response: Really? Cool beans.
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MtrRider Just Wants Doritos
> PatBateman
10/11/2013 at 01:22 |
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Hello!
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PatBateman
> MtrRider Just Wants Doritos
10/11/2013 at 01:32 |
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Howdy!
Now give me your Raptor.
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MtrRider Just Wants Doritos
> PatBateman
10/11/2013 at 01:40 |
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You're going to have to catch it first. A hard thing to do, since it cruises an average dirt road at a very comfortable 70 MPH.
Here is is from a past excursion.
EDIT: I like that picture. What do you think?
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PatBateman
> MtrRider Just Wants Doritos
10/11/2013 at 10:13 |
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Very nice pic, indeed.
I already have a Ford Lariat 4x4 (crew cab, because babies), but that Raptor is just hot as hell.
123456
> DasWauto
10/15/2013 at 03:35 |
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Hey, you gave me TWO features! Thanks!