"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
09/10/2013 at 21:00 • Filed to: Best of Oppositelock
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"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
09/10/2013 at 21:00 • Filed to: Best of Oppositelock | 1
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Gathered here are the Oppositelock posts that people have put a good deal of effort into writing from the last 24 hours. Today it includes 'Beige Isn't Always Boring', the taxis of NYC, Restoring a 450sel 6.9 and more.
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Immediately upon seeing the roads near the area I’d be camping at, I knew I couldn’t take my CRX. It needs some work to keep the tires from rubbing, and it’s clunky. All the bushings need replacement, the oil needs changing, so I can’t be driving it to its limit. The curves were taunting me, and I needed something that would enable me to meet their jaunts with unwavering tenacity. Enter the 190E…
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Welcome back to In Plain Sight, where we're doing something a little different this week. Pop quiz, hotshot - how many taxi cabs are there in New York City? If you guessed a shit-ton, well, read on to claim your prize (hint: it's KNOWLEDGE).
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Spingate. Sockgate. Chasegate. Call it whatever the hell you want, since you goddamn bloggers love those catchy taglines. I call it we're fucked . I feel like most NASCAR fans are aware of all of the stories that peppered the final ten laps of the race (The Spin, Edwards jumping the start, Vickers off pace, Bowyer pitting) so let's just skip all that shit and get to what's important right now - NASCAR's decision.
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I have wanted to log the restoration of my 1976 Mercedes 6.9 for a while now, but I thought I was too far along in the deal to start writing about it. After the events of the past few weeks I thought the ordeal was too humorous to go undocumented. Here goes the recap of this wonderous expedition...
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Following all this talk about the death about the manual transmission, let's do something different...and talk about 5 more obscure cars you didn't know came with 3 pedals. The D2 Audi S8, Mercedes 300SL, Lamborghini Gallardo, BMW X5 and Lincoln LS.
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How about Formula E? The official car has just been revealed. Electric Motor by McLaren, Williams [F1] batteries, assembled by Renault, and from what I gather, named by Chrysler, it's the SRT_01E by Spark-Renault.
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Klaus Schmoll
While every other automaker is busy presenting something new in Frankfurt, Fiat is looking like the kid who forgot that presentations were due this week. They have nothing new to present to the public, zero, zilch. Rumours say that this is due to a cunning plan by Marchionne to save the new models for 2015, when the crisis is (hopefully) over, and demand is (hopefully) back to normal or even above.
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The oft-heard advice given by motorheads is never buy another man's project...but these are the same motorheads who constantly buy other folks' projects - meaning the advice is actually a self serving attempt to keep competition and bidding wars at bay, or so I tell myself when I see something like this BMW New Class.
The Best of the Rest
Jagvar took photos at !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . BroadcastStatic0 put together a nice video of his !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Lonestranger realized the new RAM ad was filmed nearby and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . JayhawkJake !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . MR2_FTW !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on his Cressida wagon. Offroadkarter attended a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Matthias Rios shared his plans for a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . MayoKetchup posted part 2 of his visit to the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Aaron Brown !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Bjohnson11 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . FireWRX234 had a little !!!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 over the last day. Take a peek and chime in on some of them listed below:
What car would you give it (almost) all up for?
What is the worst car you have ever driven and/or ridden in?
Anyone [here] ever set timing on a DOHC VVT engine?
Two Wheels Good in Denver - Motorcycle Rental options?
Craigslist Hunt: $4500 Potential Drag Racer
What's your favorite automotive slogan?
What's the most iconic car moment in YOUR history?
Whats your Automotive Deal Breaker?
Just the #tips
Extra large moving GIF of engine basics
USCR Schedule Taking Shape...and it May Not Be So Bad...
You know.... just in case the regular version was too tame for you...
Some New York Pedicabs Use Illegal Electric Motors
The $3000 Aston Martin Stroller, With Alcantara Seat!
The 918 Spyder is available to build on the Porsche website
We don't need control arms where we're going
How to, or how not to...make an Audi 100 "cabriolet"
It's not illegal...technically
Felipe Massa is leaving Ferrari
Clarkson drives the freakin' GMC Syclone!
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Honourable Mentions
These posts have already been shared with Jalopnik directly but deserve to be mentioned again because they were first posted in Oppositelock:
The Mazda Furai Concept is dead and Top Gear is to blame
Leadbull
> DasWauto
09/10/2013 at 21:04 |
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Including yourself...
Ballsy. But you pulled it off!
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DasWauto
> Leadbull
09/10/2013 at 21:06 |
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Haha, I was on the fence but Oppo backed me up.
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THOMAS5
> DasWauto
09/10/2013 at 21:21 |
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Honorable mention. Woop woop
area man
> DasWauto
09/10/2013 at 21:23 |
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Thanks for the highlight! Always appreciated :)
desertdog5051
> DasWauto
09/10/2013 at 21:31 |
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Totally backed up. You presented a good post and it deserved to be included.
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DasWauto
> desertdog5051
09/10/2013 at 21:32 |
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Thanks. I appreciate the support.
Eric Siedlecki
> DasWauto
09/10/2013 at 21:43 |
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I appreciate you featuring my OCG posts every day. Moreover, I appreciate you taking the time to put this together everyday. I'm lucky; I can type mine out ahead of time. It takes dedication to browse through the posts each day and put this together. Keep it up!
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DasWauto
> Eric Siedlecki
09/10/2013 at 21:46 |
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Thanks. I've made a template and a few tools to make it easier but yeah, the browsing through is the most time consuming part. The appreciation is appreciated though ( xzibit.jpg )
Dick
> DasWauto
09/10/2013 at 21:57 |
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Interesting... About eight hundred thousand bikers (160,000 wheels) show up in D.C. and this website is silent.
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DasWauto
> Dick
09/10/2013 at 22:08 |
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Not much I can do about it. If you'd like to write about it, I'll be happy to let you post it on Oppo though. Always interested to hear about new things.
Rows His Own
> DasWauto
09/10/2013 at 22:18 |
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Any help posting on oppo? There is an event in socal coming up that I would like to share
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DasWauto
> Rows His Own
09/10/2013 at 22:25 |
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Just made you an author, let me know if you need any help.
ttyymmnn
> Dick
09/10/2013 at 22:43 |
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80,000 bikers? Cause 800,000 bikers would be 1.6 million wheels. Either way, write it up. I'm sure there are folks on Oppo who would like to hear about it.
Firewrx234
> DasWauto
09/10/2013 at 23:07 |
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Thanks for the mention! Keep doing what you do!
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Rows His Own
> DasWauto
09/10/2013 at 23:14 |
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Fantastic, thank you for the help!
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Rows His Own
> Rows His Own
09/10/2013 at 23:15 |
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Ill post it tommorow morning likely so that it garners some more attention.
Tom Bennett
> DasWauto
09/11/2013 at 01:13 |
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I just made this: http://grandmarquis-de-sade.kinja.com/drive-better-w…
And I'd like to post it to Oppo... can you hook a jalop up?
Supreme Kiwi Zorro
> DasWauto
09/11/2013 at 04:01 |
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*wonders why my post didn't make the list for the fourth time in a row*
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DasWauto
> Tom Bennett
09/11/2013 at 08:31 |
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Normally I would be able to to but I seem to be having a problem with Kinja. I'll let the techs know and see if they can help me out. Hang on for a little bit, we'll get it sorted out.
oddomatik
> DasWauto
09/11/2013 at 13:37 |
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Thank you for the mention!
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DasWauto
> Tom Bennett
09/11/2013 at 18:24 |
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I got a response from the techs and their solution seemed to work. You should be able to post on Oppo now. Let me know if it worked.
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Tom Bennett
> DasWauto
09/11/2013 at 19:47 |
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Cool! At the bottom of my compose window I now see the option to post to Oppo... That's new, and I assume that means you fixed it.
...though that article of mine made it up... did you post it? Thanks...
How do comments to articles get approved? Do I do that?
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Tom Bennett
> Tom Bennett
09/11/2013 at 19:52 |
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BTW, I hope I make the "Best of Oppo" list... would be great to get the attn... as I am a whore.
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DasWauto
> Tom Bennett
09/11/2013 at 19:52 |
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Someone else shared it for you. I would have otherwise. I just put it in the best of Oppo and that'll probably end up on Jalopnik tonight.
Comments from other Oppo posters (which is most of them so far) are automatically approved, you don't have to do anything for them. You'll see other comments hidden in the 'comments awaiting approval' section later and you can approve (by hitting the 'recommend' button or by replying) as wish, for those.
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Rows His Own
> DasWauto
09/13/2013 at 17:52 |
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Hello again! I'm not sure why but for some reason I can no longer post to oppo or my personal blog from mobile and my desktop. It submits, waits a minute, and then the submit button just refreshes again. Any help would be awesome! Thank you
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DasWauto
> Rows His Own
09/13/2013 at 20:17 |
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Probably just a technical issue rather than a posting permissions issue. It happens on occasion (I was having trouble posting the best of Oppo this morning). If it persists send an email to help@gawker.com and they'll help you out.
