"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
11/17/2013 at 13:00 • Filed to: Best of Oppositelock
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"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
11/17/2013 at 13:00 • Filed to: Best of Oppositelock | 4
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Gathered here are the Oppositelock posts that people put a good deal of effort into writing on Tuesday and Wednesday. It includes another car that time forgot, adventuring in Moab, real life imitating Gran Turismo and more.
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Oh boy, have I got a hell of an oddity for this installment. This is like buying a piece of luggage at a thrift store only to discover a secret stash compartment full of blow and cindi lauper tapes wrapped up in some bell bottoms...It just leaves you feeling very confused as to what exactly happened here and what that person's definition of a good time was. That awkward analogy aside, today's piece is on the Bitter SC.
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Over the last few years, smartphone adoption has begun to slowly transform itself into something different, something that resembles automotive culture. Brand loyalty, attachment to out of date hardware and software lead by the diminishing relevance of Moore's Law (lest we start adopting quantum computing), and software updates containing mostly user interface changes all contribute to each individual bonding with a particular device, product line, or brand and not wanting to let go.
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Let me just say I could do this 5 or 6 times a year, easy. Turns out it wouldn't be too hard, at $65 a pop each for 6 guys including two gas hog gas bills. Also, worst ever: 9.5… As for my 9.5, well that was done crawling...What can I say, crawling is lots of gas for a little distance and I'm pretty impressed I got that good.
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Legends performing in a historical challenge on the land of myths. Surely, a good reason for one to plunge himself into the misty green... I had been to rallies before - mostly local rally sprint events and eventual hill climbs, but nothing of the volume as this. Funnily enough you would know it was a world championship event because it featured World Rally Cars. No fancy stadiums, no historic tracks, no grid girls, no tracks announcers, no cameras, just some stretches of road on a hillside, spectators and the weather - what rallying is all about.
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Sometimes the line between video game and real life takes a strange twist and start blurring together. This video is from a race back in the summer at Grattan Raceway in Michigan. It was the end of July but the weather was awful; cold and rainy. In my infinite wisdom, and directly against my girlfriend's advice, I decided to leave my rain tires at home and instead bring an extra set of slicks. Well guess what happened!? Sunday morning's qualifying session was a complete downpour, so I decided to sit it out. I had fingers crossed in hope for the track to dry out in time for the race.
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In this semi-regular thematic post series, I go to the youtubes and track down (hopefully) high-quality footage of wheel-to-wheel racing from the years gone by… Continuing the theme of my self-sourced and self-righteous inspiration, this installment comes again from the world of SCCA Runoffs, this time from 1980's C Production Race.
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The Chevrolet Parkwood was the wagon model based on the full size Bel Air platform and was in its 4th generation by 1960. The big six passenger wagon isn't very collectable today even in mint condition, probably because it is slow in stock form...but today's Parkwood is anything but stock. Also check out the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! e28 M5 and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
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Before each round of the WRC I'll find a classic clip from the rally for you to enjoy. Rally GB is one of the great classics in the WRC calendar, and this time I'll take you back to 2002. We join the action on the third day. Markko Märtin leads after the second day, but only ONE SECOND behind him is Petter Solberg. Both of them fighting for their first WRC win. Former world champions Carlos Sainz and Richard Burns are fighting for the last podium spot.
The Best of the Rest
NinetyQ !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . BoumboQC !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Offroadkarter !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Harris Lue !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . ForecefulPlatypus !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . LuczOr !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
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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 and Wednesday. Take a peek and chime in on some of them listed below:
Show Us Some Classy 4x100 Wheels
Craigslist Hunt: $5000 80's sports car
Whats the most boring car you've owned/driven?
What's the most spunky/unique car you've ever driven or owned?
So... Who here has the least Jalop Car?
CarDomaining - "OMGSPIDERZ!!!" edition
How do you know when a car is too nice to rip its heart out?
What Color Would You Get it In: Chevrolet Corvette
What Color Would You Get it In: Lexus LFA
What is the manliest sounding small car?
Whats the Best Top Gear Special?
What is the Best Top Gear Supercar Roadtrip?
Driving Gloves: too dorky or are they Jalop?
What car is the most misleading?
What would the 12 Y/O You say about the car you drive today?
Just the #tips
Travis Pastrana No Longer Racing In NASCAR
I've Heard BMW's Are Well Balanced Machines, But Damn [hotd]
Chevy SS To Get Manual Trans, More Power?
The Magic Of Classic Racing Engines
Fantastic Finish at the SCCA Runoffs 2012 - A Sedan
Get Ready For Shit-Looking F1 Cars Next Year... AGAIN
Front wheel drive motorcycle with automatic CVT
BrownDogWelding trying to make sense on camera while heavily medicated(welding related)
Dog Uses Crosswalk, in Russia of course
A bipartisan push to increase Florida's speed limit to 75 mph
Hurray! The Porsche LMP1 car makes funny noises
Meditate While Watching A AMG 63 Engine Being Built…No Music
10 Things Trucks can do better than Cars
Vietnam-era helicopter wrecked in freak highway accident
10 most controversial fines and punishments in F-1
This is Why You Pull Over After a Flat Tire
Porsche 911/DS Mashup the other way round
LSPR: How The Championship Was Won [great video]
Honourable Mentions
These posts have already been shared with Jalopnik directly but deserve to be mentioned again because they were first posted in Oppositelock:
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Hoccy
> DasWauto
11/17/2013 at 13:35 |
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Thanks for sharing my post!
Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
> DasWauto
11/17/2013 at 14:26 |
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Wow, thanks again for sharing my post!