Most Read Oppositelock Stories of 2013

"DasWauto" (DasWauto) 12/31/2013 at 19:30 • Filed to: Best of Oppositelock

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It's the end of the year and it's been a big one for Oppositelock. 2013 saw several changes to the site and the introduction of Kinja. These changes brought more exposure to the forum and with it many new people contributing great new content. Here are this year's most read Oppositelock posts.

15. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 48,686 Views

What use is a glorious V8 if you can't hear it? Jbh of !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is here to help; pull the fuse and let that Aston breathe.

14. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 49,819 Views

"If you like to argue that drivers of old BMW's are unfairly stereotyped, well, this incident yesterday in North Vancouver will not help your case."

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13. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 54,163 Views

The power of Facebook reveals itself. This great bit of satire racked up 14,000 likes by announcing a change of heart from Toyota's quest to bore us all to death. We can dream, can't we?

12. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 55,165 Views

As if there was nothing to learn from !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , these two Quebecoi bikers sped their way through traffic and were given record fines and demerit points after the police nabbed the pair and confiscated the helmet cams containing all the proof. Brilliant!

11. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 55,274 Views

While filming for their !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Clarkson and Hammond had a little run-in with the French police. In an amusing bit of role reversal, the pair had to surrender their licenses and pay their fines on the spot.

10. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 57,123 Views

In a monumental effort (and what I can only assume to be record caffeine consumption) Porsche9146, Nobody and AxelRipper knocked out a great live blog of this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans.

9. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 58,162 Views

Having your car of bike stolen from you is one of a Jalop's worst nightmares. This video shows just how scary an encounter with bike-(or car-)jackers can be. Luckily for the rider the Sau Paulo police were nearby and they do not fuck around.

8. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 64,887 Views

Satish Kondapavulur's !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! have proven themselves to be a popular feature. By stirring up a debate about the place of the manual transmission this post became the most discussed post on Oppositelock this year with 862 comments.

7. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 66,492 Views

Formula 1 is set to inaugurate a new turbo era in 2014 and technology has advanced a little since the last time snails were bolted to engines in the pinnacle of motorsports. By incorporating an electric motor/generator F1's new turbos are set to overcome lag and recover more energy that would otherwise be wasted.

6. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 69,478 Views

Showcasing amazing ignorance Mr. McNabb chose to piss of all those who hold racing dear. He chose… poorly.

5. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 70,752 Views

The professional-grade asshats of the Hollywood Stuntz bike gang are not new to assaulting commuters going about their drives, as seen in this attack on a Prius.

4. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 73,786 Views

NASCAR race cars have gone through many changes in their 60+ year history. Read this to learn about their journey from fresh-from-the-showroom Oldsmobile to the Car of Tomorrow and return to basics with cars that are beginning to resemble production cars once again.

3. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 112,131 Views

Our enthusiasm for cars is unique and sometimes we have to take a step back to realize just how weird our passion for all things automotive may look to the uninitiated. Just have a look at Steve, washing machine enthusiast...

2. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 154,849 Views

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1. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 557,735 Views

The !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! was one of !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . By sharing more videos of the gang's past shenanigans the post went viral and became what is by far Oppositelock's most read post of all time.

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For more great Oppositelock posts, check out the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , and if you'd like to participate, check out the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! as well the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to help you get started.

Happy New Year and drive safe.

For Sweden > DasWauto 12/31/2013 at 19:42

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I didn't make the cut. I'll be committing sepekku shortly.

Out of curiosity, how did you rank the posts by page views?

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > DasWauto 12/31/2013 at 19:44

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Any have the video for #9? I missed it the first time around.

Nibby > DasWauto 12/31/2013 at 19:45

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The best of best of?

DasWauto > For Sweden 12/31/2013 at 19:47

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Matt sent me metrics with the unique views numbers but a few of them got screwed up and he couldn't update them so I went from that list, opened the top posts, copied the views number and ordered them by that.

DasWauto > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 12/31/2013 at 19:48

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I'll edit the post to add a functional video.

Edit - Done.

f86sabre > For Sweden 12/31/2013 at 19:48

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I was just happy to have a few things make it to the FP here and on IO9. They were long things that I spent some time with too, so that's nice.

RotaryLover > DasWauto 12/31/2013 at 19:49

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YES! My post is there!!!

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > DasWauto 12/31/2013 at 19:49

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You da bess.

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > DasWauto 12/31/2013 at 19:58

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Wow, I joined in September and I made this list? I can't believe that piece got around so much.

Great list again, Das.

For Sweden > DasWauto 12/31/2013 at 20:04

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Is there a way for mere mortals to access that information? I'm curious what horrible crap was my top viewed post of the year

Gamecat235 > DasWauto 12/31/2013 at 20:14

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Mildly amazed that my Blackbird post wasn't far off from making the cut (35k+) without ever being featured on any primary blogs.

Ian Duer (320b) > DasWauto 12/31/2013 at 22:23

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Whooo. Number 3. Where is that Xbox achievement unlocked popup? Doesn't life have those?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > DasWauto 12/31/2013 at 22:49

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Wow, that's a lot of unique page views.

THOMAS5 > DasWauto 01/01/2014 at 00:33

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Woooooooo number 2!

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > THOMAS5 01/01/2014 at 03:30

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You're the shit, man.

Incognigro > DasWauto 01/01/2014 at 07:04

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Random post, but 1989 model year Skylines are now legal for import into the United States.

Jonathan Harper > DasWauto 01/01/2014 at 13:41

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Cheers Das! HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Keep up the good work!

TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! > DasWauto 01/01/2014 at 13:51

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I got 39 thousand clicks.

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DasWauto > For Sweden 01/01/2014 at 15:25

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There is a stats page for every Kinja page that is accessible to everyone but I don't think you can see your top posts from there, just views and uniques, IIRC. I don't remember the URL but I think Gamecat or Nobody have posted it before.

The spreadsheet Matt sent me had a list that someone must have put together from something we don't have access to.

DasWauto > Gamecat235 01/01/2014 at 15:30

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It was shared indirectly in a QOTD or AOTD, wasn't it?

Gamecat235 > DasWauto 01/01/2014 at 16:02

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Nope. At least not that I know of. The b36 one was (memories of the peacemaker) and the amarg tag and pictures from the Desert Boneyard 5k were. And my shots of the SR-71 from the Pima air and space museum were front paged. But the ultimate ground speed check took off through Facebook, imgur and reddit. I'll never know how or why...

JSchultzie > DasWauto 01/01/2014 at 20:39

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I'd love to see the video for 14 if anyone has it.

Ryan1981 > DasWauto 01/03/2014 at 04:45

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I don't think too many people are applauding Kinja. And please skip the new commenting system. It's horrendous.

DasWauto > JSchultzie 01/03/2014 at 07:22

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Here you go:

JSchultzie > DasWauto 01/03/2014 at 08:33

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Thanks!

Gamecat235 > DasWauto 01/13/2014 at 12:47

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/stats/graph/un…

Gamecat235 > For Sweden 01/13/2014 at 12:47

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/stats/graph/un…

DasWauto > Gamecat235 01/13/2014 at 13:20

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That's the one.

For Sweden > Gamecat235 01/13/2014 at 14:52

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Well aren't you just kicking my butt.

Gamecat235 > For Sweden 01/13/2014 at 14:53

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Today. Maybe. Overall? No idea. =)

Gamecat235 > DasWauto 01/20/2014 at 11:01

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Whoa... the blackbird story just keeps going (65k now). This is getting absurd.

I'm slightly curious to see if it will end up on this list for 2014... LOL.

DasWauto > Gamecat235 01/20/2014 at 11:11

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I saw that. I think it might've gotten another bump from imgur/reddit or the like. Would be pretty funny if it made that list; a couple more imgur links and it definitely will.

Gamecat235 > DasWauto 01/20/2014 at 11:15

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It's also gained a couple thousand facebook likes in the last couple of weeks, which always have the potential to explode again if shared in the right community.

I suppose it has the advantage of being more or less "timeless", in that it will still be interesting or relevant next year... Still really weird to occasionally get notifications from it now.