"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
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"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
09/09/2013 at 22:15 • Filed to: Best of Oppositelock | 2
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Gathered here are the Oppositelock posts that people have put a good deal of effort into writing over the weekend. Today it includes taking an e30 M3 up Mt. Evans, the best place for an EV, features every new car should have and more.
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Fall is coming, and with it snow will arrive in the high peaks of Colorado. I had been wanting to drive the White Pearl up Mt. Evans this year as a bit of a break-in drive but summer schedules kept bumping the goal off of the priority list. This Saturday turned out to be commitment-free and the weather was gorgeous so I bundled the family into the car and we high-tailed it to the tree line.
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Every time a wrench turns the dream is closer. At one point this car was a dream. My goal has been to re-realize that dream. At some point in history this car was once on a sales lot. It once impressed someone to the point that they bought it. They paid for it an took it home. It was once a machine made to run. Made to turn gasoline into propulsion. It was a tool made to take the will of the driver and turn it into reality. But like all tools, it wore out. It became a knife without an edge, a hammer head without a handle. It fell from grace. When I found it it was far different than what it has become.
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Well, hello there Friday Internet commenters! As promised on Tuesday, I am reporting back on this little experiment I ran this week. To recap, I let you pick the car I would drive for the week. moarpowerr won that contest, kind of. As the jury, I was disappointed but I still drove the crappy car. But only for two days. I am a car nut after all. And it's a smelly old car… So I jumped-in for two days of basic commuting. Consider this a review of what most would call a crappy car.
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This is The Opposite Locker - FarOut Fridays where we try and sort out the cool from the square when it comes to the automobiles of tomorrow (concept cars). This is a discussion system detailing how cool a car is, not how fast, fun, or frivolous it may be, but how well it looks in the cat's pajamas. Today, the Audi Sport Quattro Concept.
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Dan Mosqueda
Hawaii is paradise, but it's not without problems. Energy is an expensive proposition here. Most people don't know it, but the bulk of Hawaii's electricity is generated by diesel generators. Gasoline is pretty expensive as well, though right now it's not ridiculous - it's running around $4.50 a gallon. Additionally Hawaii is the most remote chain of islands in the world and it is expensive to ship anything here, including fuel.
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I travel a lot. That's how these Rental Car pieces start. I'm in Maui on a partially for work and partially for fun. When I arrived late a few nights ago I was given a really awful 2010 Ford Focus. It was disgusting and literally had bugs crawling all over the inside. Thankfully Dollar replaced it with a 2013 Chevrolet Impala. It's a black 9th gen Impala and while it's what my wife calls "a grandpa car," I've had far worse.
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I've been a car owner/operator for quite some time now and I have a guilty pleasure I must divulge with you: I like driving with the windows down… I've been told that I'm quite proficient with my fingers, but even my sleight of hand can't get around the fact that pushing all four of those buttons and the sunroof, open and close, can get annoying when you're running errands. I don't want to close my windows just to run inside the store for a minute, but then again I also don't want someone to think "Hey! Free Bimmer!" either.
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The cars of the ultra wealthy are boring. I get it. You decided to have your Rolls cooled with orphan tears, and your Bentley's roof is lined with Chinchilla. That's cool enough, I guess, but I'm never ever going to be remotely as rich as you. What about doctors, lawyers, traders, and bankers? Those are people who have money to burn but not in a way that's inconceivable to achieve. What do they drive?
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Or has it spent too much time in Camp Fiat and become a dull and soft little thing? During Cars and Coffee today we got word that a local dealer has a Viper GTS in stock, so of course every single Viper owner in the group decided to storm the dealer lots and finally see this well hyped machine in person. Their verdict? You might be surprised.
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It's funny, the Germans can make proper sports cars, the Japanese can, and so can the Americans, the Brits, the Swedes, certainly the Italians, and even the Mexicans. Yet, the French haven't really been able to pull it off lately. They are the fifth biggest economy in the world, are capable of great engineering feats (the Concorde for example), yet they haven't been able to make a good sports car in years, even decades.
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The truth is, Wyllis, they just ain't that bad anymore. With the exception of the last few, any one of them is better by far than a swift kick in the ass, or the daily beaters most of us drove just five years ago. Hell, those first few are just downright flirty, and I'd sure as shit take them for a dance on a curvy old back road. Having driven two of the above, I'm actually confident that they can make a solid showing of themselves, too.
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G'day! Time for another foray into the Outback as the WRC is headed to Australia after a one year hiatus. This dusty, high-flying rally has long been a fan favorite and the unique conditions can challenge the very best, including Mr Loeb, who only has one win and three podiums in five starts here. Fellow Citroen driver Hirvonen has the best record down under, having won the last three rounds in 2006, 2009, and 2011.
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“We see the beauty within and cannot say no.”- Dave, Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Welcome to another chapter of the BMW Art Car series, where we look at David Hockney’s project and his inner perspective of this 1995 BMW 850 CSi.
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Trim lines are dumb; my biggest gripe is with their stupid names. And we shall fix this problem post haste. All trim line names are stupid, but the stupidest of them all are certain ones like “Limited,” there is nothing limited about a car being built ever few minutes or so.
The Best of the Rest
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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 over the weekend. Take a peek and chime in on some of them listed below:
What Supercar Would You Drive Everyday?
Daily Drive, Track, BURN: Dealership Edition
Help me find my next car (if you dare)
For $2000, Is Miata Still Always The Answer?
What are the coolest cars on sale today?
What should I do about my paint?
The One Hundred Thousand Dollar One-Car-Challenge!
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Road trip roulette. Pick your poison
Does the car factor in When looking for a companion from the fairer sex?
Craigslist Hunt: $50000 Rich Kid's First Car
Anyone have any experience with ECU tuning?
What's Brand Is the Most Loved Among Enthusiast?
Thinking of getting a new DD - VW vs. Ford vs. Honda vs. Mazda?
Cosmetic Modifications — Your Thoughts?
Did Your Favorite Get In The Chase?
What is the Best Car For NYC Commuting?
Show Us: The Best Photo You've Taken of Your Car
Has anyone tried to hack the entertainment system on a car?
Just the #tips
10 Reasons Why We Prefer To Drive Stick
The GP3 start from Monza was a shitshow
Rally Car Gets Pulled Over During Transit
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X driven by a 13 years old boy kills 6 people in a Daihatsu Gran Max
Watch A Non-Italian Supercar Combust
Police helicopter turns up at a roadside gathering of illegal racers
Ken Block taking his Rally America prepped STi through New Zealand's Snow Park ski resort
John Ross MacRae, a real champion
Nissan just Released a smart watch for drivers and it's lovely
150 mph Motorcyle Ride With No Helmet
CCC's new website went live this morning!
Monopoly F1 Edition - #CatchTheBull
Opel drops Ampera price by €7600
Bangshift receives a letter from 1928, sent by a Ford dealership!
New XTS V-Sport will Twerk your (German) Doors Off
Honourable Mentions
These posts have already been shared with Jalopnik directly but deserve to be mentioned again because they were first posted in Oppositelock:
What Not To Put On Your Vanity Plate (That The DMV Will Allow)
Grand Prix of Baltimore Photodump
Neighbourhood VW XL1 – some more impressions
Labor Day Irvine C&C Part 1 - The Nissan Heritage Collection
There Are Powerboats Racing Up & Down The Hudson River Right Now
5 awesome old school AMG Mercedes you haven't heard of
Speed reading: Starting Grid to Chequered Flag, by Paul Frčre
The NASCAR Chase to the Sprint Cup is broken and I'm bitter
The NASCAR Chase to the Sprint Cup is broken and I'm bitter
Your Insanely Awesome SCCA Rallycross Photodump is Here
I love driving, but I'm ready to let go of the wheel
His Stigness
> DasWauto
09/09/2013 at 22:47 |
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Hey I had an idea for Oppositelock official shirts with the logo below. What do you think? If you like the idea do you think you could make it?
twinturbobmw
> DasWauto
09/09/2013 at 23:01 |
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Quite a lot of good posts this weekend!
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DasWauto
> His Stigness
09/09/2013 at 23:04 |
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I think it would be cool if those were made but I can't [legally] make them. The logo belongs to Gawker/Jalopnik so it's not for me to decide.
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DasWauto
> twinturbobmw
09/09/2013 at 23:05 |
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There were indeed. The number that were shared to Jalopnik before I had the chance is pretty nutty. Good stuff.
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His Stigness
> DasWauto
09/09/2013 at 23:08 |
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Oh I didn't know the logo belonged to them, I thought it was an independent thing.
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DasWauto
> His Stigness
09/09/2013 at 23:11 |
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I'm not sure anyone has ever actually inquired about usage of it so maybe I will have to do that at some point. Jason Torchinsky did the original design if I recall but I have a vector version of it already courtesy of another Oppo regular (whose name escapes me at the moment).
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His Stigness
> DasWauto
09/10/2013 at 01:22 |
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And did you read my article this morning?
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His Stigness
> DasWauto
09/10/2013 at 01:24 |
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And this one ?
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Straightsix9904
> DasWauto
09/10/2013 at 08:55 |
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Hey, I've been trying to keep up with the ITB project on the BMW E30. Who is doing that and have there been any updates?
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DasWauto
> Straightsix9904
09/10/2013 at 09:28 |
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6cyl is the one doing that project. There haven't been any updates since the first post but he mentioned there will be an update this week.
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DasWauto
> His Stigness
09/10/2013 at 09:34 |
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I didn't see this one. Hang on, I'll give it a read.
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DasWauto
> His Stigness
09/10/2013 at 09:36 |
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I did read this one but chose not to include it because it drew a lot on something you previously wrote (you've gotten sucked into doing this before) and it asked a similar question to said previous post.
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DasWauto
> His Stigness
09/10/2013 at 11:21 |
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I liked this one better than the other post of yours that I had included so I replaced it.
deekster_caddy
> DasWauto
09/10/2013 at 11:29 |
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Cool, thanks for the honorable mention! It's my first mention for anything, might as well be a COTD to me!
King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider
> His Stigness
09/10/2013 at 14:47 |
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Perhaps gawker and blipshift could team up for them?
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His Stigness
> DasWauto
09/10/2013 at 16:58 |
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Glad you liked it, I actually liked it more than the the magazine one.