"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
09/16/2013 at 23:40 • Filed to: Best of Oppositelock
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"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
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Gathered here are the Oppositelock posts that people put a good deal of effort into writing over the weekend. Today it includes 'The electric infrastructure paradox', blending automatic and manual transmissions, the Ford Fiesta ST and more.
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The Implications of a Per-Firm Electric Charging Network and How Elon Musk Could be the Driving Force of the Automotive Industry's Shift From Gasoline Powered Vehicles to Electric Only Vehicles. Companies and firms exist to make a profit, first and foremost; this is a basic economic assumption. However, if accountants ran your favorite automotive company and stuck directly to this theory, then no risk would be taken and we'd all be driving around in Toyota Corollas, and what a bleak future this would be.
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There have been several articles over the last few months about the trend of auto manufacturers, especially higher end sports car manufacturers (cough.... Porsche... couch), removing manual transmissions as an option from their vehicles. This article by Doug Demuro and this response and discussion started doodon2whls got me thinking. Why can't automataic and manual transmissions get along?
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The hatchback market in the US is growing. And with that growth comes what all Americans love and cherish. No, not football or bragging about how much better we are than the rest of the world. I'm talking about competition. And where competition flourishes, the creme rises to the top. The Ford Fiesta ST is the cream of the US hot hatch market.
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The coolness of a concept car is as much about what the concept can spawn when the ideas and design theories reach the marketplace as it is about the car in its current state holding use in one of our current hypothetical lives. In this edition, evaluate the coolness of 5 concepts unveiled in Frankfurt: the Jaguar CX-17, Audi Nanuk Quattro, Mercedes S Class Coupe, Opel Monza and Volvo Concept C Coupe.
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With the Jolopnik premiere of Rush, and an excellent week of movie related Jalop-ness, I began to ponder my own list of the best racing movies. After doing some mental back-flips, I quickly realized that most of them were animated. This really doesn't surprise me; not because I'm a hater for live action, there are some truly great racing movies that I never tire of, but because I just find I enjoy animated films more (more on that topic in a future post). When it comes down to my all time favorite animated racing movie, there is only one that can possibly take the cake (pun intended). Wreck it Ralph.
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In the United States, Mercedes is known for expensive luxo-barges that rarely see the type of conditions that either a normal car would encounter, or couldn't, due to traffic on the morning drive to the office. Elsewhere, Mercedes has a product lineup from Smarts to Actros and everything in between. Whether or not it is "Das Beste oder nichts", well, we'll find out.
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Well, what is there to say? Rather, where do you start with such a car? It is a slice of America made to make the Europeans look bad. How bad? Pretty bad. In performance, design, interior layout; this car still feels ahead of its time and exceptionally refreshing to see and use. What comes close to this for me? That is harder to answer. I don't know what comes close to it.
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early 80's: The "Unducted Fan", showed huge potential in saving fuel on large jet airliners. The fuel prices in 1989 fell like that 'Life is a Highway' band off of the Billboard charts and with cheap gas, the program ended.
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I know what you were thinking at first but no, this is not a BMW Chia Pet, this is the BMW M3 GTR Art Car painted by Sandro Chia. Welcome to another chapter of the BMW Art Car Series, where we look at Chia’s eyeballing creation.
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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 weekend. Take a peek and chime in on some of them listed below:
Did luxury cars peak in the 90's?
High RPM V8's Part Two: Chevy VS Ford
Is there a car that doesn't get hate spewed at it?
What Are Some of the Best Videos that Show Footwork?
Video to GIF megathread #3 — Midnight Cruisin'
Let's Share and Celebrate Nice Wheels!
Will a Hybrid Broaden the Appeal of the GT86?
What's the range of your car tastes?
Street Racing: What do you think?
The most embarrassing Car you ever owned
Just the #tips
Supercharger Finally Working! [hotd]
Video: This is the World’s Fastest Drift
1935 Alfa Romeo 8C-35 Used By Tazio Nuvolari Sells For €7,000,000
Watch a 600 HP EVO go up a slippery, twisty, Swiss hill very fast
How Brumos Endures (Porsche Pron for your Monday)
Want to know what it's like to drive a turbine race car?
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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:
It Happened...NASCAR Has Officially Jumped The Shark
Under Review: Mitsubishi Edition
Special Editions That Should Totally Happen
Emirates Team New Zealand Nearly Capsized
NASCAR Needs a True Playoff Or None At All
Technical: Mercedes's simple tyre wear solution
Your Jalop-Worthy GTA V Vehicles Are Here
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.
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DasWauto
> DasWauto
09/16/2013 at 23:42 |
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4 days of Oppo in one go.
/one go, two posts
POD
> DasWauto
09/16/2013 at 23:47 |
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Thanks as always for the awesome work!
MoparKetchup
> DasWauto
09/16/2013 at 23:57 |
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Gracias DasWauto!
His Stigness
> DasWauto
09/18/2013 at 17:50 |
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Aw man no promotion for my thing on speeders? Oh well, maybe next time.
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