"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
09/23/2013 at 22:22 • 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 from Friday through Monday. It includes the laziest way to install a big bore kit, leasing tips, racecars as football players and more.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Matt Brown
There seems to be no write-up of how to install a big bore kit in a DRZ400, so I decided to fill the void. All I really wanted to know was: A) Do I have to remove the engine, and B) How lazy can I be? The answers, for those of you who can’t wait til the end, are: A) No, and B) Like, super lazy.
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Automatch
In my last installment, I talked about how our collective anger towards the car-buying industry may be directed towards the wrong people. This time I am going to discuss an often neglected and somewhat confusing topic...leasing. I know, I know…. leasing is for suckers: you get whacked with mileage overages, you never own the car, you get stuck into a perpetual trap of car-payments...But as a consultant I try my best to avoid positions of “all X is good” and “all Y is bad.” You see, for some folks leasing is a good option.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Automatch
(Welcome to “Thinking Too Deeply About Cars.” This is a column where I over analyze my thoughts about the cars I have owned and possibly get a little too sentimental. I encourage you to do the same or call me a total nut-job in the comments). I have this problem where no matter how nice of a car I am driving I always want it to have something more. This all started with my first car, a 91’ Chevy Lumina Coupe. It was a fine first car for a 17yr old, cheap to buy, cheap to fix, enough power for safe highway merging but not too much to get a novice driver into trouble, and pretty comfortable for chauffeuring friends around.
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Racing season is winding down but the NFL is just getting started. It makes for a busy weekend for fans of both sports. It also overloads your brain if you try to take it all in. This is the result. Formula 1 : Wide Receiver. The fastest, most agile, impressive athletes to watch. A little fragile, a lot of drama. Just watching them run alone is impressive. Nascar : O-Line. Big guys with a simple job getting action in the trenches...
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Duurtlang
Owning either a French or an Italian car is supposedly a nightmare financially. October first 2012 I decided to find out for myself and I bought a 2000 Peugeot 406 coupe, built and designed (exterior) by Pininfarina in Italy. It became my daily driver. Here's an overview of the costs of close to a year of ownership.
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - His Stigness
Car dealerships are not the places you go to get robbed blind and where you're afraid for your life. No, they're full of honest and hardworking people who just happen to be out for all of your money and will do or say anything to get said money. While I wish I could say this is not true and that car dealerships are actually good honest places, in my experience as a consumer and a technician who has seen the dark and disgusting underbelly of these dealerships, I can honestly say that more dealerships fit the "stealership" description than those that do not. Be sure to read !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! as well.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Turbineguy
Dodge's Charger is an anachronism; a throwback to the days when big sedans with big V8s were the norm. Now, amongst a sea of FWD economy cars it stands out like a mushroom cloud in the Nevada desert. (the Daytona Blue paint helps here)
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Juan Barnett
Early today Hyundai announced a $750 discount coupon for people in the state of Colorado who lost their vehicle during the recent floods. The catch: the credit can only be applied towards the purchase of any Hyundai vehicle model year 2013 or newer. A part of me thinks “Great job, Hyundai! Way to help out during a tragedy.” But another part of me sees this as leveraging an individual’s misfortune for direct gain.
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The Jaguar XFR-S is an £80,000, rear wheel drive saloon with 550bhp. I tested the XFR last year and found it to be something of an animal. Is the XFR-S any more refined, despite having an extra 47bhp?
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Tiny Toy Viper
My friends are not gearheads. As much as I love 'em, I can't spark a passion for cars in them. I've given up. But I'll still Oppo in front of them, whether they like it or not. Here's what they said. "What's Oh-po?" Dammit, guys. It's pronounced "Ah-po". Anyway...
The Best of the Rest
It's a "Porch-uh" attended the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . SaabStory took photos at the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Jagvar went to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , as !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Desertdog5051 found, among others, a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Shooltzie went to the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in Columbus. TwinTurboBMW posted photos and video from !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Audi For Life snapped some pictures of an !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Nick Gagne !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Beatsbynelly !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . 48 Spoons !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . EssExTee !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . BJohnson11 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . RotaryLover visited !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Corson !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in his Mustang. Ricepuddin' !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! with some rallycross practice. RotaryLover posted some !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . MontegoMan62 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to its first car show. RB1971 posted a video from a !!!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 over the last day. Take a peek and chime in on some of them listed below:
What Otherwise Gorgeous Car Is Ruined By One Small Detail?
You know what really grinds my gears?
What would your dream [realistic] two-car garage have in it?
One Car Garage - Mercedes-Benz
What did you think of the Grand Prix of Singapore?
Has Anyone Else Stopped Believing in Coincidence? [Webber's perceived bad luck]
What is the Corvette C7's competition?
Ever had a car that is invisible to cops no matter what you do?
DD/Track/Burn - F1/LP670-4/F50
DD/track/burn - Leaf/Volt/Prius
Hypercar fight: Bugatti Veyron vs McLaren F1
Lifespan of cars where you live...
Show me the worst modified cars
When you guys are shopping for cars, what websites do you use?
Cars that don't seem to lose value
What's the most ignored road sign?
What's more fun? FRZ, or Mazda2?
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Just the #tips
Asshat Buries Bentley So He Can Drive It After He Croaks
Walter Ro(insert dots)hrl. Fantastic footage
Ghost Riding That Doesn't Suck
V10 Powered 1M Coupe Macht All Kinds of Schnell
Two Italians Terrorize A Twisty Road [hotd]
What's it like at the Reno Air Race
Time Lapse Video Of The Regeneration Of An Old Triumph Engine
The Most Necessary Audi S6 Modification
Man tries to steal fire vehicle, fails
Would you write a love letter to your car? This guy did
A straight-piped Crown Victoria with a 5MT is a beautiful thing
Hyundai Opens Test Center at the "Ring"
Driver Dies at Carolina Motorsports Park LeMons Race
Speedmonkey 2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 review
DP, P2 specs frozen, possible global unification in 2017
How many FERRARI and LAMBO plates are actually on Ferraris and Lamborghinis?
Charger SRT gets a price drop, says "Lol, Chevy SS?"
It's a new, old English, Indian cafe racer! It's the Royal Enfield Continental GT
A demonstration in race car driving...
New M3/M4 makes 425hp and "over" 370lb-ft
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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:
Very original proposal Lotus guy to red bull girl
Video: Houston Police Chief Hitting Pedestrian
James Finch's Low Key NASCAR Exit A Loss For Racing As A Whole
Why We'll Never Have Driverless Cars
When Did You Realize You Were A Car Enthusiast?
Thanks to You, Isuzu No Longer Makes Cars
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.
Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
> DasWauto
09/23/2013 at 22:44 |
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Puttin' in work! How do you stand the horrible sight line of the post's text box? Structuring posts in this non-expandable box is horrible.
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DasWauto
> Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
09/23/2013 at 22:49 |
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I put it together in a text editor and just copy and paste it here. Then I simply edit the spacing around images with extra periods to finish the post.
You just have to know what size images you are using and what Kinja will do with the text around those images.
PRBot II
> DasWauto
09/23/2013 at 22:57 |
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Is my Oppo Review of Oppositelock worthy of inclusion? :)
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DasWauto
> PRBot II
09/23/2013 at 23:00 |
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Oh, damn, forgot about that. I enjoyed that post. One sec.
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PRBot II
> DasWauto
09/23/2013 at 23:01 |
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Sweet!
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DasWauto
> PRBot II
09/23/2013 at 23:02 |
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Done.
Tom McParland
> DasWauto
09/23/2013 at 23:23 |
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Thanks for getting both of mine in there. The way the content is looking around here we could rival more "legit" car blogs. Again thanks for all your hard work. :)
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PRBot II
> DasWauto
09/23/2013 at 23:26 |
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Thanks! A Delirium Tremens for you, sir.
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DasWauto
> PRBot II
09/23/2013 at 23:31 |
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I've not had the chance to try that one but want to quite badly. It's not available in Ontario but I'm gonna have a friend who lives on the border with Quebec bring me some the next time he heads this way.
neoned
> DasWauto
09/24/2013 at 01:34 |
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Still haven't seen you guys mention overhaulin is back.
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> DasWauto
09/24/2013 at 09:56 |
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Thanks for putting the Montego into the "best of the rest" section!
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DasWauto
> neoned
09/24/2013 at 09:58 |
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I wasn't aware it was gone.
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> DasWauto
09/24/2013 at 10:08 |
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Yeah right....know what Kinja is gonna do with a picture...ha.
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DasWauto
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
09/24/2013 at 10:21 |
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Haha, it's not actually too bad.
If you put an image before any text, it will become a banner image at the top. Within the body of a post if an image is 640 px or wider it will be cropped to 640 px and text will resume below it. If it is less than 640 px wide, it will be cropped to 320 px and text will be wrapped around it. If the paragraph after the text isn't long enough, the next paragraph will be wrapped as well (this can be prevented by extra periods like I tend to do for these Best of Oppo posts).
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neoned
> DasWauto
09/24/2013 at 20:26 |
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Cancelled in 08.
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DasWauto
> neoned
09/24/2013 at 20:38 |
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Huh, I hadn't noticed. I used to watch it fairly regularly but probably stopped in '06 or so. I watched an episode recently though but wasn't too into it. I remembered it being better...
I still like Foose though, I like his style.
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neoned
> DasWauto
09/24/2013 at 20:44 |
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We just need all the car shows we can get these days. So maybe somebody could be convinced one day that hey, what this world could use is a channel dedicated to cars and the car life.