Caffeine and Carburetors on April 6th

"A3R0" (a3r0)
03/30/2014 at 14:09 • Filed to: Caffeine and Carburetors

Yes, those are both real.

Engine was tuned. If I remember correctly, this car was putting out 550 HP.

1 WEEK FROM TODAY

I don't know if anyone wants to do an Oppo meetup, but I would definitely recommend going. Some crazy cars go, and all cars are accepted. It's the only place you will see a $10,000 car next to a $1,000,000 car. Last year there was a Morgan AeroMax, a Pagani Huayra, a Ferrari Enzo, 3(?) E30 M3's, the list is endless. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

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So far going:

Jkm7680 (If he was serious)

offroadkarter

Aaron Brown (Maybe)

Mathias Rios (Maybe)

JBH (Maybe)

TheJWT

Tiny Toy Viper (Maybe)

Asphalt

Sefeing

JGrabowMSt

ShelbyRacer78 (Maybe)

DISCUSSION (70)

Brian Silvestro > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 14:11

Kinja'd!!!

I'd DD the shit out of this.

A3R0 > Brian Silvestro
03/30/2014 at 14:15

That's a stock paint job. It's a whole bunch of track maps all put together. After they used this paint job on a pre-production car, everyone loved it so much that they made it an option for the MP4-12c. Cool paint, cool story.

PRBot II > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 14:17

I'll try to make it down.

A3R0 > PRBot II
03/30/2014 at 14:18

Cool!

Brian Silvestro > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 14:18

I know I've read about it on several occasions. Why would anyone get it in any other color?

A3R0 > Brian Silvestro
03/30/2014 at 14:20

I think they might have only made like only 2000 with that paint job or something. If I'm wrong, there should be a fine for not getting that color.

Asphalt > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 14:21

Look for us there! A black Abarth.

On a side note, where can I buy Oppo stickers from? The kind that goes on the inside of window?

A3R0 > Asphalt
03/30/2014 at 14:24

Cool! I have a feeling there will be many black Abarth's though. Oh well.

These are outside, I don't know where to get the inside ones.

Asphalt > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 14:29

Haha I hope to see lots of those little suckers there.

Any interest in doing an Oppo meet and cruise into the show? We could meet up somewhere in New York or Connecticut.

A3R0 > Asphalt
03/30/2014 at 14:34

Well, it starts at 8. It's bigger this year, but usually, if you want a good spot you have to get there around 7:30-7:45. I don't think a before cruise, maybe an after. I doubt I would be able to do an after. Also, I can't drive so this will all be from the passenger seat of a grey '82 Mustang GT, or a '91 Audi Coupe Quattro (depending on if I go with my brother or dad).

Last year, there was a 500 Abarth 695 Ferrari-edition-thing. Very, very cool. It got more attention then almost all the Ferrari's there.

CAcoalminer > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 14:59

Well I happen to quite like my Carbon Black one.

Kinja'd!!!

ReallyColorful > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 15:30

Who

A3R0 > CAcoalminer
03/30/2014 at 15:30

That's yours?

ReallyColorful > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 15:31

A3R0 > ReallyColorful
03/30/2014 at 15:32

'S on first?

sefeing, actually bought an E46 > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 15:33

I WILL BE GOING TOO! I live a town over.

CAcoalminer > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 15:33

Yup.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/hopefully-the-…

ReallyColorful > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 15:34

Whoops tablet brainfart.... Who wants to give me a ride from MA!?

A3R0 > sefeing, actually bought an E46
03/30/2014 at 15:36

Jealous! I have a 45 minute drive. Not to bad though, I'm pretty sure TheJWT told us (me and my brother) he wakes up at 4:45 to catch a train into New Canaan from New York. There's always someone who has it worse, I guess.

sefeing, actually bought an E46 > Asphalt
03/30/2014 at 15:38

Meetup planned? I'd probably be game. It starts real early, but luckily I live a town over in NY. Wish I had time to wash my new ST before this :(

sefeing, actually bought an E46 > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 15:39

Whoah. That's pretty insane. I actually commuted FROM New Canaan to NY for a little while a few months ago. Up at 5:30 and home at 6:30. Couldn't take it anymore so now I work in Greenwich. Much better car spotting in Greenwich than almost anywhere in Manhattan haha.

A3R0 > CAcoalminer
03/30/2014 at 15:46

I think you just became my hero. You DD'ed so many awesome supercars, and most people don't. Also, best of all, you don't go around on here where most people have cheap (but still awesome) cars, acting like your royalty and bragging about your cars, which is so awesome. When I grow up can I be you (I'm not even old enough to drive yet)?

A3R0 > ReallyColorful
03/30/2014 at 15:47

I'm in CT, and I'm not old enough to drive.:(. Sorry.

A3R0 > sefeing, actually bought an E46
03/30/2014 at 15:50

Sometimes we drive to Greenwich (about a hour drive), just so we can go to the car dealerships. My Dad actually has a similar commute, now.

sefeing, actually bought an E46 > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 15:52

Miller motorcars is INSANE here. On nice days, they park McLarens and Rolls' on the ave just for advertising. Yeah, I was doing the commute as a 23 year old. Still sucked.

ReallyColorful > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 15:54

Okei... :(

ReallyColorful > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 15:55

A3R0 > ReallyColorful
03/30/2014 at 16:29

Share it to the main Oppo page and hope for the best I guess. Is there a train? Rent a car?
I don't know, but it's worth it. They just made it bigger (they can have up to 600 cars now!), because they ran out of room with about 400 cars in the last event of 2013.

A3R0 > sefeing, actually bought an E46
03/30/2014 at 16:31

Yes! We just go straight to Miller Motorcars! The main reason we went about 2 weeks ago was to see the P1.

sefeing, actually bought an E46 > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 16:35

I didn't know they have one. Just realized that there'll probably be a P1 at C&C then haha. I gotta stop by Miller and check it out. Are they cool with you just coming in to look or do they give you a hard time?

offroadkarter > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 16:39

You forgot one of the most exotic cars there, the illegal one!

Kinja'd!!!

I'm bringing the Marauder now, because the BMW trans re-install didn't go as planned and I still have some work to do on it to get it driving 100%. I wanted to drive it for 2 weeks straight to make sure it wasn't going to fuck up but even if I get it fixed tomorrow, I don't know how much I'll trust it. So hopefully next show I can take it.

I brought the marauder home today, and I have to absolutely fucking jam on it this weekend to get it ready to drive up there. Its going to be close. I'll be rolling in with a few friends from my group and I'll park where oppo hung out last time.

JGrabowMSt > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 16:40

I think I'm going to drop things and go. Not guarantee though.

offroadkarter > CAcoalminer
03/30/2014 at 17:09

Someone here is Ballin' out of control, god dayum

You still have that ford GT right?

offroadkarter > Asphalt
03/30/2014 at 17:10

Probably no time for a meetup with how fast that place fills up. Last year I left late @ 6:20, booked it like hell doing 80-90mph from NJ to CT and got there at 7:30 on the dot, and the place had at least 100+ cars parked already.

I'm sure we'll all park in the same area, or at least try to.

A3R0 > sefeing, actually bought an E46
03/30/2014 at 17:12

I'm pretty sure it's gone now. There were a bunch of posts about it. They were fine with people just walking in though.

CAcoalminer > offroadkarter
03/30/2014 at 17:12

Haha. Thank you. I've definitely been quite blessed in life.

Yes, I still have GT.

offroadkarter > CAcoalminer
03/30/2014 at 17:16

Awesome, I think if I ever owned one of those I'd never sell it. Its probably the only true blue collar supercar and certainly one of the only fords in recent history that actually costs more now than it did when new.

A3R0 > offroadkarter
03/30/2014 at 17:17

Cool! I was with some friends last time, and by the time they left almost everyone from Oppo was gone, so I don't know where everyone was, but I'll figure it out.

By the way, not the last time in 2013 but the time before that, there was a r34 and the owner had it tuned to put out lots of horsepower (don't remember how much). He then turned it on and brought it high into the rpm's, so the turbos were spooling, then shut it up before they could go back down to normal. I don't think it was the same one. I think it was white. Lots of disrespect for the car though, is my point.

A3R0 > JGrabowMSt
03/30/2014 at 17:19

Sweet! If you can, it's definetly worth it.

offroadkarter > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 17:23

I only went to the very last show of 2013 so I missed that one

If I remember right, you guys were all parked in this side lot last year. In fact IIRC thats your dads 82 GT in this pic

Kinja'd!!!

JGrabowMSt > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 17:23

Ill reply again if I get a definite. Ill likely be driving in with JBH and CCC if I can. Ill figure it out by tuesday.

Ill be taking the SL600 if I can go.

CAcoalminer > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 17:23

Well thank you for the kind words. Even though I'm financially comfortable now, I never have felt that I'm better than anyone else and always try to remain humble. As far as posting what I have, I do it only to share what I have with others and answer any of their questions, not to feed my ego. While I'm flattered that you would want to be like me, I would suggest that as long as you just be yourself and work hard, you'll turn out just fine. Ofcourse, I'm in my 70s now so I've had quite a long time to try and better myself.

CAcoalminer > offroadkarter
03/30/2014 at 17:28

Yeah it's one of the few that I've actually hung on to for an extended period of time. Beautiful lines, great power, and comfortable interior but none of the reliability hassles or extravagant servicing costs that are normally associated with supercars. I've been especially surprised at the recent explosion in their values.

offroadkarter > CAcoalminer
03/30/2014 at 17:32

Well deep down its still a ford, so its components are "crude" I guess you could say when comparing to some of the really hi tech shit coming out. But its so simple that its reliable and you can fix it with a hammer.

Is yours still 100% stock?

CAcoalminer > offroadkarter
03/30/2014 at 17:46

My black one is, the blue one isn't. Here's some fairly recent photos of the blue one when I had it in for servicing (sorry about the quality).

Kinja'd!!!

offroadkarter > CAcoalminer
03/30/2014 at 17:52

You have TWO?

What is that, a 3.4L Whipple? And are those Forgeline wheels? Looks sick

CAcoalminer > offroadkarter
03/30/2014 at 18:01

Yes. No, it's actually a 4.0L Whipple and the wheels are HRE P101s. Thank you.

Kinja'd!!!

offroadkarter > CAcoalminer
03/30/2014 at 18:09

Of course they're HRE's. I think the last time I saw that wheel and thought they were forgelines, they were actually HRE's.

Have you ever had the 4.0L whipple car on the dyno?

CAcoalminer > offroadkarter
03/30/2014 at 18:17

Yes, I had it professionally tuned on a dyno and it made somewhere around 750rwhp at 19psi. Needless to say, more than I will ever need.

offroadkarter > CAcoalminer
03/30/2014 at 18:19

I think we need to have a "who owns the coolest cars on oppo" contest, you certainly have to be in the top five.

CAcoalminer > offroadkarter
03/30/2014 at 18:24

Haha. Thank you. That sounds like a good idea, I would look forward to seeing and reading about other owners' cars.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > CAcoalminer
03/30/2014 at 20:55

Kinja'd!!!

Dear God.... It's beautiful

PS9 > CAcoalminer
03/30/2014 at 21:00

Pretty brazen man, posting about your two GTs knowing... $he's out there on this board somewhere...

CAcoalminer > vdub_nut: scooter snob
03/30/2014 at 21:22

Haha that picture is ridiculous.

CAcoalminer > PS9
03/30/2014 at 21:23

Oh $he knows about them.

A3R0 > offroadkarter
03/30/2014 at 21:35

Good memory (correct year and everything)! This will be the last time it goes, as someone is buying it soon after.:(

That is also my brother's (190e30-I5 High Five) Audi Coupe Quattro two cars over. He will take that as well.

I will be the young boy in the passenger seat of the Mustang (not old enough to drive).

A3R0 > CAcoalminer
03/30/2014 at 21:36

Cool! Sounds like a great life so far.

A3R0 > JGrabowMSt
03/30/2014 at 21:37

Okay!

offroadkarter > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 21:37

I hope your dad is getting a good price for that car, pristine fox bodies are hard as hell to find anymore.

A3R0 > offroadkarter
03/30/2014 at 21:45

They're hard to find, but no one will put the money up for them. It's been for sale for about 2 month's and he just sold it tonight. Me and my brother have informed him of the fact that he is stupid selling a car like that in the middle of the winter. Oh well, fun car, some great memories over the past 6 months or so with it, and on to the next one (My dad buys and sells cars for [hopefully] a profit every 6 months or so)!

offroadkarter > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 21:50

Whats he gonna get next?

A3R0 > offroadkarter
03/30/2014 at 21:59

To be honest, he never has a plan. It's not "I'm getting this car" it's more "Oh, this is to cheap, I can probably sell it for a profit". Currently he has a RWD BMW 525i. He bought it as a winter car, and will sell it soon. I don't know what will come next. Part of the whole plan is buy RWD in the winter and sell it in the spring, and 4WD in the summer and sell it in the winter kind of thing. He keeps cars for 2-6 months, but most of the time near 6. It could be 4WD, but again I really don't know.

offroadkarter > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 22:07

What generation 5 series is it?

A3R0 > offroadkarter
03/30/2014 at 22:11

Kinja'd!!!

Sorry, forgot to add that. E60

A3R0 > A3R0
03/30/2014 at 22:13

Kinja'd!!!

Mustang in the same exact spot (or maybe one over) a month earlier.:(

offroadkarter > A3R0
03/31/2014 at 00:23

ah, a bangle butt!

vdub_nut: scooter snob > CAcoalminer
03/31/2014 at 00:34

Just one of many that I use to pretend I contribute positively to oppositelock.

JGrabowMSt > A3R0
04/02/2014 at 22:36

Wanted to let you know, I'm confirmed to be going. I'm going to be heading up with CCC. The car's a bit dirty again, but I'll get something along the way to freshen it up with when I get there.

A3R0 > Asphalt
04/06/2014 at 09:37

Kinja'd!!!

Found you! Oppo sticker in the red one tipped us off.

A3R0 > A3R0
04/06/2014 at 09:42

Kinja'd!!!

Let's try this again.