Who has kids on Oppo?

"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux)
10/28/2014 at 12:32 • Filed to: None

Or nieces, nephews, god kids, your neighbors kids...anyone you are influencing in the ways of appreciating cars. WesBartons89's !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! earlier brought back the whole idea of having a sub blog dedicated to raising kids with an eye toward 4 (or 2) wheel appreciation. I have brought it up in the past to good reaction. Who is in, who wants authorship, what is a good name for it, and would it be appreciated (and how the heck do I actually make a sub blog). I have so much more content that I have held back because I don't want to turn Oppo into the Facebook of cars.

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Excuse my squidliness in the above pic. I would never ride like that, just started up the old '37 for Greta

DISCUSSION (78)

Sam > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 12:36

My dad perused, but he doesn't post very often, if ever.

ranwhenparked > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 12:36

No kids yet (not married, need to work on that I guess) , but I do have three baby cousins that will definitely be indoctrinated into cars. By their parents and me, so there's no way it can fail.

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 12:36

Since I made the other post, you know I do, lol. One daughter, 2 1/2, no other kids yet. As I said, I think you should make the sub-blog, I can't tell you how though, I'm not sure. Somebody in the other post suggested the name Oppotots, and I like that name myself. Figure it out, and go for it. And I would love authorship if you do make it.

505Turbeaux > ranwhenparked
10/28/2014 at 12:38

working on it is the best part

HammerheadFistpunch > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 12:38

I like dadlopnik, but isn't the tag doing its thing?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 12:39

No kids, but my niece loves my BRZ. She's a little afraid of the MR2 still, though. I don't know why. It could have something to do with the sheer amount of noise that comes from it.

Kate's Dirty Sister > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 12:39

2 kids

8 and 9

I may have older kids that I'm not aware of.

macanamera > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 12:39

I don't have any, but I still act like one.

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 12:39

Yes, this is a good idea. I'll try to think of a good name, but others will probably have better ideas.

Gamecat235 wrote this on how to make a subblog: http://gamecat235.kinja.com/how-to-create-…

Also, great word: Squidliness.

anothermiatafanboy > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 12:39

niece:

Kinja'd!!!

nephew:

Kinja'd!!!

I'm doing my part!

505Turbeaux > HammerheadFistpunch
10/28/2014 at 12:40

I have never seen anything tagged with it. Tags are greatly underused here anyways, I am guilty of it as well. I see a sub blog as being more enticing to a new crowd of people to kinja though, alot of parent type people might be turned off of normal day to day Oppo or using a tag

HammerheadFistpunch > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 12:41

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/tag/dadlopnik

505Turbeaux > macanamera
10/28/2014 at 12:41

maybe more kids should be into tie-lopnik. Which I havent seen for a while BTW _

T5Killer > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 12:42

I am in and would love authorship. Beyond my two kids 8 (girl) and 21 months (boy) I also help run RacingSouthwest.com which runs tons of car events in the Albuquerque/New Mexico/El Paso/Denver area.

Kinja'd!!!

505Turbeaux > Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready
10/28/2014 at 12:42

yeah Gamecat has actually expressed interest in authorship in the past if I put it together. Thanks!

Coachrotte33 > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 12:42

I would love to be involved. I have watched myself go from a little Saturn SC1 with a 5 speed that I used to hoon mercilessly into a Minivan/Crewcab pickup person. Still love to wrench my own and I try not to own anything newer than 2000. My wife has a newer car for saftey/comfort purposes.

Coachrotte33 > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe
10/28/2014 at 12:43

Love Oppotots

ttyymmnn > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 12:46

Kinja'd!!!

Tailgunners!

505Turbeaux > T5Killer
10/28/2014 at 12:46

YES!

macanamera > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 12:46

lol I'll fire it back up soon, not that many conventional knots left to do, and I don't want to go full douche at work. You never go full douche.

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch
10/28/2014 at 12:46

Probably shouldn't limit it to just dads.....

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn
10/28/2014 at 12:47

I thought about that as I wrote it out.

505Turbeaux > ttyymmnn
10/28/2014 at 12:47

haha you bet.

ttyymmnn > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 12:48

Kids and Cars

Bring em up Jalop

Kidlopnik

I'll try to come up with more suggestions.

505Turbeaux > macanamera
10/28/2014 at 12:49

do it for the people :)

I went with a bow this weekend myself, though by the time I took this pic it was a little off

Kinja'd!!!

505Turbeaux > HammerheadFistpunch
10/28/2014 at 12:52

wow actually fairly much in use. I still think a wider audience would be served. If I was to push out that url with the tag of course there would be some mom that would investigate all about oppo and probably have a NSFW right in the #1 slot

MonkeePuzzle > HammerheadFistpunch
10/28/2014 at 12:53

bit sex exclusive isn't it?

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:06

Man, I am trying. I got two boys age 13 and 15. But they just don't have the patience to do good, safe work. I used to manage a bicycle shop as well, so I have a full bike repair set up in my basement in addition to car stuff. I am going to start them on bicycles first and see if they can grasp the whole 3-dimesional/spatial concepts that one needs to be a decent mechanic.

Tom McParland > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:08

I have a 2 year old and another on the way...whenever I post something related to that I use the #dadlopnik tag...but #kidlopnik or #parentlopnik would be cool. Dunno if we need a separate blog.

Takuro Spirit > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:11

Me.

ranwhenparked > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:17

damn straight

505Turbeaux > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR
10/28/2014 at 13:23

Nice, got to start somewhere!

briannutter1 > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:25

11 year old son named Van. Almost 2 year old girl named Vitesse....middle name Jet...last name Nutter....really.

RotaryLover > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:25

3 nieces. Only one of them seem to go toward cars. I keep her under my wing as much as possible.

505Turbeaux > Tom McParland
10/28/2014 at 13:26

I said it to hammerhead as this. If I want to share my work or someone elses and actually try and build it, what are the chances that we share the tag, and the end user clicks through to see NSFW right at the top, or some theme day. I think that the parent group would be the first to say that they are out of there because of that, hence my idea to sub blog it.

Also I was unaware you had a bun in the oven. Congrats Tom!

jsmizira > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:28

There is a gent around here and gizmodo who is my cool uncle, you know, the kind who treats you like an equal and always speaks his mind to you. not to mention the off chance that he has bacon-ice cream-beer floats.

505Turbeaux > briannutter1
10/28/2014 at 13:29

do you refer to your son as Van the Man?

Also that is an awesome name for your daughter!

Tom McParland > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:31

yeah good point about the NSFW...perhaps a separate space would be good

505Turbeaux > jsmizira
10/28/2014 at 13:31

uh, want that so badly

jsmizira > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:34

the floats or the cool uncle? if its the floats im sure you can find the recipe somewhere. as for the cool uncle, well good luck finding your own damn cool uncle.

505Turbeaux > jsmizira
10/28/2014 at 13:35

well, actually I had exactly one uncle total, and he was totally that but he died xmas morning about 10 years ago. So yeah I would like both :)

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:36

So hard to get them to focus man! Smartphones and computers have ruined their ability to really dig into complex, multi-step operations. Never mind the problem solving. Everything has a cheat sheet and shortcut, so they think everything should be that way. I preach to them all the time, "slow down and THINK it out. Draw it or write it if that helps. But take your time." Rush, rush, rush. Not in the mechanical world.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:38

I'm down.

My soon to be 2 year old loves cars, and really likes the Montego. Every time he walks by it he goes "COOL CAR!"

oh and whenever we get in the car he says "LETS GO FAST, VROOM VROOM"

Kinja'd!!!

his reaction at the car cruise this past summer:

Kinja'd!!!

BoulderZ > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:38

I have a two year old son who absolutely loves cars and knows quite a bit already. Count me in for sub-blog membership/authorship. Parentlopnik? Kidlopnik? OppoTots? MotorKids? PetroKids?

briannutter1 > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:41

Actually, he prefers Vanimal or Vanster. And yes, the baby's name was going to be Jet until the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse came out and the light bulb turned on :)

jsmizira > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:42

dang man, sorry to hear that. my apologies if i came off insensitive at all.

505Turbeaux > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR
10/28/2014 at 13:43

wow yeah, I try and train my kids that technology is great when used in accordance to pre prescribed methods, such as a manual, or as a supplement. Mainly because of this trend these days. By all means google why your Saab has heat on only one side. But you are going to be the one to figure out how to get in there and fix it, and THEN put it back together correctly. It is a great lesson in patience. Best thing my parents ever did, and my dad was a super tech geek (I had a Timex computer growing up, the one that read tapes, and a full size plotter his engineering dept was throwing out), was to buy me a 59 bus when I was 9, and give me a set of hand tools, and Miurs Idiots guide. Without that background I might be driving a goddamn prius right now.

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:44

I'm in. I've got three boys, 4, 8, and 9. No. 3 son is the mechanic of the bunch -always taking stuff apart. But they all like cars.

Kinja'd!!!

My vote is for kidlopnik.

505Turbeaux > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
10/28/2014 at 13:47

priceless

505Turbeaux > BoulderZ
10/28/2014 at 13:48

YES cool thanks!

505Turbeaux > jsmizira
10/28/2014 at 13:48

oh not in the least. Any time I think of Uncle Jim I get a smile on my face.

505Turbeaux > briannutter1
10/28/2014 at 13:49

haha excellent!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:54

set him down in the passenger seat the other day and he instantly climbed over into the driver and started playing with the wheel, kid is a car nut already

El-Verde > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 13:57

Not at the moment, but I am in the market for kids in approx 1-3 years. Looking at purchasing 2.3 or so.

chucky2jimmy > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 14:06

Two kids, 8 and 5(girls).

The older one likes to "invent" things...one day told me we have to go buy two engines for her invention(some kind of robotic doll scoop up device/RV type thing). Told her we should start small, with a Lego prototype.

The younger one is a straight-up grease monkey. Tried to get her to "help" with my PCH...but she wasn't happy holding and passing tools. When I did brakes on my DD...she was pulling and tightening bolts, showed her how to collapse the piston on the caliper, and she cleaned the new rotors. We also watch "car shows" together.

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 14:07

Word man. I had one of those 150-in-1 electronics kits when I was a kid. After that...it was onward and upward. Scale models of cars, rocketry...always tinkering and more importantly, learning how to figure stuff out. I tell my kids all the time that I will not GIVE them answers, I will show them how to find it though. I had an Apple II, or was it a IIc, who knows.

Mechanical aptitude just saves SO much money man. The jack for the charger on the family laptop stopped working (engineering/design flaw, but that is another story). I took it apart and soldered in a new jack. My kids came home from school and were slack jawed. I told them there was a DIY on the internet and I have the tools, why should I not be able to fix it? They looked confused...

505Turbeaux > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR
10/28/2014 at 14:19

all of this is me. Why replace it when I can fix it? Totally on board!

505Turbeaux > chucky2jimmy
10/28/2014 at 14:20

haha awesome! I made a barbie transport with my oldest the other day with a zipline powered by balloons!

JeepJeremy > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 14:23

Kinja'd!!!

I do! My Daughter loves my Jeep. Tells me "Go faster, daddy!" "Hit more bumps!"

I love her so much!

505Turbeaux > JeepJeremy
10/28/2014 at 14:24

Nice! Mine used to hate my BJ60 land cruiser. Daddy too fast! hahaha

Kinja'd!!!

whatisthatsound > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 14:25

I'll only share a quick story because I think my nephew is going to be something beyond a gear head. As soon as he could speak, and I am not making this up, he started to identify cars properly. By two years old when I tell him to get me my old green jeep, a black diablo, a red tesla, and classic mini cooper, he will walk to his hot wheels and pick out exactly what I asked in the model and color. When he goes to car shows people are amazed a 2 1/2 year old can name off the wall cars (lancia, panoz, morgan) than adults can. All day every day we play with cars. I don't know where this obsession started from, but I became the coolest uncle with all my lotus.

505Turbeaux > whatisthatsound
10/28/2014 at 14:28

wow that is great. I was lucky my oldest daughter's first car word was not car...but yah-wah in regards to the Vanden Plas I had at the time.

whatisthatsound > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 14:31

It's really fun when you have a common interest. My brother in law, and I both love cars. My sister not so much so it is only right the two men in her house are obsessed with them.

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 14:34

Yeah man, my kids come to me all of the time, "such and such is broken." My usual response is, "no..it is not working. There is a HUGE gap between not working and broken." The computer is NOT broken, it won't charge when plugged in. Let's find out why and address it.

505Turbeaux > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR
10/28/2014 at 14:42

and no traction there? My kids have broken stuff to the "not working" point, and I usually assist them in fixing the issue. From toys, to well, this stuff (although they didnt break it, still good for a little girl to see an engine installed)

Kinja'd!!!

. It is just good to have some interest to start with.

RallyWrench > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 15:30

IN. Last Sunday at our annual Oktoberfest car show (probably the worst pic I've ever taken, sorry.):

Kinja'd!!!

505Turbeaux > RallyWrench
10/28/2014 at 15:33

NICE!!!

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 17:03

I taught my 3 year old cousin how to identify cars based on their badges. I also taught her how to recognize some models like Scirocco, Camaro and BMW 325i.

505Turbeaux > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/28/2014 at 17:05

nice!

Too many M's > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 17:22

Two boys here, two years and four months old respectively. The toddler is infatuated with cars. When my wife has to go some where he always wants to take "dada's vuv-vuv" in the garage.

#oppodads

bob and john > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 18:03

trikes (tikes) in training

thebigbossyboss > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln!
11/12/2014 at 15:35

My brother was like that. Dissambled the car heater controls once. Thanks brother.

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > 505Turbeaux
11/12/2014 at 16:09

Hey there. Did you ever create the sub-blog?

505Turbeaux > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln!
11/12/2014 at 16:11

SOON I will be doing so. In a bit of flux with work right now

BrainForest > 505Turbeaux
11/12/2014 at 17:17

Our schoolgirl is alread waaaay too cool for this stuff, but the 4 and 2-year-old boys are ripe for Jalopnis. The older one has already helped me replace a couple radiator hoses.

George McNally > 505Turbeaux
11/12/2014 at 18:14

I have a 27 year old daughter that isn't a motorhead, but since she grew up in our house....she was used to seeing me keep all our cars neat and clean. Result? She has a new 2015 Outback that she keeps spotless.

We also have a 21 year old son, that has a 2000 Saturn SL2. He knows to keep the tires inflated and how to check all the fluids and change the oil, but as long as he can see through the windshield....it's good to go.

He has washed it once in the past year (I have washed it a couple times) but he'll be driving this car until it blows up. If it last for 15 more years...he'll be driving it-it's all about getting from Point A to Point B for him.

I guess this attitude will probably save him a lot of money of the course of his lifetime......it's just an appliance to him.

philipilihp > 505Turbeaux
11/13/2014 at 15:24

Can I be in?? I just saw this now, but great idea! I definitely want to have my 5 year old son and my as of yet unborn son be gearheads/carguys, so this is necessary.

Suggestion for the name: "Powerwheels," like the ride-on toys. Logo could have those chunky hard plastic useless tires as a part of it.

505Turbeaux > philipilihp
11/13/2014 at 15:26

haha now this I like. I should be launching it very soon!