"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
05/30/2014 at 21:00 • Filed to: Best of Oppositelock
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"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
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Assembled here are the best Oppositelock posts from May 16 through May 20. It includes a W123 wagon, past Indy inflied glory, FSAE Michigan and some forbidden [beige] fruit.
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The discerning buyer who needs to fit many dogs in the back and four people up front in the lap of, mid-range, luxury. That is who buys a Mercedes 300 wagon. Fitted with a turbo and adorned with the finest vinyl to keep the backs of the occupants firmly adhered to the MB-Tex as to avoid falling out of the seat. Mercedes knew the side bolsters wouldn't keep them in place through the bends, and you're sweating because the A/C doesnt work so well. That is what the Mercedes 300 Wagon will do for you, but now you must ask, what will you do for it? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Grindintosecond
The "Snake-Pit" at the Indianapolis 500 was not the morally safe organized vendor demo and beer garden presently occupying the inside of turn-three. The Snake-Pit was where I saw real boobs when I was 11. It's a collection of motorcycle and beer and mud-wrestling fans that were also enthusiasts of anything else as long as it was not proper social convention. Real boobs! For the first time! Duude! !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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I got back Sunday from Middle-Of-Nowhere Michigan (also known as "where Michigan International Speedway, and nothing else" is). My team had a tumultuous journey to get there, and a very eventful time once at competition. I'm going to give you guys an inside look into what competition was like. I'll try to cover everything without skipping all over the place, but who knows how that will work. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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The Toyota Aurion is sold predominantly in Australia and New Zealand and serves as Toyota's "prestige" Camry. It's essentially a V6 Camry with different front/rear bumpers and a more premium name. Thrilling, I know. Seeing as I was visiting New Zealand for the first time, I thought it only appropriate to drive an Oceania-only vehicle through the land of ominous clouds and sheep. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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The road along the rim of the Sete Cidades Volcano in the Azores is a gorgeous-yet-terrifying drive. The mostly dirt road is twisty, narrow (sometimes less than ten feet wide), often partially fogged over, and laden with jumps, banks, and abrupt roadside drops of as much as a thousand feet. To drive the road takes full concentration, to race it takes massive balls of carbotanium. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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It all started with Tokyo Xtreme Racer, a silly racing series created by a little known Japanese developer called Genki Studios. For a little under 15 years, Genki tried again and again and again to realize their vision of the perfect highway racing game set in Tokyo. Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero was one of their better efforts and it just so happened to be a game that my friends and I got very into in college. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Jonee
Victor-Albert Bouffort was an aeronautics engineer who took it upon himself to design and build some pretty crazy cars in the years after WWII. The first was this magnificent streamlined three-wheeler based on a Citroen Traction-Avant. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - TheDailyTurismo
It may be Friday, but with so many cheap Swedish classics around, every day should be as Thorsday. Time to get the Scandinavian smorgasbord going with another classic Volvo 122S. We've posted a number of Amazon coupes on the internet over, and an Amazon was one of our first buyer/seller success stories. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Gabor Vajda
Ickx, Fittipaldi, Prost, Brundle, Senna, Andretti, Villeneuve and Mansell. A great list of names that will soon be expanded with Hunt . All because of Le Mans… You might have a closer look, though, because you might see Freddie popping up on the list. Freddie Hunt, that is. And this is what he had to say to me. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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Over the last 7 years or so Kia started building many things that has turned this company into something truly great. It has developed a new image headed by a former Audi designer, It has developed innovative engineering such as Turbocharged and Hybrid power trains, an appreciation of hamsters dropping the bass, and even a factory in the United States. Also, through these years, the company has developed something else as well. Balls. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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Our good friend Tim Cain over at GoodCarBadCar.net has released the new car sales stats for April. Trucks and crossovers continue to dominate while mainstream sedans are still experiencing a sales decline. Last month Jalopnik declared, "the sedan is dead." However, this month there are a couple of bright spots if you dig deep into the list. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Ric Clement
The past? It still holds relevance. Lessons learned in the prior runnings gear the successes each of 33 drivers hopes to achieve, and the very desire for victory stems from a century-plus of moments that still provide chills. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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You know, for a long time, the V8 in the Mustang GT kind of sucked. And I'm not talking about the lump in the Mustang II. A '98 GT would have trouble getting away from a same year Maxima despite weighing about the same and having a sizable power, torque and traction advantage. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Hoccy
The second round of WorldRX goes back to the home of rallycross this weekend, Lydden Hill. The sport was born here back in the 1960's, and this is one of the classic events this year. Together with all the heritage comes a huge startgrid with 37 drivers in the supercar category! !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
The Best of the Rest
Speedmonkey !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Louros !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Eric !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Cherry_man1 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Twinturbobmw !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . V8Demon !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Offroadkarter !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Jeff-God-of-Biscuits !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . MrTheEngineer !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . The New Garage !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Buford-t-justice !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Underacheiver !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Wolfezx !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Raphy !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . D !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . PreetR34 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Vorspringing !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Mochimaster !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . SnapUndersteer !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Mathias Rios !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
Chairman Kaga !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . TokyoBayAquaLine !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Coty !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Stephen the Canuck !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Audi For Life !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Nosek !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Motorsport Jedi !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Labcoatguy !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Cody !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Fl1ngstam !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Jobjoris !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . FreddsterExprs !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Zachaput !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Highmodulus !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . ShiftsAndGiggles !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . StoneCold !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Brian Silvestro's !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . JGrabowMSt !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Thedriver !!!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.
Discussions
There were several posts that asked questions and sparked some good conversation through last week Tuesday. Take a peek and chime in on some of those listed below:
Coolest Car In A Random Ass Town: Amphoe Mueang Chanthabur (Thailand)
Which Would You Rather? Power or Finesse Edition
What is the BEST badge-engineered vehicle?
Coolest cars your parent's owned?
Which Would You Rather? - Rare Luxury Sportwagons
Show me your best car pic using your potato!
What car has the worst clutch feel?
What Class of cars is lacking in North America?
Coolest Car In A Random Ass Town: Arrecife (Las Palmas) Spain
Which Would You Rather? Legendary Speed Machines Edition
Thoughts on tires/wheels for autocross?
Need a new daily driver... that can also tow my rallycross car
Coolest Car In A Random Ass Town: Plzen (Czech Republic)
Anyone Know A Good Alignment Shop For The Baja?
CarDomaining - "Buckle Up For Safety" Edition
What would make /Drive successful on NBC Sports Network?
Jalopnik/Opposite Lock Vocabulary
When do your engines hit their torque peak?
Just the #tips
Police officer causes accident
Dashcam video: Hummer drives like an asshat, gets busted
F1 Telemetry for Rookies from the Sauber F1 Team
Dusty Ventures Co-Driving a 912 through Some Awesome Stages
Ferrari F430 Does Epic Doughnuts Around A Bugatti Veyron
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit : Russia
1983 Top Gear - Esprit Active Suspension
Here's 30 Minutes of On-Board Footage From the Spanish Gran Prix
EVO Daily Drove A '07 Micra 350SR
A Beetle Called Schnell: 2012 VW Beetle Turbo (Video)
Nelson Ledges Road Course activities suspended indefinitely
The Craft of Driving Down Under
Woman killed after driver's jandal gets stuck
Unnecessary German Over-engineering
750hp Willys Jeep Vs. 950hp GT-R
Formula1 L. Hamilton -vs- Rallycross K. Block
Porsche 911 Hybrid patents leaked, another McLaren sportscar is in the works
Modern F1 liveries on classic cars
U.S. Navy testing their prototype rail gun
Great News! Venezuelan government funding may end for Maldonado
Tire change on an FJ while in motion
BMW stands for "Beer Me, Woman!"
These posts have already been shared with Jalopnik directly but deserve to be mentioned again because they were first posted on Oppositelock:
The US "Show And Display" Exemption List In Pictures (Pt.1)
Caddy and Jag need to stop competing with the Germans of the 90s
What it's like to sneak into the 24 Hours of LeMans
Your 2014 vehicle recalls in one simple graph
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Vicente Esteve
> DasWauto
05/30/2014 at 21:09 |
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Thanks for sharing my posts! Much appreciated
Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken
> DasWauto
05/30/2014 at 21:27 |
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I firmly believe the best W123 is a 1983 with no computer (the 84/85 was an experiment for 86)with an 84/85 rear end swapped because the only improvement they made was better gearing.
Agrajag
> Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken
05/30/2014 at 21:55 |
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Drives my 82 off a cliff
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> DasWauto
05/31/2014 at 00:07 |
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Always appreciated!
Harrycarry250
> DasWauto
05/31/2014 at 00:31 |
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Good stuff, thanks mate
Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
> DasWauto
05/31/2014 at 01:14 |
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Thanks for sharing my posts!
BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> DasWauto
05/31/2014 at 05:47 |
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I must say I'm loving the 4-pics per upload format of the 'best of the rest'. Great idea :)