Reason for being here.

"norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback" (norskracer98)
07/22/2014 at 00:46 • Filed to: None

What's everyone's reason for coming to Oppo?
I'm here originally from Jalopnik, but I found this site from something. Once here I began to comment on here seeing everyone's passion for cars in one way or another. I'm glad I was able to get authorship because I'm now able to gain knowledge about cars and share my own passion with you all.

Feel free to comment on what led you to this site.

DISCUSSION (43)

Anon > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 00:48

I'm honestly not too sure how I got here. I've been here since 2010 though.

Inline 6 Dreamer > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 00:52

I came here fairly soon after I discovered Jalopnik, and even though I'm relatively younger I enjoy the fact that every one shares their passion and interests in such an open and accepting community.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 00:56

Might wanna repost in the morning as well. I'm too tired to respond even though I'm responding now.....What? :P

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Inline 6 Dreamer
07/22/2014 at 00:56

Yeah same here. I'm also relatively young, well not relatively, I am. I'm 16 but been around cars and racing all my life so it's developed into a love that's got a special place in my heart that's never going to go away. After going to Watkins Glen my entire life I've got this feeling like it's my true home away from home and nowhere else can match the happiness I feel at that track.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/22/2014 at 00:57

Yeah I probably will. Is there a way to set a time for a post?

*edit* More like when I wake up.

CTSenVy > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 00:59

Truthfully I think what lead me here was a story on the front page that started in oppositelock. But after seeing how the community on oppo acts I really started paying about as much attention to oppo as the front page. I truly mean it when I say oppo is probably one of if not the best web community I've ever seen. People can actually be supportive, informative, funny, and friendly here.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:01

There is but I kinda forgot right now...Ask around as it is very simple, I just can't remember at the moment. Too much Gundam

DanZman > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:02

I'm a Jalopnik transplant too. I have been on Jalop for probably 5 years and I never posted. I like it here and (obviously), think its more worth posting to a smaller crowd.

catkam623 misses his 944 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:03

Either I was googling something about a 944 or a top ten list found jalopnik and oppo and haven't left since. I'm also 16 (psst we rule the internet)

Henry Diesel > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:04

Im just here for the awesome pictures and funny gifs!

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > catkam623 misses his 944
07/22/2014 at 01:05

Honestly I can't remember when I first came. Something probably came up on FB but I hadn't been involved until mid June.

Inline 6 Dreamer > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:07

I'm 15 and I'm very envious you've had such an opportunity to live near a race track, especially Watkins Glen. I'm very envious but I wish you luck. I've been trying my hardest to get the experience to become a race engineer, but I live an hour away from the city, so it's hard to be interested in cars when not many people think much of them.

catkam623 misses his 944 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:07

yea it just sticks with you once you find it.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Inline 6 Dreamer
07/22/2014 at 01:08

I think it's easier to be in the country or in an area that appreciates cars more. I've got an oval not even a mile from me and WG is about 2 hours from me.

Your boy, BJR > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:10

They say every village needs an idiot. Well know what? Every idiot needs a village, and after being perma-bant from several other car forums, I eventually found my way here. This idiot is proud to call this village his home.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Your boy, BJR
07/22/2014 at 01:11

I honestly couldn't see my self any where else. I love the passion that is in this site.

Inline 6 Dreamer > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:12

Man that sounds really great, I mean I live about an hour from Lime Rock but I only just discovered that till recently. And yeah I agree that it probably is easier, plus most of the teenagers I know that are remotely interested in cars only wanna rice out their Hondas which makes being serious about it a little more difficult.

interrogator-chaplain > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:13

For me it was finding Gawker, then Jalopnik then long, long after that Oppo. Only really got into Oppo after NuKinja, but now it's one of my permanent tabs.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Inline 6 Dreamer
07/22/2014 at 01:16

My friend who is into cars has very similar tastes to me. I don't mind mods if it's not distasteful. I really want a Volvo 240 though. It is a beautiful little car but I don't like the people who are "interested" in cars as an object rather than a part of themselves like it do. A car is part of me and I'm a part of the car when I drive, there's nothing more fun than driving on a country road.

JGrabowMSt > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:16

I do things differently. Different isn't wrong. Oppo is one of the few places that fosters that.

catkam623 misses his 944 > Your boy, BJR
07/22/2014 at 01:17

I doybt you could've been banned from vw vortex but we don't like to talk about that place.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:20

Hi I'm Harold, I love everything Mopar, I am a walking automotive encyclopedia, and I have a purple crayon.

If you want to see what I do with my purple crayon check out the tag "DENVER_DRAWS" http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/tag/denver_dra…

Oh and I came here from jalopnik, I requested posting approval when I saw a Pre-Production Ecoboost 2015 Mustang I wanted, No NEEDED to share

fhrblig > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:21

I had been reading Jalopnik for a while, and was lurking here (back when it was just called Off Topic). I didn't start posting until just over 6 years ago though.

I stay here because of the people. It's nice to be in an off-topic group where there aren't political pissing-contests all the time and where everyone is accepted. Where you can talk about cars or whatever else you're into with good people.

Your boy, BJR > catkam623 misses his 944
07/22/2014 at 01:23

LOL BTDT. SHO forums, rice killer, grand am forums (not that i ever had one) OH! Aurora club of north america banned me 6 times.

Inline 6 Dreamer > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:25

I would love a 240, but I'm going for a Lexus SC300, it's comfortable without being bland, but mainly because it's one of the only RWD cars my da becaused approves of cause it's a Lexus and we have always had either a Toyota or Lexus.

catkam623 misses his 944 > Your boy, BJR
07/22/2014 at 01:25

What could you have possibly done??

Your boy, BJR > catkam623 misses his 944
07/22/2014 at 01:27

Made a thread on VW vortex inquiring on what would be the best off road tires to fit to my 2012 hyundai sonata.

CAR_IS_MI > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:27

I'm just here for the free horderves.

catkam623 misses his 944 > Your boy, BJR
07/22/2014 at 01:29

and what are the best tires?

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:31

I entered this group on the premise of meeting other people who share my automotive passion, love to wrench, and people that can provide advice. The only thing holding us together is the love for cars, and that is amazing.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Your boy, BJR
07/22/2014 at 01:31

Back when we organized trolling Gizmodo on a regular basis, I got banned 7 times in one hour thanks to a bug on the old 5.0 :p

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:31

I like oppo because I can nerd out about car stuff without being hounded about how to fix this or that. Don't get me wrong, I like helping, but in other forums all you get are people wanting to know all sorts of things and interjecting their own terribly wrong ideas and in all likely hood messing lots of other people up. At least here everyone wants to learn and interact in a positive way, rather than assert their own opinion and flame everyone else. When I get customers at work who say "well I read this on a forum, do what they say" I just want to scream at them and charge double. But if I were to get an oppo customer who said something along the lines of "someone on oppositelock had this experience, what do you think?", I would probably give them a labor discount.

Your boy, BJR > catkam623 misses his 944
07/22/2014 at 01:35

I never found out. I did learn several new ways to be called a retarded asshole though.

BrianNutter > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:35

I came for the cars. I stayed for the nsfw.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > catkam623 misses his 944
07/22/2014 at 01:36

old guy here... 16 year olds do not rule the Internet. we just left little guys like you use it

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 01:37

I found about Jalopnik thanks to the old DOTS and Dream Garage articles that ran regularly on the front page. Soon after I followed a link to Oppo and have been here ever since. Well, save for a few months following the switch to Kinja, when the old accounts were deactivated, because I didn't feel like making a Google or Facebook account, but I became bored not having Oppo to talk to, so I came back. :p

V8soundRIOT- Now Has a V8 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 02:00

I originally found Oppo from Jalopnik. I was searching for car news and came across Jalopnik. I decided to stay because it is one of the least volatile places on the internet. Even though I don't have a license yet (one more year!!), I still love this site.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 02:24

I first discovered Oppo when I saw a post shared to the front page - I lurked as a commenter here for a few months before finally deciding to ask for authorship privleges.

What I love about Oppo is the openness along with the willingness to accept and help other people in times of difficulty, question or need. I'm only 17 and I still have a year to wait until I can apply for a driving licence, but the great thing about Oppo is that I can talk about cars, my main passion, without fear of being completely embarrassed if I get something wrong. It's also a great place to share opinions and learn. And funnily enough, because I live on the other side of the world from the vast majority of Opponauts, I find it nice to be able to share tales from my side of the planet, whilst also being Oppo's night watchman and bidding you all good night as I eat breakfast.

orcim > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 03:43

Aesthetics, mostly. Or maybe I should say "trying to understand the viewpoint of the aesthetics as embodied by the Oppo community."

Why are certain wheels "good looking" and others not? Why is a front end "beautiful" and another just a rice rocket smiley face? (ok.. I know the answer to that one.) What gives a backend wonderfulness, and another buttugliness?

I dunno, yet. I've liked cars (more a scratch mechanic than a driver through necessity) and done driving courses (Bob Bondurant High Performance Driving 4 day course at Sears Point in the late 80's) so appreciate the skill and focus of driving, but I know it's not me in my everyday persona, since I find it drains energy instead of adding to it, though it *is* satisfying. What I do want, is the "why" something is considered to be 'good' and the "why" it may be considered 'bad'. This has taken me a long time to start to internalize, and I depend on my exposure to Oppo to help me get there since so many seem to already "get it". (Which is why I mostly lurk since I don't know shit about cars from the aspect of Oppo-land anywho.)

My goal, strange as this may be, is to find my own definition of beauty in a tool that is so central to our current cultural life where I can express it in a way that embodies my need for function (currently top priority) with a newly acquired aesthetic. I'm not in a rush.. just in love with the viewpoints.

The Compromiser > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 07:49

Drugs.

Sn210 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 08:16

I found Jalopnik through Twitter, actually. After I had enough of my experiment with Twitter, I kept visiting Jalopnik. I loved the QOTD posts and Future Classics and I wanted to participate in the awesome conversations, but I was stuck in the grey. I then found Oppo. The timing was right and a "Welcome new Opponauts" post went up, and I didn't hesitate to ask for authorship. I had found a place on the internet where manual Passat W8 wagons and Cadillac Allante's are cooler than Corvettes and Mustangs. Almost one year later, I've gotten to know some awesome people, participate in a once in a life time experience to help someone else write a story here, and grow a subculture of car culture into it's own entity.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/22/2014 at 09:08

I just slowly found out about it through seeing articles on Jalopnik

pauljones > orcim
07/22/2014 at 10:11

That may be the most thoughtful and reflective comment about cars, people, and automotive culture I've read around here in a long, long time.