Oppo Confession

"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
06/23/2015 at 10:54 • Filed to: None

I think the F-type looks worse every time I see it, especially driving on the street.

This coming from someone that wanted a Jag ever since toddlerhood but didn’t know what a BMW was until middle school.

DISCUSSION (38)

Sam > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 10:56

Banned.

TheHondaBro > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 10:56

I’m not the biggest fan of it either. The front-end looks derpy.

Nibbles > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 10:58

You’re dead to me

Party-vi > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 10:59

Kinja'd!!!

MLGCarGuy > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:00

It’s kinda like the original Mercedes CLS: it looked great at first and then time took its toll, and now the styling looks a bit dated.

SaveTheIntegras > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:01

Kinja'd!!!

Wobbles the Mind > Sam
06/23/2015 at 11:01

If it helps, I would love it as a shooting brake.

CB > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:02

I dig it, but to each their own.

nermal > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:02

Kinja'd!!!

Rico > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:03

Kinja'd!!!

Your opinion is bad and you should feel bad.

spanfucker retire bitch > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:03

Kinja'd!!!

SaveTheIntegras > Party-vi
06/23/2015 at 11:04

I can’t stop watching this gif....

Vicente Esteve > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:04

I dislike the two slashes the made ln the sides of the grill. To me they look pointless and it would make the car look much more elegant if they were filled.

Wobbles the Mind > MLGCarGuy
06/23/2015 at 11:05

Agreed. I blame the XK design.

Kinja'd!!!

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:05

GTFAC

Sincerely,

G_Body_man

Wobbles the Mind > Party-vi
06/23/2015 at 11:06

Just made this post worth the flames!

pauljones > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:11

I don’t think it’s a bad looking car by any means; in fact, I think it’s beautiful. When it first came out, I could barely keep my eyes off it. That being said, it just doesn’t do much for me anymore. At this point, I’m not sure that any car really does anything for me anymore.

Wobbles the Mind > pauljones
06/23/2015 at 11:14

That’s exactly how I feel! Not to say it looks bad, it just stirs my soul less and less. The R8 always impresses me in person though no matter the year. I actually like it more and more every time I see it.

BeaterGT > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:21

You need to hear it when you see it. It makes alllllll the difference.

Wobbles the Mind > BeaterGT
06/23/2015 at 11:32

Pouring syrup on a shoe don’t make it a pancake.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:37

It’s a beautiful car, but I see them enough enough that they just aren’t that special any more.

BeaterGT > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:43

But I’m really hungry!

472CID > pauljones
06/23/2015 at 11:45

I’m not sure that any car really does anything for me anymore.

A super cynical, yet totally relatable statement.

Kanaric > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:52

I like it. It’s the kind of smotth lines that is missing on today’s cars.

punkgoose17 > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:54

The XK is goregous. Someone at work has one. I was drolling over it this morning.

punkgoose17 > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:57

I greatly prefer it as a convertible.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 11:57

I would agree with you, but then we’d both be wrong.

pauljones > 472CID
06/23/2015 at 12:54

It tends to happen when the things you like just for the sake of liking them get turned into a massive, borderline cultic culture. What was once enjoyable on your own becomes shoved in your face as an entire subculture of life tries to shove it back in your face, create “trends” of what is and isn’t cool, and develop surgically precise definitions of what “enthusiasts” are.

I like cars. All kinds of cars. Big cars, little cars. Red cars, blue cars. And - sometimes - a car just for the curve of its hood.

Apparently, that seems to be less and less acceptable these days. Automotive enthusiasm has “evolved” (or, as I believe to be more appropriate, “devolved”) into “Automotive Culture,” with all of its paradoxical little cliques. Think “MIATAZ FOR LYFE, BRO!” or “AUTOMATICS ARE FOR FAGZ” or “THIS BRAND OF CARS IS BEIGE” and bullshit like that. People who like a car, no matter what the car, just because they do aren’t allowed any more. They have to have a legitimate, “sophisticated” reason for liking them; if they don’t, they’re looked down upon. I’ve seen it happen many times, even as recently as yesterday. Walking home, a guy parked his brand new M4 on the street. An older woman walking her dog told him she liked his car, and he asked her why. The woman replied that she just liked it, and the guy responded by implying that if she didn’t know why she liked it, she must not know anything about cars - and then proceeded to walk away.

And before you crack the remark that it was just a douchebag BMW owner with a brand new M4, I’ve seen it happen with all kinds of people and all kinds of cars.

Or there’s one of my other favorites: “Why did you buy that Kia when you could have had some other brand instead?”

Why is this shit necessary? Really, why?

It’s a shitty attitude that has become more and more pervasive everywhere you look in “automotive culture” these days. From buyers to analysts to commenters to corporations to armchair analysts, it’s become common place. Literally, even manufacturers have gotten in on it.

Like nearly everyone else here, I grew up with an almost natural predilection for cars. They were fun, they moved, they made all kinds of different sounds, they looked different, they felt different - and each and every single one of them was a work of art in their own individual way. But these days, it’s not about that anymore. Whether it be commenters here or manufacturer ‘ring time comparions, nearly our entire world of enthusiasm has become a game of numbets and stats.

So, yeah, I guess I’m a little cynical. But it’t not hard understand why.

472CID > pauljones
06/23/2015 at 13:18

I get what you’re saying, liking cars around here has gotten so hipstery that it’s hard to keep track of what’s cool/what isn’t and god help you if you’re on the wrong side of whatever is flavor of the week is.

On the other hand there’s always been auto elitism and snobism, and the number and stats is old as the automobile itself. Regardless of the time era it’s easy to get jaded and burnt out.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > pauljones
06/23/2015 at 13:46

This should be like an “OPPO Manifesto”.

And I feel you man, enjoy my comment I just made about the Rutledge Wood garage tour.

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/i-like-him-muc…

Most of his cars aren’t my thing, but I respect him for building what he wants and throwing up his arms and going “THIS IS ME” when someone says “Why would you build that ?!”.

As a guy who loves the brand Mercury I’m very commonly in the “non-cool crowd”

Your boy, BJR > pauljones
06/23/2015 at 13:50

Holy fuck that third paragraph just described oppo to a T.

Dsscats > pauljones
06/23/2015 at 13:52

One of the top 10 Oppo comments ever.

505Turbeaux > pauljones
06/23/2015 at 13:52

sometimes - a car just for the curve of its hood

this relates to me all too much. But then again I have used that one element to convince myself that something is worthy of my interest and custodianship. A glass key on a Royal typewriter, the nib on a Parker 51, that one perfectly pressed panel or beltline on a a car that is other wise junk. I think the devil is in the details, and like you said, a cult is born for something for all the wrong reasons or a lack of them. I like those devils

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > pauljones
06/23/2015 at 14:09

I saved this in word. I will be using this in the future when oppo loses it's way. Thank you for saying this man, it's awesome

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > pauljones
06/23/2015 at 14:12

This is good oppo. We need more helpings of this oppo.

Enginerrrrrrrrr > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 14:58

Maybe she’s just a butterface?

Saw a convertible from the rear in BRG yesterday...and man.... hnnnnnnnnggghhh

Kinja'd!!!

jkm7680 > Wobbles the Mind
06/23/2015 at 22:50

I’m fine with them, but they don’t really excite me that much.

NJAnon > Wobbles the Mind
06/24/2015 at 23:30

From some angles, yes but I’ve always liked the look as in Jaguar kept to its stance on not being derivative to look of other cars in its class.