Oppo Census 2016 Results (Repost for morning/international crew) (UPDATED)

"scoob" (scoobsti)
05/10/2016 at 21:00 • Filed to: Oppo Census, Census, Survey, Form

UPDATE: We are going to have a re-do of this sometime during the summer! Or winter(?) for you southern hemisphere Opponauts. I’ll try to repost it then as much as possible without being annoying, and I’ll mention it in my username.

The moment we’ve all (not) been waiting for! The number of responses topped out a bit over 200, so I decided to close the form and post the results. But then I forgot about it for a while.

Basically, if this whole thing could be summed up in a short sentence, it’s that I messed up a lot of the answers.

So I have a question:

Should we have a do-over with proper, serious, better answers?

That’s in big bold text because a lot of people didn’t read the instructions/notes for the survey and got mad at me in the text submission.

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Anyway, here are the answers!

There was a total of 231 responses to the survey.

For the “other” answers that allowed you to type in your own answer, unfortunately I cannot see these answers without individually looking through each and every single survey submission. That would take forever.

What is your gender?

99.1%/229 people responded as male.
0.9%/2 people responded as female. Yup. Just 2.

How old are you?

30.3%/70 people are ages 18-25, making this the biggest group.
25.1%/58 people are ages 25-30.
15.2%/35 people are ages 30-35.
10.8%/25 people are ages 14-18.
10%/23 people are ages 35-40.
3.5%/8 people are ages 40-45.
2.2%/5 people are ages 45-50.
0.9%/2 people are 50+.
And 2.2%/5 people chose not to respond.

Where do you live?

92.2%/213 people live in North America.
5.6%/13 people live in Europe.
0.4%/1 person lives in Asia, another person in Eurasia (yes, I know this is a very vague term), and another person in Oceania.
0.9%/2 people chose other.

If in the US, where?

29.8%/56 people said they live in the Midwest.
25%/47 people live in the Northeast.
13.8%/26 people live in the Western US, again a very vague answer, I apologize.
12.8%/24 people live in the Southeast.
12.2%/23 people live in the Southwest.
3.7%/7 people live in NJ.
2.7%/5 live in FL.

Do you watch/follow any motorsports?

Do you watch any of the following?

The answers here from top to bottom are: No, /DRIVE, Fifth Gear, History/Discovery/etc car shows, old new Top Gear, old new Top Gear spin-offs, and YouTube channels relating to cars.

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49.4%/114 people have been on Oppo for 1-3 years.
22.5%/52 people have been on Oppo for 3-5 years.
10.4%/24 people have been on Oppo for 5+ years.
9.5%/22 people have been on Oppo for 6-12 months.
3.5%/8 people have been on Oppo for 3-6 months, and another 8 are Oppo O.G’s.
1.3%/3 people have been on Oppo for < 3 months.

How much do you like/dislike Oppo?

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Pick one. (Some random popular posts from the sidebar.)

19%/44 people chose the Mazda Miata.
18.6%/43 people chose Hammerhead’s Toyota Land Cruiser post.
14.3%/33 people voted for Steve Lehto’s posts.
13.4%/31 people chose BLLLAAACCCKBIIIRRRDDD.
12.1%/28 people chose the cheap LS engine swap guide.
8.7%/20 people chose our lord and savior BLACKBIRD.
Another 20 people chose Two Wheels Good posts.
4.8%/11 people chose “a figurative bird that is black.”
4.3%/10 people chose the “turbo” tattoo post.

Two Wheels ___?

44.2%/102 people think the two wheels life is good.
42.9%/99 people think otherwise.
13%/30 people have no opinion.

Do you ride a bicycle?

55.8%/129 people do ride a bicycle.
44.2%/102 people do not.
I suppose I could’ve put a “Sometimes” answer or something like that here.

Do you have a driver’s license?

90.9%/210 people do have a driver’s license.
4.8%/11 people have a permit/are currently learning/other.
4.3%/10 do not have a license or permit at all.

How often do you drive/ride?

85.3%/197 people chose every day/nearly every day.
8.2%/19 people chose randomly/whenever they need to.
1.7%/4 people chose weekends only.
1.3%/3 people chose rarely.
3.5%/8 people do not own a vehicle.

Do you take public transportation?

51.1%/118 people do not take public transportation. Somebody submitted that this section could’ve been improved, and that the “NO!” made it sound like they didn’t take it because they disliked public transportation, rather than because of a poor system, which was the actual reason behind their choice. These are very good points and another thing that can be improved next time.
39%/90 people take it randomly/whenever they need to.
10%/23 people do take public transportation.

How many vehicles have you ever owned in your entire life?

42%/97 people have owned 6+ vehicles. Somebody laughed that the choices stopped at 6. Yes I should’ve gone higher, sorry. I guess the car-less side of me was showing there.
13.9%/32 people have owned 1 vehicle.
12.1%/28 people have owned 3 vehicles.
10.4%/24 people have owned 2 vehicles.
9.5%/22 people have owned 4 vehicles.
6.9%/16 people have owned 5 vehicles.
5.2%/12 people have never owned a vehicle.

How many vehicles do you currently own?

34.2%/79 people currently own 1 vehicle.
28.1%/65 people currently own 2 vehicles.
13.9%/32 people currently own 3 vehicles.
8.7%/20 people currently own 4 vehicles.
4.8%/11 people currently own 6+ vehicles.
3.5%/8 people currently own 5 vehicles.
6.9%/16 people do not currently own any vehicles.

What manufacturers are they from?

For some reason, most manufacturer names here which were selected by users didn’t show up. Instead, a lot of manufacturer names nobody selected showed up, like Daewoo. So I added the selected ones back and put them in green so they’re easier to see. NOTE: The green text doesn’t mean those are the only ones with submissions! There are submissions in black text as well.

I’d love to see what people put in the Other answers, but as mentioned earlier, I would have to go through all 231 submissions to find these 12 answers. So if you selected Other and want to tell us in the comments, go right ahead!

What time period are they from?

What colors are they?

What body-styles are they?

What types of engines do they have?

Someone pointed out it was a dumb move of me to lump the flat-engine cars with the non-flat ones. This is another very good point, sorry.

Also, I’m preeetty sure I know who chose W16 engine. When the amount of responses was in the single digits, I looked through the submitted forms and saw that form with the W16 choice was full of shitpost worthy answers. AHEM.

Edit: Sorry, I went through the first couple submissions. The person I’m thinking of put V12, not W16. But still, we’d like to know who here has/had a W16!

What are they powered by?

Are they two-strokes or four-strokes?

Do any of them have forced induction?

What is the engine displacement?

Where is the engine located?

What transmission types do they have?

Interestingly, automatic was beating manual maybe half the times I monitored this part.

Where is the shifter located?

What drivetrains do they have?

If 4WD, do you have diff lockers?

79.1%/102 people do not have 4WD vehicles with diff locks.
20.9%/27 people have 4WD vehicles with diff locks.
This isn’t accurate though because if you look at the previous question, 57 people said they have 4WD cars. The total submissions for this question equals 129.

Do any of your vehicles require a physical key?

Do any of your vehicles have an actual hand/emergency/parking brake?

Do any of your vehicles have an auto-start/stop function?

Do any of your vehicles have an automatic brake-hold function?

Some people were upset that the Yes choice said “Yes, but I don’t use it” and said the only reason they use it is because of hills or they’re not great with manuals. That is perfectly fine, I really meant people who hate driving and using it on flat ground. Next time I won’t do that.

Do any of your vehicles have an AC/radio/etc with physical buttons?

Which side is the steering wheel on?

What side is the fuel cap/plug-in port located?

Do your vehicles’ interiors pipe in engine/exhaust noise?

How many exhaust tips do your vehicles have?

Which sides are the exhausts on?

This may have been messed up as well. I meant for left/right sides to be on the actual side of the car, not on the sides of the back of the car.

Do any of your vehicles have manual windows?

Someone said there should have been a “no windows” option.

How many seats does your vehicle have?

How do you measure the air in your tires?

61%/141 people use analog tire pressure gauges.
19.9%/46 people use digital tire pressure gauges..
15.2%/35 people needed a reminder to check their pressures!
3.9%/9 people do not have a vehicle.

When at home, where do you park your vehicles?

How much do your vehicles weigh?

What is the current mileage/kilometerage(?) on your current vehicles?

Somebody pointed out it was another dumb move of me to say “no conversion necessary.” This is absolutely right, sorry.

Which of these Official Cars of Oppo© do you own/have you owned? (List not complete)

This part got a whole bunch of people upset in the text submission. Originally, I wasn’t even sure if I should’ve included this part. I started it with the basic answers (E30, Miata, etc), and then it grew to what it is now, which still left out a lot of cars I somehow forgot about (Crown Vic, for example).

And a lot of people genuinely think I can’t spell Camaro, Dodge, or Ford. There, I spelled them correctly.

Is there anything you want to tell me? (These are just a few.)

Technically, you did tell me something. :P

I haven’t heard that one in a while. Fuck yours too!

Wouldn’t you rather identify as a Blackbird?

Ummm...

Canyonerooo

Are we gonna have to go on the Maury show?

This is true.

I’ll give you my friend’s contact info. He’s a Nigerian prince.

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So there you have it. A bunch of juicy useless statistics that are probably 50% accurate. As they said on old new Top Gear, ambitious but rubbish!

After all this scrolling and reading, I’ll repeat the question down here:

Should we have a do-over with proper, serious, better answers?

Maybe we could think of this as a “beta test.” The questions and answers could be improved for next time. What do you think?

DISCUSSION (100)

Nibby > scoob
05/09/2016 at 21:10

SCOOB/NIBBY 2016

not for canada - australian in disguise > scoob
05/09/2016 at 21:14

Who here owns a Proton?

Show yourselves.

scoob > not for canada - australian in disguise
05/09/2016 at 21:15

Very good question.

scoob > Nibby
05/09/2016 at 21:15

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Xyl0c41n3 > scoob
05/09/2016 at 21:15

Awww. I didn’t even know there was a census. :(

I know for a fact that there are more than two women on Oppo. But in the future, I'd add more categories to the gender question.

PatBateman > scoob
05/09/2016 at 21:16

WHICH OF YOU MOTHERFÜCKERS OWN THE LAMBO AND THE ROLLS?

scoob > not for canada - australian in disguise
05/09/2016 at 21:17

Man, nobody here owns a Ssangyong. Bullshit.

scoob > Xyl0c41n3
05/09/2016 at 21:20

I reposted it once or twice at different times. Also, perhaps you can help me with that part.

MLGCarGuy > scoob
05/09/2016 at 21:26

WHICH ONE OF Y’ALL HAS MORE THAN A 7.0L ENGINE???

Xyl0c41n3 > scoob
05/09/2016 at 21:26

Erm. I don’t think we’ve gotta go 50 categories like Facebook. But maybe just “male, female, trans male, trans female, gender fluid”? Maybe add “cis” in front of male and female, though I can see some of our olds being like “wtf is cis-male?!” and getting pissy. I dunno. I’m cis-female, so I don’t think I necessarily have the voice needed to speak on this issue.

scoob > MLGCarGuy
05/09/2016 at 21:29

I don’t want to make false accusations, but I’m pretty sure one of them was-

Agrajag > scoob
05/09/2016 at 21:34

When the heck? I completely missed this.

Actually, it’s far more likely I forget participating.

Rainbow > Xyl0c41n3
05/09/2016 at 21:40

There are at least three active women and Stef and Yamahog pop up occasionally, so yeah. If you didn’t take it, I’m guessing the two who did were $kay and Miss Mercedes.

scoob > Agrajag
05/09/2016 at 21:40

I’d like to do it again, but nobody is answering that question and I don’t want to go through all of that again just to get like 10 submissions. :/

Agrajag > scoob
05/09/2016 at 21:43

I would do it.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > MLGCarGuy
05/09/2016 at 21:46

There’s a few folks lurking around here with 1st and 2nd gen Vipers. That’s 8.0L of V10 right there.

Xyl0c41n3 > Rainbow
05/09/2016 at 21:49

There are more than that. Currently active (that I know of) are: me, Yama, (someone I’m not sure I’m at liberty to name), Stef, $kay, shamoon, smobgirl, Mercedes, MitsubiShe, Vagina High Priestess, and (someone else I’m not sure I’m at liberty to name). I can think of several more who haven’t been active for at least a year.

But yes, overwhelmingly, Oppo is male. About 99 percent male. And of the women who are no longer here or who, even if listed above, are less frequent visitors, I know that many of them are far less present because it’s hard to be a woman on this forum. It’s gotten better, though, so there’s that.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > scoob
05/09/2016 at 21:57

We maybe should do it again

scoob > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
05/09/2016 at 22:06

I should’ve included a poll in the post, lol.

Xyl0c41n3 > scoob
05/09/2016 at 22:09

I would participate. Also, what question is no one answering?

Xyl0c41n3 > not for canada - australian in disguise
05/09/2016 at 22:11

I have several billion protons. And electrons and neutrons.

scoob > Xyl0c41n3
05/09/2016 at 22:11

The one I repeated twice in big bold font in the OP! Lol.

No Prius Needed > scoob
05/09/2016 at 22:15

Please include an attack helicopter option as a gender in the next census. Attack helicopters like myself make up a large number of the population and I do not want to be labeled as "other".

crowmolly > MLGCarGuy
05/09/2016 at 22:18

454 is 7.4L.

Not that tough to get a hold of...

scoob > No Prius Needed
05/09/2016 at 22:20

Blackbird or GTFAC.

MLGCarGuy > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
05/09/2016 at 22:25

Ah. I knew about the Vipers, just forgot that their engines were that big.

Dusty Ventures > scoob
05/09/2016 at 22:52

I’d say redo it, but give it at least a few months. Do the two censuses too close together and you’re more likely to have people not fill out the second one.

scoob > Dusty Ventures
05/09/2016 at 22:54

I was thinking June since I would finally have some time to try and get it right, but yeah you’re right.

RedlineZ bought an SV (And is getting rid of the z) > scoob
05/10/2016 at 00:29

When did this all happen I missed it

RallyWrench > scoob
05/10/2016 at 00:33

Do over after awhile. I missed this somehow, I think, and I could at least fill in a couple of blanks. This was interesting though.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > scoob
05/10/2016 at 06:26

Do-over because I missed this!

scoob > RedlineZ bought an SV (And is getting rid of the z)
05/10/2016 at 06:38

Last month. We can do it again in a few months and I’ll try to repost it more.

scoob > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
05/10/2016 at 06:39

can do it again in a few months and I’ll try to repost it more.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > scoob
05/10/2016 at 06:56

Great plan :)

PatBateman > scoob
05/10/2016 at 08:22

But seriously, which of you has the Lambo and the Rolls?

AkursedX > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
05/10/2016 at 09:05

I’m with this guy. I missed this.

Grindintosecond > scoob
05/10/2016 at 09:08

There was a survey?

OPPOsaurus WRX > scoob
05/10/2016 at 09:14

you should review some of your answer options like the age. 25-30 and 30-35, 30 could go in either group. still pretty impressive

MultiplaOrgasms > scoob
05/10/2016 at 09:17

Invalid, doesn’t include my mustard.

BigBlock440 > MLGCarGuy
05/10/2016 at 09:27

I didn’t take it, but... *raises hand*

scoob > OPPOsaurus WRX
05/10/2016 at 09:28

Yup, I’ll definitely fix those. That applies to like every numerical answer actually, haha.

scoob > Grindintosecond
05/10/2016 at 09:30

Yeah but don’t worry, we should try it again in a few months.

xyzabc > scoob
05/10/2016 at 09:32

Kinja'd!!!

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > scoob
05/10/2016 at 09:36

TIL there are fewer mid-engine cars on Oppo than rear-engine cars. Weird.

TheHondaBro > scoob
05/10/2016 at 09:36

Youabian Puma.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > scoob
05/10/2016 at 09:39

Automatic brake hold only works on hills, that’s what it’s there for.

Also, it is the best if you ever need to start up a huge hill. just because something is automatic doesn’t mean it is bad.

scoob > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again.
05/10/2016 at 09:46

OK, I thought it was on automatic cars. I’ll just leave that out next time.

Using it on hills, I understand. I genuinely thought automatic cars had it and people would use it on flat ground. I misunderstood its purpose.

scoob > TheHondaBro
05/10/2016 at 09:48

I know you were messing around with the answers bruh

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > scoob
05/10/2016 at 10:01

Yes, have a redo in a few months, maybe get some input on how the questions are written out, and proofreading. Then once it’s all good, reshare it frequently for maybe a week to get as many people as possible.

TheHondaBro > scoob
05/10/2016 at 10:03

Bruh quit with the discriminating what if I actually own a Youabian Puma?

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > scoob
05/10/2016 at 10:07

Do over!

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > scoob
05/10/2016 at 10:11

Automatic cars do have it and people do use it on flat ground. It’s nice for long stop lights, or waiting in line at a drive through, or waiting to leave the parking garage at the end of the blazers game last night.

Dave the car guy , still here > scoob
05/10/2016 at 10:11

I missed the census. Wished I’d seen it. I could have been the original gansta here. Would have been only response over 60 and driving an AWD VR6.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again.
05/10/2016 at 10:12

Not true, depending on the car in question. Lots of newer automatics have it and lots of people use it on flat ground, it can be very convenient.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/10/2016 at 10:25

Wait auto brake for an automatic? At least hill start assist makes sense with a manual, but an auto already only requires releasing the brake to start moving...

Mercedes Streeter > Xyl0c41n3
05/10/2016 at 10:25

I support this! I’d loooove to see more gender inclusions. I’d make it like this:

Male
Female
Trans* Female
Trans* Male
Intersex
Non-Binary

(I don’t think adding cis is necessary in this case, since it’s just a census)

Interestingly enough, I’d likely still pick “female”. Reason being because I identify (as with many/most trans women) as a woman. What makes me a trans woman is the description that I started life as male. It’s an adjective to describe my gender, but it isn’t my actual gender label. So even though I’m very publicly trans, I will only identify my gender as “trans woman” when it comes to LBGTQ+ subjects and dating. Outside of that, I’m a woman, full stop.

But that said, I DO LOVE including everyone, so that’s why I’d really love including more gender descriptions. :)

Mercedes Streeter > Rainbow
05/10/2016 at 10:25

Not meee! I didn’t know it exists lol

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > scoob
05/10/2016 at 10:26

I was wrong, I thought it was a different wording of manual hill start assist.

Mercedes Streeter > Xyl0c41n3
05/10/2016 at 10:28

^^^ 110% this!!!!! And not even just that, Oppo has a history (although like you’ve said, it’s better now) of having a few select active members who were genuinely hateful people. Hateful enough to make you want to go to another community.

The mods have cracked down on those types and has made Oppo a better place because of it. :)

Mercedes Streeter > No Prius Needed
05/10/2016 at 10:30

No.

scoob > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/10/2016 at 10:32

Interesting, thanks. I’ll completely leave that out then.

scoob > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
05/10/2016 at 10:33

Sounds good! I’ll put it in my username too so hopefully it’ll be even more visible.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > scoob
05/10/2016 at 10:36

If you need help with editing, I’m pretty good at that.

scoob > TheHondaBro
05/10/2016 at 10:36

SR20 THEN

scoob > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
05/10/2016 at 10:38

Thanks, I probably will. I made this over multiple late nights. I’d need a set of fresh eyes.

Hopefully I’ll remember to ask you lol.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > scoob
05/10/2016 at 10:41

Ok, who has the Proton?

uofime-2 > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again.
05/10/2016 at 11:32

Me too, hill start assist is rad.

I learned to drive in a car without it, but is sure is convenient.

yamahog > Rainbow
05/10/2016 at 12:20

I took it :)

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again.
05/10/2016 at 15:31

Yeah. But it makes sense for a lot of situations. Drive throughs, long stop lights, train crossings, or even if you dropped something or need to reach somewhere in your car you can do that much more easily with your foot off the brake. Or even just faster starts at stop lights because all you have to do press the throttle rather than release the brake, move your foot then press the throttle. Definitely not a necessity by any stretch of the imagination, but a fantastic convenience/luxury feature.

S65 > scoob
05/10/2016 at 20:56

I’m preeetty sure I know who chose W16 engine. When the amount of responses was in the single digits, I looked through the submitted forms and saw that form with the W16 choice was full of shitpost worthy answers. AHEM.

Who Was It?

scoob > S65
05/10/2016 at 21:00

Just went through the first couple responses. The person I’m thinking of actually said V12, not W16. I’ll edit the OP.

benchslap > scoob
05/10/2016 at 21:04

You should do it again and leave it up longer. Somehow I missed this completely.

scoob > benchslap
05/10/2016 at 21:05

Yup, we will! It will happen in a few months time. And one of the reasons I closed this one pretty early is because of the botched answers I put up, mainly the numerical ones.

scoob > TheHondaBro
05/10/2016 at 21:14

ALMOST 12 HOURS LATER AND STILL NO SR20

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again.
05/10/2016 at 21:28

I’ve never used it until I got my FiST. I actually really like it. Since most of my traffic issues are in a hilly part of town, it’s incredibly nice to have.

TheHondaBro > scoob
05/10/2016 at 21:45

BRUH I HAS A JOBS K??

Kinja'd!!!