Logic and Karma

"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
03/03/2017 at 08:39 • Filed to: None

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I miss having the manual. I loved it despite the BS amounts of traffic i sit in. Now I find it annoying to be bothered to push a button to shift so I just say fuck it and stuff it in the D.

Don’t be a dick and tailgate me. If you do, and someone has lost a ladder ont he street, I’ll wait to move around it until you can’t avoid it and have to stop. I’m sure that was a dick move but it was earned.

DISCUSSION (18)

Nibby > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/03/2017 at 08:43

dat ford

atrombs > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/03/2017 at 08:46

Pulled that move with a piece of re-tread in the road about a month ago. It was so sweet to hear it slam in to the bumper of the POS civic behind me. I’m sure it would’ve looked good too, but I couldn’t see his bumper he was so close.

OPPOsaurus WRX > atrombs
03/03/2017 at 08:57

the sad part is that guy probably was cursing you out and didn’t realize it could have been avoided if he wasn’t being a crusty a-hole

OPPOsaurus WRX > Nibby
03/03/2017 at 08:58

yep, i have the lighter interior though. I actually like the light color interior.

Kinja'd!!!

WilliamsSW > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/03/2017 at 09:00

It may or may not be a dick move, but I fully support it!

Nibby > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/03/2017 at 09:01

Nice nice, my mom has a 2016 Fusion SE with 1.5L EcoBoost and tan interior. FORD MASTER RACE

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/03/2017 at 09:01

Buy another WRX hatch

OPPOsaurus WRX > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/03/2017 at 09:09

if they ever make them again I would be very tempted. 2014 hatches are still over $20k so its almost liek paying the new car price for a 3 year old car. my wife hated that car and would be livid if I showed up with one again so that wouldn’t be a fun time either.

Fujiwara > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/03/2017 at 09:12

I feel ya. Drove manual for 10 years until an accident resulted in having to dump the car. Got an auto because...DC traffic and needed a backup car that wife can drive. I don’t have buttons but that +/- crap just isn’t the same. That and my left leg is now smaller than my right.

PS9 > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/03/2017 at 09:15

stuff it in the D

Not how it’s supposed to work. Sounds painful.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/03/2017 at 09:26

MARRIAGE

The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!) > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/03/2017 at 10:47

Ford makes a nice beige interior. I’m really impressed with my SEL’s interior feel, though after 92k miles it has some squeaks and rattles.

Also, those shift buttons are a tease. It’s like the TCM is voting by committee whether it should acknowledge your input. It responds eventually, which is usually too late. Sport mode is pretty good, though.

OPPOsaurus WRX > The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!)
03/03/2017 at 10:59

I have an SEL as well and its a 12, which by you screenname I see we have the same car(hatchback)

Kinja'd!!!

i dont have gulf livery themed wheels but I wish I do)

The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!) > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/03/2017 at 11:09

Kinja'd!!!

Brother! I’ve only seen a few Frosted Glass SEL hatchbacks, but Oppo would be the place to find another. We’re a haven for obscure stuff. I like the SEL trim level. It’s a pity Ford killed it after 2012. If they hadn’t, I might have waited for a ‘13 with a 5 speed, but I didn’t want the push button start and MyFordTouch all the Titaniums had, so I bought my car right at the end of the model year. This was probably one of the last off the production line.

Have you had any Powershift problems?

OPPOsaurus WRX > The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!)
03/03/2017 at 11:34

With the DCT? Aside from the missing clutch pedal I get some chattering here and there but nothing that’s made me want to drive off a cliff. How about u

The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!) > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/03/2017 at 13:11

Mine shifted like a teenager learning to drive a stick for the first few years I had it. There was a TSB released sometime in 2015 that dramatically improved shift quality. Now it shifts like a decent automatic unless I do a sudden, heavy throttle application when the car is rolling at low speed - that causes a shudder. Before the software update, it shuddered all the time.

I’ve had no clutch-ruining trans fluid leaks, though, which was common on early Powershifts. I did lose the Transmission Control Module, but that was warrantied since it’s a common issue.

Rico > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/03/2017 at 13:23

Did they stop or did they hit the ladder and take off their front bumper? Sounds like sweet karma for them tailgating!

OPPOsaurus WRX > Rico
03/03/2017 at 14:01

They stopped