First Car Idea: Rotary Edition

"AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes) 09/16/2017 at 15:15 • Filed to: None

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Ive come up with an idea: Just post every possible random first car idea that pops into my head on Oppositelock!

Today’s idea isn’t very random: Find a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , add the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , put fixed or sleepy headlights on it, and Single Turbo it.

There, pretty simple.

Edit: After all the negative support in the comments, I’ve come to a conclusion: this was stupid and Im not doing it for a while

CB > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 15:23

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“Ive come up with an idea: Just post every possible random first car idea that pops into my head on Oppositelock!”

Well, a dude got banned for spamming posts like that, so as long as you keep them far enough apart time wise, you should be good.

Why not do a compare and contrast for first-car ideas?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 15:23

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How to crash a first car: 101

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 15:23

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“First Car Idea: piece of yard art because a cheap RX-7 will be dead in about 15 minutes:  Rotary Terrible Ideas Edition”

*FTFY

Aaron M - MasoFiST > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 15:25

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Where are these cheap FDs you speak of?

By the way, paying $10,000 for a non-running leaky mess that has already had a ton of parts replaced is not cheap.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 15:26

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best first car.... if you live longer than the car does you get to graduate to something nice

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 15:27

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“Cheap FD”

Yeah that’s not really a thing.

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > CB 09/16/2017 at 15:29

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Thanks. But are there no warning systems on kinja? or do you just get banned right of the bat?

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/16/2017 at 15:29

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I know I should be insulted, but this is too funny

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 15:31

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I mean, you’re literally picking the least reliable cars possible... and cars that aren’t even cheap to fix either.

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 09/16/2017 at 15:31

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It is if you have either a Copart or eBay account

CB > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 15:32

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Depends on mod discretion. If you’re a brand new user who starts spamming posts (multiple within an hour) and insulting members who suggest you turn it down a little, then you get banned pretty fast. If you’ve been here a while and/or engage well with others (and the critiques/criticisms that come with that), you’ll be fine.

To add, mods are forum specific. People have been banned on Photography, but they can still post on Oppositelock, for example.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 15:38

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But there are 6 on Copart: 3 FBs and 3 FCs. There’s 10 on eBay and the lowest price I see is $10k. I wouldn’t really call that cheap.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/16/2017 at 15:39

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The FD is fairly reliable, actually. The unreliable part is the sequential turbo setup, which is remedied with a single. The rotary meme didn’t really exist until the RX-8, and even that is almost exclusive to the 04-06 cars.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > CB 09/16/2017 at 15:40

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Wasn’t that for saying he owned them? Or am I thinking of someone else?

CB > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/16/2017 at 15:41

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Nope, different dude. The latest one was just a spammer. There hasn’t been a liar in a while.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > CB 09/16/2017 at 15:43

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Not saying usernames, but was it the 4.0 V8 from the E90/2/3 M3?

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 09/16/2017 at 15:44

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Im 13, by the time Im 17 I think theres going to be at least 1 FD cheaper than $10k

CB > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/16/2017 at 15:47

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Nope, not him. He’s good. I can’t remember the guy’s name because he was here for literally an hour or two before he got permabanned for spamming.

Last liar? Oof... was it ILOVETOYOTACENTURIES/IDRIVEANCL63AMG or something like that? There has to be someone more recent, since that was a while ago.

promoted by the color red > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 15:47

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The Wankel is a high-strung monster and fitting a massive laggy single turbo to it is an awful idea especially if you’re a new driver or if you like money in general.

Giving a new driver that much power in a RWD chassis is going to end in expensive tears and this is assuming it works. It will spend most of its time broken or needing yet another repair. My Integra had like half the horsepower on a good day but I still had a few close calls - did you know that mountain roads are more dangerous at night and it’s not at all like Initial D?

Also, it’s a twenty-year-old Japanese car and one that’s non-functional. Expect random trim bits to start crumbling off when you stare at them too long, spending countless hours scouring eBay for replacements, and stocking up on metric sockets.

The solution is to buy a Miata and be cool like the rest of us. :D

EDIT: Tavarish/De Varsh/Divorce did just that to an old RX-7. It’s a good read: http://thegarage.jalopnik.com/rare-rotary-resurrection-rescue-the-story-of-my-mazda-1550507386

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > CB 09/16/2017 at 15:48

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That was liar. I think the other one was banned for spamming at one point though.

CB > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/16/2017 at 15:50

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I haven’t a clue who you’re talking about then, because the only one who fits your description that I can think of has been here a while and isn’t a spammer. I like him.

But anyway, it’s all good.

RT > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 16:00

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Here in the UK, cheap FDs are much more plentiful.

However as a first car they would make no sense, insurance rates are very high for teenage drivers. Something like an RX-7 would have astronomical costs for this, not to mentioned the already sizeable insurance and tax groups.

Then there’s maintenance, safety and the general fact that first time drivers will not be handy with 250+ horses spinning up the rear wheels - especially since most of them lie in the upper echelon of the rev range, encouraging these inexperienced drivers to stay there more often. In other words, it promotes aggressive driving among people who could truly do without it.

Regardless, this idea serves well for a later car. Minus the sleepy headlights.

You gotta have pop-ups.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > CB 09/16/2017 at 16:07

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I’m not talking about E90M3, he’s cool, I’m talking about the engine in said car.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 16:08

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FDs are appreciating. They are going to be more expensive in 7 years than they are now.

ThePenguin > CB 09/16/2017 at 17:23

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It was “nissangtrfan” or something similar to that.

ThePenguin > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 17:24

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This is the cheapest an FD will be.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 17:25

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As Squirrel said, they’re appreciating and any FD less than 10k is going to be a complete basket

SpeedSix > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 18:13

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An FD is by nature expensive - either upfront, or over several years as you fix all the deferred maintenance and other issues.

Under_Score > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 19:08

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*Sees first car idea*

New Toyota Corolla XSE. Loaded to the brim and the cheapest Top Safety Pick+ your parents can buy.

(Source: College student who drives five-year-old RAV4 parents paid for instead of run-down beater with a manual transmission found on Craigslist for $800).

Connqr > CB 09/16/2017 at 20:16

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Trying to make a “New Oppo” is also a bad plan.

Connqr > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 20:44

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I would recommend purchasing Need for Speed Underground 2 for the time being. It’s kind of old so it’s not very expensive ($10 and up via a quick Ebay search) and as a bonus, I believe that it still has the most amount of customization in any racing game even today. You can live out all of your fixed headlight RX7 dreams without reliability concerns and much more. If you’ve never played it, it is arguably the best game in the series, the other best game being Most Wanted (2005, not the dumpster fire that was the 2012 version). You can even have a Miata as a starter car! You will need a PS2, original XBOX, GameCube (or early Wii) or need to deal with the 4:3 aspect ratio of the PC version (protip, you don’t even notice it while playing and it works with no tricks on windows 10). It’s such a good game that I still play it regularly.

Connqr > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 20:52

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Like CB was saying, as long as you don’t try to use Oppo as your own personal social media account where you describe every single detail of your life you should be A OK. And it’s moderators that will ban you, as far as I know, Kinja does not have an auto-ban feature (although knowing Kinja I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if they introduced one and accidentally banned half of the users on all of the major sites like Oppo or LALD)

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 20:56

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Get a Fox Mustang. Buy one now, spend the next 3-4 years making it not junk because most Foxes are junk, and then have the best car in your high school’s parking lot. Fox Mustang ownership should be mandatory for teenage car enthusiasts.

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > Connqr 09/16/2017 at 20:57

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I think I should be okay, seeing as I admit when I’m wrong and even give those who pointed it out their own paragraphs

Connqr > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 21:11

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The mods are generally nice and will even give you warnings if you are posting to the point where it could be like spamming. When you ignore those warnings or insult the mods giving you said warnings is when you are bound to get into trouble. If I were you I wouldn’t worry too much about it. Just try to be mindful that Oppo belongs to everyone who uses it and you won’t have any problems.

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > Connqr 09/16/2017 at 21:17

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Who would be stupid enough to insult a mod? Thats like threatening the president in front of the secret service: you’re going to be taken down

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > Connqr 09/16/2017 at 21:26

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Heres an example on a post I made about the porsche 996's headlights:

“Edit: as pointed out by Alfalfa Fillets Falafel because he’s holding a thermal detonator! , some front end conversions exist for under $1,500 , and while I like the conversion done in the video above, I felt I kind of owed it to him to add this.”

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/16/2017 at 21:29

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least reliable car ever? My second favorite car is german, so...

Connqr > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 21:50

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You’d be surprised.

Connqr > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 21:57

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Could you put the link into the example you are referring to? (It’s probably not your fault, the Kinja gods most likely stole your link)

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > Connqr 09/16/2017 at 22:16

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http://oppositelock.kinja.com/how-to-make-the-porsche-996-911-not-horrible-1791402300

Connqr > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/16/2017 at 22:33

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It’s a good post. The main problem people have is when you post a lot of extremely off topic things excessively. If you kept posting about how you were mad about how in 3rd period English this guy named Tom called you dumb, for example, people would probably get mad. If you posted relevant car or semi-car related content every hour or two, no one will try to ban you or anything.

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > Connqr 09/17/2017 at 01:26

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But I see non car related stuff here all the time

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > Connqr 09/17/2017 at 01:28

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For example: http://oppositelock.kinja.com/feliz-cumpleanos-mexico-1818483781

Connqr > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/17/2017 at 09:03

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Posting off topic stuff is fine, but you can’t do it excessively.

aquila121 > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 09/17/2017 at 09:06

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Pretty lead image, though.

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/17/2017 at 13:33

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least reliable car ever? My second favorite car is german, so...

Amoore100 > SpeedSix 09/21/2017 at 20:13

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Honestly, I don’t understand owning one except as a collector item/weekend car. It’s not reliable enough to daily, it’s more GT car than track toy, and the upkeep will bankrupt you.