Do you ever walk out to see your car parked & say, damn that's pretty. 

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes) 01/21/2018 at 22:28 • Filed to: None

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I see it as a sign I bought the right car. I can look forward to driving it knowing it will make me forget the bullshit that happen at work. With previous cars they were a “car”, but not “my car”. My Juke is “my car”, it has shown me what a car can do to you.

smobgirl > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/21/2018 at 22:35

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I used to. Now my car is ugly but at least it still sounds good.

404 - User No Longer Available > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/21/2018 at 22:40

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AestheticsInMotion > smobgirl 01/21/2018 at 22:43

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So does insurance do anything for hail or are you on your own?

smobgirl > AestheticsInMotion 01/21/2018 at 22:50

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It does, they wrote a check that wouldn’t have covered everything (according to the body shop) and there weren’t appointments available for a year and a half (at which point the value to damage ratio would have totaled the car), so I paid off the car instead.

AestheticsInMotion > smobgirl 01/21/2018 at 23:02

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Well.... At least there’s that silver lining!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > 404 - User No Longer Available 01/21/2018 at 23:09

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“Well I don’t care if his whole world’s been turned upside down face!”

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/21/2018 at 23:09

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Sure do

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/21/2018 at 23:14

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Yup... did it all the time when I had the PT Cruiser...

;-)

smobgirl > AestheticsInMotion 01/21/2018 at 23:27

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Yup! If I was waiting until November of 2018 to fix it I would have felt ridiculous by the time I took it in. I don’t know why it bugs me so much, I drove a car with an elk imprint for a year and I’m far from the only car with hailpox.

I’m waiting to see if the WRX from the parking lot will get fixed. The guy took it pretty well but I think it was his midlife crisis car so I’m curious.

XJDano > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/21/2018 at 23:32

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I’m mostly glad there isn’t glass on the ground and my work tools stolen.

The other day, I didn’t have to worry. After ordering my food I looked out to this:

The Tahoe on the other side is a cop car too.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/21/2018 at 23:39

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I think mine looks good, but I also think it looks like a minivan...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/21/2018 at 23:46

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I wouldn’t say it’s a great looking car by any objective standard (although I personally like it, with the swoops down the side and goofy smile on the front), but every time I come out to drive it I keep thinking that I’m the luckiest guy to be able to drive this. If it was a snooze to drive I might not feel this way, but with a slick 6MT and a rev-happy engine along with good handling is surprisingly enjoyable for an inexpensive car. I’m keeping it forever, plain and simple.

When I drove GTIs, BMWs, MBs and Porsches I never felt this way about a car. I don’t know if it’s because it’s my first ever new car after decades of driving used or if it’s just because I’ve jumped out of the rat race and finally feeling content in my life. Regardless, when I go out to a parking lot I rarely see another car I’d rather be driving regardless of price. And if I should win the lottery? I may buy other cars (Miata, Vanagon Westfalia, E34 M5 wagon, Lotus Evora and MB W126 spring to mind) but I’m still keeping the Mazda5.

promoted by the color red > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/22/2018 at 00:34

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Hell yeah! It helps that my organization is so dysfunctional I have to walk 1/4 mile to the other building’s printer so I get more chances to look at my car. It’s how I found that flat tire a few weeks back...

Sam > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/22/2018 at 02:33

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It’s the reason I took this picture

pip bip - choose Corrour > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/22/2018 at 04:34

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nope