My 2020 Oppo New Years Resolutions

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
12/29/2019 at 13:00 • Filed to: ballad of the guy who can't shut the hell up

“ Oppo” pertains to 1) the forum itself, and 2) anything vehicle related.

Forum goals:

1) Increase proportion of posts people actually might slightly want to read.

2)... and decrease posting overall. I worked harrrrrrrd on this for 2019 (if you look back on 2016-2018, I may have been posting three times a day on average for large lengths of time) but results have been hmmmmm eh.

3) If I must post, keep inconsequential posts for shitpost hours (after 7PM EST) or days with low activity (Holidays and the like). I’ve been working on this already, too!

4) Avoid venting about personal life, unless it is incredibly innocuous (remember my neighbor who didn’t like my Tercels?) or if I am in desperate — DESPERATE — need of an ear. Venting for the sake of venting is often counter-productive for me. In the same breath: no more venting about my job. When I clock out, it’s time to start clocking out mentally as well.

5) Speaking of which... continue steady decrease of chandelier and house posts. Maybe once a month if I find it really interesting or hideous.

6) Join Secret Senna.

Vehicle goals:

1) Give my wife’s car more love. It is saving us a fortune by being mindlessly reliable and actually cracking 30mpg. She needs a wax and a detail, new fog lamp, hood prop, lots of little things. I need to thoroughly research if I want to tackle that oil pan gasket.

2) Fix the damn brakes on the longboi.

3) Drive the Sportcross more. Gas isn’t getting cheaper, I’m not getting younger, live a little.

4) Build a small budget for a potential untimely repair for the Sportcross. Any surplus will be used for fun stuffs and improvements of the fleet. Which will improve longevity. And increases opportunities for more quality content.

5) Just accept and embrace I’m probably not going to buy anything for yet another calendar year, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

6) Figure out how to murder 5) with extreme prejudice.

Anyway...

Any of you have “Oppo” goals for 2020?

DISCUSSION (23)

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 13:04

Aquire garage.

AestheticsInMotion > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 13:05

I don’t know, gas is like $2.8 0 near me. I haven’t seen it that cheap since getting a license.

My only goal is to dump the Miata. I can’t deal with the constant worry over break-ins and water leaking inside.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 13:08

I vote that you keep posting as is

bob and john > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 13:08

oppo goals?

the biggest one: only ONE new-to-new bike allowed this year. a dirt bike. THATS IT.

2: more track time. I didnt get out at ALL 2019. I want to get out at LEAST 4 times in 2020

2: all machines running in tip-top form (vfr needs to be on the street, track bike spruced up, CBR and CBR fixxed/modded, street daytona done up)

3: polish out the lexus.

thats really it.

interstate366, now In The Industry > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 13:15

Buying an engine swap for the GS. 1JZs with ETCS-I are cheap.

AestheticsInMotion > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/29/2019 at 13:15

If anything, more questionable house posts.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 13:21

My Oppo goals? Divert all available funds to garage for a bit.

Post better#content

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 13:30

Oppo goal is to change control arm bushings and get coilovers for the Vette. Also, long tube headers and Xpipe

oo and also to buy another car, one of these:

BMW E23/ 24/28/39/60 with either a V8 or NA I6, manual transmission of course, or a ‘98-’00 Boxter

Spaceball-Two > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 13:32

My goals are be a better father/husband. Acquire a sub 20k commuter car with some fun factor. Finish some house projects and get more tattoo work done.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AestheticsInMotion
12/29/2019 at 13:35

My car takes premium so what is this "two ay-tee" per gallon you speak of?

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 14:11

If anything, more idiosyncratic posts.

For me , I just got here; Oppo resolutions are uncertain. I am working on another high quality review (this time, a car related destination) but I am not sure where next year will go for me. Maybe decrease semicolon use in posts is a good goal.

E90M3 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 14:14

It was 2.89 a gallon for premium when I filled the 3 up yesterday.

CB > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 14:25

Decent goals.

My goal is finally buy that damn Outback and own a responsible car.

Future Heap Owner > E90M3
12/29/2019 at 15:10

Man, gas is so expensive on this coast

fintail > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 15:21

Fintail needs shocks (I think) , turn signals fixed, maybe some fluids changed. I’ll work it into the budget, keeping the car on the road for what will be my 25th year of ownership is good enough.

Maybe lose at least another 10 lbs over the upcoming year to help with mpg (this holiday season didn’t help), find a better less aggravating job for more income potential to dump into cars.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 16:04

I want to do an OPPO meet, witch means driving my Datsun to your area! So goal is simple, a few more maintenance items and new tires and I’ll come burn ga s with out any catalytic converters.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 18:44

Well for starters I should probably post my Accord and Integra group project

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 19:40

Hey, I like the the house/chandelier posts, even if I marvel at the lack of color.

You should secret Senna. I act had more fun shopping for my Senna than I did anyone else this year. I even went to a physical store, which otherwise violated my general holiday shopping rule of “if Amazon can’t bring it to my door, I’m not giving it as a gift.”

You should pay someone else to do than oil pan gasket (are you sure it’s not leaking from somewhere higher up on the motor, they don’t fail that often?). There’s usually no special magic in doing them, but doing them with the engine in the car with oil dripping down from above is no fun. That is worth paying someone else a few hundred to do.

Nothing > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 20:33

Vehicle goals, pay off the 4Runner. Use it more this summer for recreation. That would mean no project car purchase for 2020.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 22:18

Speaking of chandeliers. Saw this gem today. Yes, those are orange extension cords. T R E N D Y

Kinja'd!!!

f86sabre > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/29/2019 at 23:50

More of the same. Random shit posts about airplanes, spaceships, race cars more or less in that order. I did my long posts years ago.

Our big goal is to build Lemons car #2. I would also like to build a garage, but that is unlikely until the end of the year. I would be able to double up bonuses to get it done.

I’m in your neck of the woods today. We are on Whidbey at the in laws. Headed to Port Townsend tomorrow to walk around.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/30/2019 at 03:24

less hour rules

Longtime Lurker > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/30/2019 at 23:46

I want to sell my BMW, I don’t love it and it takes resources better used elsewhere money, time, space. I want to ride my motorcycle more. I want to hit a double milestone with my truck 40k km on or near the 10 year anniversary of owning it, it’ll be a bit of a push but so think so can do it.

I need to work on my writing, I have these thoughts in my head but can't sit down long enough write them down, my write up of the BC Oppo cruise was quite a letdown.