"Tripper" (tripe46)
08/26/2019 at 10:00 • Filed to: None
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"Tripper" (tripe46)
08/26/2019 at 10:00 • Filed to: None | 4
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My wife and I constantly talk about how we need a nice relaxing weekend. Then the weekend comes and we proceed to make ourselves feel like we have to pack in as much stuff as possible so we don’t waste any time. So this relaxing weekend looked like this:
Friday: Took a half day and made an appointment for my wife to get a massage and manicure stuff because she deserves it (she works full time from home and watches our child). I got to spend the afternoon with my little girl! After she went to bed, I installed mudflaps on the Alltrack in the dark. Then I yanked the cluster out of the 02 and took apart the speedo to see if I can fix it. I can’t the spring is broken... So I bought another from the guy who sold me the car.
Saturday: Up at 6 wash and wax the 02 load up a 150 lb Mastiff and drive 1.4 miles to cars and coffee. Come home cut the grass, get ready for and go to a wedding. Get SUPER drunk
Sunday: SUPER hungover, up since 4 WW3 inside stomach and brain. Started to feel a little better after hot shower #3. 7:30 am friend arrives to pick me to go MTB an hour away at White Clay in Delaware. We get to the park, I forgot my helmet...We go to target to buy a new one, 40 minutes later were on the trail. First mile was bad, but then I found my feet. I know a lot of Oppos are MTB dudes, If you’re near Delaware you owe it to yourself to check this place out. It’s professionally maintained by a MTB club and it shows. Everyone had really nice bikes too I was a little Jealous.
So cars and coffee.
No 4th gear for you
I bought my big girl Jules. She was excited to come along and shes very friendly. Also she is now well behaved enough to be around fancy cars. As we parked, people surrounded the car and for the first time ever I saw her get nervous. She wouldn’t get out of the car! So I let her be for a minute as I had something else to deal with all of the sudden.
Hello, dog here
Some dude starts talking to me about my car, but 4 other people are also talking to me about it and my only real concern at this point is backing people off a little bit so that my dog can relax. Then
this dude reaches in the window flips the hood latch, throws my hood up, grabs a hold of the engine and starts shaking it around. He is just gushing about the car while hes doing this, so I let him continue. Like, “who the fuck is this guy just molesting my car right now!?”
My first thought is “This guy must be the Lord of the 02's in this area.” Then I say, “Hey, are you Bob?” “Yeah!” he said mentioning that we had chatted on FB when I was considering buying it. I had reached out to him at the advice of a friend. Honestly the guy wasn’t that hot on the idea when I talked to him. Saying that I could get a good car for that kind of money right here in the US. I didn’t really convey how unique the car is. He grabbed a few of hes buddies that were there and they all had the same opinion. Then they the conversation quickly turned to, “So when do you want to get this thing on the track?” I said that I want to ASAP, but need a little guidance. They all offered their help, parts, and shops. Everyone one of these guys had at least 3 02's, haha.
After 45 minutes or so, I had chatted up everyone interested in my car and in rolled a perfect 993 Turbo S in speed yellow. So the group moved on and a couple with a dog came buy which was enough to coax my pupper out of the car. She was so good! She was so careful around the cars, kids, and other dogs. She was every bit as popular as my car. We had a look around then she decided to take a big ol poop right next to what had to be the two most valuable cars in attendance. Two 60's Ferraris, lol.
I always think of my 02 as kind of a dorky cult car. People know about it and it’s old and different so it will get some looks/comments. I forget that it is full blown
celebrity status when you get with in eyesight of car people. I think the FP did an article about how the BMW 2002 is the least hated car in the enthusiast community. It certainly
seems that way.
I hope everyone had a nice weekend!
BeaterGT
> Tripper
08/26/2019 at 10:25 |
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White Clay is awesome, I almost ended up there yesterday. Bet the trails were in perfect condition too.
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Tripper
> BeaterGT
08/26/2019 at 10:26 |
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They sure were. People have been telling me to get down there since I picked up a mountain bike a year or so ago. Perfect day too. I was bummed that I burned half of my ride recuperating from the night before.
functionoverfashion
> Tripper
08/26/2019 at 10:38 |
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Same here on trying to make weekends relaxing, then writing down “a few things we need to get done / want to do with the kids” and it’s a full weekend.
But I did get to go for a great MTB ride on Sunday morning, checked out two new trails that were fantastic. One is “new” only because we’d never ridden it, but in fact it’s an old hiking trail that’s not well-used. It was fantastic as a downhill, some sections we could go no brakes and get up over 20mph, which is unheard of on the trails we ride. I crushed the ride up, partly because I was not hungover even a little. But anyway, cheers. I’m glad the car got a good reception at C&C too, that’s got to be satisfying!
Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> Tripper
08/26/2019 at 10:39 |
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What kind of pupper is Jules? I ask because while she looks nothing like my Dog B overall, her facial expressions and structure are very similar. We’re always trying to get new info on what Dog B might be as “pit mix” feels like a bit of a lame response.
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Tripper
> functionoverfashion
08/26/2019 at 10:44 |
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“ some sections we could go no brakes and get up over 20mph, which is unheard of on the trails we ride.”
Same, and the place where we went was super smooth. I only hit 19 mph because I dumped adjusting my glasses while everyone else hit 24 mph, lol.
There was also a little pump track at the top of one of the hills. We spent a good bit of time messing around up there.
Definitely nice to hear that I bought a good car from people that know what they’re talking about.
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Tripper
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
08/26/2019 at 10:46 |
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Awww what a pretty girl! Jules is an English Mastiff. Definitely a similar head shape just more wrinkles on Jules. We also have a boxer, looks like B could have some of that too. Our boxer is such a good boy, but he HATES crowds so he stayed home.
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> Tripper
08/26/2019 at 12:15 |
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Haha ok that makes sense. I’ve heard Mastiff for Dog B (his actual name is Youki, but on Oppo he is Dog B) from the vet before. I think I tuned it out because I didn’t want him to get that big haha. He ended up settling at 75 pounds which isn’t too bad until he wants to be a lap dog (which is always). Thanks for the update! Jules looks like a sweetheart.
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Tripper
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
08/26/2019 at 12:28 |
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Jules is also a lap dog, which is punishing but she just wants to be loved. Honestly just her head resting on you is uncomfortable, haha.
75 is perfect, our boxer is a little less than that, totally manageable .
Youki kind of looks like Wayne’s dog “Gus” from “LetterKenny”
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> Tripper
08/26/2019 at 12:40 |
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Dog A is about 45lbs (and about the same size as Dog B) which is pretty much perfect for me. Sturdy, but you can still pick him up without any concern of hurting yourself or the dog.
Haha I thought the same thing about Gus! Youki has less of a forehead and a longer snout, but otherwise very similar.
At this point we’re probably guessing he is a mix of a mix, though some have suggested he is a Black Mouth Cur... which... seems unlikely for a stray. I’ll eventually give a DNA test another go... eventually.
