Best of Oppositelock: Dec. 17, 18, 2013

"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
12/18/2013 at 20:15 • Filed to: Best of Oppositelock

Gathered here are the Oppositelock posts that people put a good deal of effort into writing on Tuesday and Wednesday. It includes driving a Prius, upgrading and maintaining your car on the cheap, the 110th anniversary of heavier-than-air flight and more.

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I've only driven the Prius very short distances in my job as a rental car transporter, so when I had the opportunity (read: I drew the short straw) to transport one from Goldsboro to get an oil change, I took the opportunity to give it a fair shake.

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This is a follow up to my original article !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . So you have a nice daily driver that's fun to drive or you have nice project car and you need to do maintenance on it. There are many paths to approach this and you can replace with OEM or OEM-equivalent parts or you can do some upgrades in the process.

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This exact moment 110 years ago Orville Wright lifted off the ground in an airplane powered by its own motor. He flew 120 feet in 12 seconds, which today seems like such an unimpressive feat. While the flight itself may not have been spectacular, the industry born from it is nothing short of incredible.

To commemorate the occasion, JayhawkJake put together several posts highlighting significant first flights:

First Flight Tuesday: Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny"

First Flight Tuesday - Douglas DC-3

First Flight Tuesday - Cessna 172 Skyhawk

First Flight Tuesday - Boeing 707

First Flight Tuesday - Space Shuttle Columbia

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Recently, Jaguar Land Rover kindly invited me to try out a range of their cars. Once I got there, I was absolutely overwhelmed with the amount of cars they had to offer, almost every car from Range Rover and Jaguar was there, however, there was a lack of XKR-S GT, but then again, there was plenty of other cars to keep you occupied, such as the brand-spankin' new and rare XFR-S. Also check out !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

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As always, no adventure is complete without a few mishaps. Such is the life of a gearhead, and we learn to live depending on our wits, hands, and caffeine to get us where we want to go. My trip to Oklahoma to move my 1967 Mustang to my new house depended on all three, as well as a bit of luck.

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The S/T-15 Jimmy was GMC's sister car to the popular Chevy Blazer compact SUV and upscale Oldsmobile Bravada. The factory hot rod Typhoon was quick, but child's play compared to this one which driving around is best described as the motoring equivalent of undescended testicles —literally nuts in a Jimmy.

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I just discovered this after looking for the 99 Jeepster concept from the article on Truck Yeah. It's the 1997 Jeep Cherokee Casablanca. And aside from the stupid name and the dorky lights...this is 100% how I pictured my dream Cherokee.

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Once upon a time people with more than 2.5 kids didn't care because they had sedans that could seat three across with two rows, baby! But they quickly learned that sucked so someone replaced the boot with a big glass area with a bench seat that faced rearward that also folded down if you wanted to use it as a boot again (with the bonus of being able to stack things so high you can't see anything when backing out)...

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The Kei car story on Jalopnik makes me sad. Simply because the first car I ever drove with my own hands and feett is one of these, a Suzuki Wagon R. Rebadged in Indonesia as a Suzuki Karimun. This car may be familiar for those that play Gran Turismo. It's small, light and quite agile but because it's a bit too tall it was scary at high speeds. The top speed is about 100 mph (if you got enough balls and runway to max it out) simply because the gearing was very tall, for efficiency sake.

The Best of the Rest

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As always, If I've missed something and you would like me to include it, let me know.

Fun Discussions

There were several posts that asked questions and sparked some good discussion on Tuesday and Wednesday. Take a peek and chime in on some of them listed below:

Conversational Tactics - An Oppo Guide

The cruel gas guzzling double standard

Supercars you didn't know about

Help Me Decide: Porsche 944 vs. Miata vs. E36 M3

Help me decide which one will be my next vehicle!

iRacing Tips for a n00b

CarDomaining - "You Decide" edition

Chinese Rat Rods, show us your favorite "3rd world" rides

Steelies

'80s Cool?

What Are The Best Auto Names For Dogs?

What's your lottery car(s)?

Oppo Open Floor (Topic: sharing comments to Oppo)

What is your favorite wheel brand?

Do you know your racing hand signals?

Craigslist Hunt: $5,000 Miata Rival

BMW Z1 Vs. Renault Sport Spider, wich do you choose?

How to explain the awesomeness of Holden to a non-enthusiast?

Am I the only person who believes this is the best DD ever?

What Color Would You Get it In: Lamborghini Murcielago

Which Would You Rather? Sex on Wheels Edition

What does your key say?

What are the best/worst cars you've driven in 2013?

Engine Location Trickery

Favorite comments of the year

Hockey Rant

To bundt or not to bundt?

Help Me Oppo, You're My Only Hope.

Help Me Oppo: Your'e My Only Hope. Part Deux

GT6 Nürburgring Production Car Time Trial Competition

Why can't we have factory remote start & a manual transmission?

How many of you have a neutral safety switch?

How Do We Feel About This Car? (996)

Dear Jalopnik, Harden the Fuck Up!

Help Me Pick an Impractical & Insane Daily Driver to Write About

Which cars will still be acceptable in 10 years?

What Car is the Most Fun and Frugal Per Mile?

Batshit Babe Minigame, this time it's personal!

Help Us Pick A Truck Yeah! Logo!

What Successor Looked Worse Than The Predecessor?

What are OPPO's favorite drinking games?

What Color Would You Get it In: Bentley Continental GT

Is there Any Car that have More Special Version than Fiat 500?

Which Would You Rather? Super Stockers Edition

Just the #tips

Dutch VW Commercial

Jingle Bells: Symphony of Thunder

A Seat Leon Super Cup Owners Manual, for Your Viewing Pleasure

This is What an Inline 4 Should Sound Like

Avus was nucking futs

Proof That 3-D Printing Will Change Aviation Forever

50 insane driving laws from around the world

No used car ad will ever be better

Truck loaded with 15 tons of explosives just went off in Norway

Vintage Timex Commercial featuring Emerson Fitipaldi

One of the Most Badass Soviet Russian Car You'll See Run Down the Road

Whitest White People Ever Rap About Their Prius V

Holden me closer tiny Datsun

Double Crane Fail

Drifting practice on the Nurburgring

It Is Illegal to Wash Your Car In Your Driveway In New York

Allan Mcnish's thoughts on Retirement

1997 Imprezza RS ex-diesel racecar

Like racing? Like the 70s? Like Documentaries? Have a 70's Racing documentary

Crazy w/ a good helping of batshit: LS1 6-Spd 1974 Toyota Celica

Radical RXC takes on Goodwood Hillclimb

Flame Throwing Daihatsu

Yes, this is a license-produced Honda Accord

i8 Key cradle. Once again, forums come through where BMW's press dept fails

What On Earth Thinks You Make I'm Drunk, Officer?

In Russia We Use Tanks as Tow Trucks

Muscle Milk Pickett Racing will not be in a Daytona Prototype

Lamborghini prototype with Rally lights

Honourable Mentions

These posts have already been shared with Jalopnik directly but deserve to be mentioned again because they were first posted in Oppositelock:

A few thoughts on owning a Fiat 500 Abarth

A Pilot Explains How To Avoid Getting Screwed After January 5th

Best Key Fob Of All Time?

How Had I Never Heard Of This Car Before?

This Custom Mustang Will Haunt Your Dreams

I don't like the E30 M3

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