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"JustWaitingForAMate" (justwaitingforamate)
12/28/2013 at 16:50 • Filed to: None

Posting again for more input.

If anyone would like to be an admin, let me know, you'll need a google login so I can share access to all the relevant files.

DISCUSSION (43)

Tom McParland > JustWaitingForAMate
12/28/2013 at 16:51

Awesome!

Tony Montana > JustWaitingForAMate
12/28/2013 at 16:53

Bring back celebrity crush. I know we all just say Jennifer Lawrence, but that actually makes it just a little bit funnier.

JustWaitingForAMate > Tony Montana
12/28/2013 at 16:55

Ok, but it's going to be a drop down list with two entries. Jennifer Lawrence and other.

Roberto G. > JustWaitingForAMate
12/28/2013 at 16:56

Ugly as shit. At least leave the viewer the possiblity of sorting the data A -> Z. Like it is now, it's unnerving.

Tony Montana > JustWaitingForAMate
12/28/2013 at 16:56

Don't even bother with the "other" part

Brian Silvestro > JustWaitingForAMate
12/28/2013 at 16:59

Those charts are off the chart! Rad!

JustWaitingForAMate > Roberto G.
12/28/2013 at 17:03

To grant sort access would grant full editing access to the sheet. Something that was an issue with the original since people were accidentally deleting lines.

duurtlang > JustWaitingForAMate
12/28/2013 at 17:07

Wouldn't fuel type (diesel?) and displacement be somewhat useful as well?

JustWaitingForAMate > Tony Montana
12/28/2013 at 17:07

Added it back in.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > JustWaitingForAMate
12/28/2013 at 17:09

MEW!

Kinja'd!!!

JustWaitingForAMate > Roberto G.
12/28/2013 at 17:16

There are scripts for auto sorting on open, I'll have a play with them to sort by username.

Klaus Schmoll > JustWaitingForAMate
12/28/2013 at 17:17

Yours was better!

Now get off my lawn! I want to mourn the olden times in peace.

Chase > Roberto G.
12/28/2013 at 18:10

just click view -> list

then you can sort them by whatever you like

Roberto G. > Chase
12/28/2013 at 18:19

Thank you, in that way it works much better!

JustWaitingForAMate > Chase
12/28/2013 at 18:40

I'll update the link on the form page to default to list view.

Bytemite > JustWaitingForAMate
12/28/2013 at 18:53

The chart looks really nice...but I can't really see the colors with the key. Im red/green color blind and wish there was less multiple shades of green and red used. :(

JustWaitingForAMate > Bytemite
12/28/2013 at 19:07

I'll tweak it so there isn't much red/green across the charts.

Bytemite > JustWaitingForAMate
12/28/2013 at 19:14

Awesome, thanks.

ASheep > JustWaitingForAMate
12/28/2013 at 20:15

Woo! I just doubled the size of the 1940-49 bracket and tripled the Australia/Oceania population!

Old Tractors totally count as rides right?

Tom McParland > Klaus Schmoll
12/28/2013 at 21:49

It's not going to go away...but after too many user fuck ups I was tired of constantly fixing it.

911e46z06 > JustWaitingForAMate
12/28/2013 at 22:00

So, are all the entries from the old spreadsheet thrown out? Do I need to input all 90 of my cars again?

JustWaitingForAMate > 911e46z06
12/28/2013 at 22:16

90? The official sheet has you with 12.

Add the missing details here.

I'll import it into the new sheet once you've done that.

What I'll end up doing before the next 'best of oppo' post is updating the old sheet with the missing columns, everyone can punch them in, then I'll merge the two sheets together.

oldirtybootz > JustWaitingForAMate
12/28/2013 at 22:51

I love how here, manuals make up 60% of all cars listed, but in reality while driving I know I'm almost always the only stick shift in a given area.

JustWaitingForAMate > oldirtybootz
12/28/2013 at 23:00

Jalopnik - representative of the majority of drivers in the world, it is not. :)

911e46z06 > JustWaitingForAMate
12/28/2013 at 23:01

12 is roughly 90. I'm actually down to 11 now, got rid of an e39.

Can't edit that sheet. It's all good. I think most of em only have one engine option and one trans option.

JustWaitingForAMate > 911e46z06
12/28/2013 at 23:07

try now, I didn't have the edit option set, blow away whatever you don't want.

I've got the old list updated with the new columns and a flag if people want it imported into the new sheet, I'll post it up soonish.

911e46z06 > JustWaitingForAMate
12/28/2013 at 23:30

Got em

JustWaitingForAMate > 911e46z06
12/29/2013 at 00:07

Updated. The VW bus was a flat 4 if I'm not mistaken?

EL_ULY > JustWaitingForAMate
12/29/2013 at 00:25

dayum, I made 2 blank lines, and i need to edit my post since i own more than one boring car lol. Can you delete them and I can try again tomorrow?

JustWaitingForAMate > EL_ULY
12/29/2013 at 00:39

Done.

EL_ULY > JustWaitingForAMate
12/29/2013 at 00:49

thanx buddy, I'll start over tomorrow when i'm not in zombie mode lol. I just post all my current vehicles separately right? I'll pick the first to include the previous crap lol :]

JustWaitingForAMate > EL_ULY
12/29/2013 at 00:52

Yep, I've left the A6 entry in there, let me know if you want it cleared too.

EL_ULY > JustWaitingForAMate
12/29/2013 at 00:58

oh ok coool, thanks buddy :] you rule \m/

Stef Schrader > JustWaitingForAMate
12/29/2013 at 03:05

The chart for years only seems to include up to 2009... help, help, I'm being repressed!

- '10 Lulzcer owner

JustWaitingForAMate > Stef Schrader
12/29/2013 at 03:14

Fixed.

911e46z06 > JustWaitingForAMate
12/29/2013 at 14:06

Yeah it is. Makin about 20 hp after 30 years of tough duty in Alaska.

JustWaitingForAMate > Tom McParland
12/29/2013 at 20:59

Automatch, do you have a way I can contact you other then hunting through comments looking for your name?

I've got some stuff to add to an upcoming Best of Oppo about the readers rides, and a plan for how the original list can be updated and imported into the new list.

Tom McParland > JustWaitingForAMate
12/29/2013 at 21:35

AutomatchConsulting@gmail.com is the best way or you can find me on Twitter @AutomatchTom

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > JustWaitingForAMate
12/30/2013 at 09:43

Thanks for putting this together. Added my rides, and definitely in a couple minority groups. One engine is a flat 4, another is twin turbo.

STREPITUS > JustWaitingForAMate
12/31/2013 at 19:29

Just found an error in the year counting formula. It doesn't count correctly

Right now you have the countif >=1960-countif >=1969

which means you're subtracting cars from 1969. Instead you need to do >=1970

JustWaitingForAMate > STREPITUS
12/31/2013 at 20:45

Fixed. Thanks for pointing that out.

SpeedSix > JustWaitingForAMate
01/01/2014 at 23:35

It's kind of a problem when you're on a laptop and the screen is really short. Some people's former cars , when listed, take up more space than the height of my entire screen, so their section occupies my entire screen at once.

JustWaitingForAMate > SpeedSix
01/01/2014 at 23:40

Noted, I'll have a play around with setting a maximum cell height.