"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
08/09/2013 at 20:30 • Filed to: Best of Oppositelock
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"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
08/09/2013 at 20:30 • Filed to: Best of Oppositelock | 2
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Gathered here are the Oppositelock posts that people have put a good deal of effort into writing from the last 24 hours. Today it includes a Baja Bug on a shipping container, a racist Mustang, a Panoz that time forgot and more.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - O51R15
So I was out with the family, went fishing at a river nearby my house and my daughter says "CAR!". My daughter is two, so my first instinct is to just agree with her and be on my way. "Caaaarrrr!" she says again. So I look. There it is. An old, rusty shipping container turned into an office with none other than the car my daughter spotted (from about 100 yards away might I add) sitting on top of it.
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Here's a tale of conspiring circumstances and a confederacy of dunces. Buying a car is one of those things in life that you can do the easy way or the hard way, and although the easy way may be an unrestricted autobahn to delight, the Jalop will more often than not find themself picking a path through the potholes and roadworks of the hard way. Trolling ebay for months at a time, waiting for the right car, bidding, missing out, coming back for more. Picking something up, tuning it up, practically packing it all in, finally fixing it. Driving.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - The WB
I was at the local O'Reilly's getting some cutting compound to buff out some of the oxidation on the Mustang's paint, and when I got back in the car I cranked it over a few times. It ended with a pop, a bang, and about 5 liters of magic smoke. I hopped out, flipped the battery kill switch on the back and opened up the hood to see what was afire, and chuckled. It had violently rejected the Chinese starter I got from O'Reilly about 6 months prior.
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The first time I drove a stick shift was in Morocco, over a winter break from school. I was with my mom and dad in our rental car, a Toyota so forgettable I’ve forgotten the model. It was in the evening, as the sun was setting, and we were in the mountains surrounding Fez. It was incredibly beautiful, but I was probably busy ruining the moment by saying something disgusting.
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When I first heard about John’s 330 series Nissan Cedric I had no idea what to expect. I was told of air bags and a V8 engine in a 33 year old Japanese classic. I couldn't quite get my head around it. Then I saw some photos – and my jaw dropped. I had to see it. I had to shoot it.
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Mandy
I'm Edmund Mandell, but my friends call me Mandy, kind of like Mandel Patinkin, the actor, goes by “Mandy”. I look something like your average millennial, just without the stupid hipster glasses, and maybe a vest, or necessary tie. I'm a 24 years old, who recently graduated from “The U”. Some of my hobbies include obsessing over my car, stuffing my face with sushi, and melting my face on my computer screen playing games… But let me paint a picture of myself right out of college. Some of my first thoughts after walking across the stage and shaking President Shalala's hand was something along the lines of “fuck, fuck, fuck, why did you decide to get a degree in psychology?”
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Many of us gear heads are familiar with Panoz as one of those "little automakers that could" with their Esperante road car and ridiculous Esperante GTR "Batmobile" prototype for le-mans and other series in the GT1 category. But there was a particular car they made in the 90s that was, surprisingly, one of the more advanced cars of its day. Ladies and gents, the AIV Roadster.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Matthew Henry
As you may have read last week, I'm car shopping. So far, my quest to buy a cheap, yet awesome car has come up fruitless. I don't understand why people would list a car on Craigslist, then immediately throw all their electronics into some sort of time-and-communication-sucking wormhole. Yes, I'm talking to you, Golf GTI seller.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - RooWills
After seeing New Zealand pop up over on Jalopnik in Travis' article about a man seeing a UFO I realized that you don't often see New Zealand mentioned on international sites. And when you do it's about odd things. Like UFO sightings, remote airports, expensive air fares, Lord of the Rings and driving dogs. Yes, dogs that drive cars.
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Dan Mosqueda
GM teased the press yesterday with a sneak peek at the upcoming Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon small trucks. GM stopped building small trucks back in 2012 leaving Toyota to dominate that market. Ford left the small truck market with the demise of its Ranger pickup, though globally both GM and Ford offer small trucks. GM only gave out this small snapshot to give a whiff of the upcoming baby trucks to hit the US market in 2014.
Car Spotting, Picture Threads
Battery Tender Unnecessary !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . ColoradoQuattro !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! with a proper stock s4 piece. Magman007 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of his friend Koray's S52 turbo powered e30 m3. Sparf put together an !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . MonkeyPuzzle !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on his Civic. Jus1029 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for sale near him.
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 over the last day. Take a peek and chime in on some of them listed below:
What's the worst car color ever?
Dutch used car site finds part 5
Least necessary car manufacturer?
Attention People Who Draw Good and Stuff!!!
Maintenance items to check for fuel economy?
The pinnacle of cheap, reliable, and fuel efficient?
Just the #tips
Arizona Man Runs Self Over While Attempting To Evade Traffic Stop
Buy Norm Benning's Eldora truck For $15,000
Toyota Supra nameplate could return
Ouninpohja Onboard - Sebastien Ogier
A Ferrari 288 GTO Evoluzione is for sale!
A More Powerful GT86 Is Coming! For Serious This Time. I Promise. Hello? Guys?
The Ultimate Ground Speed Check - Tales from the Blackbird
Matchbox NASCAR race recap. Wait, wut?
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Toyobaru To Get Power "Boost"?
Four Stroke Engine Model With Glass Cylinder Is A Work Of Art
My favourite Lamborghini; The Islero
Honourable Mentions
These posts have already been shared with Jalopnik directly but deserve to be mentioned again because they were first posted in Oppositelock:
The Arsenal of Democracy (or Remember when Detroit bailed out the Goverment?)
Hailstorm damages several thousand new VWs in Wolfsburg
Road Trip: Copilot Qualifications and Duties
Rally Co-Driving Behind the Scenes, Part 7: Teach Me How to Zombie
Bandit
> DasWauto
08/09/2013 at 21:03 |
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I did a random poll on steering wheel grip: http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/like-a-boss-is…
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RooWills
> DasWauto
08/09/2013 at 21:34 |
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Thanks for the mention(s)
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DasWauto
> Bandit
08/09/2013 at 21:50 |
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5:01 pm. First one on the the list for Monday. Sorry.
(these posts cover from 5-5pm the next day now)
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> DasWauto
08/09/2013 at 22:17 |
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Thank you for including my crapy drawing!
Forgetful
> DasWauto
08/09/2013 at 23:43 |
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Aww shucks, thanks for making me feel included.
Keep up the good work.
Matthew Henry
> DasWauto
08/10/2013 at 00:55 |
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Thanks for the feature! I'm dying to know, though, why do I have two asterisks by my name?
His Stigness
> DasWauto
08/10/2013 at 04:34 |
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Another one?!? I'm on a roll!!
What are the criteria to be featured? Is number of views, or comments, or just if you enjoy it? And is there a way for you to promote my Questions and Answers to get them featured on Jalopnik since it's a "night" thing and goes along with Jalopnik's question of the day?
Thanks again for putting another one of my posts in, I really appreciate it.
sadfasdf
> DasWauto
08/10/2013 at 07:01 |
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I read "racist Mustang" and immediately thought of a Somethingawful forums thread a few years back where a guy was detailing the restoration of his rustactular 71 Mustang involving enough cutting and welding that most people would have been like "These Mustangs die too easily! No matter! Summon another!" It then came out that the poster was a frequent poster on multiple white supremacist sites under the same user name. After a shitstorm in the mustang thread, the thread was deleted, and yellow mustangs are met first with hushed whispers in AI.
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DasWauto
> Matthew Henry
08/10/2013 at 07:50 |
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I don't remember. It was to denote something in the formatting when I was making the post and I just forgot to get rid of them. No big deal. Fixed now.
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DasWauto
> His Stigness
08/10/2013 at 07:55 |
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I don't have any swing on Jalopnik to get those posts featured unfortunately. They already have their own Question and Answer of the day so I don't think they'll be featuring another. It's good if it stays as an Oppo feature.
As for the criteria to get featured, I just look for well written and interesting and/or informative posts. As you can see Oppo is full of randomness so I go through and pick out the posts that people have put some time into and showcase them here.
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DasWauto
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/10/2013 at 07:56 |
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No problem. I still want to take a crack at sketching something for that.
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Matthew Henry
> DasWauto
08/10/2013 at 08:45 |
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Oh. That was a far less exciting explanation than I was hoping for.
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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> DasWauto
08/10/2013 at 11:42 |
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Hell yeah man, go for it.
Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder
> DasWauto
08/10/2013 at 17:05 |
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I made it!
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His Stigness
> DasWauto
08/10/2013 at 18:11 |
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Yeah I know they've got their question and answer of the day, that's why I made mine questions and answers of the night. Do you know if there's any way to contact Matt or one of the other writers?
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DasWauto
> His Stigness
08/10/2013 at 18:14 |
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Email (on the about page ), twitter, lots. Frankly, I doubt they're going to run your feature but you're welcome to try.
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His Stigness
> DasWauto
08/10/2013 at 18:29 |
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Doesn't hurt to try.
Thanks for the help, and thanks for promoting my posts.