A 1929 Hupmobile in Manhattan and You Will Never Be As Cool As This Guy

"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
03/22/2014 at 19:30 • Filed to: Best of Oppositelock

Assembled here are the best Oppositelock posts from Wednesday and Thursday. Today we've got someone driving an oldie around Manhattan, autocrossing an MG P-Lester Special, enforcing handicapped parking and more.

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This is probably the oldest car I've ever seen driven on the street. I pulled up to a shop on 11th avenue this morning to see this contraption double parked outside. So I did what any car-minded New Yorker would do, and double parked right behind it to have a look around.

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Some dude apparently brought his 1935 MG P-Lester Special (his what?) out to an autocross. And gave it the freaking beans. Supposedly someone who was there asked him why he would drive that. The owner said, "It's a race car, that's what it's for." Totally hetero man crush level 9000.

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The Jalopnik community has been doing an excellent job of highlighting some the vehicles and experiences of drivers with disabilities. This increased awareness always brings to the forefront an issue that bothers us all, disabled or not...handicapped parking. Far too often folks with legitimate impairments can't utilize the spots made for them because those spaces are occupied by drivers who don't belong. Law enforcement usually does not have the time and resources to enforce handicapped parking as much as we would like, but there may be a solution….licence plate scanners.

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I brought in my 2011 Audi S5 down to Audi Wilsonville to get my winter tires and wheels taken off, stored and my summer tires and wheels put back on. Since I had a few appointments to attend to in the morning, I had requested a service loaner for the day when I set up the service appointment… Well, [I] was a bit surprised to be able to get one of the new A3 1.8T demo cars as a loaner.

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Last week NHTSA published a notice for data call to 21 automakers to fulfill the requirements of Title 49, Part 583 - Automobile Parts Content Labeling. The estimated cost to automakers to produce the data and create labels for the various car lines, $2.4M.

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Few cars from the early '90s were as utterly wretched as the Pontiac LeMans. Built by Daewoo during the Jurassic period of South Korean cars, it's hard to justify the existence of this undercooked entry-level washout other than the fact it gave the Yugo GV tough competition for the title of America's Most Abominable Car.

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The discussion over the new sound of F1 is still looming, although it hasn't been a week since the continental circus left Melbourne. There's no reason to think, though, that people will not befriend the new experience, evidently something irreversibly disappeared from The Greatest Show On Earth.

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Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Figured I'd try my hand at writing a short story. I woke up this morning. Around 10. Brushed my teeth, dragged my comb though my thick black hair. It was the day I've been waiting for all year. The first really nice day of the year. The sun was shining, not a cloud in the sky. It was around 70 degrees today, and I was ready. After the long winter, I was finally going to fire up the old Triumph and take it out to stretch its legs.

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On Monday, Travis so eloquently announced that sales of the Mazda3 are abysmal, and that despite it being an altogether better car, people would rather die slowly a thousand deaths and have their souls quietly sucked out in their Corollas and Civics. At least they know these cars are safe, and reliable. Not so fast, there, Buddy.

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The current craze of everything relating to the Volkswagen Type 2 Bus has been entertaining to watch. All but abandoned for scrap a few years ago and inhabited by penniless surfers, the Bus made an epic comeback of a proportion not matched except by this month's resurgence of the Cold War.

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Alright ladies, I've decided my productivity at work has been too high lately, and the most appropriate way to combat this seemed to be to start a weekly spotlight on the cars I love. For now, and the foreseeable future at least, this means mid-late 90s diamonds in the rough. Some of the best and least appreciated cars I can think of. This week we have a personal favorite, and the source of at least 80% of my craigslist lurking over that last few months (the other 20% I split between looking for my stolen bike and missed connections... for... ironic reasons of course): The Oldsmobile Aurora.

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I am parting ways with my first car after a great year and a half of ownership. The car will be missed, and this will be my tribute to it. I love this car so there will mostly likely be some bias, and if you disagree with anything I said feel free to let me know in the comments so I can explain why you are wrong.

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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 Wednesday and Thursday. Take a peek and chime in on some of those listed below:

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Does F-1 sound worse this year?

Which Would You Rather: Sub $10K 'Vintage' Roadster

Now its got me wondering...

Coolest Car In A Random Ass Town: Ybor City, Tampa, FL (Murica) request

Any fun driving roads in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area)?

Would You Fly In A Radio Controlled Airplane?

Basic Car Data Spreadsheet

Need Office Interior Design Suggestions!

What's the Best Convertible Summer Cruiser for Under $10,000?

To Paint or Not to Paint/Truck Bed Liners?

Which Cayman is the one for you?

Awesome Cars Under 10k List

Thoughts on Shop Logo'd Trucks?

Oppoinions: 300 SRT or Charger SRT

Post your shifter!

Coolest Car In A Random Ass Town: Pitesti (Romania)

Which Would You Rather? Electric Edition

What Car Is Perfect For Michigan?

Any good Apps to measure 0-60 times?

Just the #tips

I did not know Enduro motocross was a thing

RWD brightens my day

Free Livery PDFs

Why VLN is awesome - a 17 minutes GT3 demonstration

Video from the Austin test of the Audi LMP1 prototype

$500 Craigslist Honesty

"That's a Fender-Bender? Say Whut?"

Jag F-type Coupe Review

Defunct GM Websites are Sad, Still Exist

Naked woman shows up to see hubby in prison

ZING! Pat Symonds, CTO of Williamsf1, lays down a knee-slapper

Ford Releases Teaser Photo of Supercharged 2015 GT350 Engine

This truck has 8 wheel drive and 8 wheel steering. Because Siberia.

Robby, do you even lift? No. No he does not.

EU car market was less crappy in the first two months of 2014

Guy owns Merc A160 in US (blog)

Video of Toyota Yaris WRC being tested!

Lap Of Life

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

Tesla Can Do More Damage To Dealerships By Franchising

Sebastian Loeb Takes Aim at Goodwood Hillclimb Record

Cars you may never have heard of - the "Monica"

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DISCUSSION (15)

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > DasWauto
03/22/2014 at 19:32

Nice

use!

Brian Silvestro > DasWauto
03/22/2014 at 19:37

I'm starting to think you hate me

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DasWauto > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/22/2014 at 19:37

Thanks, I thought it would look nice. Glad it's appreciated.

DasWauto > Brian Silvestro
03/22/2014 at 19:41

No hate, just waiting for your dad to buy it (did he?) and needing more pictures .

Brian Silvestro > DasWauto
03/22/2014 at 19:44

No sadly. He was about to buy it, but they wouldn't give him what he wanted on his trade-in.

Literally right after we got done test-driving the car, two other dudes showed up and bought it.

I do regret not taking more F40 pictures though. That car was sex.

Kinja'd!!!

DasWauto > Brian Silvestro
03/22/2014 at 19:45

I'll add in the M235i.

Brian Silvestro > DasWauto
03/22/2014 at 19:49

Kinja'd!!!

The-Ever-Socially-Apathetic TBAL > DasWauto
03/22/2014 at 20:04

Das!!! I posted two drawings that got big "Recommends" both on Monday and on Wednesday (I'm pretty sure those were the days) and neither of them got featured here, or on your last OPPO thing.

Where's the love man?!

DasWauto > The-Ever-Socially-Apathetic TBAL
03/22/2014 at 20:28

I see did them (Monday and Tuesday), very well done, but I didn't know what to do with them. I'm not sure I'd feature them as they were, but do I just put it with a little line in the best of the rest section? It was kind of stuck in a limbo in between... and then I forgot... :/

My bad.

Possible solution though, if you add a bit more description about what the goal for the car would be, perhaps what the inspiration was, etc., I'd probably feature it.

Thoughts?

Again, my bad for not including them.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > DasWauto
03/22/2014 at 20:29

Thanks!

The-Ever-Socially-Apathetic TBAL > DasWauto
03/22/2014 at 20:33

No problemo!

I'd rather if they were my drawings or photos, they go in the best of the rest section. If they're articles or something people can relate to in a good way, they end up in the articles section.

Thanks for your understanding! :)

DasWauto > The-Ever-Socially-Apathetic TBAL
03/22/2014 at 20:39

Ok, I'll be sure to include them there in the future.

annoyedbytexas > DasWauto
03/23/2014 at 00:42

What pisses me off about handicap parking. Well not parking, cops, other people taking the spot from us or anything.

It's assholes that look at me and my wife and mutter "look they can walk how disgraceful!"

That is until they watch me take a wheel chair out of the back of my car, pick my 55lb step daughter with CP out of the back seat and help her into the chair.

And then go to the other side and take my other step daughter with a disability, carry her to the store and pushing the wheel chair while slowly being drenched in fucking sweat.

Just today I had a woman come up to our car, look at my legs, look at my wife's legs and scoff.

Seriously do not open your mouth until you know the whole situation. I have made an ass out of many people for jumping the gun and informing me of how I'm taking a spot from a handicap person.

You would think this isn't a big deal but I live in a huge city full of righteous assholes that think they need to be involved on everyone's business.

After a while it starts to be a little annoying.

As if we don't have enough to deal with? We need another person butting into our lives?

Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V) > DasWauto
03/23/2014 at 01:40

Thanks again for the sharing!

Audi For Life > DasWauto
03/27/2014 at 21:09

I know, I'm late but just saw this post. Thanks for including me write-up of the A3 sedan!