What if we had a community car for all of Oppo?

"JR1" (type35bugatti)
05/04/2015 at 15:03 • Filed to: Oppo community car, mustang

Just imagine if you would for a moment that everyone who was willing on Oppo got together and bought a community car. One person on Oppo started a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and then everyone else who wanted to be a part of it got together and donated money to buy a certain car. Say a 66 289 Mustang with a 4 speed (yes I know the one pictured is a 67).

Something like !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . A cheap under 10K and if 100 people donated 100 dollars Oppositelock would own a community car. If that was too expensive you could even do a car under 5k and 100 people could donate 50 dollars and Oppo would own a car. Obviously more would have to go into the car such as insurance, title, general maintenance, etc. Maybe it is too crazy of an idea but it would be very cool.

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The car could go on tour around the country and an Oppo could have the opportunity to enjoy it (with pictures for everyone else) for a set amount of time before it gets sent to the next caretaker for a week or so.

Obviously the car would have to be agreed upon by everyone who bought it. Furthermore we would have to set up a schedule for who gets the car when. In the winter months it would likely have to go south. Maybe I am totally crazy but this seems like a semi-good idea. If everyone involved was willing to play ball it just might even work.

What does thou Oppo community think? Obviously I am just thinking out loud here I am not expecting this to actually happen. I think Jalopnik would be too big due to the massive user base.

DISCUSSION (30)

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > JR1
05/04/2015 at 15:09

I don’t think we could agree on what to get. Maybe a Miata would work. Or some sort of wagon.

crowmolly > JR1
05/04/2015 at 15:10

Cool idea but IMO we are way too diverse for that.

JR1 > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
05/04/2015 at 15:11

See that is what I was thinking something neutral like a Miata or maybe an old Mustang. Both are hard not to love.

JR1 > crowmolly
05/04/2015 at 15:12

After some debate I have faith we could all agree on something.

For Sweden > JR1
05/04/2015 at 15:12

Mods get to keep the car

JR1 > For Sweden
05/04/2015 at 15:15

They would be the ones I trust the most to hold the title, insurance, etc. But if they try to steal the car from everyone else then this might happen:

Kinja'd!!!

Great Oppo uprising of 2015

Party-vi > For Sweden
05/04/2015 at 15:18

WE’RE NOT GETTING A FUCKING BAJA BUG WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THIS DAMMIT!!!

Zohaibman72 > JR1
05/04/2015 at 15:20

Has to be a RWD Brown Manual Diesel Wagon, or a Miata.

Also some oppos live in different countries and will never get to see the community car for real :(

JR1 > Zohaibman72
05/04/2015 at 15:24

Yeah that is one of the downsides I thought of when I was making this.

Stupid ass oceans

For Sweden > Party-vi
05/04/2015 at 15:26

I’m sorry you hate fun

yamahog > JR1
05/04/2015 at 15:27

One thing’s for sure: the passenger seat would be mint. #foreveralones

pdx107 > JR1
05/04/2015 at 15:32

Citroen DS or nothing

JR1 > yamahog
05/04/2015 at 15:33

That is what Oppo is for!

JR1 > pdx107
05/04/2015 at 15:34

I guess nothing then. DS repairs would kill the budget

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Party-vi
05/04/2015 at 15:34

Baja Bug for Community Car 2015!!

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > JR1
05/04/2015 at 15:35

We could always do regional community cars for a certain area.

crowmolly > JR1
05/04/2015 at 15:39

Idea:

A few new poll threads to “vote” for the common stuff.

Poll 1: Car’s nationality

Poll 2: Body type

Poll 3: Power requirement

...

See what we can come up with.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > JR1
05/04/2015 at 15:45

Start some sort of poll, see how many people would be legitimately interested. Picking a car would definitely be the hardest part. I think spending like under $1k on the car is even better. 100 people spend $10 and boom, we have a car. I would totally pay $10 and I don't even care what car it is. As long as it is interesting, manual transmission, and most importantly has lots of character then it would be great. Sure something worth $1k would surely be a project, but then you have 100 people who can help make it roadworthy. Great idea if you tweak it as such!

JR1 > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
05/04/2015 at 16:04

Then cost of entry would go up in each region and a more limited amount of people would be interested is what I am worried about

JR1 > crowmolly
05/04/2015 at 16:21

You think there is enough interest to make a poll?

JR1 > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
05/04/2015 at 16:22

That isn’t a bad idea to buy a project but then who would pay for the parts?

crowmolly > JR1
05/04/2015 at 16:23

Not for real, just for fun.

E. Julius > JR1
05/04/2015 at 16:48

I would put in a few hundred for a cool car I got to keep for a little while.

AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
05/04/2015 at 17:16

Now that sounds awesome. Might I turn your attention to some of these ideas. The only issue I see with a project car is who would do the labor.

JR1 > E. Julius
05/04/2015 at 18:09

That is what I was thinking it would almost be worth doing

E. Julius > JR1
05/04/2015 at 18:16

Well you’ve got my $$$

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC
05/04/2015 at 20:53

Community car is community labor!

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > JR1
05/04/2015 at 20:58

I think you would have to find 100 people that are truly into the idea of keeping something like that going. Ideally we would pick a car with parts salvageable from junkyards, easy eBay finds, and such. I don’t think the intent would be to get the car race worthy anyways. It would realistically just have a ton of miles, maybe a blown head gasket or something that isn’t expensive on parts but just takes labor. Haha I have no idea where I am going so I'll stop talking.

JR1 > E. Julius
05/04/2015 at 21:03

Haha we would need a lot more than just one person. Although I would donate if the conditions were right

JR1 > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
05/04/2015 at 21:05

I just created a pool we will see what everyone says. I doubt many replies will happen but you never know