The Most Popular Oppositelock Posts Of 2015

"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
12/30/2015 at 15:00 • Filed to: year in review, yearinreview, 2015

To some, traffic, “uniques” or clicks are dumb ways of measuring how good a site is. Amusingly however, those numbers however make Jalopnik ’s reader forum bigger than some established automotive websites. Here are the most read stories from Oppositelock this past year.

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Cafe racers are all the rage in the bike world. Classic looks with affordable prices make this style of motorcycle attractive to many riders, including those just starting out on two wheels. Peter Black tells us why that might not be such a good idea.

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Selling a used car can be a big inconvenience. Worst are potential buyers who expect more than is implied in the ad. Steven Lang explains why the ‘as is’ disclaimer is the most effective way to avoid hassles.

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Having someone else work on your car can be expensive and is often associated with the impression that the mechanic will charge you exorbitantly to fix simple problems and cause a few more while they’re at it. AMGtech gives us perspective from the other side of the transaction.

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Many, if not most new cars run synthetic oil now and while it was previously not recommended to change from conventional oils in older cars, that may not be correct anymore. Bozi Tatarevic explains the differences from conventional oil, the potential benefits and if it would be worthwhile to make the switch.

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Express warranties cover the claims a seller makes when it comes to attributes or qualities of a vehicle fall under the terms of a purchase agreement. Dealers often try to disclaim the express warranty in an attempt to muddy the waters in a sellers mind when something turns out not to be as stated. SteveLehto cuts through the bullshit to clarify what a dealer can and cannot disclaim.

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Three pedal cars are a dying breed; the take rate in America has been on the decline since the 1970s and that trend shows no sign of reversal. 427CID lists all those currently available in new cars in the United States.

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To quote one of the comments on this article, “Deaths are a tragedy. Preventable deaths are frustrating. Easily preventable deaths are enraging.” Jon Miller explain why Gary Terry’s death at Disney Exotic Driving Experience in Orlando, Florida was an avoidable tragedy.

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In 2007, the Ford Mustang sported the old modular 4.6l v8 and traditional solid axle at the back. This year finally ushered in the 21st century for the original pony car as the car adopted an independent rear suspension for the 2015 model year. Torque Affair found out for himself just how big a difference 8 years can make.

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Dealerships are often referred to as stealerships and this case is one reason why this is often justified. As happens all too often, a dealer employee took a customer’s car for a ‘test drive’ overnight and got into an altercation with a deer. The dealer then tried to put that incident on the customer’s insurance.

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Cars, cluelessness, tattoos and 4chan? Sounds like a winning recipe. This post went viral, it even made !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of most read posts.

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Enjoy your new year’s celebrations, stay safe and to everyone my best wishes for 2016.

DISCUSSION (65)

pjhusa > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 15:03

You've been here for a while. Who started Oppo, when and why?

HammerheadFistpunch > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 15:06

Nerts, my Land Cruiser post missed the top 10 spot by 100 views. Oh well. Great list, thanks DasWauto!

DrJohannVegas > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 15:09

WHERE IS THE BLACKBIRD?!?!? WHERE ARE TALES FROM THE BACK SEAT?!?!?!? THIS POST SITS ON A THRONE OF LIES!!!!

(Thanks, as always, DW, for doin’ good work.)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > pjhusa
12/30/2015 at 15:13

Oppo was started (a) in 1910, (b) by Oscar Wilde, and (c) for teh lulz. Okay, but more seriously, it wasn’t started by A Person, as such, at least not that I can recall/is recorded by history. The front page, when it first got commenting (years and years ago), ended up having a dumping ground/negative zone for off-topic comments to be junked/sent off to, and it was then realized (I think via people using that to continue discussions after comments were nuked) that an off-topic forum wasn’t a bad idea, so that original title (which I’m forgetting the name of) ended up becoming Oppositelock.

For Sweden > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 15:16

But I still made it in the Top 10 Shitposts, right?

DasWauto > DrJohannVegas
12/30/2015 at 15:17

I would not be surprised at all if the Blackbird post got more than 100k views this year, which would’ve put it on the list. The info I was working from only included posts from this year though so I left it out.

DasWauto > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/30/2015 at 15:18

The original title was simply off-topic. Spot on for the rest.

DasWauto > For Sweden
12/30/2015 at 15:19

I think you’ve got at least 6 of those 10 posts. Spiegel got the rest. You’ll have to ask PG to confirm those numbers.

DrJohannVegas > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 15:21

Yea, my running supposition was that it was “posts which were new in 2015”.

DrJohannVegas > DrJohannVegas
12/30/2015 at 15:24

I’m just bummed out that nobody wanted to read about the TPP. /shrug

KentB27 > HammerheadFistpunch
12/30/2015 at 15:25

That was a great post. Definitely one that still stands out to me months later. Nice job.

HammerheadFistpunch > KentB27
12/30/2015 at 15:26

Thanks, the irony was that it was just a lunchtime rant sparked by a question in oppo.

Rainbow > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 15:30

It pisses me off that some 4chan troll got the top story. The actual guy with the actual tattoo knows it’s an alternator and wanted it that way.

Patrick George > DrJohannVegas
12/30/2015 at 15:32

The Blackbird post has become so strong that it is beyond quantification by any known means. Like the size of the universe, or the true nature of God, it cannot be fully understood by man.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/30/2015 at 15:33

it wasn’t started by A Person

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/30/2015 at 15:35

Dude, it wasn’t A Person, it was A Parsons. This is his project. It’s something or a work in progress as you can see as it keeps crashing.

DrJohannVegas > Patrick George
12/30/2015 at 15:35

Actually, Patrick, you’d be surprised at the exciting mathematics which goes on in discussions of the infinite.

The Blackbird post has had exactly -1/12 views.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
12/30/2015 at 15:39

Okay, but Siriusly.

Goggles Pizzano > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe
12/30/2015 at 15:47

More of a superhero really. Lowercase Man.

 > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 15:57

Heeey! I are Oppomous!

nighttimeistherighttime > Rainbow
12/30/2015 at 16:03

Is that true? If so, why would anyone want a tattoo of an alternator?

Blondude > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/30/2015 at 16:03

Started from the bottom, now we’re here.

But seriously, 612k page views. I remember after the mass exodus following 6.o there were like 20 people who would regularly post here.

Fat Val Kilmer > HammerheadFistpunch
12/30/2015 at 16:07

As a fellow FZJ80 owner, can you share the link?

SteveLehto > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 16:08

I only made the list once. I’m slacking . . .

HammerheadFistpunch > Fat Val Kilmer
12/30/2015 at 16:09

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/why-the-toyota…

EDIT: looks like I got those extra 100 views...too bad the current 10 spot got another 300. Oh well, I’m still happy.

Fat Val Kilmer > HammerheadFistpunch
12/30/2015 at 16:12

sweet; thank you Capt. Overland

HammerheadFistpunch > Blondude
12/30/2015 at 16:17

or would attempt to post here anyway.

TheHondaBro > HammerheadFistpunch
12/30/2015 at 16:43

I certainly learned a lot from the post, and my appreciation for the Series 200 grew even more.

Rainbow > nighttimeistherighttime
12/30/2015 at 16:57

Just generic mechanical stuff. He has lots of things like that.

DrJohannVegas > HammerheadFistpunch
12/30/2015 at 17:06

test

Gamecat235 > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 18:01

Yeah, it actually amassed a couple hundred thousand this year. But it wasn’t a 2015 post. It just never dies.

Gamecat235 > Blondude
12/30/2015 at 18:03

There are a few of us who have survived MANY changes.

Also, all these years later, I still can’t read your name without the wrong interpretation (which I am omitting so that no one falls into your trap).

bob and john > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 18:05

Made it! Top 10! Suck it hammerhead!(just kidding)

Auto Guy > HammerheadFistpunch
12/30/2015 at 18:13

...and Jalopnik is even happier, since you’re giving them ***FREE*** (and excellent) content. :-)

Blondude > Gamecat235
12/30/2015 at 18:32

The Blo N’ Dude one? Yeah, that might have been a mistake mentioning that...

And I just remembered how that (joking) post kicked off a huge theme of posting confessions that day. That was a weird day.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Rainbow
12/30/2015 at 18:34

It was the stupidest thing I ever posted

Andrew P. Collins > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 19:55

Did you mean Best OppositeLock Post s of 2015?

Axel-Ripper > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 19:58

No ground speed check?

Gamecat235 > Blondude
12/30/2015 at 20:09

That's the one. LOL

Berang > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 20:10

How about a list of most liked instead of most viewed?

DasWauto > Andrew P. Collins
12/30/2015 at 20:22

Nope, foreshadowing.

/fixed, thanks

DasWauto > Axel-Ripper
12/30/2015 at 20:23

It would’ve made the list on views but I’ve only really included posts made this year.

DasWauto > Berang
12/30/2015 at 20:25

That data isn’t readily available to me, unfortunately. That would have to come from Patrick George, as the list for this post did actually.

Dusty Ventures > HammerheadFistpunch
12/30/2015 at 21:05

I was hoping my “Jimmie Johnson Baja Crash” would make the #10 spot (in part because I researched the hell out of that thing). Not even close

HammerheadFistpunch > Dusty Ventures
12/30/2015 at 21:31

It’s funny what hits and what misses. I figured the land cruiser one would be a 20 comment story...and I’ve poured into others that got no traction

Ex. President Mack41 > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 22:10

Hey Das

Wheelerguy > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 22:10

Kinja'd!!!

Can I borrow this for my own YIR?

DasWauto > Wheelerguy
12/30/2015 at 22:26

The square? Sure, here’s a higher res copy for you (Patrick George made it):

Kinja'd!!!

Here’s mine (I added some transparency which only looks lighter here but will be slightly transparent when overlaid, it’s not perfect but looks OK scaled down as I did in the top image):

Kinja'd!!!

DasWauto > Ex. President Mack41
12/30/2015 at 22:31

Sup. How goes it?

Wheelerguy > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 22:34

You know, much as it is fun and rightful to do my own recap, it’s also good to see another bloke take a look at my posts and do their own look at my time here.

That, or I just need to find my first post in 2015. How do I do that?

DasWauto > Wheelerguy
12/30/2015 at 22:46

Simply browsing back through your own posts is the only way to really do that. Patrick George got the data to make this list for me so I can’t offer any better solution, unfortunately.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > DasWauto
12/30/2015 at 23:27

Damn it, no Blackbird

Frenchlicker > Blondude
12/31/2015 at 00:37

Wait, when was 6.0?

Ex. President Mack41 > DasWauto
12/31/2015 at 01:45

S’good. Was wearing my integrale shirt the other day. Your design holds up

Blondude > Frenchlicker
12/31/2015 at 01:59

It launched June-ish 2012 and was the last version of Gawker Media’s web layout before Kinja launched in February 2013.

AntodenA > DasWauto
12/31/2015 at 03:34

Kinja'd!!!

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Flavien Vidal > DasWauto
12/31/2015 at 05:40

Awesome! Just wanted to thank Oppo for offering such a plateform and opportunity to find a readership for whatever I do. I will have lots of stuff for 2016, more reviews and articles that I’ll keep shamelessly spamming to everyone at Jalopnik to get re-posted and of course off topic stuff that I will have in mind at a certain moment and a certain time + all the posting and answering to other posts :)

Thank you again and well, see you in 2016 (which is 4h and 15 minutes from now for me on the other of the planet :) )

DasWauto > Ex. President Mack41
12/31/2015 at 09:53

Right on man, I’m glad you still like it. I saw someone wearing one of my e30 m3 designs at autocross over the summer, unfortunately I didn’t get around to talking to them. Have you seen the new Point Break yet? I went on Tuesday, enjoyed it.

Bozi Tatarevic > DasWauto
12/31/2015 at 14:21

I was wondering why I got a spurt of Facebook followers yesterday afternoon and this explains it. Thanks for the mention.

Oran J Sands III > DasWauto
12/31/2015 at 17:37

Kinja'd!!!

I was hoping my roundabout escapades might have made the cut but as you’ve said it was views, not likes that determined the winners.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > DasWauto
12/31/2015 at 19:36

Damn. I always thought the Tercel was going to be a smashing success!

Ex. President Mack41 > DasWauto
12/31/2015 at 20:46

Nice that the shirts get around. That movie makes me so mad but I’ll see it eventually haha. Tina Fey looks good in her new movie

DasWauto > Oran J Sands III
01/01/2016 at 13:35

Yeah, if this was a list of my favourite posts, rather than most views your post would definitely have made the list.

DasWauto > Ex. President Mack41
01/01/2016 at 13:36

Sisters? That looks hysterical, I have to go see that.

Ex. President Mack41 > DasWauto
01/01/2016 at 14:36

Yeah. It was alright. Was hoping for a bit more. When Tina and Amy are on screen just them throwing jokes around it's excellent.