Authored! My car adventures and AMA

"way2blu does a rev update" (way2blu) 06/29/2016 at 15:21 • Filed to: None

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Hi Oppo! Been a longtime reader and occasional commenter, now I’m finally an author! Here’s a little about me, and also car:

I’m relatively new at the whole “Enthusiast” thing (attended my first autocross a month ago) but I’ve followed content on cars for a long while before that. I discovered Jalopnik and Oppo a few months ago and have greatly enjoyed reading both.

About me...

Favorite car: My car! Would not be happy without it.

Favorite car I don’t own: Pagani Zonda F.

Favorite transmission to drive: Manual for street driving, automatic for anything competitive on track.

My “ideal” amount of horsepower: 57 (that’s right, fifty-seven!)

Small photo to emphasize how small the car is...

Most powerful car I’ve driven: I once test-drove a 2013-ish V6 Mustang and it was pretty fast. I aim to drive much faster cars in the future...

My daily is a Mercedes-Benz W203, known to most as a C-Class Sedan with the AMG Appearance Package. Beneath the hood is the humble 2.5l V6 making 201 horsepower. Unlike most Mercedes-Benz products, mine has a rare option box ticked:

Yes, that’s a six-speed manual transmission!

It’s great to finally get to post here, I’ll have more content up soon!

TheHondaBro > way2blu does a rev update 06/29/2016 at 15:25

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Welcome!

Don’t get too close to Party-vi. I hear he bites.

EL_ULY > way2blu does a rev update 06/29/2016 at 15:26

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Hello, I am Uly :]

S65 > way2blu does a rev update 06/29/2016 at 15:28

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Maxyenko is mean. Stay out the basement!

Tripper > way2blu does a rev update 06/29/2016 at 15:30

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Welcome! A Six-Speed W203? You’ve come to the right place!

E90M3 > way2blu does a rev update 06/29/2016 at 15:34

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Save the manuals! That’s awesome, and welcome to oppo

$kaycog > way2blu does a rev update 06/29/2016 at 15:39

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Hi, new person! Welcome to Oppo!

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > way2blu does a rev update 06/29/2016 at 15:40

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What are the numbers skickied to your dash about?

way2blu does a rev update > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 06/29/2016 at 15:46

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Those are my autocross times from this past weekend! I’ve still got a lot to learn, most competitive times were under 60.

way2blu does a rev update > E90M3 06/29/2016 at 15:52

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Thanks! Manual Mercedes is best Mercedes!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > way2blu does a rev update 06/29/2016 at 15:53

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Hey! Welcome to OPPO.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > way2blu does a rev update 06/29/2016 at 15:54

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The big thing that I found which dropped my Rallycross times was to stop treating the cones as apexes and instead think of them as objects you have to avoid. The quickest path between two points is a straight line. In rallycross you set yourself up so that you are already pointing at the next cone by the time you get to the one before. Not sure about the relevance of that technique to autocross (you tend to slide the car a lot more in a rallycross environment. Also the course changes run to run as cars tear up the ground meaning you can’t learn the course like you can in autocross). Also look as far along the road as you can, the car will go where you are looking. If you are looking at the cones you will end up hitting them.

E90M3 > way2blu does a rev update 06/29/2016 at 15:56

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I rented a manual Mercedes in Europe and I agree. I just wish they offered AMGs with a manual, I’m sure the uptake would be minimal but hey maybe some people would buy one.

Connqr > way2blu does a rev update 06/29/2016 at 16:10

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Welcome, fine sir.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > way2blu does a rev update 06/29/2016 at 16:32

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Welcome

RT > way2blu does a rev update 06/29/2016 at 18:13

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Welcome, it’s always good to see a new Opponaut arrive.

Liam Farrell > way2blu does a rev update 06/29/2016 at 18:41

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Thoughts on proper Land Rovers

way2blu does a rev update > Liam Farrell 06/29/2016 at 19:45

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