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    davesaddiction

    @davesaddiction

    Ever in search of the ideal three-pedal dad-mobile:
    Acura Legend to Mazda 3s hatch to E90 M3 to SS Sedan (+ 3rd gen Tacoma)
    Plotting future Porsche/Miata/Lotus/Caterham/Ariel ownership...

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    Best posts made by davesaddiction

    • addiction: the next generation

      Kid 1 has his first car, 8 months early.

      I’m really going to enjoy driving this somewhat regularly while he works to pay off his half this summer.

      It’s not fast, by any means, but it rides and handles really well, and gets great gas mileage. Reminds me a lot of my ‘05 3s hatch (but longer and heavier).

      We paid the current “crazy used car prices” tax, for sure, but we both felt like this car was pretty much perfect for him (he’s the one that found it on AutoTrader), and I don’t see much changing in the next 6 months.

      2015 Mazda 6s i Sport manual, one owner, 107k, well-maintained. It was in a fender bender at some point - you might notice the paint on the front clip isn’t a perfect match, but I got underneath and confirmed any damage was superficial.

      Was listed at $13.5k; drove it off for $12.8k. He’s got about $2500 in the bank from ref-ing soccer matches, so just about 4 grand to go. Told him I’d cover his insurance until he gets his first ticket or accident.

      Hopefully he’ll get at least 5-6 good years of use out of it.

      Nice to have another Mazda in the family.

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      Bonus F-100:

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      posted in Oppositelock
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      davesaddiction
    • Milestone: 20k Posts on The Hyphen

      That's... quite a lot.

      Keep it up, y'all!

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      If you love this place, and haven't contributed yet (or lately) hit up the "Donate" button below (lower left). 😉

      Eternal thanks again to @jminer and the @Curators crew for giving this community a landing place following the Kinjapocalypse, and then keeping our online home not only alive and kicking, but thriving as we [pedal on the right!] into the future.

      Long live OPPO.

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      posted in Oppositelock
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      davesaddiction
    • Rejoice with me, OPPO. My oldest son has become a “car guy”.

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      posted in Oppositelock
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    • I, too, desire pupper upvotes.

      This is Ozzie.

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      posted in Oppositelock
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      davesaddiction
    • Welcome to all DTers!

      Please comment below if you're joining OPPO from DriveTribe.

      A very special welcome to our LaLD brothers & sisters!

      https://opposite-lock.com/topic/32952/drivetribe-shuttering-can-lald-and-oppo-be-together-again

      Opponauts, please join me in welcoming our new members, and if you're on DT, invite people to join us here!

      Lots of good info here on how our posting system works:

      https://opposite-lock.com/topic/170/the-opposite-lock-user-guide-updated-july-15th-2021-10-35pm-ast

      And lots of good info here on how things work around this place!

      https://opposite-lock.com/topic/1977/oppo-guidelines-and-user-manual-guide-last-updated-november-30th-2021

      @madj-minj @Nathan-A @sn210 @Ethan-Degge @Vincent-Höhlich @car_guy_92 @Shelby-Cobra-427 @philiphilip @Logan-Page @Hemi_fan @Jack-Bebo @JL-Lambey @Jan-PL @Pijus-Prakapas @Gabriel-Santos @Random-guy @MarcusM @MicahDT - welcome!

      DTers - please make a post in your tribes inviting your fellow enthusiasts to OPPO!

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • Hey DTers! PLEASE read this first before posting.

      Some of you old-timers could use this reminder, too...

      All hail the 🦀,
      your @Curators team

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • The Best of OPPO @ the Hyphen, Round 11

      Continuing the great work of @DasWauto, and the work several of us carried on under his banner at OppoBlog on Kinja, sifting through the fire hose of OPPO to find diamonds among the shitposts, we present to you...

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      For any of you who have been featured, thank you for helping to make OPPO awesome!

      Please feel free to add the image above to your post, with a link back here, if you'd like. My hope is that this small token of recognition from our community will encourage others to put in the time for long-form articles or high-quality photography, or to start great conversations, or take more trips or start more builds and share them here, and maybe, possibly, to get a few more aspiring writers and photogs their start on a career in automotive journalism, like several OPPO alums have done in years past.


      Here are the Opponauts featured in The Best of OPPO since January 20th (yes... FOUR months worth - sorry it's been a while!):

      @OhCrikeyTheRozzers with a TwoWheelsGood that MUST be read and @AestheticsInMotion's follow-up

      @Shop-Teacher found & bought his old Apollo!

      @GrindIntoSecond's Mini, Winston

      @TheJWT's series, Stories from a Classic Car Club Intern

      @gertman2000's incredible wooden '57 Chevy
      (clearly published before @jminer's image limit was added!)

      Go snag @1969r16's shirt on Blipshift before it's gone!

      @FourMalibus @annoying_salman @carsofwalnutgrove @Miss-Mercedes @Powered_By_Howard @sony1492 @AestheticsInMotion @derp @jminer @AMGtech @i86hotdogs @Taylor-Martin @Snakesm13 @AkioOhtori @Barchetta @t0ast @RacinBob @CB @TheJWT @tophercrowder @Wrong-Wheel-Drive @skimaro @Zaphod-s-Heart-of-Gold @Alfalfa @Gabriella @MybirdIStheword @Mark-Tucker @Chariotoflove @EssExTee @CarsOfFortLangley @Eury @KITT222 @GibbsEmphasis @DSM_OR_DIE @Exage03040 @Poor_sh @RallyWrench @Barchetta @e90m3 @MUSASHI66 @StuckMTB @Just-Jeepin @Nick-Hynds @Noodles @Arch-Duke-Maxyenko @Huzer @Pabuuu @nickhasanexocet @BeaterGT @spacekraken @Sam-Blockhan @Hamster-V10 @philiphilip @sn210 @HotWheelsAndFriedChicken @Exage03040 @JunkleMKVII @ibRAD

      Check out the best from @HammerheadFistpunch & crew at Overland

      And, as always:

      @ttyymmnn & @Skyfire77 at Flight Opps

      @ranwhenparked at Shiplopnik

      @Urambo-Tauro at JustRolledIntoTheShop


      Authors - if you don't already have a thumbnail image on your featured post(s), please add one.

      Here are just a few of the great posts featured recently:

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      . . . Click HERE for The Best of OPPO . . .


      FYI - user's posts are not moved over to Best of OPPO until they're at least a week old. If we've missed your article, I apologize (thumbnails and good titles help out a lot) - please feel free to send me a private message with the link, and if it's worthy, I'll add it.


      Stay excellent,
      Dave

      p.s. - hey @The-Autopian, @David-Tracy @mikespin @Stef-Schrader @Miss-Mercedes @LJ909, I'm sure some of these articles are more than worthy of a feature on The Autopian or The Drive or Jalopnik. Just sayin...

      Reach out to the author(s) and make it happen!

      posted in Oppositelock the best of oppo
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • RE: Sorry guys 😐

      @C4P-5L0W

      You sadly didn't receive a lot of content on my profile

      We don't need content from everyone. This isn't DriveTribe.

      Some of the most well-respected members here hardly ever post their own topics, they just make fantastic comments.

      Read more, upvote freely, and comment when you have something to add.

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • Patrick George now Editor-at-Large at The Autopian

      Thank you Beau Boeckmann for helping to make @The-Autopian happen.

      Torch
      @David-Tracy
      Hardigree
      George
      @Miss-Mercedes
      @Mark-Tucker's Shitbox Showdown

      @Stef-Schrader's written for them, too.

      Just don't kill it with ads like Jellopicnic or The Drive, please.

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • forgive me, UppU

      All hail the 🦀

      They are delicious, though…

      We had some soft-shelled for Valentine's Day.

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      posted in Oppositelock shitpost
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    Latest posts made by davesaddiction

    • RE: Is Rivian going to make it?

      @ash78 said in Is Rivian going to make it?:

      It's their market to lose.

      The high-end EV truck/SUV market?

      I suppose you're right in that some of those buyers would not buy a Ford/Chevy/Ram regardless of how good it is.

      (and Hummer buyers are a totally different set)

      posted in Oppositelock
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      davesaddiction
    • RE: Nikki Haley will run for president

      I firmly believe that if Trump does not get the nomination, he'll have no reservations destroying the chances of the person that does get it.

      https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-shares-video-2024-presidential-rival-nikki-haley-run-2023-2

      posted in OPPolitics
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      davesaddiction
    • RE: Is Rivian going to make it?

      @awesomeaustinv

      Ford retains about a 10% stake.

      https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a39944267/rivian-stock-ford-sells-8-million-shares/

      Amazon owns at least that as well.

      https://www.businessandleadership.com/investment/item/jeff-bezos-amazon-rivian-startup/

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • RE: To Beef or not to beef

      @Wrong-Wheel-Drive

      It's some incredible science, is what it is.

      Hope the price is half to 3/4 of beef soon. If a decent percentage of all ground beef and pork become plant-based in the not too-distant future, it could have some really positive effects.

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • RE: I guess Tump just confirmed that he is a member of "the mob"

      @fintail

      can't be

      Doesn’t mean he won’t be.

      posted in OPPolitics
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • RE: Is Rivian going to make it?

      @Herb

      Having spent a decade working for a publicly traded company in the past, I know all about doing dumb stuff to try to get the market to notice.

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • RE: THIS IS THE END

      @RallyWrench

      Not if I see you first.

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • RE: I guess Tump just confirmed that he is a member of "the mob"

      @fintail

      Just saying, nobody thought he could win in 2016, either. Biden is a much weaker candidate than he was in 2020. I’d like to hope our country wouldn’t elect someone as unhinged as Trump clearly is, but at this point, I wouldn’t put it past them…

      posted in OPPolitics
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • RE: LaLD: I'm pretty sure that's a Lambo

      @Noodles

      Digging the profile!

      posted in Oppositelock
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      davesaddiction
    • RE: I guess Tump just confirmed that he is a member of "the mob"

      @fintail

      You’re willing to risk 4 more years of him as president (to further damage the GOP)?

      posted in OPPolitics
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction