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

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

      This is Ozzie.

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      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      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
      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
    • 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
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • SS glamour shots - after paint correction and ceramic coat

      The previous owner had somehow put tons of light scratches on the clear, despite only driving the car 1300 miles. So nice to get her “perfect”, if only for a while. No garage queens at my house…

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      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction

    Latest posts made by davesaddiction

    • RE: It begins… 6-wheel Bronco

      @ForSweden

      What is this lifestyle?

      Conspicuous consumption?

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • RE: It begins… 6-wheel Bronco

      @Shop-Teacher

      I’ll never understand, but okay.

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • RE: It begins… 6-wheel Bronco

      @Shop-Teacher

      It takes something perfectly functional/capable and makes it less so.

      @functionoverfashion!

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • RE: It begins… 6-wheel Bronco

      @Mark-Tucker

      Sold for $180k.

      https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/2021-FORD-BRONCO-CUSTOM-6X6-SUV-APOCALYPSE-DARK-HORSE-256585

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • RE: It begins… 6-wheel Bronco

      @Sam-Blockhan

      It’s stupid.

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • It begins… 6-wheel Bronco

      A friend’s spot.

      [puke]

      It’s the Apocalypse.

      No, really.

      https://www.motor1.com/news/572716/apocalypse-manufacturing-ford-bronco-6x6-dark-horse/

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      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • RE: DOTS..Freemont Michigan horse power

      @tophercrowder @e90m3

      Actually…

      Watt's estimates were fairly accurate: one horsepower is roughly the average rate of work a healthy draught horse can do over a full day, confirmed by data from the 1925 Iowa State Fair and by English veterinary surgeon William Youatt.

      In 1993, biologists R. D. Stevenson and R. J. Wassersug published a letter to Nature in which they estimated the maximum power output a horse can muster. Previous studies had shown that the maximum sustainable mechanical power per kilogram of muscle is between 100 and 200W. Using the lower bound, they calculated a theoretical peak performance of 18,000W, or around 24 horsepower.

      Looking at data from the 1925 Iowa State Fair, they found a much lower real-world value. Over a short period of time, they calculate, a horse can exert up to 14.9 horsepower.

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • RE: ‘Keep pushing’

      @MybirdIStheword

      Shouldn’t have taken 5 hours to get here.

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • RE: Musk's (attempted) takeover of Twitter

      @facw

      “dirty tricks”, amirite?

      posted in OPPolitics
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction
    • RE: ouch (F1)

      @Snakesm13

      Maybe Seb's too worried about emissions to push the throttle that bit harder?


      Had to make the joke, but I do respect him for having the conversation and being willing to take criticism.

      posted in Oppositelock
      davesaddiction
      davesaddiction