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    ScoutingForZen

    @ScoutingForZen

    An original Oppositelock alumnus and chemical engineer by education, I'm a former MotorBiscuit staff writer and producer. Currently, I'm a research editor for Car and Driver magazine. And when I'm not writing, driving my Abarth, or riding my Moto Guzzi, I like cycling, hiking, and reading sci-fi, fantasy, and manga.

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    Website www.caranddriver.com/ Location Ypsilanti, MI Age 30

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    Best posts made by ScoutingForZen

    • AIDS/LifeCycle Oppo Request

      Hi Oppo,
      It feels awkward asking this, but I need your help. I'm taking part in this year's AIDS/LifeCycle event, a 545-mile bicycle ride from San Francisco to LA in June that benefits the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and Los Angeles' LGBT Center. The training I can handle, but I'd like to ask anyone who's comfortable to donate to help me help those living with HIV and AIDS: https://giving.aidslifecycle.org/participant/Skwarczek2023
      Thank you very much!
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      posted in Oppositelock charity cycling
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    • Battle of the Brits Detroit 2022

      Are you a fan of classic British cars and/or motorcycles? Do you live somewhere in the vicinity of Detroit? If so, the Battle of the Brits is today, 9/11/2022, from 10 am - 5 pm EST, at Camp Dearborn, 1700 General Motors Rd, Milford, MI 48380.
      Hope to see the Oppo fam there!
      2021-BOB-001.jpg

      posted in Oppositelock
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      ScoutingForZen
    • Chicago Retro Cafe Weekend Car Show

      Hello fellow Oppos,
      If anyone in and around Chicago has time this weekend, a buddy of mine is organizing a car show on Saturday, May 7th. The details are in the image. Retro Cafe Cytro Enterainment Car Show poster.png

      posted in Oppositelock
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    • RE: What Do You Do Outside of Oppo?

      @CarsOfFortLangley I genuinely get paid to write about cars and motorcycles over at MotorBiscuit, for which I am eternally grateful to the Oppo community.

      posted in Oppositelock
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      ScoutingForZen
    • RE: ICYMI Top Gun Maverick is free on Prime

      @xsnowpig
      Thanks for the heads up! I absolutely did not expect to enjoy Maverick as much as I did. That shot of the plane on its hypersonic flight, framed against space...gorgeous.

      posted in Oppositelock
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      ScoutingForZen
    • RE: WE're Going Cruisin'

      @HFV_Junkyardin
      Nothing says classy like a Jag XK120: alt text
      https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1953-jaguar-xk120-roadster-29/

      posted in Oppositelock
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      ScoutingForZen
    • RE: Come on guys, are CVT's that bad?

      @Urambo-Tauro God, I hated my dad's Sentra's CVT. But the one in the current Civic is way better--no drone, just a light hum

      posted in Oppositelock
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      ScoutingForZen
    • RE: Oppo/Autopian DT Farewell Party - Who's coming?

      @KITT222
      Count me DEFINITELY in

      posted in Oppositelock
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      ScoutingForZen
    • RE: SHow Me Watches that aren't Seikos.

      @HFV_Junkyardin
      Nice! Yeah, if I was going to buy a G-Shock, I'd buy something brighter so I could still read the button labels even in the dark. And now I'm browsing G-Shocks to accompany my two Seikos...

      posted in Oppositelock
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    • RE: Anyone Read Books?

      @Tripper
      No shame in taking multiple tries to get through a book, it happened to me with "Dune". And I still haven't read the main Lord of the Rings books--though I loved "The Hobbit"--because I simply couldn't get through them.

      As for recommendations, Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere books are at the top of my list. Especially the Mistborn and Stormlight Archive series. I'm also a fan of Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid series, Tracy Deon's Legendborn books, and Xiran Jay Zhao's Iron Widow. For non-fiction stuff, Mary Roach's books are hilarious and educational.

      Also, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" is what helped cement my desire to start riding. Finished the MSF about 4-5 years ago, haven't looked back since.

      posted in Oppositelock
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    Latest posts made by ScoutingForZen

    • RE: Bought a thing.

      @Superdave847
      Oh, that is BRILLIANT, and the interior is rad!

      posted in Oppositelock
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    • RE: Yet another post dreaming about two-wheels good

      @annoying_salman
      As someone who dreamed for years of learning how to ride, I say, if you have the money to spare and time to properly learn, go for it.
      I've made so many friends and memories from riding, and gained a new perspective about driving as well as myself from it.
      As they say, if you never try, you'll never know.

      posted in Oppositelock
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      ScoutingForZen
    • RE: A proper weekend of cycling

      @Wrong-Wheel-Drive
      I'm doing the San Francisco to LA AIDS/LifeCycle ride, not sure which parts we'll be going through exactly, I need to check the route again.

      posted in Oppositelock
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    • RE: A proper weekend of cycling

      @Wrong-Wheel-Drive
      These shots--and the bikes--are gorgeous! Hopefully I'll see some similar vistas when I'm in Cali in a few weeks.

      posted in Oppositelock
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      ScoutingForZen
    • RE: The first entries of Oppo Rally 2023

      If I wasn't so busy this summer I'd ride out on a motorcycle and run support

      posted in Oppositelock
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    • RE: Wanna help me pick my next car?

      @Nibby
      They're getting harder to find, but maybe a decent Subaru Legacy 2.5 GT Spec.B? Or a Mazdaspeed 6?
      They're decently modern, offer AWD shenangian opportunities, and the Spec.B is basically an adultier WRX from what I've heard.
      You can actually get W212 wagons in the $15-$20K range (though you'd be bumping close to or above 100k miles), they've got above-average reliability from what Consumer Reports says. You could also get a 2008-2009 W211--they avoid some of the quality issues the early W211s had.

      posted in Oppositelock
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    • RE: Cheers oppo!! Dad’s biopsy is 100% cancer free

      @MUSASHI66
      Hallelujah! My dad went through surgery and chemo for colorectal cancer, glad both our dads are cancer free!

      posted in Oppositelock
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    • RE: Happy Birthday to me...miata

      @Scary
      Hell yeah, winter Miata! I remember ripping snownuts in my NB--fun times

      posted in Oppositelock
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    • RE: I used to be with "it"

      @CB
      The "it" that can be named is not the Eternal "it"

      posted in Oppositelock
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    • RE: WE're Going Cruisin'

      @HFV_Junkyardin
      Nothing says classy like a Jag XK120: alt text
      https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1953-jaguar-xk120-roadster-29/

      posted in Oppositelock
      ScoutingForZen
      ScoutingForZen