Car Chat

[Laconian]

2010

[cawimmer430]

GOD DAMN     

[mzziaz]

My brother's getting rid of his Prius. 125k miles and it's drinking a quart of oil per 500 miles. GTFO!

It's either Volt or Bolt for him; he can't decide on which to buy.

The Bolt is a great car, but it depends a bit on his needs. If he does a lot of long distance driving, I think a Bolt would be a bit tiresome.

[MX793]

Witnessed what was possibly the stupidest, most avoidable car collision I've ever seen today.  Leaving work, the exit to our business part enters a divided 4-lane boulevard directly across from another street.  Person on the opposite street, in a midsize sedan (Camry, I think) is turning left onto the boulevard.  There was a Jeep exiting our business park who I think was going straight(?).  Cars were at an absolute crawl because traffic was kind of backed up.  Then I watch the Jeep driver step on the gas and just ram into the rear, passenger's quarter of the sedan.  No idea what the hell they were thinking.

[ifcar]

Witnessed what was possibly the stupidest, most avoidable car collision I've ever seen today.  Leaving work, the exit to our business part enters a divided 4-lane boulevard directly across from another street.  Person on the opposite street, in a midsize sedan (Camry, I think) is turning left onto the boulevard.  There was a Jeep exiting our business park who I think was going straight(?).  Cars were at an absolute crawl because traffic was kind of backed up.  Then I watch the Jeep driver step on the gas and just ram into the rear, passenger's quarter of the sedan.  No idea what the hell they were thinking.

Watching to the left for a gap in traffic and never turning their head to see the Camry that sneaked up in front of them?

[MX793]

Watching to the left for a gap in traffic and never turning their head to see the Camry that sneaked up in front of them?

Traffic light controlled; we had a green light.

[cawimmer430]

BMW Welt | BMW Museum uses Mercedes Sprinter buses. Amusing. 

[ifcar]

Traffic light controlled; we had a green light.

Weird. Maybe pedal misapplication.

[12,000 RPM]

JFC

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2017/08/prestige-airport-replaces-handicap-parking-lexus-spaces/

This is like those companies that tried to brand the eclipse

[93JC]

Yeah, obviously that made the local news here and went over about as well as one would expect. No one likes the Calgary Intl. Airport anymore, the Airport Authority turned into bloodsucking SOBs a while ago.

It used to be you could park in "short-term" parking for no cost if you were there for less than half an hour. It was great at keeping vehicular traffic on the arrivals level to a minimum. Now it's $3.75 for the first half-hour, $4.75 for the next half-hour, and $8.49 for every hour thereafter. And by that I mean if you stay for 31 minutes you get charged $3.75 for the first 30 minutes and $4.75 for the last one. The short-term lot now sits mostly empty because everyone balks at the cost, and the traffic on the arrivals level is a colossal clusterfuck.

Want to take a cab? They sold "exclusive rights" to fare pickups to Associated Cabs, and charge an additional $4.50 fee for every pickup from the airport.

Want to take Uber? They're not allowed to pick you up at the arrivals level, you have to go to a "waiting area" (read: shitty parking lot) to find your driver.

They opened a new international terminal last year, but didn't provide any drinking fountains in it and had minimal seating at the gates. They didn't want you to wait at the gate for your departure: they wanted you to wait for your flight nearer the centre of the terminal, where all the shops are. You have to go through all the duty-free shops to get the departure gates; I don't mean walking past the shops, I mean walking right through the middle of the shops, through aisles of shelving.

The airport are a bunch of money-grubbing cocksuckers.

[giant_mtb]

Man, you should see how chill our airport is.  Two whole terminals and you even get to walk on the actual runway and climb the stairs, just like the President!

[FoMoJo]

JFC

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2017/08/prestige-airport-replaces-handicap-parking-lexus-spaces/

This is like those companies that tried to brand the eclipse

That's pretty nauseating.

[93JC]

They spent $2,000,000,000 on this:





Guess they need to pay for it somehow.

[giant_mtb]

I dunno why, but I kinda like airports.  They're so busy, yet so anonymous.

[FoMoJo]

I dunno why, but I kinda like airports.  They're so busy, yet so anonymous.

I used to like airports until we had to make a connection at Heathrow, twice.  Missed the connection both times due to having to change terminals, crowds and having to go through security again.  Crazy place.

[MexicoCityM3]

I dunno why, but I kinda like airports.  They're so busy, yet so anonymous.

If you have a little time to relax, people watching at airports is interesting.

[MexicoCityM3]

BMW Welt | BMW Museum uses Mercedes Sprinter buses. Amusing. 

Why not? I am sure they use Daimler commercial vehicles in many roles. Including as semis to deliver their cars.

[Raza]

If you have a little time to relax, people watching at airports is interesting.

Airport bars are some of the most interesting places to meet people.

[12,000 RPM]

Airport bars are some of the most interesting places to meet people.

Along with hotel bars

[Soup DeVille]

If you have a little time to relax, people watching at airports is interesting.

Back when I drove limos, before 9/11 when you could go through security without a ticket, I used to like the airport in the very early hours, when almost nobody was there. It was vast and somewhat unsettling, like a momentary ghost town. Most of the lights were on motion detectors you know; and sometimes an entire corridor would light up just for you; or the moving walkway would start as you approach it.

[Raza]

Back when I drove limos, before 9/11 when you could go through security without a ticket, I used to like the airport in the very early hours, when almost nobody was there. It was vast and somewhat unsettling, like a momentary ghost town. Most of the lights were on motion detectors you know; and sometimes an entire corridor would light up just for you; or the moving walkway would start as you approach it.

Momentary ghost town.  I like that description.

Reminds me of late nights at the office.  When there'd be no one in the office but me, maybe one other person, and the security guard.  Occasionally the cleaning crew.  But not at like 1-2AM.

[FoMoJo]

Something for your collection...

At $40,000, the ultimate watch for the car enthusiast

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2017/08/23/singer-vehicle-design-porsche-chonograph/104899996/

[Soup DeVille]

Gee, nobody noticed my last watch; I'll get a bigger one this time!

[Raza]

Gee, nobody noticed my last watch; I'll get a bigger one this time!

It's actually not that big.  43mm.  Not small, but not that big. 

[MrH]

I absolutely love the design on it.  I'm not sure how it works still exactly. The inner hands are the chrono?  What tells the time?  The outer indicator is the hour, but where are the minute and second hands?

[MX793]

Hours is the outermost ring (index line at bottom of dial).  Minutes is a concentric ring just inside of that (using the same index marker).  I don't believe there's a running seconds hand or readout.

[Soup DeVille]

It's actually not that big.  43mm.  Not small, but not that big. 

If that's 43mm, he dude wearing it has one of those atrophied mutant arms, or is a very hairy four year old.

[veeman]

Yeah, obviously that made the local news here and went over about as well as one would expect. No one likes the Calgary Intl. Airport anymore, the Airport Authority turned into bloodsucking SOBs a while ago.

It used to be you could park in "short-term" parking for no cost if you were there for less than half an hour. It was great at keeping vehicular traffic on the arrivals level to a minimum. Now it's $3.75 for the first half-hour, $4.75 for the next half-hour, and $8.49 for every hour thereafter. And by that I mean if you stay for 31 minutes you get charged $3.75 for the first 30 minutes and $4.75 for the last one. The short-term lot now sits mostly empty because everyone balks at the cost, and the traffic on the arrivals level is a colossal clusterfuck.

Want to take a cab? They sold "exclusive rights" to fare pickups to Associated Cabs, and charge an additional $4.50 fee for every pickup from the airport.

Want to take Uber? They're not allowed to pick you up at the arrivals level, you have to go to a "waiting area" (read: shitty parking lot) to find your driver.

They opened a new international terminal last year, but didn't provide any drinking fountains in it and had minimal seating at the gates. They didn't want you to wait at the gate for your departure: they wanted you to wait for your flight nearer the centre of the terminal, where all the shops are. You have to go through all the duty-free shops to get the departure gates; I don't mean walking past the shops, I mean walking right through the middle of the shops, through aisles of shelving.

The airport are a bunch of money-grubbing cocksuckers.

I didn't know people use drinking fountains anymore.  I don't think I've used one in the past 10 years.  The whole parking thing seems to be emulating American airports, which is a bad thing.  They don't charge family members/friends for drop off or picking up though, I hope. 

[cawimmer430]

Who wants a Cadillac pillow? 

[93JC]

I didn't know people use drinking fountains anymore.  I don't think I've used one in the past 10 years.

Still fairly common here. Modern ones have bottle-filling spigots on them:

They don't charge family members/friends for drop off or picking up though, I hope. 

Not yet!