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Fun Stuff => CHATTER => Topic started by: Runs_With_Scissors on 23 Nov 2010, 02:38
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In a non Bro sort of way.
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No. This is not that sort of forum.
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are you saying we are a bro forum?
OH WAIT, I know this: because ally likes cars. and she doesn't want us to disgrace car talk???
Vehicles are also boats.
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I like the lack of specification in the thread title.
(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:4F8VksiWNGAIOM:http://www.tankchair.com/img/home.jpg&t=1)
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I too like the lack of specificity;
(http://www.moredirt.co.uk/bikes/1510.jpg)
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We have a 4LOKO thread, maybe we are bros.
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I've only owned a car for a couple of years, I haven't owned a car in many years (in grad school I lived in a small city so I could walk everywhere, then I lived in the biggest city so it had a subway, now I still live in a big city so I still have a train to rely on,) I have no foreseeable need for a car, and yet I've already plotted out that I will get a pickup if and when I need a car. Probably a Tacoma, since that is pretty much the smallest pickup.
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Wait, can we be Hipsters and Bros?
I suppose we could emulate Bro culture ironically.
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Hipsters and Bros is the best name for something but I am not clever or well-rested enough to think of just what
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This forum?
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So have we turned this thread into a sports discussion yet?
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That bike could be used for sport I guess.
A sport which is inferior in every way to football.
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Football is inferior to football.
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Football is much too mainstream. I prefer football.
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Click here (http://tinyurl.com/2dhekcw) and all will be revealed.
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That bike could be used for sport I guess.
A sport which is inferior in every way to football.
You could try playing football with this bike (http://cassland.org/images/bootbicycle.jpg).
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Wait is Runs With Scissors that redhead from WAY back in the day?
Also I wanna sell my damn car and it's driving me crazy. Owning cars sucks.
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I've only owned a car for a couple of years, I haven't owned a car in many years (in grad school I lived in a small city so I could walk everywhere, then I lived in the biggest city so it had a subway, now I still live in a big city so I still have a train to rely on,) I have no foreseeable need for a car, and yet I've already plotted out that I will get a pickup if and when I need a car. Probably a Tacoma, since that is pretty much the smallest pickup.
Why a pickup? The ability to move stuff? You could get a station wagon (these days referred to as a crossover to be more cool) and carry most stuff while having the added benefit of more than 2 comfortable seats and not handling like a truck. Or you could probably get a new hatchback and be about the same size as an older station wagon.
I'm not a bro. Know how I know? Bros have lifted trucks and are afraid to take them on a dirt road for fear of getting the chrome muddy. I have a bone stock hatchback and take it on a road that is rougher than almost all the hiking trails I have been on.
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I'm not a bro. Know how I know? Bros have lifted trucks and are afraid to take them on a dirt road for fear of getting the chrome muddy. I have a bone stock hatchback and take it on a road that is rougher than almost all the hiking trails I have been on.
THIS!! I have a manual hatchback that i take up mountains in the snow. Passing trucks and SUV's on the way. Nothing makes my day better.
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Vehicles!
(http://www.eu-digest.com/uploaded_images/eurofighter-launching-long-range-missile-769701.jpg)
PEW FUCKING PEW
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I lived in my vehicle for a month this one time.
I slept in the trunk with my head sticking into the open back seat trunk access so the cops wouldn't see me if they walked by but I could still breath comfortably.
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my ride -
(http://lappi.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/image921jpg.jpg)
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Appropriately phallic.
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I just bought another vehicle! It is a little beater of a bike to get around on in the winter 'cause I don't want to expose my nice bike to the road salt and it's high-pressure road tires aren't really what you want on ice anyways.
Thinking I will paint it a la arctic commando from goldeneye.
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Appropriately phallic.
Tommy, not sure how to tell you this. If that looks like your dick you have a problem.
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It does but to be fair, I painted it myself.
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appropriately phallic for me or for you?
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I ride one of these a few times a week:
(http://www.urbancincy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Cincinnati-Metro-Bus.jpg)
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Appropriately phallic for everyone.
(http://questionq8.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/140-x600-dance-festival-open.jpg)
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(http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr352/photocliches/rocketpenis.jpg)
WOOOOSHHH!!!!
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Wait, can we be Hipsters and Bros?
I suppose we could emulate Bro culture ironically.
ive actually run into a few people who are kind of a cross between hipsters and bros, fascinating creatures.
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don't lie tania, more often than not yr ride is this little motherfucker (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/vanc/vanc-skytrain042-near-stadium1.jpg)
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Wait, can we be Hipsters and Bros?
If any description on the planet fits me, it's probably hipster-bro.
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(http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/08/Ten-Russian-7907.jpg)
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P-minus-three till ekranoplan
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Burning Man has the best vehicles.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs210.ash2/47298_136769756368498_126929984019142_184843_8299070_n.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/2826098181_f63a374652.jpg?v=0)
(Pedal powered, fully articulated neck and head movement, fire-breathing!)
(http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/1ds-10/burning-man-star-wars-art-car.jpg)
(http://jumpthewallsandrun.com/zach/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/neverwashaul.jpg)
(http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/7-flaming-biker-at-the-burning-man-festival2.jpg)
(http://burningcam.com/2006/photos/pictures/picture-112.jpg)
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(http://cassland.org/images/survivaball1.jpg)
(http://cassland.org/images/survivaball2.jpg)
(explanation (http://www.survivaball.com/index.php))
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@Onewheelwizzard
Cool, I now finally have an opinion on Burning Man. It is awesome.
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That bike could be used for sport I guess.
A bunch of people play organised bike polo (http://www.bikepolo.com.au/melbourne/) in Melbourne.
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I want an Aston Martin One-77.
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I want a DB9.
Harry, bike polo? Leave it to the Aussies to screw up something as already screwed up as cycleball (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPkss4Q5nvg&feature=related)
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The list of vehicles I've owned.
We start with the 1979 Chevy Suburban. Mine was solid blue and lacked the back door on the driver's side so it was a three door. The back seat was a bench that was bolted to the floor. It was either meant as work truck or it was going after the serial murder market. The gas gauge didn't work so I just put a few dollars in it every couple of days. It eventually died while I was pulling out of the driveway.
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t85/FangHamhands/2009-1-9_1979SuburbanWeb-Large.jpg)
Next up is the Chevy Malibu. I don't remember what year mine. I do remember it was a dark brown which was appropriate because it was a piece of shit. It took about a mile to get up to 35 mph. On the plus side whenever I attempted to accelerate I left a smoke screen that James Bond would've envied. I kept a case of oil in the trunk for this one. Whenever I came to a stop I had to brake with my left foot so I could keep the rpms up with my right foot otherwise the car would stall. It was good training for driving a manual transmission though.
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t85/FangHamhands/RonsMalibu1975010.jpg)
Next up was an old Ford LTD. I don't remember much about this one except that the fan would occasionally nick the radiator hose. I do not recommend finding a nick in a radiator hose on an engine that's been running awhile by using your hand. Also guzzled oil.
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t85/FangHamhands/Ford_LTD.jpg)
Next up is the first new car I bought. Continuing my trend of crappy cars I chose a Dodge Charger. Mine was silver and did not have Shelby on it like the one pictured does. I actually managed to get 99k miles on it before it went belly up. It was my first car with a manual transmission. I bought it before I knew how to drive one. It was good incentive to learn. With this car I discovered that you can drive a manual transmission car without using the clutch. I discovered this after the clutch cable broke when I was getting on the highway. A also learned that if your headliner starts falling you can put it back up with thumbtacks.
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t85/FangHamhands/1983_dodge_charger-pic-4616.jpg)
Next up was my first foreign car. A Toyota Camry (or was it Corolla? anyway it looked like the picture). I sold a car with 99k miles and bought one with over 100k miles. It made sense at the time. I had it a week before the timing chain broke. It was fixed free of charge though. I put another 40k on it I think.
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t85/FangHamhands/Toyota_Camry_1988_Jpn.jpg)
Then came my next new car. A 1996 Saturn SL2. By the way buying a new car right after you mother dies is not recommended. However I was not in the mood to deal with a car salesman so Saturn's no haggle thing appealed to me. I put over 100k miles on it and until the end never really gave me any problems. I was sad to see it go.
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t85/FangHamhands/96Saturn13.jpg)
Since I had pretty good luck with Saturn I bought another. A 2006 Saturn Ion. It has a sunroof. Do you know what happens when you put a hole in your roof? It leaks. After finding a foot of water in my car after a storm Saturn kept it for a week to let it dry out and fix it. The night I got it back there was a storm. Why, yes it did leak again. After another two days in the shop it was fixed again. I'd had the car less than a year at this point. It hasn't leaked since but I still get nervous when there's a heavy rain. I smarter man would've considered that an omen and gotten rid of it. I am not a smart man. The highlight is when, the night before my girlfriend and I were to leave on vacation, I discovered that I couldn't turn the key to the off position. Neither could I pull the key out. So I had a car that I could not shut off. Of all the car troubles I've had this was a new one. Eventually it was discovered how to shut the thing off and I got the car to the dealer in the morning. Two hours and $500 later I had the car back. This July the air-conditioner died. It will take $1000 to repair. My girlfriend pointed out the money would be better spent on a down payment for a new car.
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t85/FangHamhands/IMG_0124.jpg)
Next up? Probably a Toyota Rav4.
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FUCK YEAH SANDCRAWLER
(I have a 97 Subaru Legacy, his name is Hugo, he is a beast)
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Figures an Australian like you would buy a no-good Australian car.
No joke I knew someone that thought Subaru was Australian, probably because of the Outback.
Fang, you could probably sell the Saturn for at least $1000 more with working AC than without. I would suggest dumping that thing, though. Sun roofs aren't supposed to leak as long as you keep them closed, they are pretty much a window. My windows don't leak when there is blowing rain, no reason the sunroof should leak after it rains.
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My car is a purple manual 1994 Honda Civic with about 203,000 miles on it.
It looks pretty much like this:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/NvrTooMuchPython/6012820_1.jpg)
I am in general much in favor of public transportation and exercise (this is my other ride (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/NvrTooMuchPython/32194_460655052177_834577177_623066.jpg)), but sometimes I am very grateful for my little old bucket of bolts. Honda is pretty good for low-cost repairs--we've replaced the starter and the head gasket--and we get about 30 mpg (as good as the new Infinity hybrid sedan (http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/11/18/350-horsepower-30-mpg-infinitis-new-m35h-hybrid-sedan/), though obviously my car doesn't have nearly the same horsepower).
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No joke I knew someone that thought Subaru was Australian, probably because of the Outback.
If you go to Canberra or the far south coast of New South Wales then, like, every fourth or fifth car is a Subaru Outback.
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I bought my very first car 2 months ago, a 2001 Saturn with only 48000 on it.
Long ago I had a bike, but when I got my drivers license I decided to, "Sell it because I will never use it again." Of course now I want to use it cause I realize I am so damn close to everything and gas costs way too much for my liking.
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1st car 88 cavalier lasted maybe 50k miles before it thankfully died.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/5203170536_00f11c650f_m.jpg)
2nd car and the love of my life at the time 70 VW Bug. Mine was metallic blue and badass.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5203170558_d15aed9556_m.jpg)
Then i got married and exwife hated the bug so i had to buy this POS. WTF was i thinking...
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5202575761_574f3be7f5_m.jpg)
Finally divorced and bought what i wanted and got a 2009 versa with manual everything and have loved it since.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5203171042_991fb9d145_m.jpg)
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No joke I knew someone that thought Subaru was Australian, probably because of the Outback.
If you go to Canberra or the far south coast of New South Wales then, like, every fourth or fifth car is a Subaru Outback.
That's probably because they are brilliant cars! When I settle somewhere I'm just buying a newer version of Hugo
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Oh they totally are, my dad's had one for ages.
You know what else is a great car? The Mitsubishi Lancer. My brother has one that used to belong to our mum, it must be at least fifteen years old and sure it's got a few bumps and bruises but it still goes like a rocket.
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I have a car. It's blue. I used to have another car. It was nearly as old as me. It was silver.
Now I take the bus most places anyway and my car just sits at home being decorative.
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Yes, my first car was a '92 Lancer, actually! My grandparents bought it new or newish, then my parents bought it from them and I finally got it in '03 and drove it up to early '09, at which point I traded it back to my parents where he managed to get it to limp the 15 minutes either direction to work for another year and a half. It was putting out a lot of smoke by the end of it and it was a hell of a struggle to get it to do 100 km/h but it never had any major breakdowns that I can think of in the whole 18 years.
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- 1971 AMC Hornet Sportabout. Used to be my mom's old car. My grandfather had driven it, then gave it to me. I crashed it into a halfway-house apartment when the right-front wheel bearing broke.
- 1986(?) Renault Encore. This was actually my step-mom's car, but I ended up driving it mostly as my "work" car.
- 1990 Ford Escort LX. I bought this one essentially right out of college, when I was working for a Ford dealer. Nice little car that I probably could have driven into the ground, but decided not to.
- 1993 Ford Escort LX. This one was green and had a five-speed manual. By the time I was ready to chuck it, I think the clutch was paper-thin. Worst thing was in November of '96, when some idiot spray-painted over the DOLE/KEMP bumper sticker on the back bumper.
- 1997 Dodge Dakota SLT Extended Cab. First and only pickup I ever owned. Got a cap for the back a few months after I bought it. Six years later, third gear was slipping and I was getting tired of paying $$$$$ to fill it.
- 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser. My baby. As much as I hate this thing at times, I have to remind myself this is the car I wanted. The reminders sit on my desk, my dresser, my TV stand, and even in the cupholder of the car (yes, I have at least six die-cast models of my PT, including the one I keep in my car).
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I learnt to drive in my dad's Peugot 407 which was basically a spy car. It had ridiculous hidden compartments for no reason and had this awesome stereo display that made you feel like you could align a nuclear satellite with it. The boot opened by pressing a hidden button! It was also black and awesome and made no noise at all. Totally stealth.
I now drive my girlfriend's car occasionally (read: when we go out and she wants to have a drink or just doesn't feel like driving) and it is a Holden Viva. It's a pretty smooth ride and handles nicely.
My dad, now that I have my license, is always asking if I'd like to drive his car to see how nice it is. The man now drives a fucking cherry red Jaguar X-Type. I do not want to drive that car. He glares at you if you so much as think about scratching it.
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Oh they totally are, my dad's had one for ages.
You know what else is a great car? The Mitsubishi Lancer. My brother has one that used to belong to our mum, it must be at least fifteen years old and sure it's got a few bumps and bruises but it still goes like a rocket.
Oh hey I own a Lancer that used to belong to my mum and is at least 15 years old. It's got plenty of bumps but it feels worse and worse with every service :s
My first car was a JE Holden Camira wagon and I miss it every day.
I want my next car to be a busted old 3 series but it will probably be another station wagon because station wagons are the best.
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I have never technically had my own car, though that only bothers me when I go home and one of the family cars is in the shop so I have no way out of the house.
I am sad because my parents just had to sell the '94 (or was it a '95?) Toyota 4Runner that I learned to drive in and drove to high school every day. That car had memories attached, and I did not get to say goodbye =(
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I get to drive a 97 Honda Accord that was bought used for my sister in law, but she stopped driving it when she had her baby and found out that you can't get a car seat into the back because it's a two-door. It is called The Broke-Ass Honda even though it has been getting fixed up a few pieces at a time. It is a pretty good little car now that it has working brakes and the axle doesn't try to lock up whenever I turn left. In August I "totaled" it in a fender-bender with just over $3500 in damage but we fixed it. It looks like this but is missing two hubcaps:
(http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/503/1401/26255700001_large.jpg)
Also in the GIS results for "97 honda accord coupe black" I got this:
(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii115/keith_757_2/DoubleFacepalmRikerPicard.jpg)
*sigh*
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I don't think I'm ever going to be able to afford driving lessons, let alone a car.
At this point I'm not sure if there's much point. Cars are shite for the environment anyway.
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(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r309/van_donk_III/100_2130-1.jpg)
This is my vehicle. I wish my fucker of a mechanic would give it back.
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I drive one of these, basically.
(http://webiol.homenetinc.com/dealers/15415/31971/4081.jpg)
It is nice. Gets pretty awesome mileage, is just big enough to carry all of my drums or many of my friends. I end up chauffeuring a lot.
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Finally divorced and bought what i wanted and got a 2009 versa with manual everything and have loved it since.
I have very good memories of a 2009 Versa. *sigh*
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DF: man i want to ride around on amazon.
:mrgreen: : this kinda amazon?
(http://www.focusonfantasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/xena.jpg)
DF: no you dick i mean this kinda amazon.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IOGSxWkMNoc/SHZPn8cpWDI/AAAAAAAAB2U/1nhh9oqb3ZU/s400/Volvo%2BAmazon.jpg)
:psyduck:
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I swear to god I deleted this thread right after I posted it.
What I want:
(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t282/got_mules/EuclidBeachRocketCar2006.jpg)
What I have:
(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t282/got_mules/72758_455695495804_525270804_5547500_6583850_n.jpg)(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t282/got_mules/67574_445517475804_525270804_5377066_2674147_n.jpg)(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t282/got_mules/67574_445517470804_525270804_5377065_6087170_n.jpg)
His name is Boris. He gets terrible gas mileage. I can run over curbs and not notice. People don't park their cars next to me. I also have a '91 Explorer to make up for how cool Boris is.
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You need to paint Boris orange, Hartley. It's only logical.
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He's actually getting painted black next summer. At the moment I have lots of mechanical errors to fix. Apparently, home theater systems go in trucks. Wiring = screwed.
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I don't think I'm ever going to be able to afford driving lessons, let alone a car.
At this point I'm not sure if there's much point. Cars are shite for the environment anyway.
To be fair, that's like complaining that the carpet will be ruined because the sink is leaking when there is a monsoon going and you have no roof. Get a used small car (you guys have lots of clean diesels over there, don't you?) and you aren't going to be doing anything appreciable to the environment. Can't wait until the infrastructure for hydrogen cars gets to the point where they are practical, though. It will probably take another big fuel crisis or two. Then the supply of fossil fuel can go farther, when it is only used by old people that have no intention of selling their car when it still works just as well as when they bought it in 1980 and by people that drive for fun.
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I have lived with 27 cars so far; you can see them all in this album (http://cassland.org/Album/Cars/index.html) (these are pictures from Google, not my actual cars, but are mostly the right model and colour).
Here are the most special in various ways:
Standard Big Nine - the car I fell out of as an infant when a door came open on a corner - probably my very first reliable memory is lying on a rubber sheet in hospital while my scalp was stitched; I also remember the honeycomb radiator and the temperature gauge on top:
(http://cassland.org/images/Cars/1%20Standard%20Big%20Nine.jpg)
Hillman Husky - the car I learnt to drive in; it had four gears: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Emergency Low:
(http://cassland.org/images/Cars/2%20Hillman%20Husky.jpg)
Bedford Beagle - the car I took my girlfriend out in:
(http://cassland.org/images/Cars/3%20Bedford%20Beagle.jpg)
Morris Traveller - my own first car:
(http://cassland.org/images/Cars/4%20Morris%20Minor%201000%20Traveller.JPG)
Austin 1800 - the car I would most like to have again:
(http://cassland.org/images/Cars/5%20Austin1800.jpg)
Citroen BX - the car I had for longest (first as a company car, and then my wife bought it off the company - it did about 230,000 miles):
(http://cassland.org/images/Cars/6%20Citroen%20BX.jpg)
Peugeot 306 - probably the prettiest car I had, and fabulous to drive on country roads:
(http://cassland.org/images/Cars/7%20Peugeot%20306.jpg)
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What good buying a car I can't drive, have nowhere to park, can't insure etc.?
Oh hey what about vehicles we actually use.
(http://cdn.wn.com/pd/8a/53/63bb5349d530484267b633457818_grande.jpg)
Optare Tempo Bus
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2427/3648879542_52dfd44d0a.jpg)
British Rail Class 444 Siemens Desiro Electric Modular Train
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/3324070884_b29643a3b2.jpg)
MV Wight Light/MV Wight Sky/MV Wight Sun
(http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/RedFunnel/Red_Jet_4-01-igb.jpg)
Red Jet 4
(http://www.mddm.co.uk/Hover/images/bits/Hovertravel_hovercraft_01.jpg)
British Hovercraft Corporation AP1-88
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OK. Bike I go to work on (though I walk a lot these days):
(http://www.cassland.org/album/July2007Floods/slides/BikeInFlood.jpg)
As you see, flooding doesn't stop me.
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(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/9427/fareevasion420x0.jpg)
Look, it's even the route number you can take to get to my place. That one goes the long way round though.
(http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4613/608003paintbombersattac.jpg)
Trains! I don't get trains very often. Maybe once a week. They either look like this or this:
(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4539/trainwideweb470x3290.jpg)
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Bedford Beagle
It even looks strangely like a beagle!
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What good buying a car I can't drive, have nowhere to park, can't insure etc.?
Sounds like a personal issue to me. I do use my car. I expect Hartley uses her truck, and most people that have posted cars or trucks in here use theirs. Not everybody lives someplace where you can walk everywhere, or ride a bus everywhere. Or bike, I like to ride my bike, but doing the ride to school every day is a bit much in the late spring and early fall, and downright dangerous to impossible in the winter.
(http://www.mddm.co.uk/Hover/images/bits/Hovertravel_hovercraft_01.jpg)
British Hovercraft Corporation AP1-88
That is pretty cool, though. A hovercraft ferry?
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I have a car but I use it like, once a fortnight to drive to the shops. My Dad bought it for me brand new because he is a great Dad, but now that I live in the city I don't need it. He won't let me give it back to him so I still have to pay for rego and insurance (which is a BITCH in the inner city) in January! What a lousy month for it.
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Sounds like a personal issue to me.
Well er...yeah it's a personal issue? I never said I didn't see the point in cars. I was more saying like, I can't even afford to learn to drive. Kind of a lament? :?
Hovertravel is bitching but the mainland terminals in kind of a weird place, plus they won't run it in any sea-state above 4 because people are enormous pussies and they can't be bothered to put in furnishings you can easily wipe vomit off. Riding a hovercraft in even somewhat rough seas is, admittedly, something of an experience, but come on. If you're going to live on an island you gotta get used to the idea of the sea.
I have actually been on a red jet crossing where people were throwing up, incidentally. It ruined the ride; I hadn't had as much fun on the sea (whilst not soaking wet) since they stopped running the hydrofoils off of Ryde Pier. Now they were something; there's an instinctual level on which you know, for certain, that boats shouldn't actually fly. Certainly not 70 tonne passenger vessels going at 35 knots.
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Ah, okay. I thought you were saying that cars sucked and were useless in general, not that you couldn't afford them.
I need to ride a hovercraft at some point before I die. Not much opportunity in a landlocked state.
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Why don't we have hovercrafts its like England is light years ahead of us in this. I mean hell they even have Hover Lawnmowers (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flymo-Turbo-1500W-Electric-Hover/dp/B0001IWHRU)
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Well, we did invent Hovercraft over here, so there's that!
Hovercraft have been tried out in various places and various configurations. There used to be a cross-channel service that took cars before the chunnel opened. Unfortunately hovercraft have two significant problems
1)As mentioned above, their all but useless for passenger transport in anything but the calmest seas. I don't think they actually work full-stop in very rough seas. Even when it's like a millpond the ride quality is terrible. Whereas well-designed hulled vessels slice straight through small waves smoothly, hovercraft deliver every imperfection in the waters surface straight to your pelvis like a pneumatic jackhammer. Going over the wakes of large ships is like taking a speed-bump in a car at 60 mph.
2) They're insanely loud. this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHpXx2dHHAU&feature=related) gives some impression. Note how when the hovercraft turns its rotors towards the camera it completely blows out the microphone. They sound like jet aircraft taking off, all the time.
They are fucking nippy though. They go at about 40-50 mph, which seems more like 100 on the water.
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i don't have a license because i could never afford driver's ed
now i can just take the test, but that way i won't get insurance
anyway it doesn't matter, i bike everywhere
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs220.snc1/8719_1119564361079_1586130718_30687885_7050497_n.jpg)
/woo
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i got an ontario driver's license but because i moved before i could qualify for the full license, i've only got about two years left before it expires. even though i don't own a car and have no plans to in the near future, i'm trying to work out how to get a british columbia driver's license at some point just because it seems like a really useful thing to have... except i think i may have forgotten how to drive. and i don't think any of my friends will let me practice on their cars because i am a terrible driver. this might be complicated.
oh well! public transit rules anyway.
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here we go lol
my first car was almost exactly like this one, a 1988 ford taunus, which i had back when i was 16 or 17 i guess (had no license obv). got it for like 500$, then sold for about 1000$ :mrgreen: it was big and heavy, had no power steering, wobbly ride, and i loved it.
(http://b.imagehost.org/0975/tau.jpg)
then i got a fabia sw as a company car for about 6 months. shit mileage, shit auto gearbox. it felt like walking would be faster.
(http://b.imagehost.org/0978/fab.jpg)
after that one was a hyundai getz which was o.k. as a company car. drove it for about a year, broke a lot.
(http://d.imagehost.org/0388/getz.jpg)
around that time i bought my own car, a 2001 5.20i. i still miss that car, it was wonderful. got lpg fitted so had same mpg as the hyundai lol.
(http://d.imagehost.org/0061/bmw1.jpg)
after the bimmer i got a 2005 audi a3, sold it right away as i found out i HATE coupes.
(http://d.imagehost.org/0836/aud.jpg)
i had no car for about a year, then bought a 2008 golf. it was the tsi model with 140bhp, was so awesome. sold to a coworker same year.
(http://b.imagehost.org/0208/golf.jpg)
and my current car, 2006 3.20d, it feels like i've been paying for it for centuries. yet its a beautiful car with great mpg and performance so i'm not complaining.
(http://d.imagehost.org/0960/bmw2.jpg)
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Metropolitan public transport, you say?
Ding ding!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/47/B2.2021FlindersStreet.jpg)
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Why don't we have hovercrafts its like England is light years ahead of us in this. I mean hell they even have Hover Lawnmowers (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flymo-Turbo-1500W-Electric-Hover/dp/B0001IWHRU)
America has hovercraft. We just use ours to carry guns and people carrying guns.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/LCAC_of_ACU-5_at_Camp_Pendleton.jpg/800px-LCAC_of_ACU-5_at_Camp_Pendleton.jpg)
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(http://www.evanscycles.com/product_image/image/2f1/12f/e81/33458/product_page/specialized-allez-sport-2009-road-bike.jpg?1227138536)
My current transport.
(http://www.military-today.com/trucks/gaz_66.jpg)
My desired transport.
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My current transport.
hey i was thinkin' about buying one of those, but they go for 2-3k€ here, is it worth it?
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(http://www.military-today.com/trucks/gaz_66.jpg)
My desired transport.
Not sure if you desire it so you can just run over everything in your path but trust me they aren't fun to drive after awhile.
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hey i was thinkin' about buying one of those, but they go for 2-3k€ here, is it worth it?
Whaaat! Mine cost around €700 including pedals and shoes. Sounds like it'd be cheaper to fly here, buy one, and fly back (or cycle back).
Not sure if you desire it so you can just run over everything in your path but trust me they aren't fun to drive after awhile.
It's not so much about the driving as it is about turning it into a apocalypse-survival camper-van.
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€700
:psyduck:
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i'm trying to work out how to get a british columbia driver's license at some point just because it seems like a really useful thing to have.
You should just be able to exchange it. You'll be probably need a driver's abstract (and maybe proof of B.C. residence) but it's not like they're that hard to get. If Sam could exchange her Australian driver's license for an Ontario one, then I can't imagine it'd be harder between Canadian provinces.
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the thing is that both ontario and british columbia have these really complicated graduated licensing systems, which are probably useful in that they keep terrible inexperienced drivers off the road but REALLY irritating in that they result in you having to take a billion tests and wait anywhere from 2-3 years to get a full license from the point that you take your first written test. as a result i ended up moving from ontario before i qualified to test for the full license so i don't know how my weird halfway-there license works out here but i suspect the answer is going to involve a lot more money and more tests and more waiting periods and oh god driving is the worst why do people even do this
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Yeah you basically explained why I don't have a license of my own.
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What? I just answered some multiple choice questions about what you should do if you run over a child or see a policeman waving you over, clicked on a picture when I saw DANGER APPROACHING and then drove a guy around for half an hour without killing anyone, and now I am licensed to drive anywhere at any time with anyone in the car, and in about two weeks my insurance will drop in price (hilariously, I have not driven even a metre since I got my licence and am far more likely to kill someone now than I ever was at 17).
How can it be that complicated to get a licence? What do they achieve by making you spend two years trying to get one?
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I think it takes like 5 years to get a full licence here. Unless you're over 25 in which case it is fewer years, but it is still years.
EDIT:
Here it is
Pass the Driver Knowledge Test (DKT) – this gets you a learner licence.
Hold your learner licence at least 12 months for drivers under the age of 25. Complete 120 hours minimum driving practice (log book records the driving experience).
Pass the Driving Test – progress to a Provisional Licence – stage 1 (P1 or ‘red’ Ps).
Hold your P1 licence for a minimum of 12 months.
Pass the Hazard Perception Test – progress to Provisional Licence – stage 2 (P2 or ‘green’ Ps).
Hold your P2 licence for a minimum of 24 months.
Pass the Driver Qualification Test (DQT) – progress to a full licence.
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yeah the idea is that there are restrictions for each level so that you basically can't get a full license until you have had at least 2-3 years of driving experience. the main problem with being stuck with anything that isn't a full license (in ontario, anyway, i'm assuming it's the same here on the west coast) is that you only have a few years before it expires, at which point you have to start the entire process all over again. right from the beginning. this is all well and good if you own a car and you drive it every day and have lots of time to practice but if you are like me and you don't own or want a car and you have basically no driving experience but you still want a license because being legally allowed to drive really makes life easier in a lot of ways, it becomes a lot more complicated and annoying. like, at this point i could technically go test for the full license at any time except i haven't driven a car at all since august and i don't know the road laws here and i don't have a car that i can drive around to figure all that out so there's a really good chance i'll end up failing and it'll just end up being a huge waste of money and i already have a god damn license so i don't understand why it's going to expire and it's just so fucking dumb. driving is the worst.
may, the idea is that they want to make the roads safer by only letting experienced drivers drive on their own. the irony is that vancouver has easily some of the absolute worst drivers i have ever seen in my life. nearly every time i have gone out for a run i have been nearly hit by someone who didn't look at all before they pulled out or made a turn... actually, if british columbia's standards are that low maybe i could actually take the test without having driven in months and still be okay. hmmm.
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Complete 120 hours minimum driving practice (log book records the driving experience).
hate this hate this hate this hate this hate this
hate this
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Me too, I have been trying to teach my boyfriend but it just keeps going forever and it seems like there will always be 100 hours left to go
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I just took a half semester class in school, then drove for like 8 hours during the summer. Didn't have to take any further tests, just went to the DMV and waited in line.
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I think it takes like 5 years to get a full licence here. Unless you're over 25 in which case it is fewer years, but it is still years.
Yeah, I'm so glad I just squeaked in under the old system where you could get a full license in as little as 18 months. Under the current system, the minimum time to get a full license is four years.
The Graduated Licensing Scheme is massively freighted with middle-class assumptions about easy access to vehicles, and willing, committed fully-licensed "supervising drivers" (usually family members) who must ride with the trainees until they graduate to P1 plates. To complete the mandatory 120 hours of logged training in the minimum 12 months obviously requires 10 hours per month on the road from the trainee and supervising driver. Better start early, and hope you come from the sort of stable, supportive, fairly prosperous family environment the legislators assumed you do. Good luck if your circumstances differ from their rosy fantasies. And need I mention that having at least a Provisional license is a requirement for quite a lot of jobs?
Ironically, it is now easier and quicker in New South Wales to get a motorcycle license than a car license. To get mobile on a motorbike:- Take 7 hours of "pre-license training". This is held off public roads at approved training centres, and they provide bikes, helmets and gloves. Assuming you pass the course, you are issued with a Pre-learner Certificate of Competence.
- Take your certificate to the RTA, take the eyesight test, and sit the computer-administered "knowledge test". If you pass, you are issued your L-plates and learners license, valid for 12 months.
- The clock is now ticking. You have 12 months to get a learner-approved bike, helmet etc., develop your skills, and pass the next step, the pre-provisional course. If you fail to do this, you go right back to square one and restart the process at pre-licence training. You must spend at least three months on L-plates before you're allowed to take the pre-provisional course, but beyond that there is no monitoring of your experience, no log books, and no need for a supervising driver.
- Take the pre-provisional course, and pass the Motorcycle Operator Skill Test at the end of it.
- Go back to the RTA and obtain your P1-plates and provisional license.
- Ride on your P1s for 12 months, your P2s for 24 months, stay out of trouble, and the RTA will issue you with a shiny silver full license.
As you can see, you can be fully licensed in a minimum of 39 months instead of 48, and the minimum time on L-plates is a lot easier to achieve. I guess the NSW government thinks kids are better off on motorcycles than in cars...
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wow you guys got it bad.
in turkey, you just get a 60 hour course on first aid, rules signs etc and mechanics, and a 10 hour driving course with an appointed trainer. then you take a test, if you pass, drive half a mile with a trainer, a police officer and a ministry of education representative. you get your license about 20 days later. the whole thing takes less than 2 months.
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Old and busted:
Third gen camaro. Totally bitchin in an awful way, v6 that used more oil than gas and a 5-speed manual transmission.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Something_Witty/Camaro/100_3608.jpg)
New hotness:
First gen Miata, It's like driving a go-kart everywhere I go. Plus that purple is FABULOUS and you all know it.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Something_Witty/Miata/photo.jpg)
I also have these old things sitting around:
The one in the front is the one I wrecked a couple years ago.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Something_Witty/photo-1.jpg)
Interesting aside:
I saw this at the store a while back(not my photo), I pretty much would never drive anything else if I had one.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Something_Witty/batmobile.jpg)
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Actually thinking about it I think you now have to have a year's worth of lessons before you can take your practical driving test, but when I was learning I could have taken my paper test, then my practical test straight away. I remember reading in the paper about a boy who had been driving off-road in competitions for years before he turned 17, so the day he turned 17 he took his paper test, passed it, booked his practical test for like the next week or something, and then passed that. No requirement for driving hours or anything, just straight-up proved his competence and got handed his licence aged 17 and 7 days. Makes sense really. The problem here is they let people like me drive, people who go round corners in fifth on their test and cause their examiner to hit her head on the window (why did she even pass me? The first guy failed me on much less than that!).
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[...] hit her head on the window [...]
Questions are no fun if you provide the answer.
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I have a strong suspicion she concussed herself and forgot all about it... actually I'm not that bad a driver, but I haven't driven for so long that I plan on taking another couple of lessons before I start driving alone.
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I'd been rallying cars for nearly two years before I went for my driving test. I failed the first time because I was driving an unfamiliar car and didn't go fast enough across a busy road. The instructor screamed at me to go faster. Whoops.
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Screamed, literally?
so it was also some kind of stress test?
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What is the licensing process in the US? I'm sure it's pretty different now from when I got my license, plus I barely remember that anyway. All I really remember is that I'm surprised I passed the driving test because I made a few mistakes. I guess none were bad enough to fail me.
Even though I don't have a car and barely ever drive, I am a very good driver now. It's kinda weird. I'm good at parking because my fiancee is the best parallel parker I know, and I had no trouble with basically the ultimate driving test: I took a UHaul into Manhattan to load it, and then drove it halfway across the country to move to Chicago.
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Some states have implemented a staged license system, but when I got mine all I has to do was take. Ten-question written test(aged 15 yr and 6mo) then come back when I turned 16 to take a practical.
My motorcycle license didn't even require a written, and the test literally consisted of pulling out of the parking lot and making 4 consecutive right turns, going less than 100 meters between them and then parking and going to get the stamp on my license.
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Yeah, I sneaked in about two months before the requirement went from 25 to 100 or 150 hours or something ridiculous. The 25 hours was hard enough. Fuck that other shit.
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you can get your learners permit at 15. Basically means you have to drive with an adult over the age 25. You also are not allowed to drive at night till you've had your learners for at least 6mths. When you turn 16 you get your regular license by taking a written test and then a driving test. The driving test standards depend on the state. Some parallel park some don't. Never knew getting a license was so hard in other countries especially since it is so easy to get it in the US.
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We have a graduated license system here, though that wasn't in place when I gained my license in '84 (Yes, late for me, but circumstances prevented me from getting it till I was in my 20's).
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I have often wished that the state of Georgia would require people to go back for a repeat of their practical test every 10 years or so. I know from experience with my friends that people learn stuff for the written exam and then forget all of it entirely, and then actually learn how to drive from people who have not paid any attention to local driving laws in 40 years (or since they moved here from Chicago/Seattle/Brussels/Odessa). Given that Atlanta is the Gateway City to the South, we have enough people coming through from out-of-town who don't know what's legal and what's not without having to worry about the locals, but I have almost been killed a number of times by people who think that being passed means they are saying you are a bad driver or that it's a competition, people turning left from the far right across 5 lanes, etc. I feel like people forget that driving around other people is a privilege and not a right.
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For some people, there should probably also be night-time restrictions. My grandparents both know that their night sight has gone too far for them to be safe driving after it gets dark, but not everybody is willing to accept their limitations that well.
In Colorado, you have to be 16 for a learner's permit, unless you took driver's ed (in which case 15), or something called "Alive at 25", which is like a shorter driver's ed (in which case 15 and 6 months). You have to be 18 for a full license, unless you have had your permit for a full year and driven 50 hours, at least 10 of which have to be night hours.
And people are still clamoring for an older driving age, as if somehow another year not spent behind the wheel makes you a better driver. My kids (if I ever have any) are going to be learning to drive from the moment they are tall enough to see over the steering wheel. The worst experiences one of my driving teachers had while at the DMV were people from New York, in their 30s but still never having had a license. They almost got him killed repeatedly, and wouldn't listen to instructions as willingly as kids.
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My first car was a 1994 Toyota Camry, not unlike this one:
(http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2009/09/21/10/55/1994_toyota_camry_4_dr_le_v6_sedan-pic-872114256989167350.jpeg)
Drove it for a good three to four years, up to when it finally broke down to the point where it wasn't safe to drive (approx. a month ago).
When not polluting the environment, I putted around on one of these:
(http://downtube.com/images/2011/9silver/9_standing_w.JPG)
A Downtube 9-speed Folding Bike. Nifty as all hell!
As of two days ago, I'm rocking this machine:
(http://www.automedia.com/New_Cars/toyota_yaris_2009_photos_Hatchback_Exterior_1-Side-Driver.jpg)
The guitarist in my band has the same make, model and colour as my Yaris, so I intend to fuck around with him fully, all parking my car next to his in parking lots and what have you.
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The first car I ever owned was a Hillman Imp
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I was super lazy and late at getting my permit, which meant I kinda fucked myself over for getting my license, time-wise. I was older than most of my friends in my grade but also friends with a bunch of older kids so I always got rides from people. Which I felt bad for, usually, just 'cause, that's what I do, but I'm still kinda sad that I didn't get my license as soon as I could have, because fuck me I love driving. I don't get to drive anymore in college. When I'm home I drive a 1999 Acura TL, 3.2 liters... best fucking car ever. No other car drives as well as this one. Well of course there are other cars, but, man, I want to keep this car forever. The newer TLs are too big. I want a Lotus.
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The first car I ever owned was a Hillman Imp
My second car (http://cassland.org/album/Cars/2%20My%20Own%20Cars/slides/2%20Singer%20Chamois.jpg)
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I want a Lotus.
Everyone wants a lotus.
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We have lots of locusts in Victoria at the moment if anybody wants one.
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I hate Lotuses. They sound like bees and they look completely idiotic. Anybody who buys a Lotus is Trying Too Hard.
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I'd rather have something that looks like a Lotus:
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1158.snc4/150058_473619349801_825179801_5573718_3943617_n.jpg)
If I had the money and the wherewithal, THIS would be my ride. Screw the "it's only got two seats" thing.
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Best thing about that car is that it's electric. 0-60 in 3.7 seconds in an electric car is just fuckin sexy.
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We have lots of locusts in Victoria at the moment if anybody wants one.
Do you mean actual locusts or cicadas? Some people think cicadas are called "locusts," that bothers me.
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That's dumb, they're completely different creatures!
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/locusts/ (http://www.abc.net.au/rural/locusts/)
To tie it back to vehicles, we've got public safety announcements on the TV at the moment advising people about what to do if they're driving through a rural area and find themselves in the middle of a locust swarm.
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I hate Lotuses. They sound like bees and they look completely idiotic. Anybody who buys a Lotus is Trying Too Hard.
My car is a mazda and it sounds like bees. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Something_Witty/emot-colbert.gif)
I can see your point though, I'd still love to have an Elise. In some horribly flashy red, to boot. Because I don't care if you judge me about my car, as long as I like my car. :D
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Best thing about that car is that it's electric. 0-60 in 3.7 seconds in an electric car is just fuckin sexy.
Yeah, it is. I would say that it also would be a great car to drive in windy or wet conditions. That extra weight at the bottom would keep it well anchored. I drove my grandmother's hybrid civic in the rain once. I was doing 80 in hard rain on a road that is windy for a flatland highway and didn't feel the slightest shimmy, even enough for the traction control to have come on.
Although if someone were to be concerned about the environment, and were to live in one of the more polluted parts of the world, they might want to get a gas-powered car. Some higher performance gas cars are so efficient now that they will reliably put out cleaner air than they took in unless you are in the middle of the sahara or some other equally-clean place. That also would happen accidentally with some older cars, just as a fluke of luck with how it was set up, but there is a porsche (I forget which one) that does that reliably.
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The only problem with the tesla is that the 1500-or-so laptop batteries in it's belly kill it's performance in the corners, the range also goes to squat if you drive it fast. Then you have to spend FOREVER charging it back up so you can drive 2/3rds of the advertised charge mileage.
What people need to do is push for the Honda Clarity (http://"http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/") to make it to the mass market, because it's all the glory of a gas/electric hybrid except it produces water clean enough to drink as it's exhaust. right now it's only available in California.
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I'd still love to have an Elise.
For a moment I thought that people were talking about a real Lotus:
(http://cassland.org/images/Lotus7.JPG)
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What people need to do is push for the Honda Clarity (http://"http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/") to make it to the mass market, because it's all the glory of a gas/electric hybrid except it produces water clean enough to drink as it's exhaust. right now it's only available in California.
This is easily the best thing I've ever seen (today).
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When we were in Cornwall, the day the orchestra arrived a Lotus was parked in the car park. There was a big group of us peering out of the windows at it and wondering who it could possibly belong to - surely none of the students in the cast or orchestra, and certainly not any of the elderly women who came in each day to pick up their newspapers? Later that afternoon I was hiding behind the doorframe with a friend, watching as someone got something out of the miniscule boot... and as he turned round we realised it was the quiet, middle-aged man who was inexplicably playing in the orchestra and made the girls uncomfortable because he stared at them all the time. He was the most incongruous person to own a fancy sports car, it was really odd (and rather impracticable in the treacherously narrow and winding Cornish roads).
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Well, today the first snow fell... Today is also the day i ordered winter tyres for my carmobile (http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs823.snc4/68370_1618073140860_1507323046_1576334_7831590_n.jpg). We'll see how things go when i head out to work tomorrow...
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My vehicle:
(http://www.celticgeek.com/images/0_TheLinuxGeek.jpg)
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What people need to do is push for the Honda Clarity (http://"http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/") to make it to the mass market, because it's all the glory of a gas/electric hybrid except it produces water clean enough to drink as it's exhaust. right now it's only available in California.
This is easily the best thing I've ever seen (today).
wow... so basically most of America's problems are solved, but we can't buy it?
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I just want a lotus because i want a little green froggy car.
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(http://www.aev-conversions.com/images/vehicles_show_brute_concept.jpg)
My dream ride.
(http://images.autosofasia.com/pictures/35030027.jpg)
My ride
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What people need to do is push for the Honda Clarity (http://"http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/") to make it to the mass market, because it's all the glory of a gas/electric hybrid except it produces water clean enough to drink as it's exhaust. right now it's only available in California.
This is easily the best thing I've ever seen (today).
wow... so basically most of America's problems are solved, but we can't buy it?
Think of it more like the problem can be solved, but they designed the faceplate for the device that fixes it first. And then they started showing it off in order to get people in on the idea so they build the rest of it. A car is useless if you can't get anywhere to fuel it.
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Dream of owning a Bowler Wildcat
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Dream of owning a Bowler Wildcat
there's an Obscure 4x4, so flipping sexy...
the nemesis seems to be their big deal currently.
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For a moment I thought that people were talking about a real Lotus:
this
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My favorite vehicle that I've ever owned was one of these (http://fourwheeler.automotive.com/100071/129-0901-1973-international-scout-ii-project-web-poll/index.html). Although this one wasn't mine, except that I had bucket seats (lifted out of a late 60s bronco) instead of the bench, mine looked about the same. It was tough as nails and would go anywhere. I once got rear-ended in that thing by a bright yellow Porsche 944. It totaled the Porsche, I sprayed some primer on my bumper so you couldn't see the yellow paint anymore. Done.
Other interesting vehicles I've owned: '56 Bel Aire. 64 1/2 Mustang. 66 Mustang GT convertible. In the not-cool-but-kinda-unusual category I had a 69 Toyota Corona and a Chevy Caprice that looked exactly like the ones the DC snipers were using. Oooh! I also owned a lowrider for awhile. That was an 82 S-10 that was freaking slammed. The hilarity of me driving that thing was the whole reason I had it. Me and a friend did a low rider cruise in Virginia Beach in it. Everybody was thumping bass, I was blasting the Bad Brains. It certainly drew stares. Currently I have a 71 Chevelle sitting in my driveway that I either need to sell or drive once in a while because it's really just going to waste.
Growing up my dad was into the British cars. We had a 51 MG TD, several MG Bs, and a Triumph Spitfire.
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I'm not saying I don't want a Lotus 7, I'm just being a realist.
Also the Honda Clarity works in cali because there are at least a few hydrogen fuel stations scattered around, James May covered it on an episode of Top Gear, They're not on every corner or anything, but they exist, but only in California, which is why the car is only for sale there.
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The worst experiences one of my driving teachers had while at the DMV were people from New York, in their 30s but still never having had a license. They almost got him killed repeatedly, and wouldn't listen to instructions as willingly as kids.
Teaching adults sucks, many people get offended at any suggestion that they don't already know everything. Usually they don't really want to learn anything, they're just taking the class as a formality.
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I have owned in order;
Hillman Imp
1962 Ford Anglia (Which made me laugh as I was born in '62)
Daihatsu Charade Hatch - (late eighties model)
Nissan Bluebird Wagon (Can't remember the model year)
1990 Nissan Largo Van
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For a moment I thought that people were talking about a real Lotus:
My great uncle used to race these when he lived in Yorkshire (I think? He is really vague about where he lived, actually).
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I expect Hartley uses her truck, and most people that have posted cars or trucks in here use theirs. Not everybody lives someplace where you can walk everywhere, or ride a bus everywhere. Or bike, I like to ride my bike, but doing the ride to school every day is a bit much in the late spring and early fall, and downright dangerous to impossible in the winter.
I could take the bus. But after seeing one flipped on it's side in a ditch after a snow storm...yeah Alaska and busses don't mix really super well. Same with most small cars. Especially Smart Cars. There's a guy who was driving his smart car around today after we got a few inches of snow last night. Hilarious.
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Whoo, i have gotten my winter tyres, on the day it started snowing again! Plowing through epic (for dutch measures, alaskans would just laugh at me) snowbanks without problems = win.
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Dream of owning a Bowler Wildcat
there's an Obscure 4x4, so flipping sexy...
the nemesis seems to be their big deal currently.
One has to admire any vehicle that can get Richard Hammond to yell "I AM A DRIVING GOD!!!" on camera.
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Dream of owning a Bowler Wildcat
there's an Obscure 4x4, so flipping sexy...
the nemesis seems to be their big deal currently.
One has to admire any vehicle that can get Richard Hammond to yell "I AM A DRIVING GOD!!!" on camera.
And in that Vehicle. he very nearly was. :lol:
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No, it was the jet powered rail dragster that nearly killed him.