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What's with the US's lack of chip cards? We've been using them for a few years up in Canada and it seems to be fairly secure as long as you keep your pin secret. Do you guys get paypass on your CC? Kinda nifty to just bring your card up to a prox enabled scanner and have the transaction done in about 2 seconds. (We keep the security on it by limiting it to $50 for prox transactions, you can go bigger if you ask your bank and the merchant allows it on their side) Only time I use the mag stripe on the cards is when I take a trip down to the states.
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It's in the process of happening I think. Everything in the US happens really slowly because big businesses don't want to spend money to change.
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Feb 13, 2014 22:08
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I keep hoping that maybe one or two more posts will clear this out of your systems, but no... apparently pumping gas is of more interest than the P1 
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Feb 13, 2014 22:15
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IOwnCalculus posted:I keep hoping that maybe one or two more posts will clear this out of your systems, but no... apparently pumping gas is of more interest than the P1 That's because we understand pumping gas. (Except for NJ) the P1 is some mythical beast that we see but cannot comprehend so we stick to the simple things and try not to boil our brains thinking about it. Having said that... The P1 is unbelievable, absolutely gorgeous and the engineering behind it is making me swoon.  I hope this supercar can inspire others in it's philosophy of using the eco friendly bits in conjunction with the petrol bits to give the best performance in terms of acceleration and driving experience rather than just fuel economy. Intelligent aero just looks so sci-fi in action, that exhaust flame is mesmerising, there isn't an angle or colour that doesn't make this thing look beautiful. It's as much a piece of art as it is an engineering marvel.I want one (if I could ever afford one)
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IOwnCalculus posted:I keep hoping that maybe one or two more posts will clear this out of your systems, but no... apparently pumping gas is of more interest than the P1
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Feb 13, 2014 22:33
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InitialDave posted:I've seen a P1, I've never used a US petrol station. All US petrol stations are run by hicks like when Top Gear visited Alabama and had Hillary is great spray painted onto their cars. Then you get chased for a few miles by shirtless sweaty men in the back of an old pickup truck. Also we all have guns.
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Feb 13, 2014 22:56
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Alighieri posted:All US petrol stations are run by hicks like when Top Gear visited Alabama and had Hillary is great spray painted onto their cars. Then you get chased for a few miles by shirtless sweaty men in the back of an old pickup truck. Also we all have guns. These things are all true.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I keep hoping that maybe one or two more posts will clear this out of your systems, but no... apparently pumping gas is of more interest than the P1 I hope the weather gets better for the P1 tracktest, its been absolutely dreadful this week. The track was so waterlogged during this weeks test of the Zenvo STI that not even the Stig could get it around. (according to somebody on another forum who works at the aerodrome)
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Feb 13, 2014 23:37
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twoot posted:I hope the weather gets better for the P1 tracktest, its been absolutely dreadful this week. The track was so waterlogged during this weeks test of the Zenvo STI that not even the Stig could get it around. I was wondering during the episode whether the super-lovely weather they had during the SIARPC segment was one of the reasons they didn't lap test the P1 - it really wouldn't surprise me.
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Feb 14, 2014 04:28
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Just got my new credit card as a result of the Target breach. The look of the rear end of the P1 with the negative space, big grille, and visible mechanicals is just spectacular. I'm sure the autists here can point out plenty of examples of road cars that have done something similar in the past, but to me the P1 is an absolute standout because of that rear end design.
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Feb 14, 2014 05:02
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murphle posted:Just got my new credit card as a result of the Target breach. The rear end of the p1 reminds me of a cross between the Mazda furai concept and the F40.
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Feb 14, 2014 05:06
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FogHelmut posted:I live in NJ Oooooh, look at his majesty, king of not pumping his own gas! For serious, dude flipped the gently caress out at me in Oregon when I got out and grabbed the pump. Thought he was gonna have a heart attack.
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Feb 14, 2014 08:06
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Daric posted:The zip code thing is just so they can get a feel for where most of their customers are coming from. It's not a serious issue like y'all are making it out to be and you can just put fake numbers in there. As already mentioned this is for validation that you are not using a stolen card. It can be for customer tracking, but not always. Gas stations are actually high on the fraud list. As it was once explained to me by someone who worked for a credit card company. Stolen cards typically have a use pattern. The first use of a stolen card is often a distance from where the card was lost. It's typically used to make a small purchase at a automated sales point, like gas pumps. The reason for this is simple. You want to see if the card has been reported stolen and deactivated. If you are standing at a Best Buy with a $2000 TV in front of a sales clerk, questions will get asked. If the pump says no, get in the car and drive off. If it says yes, try for the TV. Interestingly enough, the gas station right next to my house never asks for my zip. It's like they know me or something. How neighborly.
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Feb 14, 2014 08:40
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Mister Kingdom posted:Still, could be worse. Yeah, people could be claiming that the 4C is ugly. I mean, imagine how wrong of an opinion that would be. For real though, the entire episode was pretty good. Filming the 4C segment around Lake Como was absolutely appropriate, too. It has the landscape to match the car. The same logic doesn't necessarily apply to filming the P1 in Belgium, because every time I've been to Belgium it didn't look like I was in the future. The P1 is literally a spaceship, however.
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Feb 14, 2014 11:36
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Good episode. Clarkson complaining about an American destroying their footage was pretty funny and goddamn the new Alfa and McLaren look amazing.
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I wonder if the P1 might be kind of sterile and clinical to drive though. Sort of like the GTR where there is so much technology that you end up being as much passenger as driver.
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8ender posted:I wonder if the P1 might be kind of sterile and clinical to drive though. Sort of like the GTR where there is so much technology that you end up being as much passenger as driver. Clarkson's face certainly didn't indicate anything of the sort
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Feb 15, 2014 17:13
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That means squat. The first time ever the GT-R was on Top Gear, they called it sterile. Further reviews, which I suppose happened due to model refreshes, suddenly made it the best affordable sports car ever.
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Feb 15, 2014 17:30
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TG changes its mind on cars all the time. Remember how enraptured they were by the new Jaguar XJ? How they were so thrilled that it was "a Jaaaaag, but sort of modern"? How it was breaking new ground stylistically, steering away from its ever-unchanging roots? Right up to the point when that XJ concept by Bertone showed up, at which point they suddenly were all "eeeehhh" about the actual Jag they had been masturbating over just a few episodes prior.
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Feb 15, 2014 17:45
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The GTR is Japanese. Standard Top Gear terminology for Japanese cars is sterile, cold, no soul, computers, no feeling, disconnected.
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Feb 15, 2014 18:32
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Better than their view of American cars at least.
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Feb 15, 2014 19:25
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Larrymer posted:Better than their view of American cars at least. "This bodywork is made of the same plastic they use to make newsreaders over here."
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Feb 15, 2014 19:41
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Cojawfee posted:The GTR is Japanese. Standard Top Gear terminology for Japanese cars is sterile, cold, no soul, computers, no feeling, disconnected. Hammond was pretty wild about the LF-A.
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Feb 15, 2014 19:55
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Plucky Brit posted:"This bodywork is made of the same plastic they use to make newsreaders over here." "It has too much power, it is completely unwieldy, it creaks and groans, and it is made with old technology invented before the wheel. Oh my god its how cheap? Yes! YES, I WANT ONE!"
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Feb 15, 2014 20:02
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I do not like the gtr but I'm pretty sure my boss has ordered a p1 so I'll let him tell us how it is. I expect it's completely loving berserk though.
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Feb 15, 2014 20:35
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4:50 "When you really get going at this kind of speed, you expect to feel detached from the action like you're playing a video game depressing buttons, but it - incredibly - it feels mechanical, it feels analogue, it feels human. If feels fan-bleeding-tastic!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXFSVoVqhYw
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Mods, are there not rules in place to prevent posters using twitter screenshots as touchés when they themselves have favorited them?
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Feb 15, 2014 20:58
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Ola posted:Mods, are there not rules in place to prevent posters using twitter screenshots as touchés when they themselves have favorited them? Can you explain this sentence to me?
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Ariza posted:Can you explain this sentence to me? No. It's one of those "if you get it you get it" things.
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Ariza posted:Can you explain this sentence to me?
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FogHelmut posted:I live in NJ This is cool until the loving retard you hand your card to and say "fill it with 93" fills it with 87 instead because he's a loving retard.
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Feb 15, 2014 23:12
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Shrapnac posted:This is cool until the loving retard you hand your card to and say "fill it with 93" fills it with 87 instead because he's a loving retard. NJ brought back gas station attendants? That's kinda awesome. Do they were those white uniforms and talk in 1920's lingo?
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Solice Kirsk posted:NJ brought back gas station attendants? That's kinda awesome. Do they were those white uniforms and talk in 1920's lingo? Brought back? Is been that way as long as I can remember. The legend goes that if the law was changed to allow people to pump their own gas a huge amount of jobs will be eliminated so anytime getting rid of it is proposed it gets shot down quickly.
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Feb 16, 2014 02:12
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GutBomb posted:Brought back? Is been that way as long as I can remember. The legend goes that if the law was changed to allow people to pump their own gas a huge amount of jobs will be eliminated so anytime getting rid of it is proposed it gets shot down quickly. Oregon is the same way. Only two states where you're not allowed to pump your own gas. Unless you're on a bike, in which case the attendant just hands you the nozzle and lets you deal with it.
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Huh, I've never been to NJ or OR so I've never encountered a gas station attendant besides the people that ring you out if you need snacks or your card doesn't work. Seems like it would kinda be awesome. I would constantly say, "Fill her up my good man!" Just seems fun I guess.
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Solice Kirsk posted:NJ brought back gas station attendants? That's kinda awesome. Do they were those white uniforms and talk in 1920's lingo? No. They, uh, seldom speak English.
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HotCanadianChick posted:Oregon is the same way. Only two states where you're not allowed to pump your own gas. Unless you're on a bike, in which case the attendant just hands you the nozzle and lets you deal with it. Or diesel, in Oregon. I had the opposite of the normal awkward out of stater experience where they try to pump their own gas without knowing they can't. I pulled up to the diesel pump and sat there waiting, "knowing" that I couldn't pump it myself. Waited for a few minutes before going inside and being told that I had to pump it myself. Is it the same with diesel in NJ?
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Just watched this episode expecting half of it to bash Americans and came away pretty confused over how butthurt some here seemed to be. I really hope they put some cars around the track. I'm curious how fast the Alfa ran and I'm still hoping they put the 991 around the track some time.
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Residency Evil posted:Just watched this episode expecting half of it to bash Americans and came away pretty confused over how butthurt some here seemed to be. Can you please take your top gear talk somewhere else? This is the gas station fill up megathread.
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