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That's a real weird place for a parking lot, isn't it?
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These are the people that patrol the road.
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Nov 27, 2014 02:19
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Hargrimm posted:That's a real weird place for a parking lot, isn't it? Yeah it runs for a mile or two between the two 2-lane one way streets. This is right between the beach and all the beach-front businesses. New Hampshire has a tiny coastline so they make the most of it.
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Nov 27, 2014 02:22
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Horse Divorce posted:These are the people that patrol the road. An emergency vehicle is never considered to be parked. Yes, that is terrible, but the vehicle code in my state interprets it that way to get around this kind of thing being an offense. I think this is a common way to do it. (extra terrible for this thread: I've gotten out of an out-of-jurisdiction parking ticket on that when I was a fire officer in my personal vehicle because I wasn't provided and other vehicle by my municipality and it had red lights and a siren (all hidden)).
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Nov 27, 2014 02:47
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Protocol7 posted:Went to the gas station to air up my tires. I knew they were low, but not 10PSI low. 'Tis the season. I wonder if November is the peak month for tire pressure gauge sales. Some people fill their tires with nitrogen, but I wouldn't even know where to go for that.
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Nov 27, 2014 02:53
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CharlieWhiskey posted:'Tis the season. I wonder if November is the peak month for tire pressure gauge sales. Some people fill their tires with nitrogen, but I wouldn't even know where to go for that. I'm also putting a lot of faith in a Conoco Air/Vac compressor to have a 100% accurate gauge. I underfilled mine just to be safe (around 32 PSI on tires that ask for 35.)
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Nov 27, 2014 02:55
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Motronic posted:An emergency vehicle is never considered to be parked. So there are literally different rules for us and them. What a surprise.
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CharlieWhiskey posted:Some people fill their tires with nitrogen, but I wouldn't even know where to go for that. Your local snake oil salesman. Horse Divorce posted:So there are literally different rules for us and them. What a surprise. Yes. For very good reason in the right situations. But then they are used the wrong way. Admittedly, I was an example of that. But you use what you have at your disposal. Motronic fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Nov 27, 2014 |
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Nov 27, 2014 02:56
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CharlieWhiskey posted:'Tis the season. I wonder if November is the peak month for tire pressure gauge sales. Some people fill their tires with nitrogen, but I wouldn't even know where to go for that. Your tires have 77% nitrogen in them right now.
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Nov 27, 2014 04:18
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kastein posted:Your tires have 77% nitrogen in them right now. How do I get it out?! 
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Nov 27, 2014 05:35
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Uthor posted:How do I get it out?! Do what I did and drive over something sharp.
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Uthor posted:How do I get it out?! You need to purge them with another, pure gas. Acetylene is commonly available and good down to -80degC. Now I want to see someone with acetylene-filled tyres hit a curb or something...
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Nov 27, 2014 10:05
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spog posted:Don't forget that if you mention a modification when you are browsing insurance comparison websites, your current provider may hear about it and automatically raise your rates - on the grounds that you must have made the mod and just forgot to inform them. Never heard that one "citation needed" but I'm prepared to believe it. Your insurer would have to tell you they've put your rates up though. KozmoNaut posted:But aren't the limits of what's considered a "modification" absurdly low? When my v70 was totaled it had a bunch of options fitted that weren't stock, like CD changer, better (oem) stereo, bigger brakes, oem alloys, fogs etc, basically me and the previous owners had all done junkyard upgrades. When they wrote me a check they detailed all the equipment over standard and included it in the valuation. 
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ReelBigLizard posted:You need to purge them with another, pure gas. Acetylene is commonly available and good down to -80degC. Considering acetylene will spontaneously combust above 15 psi I don't think you'd make it as far as hitting a curb.
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:Considering acetylene will spontaneously combust above 15 psi I don't think you'd make it as far as hitting a curb. Might work on dirtbikes, max PSI there is usually around 16 psi
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:Considering acetylene will spontaneously combust above 15 psi I don't think you'd make it as far as hitting a curb. If you loaded the tyre with half a cup of calcium carbide when you mounted it and squirted some water through the valve stem...
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Nov 27, 2014 16:23
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Protocol7 posted:I'm also putting a lot of faith in a Conoco Air/Vac compressor to have a 100% accurate gauge. I underfilled mine just to be safe (around 32 PSI on tires that ask for 35.) Underinflating is generally worse than overinflating slightly. The common old wives' tale that you should run lower pressures in winter tires is bullshit. You should actually put a couple PSI more in them than in your summer tires, since underinflated winter tires cannot effectively clear their treads of snow and mud. Only bigass chunky off-road tires specifically made for it (and with beadlockers) should be run underinflated. They also have chunky treads with lots of space and little siping. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 16:30 on Nov 27, 2014 |
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Nov 27, 2014 16:28
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Protocol7 posted:Went to the gas station to air up my tires. I knew they were low, but not 10PSI low. I had a front wheel puncture, so put on the spacesver and went to a tyre place Old rears moved to the front, new ones on the back, spacesaver in the boot. so, they handled every single one of them Just checked them a week later as they felt wrong: Fronts were 31 instead of 38 Instead of 34, one rear was 29, other was 36 Space saver as 20, instead of 60 Moral of the story: trust no-one.
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Nov 27, 2014 17:51
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To be fair, you have to set the pressure on cold tires. The shop may have not even hooked up a pressure gauge if you weren't there for very long.
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Nov 27, 2014 17:59
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Those crappy digital 'slime' branded gauges that you get at Walmart are pretty accurate. I tested them a few of them against two digital air chucks at work and they are all within a pound. I keep one in each of my vehicles and one in the tool box at home. Much better than trusting a gas station air chuck that has been beaten and run over by hundreds of people.
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Nov 27, 2014 22:47
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 Thanksgiving is a pretty goony time to start an argument on face book, but dammit I wish she would have gotten a ticket. give 'em all tickets.
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Nov 28, 2014 03:28
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But she's right? Since when is the middle lane only for passing? http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a62_1417098057 Here's a fella the UK cunts share a road with. I'm not convinced this isn't a comedy routine because it's straight gold, the straight man traffic warden and the angry ticketee. The way he swoops into scene all fast starts it off and the quiet staredowns are the best. ... ... ... ... ...oval office.
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Nov 28, 2014 03:31
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NoWake posted:
For driving in the middle lane?
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Nov 28, 2014 03:33
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nsaP posted:But she's right? Since when is the middle lane only for passing? The use of "turnpike" makes me think it's one of those bizarre Eastern states where you pay extra to use roads and can't pump your own gas and everything's all backwards and strange.
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Nov 28, 2014 03:35
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atomicthumbs posted:The use of "turnpike" makes me think it's one of those bizarre Eastern states where you pay extra to use roads and can't pump your own gas and everything's all backwards and strange. Dunno what that has to do with anything but if I had to guess I'd say she's around Strongsville, OH.
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Nov 28, 2014 03:38
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If there are more than two lanes, or a lot of on/off ramps I will usually stay out of the right lane. In the far left I would agree you need to move over.
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Nov 28, 2014 03:42
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Thanksgiving Day, traffic is going to ridiculously heavy, most states post laws to the extent of "stay in right lane unless you are passing" and she was going most likely 1 mph over the speed limit if not 4mph under the limit. I'm willing to bet there was a shitload of pissed of drivers being held up behind her. Also, gently caress eastern states and God Bless Texas, and to a lesser extent Utah, Idaho and Wyoming.
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Nov 28, 2014 04:34
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atomicthumbs posted:The use of "turnpike" makes me think it's one of those bizarre Eastern states where you pay extra to use roads and can't pump your own gas and everything's all backwards and strange. She was on the Ohio Turnpike, which is 3 lanes for ~100 miles either way from Cleveland to Toledo with only about a dozen exits in between. Everybody following nose to tail at 70 in the middle lane means everyone going a bit faster (70-75) will be in the far left lane passing them, clogging it, leaving those who want to go faster (75-80) to dart between lanes and cars or tailgate people trying to get through the clog. IMO, impatient or frustrated drivers makes for far more dangerous driving conditions than just speed alone. I think the people sticking to the middle lane do it so they don't have to be bothered with changing lanes to pass slower traffic, they can basically go to sleep the entire ride. When I take the pike I stick to the far right lane and end up passing almost everybody in the middle and far left lanes, while changing lanes only once or twice every five miles or so for slower traffic. I'd love to pass on the left exclusively, if people would only let me.
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Nov 28, 2014 06:13
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I-5 between LA and San Diego is like that. The right two lanes have way less traffic than the left two. You can sit over there at a constant speed and cruise by everyone backed up over in the left lanes.
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Nov 28, 2014 06:22
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 This is an Idiot I share the road with. I remember him almost backing into my truck in our high school parking lot one day a few years back. Just sitting in line and starts backing up for no reason.
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Nov 28, 2014 07:18
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"Forgot I was driving"
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2 things got my attention this morning, the number of people cycling (presumably to work) with no lights or reflectors. So they've deliberately removed the only thing that made them visible, then dressed all in dark clothing and cycle along 40-60mph roads? Noice. Also the number of cars under 3 years old with burnt out bulbs. Are bulbs that much shittier than they used to be?
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Nov 28, 2014 07:57
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Cakefool posted:2 things got my attention this morning, the number of people cycling (presumably to work) with no lights or reflectors. So they've deliberately removed the only thing that made them visible, then dressed all in dark clothing and cycle along 40-60mph roads? Noice. I think they can't be arsed to get to the back of the headlight to change the bulbs. My octavia was a pig to get to, but my mates pug 2008 is almost imposible without some major spanner work Either that, or Ignoring the funny light on the dash. I mean i've still got a headlight on the other side, i'll just turn the foglights on thats fine, isn't it?
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Nov 28, 2014 13:23
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Cached Money posted:Come to Sweden where, technically, you can't change your tire size on any car post '96 (no one cares though, luckily). Not really how it works, no. Transportstyrelsen posted:En personbil kan ha flera alternativa däck- och fälgdimensioner som ingår i bilens godkännande. Dessa kan finnas angivna i registreringsbeviset, under rubriken Övriga uppgifter (tekniska data, dispenser med mera). Om uppgiften saknas, kan en märkesrepresentant informera om vilka däck- och fälgstorlekar som ingår i bilens godkännande. Basically "in your CoC there is a list of approved tyre dimensions, and if you want to use another size it's your responisibility as the car owner to assure that the new tyre [conforms to these conditions]".
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Extra posted:Also some jerk on the pike tonight tailgated and then flashed their highbeams at a driver who didn't move over immediately while it was snowing out and they must have been going 70+mph. Just watched from the right lane dumbstruck it actually happened. Where's their holiday spirit? This depends, was there actually any snow on the ground? I encountered some idiots last night doing 20-30 MPH under the limit with their hazards on in the left lane because it had been snowing pretty hard a few miles back, but where I ran into them the snowfall was very light and the roads were just wet. We're currently in the transition phase where almost everyone here has never encountered accumulated snow and doesn't have enough any idea how to drive on it, just like last year and the year before, etc. atomicthumbs posted:The use of "turnpike" makes me think it's one of those bizarre Eastern states where you pay extra to use roads and can't pump your own gas and everything's all backwards and strange. Actually the Ohio turnpike is pretty nice. Tolls aren't terrible if you use ez-pass, they actually maintain the highway, it's three lanes from Toledo until just before you pass into Pennsylvania and you get to pump your own gas at the service plazas.
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I expected today to be a total shitshow, being Black Friday and all, but it turned out to be some kind of weird opposite day. I had five cars notice I was coming up on them and they moved over well ahead of me. This never happens.
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Nov 28, 2014 23:02
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So, you're parking your car on a residential side street where a friend lives. There is a residential handicapped parking sign on the side of the street. With no other markings on the curbing or road, where is the location of the spot that the sign is reserving? As in, is the spot from the sign onward, i.e. the rear of you car is closest to the sign? Somewhere in the middle? Or would the spot have you park with the front of your car close to the sign, and the spot is from the sign, back. nsaP fucked around with this message at 09:48 on Nov 29, 2014 |
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Nov 29, 2014 09:40
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nsaP posted:the spot is from the sign, back. Seems to be the norm.
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Is there a blue curb or something? Because it should be behind the sign, but how far? Does the person drive an excursion or a smart?
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