[i love cars] I don't need a Tesla to take big loads

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some plague rats: Jun 5, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

Milo and POTUS posted:

I mean the same is mostly true of manual transmissions yet they seem to love those.

having a manual transmission is sick as hell. you get to hoon around everywhere shifting gears like a race car driver. vroom vroom

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Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
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some plague rats posted:

having a manual transmission is sick as hell. you get to hoon around everywhere shifting gears like a race car driver. vroom vroom

how do i use a phone and manual at the same time though

# ? Sep 16, 2022 03:34

mastershakeman: Oct 28, 2008; by vyelkin

Xaris posted:

how do i use a phone and manual at the same time though

Steer with your knee when not using that leg on the clutch

# ? Sep 16, 2022 03:36

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
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mastershakeman posted:

Steer with your knee in between shifting

ok good tip. i gave up on manuals because it was too hard to text n browse forums and drive at the same time

# ? Sep 16, 2022 03:37

some plague rats: Jun 5, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

Xaris posted:

how do i use a phone and manual at the same time though

get a hands free and scroll with your nose is what I do

# ? Sep 16, 2022 03:40

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN: Jun 26, 2009

https://twitter.com/THECITYNY/status/1570425371052617731

:sickos:

quote:

Tony Zhang pulled his Porsche 911 into a West 59th Street parking garage where drivers of luxury automobiles pay $606 a month � plus an 18.3% tax � to stash their vehicles.

But with potential new tolls on the horizon, the trip across the Hudson River and into Manhattan could cause Zhang to back out of that garage once and for all.

The 34-year-old New Jersey man told THE CITY that with congestion pricing looming, he is less likely to drive into the city and park his sports coupe in a garage under 1 Columbus Place.

The high-rise apartment building sits exactly one block inside the so-called congestion zone that runs from 60th Street to the southern tip of Manhattan.

�I�ll probably just take the bus, to be honest, because I�m coming across from Jersey,� Zhang said. �That�s probably the cheapest, also the fastest, because this morning the drive was terrible.�

quote:

Several motorists told THE CITY that congestion pricing could drive them onto mass transit � which is exactly what advocates and MTA officials are hoping for.

�I think what I will do is take public transportation,� said Wilson Peguero, 42, of Bushwick, who pays $50 three times a week to park his Nissan Maxima at a West 58th Street garage while he attends John Jay College of Criminal Justice. �Either I take mass transit or I transfer out of this school.�

quote:

Last month�s environmental assessment noted that even if one or more parking facilities were to close south of 60th Street, those sites would soon be put to new uses given their high property values. �Their potential displacement would not create a climate of disinvestment that could lead to adverse effects on neighborhood character,� it read.

Instead, the sites could be ripe for redevelopment.

�There is a real opportunity to look at this space and real estate in a way that serves peoples� needs and not just multi-ton vehicles that are bad for our safety and environment,� said Cory Epstein, a spokesperson for Transportation Alternatives, a nonprofit group whose NYC 25x25 campaign aims to reclaim a quarter of the city�s street space from cars by 2025.

its not all good news tho, this dick who makes a living representing rentiers of space for cars says those cars will just move further out (and then walk the rest of the way idk?)

quote:

Rafael Llopiz, president of the Metropolitan Parking Association, a trade group representing close to 800 garages and lots, told THE CITY that implementation of congestion pricing could send �thousands of cars� into the streets directly north of 60th Street to use the 52 parking garages there.

�Between 50th Street to 60th Street, river to river, you�re going to have a massive movement of cars not going below 60th Street, but actually going into the residential neighborhoods,� said Llopiz, also the CEO of City Parking, which operates 145 garages and lots citywide, including close to 80 within the congestion zone.

unless... they do the same thing there :unsmigghh:

quote:

Llopiz [president of the Metropolitan Parking Association], however, said he�s skeptical about more garages being repurposed.

�I�m not sure what the end user could be at this point,� he said. �Nobody has really come up with anything better than actually just parking.�

has anybody ever come up with a better use for city space than parking cars? car man says no

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mystes: May 31, 2006

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:

https://twitter.com/THECITYNY/status/1570425371052617731

its not all good news tho, this dick who makes a living representing rentiers of space for cars says those cars will just move further out (and then walk the rest of the way idk?)

unless... they do the same thing there

has anybody ever come up with a better use for city space than parking cars? car man says no

gently caress yeah

# ? Sep 16, 2022 04:45

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
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SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:

https://twitter.com/THECITYNY/status/1570425371052617731

tbf congestion pricing is kinda dumb because most of the time it is "only rich ppl allowed" as it's a flat fee. the rich bankers and lawyers and poo poo blow their nose with a stack of hundos and throw it in the garbage: a 20 surcharge is nothing. london has congestion pricing and didn't seem like it did much other than the median value of a car on the road went up by five figures

either personal commuter cars shouldn't be there or they should.

# ? Sep 16, 2022 04:49

cool av: Mar 2, 2013

Homocow posted:

*yields to pedestrian who doesn't wave*

that loving ingrate!! i'm definitely going to run over the next pedestrian I see crossing the street

this is absolutely a real thought that lots of real people have (maybe not "run over" explicitly but not-yield)

# ? Sep 16, 2022 05:07

Pryor on Fire: May 14, 2013; they don't know all alien abduction experiences can be explained by people thinking saving private ryan was a documentary

I yield to all bikes and peds and try to smile and wave, but I accelerate and lean on the horn when some son of a bitch on a scooter or e-bike tries to use the crosswalk. gently caress you, motor user.

# ? Sep 16, 2022 05:42

mystes: May 31, 2006

Pryor on Fire posted:

I yield to all bikes and peds and try to smile and wave, but I accelerate and lean on the horn when some son of a bitch on a scooter or e-bike tries to use the crosswalk. gently caress you, motor user.

You carry a horn while walking?

# ? Sep 16, 2022 06:12

leftist heap: Feb 28, 2013; Fun Shoe

500excf type r posted:

They don't have jobs, they're house wives and house husbands

they absolutely have jobs lol

# ? Sep 16, 2022 06:29

El Pollo Blanco: Jun 12, 2013; by sebmojo

Pryor on Fire posted:

I yield to all bikes and peds and try to smile and wave, but I accelerate and lean on the horn when some son of a bitch on a scooter or e-bike tries to use the crosswalk. gently caress you, motor user.

Don't think this is the thread for angry drivers? Are you lost

# ? Sep 16, 2022 07:13

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Xaris posted:

i seem to remember there being way way way more school buses in the 90s than i see now. wtf is america doing

Cutting education funding, what do you think

BIG-DICK-BUTT-gently caress posted:

U make that mfer WALK his rear end to school

and dont start w that "its illegal for kids to walk outside" baloney (not you but i know someone was already typing )

Yeah that was my dad's solution lol (except he bought me a bike)

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cowboy beepboop: Feb 24, 2001

yeah there is no way i am participating in the sick morning ritual of sitting in traffic to drop my kids at school every day. those kids are gonna be walking

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Janitor Ludwich IV: Jan 25, 2019; by vyelkin

i hate cars because everyone has a better car than me

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3D Megadoodoo: Nov 25, 2010

PittTheElder posted:

Lol wat

50 is like, somewhere in-between.

And yes I know the heel is supposed to be on the floor, but I'm not very good at drawing.

# ? Sep 16, 2022 10:35

BIG-DICK-BUTT-FUCK: Jan 26, 2016; by Fluffdaddy

cowboy beepboop posted:

yeah there is no way i am participating in the sick morning ritual of sitting in traffic to drop my kids at school every day. those kids are gonna be walking

it ought to be illegal, that extra congestion makes it worse for the rest of us

i worked 6a-3p to avoid traffic but now that schools are in session everywhere, that's not early enough so looks like its 5a-2p :yum:

# ? Sep 16, 2022 10:41

Blackhawk: Nov 15, 2004

I live on a short dead-end street with a primary school at the end, and for about 30 minutes at the start and the end of the day the street is completely wall to wall with parents in their cars dropping off or picking up.

I came home early once just before the school day finished and there was a lady just idling her car completely blocking my driveway (and every other driveway on the street was blocked similarly). I guess it would suck to have your kids walk an additional 50 meters?

# ? Sep 16, 2022 11:09

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

What region? Because apparently it's common in the south and I'm gonna guess it's general in the rest of the country at this point too

# ? Sep 16, 2022 11:46

Ardennes: May 12, 2002

Xaris posted:

tbf congestion pricing is kinda dumb because most of the time it is "only rich ppl allowed" as it's a flat fee. the rich bankers and lawyers and poo poo blow their nose with a stack of hundos and throw it in the garbage: a 20 surcharge is nothing. london has congestion pricing and didn't seem like it did much other than the median value of a car on the road went up by five figures

either personal commuter cars shouldn't be there or they should.

Also, there was barely any improvement in public transportation, anyone without money just had to �suck it up.�

I think the NYC subway needed about 50-100b in investment to reach anywhere close to modern standards. Their switching is from the early 20th century.

# ? Sep 16, 2022 11:48

Blackhawk: Nov 15, 2004

Milo and POTUS posted:

What region? Because apparently it's common in the south and I'm gonna guess it's general in the rest of the country at this point too

Central Auckland. To be fair I still see a lot of kids walking/cylcing/scooting to school which is more than I can say about when I lived in Sydney 10 yers ago...

# ? Sep 16, 2022 12:04

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud: Apr 7, 2003

Xaris posted:

that video reminds me that for work i had to drive up to some of our sites out in white flight wealthier landed-gentry suburban hilly town today and got stuck at like 5 different locations around town. was just amazing how packed roads are with parents dropping off kids in the morning holy poo poo. just several hundred+ cars backed up 10 blocks waiting to turn into a school to drop off little timmy every loving morning

not a single school bus to be seen.

how do people with kids do that poo poo every day. i'd be yelling at school to send a bus to pickup my widdle timmy because i ain't gunna deal with that poo poo every day for 12+ years

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Lebanon_School_District

97% white. When the spectre of busing came up in the 1980s, they responded by getting rid of buses entirely. Kids have to be driven.

I'm sure your white flight suburban hilly town is exactly the same.

# ? Sep 16, 2022 14:09

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud: Apr 7, 2003

some plague rats posted:

this is definitely a good post to make. I can see why the mods are so hesitant to actually get rid of you

thank you

# ? Sep 16, 2022 14:09

lobster shirt: Jun 14, 2021

Xaris posted:

that video reminds me that for work i had to drive up to some of our sites out in white flight wealthier landed-gentry suburban hilly town today and got stuck at like 5 different locations around town. was just amazing how packed roads are with parents dropping off kids in the morning holy poo poo. just several hundred+ cars backed up 10 blocks waiting to turn into a school to drop off little timmy every loving morning

not a single school bus to be seen.

how do people with kids do that poo poo every day. i'd be yelling at school to send a bus to pickup my widdle timmy because i ain't gunna deal with that poo poo every day for 12+ years

my kid isnt old enough for school yet but i have been caught in school dropoff traffic before and i really think it wouldn't take that much more time for me to just walk him over to elementary school lol. crazy. and i can get some nice sun and air too, if i walk with him! when hes older he can walk his own rear end there.

# ? Sep 16, 2022 14:36

lobster shirt: Jun 14, 2021

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

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hahaha

# ? Sep 16, 2022 14:54

Suplex Liberace: Jan 18, 2012

gotta do some errands today on my bike, feeling blessed

# ? Sep 16, 2022 15:04

Fitzy Fitz: May 14, 2005

Most people couldn't opt out of the school pick-up thing even if they wanted to. Around here the only people who can are wealthy enough to buy a house in town or poor enough to be in public housing. They also tend to build schools on cheap agricultural land far away from everything.

# ? Sep 16, 2022 15:16

Fitzy Fitz: May 14, 2005

Also a lot of schools won't let you walk your kid. They only have policies for car pickup.

# ? Sep 16, 2022 15:17

mystes: May 31, 2006

Like everything else about car dependency in the US it's a vicious circle where as more students are driven by car everything is set up around that, including having fewer, bigger schools so most kids are further from their school, so it becomes impossible to do anything else.

# ? Sep 16, 2022 15:44

Electro-Boogie Jack: Nov 22, 2006; bagger mcguirk sent me.

mystes posted:

Like everything else about car dependency in the US it's a vicious circle where as more students are driven by car everything is set up around that, including having fewer, bigger schools so most kids are further from their school, so it becomes impossible to do anything else.

this is the sort of thing - one of many, to be sure - that makes me increasingly certain I need to move to another country once my kid reaches grade school age. we're in a car dependency death spiral and the most ambitious thing anyone within a million miles of power can think of is 'maybe we should become completely dependent on electric cars instead'

# ? Sep 16, 2022 15:50

lobster shirt: Jun 14, 2021

Fitzy Fitz posted:

Also a lot of schools won't let you walk your kid. They only have policies for car pickup.

dang this freaked me out but i checked and the school does have a policy of where walkers should go etc. says they won't release unescorted kids to walk home until 3rd grade, which makes sense i guess.

# ? Sep 16, 2022 15:57

hot cocoa on the couch: Dec 8, 2009

Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:

I wave to people, whistle, and pop wheelies while riding my bike, but that's because it's a joy to ride a bike in nice weather.

I don't think I ever notice anyone having a good time driving their car in the city.

i love to drive my car around, even in the city, actualyl

# ? Sep 16, 2022 17:22

hot cocoa on the couch: Dec 8, 2009

3D Megadoodoo posted:

One real-life problem is that the gas pedals are usually designed suchly that maintaining 30 km/h is painful on the ankle. Then again literally literally no-one should ever be driving a private automobile inside a city or town so I don't actually care.

gear down bruh

# ? Sep 16, 2022 17:25

lumpentroll: Mar 4, 2020

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Thank rapists who don't rape!

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lol

# ? Sep 16, 2022 17:31

Leroy Diplowski: Aug 25, 2005; The Candyman Can

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Janitor Ludwich IV posted:

i hate cars because everyone has a better car than me

I don't have a better car than you :unsmith:

but you can still hate cars.

# ? Sep 16, 2022 17:34

Janitor Ludwich IV: Jan 25, 2019; by vyelkin

Leroy Diplowski posted:

I don't have a better car than you but you can still hate cars.

challenger approaches, my car is from the 90s and smells like burning oil most of the time, if not it smells like burning petrol coming through the air vents

# ? Sep 16, 2022 17:35

BIG-DICK-BUTT-FUCK: Jan 26, 2016; by Fluffdaddy

lobster shirt posted:

dang this freaked me out but i checked and the school does have a policy of where walkers should go etc. says they won't release unescorted kids to walk home until 3rd grade, which makes sense i guess.

This is good bc then the parents get exercise. Praise be to the pedestrians.

# ? Sep 16, 2022 17:36

Dongicus: Jun 12, 2015

just blew the trans in my car

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TeenageArchipelago: Jul 23, 2013

lmao I just looked up the outcome of Pelosi's husband drunk driving

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/nancy-pelosis-husband-pleads-guilty-drunken-driving-california-2022-08-23/

quote:

Although spared any additional jail time, Paul Pelosi was placed on three years probation and forbidden to operate a motor vehicle for a year unless it is equipped with a DUI ignition device, which prevents the driver from starting the car without first providing an instant alcohol-free breath sample.

Drunk driving as an 82 year old doesn't even get your license taken away for good

diseased nation

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