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i used to be afraid of roundabouts but now tha ti have many hours in euro truck simulator i think i am an expert at tackling them
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mystes posted:I don't think a cycling roundabout is necessarily a bad idea if there's somehow enough traffic there to merit it It’s so drat annoying to have to learn car traffic rules and behave like cars , when you’re not a car nor a driver 
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Xaris posted:yeah it was pretty necessary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0QDBZXL6V4
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mystes posted:I actually do kind of hate car roundabouts but I think this thread got mad at me for saying that before I think I've come around to them being "a nice idea" that is ruined in practice by selfish practices. A lot of people, I've found, literally do not know what "Yield" means in the context of traffic. They get confused by these weird triangular signs and I've had more than one person tell me they think it's supposed to mean the opposite of a stop sign - i.e. that oncoming traffic stops for you if you are at the sign but otherwise keeps going. This is not correct lol.
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I would say often suck for pedestrians, either you have to make multiple crossings in larger ones or use some type of underpass. Also, the most efficient way to use roundabouts is without signalling which doesn't give pedestrians any protection. It may be okay in a small European town with minimal traffic but I am actually glad they are relatively rare in the US. The country doesn't need another piece of infrastructure that prioritizes psychotic car drivers.
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Roundabouts are great, and for safe pedestrian crossings you just set the crossing back 10m or something.
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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i had to loving drive, and I was behind not just an SUV a BMW SUV (x6) but not just an x6, an x6 M (m is their super souped up version, like RS for audi, AMG for MB) but not just an x6 M an x6 M competition https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a31249313/2020-bmw-x6-m-drive/ 119K msrp lol https://www.bmw-m.com/en/topics/magazine-article-pool/bmw-x5-m-competition-bmw-x6-m-competition-first-edition.html quote:5 EXCLUSIVE FACTS:
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pull in front of them on the highway and use your windshield fluid when they get close behjnd you
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:I think I've come around to them being "a nice idea" that is ruined in practice by selfish practices. Most people are super stupid it's honestly impressive society functions even as poorly as it does
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Real hurthling! posted:pull in front of them on the highway and use your windshield fluid when they get close behjnd you Just like a squid!
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:I think I've come around to them being "a nice idea" that is ruined in practice by selfish practices. a lot of people know exactly what they're for but ignore them anyway because driving is their daily opportunity to be an aggressive shithead in a (mostly) consequence-free setting.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:a lot of people know exactly what they're for but ignore them anyway because driving is their daily opportunity to be an aggressive shithead in a (mostly) consequence-free setting. the blacktop roads we drive on are satanic leylines driving everyone insane
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:So do you agree with Greg that the government deliberately subsidizing whites-only suburban developments by refusing to underwrite non-segregated housing developments, and using tax policy to encourage commercial development near those housing developments, had absolutely nothing to do with where people chose to live? Because that's a moronic opinion. yeah good post
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lvoe me some automobiles
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actionjackson posted:i had to loving drive, and I was behind not just an SUV wow somebody better call the police
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actionjackson posted:i had to loving drive, and I was behind not just an SUV how do people notice and remember details like this? as soon as my eyes clock the grill or badge my brain just goes, "ok beamer", or more often "ew, an suv" I cannot tell you a single luxury car model. they're all just cryptic letters and numbers
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webcams for christ posted:how do people notice and remember details like this? as soon as my eyes clock the grill or badge my brain just goes, "ok beamer", or more often "ew, an suv" can't you read? He had to drive behind a motherfucking BMW
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-had to drive (ugh) -had to drive behind a loving SUV (double ugh) -SUV was a BMW (  )-BMW was an x6 (  )-not just an x6, though, an x6 m (  )-mafarking x6 m was 'comptetition' version  yeah this is my IRL right now 
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why would I want to read a car??? It is not a place of honor. no highly esteemed words are commemorated there. it is dangerous and repulsive to us.
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im glad they make cars for rich people to crash in too
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BIG-DICK-BUTT-gently caress posted:yeah this is my IRL right now
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tractors are cool
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Real hurthling! posted:im glad they make cars for rich people to crash in too 18 year old failsons getting BMWs for their birthdays, getting into their dad's liquor cabinet and also coke and crashing into a family because they were going 150 km/h in a 30 zone.
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BIG-DICK-BUTT-gently caress posted:-had to drive (ugh) Found the bmw driver
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Decided to take the bus instead of bike because of the rain. During peak time with buses arriving every 5 minutes, my bus was 20 minutes late from traffic. There is no bus lane. I could bike to my destination in 20 minutes. The bus was also a rickety piece of poo poo that was rattling apart. Houston Metro buses are some of the shittiest buses I've rode. Still better than driving.
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I remember the bus being competitive with my bike (including the short walk) when i started work at 6:30 in my youth. Getting home, or getting anywhere else at a later time was extremely inefficient because of the traffic. This is part of the reason we need cars out before public transport becomes good.
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webcams for christ posted:how do people notice and remember details like this? as soon as my eyes clock the grill or badge my brain just goes, "ok beamer", or more often "ew, an suv" I was behind it at a stoplight 
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You have to pay $18/month for heated seats in your BMW, or you can pay $415 to be able to turn your heated seats on whenever you want. https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23204950/bmw-subscriptions-microtransactions-heated-seats-feature
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We’re eventually going to see automotive lootboxes.
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I noticed the guy who cut off my mom's car by driving into a left turn lane to get around a stopped bus (he wasn't turning left, just trying desperately to pass the bus and save 5 whole seconds) had some AMG SUV with matte gray paint that I presume costs $10k or more. I considered yelling at him and/or keying his precious ride but drivers are psychos so I didn't. e: I was going to check if the AMG poo poo was real or just a stolen valor badge and lol Mercedes sells like 8 different SUV models now. Precambrian Video Games has issued a correction as of 18:03 on Dec 17, 2022 |
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Loucks posted:We’re eventually going to see automotive lootboxes.  yes, I know what you are actually saying.
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just peeking in on the car forums I check occasionally so I can keep up with bug fixes for the dumb gently caress dashboard tablet that controls everything: quote:Discussion Starter · #1 · Sep 10, 2022 No wonder Americans are loving going broke, they're trading in a $42K MSRP car on a 60 month loan for a new $45K car on a 60 month loan every two and a half years
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CopperHound posted:Eventually? Lmao Gun sticker dudes are the funniest most pathetic thing.
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i drove today. im good for a while now.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:just peeking in on the car forums I check occasionally so I can keep up with bug fixes for the dumb gently caress dashboard tablet that controls everything: You couldn't be more wrong, man. The average car loan length is up to 70 months, there's even less equity there than you're thinking.
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95% of cars look exactly the same now. It's either a massively oversized land boat or a broke person hatchback lifted 1 inch off the ground, renamed "crossover", and sold for 20k more The only reason you can look at a parking lot and not see something from anti-Soviet propaganda is because enough people are still trying to keep 04 sedans running because it's all they can afford
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Epic High Five posted:95% of cars look exactly the same now. It's either a massively oversized land boat or a broke person hatchback lifted 1 inch off the ground, renamed "crossover", and sold for 20k more sorry you hate fuel efficiency it’s not the cars' fault they converge on the most* aerodynamic** shape
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:You have to pay $18/month for heated seats in your BMW, or you can pay $415 to be able to turn your heated seats on whenever you want. I remember having to jailbreak my first flip phone to unlock the Bluetooth for free. Good to see companies of the future turn to failed 90s practices. (00s?)
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