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Car Hater posted:rolling stops growing up i heard these called "california stops"
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Car Hater posted:Lmao no way in hell more than 1/4 of drivers actually fully stop at stop signs instead of rolling stops Driving the speed limit and stopping fully at signs is the #1 way to induce spitting rage in other drivers
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Aug 16, 2023 15:25
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Doc Hawkins posted:growing up i heard these called "california stops" we called them ‘cop stops’ when I was a kid cause it used to be that citizens would get pulled over for them.
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Aug 16, 2023 15:28
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Stop signs on a four-lane road is psycho poo poo.
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Aug 16, 2023 15:34
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spacemang_spliff posted:yeah
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Aug 16, 2023 15:36
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The entire premise is idiotic. The only people the bicyclists are endangering is themselves. The truck is a rolling tank
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Aug 16, 2023 15:41
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mystes posted:It looks to me like the first biker came to a complete stop at one point but just didn't put their foot down yeah looking at it again I think you're right
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Aug 16, 2023 15:48
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I actually initially assumed they were somehow mad at the second cyclist but I don't think they did anything wrong either. I guess it's more likely that they just felt like the first cyclist didn't really stop because they didn't put their foot down but afaik there's no requirement that cyclists put their feet down, and when you're on a bike it's actually pretty annoying to put your foot down at a four way stop because then there's a brief period where you can be getting ready to start moving again but cars may see that you're not moving yet and decide to go at the same time which can lead to a lot of confusion
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Aug 16, 2023 15:51
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https://x.com/davidzipper/status/1691484736730935307?s=46&t=K6CRMiA33aFQep_ZPx64DQ
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Aug 16, 2023 15:56
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It's amazing how literally all of the inexpensive compact hatchbacks have been killed in the past few years
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Aug 16, 2023 15:59
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I had a Mirage as a rental once. Good little car, 50 mpg, but it absolutely gets bodied in every car review because it’s not big enough and too little vroom vroom.
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Aug 16, 2023 16:03
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since I'm stuck in a very car centric place I'm still driving my 2009 honda fit and I occasionally (like once a year) check to see what I would replace it with if it died (since the fit was discontinued in the us) but each time I do everything that people suggest as an alternative has also already been killed, so I realized it's a waste of time
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Aug 16, 2023 16:09
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wasnt the mirage 4wd? I seem to recall mitsubishi having a little 4wd sedan which seemed like it owuld be nice to have in snow
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Aug 16, 2023 16:10
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mystes posted:since I'm stuck in a very car centric place I'm still driving my 2009 honda fit and I occasionally (like once a year) check to see what I would replace it with if it died (since the fit was discontinued in the us) but each time I do everything that people suggest as an alternative has also already been killed, so I realized it's a waste of time The segment is dead and was never very popular in the first place, the Fit was never a sales hit. America just has very little demand for an affordable, practical, fuel efficient car that can carry stuff or people.
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Aug 16, 2023 16:11
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I also wonder if part of the problem is that people who drive practical cars are less likely to want to buy a new car every 2 years so the market is optimizing for the dumbest people's preferences
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Aug 16, 2023 16:12
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lmao they discontinued the VW Golf although you can get the Golf GTI for $35k due to "low sales" They sold 70,000 in 2017
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Aug 16, 2023 16:14
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mystes posted:I also wonder if part of the problem is that people who drive practical cars are less likely to want to buy a new car every 2 years so the market is optimizing for the dumbest people's preferences yeah that might be it, no one is leasing a new econobox every 2 years. I'll drive my car until it dies because there's no alternative.
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Aug 16, 2023 16:14
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spacemang_spliff posted:lmao they discontinued the VW Golf although you can get the Golf GTI for $35k due to "low sales" They sell more than 400,000 Golfs annually in the EU, which is a smaller market overall than the US.
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Aug 16, 2023 16:16
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Twerk from Home posted:They sell more than 400,000 Golfs annually in the EU, which is a smaller market overall than the US. oh yeah it's like the best selling car worldwide but it's harder to liquify an entire family with one so americans don't want it
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Aug 16, 2023 16:17
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Maybe people would be less upset about bikes if we make the people who ride them less attractive
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Aug 16, 2023 16:19
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impossible
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Aug 16, 2023 16:23
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uggos night at the local velodrome
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Aug 16, 2023 16:26
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I briefly joined the cyclist concern this morning when I had to drop my car off for servicing in SoDo and then ride a unisex REI bike to Boeing Field. I did not die but I am very sweaty. Airport Way is not terrible.
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Aug 16, 2023 16:43
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That whole area's filled with nails and crap on the road. Not quite as bad as Rainier down by Renton though. There's like a 30% chance of getting a flat every time I've ridden by there.
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Aug 16, 2023 16:48
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make the bikes bigger than SUVs et voila
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cat botherer posted:That whole area's filled with nails and crap on the road. Not quite as bad as Rainier down by Renton though. There's like a 30% chance of getting a flat every time I've ridden by there. yeah I'm fully expecting both of my tires to be flat when I go downstairs to get my bike in the afternoon. it was a fun jaunt but actually more stressful than driving.
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Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:make the bikes bigger than SUVs et voila everyone can commute via pedal pub
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Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:make the bikes bigger than SUVs et voila pennyfarthings only
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Megamissen posted:pennyfarthings only in this economy? more like dollarfarthings
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spacemang_spliff posted:wasnt the mirage 4wd? I seem to recall mitsubishi having a little 4wd sedan which seemed like it owuld be nice to have in snow   here's a similar Subaru i saw once 
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mystes posted:It's amazing how literally all of the inexpensive compact hatchbacks have been killed in the past few years thanks to this post i just learned that the honda fit was discontinued in 2020. what da gently caress
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Aug 16, 2023 17:55
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imagine a world where everyone drives trukk, living in harmony
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Don Pigeon posted:imagine a world where everyone drives trukk, living in harmony replace trukk with killdozers and im there. would be nice for those vehicles to be rehabilitated by more sympathetic drivers than the last
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Driving the speed limit and stopping fully at signs is the #1 way to induce spitting rage in other drivers
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Driving the speed limit and stopping fully at signs is the #1 way to induce spitting rage in other drivers It's not the reason I do it but it's a nice bonus! I've been seeing cars with "The closer you get the slower I go" stickers and now I want one.
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there's a big van near me with a sticker that says "sorry for driving so close in front of you" and it always makes me lol.
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https://twitter.com/SanazTahernia/status/1691613631505641910?s=20 Can’t find the pic on another tweet, but this intersection looked insane AND had green lights w walk lights w turn right turn lanes. Awful. Edit: https://twitter.com/nextdoorsv/status/1691872450298986622?s=20 Boywhiz88 has issued a correction as of 02:46 on Aug 17, 2023 |
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mystes posted:I also wonder if part of the problem is that people who drive practical cars are less likely to want to buy a new car every 2 years so the market is optimizing for the dumbest people's preferences also there's not really a middle class anymore, which is who buys sensible economical cars. either you have good credit (white, suburbanite) and you can get 50 grand from a bank to buy some piece of poo poo truck or you can't and you drive a beater you bought used.
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Twerk from Home posted:The segment is dead and was never very popular in the first place, the Fit was never a sales hit. America just has very little demand for an affordable, practical, fuel efficient car that can carry stuff or people. America does have demand for vehicles like that, it's just that Premium Consumer is the only guy who matters.
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"Affordable, practical, fuel efficient car that can carry stuff or people" was most of the market for better part of a century, for every Cadillac Eldorado there were a thousand Dodge Darts. The current state of affairs in the US with automobiles, where only the biggest and most obnoxious hunks of poo poo get any attention, is a relic of 2012+. It's a statement on our economy and who it pays attention to.
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