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qbrozen

henryn said:

I like the beige interior, but not so much the right hand drive.

Its really not that bad. You get used to it pretty quick.
Although all the drivethroughs are kind of out of the question.

tjc78

@qbrozen said:
Its really not that bad. You get used to it pretty quick.
Although all the drivethroughs are kind of out of the question.

You could always go in reverse.

driver100

henryn said:

I like the beige interior, but not so much the right hand drive.

It would be perfect if you had a job delivering rural mail.

bwia

henryn said:

I like the beige interior, but not so much the right hand drive.

There is a story behind the right hand drive vehicles. I believe it has something to with mounting horses on the left and soldiers drawing their swords from the right in battle. The tradition carried over to cars and is very logical. Even in the Virgin Islands their cars are right hand drive and they drive on the left.

ab348

henryn said:

I like the beige interior, but not so much the right hand drive.

Here you go, problem solved:

imidazol97

From this came our 4-wheel vehicles of today...
I wonder if they had luxury and sports car wagon versions, like today.
4000 years ago...




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kyfdx

bwia said:

henryn said:

I like the beige interior, but not so much the right hand drive.

There is a story behind the right hand drive vehicles. I believe it has something to with mounting horses on the left and soldiers drawing their swords from the right in battle. The tradition carried over to cars and is very logical. Even in the Virgin Islands their cars are right hand drive and they drive on the left.

I heard a similar story, last week. Castle staircases all go clockwise, headed up, because left-handedness was very rare, and marauders would have to switch their swords to their left hands going up, while the defenders at the top were free to swing with their right hands. (take that with a grain of salt, but it was a professional tour guide that imparted that wisdom).

jmonroe1

kyfdx said:

bwia said:

henryn said:

I like the beige interior, but not so much the right hand drive.

There is a story behind the right hand drive vehicles. I believe it has something to with mounting horses on the left and soldiers drawing their swords from the right in battle. The tradition carried over to cars and is very logical. Even in the Virgin Islands their cars are right hand drive and they drive on the left.

I heard a similar story, last week. Castle staircases all go clockwise, headed up, because left-handedness was very rare, and marauders would have to switch their swords to their left hands going up, while the defenders at the top were free to swing with their right hands. (take that with a grain of salt, but it was a professional tour guide that imparted that wisdom).

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Who got that info from the internet.

jmonroe

kyfdx

jmonroe1 said:

kyfdx said:

bwia said:

henryn said:

I like the beige interior, but not so much the right hand drive.

There is a story behind the right hand drive vehicles. I believe it has something to with mounting horses on the left and soldiers drawing their swords from the right in battle. The tradition carried over to cars and is very logical. Even in the Virgin Islands their cars are right hand drive and they drive on the left.

I heard a similar story, last week. Castle staircases all go clockwise, headed up, because left-handedness was very rare, and marauders would have to switch their swords to their left hands going up, while the defenders at the top were free to swing with their right hands. (take that with a grain of salt, but it was a professional tour guide that imparted that wisdom).

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Who got that info from the internet.

jmonroe

I was in an actual castle when that information was imparted..

laurasdada

Swamp Castle?

qbrozen

I'm not a professional marauder, but I'd think such a person would not be too concerned with utilizing a handrail for personal safety.

kyfdx

qbrozen said:

I'm not a professional marauder, but I'd think such a person would not be too concerned with utilizing a handrail for personal safety.

If the stairway is curving to the right, you can't swing your sword, right-handed. It's a proven fact.

ab348

laurasdada said:

Swamp Castle?

White Castle.

ab348

driver100 said:

...and a black with orange....

I have no firsthand experience with these but I have seen a number of new vehicles with front seat cushion bolsters like these, where the bolsters on the side closest to the center tunnel are narrowed in order to provide a wider console. Is there a comfort penalty with those? Looks strange.

qbrozen

ab348 said:

I have no firsthand experience with these but I have seen a number of new vehicles with front seat cushion bolsters like these, where the bolsters on the side closest to the center tunnel are narrowed in order to provide a wider console. Is there a comfort penalty with those? Looks strange.

I think that's just an optical illusion. You are looking down on the center, so they seem narrower than those on the outside that you seeing at an angle.

henryn

This is not really my area of expertise, but I think you’re mistaken in this case. The photographer was obviously using a very wide angle camera lens, he had to be in order to get that picture from inside the car. And a very wide angle lens makes things closer look bigger than they are, in this picture look at the lid of the console storage box. The closest look, at the bottom of the picture, looks to be larger than at the front of that console lid. I suspect that is an optical illusion, created by the wide angle lens. Looking at the passenger seat (left side of the photo), the outside bolster does seem to get a little wider towards the bottom of the picture, but it isn’t nearly as noticeable as the console lid.

I just don’t believe the inherent distortion created by the wide angle lens can account for the apparent difference that we’re seeing in the outside and inside seat bolsters.

And for the record, I really hate wide consoles that steal thigh room.

driver100

@ab348
Talking about seat bolsters once we were looking at Audi SR4s, and MrsD100 said she would never buy a car where you have to slide your rear up and over the bolsters to be able to sit down. A regular A4 is fine...but that requires quite a lift-off to get into these seats.

I looked at several pictures of the Crown and it sure does appear to have narrower bolsters next to the console. I think they thought that through carefully, you can't sit too far over to where the door is anyway...there are arm rests and controls on the door side of the seat....being wide doesn't take away much seating area.

roadburner

I read where Cadillac will give you a rebate on a new Lyriq- if you sign a NDA and agree to be tracked...

roadburner

My bride-bless her heart-loves sport seats as much as I do-she hated the base bucket seats in the E90 328i. She's even good with Recaros.

explorerx4

I just road in an X5 35d on Friday. Didn't sound like a diesel but the front passenger seat was pretty firm, not really comfortable.

tifighter

This is funny. But I had to look up bunco.

fintail said:

And a faux floating C-pillar. So hip and edgy and with it! Memaw will look chic driving to the bunco tournament.

roadburner

That X5 probably had the base seats. BMW sport or comfort seats will have adjustable thigh support where the bottom cushion can be extended. The only domestic car seats I’ve found comfortable are the Ford and GM Recaros as well as the SRT seats in the Challenger. The Wrangler buckets are also comfortable and aggressive side bolsters aren’t necessary in that application.

roadburner

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned to my wife that I’d look at an X3 M or similar if she preferred something easier to get in and out of and she said, “NO! buy the car that YOU want!” So there’s that.

driver100

tifighter said:

This is funny. But I had to look up bunco.

fintail said:

And a faux floating C-pillar. So hip and edgy and with it! Memaw will look chic driving to the bunco tournament.

Me too. When I was in Florida some of the pickleball guys said they play "Cornhole". I decided to look that up at the same time. I am really broadening my knowledge being around here!

driver100

Do you really want to try to get in and out of these every time you go for a drive?
Not great seats for delivering pizzas.

bwia

Right-handed knights preferred to keep to the left in order to have their right arm nearer to an opponent

roadburner

driver100 said:

Do you really want to try to get in and out of these every time you go for a drive?
Not great seats for delivering pizzas.

They are definitely not geezer friendly.

jmonroe1

driver100 said:

tifighter said:

This is funny. But I had to look up bunco.

fintail said:

And a faux floating C-pillar. So hip and edgy and with it! Memaw will look chic driving to the bunco tournament.

Me too. When I was in Florida some of the pickleball guys said they play "Cornhole". I decided to look that up at the same time. I am really broadening my knowledge being around here!

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Really? We’ll let you know when it shows.

jmonroe

mjfloyd1

@driver100 said:
This is funny. But I had to look up bunco.
Me too. When I was in Florida some of the pickleball guys said they play "Cornhole". I decided to look that up at the same time. I am really broadening my knowledge being around here!

I’ve heard it called corn hole, bean bag toss, sack toss, or just bags.

explorerx4

We are moving across states about 600 miles.
Picking a mover is not easy.
I've been letting my wife take the lead on it.
She was pretty much set on one mover because they had a dedicated truck from A to B(3 days) until see saw they wanted $800 for 20K in damage replacement.
Now we are looking at a company that doesn't have a dedicated truck but is $300 for 75K of damage replacement but delivery is between 2 and 10 days.
Our estimates have been between 9.5K and 14.5K.

ab348

If mover A guarantees 3 days I would be more comfortable with that than the vague 2 to 10 days.

tjc78

@driver100 said:
This is funny. But I had to look up bunco.
Me too. When I was in Florida some of the pickleball guys said they play "Cornhole". I decided to look that up at the same time. I am really broadening my knowledge being around here!

Cornhole is a fun game. I made my own boards when we were in the campground. It’s very much a game best played with beer present.

explorerx4

@ab348,
I'm not sure why the insurance thing changed everything.
The guy did say I'm pretty sure everything will fit but you might have to rent a UHaul if we can't fit everything on the truck.
I'm willing to do that.

driver100

Do you really want to try to get in and o

tjc78 said:

@driver100 said:

This is funny. But I had to look up bunco.

Me too. When I was in Florida some of the pickleball guys said they play "Cornhole". I decided to look that up at the same time. I am really broadening my knowledge being around here!

Cornhole is a fun game. I made my own boards when we were in the campground. It’s very much a game best played with beer present.

Lots and lots of beer!

driver100

roadburner said:

driver100 said:

Do you really want to try to get in and out of these every time you go for a drive?
Not great seats for delivering pizzas.

They are definitely not geezer friendly.

They don't seem very human friendly actually.
Very hard to slide in and out;

roadburner

driver100 said:

roadburner said:

driver100 said:

Do you really want to try to get in and out of these every time you go for a drive?
Not great seats for delivering pizzas.

They are definitely not geezer friendly.

They don't seem very human friendly actually.
Very hard to slide in and out;

You honestly don't know that Recaro builds more than one type of seat, depending on whether it's for an OEM, the aftermarket, or for racing?
Seriously?

oldfarmer50

mjfloyd1 said:

@driver100 said:

This is funny. But I had to look up bunco.

Me too. When I was in Florida some of the pickleball guys said they play "Cornhole". I decided to look that up at the same time. I am really broadening my knowledge being around here!

I’ve heard it called corn hole, bean bag toss, sack toss, or just bags.

Cornhole is usually played on a board with only one hole while the more sophisticated Holyboard has three and in one version is played with large washers instead of beanbags.

tjc78

New topic! I don’t believe we have discussed this before.

Coolers -

Looking for a soft cooler. Stuck between paying the crazy price for a Yeti or the more reasonable one for a n RTic. Anyone have real world experience with an RTic. Reviews seem very good and all point to them being as good as the Yeti at a much lower price.

qbrozen

@tjc78 said:
New topic! I don’t believe we have discussed this before.

Coolers -

Looking for a soft cooler. Stuck between paying the crazy price for a Yeti or the more reasonable one for a n RTic. Anyone have real world experience with an RTic. Reviews seem very good and all point to them being as good as the Yeti at a much lower price.

I went through this last year. The Yeti just seems like a stupid pricepoint to me. I went with the HOIHOO. Perfectly happy with it.

driver100

roadburner said:

driver100 said:

roadburner said:

driver100 said:

Do you really want to try to get in and out of these every time you go for a drive?
Not great seats for delivering pizzas.

They are definitely not geezer friendly.

They don't seem very human friendly actually.
Very hard to slide in and out;

You honestly don't know that Recaro builds more than one type of seat, depending on whether it's for an OEM, the aftermarket, or for racing?
Seriously?

Oh boy, not my area of expertise, we can't all know everything about every topic. I probably know more about tennis and pickleball than I do about Ricardo seats. Maybe more than some people who know everything there is to know about cars.
I do know this...the R/S 4 we looked at had Ricardo seats and they had bolsters that I would get tired of very quickly.....taking into account the number of times I actually need the bolsters.

kyfdx

oldfarmer50 said:

mjfloyd1 said:

@driver100 said:

This is funny. But I had to look up bunco.

Me too. When I was in Florida some of the pickleball guys said they play "Cornhole". I decided to look that up at the same time. I am really broadening my knowledge being around here!

I’ve heard it called corn hole, bean bag toss, sack toss, or just bags.

Cornhole is usually played on a board with only one hole while the more sophisticated Holyboard has three and in one version is played with large washers instead of beanbags.

@mjfloyd1 is from Indiana. Don't let him fool you. They only play cornhole, there.

mjfloyd1

@kyfdx said:
@mjfloyd1 is from Indiana. Don't let him fool you. They only play cornhole, there.

True but I occasionally interact with “foreigners”🤣😂

explorerx4

I got a Yeti soft sided cooler a few years ago. It stays cold for a long time.

qbrozen

driver100 said:

I probably know more about tennis and pickleball than I do about Ricardo seats. Maybe more than some people who know everything there is to know about cars.
I do know this...the R/S 4 we looked at had Ricardo seats and they had bolsters that I would get tired of very quickly.....taking into account the number of times I actually need the bolsters.

I'll have to let my son, Ricardo, know.

jmonroe1

qbrozen said:

@tjc78 said:

New topic! I don’t believe we have discussed this before.

Coolers -

Looking for a soft cooler. Stuck between paying the crazy price for a Yeti or the more reasonable one for a n RTic. Anyone have real world experience with an RTic. Reviews seem very good and all point to them being as good as the Yeti at a much lower price.

I went through this last year. The Yeti just seems like a stupid pricepoint to me. I went with the HOIHOO. Perfectly happy with it.

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Just for grins I decided to look up Yeti coolers on line. I think I’ll have to fall in love with warm beer.

jmonroe

mjfloyd1

@qbrozen said:
I'll have to let my son, Ricardo, know.

Ricardo Montalbán?

Chrysler Cordoba with fine Corinthian leather

imidazol97

Renewed the SiriusXM radios in both cars. I used the chat "feature." Earlier I had seen a "cancel" link, but couldn't find it this visit to try it to see if that would cause a popup offer to renew. No popups for renewal or special offers showed for me. So I went to chat. I had the telephone because I have some hearing loss and understanding some agents is really difficult.

This was the best of all renewal interactions. The agent was very clear. No resistance to renewing the $60/12 mo plan(s).

My Brave browser did crash because I turned off the protection from popups when agent was ready to have me give a new credit car info box. Brave sometimes blocks those.

I'm using more and more downloaded music on CD's in both cars, so I could do without XM even better than before. I'd miss checking on national news channels and would miss SoulTown and YachtRock channels.

roadburner

@driver100 said:
Oh boy, not my area of expertise, we can't all know everything about every topic. I probably know more about tennis and pickleball than I do about Ricardo seats. Maybe more than some people who know everything there is to know about cars.
I do know this...the R/S 4 we looked at had Ricardo seats and they had bolsters that I would get tired of very quickly.....taking into account the number of times I actually need the bolsters.

I’m well aware that most automotive topics fall outside your area of expertise, so for future reference:
Ricardo:

Recaro:

oldfarmer50

tjc78 said:

New topic! I don’t believe we have discussed this before.

Coolers -

Looking for a soft cooler. Stuck between paying the crazy price for a Yeti or the more reasonable one for a n RTic. Anyone have real world experience with an RTic. Reviews seem very good and all point to them being as good as the Yeti at a much lower price.

Want to save money on a cooler? Order some Omaha steaks. They come in a styrofoam cooler that could hold a case of beer. Perfect party arrangement, take the steaks out, cook them and fill the cooler. Don’t forget to invite all your Edmunds buddies.

stickguy

the Rtic is good. we have family that is into the high end hiking type stuff and he got one instead of the Yeti.