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The city wasn't making enough money from the scameras, so they opted to get rid of the program.
Saftey wasn't even a concern for the politicians. Having said that, we are all SAFER without the cameras.
Describing oblivious drivers is not a crime, even if it doesn't conform to the dumbed down lowest common denominator PC world that some strive for...
Of course not. It's not what you say, but how you say it. :shades:
It's too easy to drive here, and we let many drive who shouldn't.
Sounds like a nice guy! :P
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
Once it's a couple weeks old, it's absorbing water and damaging the fuel system in the car.
Is there any place you can buy real gas?
Down here in Oregon, there's a chain of stations(Pacific Pride) that sells non-ethanol fuel. I buy it for my "farm truck", 'cause it takes about 3-4 months to use a tank.
Maybe I should applaud the dumbing down of our roadways to a third world standard? Or be giving thanks to those who both encourage it and participate in it?
hmmmm...what shall I try next to see each of you jump high :P
Sacramento drivers would have gotten an F+, but I have no experience up there since 2002.
thanks.
I still think it's garbage that when a city cop hits you they don't consider a self-insured gov't entity like the City to be Uninsured/underinsured since they are self-insured.
Self insurance is exactly the same to me as being under or uninsured, and should fall under that coverage with a deductible waiver (if you bought that coverage). The city takes a lot longer to pay a claim than does State Farm. However, that being said, Mercury was nice enough to waive my deductible and pay for the repairs while THEY waited on the city to pay them (rather than making me wait for the City to write a check to me).
If someone is self insured through a bond in CA, do you think they'd make you treat Joe Blow like the city and let them take 2 months plus to pay you back?
The Sandman
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
Today's inconsiderate - phone yapper holding his device in his left hand, in a 4x4 Tundra going 5 under and holding up a line of traffic. Biker cop saw him, looked at him, did nothing.
In the town near me, there's 1 place that sells the real gas. It's intended for power tools, etc.
they also sell #2 diesel, which you can't use for on-road vehicles.
Once I explained my concern about the ethanol gas in my farm truck(and the fact that the guy was a big military supporter, and my son is currently serving), he graciously lets me use his gas for the truck.
HOOAH!!!
Yesterday had an old woman yell at me with her window down that I was going the wrong way (in a grocery store parking lot). A wide two way parking area. Diminishing faculties combined with arrogance - not a good combination. And in 25 years it is going to be a disaster out there with the older set.
This morning had a new resident satellite child in a late model M3 come pretty close to running a stop sign as he was zooming down a side street - had he not stopped he might have clipped me. But I guess I am being unfair - if someone has money, they deserve respect, even if it is the 19 year old devilspawn of some corrupt official who was allowed to buy their way in to our devolving future 2nd world idiocracy. Also saw a guy in a new (likely leased) A4 going about 50 in a 30, and never once touching his signal as he weaved around the 4 lane road. Looks like Jeremy Clarkson's claims about Audi drivers are coming true, the US does tend to lag a few years behind such trends. And to top it off, an old man in a pretty blue and white 55 Bel Air convertible, nice older looking restoration, out for a cruise with his granddaughters - who were standing up and climbing around in the car as it was going 25-30. Safety.
And... that will be us. Can't wait to yell at some young whippersnapper that he's going the wrong way in a parking lot.
Do leased A4s tend to go faster than purchased A4s? :confuse: How can you tell a car is leased just from looking at it? From other posts here, we know the A4 driver was within his rights to drive 50 in a 30 zone and not use his signal because drivers of cars with superior abilities don't have to follow the same rules as everyone else. Haven't you been following the discussion??
A lot of these lower line prestige brands are leased, and the [non-permissible content removed] showoff crowd are big leasers. Just putting two and two together, could be wrong, but a good chance that it isn't. If it offends, I will give you a number you can call :shades: And to be honest, had he signaled or not weaved around, I would have been less irked. We can't all be deadly dull Sonata and Sentra drivers
Your superior abilities rant would be well spoken hanging out in the Eastgate area of Bellevue watching the WSP zoom around to have breaks and meals with their coworkers.
I was reading an article the other day about the large number of 20-somethings millionaires in the USA. Some people have managed to make a lot of money even during the recession. I'll bet they don't have to lease their cars. But if they did... it would not matter wrt this discussion.
What does a "large" (relative to what, substantiated by what, claimed by whom?) number of supposed young millionaires in this era of social networking upstart idiocy have to do with anything in this thread? Weird distraction, fail. You are right it doesn't matter with this discussion, millionaires of any bent don't drive boring lowline A4s.
My posts obviously irk you - word to the wise, see "fintail" and skip the post, more pleasant than the heartburn caused by anyone who dares to make educated guesses
I don't know why in the world you would expect that, but you would be dead wrong.
What does a "large" (relative to what, substantiated by what, claimed by whom?) number of supposed young millionaires in this era of social networking upstart idiocy have to do with anything in this thread?
What does whether an A4 is leased or not have anything to do with this thread?
I recommend you skip my replies to your posts if they bother you. Then you can sally forth making wild guesses about whether people buy or lease cars etc. unencumbered by facts.
From all personal experience I have, the "lease a lowline prestige" set tends to abuse their cars, and be jerky in a general - ie: the type who would be going 50%+ over the limit and weaving around without signals. Again, this might be a tough concept, it's called an educated guess. I could be wrong, but I would actually put money on me being right. Maybe it's different from where I live - where some young millionaires actually take residence, than in boring middle America. And don't answer a question with a question, it is bad form :P
I post, you reply. I don't obsess about your original posts. You are the one who needs not reply, otherwise it gives the impression you have some kind of fixation. If I was harping on your original posts, I would be the guilty one, but I am not. Simple, if you don't like the cut of my jib, leave me alone - your recourse ends there.
Do you have any inconsiderate drivers to discuss, or only crying about someone who dares to make educated guesses?
Why are you fixated on my personal driving habits? You've never seen me drive, so you have no idea what they are like other than what I've described here. And that is nothing like your "educated guess."
I post my observations on inconsiderate drivers all the time here. I just don't tend to post my "educated guesses" about whether the cars I see driving around are leased or not, or whether drivers abuse their cars, or whether they are jerks in general or just did something ill-advised. I have no idea. I'd rather not guess on it... can lead to all kinds of problems when we make guesses about people based on one quick observation.
Educated guesses can be made via the type of car and the driver. I'll take the claims as claims and leave it at that.
You can post your observations how you like, I will post how I like, and the world will be beautiful. I can guess about things, you can refrain, and everything will be peachy. Got a deal?
Another "educated guess" on which you are dead wrong. Not a good hit rate today.
Guess away, it's a free country we have the privilege of living in. But IMO, "educated" guess is a big stretch. More like "wild-a**" guess.
Cheers! (and I mean that sincerely!)
Paul
And on topic, maybe because it is a holiday and surface street volumes are light, I didn't see any remarkably bad driving at all, I was out for a couple hours and it was really pretty nice and boring. Worst thing I saw was a Lexus SC that went straight in a turn only lane, but it didn't get close to hitting anything as the straight lane was dawdling. Wish every day was like this.
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I was an inconsiderate pedestrian yesterday....
Where did he think he was going to make me go? We were all in one lane and the truck was determining the pace.
It was all explained to me when, after we had entered the highway, and he blasted past me, I saw the big Boston Red Sox emblem on the back of his car. :P
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Found this online from "The American Association of Justice (AAJ)"
Conclusions about the industry
The AAJ came to the following conclusions about the insurance industry as a whole:
•Companies consistently put profits over policyholders. The report concludes that many insurance companies may “talk the talk”, but don’t “walk the walk.” They may advertise that your “in good hands”, are “like a good neighbor” or “provide the strength to be there”, but fall short when it comes to actually serving their customers.
•Companies continually deny, delay and defend. Insurance companies make more money when they pay out fewer claims. Obvious? Yes. Ethical? No. The industry as a whole routinely denies, delays and defends claims – all in the name of the “bottom line.”
•Profits and salaries are skyrocketing. The property/casualty and life insurance industries average $30B in profits every year. In fact, the U.S. insurance industry as a whole receives premiums of over $1 trillion (with a “T”) every year and has assets of $3.8 trillion.
The Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the ten insurers in the report averaged an annual salary of nearly $9 million in 2007.
In fact, the U.S. insurance industry as a whole receives premiums of over $1 trillion (with a “T”) every year and has assets of $3.8 trillion.
Gee just a trillion in a country with over 330 million people. Thats not that much. Plus by law for every dollar of policy written an insurance company has to have several dollars of assets to cover losses. I will have to check that one out to get the exact figure.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Another nice easy boring commute today, traffic wasn't heavy, no exceptional doofs out on the road. But while jogging I did get to see something pretty dumb, a slacks and tie type (no gear other than helmet) on a large displacement sportbike, looked like he first rode a bike last week. Pulled up into an intersection to turn left, had to stop for oncoming traffic, no signal of course...wobbled around and then almost dumped it, struggling to keep it upright...then lurched it down the side street, eventually. Had he dumped it I would have laughed. Schadenfreude.