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2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav
jmonroe
jmonroe
I was met with responses ranging from:
1) Amazon doesn't owe you crap. They still shipped it for free didn't they?
to
2) Their fine print is probably more than enough to make an air tight defense against them under-delivering.
I do find it pretty tacky and cheap the more and more items I see without "Prime" shipping being available.
Re: GFCIs. Yes they go bad. I had several go in my old house and the PITA is everything hooked downstream goes out too. Newer ones have a red light when they die.
Re: Cash. We don’t use it often at all. We usually have $20-$30 at most. Nearly everywhere takes some form of cashless payment.
Re: Mazda 6. Not surprised. Won’t be many sedans left in a few years.
Typing this from the beach. A little overcast and water is ice cubes ... but still wonderful.
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
Also, apparently Gov't Motors and Chrysler too.
The items you see without "Prime shipping" are items not being sold by Amazon. They are trying to replace Ebay as a place for other, smaller companies to sell their products. I have no particular opinion on that, we can all feel free to ignore those products if we choose. The information is prominently displayed, no one is hiding anything from you.
One main reason is you are going forward with a clear view into the "unknown" when you move forward out of a parking space. When you are backing out of a parking space, your view is restricted, you are going into the "unknown" and you DO NOT have the right of way. When you back into a parking space, you are backing into the "KNOWN" (that being an empty space) with the right of way to that space.
GIGANTIC HUGE DIFFERENCE. Admittedly it took me years and a lot of thought to finally realize this. Hope I explained it well.
When you approach a fork in the road on a foggy, rainy day, an advanced navigation system can clearly illustrate which road to take. Credit...Paul Stenquis
Years ago before the invention of the wide angle rear view back up camera, it was a crap shoot as to the safest way to park in a parking lot but I’ll have to go with technology in this situation every time. Which is a switch for me because I’m far from being a nanny proponent.
jmonroe
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Here in our condo community (4000+ apartments), we are not allowed to park backing into our assigned parking spaces - $25 fines issued by our security department. The rationale is based upon visibility of license plates and display of right-rear window parking bar codes. The vehicle to my right is a large SUV - thus backing out of my space presents a problem where I cannot see vehicles or pedestrians approaching me from my right rear. Luckily my G90 has rear and front approaching pedestrian and vehicle sensors and warnings and will actually apply brakes automatically if a collision with a person or vehicle is imminent. My back-up cameras are limited in that they don’t have wide-angle capabilities as did my Mercedes vehicles. So I have to be more cautious when backing out of parking spaces.
2021 Genesis G90
2020 Ascent Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
I think it is easier to back in since you can see clearly with side mirrors and camera. New cars, especially "trucky" ones like the RDX, have such big, blocky noses that it is just a wild guess what's going on.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
IMO it’s pay me now or pay me later. Either way one of the operations is backing up 90% of the time.
I almost never back in to a spot unless it looks like it will be a nightmare to get out.
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
Anytime you’re pulling into traffic even parking lot aisles you do not have possession of that road until you are safely fully on it regardless of going forward or backwards. I never use the argument of having the right of way. I’ll always yield to an idiot rather than have an accident and try to prove that I had the right of way. So far that philosophy is working.
jmonroe
See, it is kind of like an elephants trunk and can twist around in either direction!
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
I realize that I'm speaking Swahili (no offense to those people) here, but here it is.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
jmonroe
I don’t need a site to tell me it is always better to back in whenever you can (or pull through if the opposite facing spot is open), for exactly the reasons you state.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
There are also parking spots that are angled so you pretty much have to pull in nose first.
Yeah tell that to the person who almost hit me trying to back into a parking space I was occupying.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Can't you also be targeted and rammed into pulling out forward? And wouldn't still be your fault?
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Simple solution back into someone else's assigned spot and let them get the $25 fine.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Well spoken, well said.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
I decided to wash and detail the M235i today; at 7 years and 61k miles I think it still looks pretty good.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
I have found sites that say otherwise, anyway I will take the few sites I found that say it's a mute point.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
You got me thinking so I looked it up. These states don’t require a front plate:
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Mississippi
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
West Virginia
Not all of them are redneck states.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
The issue is not that you were backing up but you were entering the path of the flow of traffic. Going backward or forward you still must yield right of way.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Talk about bad parking.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
You got something against rednecks?
I'd rather have a front plate than be forced to park head-in all the time.
Our Volvos are pretty impressive, very sharp and fairly wide angle.
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
Of course sheeple think that they are just wonderful.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
I disagree... with an asterisk. The standard SHOULD have been set in 2008 by Infiniti with their 360 surround backup cam. That thing is a marvel. Sadly, it did/has not become as widespread as it should, so I can’t call it “the standard.”
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
We can argue all day about whether toll roads are a good idea, as opposed to general revenue (taxes) being used to fund all roads. But as long as we do have toll roads, I do believe you should pay for it if you want to use it.
Here in Houston, we have a number of toll roads. One in particular, the Westpark Toll Road is a nightmare during rush hour. You're actually better off just staying on the surface streets. A few years back, the politicians in charge of such matters proposed an increase in the tolls, just about doubling the cost on that particular toll road. The idea being, it's no use as it is, you pay $2 to sit. Increase that to $4 and enough people would drop out that the traffic would actually move again. The "people" had a screaming fit, the tolls were not increased, and at 5 o'clock you have a parking lot.
2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav