You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Now with 3x more gears...

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

It probably goes with saying, but the F150 that slammed into my wife’s minivan barely had a scratch on it. But no doubt the driver - a teacher on her way home from work - needs that sort of vehicle to get around.

That sucks about your family, dude. Hope your wife's neck gets better and that's infuriating that the accident was caused by lack of attention or distracted driving - either way, totally unacceptable when driving anything, let alone such a big and heavy vehicle.

As for the teacher owning it...IDK, it's not a crazy vehicle for a teacher. They get the entire summer off (is it nine weeks?), so I can see owning an RV and touring all over North America during that vacation time. A truck is ideal for pulling a trailer and bringing your toys/goodies in the box. They can also be pretty fuel efficient for what they are, so you don't save anything by owning the truck and a smaller commuter car...the truck can do double duty.

That's an aside, though. I don't even particularly like trucks, myself, and own an F-150 for my business simply because I have to. The accident is a total piss off.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

I’m trading in a perfectly good car that is 12 years old and less than 100k miles simply so we can have sensor tech and 360 cameras because so many other people drive with their cell phones out.

I can’t wait for self driving cars. Women can chat with friends and online shop, and dudes can get in a good wank. How is this a bad plan?

I mean sure. A.I. will make mistakes, and not see Oiler jerseys in crosswalks, but the odd glitch is a low price for getting rid of distracted, drunk, angry, incompetent meatbags who would rather not be driving anyway.

You could have installed a solution into your old car for less than $1K including having someone install it for you (probably closer to half if you could DIY). They're amazing upgrades to old cars, rapidly getting cheaper and other than the back up cameras having a wee bit of extra complexity, the rest is basically mount and ready to go out of the box.

For a few hundred dollars with something like this:

https://www.amazon.ca/Rearview-Recor...f-fa04f1ca0da8

Simultaneous front and back recording dash cams, back up cam. $100 all in for the hardware. DIY or pay someone to install for you.

For a few hundred more you could probably get something that also has sensors that mounts into the stereo unit screen. My parents have something like this in their vehicle, but it's older so no integrated Carplay or Android Auto. If you don't need the sensors and rear dash recording, something like this is pretty nifty for bridging the features gap between a decade old car to a newer car with a front recording dash cam, back up cam and wireless Carplay and android auto. This is what I put in recently into my car and it only cost $220.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CFHDQLN3?...roduct_details

I'm sure there's other reasons why you traded in. Just saying it's an option, especially probably for those with tighter budgets and/or parents who will have kids driving older vehicles without these features.

If someone installed these, the only other upgrade I'd recommend is the car battery. These units will increase the drain to those batteries, so you might want to replace batteries over 5 years old as a precaution + have a trickle charger on hand to top it up once or twice per winter just before a cold snap.

[GirlySports]

All these cars are fine as long as the gas tank is on the left

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

I can’t wait for self driving cars. Women can chat with friends and online shop, and dudes can get in a good wank. How is this a bad plan?

Come again?

[you&me]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Come again?

That's for the self driving ride home.

[Wormius]

You guys don’t have chauffeurs? Game changer.

[surferguy]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Come again?

That depends on the length of the trip.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

I’m trading in a perfectly good car that is 12 years old and less than 100k miles simply so we can have sensor tech and 360 cameras because so many other people drive with their cell phones out.

I can’t wait for self driving cars. Women can chat with friends and online shop, and dudes can get in a good wank. How is this a bad plan?

I mean sure. A.I. will make mistakes, and not see Oiler jerseys in crosswalks, but the odd glitch is a low price for getting rid of distracted, drunk, angry, incompetent meatbags who would rather not be driving anyway.

This sounds like a great premise for a Black Mirror episode.

"All the world has self-driving cars...with one...fatal flaw...Oilers jerseys cause them to accelerate uncontrollably!"

I'd watch it.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

It probably goes with saying, but the F150 that slammed into my wife’s minivan barely had a scratch on it. But no doubt the driver - a teacher on her way home from work - needs that sort of vehicle to get around.

I hope your family is ok.

If they aren't make sure you explore the claims you can make against the other driver and your own policy.

[SutterBrother]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

You could have installed a solution into your old car for less than $1K including having someone install it for you (probably closer to half if you could DIY). They're amazing upgrades to old cars, rapidly getting cheaper and other than the back up cameras having a wee bit of extra complexity, the rest is basically mount and ready to go out of the box.

For a few hundred dollars with something like this:

https://www.amazon.ca/Rearview-Recor...f-fa04f1ca0da8

Simultaneous front and back recording dash cams, back up cam. $100 all in for the hardware. DIY or pay someone to install for you.

For a few hundred more you could probably get something that also has sensors that mounts into the stereo unit screen. My parents have something like this in their vehicle, but it's older so no integrated Carplay or Android Auto. If you don't need the sensors and rear dash recording, something like this is pretty nifty for bridging the features gap between a decade old car to a newer car with a front recording dash cam, back up cam and wireless Carplay and android auto. This is what I put in recently into my car and it only cost $220.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CFHDQLN3?...roduct_details

I'm sure there's other reasons why you traded in. Just saying it's an option, especially probably for those with tighter budgets and/or parents who will have kids driving older vehicles without these features.

If someone installed these, the only other upgrade I'd recommend is the car battery. These units will increase the drain to those batteries, so you might want to replace batteries over 5 years old as a precaution + have a trickle charger on hand to top it up once or twice per winter just before a cold snap.

Thanks for this - good research. I want the thing that yanks the wheel out of the wife's hand when she's putting on eyeshadow and drifts into the other lane too.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Originally Posted by Wormius

You guys don’t have chauffeurs? Game changer.

My chauffeur is way too busy jacking me off while I online shop to focus on driving

[Locke]

Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor

My chauffeur is way too busy jacking me off while I online shop to focus on driving

Thats going to make for an interesting Reference Letter for his next job....

[Brendone]

Originally Posted by Locke

Thats going to make for an interesting Reference Letter for his next job....

“Always shows up relaxed and smiling.”

[Wormius]

How long is that “left lane ends” sign going to stay up on NB Deerfoot near McKnight, despite the left lane not ending?

[SutterBrother]

Originally Posted by Wormius

How long is that “left lane ends” sign going to stay up on NB Deerfoot near McKnight, despite the left lane not ending?

Till they get around to ending it?

Nothing better than lane closures, pylons, and not a soul in sight working.

[Slava]

People who drive to the end of a merge lane and sit there until every last car has passed them should have their license revoked entirely.

[Engine09]

Same dumb f***s who sit there with their neck cranked backwards. Didn't use their mirror once, no attempt to merge properly.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

Till they get around to ending it?

Nothing better than lane closures, pylons, and not a soul in sight working.

Oh, there’s construction, but the lane never ends. It’s weird because they could just flip the sign over until they actually begin the work.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Oh, there’s construction, but the lane never ends. It’s weird because they could just flip the sign over until they actually begin the work.

They could. But that's not part of their job description anymore so those lane end signs stay up until the entire project is over, and then after a few months the contracted sign crew comes around and takes 3/4 of the stuff away.

[Sliver]

How illegal is it to go rogue and just tip those signs over ourselves? I nominate Wormius.