Peeves

[Golddeenoh]

Things that bother me. I'm a few weeks away from finishing my Degree in Automotive Technology, and the one thing that bugs me is when someone pretends to know a lot about cars but uses the word "motor" when they really mean Engine. A motor is electric and uses electricity passing through winding to create magnetic fields and move a stator. An Engine uses the heat energy from the controlled burning fuel to create a mechanical action or motion.

Simply put, unless it is a hybrid or full electric, it has an engine, not a motor.

[nookandcrannycar]

I'm a few weeks away from finishing my Degree in Automotive Technology
Congratulations! :thumbup:

[fnkngrv]

This is very true. Folks use the terms interchangeably. I can give you one of mine. Everyone calls their mobile phones "cell" phones. There have not been cell phones for at least 10 years. A cellular phone was old TDM tech whereas once the phones went digital and pretty much moved into what has been out there since actually what GSM started to do with their evolution around 2000 is a mobile telephony network. I won't bore you with further details, but that bothers me just as much as it apparently bothers you with the engine vs motor terminology. Another for me is calling all inline skates "Rollerblades" or those unfortunates that called mp3 players from various manufacturers iPods.

[Kar98]

A motor is electric and uses electricity passing through winding to create magnetic fields and move a stator. An Engine uses the heat energy from the controlled burning fuel to create a mechanical action or motion.

Damn straight. Now where do I get a gallon of engine oil?

http://i.imgur.com/gvncqpE.jpg

:bonk:

[Kar98]

Everyone calls their mobile phones "cell" phones. There have not been cell phones for at least 10 years. A cellular phone was old TDM tech whereas once the phones went digital and pretty much moved into what has been out there since actually what GSM started to do with their evolution around 2000 is a mobile telephony network.


They're called cell phones because the base stations form cells of phone coverage. The actual technology, be that AMPS, TDMA, CDMA, GSM, UMTS etc has nothing to do with that.

[CTScott]

Hmmm. Is that why they are called "motor vehicles" as opposed to "engine vehicles"?

Actually, as an engineer nomenclature is key. The problem with motor vs. engine is that they truly are interchangeable in regards to vehicles.

By definition:
A motor is: a machine that produces motion or power for doing work
An engine is: a machine that changes energy into mechanical motion

If you are referring to a device that uses electric current as the power source, then the correct nomenclature is electric motor. To simply call something a motor, you are not specifying the power source of said device.

[CTScott]

And, here's a great read on the subject:

https://engineering.mit.edu/ask/what%E2%80%99s-difference-between-motor-and-engine

[Kaotic Lazagna]

http://i.imgur.com/8mS65Uk.jpg

[Kaotic Lazagna]

-People who don't use turn signals when there are cars behind them.
-People who use their high beams while there are oncoming traffic.
-People who tailgate.
-People who say "Your an idiot."
-any and all inconsiderate people.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

In regards to your post, I reserve the term "motor" primarily for electric motors, and "engine" for gasoline/diesel engines. Although I sometimes say "motor swap" instead of "engine swap."

[chriswf]

I don't care what people call the engine as long as it gets the point across.

Things that grind my gears

- slow drivers in left/passing lane
- car accident rubber neckers who do a 180 in their seat to stare down an accident on the other side of the highway
- inconsiderate or selfish drivers who won't let you by or through just because? Id do it for you, why not do it for me?

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[Septembersrain]

I don't care what people call the engine as long as it gets the point across.

Things that grind my gears

- slow drivers in left/passing lane
- car accident rubber neckers who do a 180 in their seat to stare down an accident on the other side of the highway
- inconsiderate or selfish drivers who won't let you by or through just because? Id do it for you, why not do it for me?

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Oh man, this exactly. I'm starting to hate driving around my city. Especially during spring break. Ugh.

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[ilikerice]

My peeve

Gathering the tools you need to do a job under the car, shimming yourself under said car with tools, dropping that socket that slipped out of your hands and performing ninja like moves to catch it only to fail while it begins to roll down the driveway you attempt one final stretch and slam your hand to grab it but then stare at the horizon of your hand and watch the socket sink into the distance... at that moment you wish you had the FORCE...

[jpmck03]

Everywhere:
- they're, their, there
- you're, your
- seen instead of saw
- mines instead of my

And specific to here:
- Yaris, Yari

It's not like you'd refer to your wife as "my wives," so why would you refer to your one Yaris as "my Yari."

[fnkngrv]

They're called cell phones because the base stations form cells of phone coverage. The actual technology, be that AMPS, TDMA, CDMA, GSM, UMTS etc has nothing to do with that.


Ok, so in that case I pose this: the term "cellular phone" is a misnomer because the phone is not cellular, the network is.

[why?]

the entire human race. I'm just not a fan at all.

[chriswf]

Everywhere:
- they're, their, there
- you're, your
- seen instead of saw
- mines instead of my

And specific to here:
- Yaris, Yari

It's not like you'd refer to your wife as "my wives," so why would you refer to your one Yaris as "my Yari."

I call mine the YarYar :O
My girlfriends kids call it that.

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[yougojay]

the entire human race. I'm just not a fan at all.
:bellyroll:

I just call my engine by it's given name One New Zealand Fuel Efficient (1NZ-FE) That's how I thought of it to remember the engine code...:smile:

[fnkngrv]

How about the damned login timer here? Am I missing something or is it kind of short? Do other folks have this issue as well? I just typed a lengthy PM to someone only to have the system tell me I needed to log back in....lost it :mad:

[chriswf]

How about the damned login timer here? Am I missing something or is it kind of short? Do other folks have this issue as well? I just typed a lengthy PM to someone only to have the system tell me I needed to log back in....lost it :mad:

When I read the reviews for this app, this was the most common complaint. Basically the main complaint.

If its lengthy, I'd select it all, hit copy, then submit it.

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[fnkngrv]

When I read the reviews for this app, this was the most common complaint. Basically the main complaint.

If its lengthy, I'd select it all, hit copy, then submit it.

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Yeah, I end up doing that too, but my sometimers kicked in and I forgot this time. :cry:

Still should not be damned DOD grade timers! :thumbdown:

[Golddeenoh]

Ford "motor" Company for example is actually paying homage to the initial idea of using the new fangled electricity to power and move vehicles. That changed when the oil giants "encouraged" the use of fossil fuels. That is why oil companys also use the common vernacular for engine oil.

[nookandcrannycar]

-People who don't use turn signals when there are cars behind them.
-People who use their high beams while there are oncoming traffic.
-People who tailgate.
-People who say "Your an idiot."
-any and all inconsiderate people.

-People who (when I am in THE SLOW LANE on the freeway or on a multi lane in each direction surface street going the speed limit or slightly under) don't like the speed I'm going and 'to teach me a lesson' try to come as close as possible to the corner of my rear bumper as they are switching lanes and passing me. About 35% of the time, the person also tries to come as close to sideswiping me as possible. This almost never happens to me in the SF Bay Area. Here, it happens probably every other day. The southern half of Florida though is far worse though, IMO, re the neanderthal proclivities of some drivers.

[yougojay]

When I read the reviews for this app, this was the most common complaint. Basically the main complaint.

If its lengthy, I'd select it all, hit copy, then submit it.

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Yeppers (er, I mean Yes) Yes, with certain programs or databases I work with, you get in the habit of making sure you don't lose your work. Save, copy, etc. will work, and you'll get in the habit of doing that if you lose enough work!

[nookandcrannycar]

Everywhere:
- they're, their, there
- you're, your
- seen instead of saw
- mines instead of my

And specific to here:
- Yaris, Yari

It's not like you'd refer to your wife as "my wives," so why would you refer to your one Yaris as "my Yari."

^^^ Yes!

Additionally:

- amount instead of number --- if the unit is readily separable then number is correct. If not, then amount is correct -- amount of sugar, but number of cups of sugar. Granules of sugar aren't readily separable. Cups of sugar are readily separable. Most of the time, in my experience, this is manifested in one example -- amount of people (ugh), instead of number of people.

- people that instead of people who

- Me instead of I -- Occasionally I've been lazy and have posted 'Me too' or the like as reply to a Yarisworld post. In hindsight, I know that my mother is figuratively reaching out from the grave to bop me on the head....reminding me that I can drive a car, but me can't :tongue:. In June of 2006, I attended the high school graduation of one of my young relatives. My cousin sat next to me during the program. The Valedictorian (heading off to Yale that fall) made a mistake in the middle of her speech. I corrected her grammar (under my breath). My cousin was the only person who heard me (and could have heard me). She discreetly punched me in the leg.

- anyways

- double negatives

[Kar98]

Ok, so in that case I pose this: the term "cellular phone" is a misnomer because the phone is not cellular, the network is.

It's just a term (I still think you're thinking of PCS), like dialing a number. When's the last time you actually dialed a number, on a dial? A round thing with numerical markings around the edge, like a sundial... where the word comes from.

[chriswf]

It's just a term (I still think you're thinking of PCS), like dialing a number. When's the last time you actually dialed a number, on a dial? A round thing with numerical markings around the edge, like a sundial... where the word comes from.

Lol oh geez.

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[kimona]

I often hear people using "I" when it should clearly be "me" as in: This is a photo of my wife and I.

Recently, it seems popular to misuse the word "utilize" when "use" is the correct term. Most people think the two words are interchangeable (but they are not) and using utilize instead of use somehow makes them appear smarter.

New design terms: paint-out; change-out.

Should have went...

Return back...

[nookandcrannycar]

Should have went

:thumbsup: Another cringeworthy error. I find people who use went rather than gone prone to error filled speech.

[chriswf]

Geez. I didn't just buy a dependable fuel efficient car. I feel like this car carries a title...

I bought the title of speech and grammar police (or English teacher).

Taking my Yaris back tomorrow and getting a Ford truck.
(I kid, I kid...)

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[nookandcrannycar]

It's just a term (I still think you're thinking of PCS), like dialing a number. When's the last time you actually dialed a number, on a dial? A round thing with numerical markings around the edge, like a sundial... where the word comes from.

LOL. So many examples. Trying to explain what an 8-track tape is to a late millenial in the U.S......or (in most cases) a gas pump with numbers that rotate on a wheel. My aunt or my mother telling me what it was like to grow up when CBS, etc. were just radio networks....or what commercial air travel was like before jets became part of that landscape.

[Kar98]

Sheeeeet, when I was a kid, our TV had a large twist knob and you used it to switch between the two West German stations, or the two East German ones. But you also had to pull the antenna plug from UHF jack and plug it into the VHF jack.

[nookandcrannycar]

Sheeeeet, when I was a kid, our TV had a large twist knob and you used it to switch between the two West German stations, or the two East German ones. But you also had to pull the antenna plug from UHF jack and plug it into the VHF jack.

LOL. I remember switching the prongs between the two screws for UHF and the two screws for VHF (when I was in elementary school...before cable was available in our area). Our TVs had the twist knobs as well. My grandparents purchased one of the first models ever made that didn't have knobs.

[fnkngrv]

It's just a term (I still think you're thinking of PCS), like dialing a number. When's the last time you actually dialed a number, on a dial? A round thing with numerical markings around the edge, like a sundial... where the word comes from.


Actually did in a couple months ago while I was in Arizona. :w00t:

[jpmck03]

OK, I've got another one...

Now that we've got Tapatalk...

Those damned automatic Tapatalk signatures are my new YW peeve. "Sent from my iPhone 5s using Tapatalk"... Great, I don't give a f***!


Sent from my MacBook Pro using Google Chrome. :rolleyes:

[nookandcrannycar]

OK, I've got another one...

Now that we've got Tapatalk...

Those damned automatic Tapatalk signatures are my new YW peeve. "Sent from my iPhone 5s using Tapatalk"... Great, I don't give a f***!


Sent from my MacBook Pro using Google Chrome. :rolleyes:

:bellyroll:

[kimona]

People who write their telephone number like this: 6 five_7 five3 nine 024two

[nookandcrannycar]

Geez. I didn't just buy a dependable fuel efficient car. I feel like this car carries a title...

I bought the title of speech and grammar police (or English teacher).

Taking my Yaris back tomorrow and getting a Ford truck.
(I kid, I kid...)

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:laugh: A man married into my extended family. He had one previous marriage. That marriage produced one daughter. Early on in the marriage, that daughter referred to our family as 'those people who can't construct a proper sentence (when speaking)'. I had to chuckle a bit when one of 'those people' in my family earned a full academic scholarship to Stanford Law School, which enjoyed (and still enjoys) a higher ranking than the aforementioned daughter's alma mater.

[nookandcrannycar]

People who write their telephone number like this: 6 five_7 five3 nine 024two

:bellyroll::bellyroll: Screams ITEMS FOR SALE ON CRAIGSLIST :biggrin:.

[nookandcrannycar]

Actually did in a couple months ago while I was in Arizona. :w00t:

Wow. I haven't seen one of those in ages. I did use a gas pump in 2007 that had those rolling wheel numbers. It was located on the 'main drag' in Tupelo, Mississippi.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

-People who (when I am in THE SLOW LANE on the freeway or on a multi lane in each direction surface street going the speed limit or slightly under) don't like the speed I'm going and 'to teach me a lesson' try to come as close as possible to the corner of my rear bumper as they are switching lanes and passing me. About 35% of the time, the person also tries to come as close to sideswiping me as possible. This almost never happens to me in the SF Bay Area. Here, it happens probably every other day. The southern half of Florida though is far worse though, IMO, re the neanderthal proclivities of some drivers.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/road-rage-incident-caught-on-video-goes-viral-151924238.html?vp=1

Since you mentioned Florida, the dumb arse in the Ford did get what he deserved, but the woman should have also let him pass...(second) but that road isn't a freeway so I guess there isn't technically a dedicated passing lane.

*edit: Also, for those dumb arses that love to tailgate when I'm in the most right lane

https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/1385952_10202350189302422_221008062_n.jpg

trolololol

[nookandcrannycar]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/road-rage-incident-caught-on-video-goes-viral-151924238.html?vp=1

Since you mentioned Florida, the dumb arse in the Ford did get what he deserved, but the woman should have also let him pass...(second) but that road isn't a freeway so I guess there isn't technically a dedicated passing lane.

*edit: Also, for those dumb arses that love to tailgate when I'm in the most right lane

https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/1385952_10202350189302422_221008062_n.jpg

trolololol

Yeah, South Florida is 'a whole nother level of crazy'. I almost got run off the road on I-75, and another time (thanks to my horn, paying close attention, and deft driving on my part and people going in the opposite direction who heard my horn) I narrowly missed a head on collision with a Mini...whose driver was trying to pass 10 cars before a blind curve (on the old highway that goes from Winter Haven, FL to Ft. Myers, FL). Both happened while driving my Yaris. I detailed each in previous threads (in long posts :redface:).

[Kaotic Lazagna]

hmmm, looks like I'll be staying away from Florida. hahaha

[Septembersrain]

I used to live in Florida. Driving there is downright crazy really.


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[Golddeenoh]

I got a bright red car so that people would see me, they don't.
I got a loud exhaust so they could hear me and know I am there, they don't.
I got Hella Horns for when they chose not to look or even pretend to be paying attention.
Now they tend to know I am there so that we can communicate in sign language.

[nookandcrannycar]

I got a bright red car so that people would see me, they don't.
I got a loud exhaust so they could hear me and know I am there, they don't.
I got Hella Horns for when they chose not to look or even pretend to be paying attention.
Now they tend to know I am there so that we can communicate in sign language.

:bellyroll:

[nookandcrannycar]

hmmm, looks like I'll be staying away from Florida. hahaha

:laugh: If you draw a line (across the whole state) just south of Bradenton, anything north of that line has been fine (in my experience).

[yougojay]

... a brand new car with the 'license applied for' in the window still, all dented up? I have, now that's sad...:frown:

[MyzticZ3r0]

I got a bright red car so that people would see me, they don't.
I got a loud exhaust so they could hear me and know I am there, they don't.
I got Hella Horns for when they chose not to look or even pretend to be paying attention.
Now they tend to know I am there so that we can communicate in sign language.

:bellyroll::bellyroll::bellyroll:

[dj92]

-People who don't use turn signals when there are cars behind them.
OH YES!
10% of my brake war is due to "oops-I-just-decided-to-take-this-exit-of-the-roundabout[they're quite common here]-idiots" :slice:

[nookandcrannycar]

... a brand new car with the 'license applied for' in the window still, all dented up? I have, now that's sad...:frown:

Yep. It was a Chevrolet Sonic. I described it here in a post. DebbyM46227 wrote here that it was from a hailstorm. She wrote that the same thing happened to her car. Mother nature sometimes has the fury poor drivers save for other drivers.

[chriswf]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/road-rage-incident-caught-on-video-goes-viral-151924238.html?vp=1

Since you mentioned Florida, the dumb arse in the Ford did get what he deserved, but the woman should have also let him pass...(second) but that road isn't a freeway so I guess there isn't technically a dedicated passing lane.

*edit: Also, for those dumb arses that love to tailgate when I'm in the most right lane

https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/1385952_10202350189302422_221008062_n.jpg

trolololol


No matter what. No matter which lane I'm in. Number of lanes. Or type of road (highway or street).
IF someone is trying to get by, I get out of their way. Always. Even if I have to change lanes into a tight spot.
EVEN IF the person in front of me is going slow. If someone is in a rush (more than me, and I move fast), I respect them and move out of their way.

But if I'm trying to get somewhere and I'm not shown courtesy at least in the left lane. Or if they speed up when I try to pass them... I've been know to dump a soda out the window slowly when I get in front of them. Rainex doesn't even combat that. They can enjoy their sticky windshield.

Aside from that, when it comes to getting by me, I could be the most courteous driver ever. I'll see you coming from far away. I check my mirrors constantly. 320 miles a day in my Yaris. 0 accidents. Been doing this for years. I know for a fact that I TOO can avoid accidents myself by simply being courteous to those in a hurry. And I'm sure me moving over asap calms their nerves some too.

That trucker in Florida would have given me a thumbs up. Not the middle finger up.

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[nookandcrannycar]

No matter what. No matter which lane I'm in. Number of lanes. Or type of road (highway or street).
IF someone is trying to get by, I get out of their way. Always. Even if I have to change lanes into a tight spot.
EVEN IF the person in front of me is going slow. If someone is in a rush (more than me, and I move fast), I respect them and move out of their way.

But if I'm trying to get somewhere and I'm not shown courtesy at least in the left lane. Or if they speed up when I try to pass them... I've been know to dump a soda out the window slowly when I get in front of them. Rainex doesn't even combat that. They can enjoy their sticky windshield.

Aside from that, when it comes to getting by me, I could be the most courteous driver ever. I'll see you coming from far away. I check my mirrors constantly. 320 miles a day in my Yaris. 0 accidents. Been doing this for years. I know for a fact that I TOO can avoid accidents myself by simply being courteous to those in a hurry. And I'm sure me moving over asap calms their nerves some too.

That trucker in Florida would have given me a thumbs up. Not the middle finger up.

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Here (and in Florida....and in some rural counties in California) one should take into consideration that the other driver might be packing. Not a huge concern in any of the 9 Bay Area counties. In the Bay Area, I've observed that incredibly selfish, dangerous drivers (ones who make idiot last second 'my time is too valuable to miss this exit' maneuvers) are usually driving 75k + cars.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

No matter what. No matter which lane I'm in. Number of lanes. Or type of road (highway or street).
IF someone is trying to get by, I get out of their way. Always. Even if I have to change lanes into a tight spot.
EVEN IF the person in front of me is going slow. If someone is in a rush (more than me, and I move fast), I respect them and move out of their way.

But if I'm trying to get somewhere and I'm not shown courtesy at least in the left lane. Or if they speed up when I try to pass them... I've been know to dump a soda out the window slowly when I get in front of them. Rainex doesn't even combat that. They can enjoy their sticky windshield.

Aside from that, when it comes to getting by me, I could be the most courteous driver ever. I'll see you coming from far away. I check my mirrors constantly. 320 miles a day in my Yaris. 0 accidents. Been doing this for years. I know for a fact that I TOO can avoid accidents myself by simply being courteous to those in a hurry. And I'm sure me moving over asap calms their nerves some too.

That trucker in Florida would have given me a thumbs up. Not the middle finger up.

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Depending on road conditions and traffic congestion, I'll move out of the way even if I'm in the slow lane. I like being courteous, but if one chooses to tailgate me, well, I'll just purposes slow down a little (not brake, just back off the gas a bit). So far, this sticker works 9/10 times I would say. haha. But at the same time, I would hope that other drivers are considerate as well; if there are open lanes to pass, then just pass.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Here (and in Florida....and in some rural counties in California) one should take into consideration that the other driver might be packing. Not a huge concern in any of the 9 Bay Area counties. In the Bay Area, I've observed that incredibly selfish, dangerous drivers (ones who make idiot last second 'my time is too valuable to miss this exit' maneuvers) are usually driving 75k + cars.

My observation of the Bay Area...I see those idiots all the time daily, from cheap beater cars to ridiculously expensive cars. :laugh: :mad:

[nookandcrannycar]

My observation of the Bay Area...I see those idiots all the time daily, from cheap beater cars to ridiculously expensive cars. :laugh: :mad:

:laugh: I saw it happen once here that comes to mind.....about 10-15 cars in front of me going toward Houston on I-45....and (unlike the lucky idiots I've observed in the Bay Area) the guy actually caused an accident :eek:. I was able to avoid involvement in the accident :thumbsup:.

[nookandcrannycar]

My observation of the Bay Area...I see those idiots all the time daily, from cheap beater cars to ridiculously expensive cars. :laugh: :mad:

:redface::laugh: When I posted Post #53 in reply to Post #52, I thought you posted Post #52. I just noticed chriswf posted post # 52 :redface:. However, you correctly realized I thought I was replying to you and posted accordingly :thumbsup:. Chriswf probably (understandably) thought (if he read it) 'wtf, why is he mentioning California?'. I can see your sticker working in the Bay Area. Here? I don't know. As much as I love this state, I think too many idiots would look at your sticker as a challenge and would do something unsafe to 'recrify a feeling of being dissed :rolleyes:'.

[nookandcrannycar]

How about the damned login timer here? Am I missing something or is it kind of short? Do other folks have this issue as well? I just typed a lengthy PM to someone only to have the system tell me I needed to log back in....lost it :mad:

Re chriswf's reply, I thought you were talking about Tapatalk. Now I'm unsure if you mean ^^^^^ the site itself (over the years, from non mobile devices) or Tapatalk. If you are talking about the former..yes, I have had that issue a number of times over the years (even within the last week), and have often lost what I was typing :mad:.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

:redface::laugh: When I posted Post #53 in reply to Post #52, I thought you posted Post #52. I just noticed chriswf posted post # 52 :redface:. However, you correctly realized I thought I was replying to you and posted accordingly :thumbsup:. Chriswf probably (understandably) thought (if he read it) 'wtf, why is he mentioning California?'. I can see your sticker working in the Bay Area. Here? I don't know. As much as I love this state, I think too many idiots would look at your sticker as a challenge and would do something unsafe to 'recrify a feeling of being dissed :rolleyes:'.

So, people there are more like:

http://media.tumblr.com/b0b87fdb7d57a94a18d7e454bdc80c5b/tumblr_inline_mq4e2bCRpA1qz4rgp.gif

Yeah, really won't be living or driving in Florida anytime soon :laugh:

[Golddeenoh]

80% of the people in SC cant drive. the worst are the ones that have the expensive cars. and while i don't like to profile i see more women that don't seem to want to look around, usually on the phone and just changing lanes all whilly nilly and not even attempting to look or signal. I can count on one hand the number of times i have seen a guy do it and most of them where really young, like still having a restricted licence young.

[nookandcrannycar]

So, people there are more like:

http://media.tumblr.com/b0b87fdb7d57a94a18d7e454bdc80c5b/tumblr_inline_mq4e2bCRpA1qz4rgp.gif

Yeah, really won't be living or driving in Florida anytime soon :laugh:

No, by this state I mean Texas. However, SOUTH FLORIDA is WORSE re such things :thumbdown:. That the incident in the video happened there doesn't surprise me at all.

[nookandcrannycar]

80% of the people in SC cant drive. the worst are the ones that have the expensive cars.

:laugh: I spent a few days in SC last October (Spartanburg, Simpsonville, etc.) and I noticed the same. A bit ironic, considering the BMW plant is in Greer.

[nookandcrannycar]

- Reading a comment (so far only on OTHER forums, IIRC) where the person has written that his/her curiosity has been peaked....the word is piqued. If someone is speaking quickly the sound is similar, but they are different words with different meanings.

- Hearing people say George Bush Jr. or George Bush Sr. :eek:. I don't have any fondness toward either one of them, but they aren't Senior and Junior as they don't have the same full name. The father could be correctly referred to a the elder George Bush or Bush 41, but not Senior. He is the only one with his name - George Herbert Walker Bush - he has two middle names. The first middle name -Herbert - is not part of his son's name. My father was a Junior, and he had the same given name his father did. IIRC, the distinction is also on my father's birth certificate. If I lived outside the Texaplex (Texas Urban Triangle - formed by the San Antonio, DFW, and Houston metro areas), I probably wouldn't hear this as often. They live here. Their libraries are here. The International Airport in Houston is named after the elder George Bush.

I know, picky first world issues.....but this is a 'Peeves' thread :biggrin:

[cali yaris]

Mercedes owners that don't use their turn signals. It happens so often that I suspect there is an explicit instruction regarding this behavior in the Owners Manual.

[nookandcrannycar]

Mercedes owners that don't use their turn signals. It happens so often that I suspect there is an explicit instruction regarding this behavior in the Owners Manual.

:bellyroll:. More of the 'My time is too valuable to miss this exit, so I must do an insane cut over from the fast lane' people I've encountered on the freeways in California are Mercedes owners than not*.

* - or at least those are the instances that most stick in my mind :biggrin:.

[Golddeenoh]

Mercedes owners that don't use their turn signals. It happens so often that I suspect there is an explicit instruction regarding this behavior in the Owners Manual.

:bellyroll:. More of the 'My time is too valuable to miss this exit, so I must do an insane cut over from the fast lane' people I've encountered on the freeways in California are Mercedes owners than not*.

* - or at least those are the instances that most stick in my mind :biggrin:.

From what I have seen there appears to be a correlation between car initial price and the inability to drive with any regard to surroundings or simply driving correctly. Kind of an elitist mind set that makes it so that they think that because they paid more that they have right of way and have no need to signal or even look for other traffic. That is why I go out of my way to practice proper and simple good driving edicate. sure I speed from time to time, but do so only when safe and not at all in residential areas, school zones, or heavy traffic.

granted the number of people that can drive around here are hard to notice because of the abundance of inferior drivers. there is a double lane right turn from where and interstate become a city street and nearly every time i use the left of the two right turn lanes someone from the the right one goes around the corner and whips to left across my lane into the far left lane. I now avoid going that way simply because I don't feel like dealing with getting hit by some moron that will try and say that it wasn't their fault they changed lanes in a curve, with out signalling, with out looking, and with complete disregard for driving safety.

[nookandcrannycar]

From what I have seen there appears to be a correlation between car initial price and the inability to drive with any regard to surroundings or simply driving correctly. Kind of an elitist mind set that makes it so that they think that because they paid more that they have right of way and have no need to signal or even look for other traffic. That is why I go out of my way to practice proper and simple good driving edicate. sure I speed from time to time, but do so only when safe and not at all in residential areas, school zones, or heavy traffic.

granted the number of people that can drive around here are hard to notice because of the abundance of inferior drivers. there is a double lane right turn from where and interstate become a city street and nearly every time i use the left of the two right turn lanes someone from the the right one goes around the corner and whips to left across my lane into the far left lane. I now avoid going that way simply because I don't feel like dealing with getting hit by some moron that will try and say that it wasn't their fault they changed lanes in a curve, with out signalling, with out looking, and with complete disregard for driving safety.

^^^^^ Here some full size pickup drivers have this same mentality (even if their truck is a rusted out POS) when they see a small car like a Yaris. They'll pull off from a side street right in front of you so that you have to slam on your brakes (and I'm going 3-4 MPH below the limit :rolleyes:).

[sqcomp]

That is what train horns on a yaris are good for. I speak from experience.

[Golddeenoh]

That is what train horns on a yaris are good for. I speak from experience.

I use the Hella horns with gold connectors and soldered joints. work great, really funny when someone looks at then through the grill and I hit the horn.

[Exiwolfman]

Mobile phone screen savers ....i can never put one on with out something going wrong, dust air bubbles that will just not get out grrrr etc etc etc ....so i given up on them ...must be the OCD ..lamo

[Golddeenoh]

Mobile phone screen savers ....i can never put one on with out something going wrong, dust air bubbles that will just not get out grrrr etc etc etc ....so i given up on them ...must be the OCD ..lamo

I make Best Buy do mine. way less stress.

[Exiwolfman]

I make Best Buy do mine. way less stress.


hmmmm...ur on to something :cool:

[cali yaris]

^ Sprint store for me. Always free.