Leaving in a huff

[Imogene]

Is it "on a stiiick"?

No, but his wife's chihuahua almost was.

[Nayeli_Sabia]

I die a little inside whenever I see a Humvee at a traffic light downtown. WTF do you need a humvee for? I don't care how small your penis is. You do *not* need a humvee. Then there's the humvees in designer colours, ugh, God.

My husband is in the Military, and every time I see a personal vehical that is a Humvee I CRINGE and think "Ugh, WHY would you want to drive one of those" They seriously aren't pleasant to drive/ride in.

[Andara Bledin]

With all this hugging, no wonder my back's been playing up the last week or so.

I can endure the pain - keep going!

Rapscallion

*gives Raps a big bear hug*

^-.-^

[Rapscallion]

With all this hugging, no wonder my back's been playing up the last week or so.

I can endure the pain - keep going!

Rapscallion

[xlr82xs]

Makes it so easy to gas up then load up on <soda of choice> and junk food

heh, that's why i love p@p, it means i don't have to walk inside and thus don't end up going "hrm, i am a little thirsty i might get a drink, hrm if i'm getting a drink i might get a bite to eat too" while on my way to work (where the drinks and candy are free (within reason) to staff)

[ParkingWitch]

Pump Start Cards

Hugs Raps

Back On Topic
Around here a certain chain of c-stores has a Pump Start card. You swipe it like P@P and fill up then go inside to pay. The card is issued individually and linked to drivers license number so IF someone forgets/drives off the store knows who and can prosecute. Makes it so easy to gas up then load up on <soda of choice> and junk food

[Andara Bledin]

*hugs Raps too*

*also hugs Raps*

^-.-^

[morgana]

*Hugs Raps*

*hugs Raps too*

[moekosowl]

Um, I saw half an episode once. Does that get me anything?

Rapscallion

*Hugs Raps*

[Geek King]

And who do you have to kill to get some taller gearing on the thing? To hit the 100-110 kph that's average (posted; Everyone goes faster) highway speed up here, the poor things are screaming bloody murder. That can't be good for those cars.

I could be wrong, but I thought these cars were built for tooling around town, where speeds will be lower. If so, then highway speeds are bad for the little engines.

As for the profile of the car, in order to make a vehicle significantly more fuel efficient, you have to maximize the aerodynamics of it and/or play with the engine (ie, electric hybrids). This usually means making it as thin and light as possible either vertically or horizontally to make a really efficient car, as well as some other physics tricks that I won't go into, but make the car look roundish and thin.

[Nutjob R/T]

I'm posting from Nova Scotia, where it's all rural, all the time, so I have to admit whenever I've read a thread involving petroleum transfer technicians, the concept of pre-pay seemed strange and foreign to me.

But on the other topic of the thread, that is large vehicles and the ire they bring; Mentioned earlier was the SMRT car. I kinda like the idea, but... Why is it, when someone decides 'I'm going to build a small lightweight car', they start with the tiniest wheelbase possible, and then to make room for components and occupants and stuff, they build UP?

I mean, the thing looks like it'll flip over if you gas/brake/steer too hard. Why can't they build lightweight and fuel efficient, but give it a bit of width and length? Is it that they're trying to be conspicuously small, thus pulling the feet in close and stretching it all upwards?

And who do you have to kill to get some taller gearing on the thing? To hit the 100-110 kph that's average (posted; Everyone goes faster) highway speed up here, the poor things are screaming bloody murder. That can't be good for those cars.

[Rapscallion]

*squeals*
*dies*
*reincarnates*
*Joins the Gravekeeper Fangirl Flock*

Um, I saw half an episode once. Does that get me anything?

Rapscallion

[Gravekeeper]

... I hate you. Curse you and your living in Vancouver, and Stargate filming in Vancouver, and all that other rot. Please tell me you at least managed an autograph or something like that, or my brain might explode.

No, no I didn't. I didn't want to bug them. >.>

Derailment:

They would film a lot around the Art Gallery and Courthouse. Both buildings have really odd, unique architecture that they seemed to be partial too:

Art gallery:


You *must* recognize that. They've used the front so many times and the backside too ( For some sort of out door cafe or something once ).

Yeah:





They were always up at SFU too. Because SFU looks like a mountain fortress. Or down at the Plaza of Nations.

http://rdanderson.com/stargate/location/location.htm

That has all of em. I use to have to walk through or around their sets at least 3 or 4 times a week. Could always tell when they were there by all the humvee's and assorted props. Oh, and the entire block would be lit up like the surface of the sun even at 11pm.

End Derailment.

[Andara Bledin]

And if you think people driving SUV's are bad (on the road, or at the pump) wait till you get behind a Mini-van at either place.

I prefer minivans 1000 times over SUVs. They don't obscure as much of the road (you can see through the windows of most minivans, if you're in a car, but not SUVs) and SUV drivers in this area are really, really bad about not knowing where the %#& the perimeters of their vehicles are.

Really, if you're going to drive a more dangerous, mostly pointless, gas wasting, road wearing eyesore, you could at least have the brains to figure out where the hell your bumpers are!

Oh, yeah, and if you get rear-ended by a minivan, their bumper will actually be in the same area as your bumper to minimize damage. If the dipshit who had hit me was in anything other than an SUV (barring an actual work truck), I'd probably still have my Volvo. I loved that car.

[edit to add]

Oh, and I almost forgot, I got so worked up in my distaste of SUVs...

Don't let your gas tank go below 1/4 if there is any possible way to prevent it. That last quarter tank is where all the gunk and silt is, so when you run your tank down really low, that stuff gets sucked up into your engine and can cause problems over time.

^-.-^

[blas]

I wish customers would understand that we aren't singling them out, we can't trust anyone when it comes to self serve gas that isn't prepay or pay at the pump only.

See what happens when one too many dishonest people steal?