New Car!

[MaSonZ]

22' goose and a 28' goose both floats and a 24' goose lowboy for the 4WDs and tractor. I've had pipe, plate, cones, reactors.... you name it, on the trailers. lol

It sits to high for the 32' Holiday Rambler so that is pulled with a ford 2500 that sits stock.

Diesel power. gotta love it. not a Chevy fan, or GMC fan, nor their Duramax engines, but a diesel is a diesel.

It's nice to have if you already know how to drive in bad weather.

It is a dangerous crutch for those with no clue.  Again, I will cite a false sense of security it gives about road conditions to the inexperienced.

Being able  to "go" better on snow/ice, does NOT go hand-in-hand with being able to "stop" in the same conditions.

As long as they stay away from me, while I'm on the road I don't care.

I made plenty of cash last winter winching those pistonheads out of ditches 

+1. TCS are great...if you can drive it. same with AWD. I would much rather have a rear-wheel drive with weight over my axle and a good set of snow tires then an all wheel drive on ice or snow.

[CAP1]

the inherrent problem with these safety features....such as traction control, abs, auto stop, lane holding, sleep alerting, etc, is that people are not using them as they were intended.
 these features are being used as crutches. people are braking later(especially girls), they're getting in their cars when they're too tired, and depending on the car to steer them straight, they're driving in conditions that they shouldn't be out in, and in none of these situations are the safety features intended to replace your own driving skill or knowledge. these things are meant to be there, and in theory, never need to be used....but they are there if you have an "oops" moment.

 with these things, a lot of people aren't taking the time to teach their kids the basic skills that they should have when they drive. when you see a kid driving a honda accord, and he or she takes a turn pretty much the same way a 53 foot tractor/trailer would take it.....there's something wrong there.

[CAP1]

Diesel power. gotta love it. not a Chevy fan, or GMC fan, nor their Duramax engines, but a diesel is a diesel.
+1. TCS are great...if you can drive it. same with AWD. I would much rather have a rear-wheel drive with weight over my axle and a good set of snow tires then an all wheel drive on ice or snow.

 nah....diesels aren't all equal anymore. the 7.3 in the fords used to be a VERY nice, and dependable engine. not since ford effed with it.

[MaSonZ]

nah....diesels aren't all equal anymore. the 7.3 in the fords used to be a VERY nice, and dependable engine. not since ford effed with it.

+1
 dad has 2000 F250 with a 7.3 in it. Im a Cummins nut, but his 7.3 will haul with the best of them equal torque. got a shop near me, one of the mechanics was workin on a 7.3 with 1,000,000 miles. Injector pump was still factory and had not an issue with it. of course, everything else was replaced..but when i see a Cummins or a Duramax do that I'll be amazed.

[VonMessa]

the inherrent problem with these safety features....such as traction control, abs, auto stop, lane holding, sleep alerting, etc, is that people are not using them as they were intended.
 these features are being used as crutches. people are braking later(especially girls), they're getting in their cars when they're too tired, and depending on the car to steer them straight, they're driving in conditions that they shouldn't be out in, and in none of these situations are the safety features intended to replace your own driving skill or knowledge. these things are meant to be there, and in theory, never need to be used....but they are there if you have an "oops" moment.

 with these things, a lot of people aren't taking the time to teach their kids the basic skills that they should have when they drive. when you see a kid driving a honda accord, and he or she takes a turn pretty much the same way a 53 foot tractor/trailer would take it.....there's something wrong there.

What really cracks me up is the cars that park themselves.  

If you can't parallel park, you shouldn't have passed you driver's test.  You should also not own a car in the city, or not such a big one at the very least.

Same goes for the truck drivers.  I have at least one delivery driver per week come in here and say "You want me to back this into where?!?!"

If you can't back your wagon up to a loading dock with 2' clearance on either side, you don't belong driving it.

[Penguin]

All I can say is, public transportation FTW!

-Penguin

[CAP1]

What really cracks me up is the cars that park themselves.  

If you can't parallel park, you shouldn't have passed you driver's test.  You should also not own a car in the city, or not such a big one at the very least.

Same goes for the truck drivers.  I have at least one delivery driver per week come in here and say "You want me to back this into where?!?!"

If you can't back your wagon up to a loading dock with 2' clearance on either side, you don't belong driving it.

 i forgot about the self parking, and you're right.

 i did tires on a customers bmw x5 i think it was....the suv thing. backing out of the bay, sounded like i was being attacked by tie fighters. different tones from different directions as i got near the door.......

[dedalos]

the inherrent problem with these safety features....such as traction control, abs, auto stop, lane holding, sleep alerting, etc, is that people are not using them as they were intended.
 these features are being used as crutches. people are braking later(especially girls), they're getting in their cars when they're too tired, and depending on the car to steer them straight, they're driving in conditions that they shouldn't be out in, and in none of these situations are the safety features intended to replace your own driving skill or knowledge. these things are meant to be there, and in theory, never need to be used....but they are there if you have an "oops" moment.

 with these things, a lot of people aren't taking the time to teach their kids the basic skills that they should have when they drive. when you see a kid driving a honda accord, and he or she takes a turn pretty much the same way a 53 foot tractor/trailer would take it.....there's something wrong there.

OK CAP, how do you know all this?  I mean, given that you don;t know a lot of stuff in your field (like tires griping water, gas being a naturally cold liquid, etc), how did you gain knowledge about how people are driving their cars?  Forgive me but when you make stupid statements like that, followed by "people are braking later(especially girls)", I have to ask.   Where did you learn all this?  Have you ran a lot of breaking reaction tests between girls and men in these new cars?  I understand you are scared of what you don't understand (computers and anything new it appears).  Why not just spend some time to figure out how they work?  Just because something does not need a screw driver, it does not mean it is evil  

[MaSonZ]

OK CAP, how do you know all this?  I mean, given that you don;t know a lot of stuff in your field (like tires griping water, gas being a naturally cold liquid, etc), how did you gain knowledge about how people are driving their cars?  Forgive me but when you make stupid statements like that, followed by "people are braking later(especially girls)", I have to ask.   Where did you learn all this?  Have you ran a lot of breaking reaction tests between girls and men in these new cars?  I understand you are scared of what you don't understand (computers and anything new it appears).  Why not just spend some time to figure out how they work?  Just because something does not need a screw driver, it does not mean it is evil  

I'll be caps ankle humper... proven fact that woman are in more accidents. I drive with my female friends and im scared for my life...i drive with my male friends im comfortable. I have a police scanner at my house (on the fire department) when theres a car accident mosty every single one has a female operator, and is a newer car that has all these fancy things in em. it isnt assumption, its common sense....

[CAP1]

All I can say is, public transportation FTW!

-Penguin

 in areas like center city philly.....walk or ride a bicycle. cars are hard as hell in that city. it's actually faster to walk sometimes. parking is pure hell.

[Penguin]

I'll be caps ankle humper... proven fact that woman are in more accidents. I drive with my female friends and im scared for my life...i drive with my male friends im comfortable. I have a police scanner at my house (on the fire department) when theres a car accident mosty every single one has a female operator, and is a newer car that has all these fancy things in em. it isnt assumption, its common sense....

From my research, I've gathered that it's not exactly the case the women are always more likely to be in an accident:

From ages 16-24, males are much more likely to be involved in a crash
From ages 25-35, the risk is the same
From ages 35+, women are somewhat more likely to be in a crash (this is per-mile)

However, men are three times more likely to die when they crash.

-Penguin

[MaSonZ]

From my research, I've gathered that it's not exactly the case the women are always more likely to be in an accident:

From ages 16-24, males are much more likely to be involved in a crash
From ages 25-35, the risk is the same
From ages 35+, women are somewhat more likely to be in a crash (this is per-mile)

However, men are three times more likely to die when they crash.

-Penguin

people are going to say "its because you dontwear your seatbelt!"...ive been in 3 accidents (as a passenger, not a driver) and all three would have been a little more negative if i had a seat belt on. im not saying their bad, and you probably should wear them...but i dont. have a friend who was driving with his girlfriend. seatbelt is what killed her. he hit a tree (he was going to fast for the turn), he tried to undo her seatbelt... cops even said she would have lived if she didnt have her seat belt on.

[Penguin]

Ok, and think of all the people who die with their seatbelts off.  Think of all those people who fly through windshields and have to get their faces peeled off the pavement.  Think of all those people.  The seatbelt greatly reduced fatalities among those in accidents, along with tempered glass and crumple zones.

-Penguin

[CAP1]

OK CAP, how do you know all this?  I mean, given that you don;t know a lot of stuff in your field (like tires griping water, gas being a naturally cold liquid, etc), how did you gain knowledge about how people are driving their cars?  Forgive me but when you make stupid statements like that, followed by "people are braking later(especially girls)", I have to ask.   Where did you learn all this?  Have you ran a lot of breaking reaction tests between girls and men in these new cars?  I understand you are scared of what you don't understand (computers and anything new it appears).  Why not just spend some time to figure out how they work?  Just because something does not need a screw driver, it does not mean it is evil  

 guess what? from customers again. and from simply observing how people drive.

 when your customers daughter has their car towed in, and the first words out of her mouth were "the abs didn't work"......whelp....that says a lot. why? because the abs shouldn't HAVE to work. it's not there to work. it's there for emergencies.

 i'm kinda confused how you think i don't understand computers, seeing as i diagnose them every day at work.

[Dragon]

However, men are three times more likely to die when they crash.

We even crash better than women!