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troyguitar wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:35 pm
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TBH trading the C6 for one would probably provide more practical LOLZ than I am currently experiencing. Hmm.
Do you currently drive the :truk: 99% of the time?

I guess the question is how much would that change if you had a CTS-Vader instead of a :poorvette: - if you would still just go :truckyeah: over the :burnout: machine then :nope:
I think this is exactly the correct analysis and I think the answer is yep I would drive it more. In positive news, however, I am taking the C6 on the back route to Vegas in early January.
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/tr ... /27106351/

It's a fun drive. I basically think Vegas is an overpriced, undesirable place but I'm meeting some buddies to bet on sportsball and that's a plan that works for me.
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Not quite the solution to the fun of the 405 at 530pm in LA - https://gizmodo.com/like-riding-on-a-di ... 1831197517

'Like Riding on a Dirt Road': First Reviews of Elon Musk's Underground Tunnel Are Disappointing
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Davestr wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:46 pm Not quite the solution to the fun of the 405 at 530pm in LA - https://gizmodo.com/like-riding-on-a-di ... 1831197517

'Like Riding on a Dirt Road': First Reviews of Elon Musk's Underground Tunnel Are Disappointing
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Finding a low mile manual CTS-V for less than insane money is quite a challenge.

Found this though...

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sal ... pe=listing

Lotta bang for the buck.
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Davestr wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:46 pm Not quite the solution to the fun of the 405 at 530pm in LA - https://gizmodo.com/like-riding-on-a-di ... 1831197517

'Like Riding on a Dirt Road': First Reviews of Elon Musk's Underground Tunnel Are Disappointing
Its better than the alternatives provided by.....anyone?
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Davestr wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:46 pm Not quite the solution to the fun of the 405 at 530pm in LA - https://gizmodo.com/like-riding-on-a-di ... 1831197517

'Like Riding on a Dirt Road': First Reviews of Elon Musk's Underground Tunnel Are Disappointing
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Nobody knew that it would be so complicated!
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Desertbreh wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:55 pm Finding a low mile manual CTS-V for less than insane money is quite a challenge.

Found this though...

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sal ... pe=listing

Lotta bang for the buck.
:notbad:

The inside is pretty banged up :doe:
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Desertbreh wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:58 pm
Davestr wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:46 pm Not quite the solution to the fun of the 405 at 530pm in LA - https://gizmodo.com/like-riding-on-a-di ... 1831197517

'Like Riding on a Dirt Road': First Reviews of Elon Musk's Underground Tunnel Are Disappointing
Its better than the alternatives provided by.....anyone?
I don't understand the plan. Do cars drive in the tunnel? How does it not just become another source of gridlock?
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Detroit wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:02 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:58 pm

Its better than the alternatives provided by.....anyone?
I don't understand the plan. Do cars drive in the tunnel? How does it not just become another source of gridlock?
they go on automated trays that convert them to rail and operate at high speed, all run by computer. thats the concept.

basically, its two birds one stone: remove the :derp: human element AND go 3d to get more volume.
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max225 wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:50 pm
Davestr wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:46 pm Not quite the solution to the fun of the 405 at 530pm in LA - https://gizmodo.com/like-riding-on-a-di ... 1831197517

'Like Riding on a Dirt Road': First Reviews of Elon Musk's Underground Tunnel Are Disappointing
:lolgasm:
Anything would help LA traffic but that solution has a long way to go. Muricans love their cars gonna be tough to alter that no matter.
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:05 pm
Detroit wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:02 pm
I don't understand the plan. Do cars drive in the tunnel? How does it not just become another source of gridlock?
they go on automated trays that convert them to rail and operate at high speed, all run by computer. thats the concept.

basically, its two birds one stone: remove the :derp: human element AND go 3d to get more volume.
Interesting.
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Detroit wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:02 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:58 pm

Its better than the alternatives provided by.....anyone?
I don't understand the plan. Do cars drive in the tunnel? How does it not just become another source of gridlock?
Per the article it was to be 16 person shuttles. That appears to have not been put into practice yet. Now the article says its for cars. Not sure where this is going
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Davestr wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:06 pm
Detroit wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:02 pm
I don't understand the plan. Do cars drive in the tunnel? How does it not just become another source of gridlock?
Per the article it was to be 16 person shuttles. That appears to have not been put into practice yet. Now the article says its for cars. Not sure where this is going
How would shuttles not just be another form of subway?

Cars on carts somewhat makes sense. Still, seems the time of loading and unloading and whatnot won't do much.
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Davestr wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:06 pm
Detroit wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:02 pm
I don't understand the plan. Do cars drive in the tunnel? How does it not just become another source of gridlock?
Per the article it was to be 16 person shuttles. That appears to have not been put into practice yet. Now the article says its for cars. Not sure where this is going
It is a proof of concept. Although a retarded one. I have no idea why he did what he did, but having big enough tunnels (100x the size of his) in LA would certainly benefit their insane gridlock. However that city/general area has a plethora of problems, 5 million illegals +, tons of chinese expats buying up all the expensive real estate, and future pornhub actresses, are crowding that cesspool into a :disgust: mash.
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max225 wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:12 pm
Davestr wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:06 pm

Per the article it was to be 16 person shuttles. That appears to have not been put into practice yet. Now the article says its for cars. Not sure where this is going
It is a proof of concept. Although a retarded one. I have no idea why he did what he did, but having big enough tunnels (100x the size of his) in LA would certainly benefit their insane gridlock. However that city/general area has a plethora of problems, 5 million illegals +, tons of chinese expats buying up all the expensive real estate, and future pornhub actresses, are crowding that cesspool into a :disgust: mash.
SO other than Chinese replacing the Japanese buying all in sight in the 80's, not much has changed LOL
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max225 wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:12 pm
Davestr wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:06 pm

Per the article it was to be 16 person shuttles. That appears to have not been put into practice yet. Now the article says its for cars. Not sure where this is going
It is a proof of concept. Although a retarded one. I have no idea why he did what he did, but having big enough tunnels (100x the size of his) in LA would certainly benefit their insane gridlock. However that city/general area has a plethora of problems, 5 million illegals +, tons of chinese expats buying up all the expensive real estate, and future pornhub actresses, are crowding that cesspool into a :disgust: mash.
Oh, I see...larger tunnels that could accommodate multiple layers of cars could make sense, but this proof of concept just seems like a subway that cars drive down. :whocares:

LA is a dumpster fire for sure.
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max225 wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:50 pm

:lolgasm:
Anything would help LA traffic but that solution has a long way to go. Muricans love their cars gonna be tough to alter that no matter.
Gridlock commute would make me hate my car pretty quickly.
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max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Desertbreh wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:15 pm
Davestr wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:05 pm

Anything would help LA traffic but that solution has a long way to go. Muricans love their cars gonna be tough to alter that no matter.
Gridlock commute would make me hate my car pretty quickly.
:dat:

If I could public trans, I would. It's driven me to enjoy driving a Volt every day.
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Davestr wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:05 pm Anything would help LA traffic but that solution has a long way to go. Muricans love their cars gonna be tough to alter that no matter.
Gridlock commute would make me hate my life pretty quickly.
:dat:

Traffic makes me want to kill everyone.
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Detroit wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:17 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:15 pm

Gridlock commute would make me hate my car pretty quickly.
:dat:

If I could public trans, I would. It's driven me to enjoy driving a Volt every day.
I think some of you public trans lovers forget who rides on these lovely services in the united states.

This is what I went through daily... for 3 years.

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/ ... ic-center/
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troyguitar wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:19 pm
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Gridlock commute would make me hate my life pretty quickly.
:dat:

Traffic makes me want to kill everyone.
I will (and do) drive 3x the distance to avoid crawling traffic even if the traffic route is the "faster" route.
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max225 wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:22 pm
Detroit wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:17 pm
:dat:

If I could public trans, I would. It's driven me to enjoy driving a Volt every day.
I think some of you public trans lovers forget who rides on these lovely services in the united states.

This is what I went through daily... for 3 years.

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/ ... ic-center/
Exactly, this is why I deem public trans unavailable to me. There's a bus that goes from the end of my street to the office. It takes an hour to go 10 miles...assuming you don't get stabbed on the way. None of that is appealing.

Waze is doing a new carpool thing, and I thought about trying it until I went on and it's just a bunch of people too poor to own cars looking for free rides that's not the bus.

So I deal with traffic. It's pretty maddening. At least here rush hour truly only lasts an hour...unlike LA where traffic is 24/7.
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max225 wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:22 pm
Detroit wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:17 pm
:dat:

If I could public trans, I would. It's driven me to enjoy driving a Volt every day.
I think some of you public trans lovers forget who rides on these lovely services in the united states.

This is what I went through daily... for 3 years.

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/ ... ic-center/
Not everyone overcomes addiction. Glad you were able to!
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Detroit wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:26 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:22 pm
I think some of you public trans lovers forget who rides on these lovely services in the united states.

This is what I went through daily... for 3 years.

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/ ... ic-center/
Exactly, this is why I deem public trans unavailable to me. There's a bus that goes from the end of my street to the office. It takes an hour to go 10 miles...assuming you don't get stabbed on the way. None of that is appealing.

Waze is doing a new carpool thing, and I thought about trying it until I went on and it's just a bunch of people too poor to own cars looking for free rides that's not the bus.

So I deal with traffic. It's pretty maddening. At least here rush hour truly only lasts an hour...unlike LA where traffic is 24/7.
I'd public trans if I could but the bus leaves me walking a mile or more along an industrial road and crossing what's basically a highway, and would take 3x as long as driving. So I drive 3 miles.
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Johnny_P wrote:
troyguitar wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:19 pm :dat:

Traffic makes me want to kill everyone.
I will (and do) drive 3x the distance to avoid crawling traffic even if the traffic route is the "faster" route.
Yep. If the whole city is gridlock then I'd rather get stabbed on the subway than drive and park my car.
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