Eurocycleguy
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Bet she hugs those corners!Looks like a shitload of snow coming tomorrow. I better fuel up the orange triple and get her ready for action!
Jim
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helicopterjim
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Well ..... halfway through the snow event. I think I'm going to be busy tomorrow.
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chrisk
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Bugger, I didn’t realise you previous PM controlled the weather, she resigns and it all turns to shit.
You blokes sure have your hands full!
helicopterjim
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Well now. The neighbours daughter thought her city SUV (shitty SUV?) would be fine to drive up the hill and out on the road with only 18" of snow. Guess who got the call to clear a path, dig her out and tell her the roads are too shitty to go anywhere?
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Eurocycleguy
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city SUV (shitty SUV?) I like that. I really like seeing the commercials of a (city SUV (shitty SUV?)) all chrome and shiny, with 4 inches of ground clearance, running down a dusty road looking real "adventurous". A pile of bull droppings.
helicopterjim
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the massive snow dump and ridiculous cold that hit Helicopter Jim yesterday just started a bit earlier to day here in Calgary Alberta. Snowing heavily right now. I have to be in Court tomorrow morning, going to be interesting getting to the Court House downtown with my City (Shitty) SUV, 510 hp Range Rover Sport Supercharged....... Raise the air suspension, put it in offroad snow mode, I have a tendency to drive over and around things, over curbs and medians, through snowbanks etc.. 
But I have a button for the Dif lock but no low range, I can go anywhere in my Mazda Tribute. My Mazda Tribute is an absolute joke compared to my old GQ Nissan Patrol short wheelbase, that flat-out amazed me where it could go. Zero chance of anyone sane trying 18 inches of snow. What did she think would happen?
Eurocycleguy
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The button I push closes the garage door, then I turn around and I go have a cuppa. Lucky, me retired, don't have to be there-anywhere. Less fortunate me, I have fewer funds to support my obsession.
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Steve G.
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I thought country people were smarter. A Volvo SUV? Dam, that’s just crap.
helicopterjim
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Dellortoman
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I didn't know the Maxda Tribute was smart enough to have diff locks. My Mitsubishi Delica (same platform as Pajero) has low range but the only diff lock is between the front and rear axles. It's reasonably capable off-road. I've had it in some scary places. Mind you, it's almost old enough to be registered as a classic vehicle, so I don't expect it to have the latest whizz-bang stuff fitted.
It definitely is not a proper 4-wheel drive. They call them soft roaders for a reason. You absolutely need a low range for anything close to hard, which most of these types don't have especially in an Automatic, to just going down extreme hills off the brakes let alone up them. You see some crazy stuff even in proper 4 wheels, people who haven't noticed they have manually lockable hubs is a classic.
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Years ago a mate of mine used to just mutter whenever he'd see a certain model wannabe 4wd ute-
"good for weekend camping and K Mart shopping"
Weather here - wet....................
"good for weekend camping and K Mart shopping"
Weather here - wet....................
helicopterjim
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Spent the day on the tractor with snowblower. Cleared driveway, three neighbours driveway and about one kilometer of public road. The government here ..... in their infinite wisdom .... contracts out the road maintenance to a private company. Not sure what their actual obligation is ..... but their plow trucks have been seen on the main highway (twice by me ... one with plow down and one with plow up) yet the main highway is so poorly plowed that 60 kph is about max. Rough and rutted ...... which it should not be if properly plowed.
I have submitted my suggestion for a new motto for the maintenance company:
We promise to plow your road at least one day before a storm ...... or one week after! If not ..... we guarantee to at least plow it sooner ..... or even much later!
Cunts.
Jim
I have submitted my suggestion for a new motto for the maintenance company:
We promise to plow your road at least one day before a storm ...... or one week after! If not ..... we guarantee to at least plow it sooner ..... or even much later!
Cunts.
Jim
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I believe it just marginally qualifies as a car, for the ladies…
Eurocycleguy
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Hey! Look at these here thingys! They turn this way and they turn back. I wonder if they is broken?
Dellortoman
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My Mitsubishi has automatic freewheeling hubs that seem to work OK. They can be prone to malfunction but so far mine have been good. Since it has a centre diff, I leave it in 4WD high range for 99% of the time. It gives much better roadholding, especially on wet roads. I tried driving around for a while in 2WD to see if it affected fuel consumption, but it made bugger-all difference. Only thing I noticed was a tendency for the rear to break traction in corners when there's no weight in the back of the van.
Some serious off-roaders fit aftermarket manual freewheel hubs, but I haven't found a need for them. Maybe if the auto ones bugger up I'll go that way.
I rarely get to drive in snow. I suppose the nearest equivalent we get here is muddy gravel roads.
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serious cold has arrived here. According to the news will be minus 39 Celsius overnight tonight. Already so cold this evening the dog won't go out to relieve himself, sniffs out the door opened for him and turns tail....... He will have to go out sooner or later or he is going to explode.
When it gets this cold it is seriously unpleasant, and dangerous.
He will have to go out sooner or later or he is going to explode.When it gets this cold it is seriously unpleasant, and dangerous.
Dellortoman
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Perhaps you should invent an indoor toilet for your dog. Maybe some artificial turf in a porch or something. It might not work though. Dogs can have some strange personal rules about where they do their business.
When my husky/border collie cross was a pup, she'd happily do her business on the deck of our yacht. No problem, it was easily sluiced away with a bucket of water. But as she grew to into an adult, she refused to piss or crap on the deck. That was a pain in the arse because I had to take her ashore in the dinghy twice a day. It meant we could no longer take her on sailing trips that involved days at sea.
One day we were on a day trip and came across some friends on their yacht anchored in a bay. They waved us over so we hung out some fenders and rafted up alongside their boat for lunch. The dog immediately jumped off our boat onto theirs, did a shit on their deck, then jumped back onto our boat. So it wasn't shitting on a boat she objected to as I previously thought. She just didn't want to shit on her own boat.