probably doesn’t sell well in Glasgow
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007I’m guessing that “Hummer” brand cologne doesn’t sell too well in Glasgow, where a hummer isn’t an obscenely-proportioned vehicle, but merely someone who smells bad.
Archive for the ‘cars suck’ Category
messing with cars makes you bad at spelling
Thursday, April 26th, 2007
I think it’s supposed to mean “Never Low Enough”, but it’s hard to tell
bunny car
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Lindt Gold Bunny ad car outside the downtown Hilton yesterday.
um, no …
Thursday, March 1st, 2007This is really part of a route suggested by Google Maps:
6. Take the exit onto HWY-402 W toward Sarnia (102 km)
7. Make a U-turn (0.3 km)
It should be noted that the 402 is a large highway, and u-turns are not exactly recommended.
wrong for reasons too many to name
Monday, February 19th, 2007The VIMY RIDGE bike - currently on display in my building. Yes, that’s real barbed wire.
penticentenary (if that’s the right word)
Monday, January 8th, 2007I’ve been driving for 20 years. Seems a long time since I took that Mini Metro (which stank of Insignia aftershave - the instructor used it to clean the glass) from the BSM depot in
Pollokshields and puttered around the south side.
No speeding tickets, no parking tickets, and only one insurance claim. The insurers must be making a fortune from me.
a bit better than before
Saturday, January 6th, 2007I just ran the fuel numbers for our recent grand trip to Missouri. For 4380km in a Honda Civic DX, we used about 292 litres of fuel. That works out to be 6.7l/100km (or 42.3 / 35.3 UK / US mpg). That’s not quite as good as I’d hoped; I’ll put it down to driving a little fast on very chunky snow tyres.
At least it’s better than last time …
new tokens
Monday, December 4th, 2006
I rather like the new TTC tokens. Their swirly pattern makes them look asymmetric, but it’s a trick of the light.
Wish I had one of the pre-1975 “SUBWAY” tokens, but alas …
bleh
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006I will state for the record that the 401 was absolute bleh driving out to Goderich tonight. Snow tyres don’t like rain.
tired
Saturday, November 4th, 2006I’m hanging out near Warden and Danforth while I get snow tyres (I still can’t kick that spelling) fitted. It irks me that I could buy a nice fixie for the cost of these wheels, but that’s owning a car for you.
segue to black
Friday, September 15th, 2006Could Segway’s voluntary recall be the end of it? Every single Segway needs a software update for safe operation. Corvair; Pinto; Segway?
tee hee
Thursday, June 1st, 2006Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes ♫ Managing Track Info - CD Text to CD Info
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes ♫ Managing Track Info fixes iTunes’ annoying lack of support for CD-Text.
Victoria parkinglot
Tuesday, April 11th, 2006It’s quicker - a lot quicker - to walk south on Vic Park from Sheppard to Farm Greenway than to catch the bus and have it crawl south over the 401.
i’m really sorry …
Saturday, February 25th, 2006We bought a car today. We’ve been car-free for over 10 years, nearly four of them in Canada, too.
cleanairpass
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006cleanairpass claims to offset the emissions from your car. Hmm…
TTC: Platform Video Screen Survey
Monday, January 23rd, 2006Take the TTC: Platform Video Screen Survey. Those video screens suck.
idle thought
Friday, January 6th, 2006Walking past the Ford dealer today, I saw that they had all the used cars idling. While the swirls of exhaust were quite pretty in the winter morning sun, I had to wonder what they were achieving.
“The clean air choice of Earth Day Canada.”
Saturday, December 17th, 2005So, what would you think would be “The clean air choice of Earth Day Canada“? A bicycle, perhaps? Some kind of renewable energy? Some really brilliant Canadian enviro-social development, like a biodegradeable donut?
Nope, a car; the Toyota Prius. Last time I checked, it still used petroleum (with its high environmental and geopolitical toxicity). It still causes gridlock; I see Priuses (Prii? Your moon-pie eye!) inching along the Gardiner from the GO train with all the other wretched junkers. The way I see it, it’s not looking like part of the solution. It’s a bit like having an official assault rifle for the the International Day of Peace.
Toyota also give out $5000 Toyota Earth Day Scholarships. I mean, that’s nice and all, but it’s hardly giving back. If you look at all the scholarship materials, it’s carefully arranged so it looks like the event is called Toyota Earth Day, with the ’scholarship’ on the next line. Nice cooption. Good greenwash.
How to stay warm, #1: The World’s Longest Serial Cable
Friday, December 16th, 2005
Had to do some field work near Zurich yesterday, and it was way snowy. Only by having the world’s longest serial cable could I stay warm inside the truck while I did diagnostics.
