i thought your dad was in virginia?Drove a rental car from my Dad's to Detroit for work. Fuck Detroit. However I was given a Jaguar by the rental company. 250 or so HP, got over 40 MPG on a 200 mile trip. I am actually a little impressed. Could be a fun car if actually offered with a manual.
don't worry, you'll feel like this when you're done (and pass)Test time. Gut is ready to fall out....
Wait... I thought you weren't on that schedule anymore? Don't you have a desk job?!?!Its supposed to hit 90 today, can you say shorts?
Damn I hate getting up at 4am and having to do work shit at 5:30
Good coffee though.
Supposedly, but my replacement proved himself to be a flake and we need the account so I split my time between two .hats until I can hire a good replacement driver.Wait... I thought you weren't on that schedule anymore? Don't you have a desk job?!?!
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so.... it was a.... what now?!Supposedly, but my replacement proved himself to be a flake and we need the account so I split my time between two .hats until I can hire a good replacement driver.
Probably wont be any better than what we have in the States.. mainly because they are Euro-spec there!Hopefully procuring some euro-shitbox rental car today
Atleast he was riding... and still better than Wally world bikes.He was riding an REI low spec bike with wire beaded tires
There's a good chance he gets one with a manual transmission. All cars I rented in Yurp were manuals. Some of those on the wrong side of the road.Probably wont be any better than what we have in the States.. mainly because they are Euro-spec there!
Do RHD manuals shift the same way or is it reversed as well? I don't know if i like shifting with my left hand.There's a good chance he gets one with a manual transmission. All cars I rented in Yurp were manuals. Some of those on the wrong side of the road.
Shift pattern is the same. I got used to left-hand shifting in about 5 minutes...Do RHD manuals shift the same way or is it reversed as well? I don't know if i like shifting with my left hand.
Yeah, getting used to shifting is easy. Now some cars also switch turning signals and wipers. Those should burn in hell...Shift pattern is the same. I got used to left-hand shifting in about 5 minutes...
Driving in NZ had me constantly turning on the wipers in roundabouts.Yeah, getting used to shifting is easy. Now some cars also switch turning signals and wipers. Those should burn in hell...
Road bikes..... not even onceMe vs. Semi Truck
It was around 7 p.m. on Monday June 4th 2018 When I was riding my road bike home from the Antioch BART station.
I was traveling eastbound on Main Street with the flow of traffic and was approaching the intersection of Neroly and Main St. Ahead of me I could see that the light was red and that there were a few cars at the light in the right hand lane followed by a white semi truck with no trailer that was also in the right lane.
I was approximately 20 or 30 yards behind the white semi truck when the light turned green and the vehicles started to move. I was riding on the road in between the sidewalk and the vehicles that were traveling in the right hand lane. I was traveling approximately 20 miles per hour.
As I came up along the right side of the white semi truck, it abruptly turned right towards the Chevron gas station parking lot. I was approximately two or three feet to his right and almost directly to the right of his front tire when he began his turn. I did not see his right turn indicator as I was approaching him from the rear or at any time up to the impact.
I attempted to swerve to the right to avoid getting hit and began to enter the parking lot with him as he struck me with his truck. Upon impact I was immediately knocked to the ground. As I was knocked to the ground my body and bike went under his rear tires and I became lodged in between his rear axle and the ground.
I was trapped in a way that my head was facing forward towards the front of the truck and my feet were facing backwards towards the rear of the truck. my left side was being pressed into the ground and my right side was making contact with the differential of his rear axle.
As I was being dragged across the ground I managed to twist my body to the right so that I was now flat on my back and was able to clear the rear differential and became free from the truck. I was dragged for approximately 5 seconds and maybe 20-30 yards. I'm really not sure though because the only thing I remember seeing as I was under the truck was the tires spinning in front of me and the rear axle and differential above me.
At this point I was just laying flat on my back on the ground staring up at the sky and trying to catch my breath. I could see that my left shoulder was injured as I was unable to lift my left arm. A few witnesses ran over to see if they could give me aid and called 911. The driver of the truck also ran over. He was very upset and apologetic and kept asking me if I was okay and expressed how sorry he was that he had not see me and that he had ran over me.
Within a few minutes an Oakley police officer was at my side asking me questions about who I was, where I was, where I was going and if he should contact anyone for me. I asked him to call my wife, Latonjya.
Within a few moments after that an ambulance arrived at the scene and they begin to cut my clothes off of me and gather my belongings and move me into the ambulance to take me to John Muir in Walnut Creek.
Once I was in the ambulance they gave me pain medication. The next thing I knew I was at John Muir being rushed into the emergency room. Everything after this is very blurry and I think I was probably out unconscious for a period of time I do not remember them popping my left shoulder back into place which had been dislocated during the accident.
It was approximately 10:30 at night when I started to regain comprehension. At that time I was told that my shoulder had been dislocated and subsequently relocated. I was also told that all of my ribs on the left side and four ribs on the right side of my body had been broken. My left lung had partially collapsed and a tube had been inserted to try to re-inflate the lung. I also had substantial road rash and bruising on the left side of my body.
My road bike was completely destroyed.
brutal. hope he heals up quick. and sticks to MTB.Full story from my homie who got run over
Road bikes..... not even once