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Re: North American spudding
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 1:30 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
hehe
Took me a few minutes to clear the Ram (according to LeMaudit within two weeks I will be doing this just by accelerating and braking
) but driving was fine. Of course this is nothing, but it was a good start considering I've never driven in "proper" snow.
Also passed my driving theory test
road test tomorrow, appendages crossed...
Re: North American spudding
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 2:03 pm
by jrrdw
I'm sure you'll get it. If they fail you just :bounce: on the roofs of their rides!
Re: North American spudding
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:52 pm
by Gippeto
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:OMG it's snowing!.... It's snowing again."
That happens in these parts.
You'll adapt....or slip and slide until you make the evening news....like folks from Vancouver.
Re: North American spudding
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:14 am
by mark.f
I think you should worry more about ice than snow.
Re: North American spudding
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:59 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
jrrdw wrote:I'm sure you'll get it. If they fail you just :bounce: on the roofs of their rides!
Turns out that boooooo! I couldn't do the test in my Ram because the parking brake was loose
Another appointment on Friday, LeMaudit has generously offered to loan me his FJ Cruiser in exchange for an opportunity to "try the Ram at its full potential", oh dear...
Re: North American spudding
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:58 am
by jrrdw
A loose parking brake...S.O.B.! Here in MD. as long as you have a legal vehicle you're good to test.
Re: North American spudding
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:01 pm
by Zeus
FJ cruiser, good taste. I had use of this glorious beast a while back, 4.5l straight 6. Pulls so hard, swap out the Geolanders for something with good surface area and it'd never bog. These tyres dig channels better than a plough.
Linky because 3.5MB photo.
http://imgur.com/Q0oOfRO
Re: North American spudding
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:15 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
I found it quite nimble compared to the Ram, then again, even your average WW2 destroyer probably has a smaller turning circle
Re: North American spudding
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 9:24 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
boooooooooooooooooo!!!
60% - fail - because apparently I didn,t check my blind spots enough, and because there is a very specific way of reverse parking which I was completely unaware of
ah well, better luck next time.
Re: North American spudding
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 10:31 am
by jrrdw
Read the handbook.......again! L0L
Re: North American spudding
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 10:54 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
jrrdw wrote:Read the handbook.......again!
What do you mean, "again"?
Re: North American spudding
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:09 pm
by mako
Sorry for posting a reply to an earlier comment, but I think this should be clarified.
Dart guy: you say that the US has laws only regarding suppressors on firearms. This is wrong. A suppressor is defined as anything that can be attached to a gun in order to quiet the report. Any suppressor is illegal if it can be attached to a firearm. Airgun suppressors are only legal if they cannot be removed from the airgun. Even airsoft suppressors are illegal if they actually perform the function of quieting the report.
The best solution is to stay 100% away from anything even remotely like a suppressor.
@JSR. Darn right amigo. The handbook is for sissies. We don't touch the thing until we become sissies due to an accident that could have been avoided by reading the instructions.
Re: North American spudding
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 2:36 pm
by dart guy
jsr got that one already
Re: North American spudding
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:16 pm
by jrrdw
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:jrrdw wrote:Read the handbook.......again!
What do you mean, "again"?
Well when all else fails or at least 60% of it, read the instructions or.............use a bigger hammer! :bom:
Re: North American spudding
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:53 pm
by ToasT
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