Author Topic: Seen on the Weekend Thread (Read 327068 times)

BWII · « **Reply #840 on:** July 21, 2019, 08:02:54 pm »

Accident on #1 between Falcon Lake and West Hawk Lake. East bound Semi in north ditch/slough and what appears to be camper/car parts strewn about. No doubt some ahole tried to pass. Someone had to have died. Did not look good.

sailor723 · « **Reply #841 on:** July 21, 2019, 08:45:30 pm »

Quote from: BWII on July 21, 2019, 08:02:54 pm

Accident on #1 between Falcon Lake and West Hawk Lake. East bound Semi in north ditch/slough and what appears to be camper/car parts strewn about. No doubt some ahole tried to pass. Someone had to have died. Did not look good.

Secondary road (2 lane) I assume? what province?

Blueprint · « **Reply #842 on:** July 21, 2019, 10:05:22 pm »

Quote from: OliverD on July 11, 2019, 10:50:42 am

(...) it's such a great looking car but reviews of the driving experience seem to be mixed.

...it all depends on what else you drove. It's still the most fantastic machine I've reviewed, on ice, in snow and on dry pavement.

rrocket · « **Reply #843 on:** July 21, 2019, 10:45:26 pm »

A Dodge Caravan pickup truck....

ChaosphereIX · « **Reply #844 on:** July 24, 2019, 01:50:08 am »

Quote from: rrocket on July 15, 2019, 08:49:31 pm

Quote from: ChaosphereIX on July 15, 2019, 08:48:00 pm
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Quote from: Scaerio on July 15, 2019, 01:50:18 pm
This upcoming Saturday is the All British Car Day at Britannia Beach here in Ottawa.
I hope to be there in my Mini...we shall see if she is fixed by then....

But it's a German car.
Rover initially designed it...so that counts for me!

Also, the British Monarchy is German....

Well I suppose however you can justify your German car being British......whatever helps you sleep at night.

Any update on the repairs?

Sure, update is the killer was the power steering pump was shorting out. Needed new pump. Car runs great now, and is getting the rest of the things done to it to make it 100% now. Maintenance, sensors replaced, etc. Might take a while and I am fine with that with this nice weather...get to thrash the Alfa.

Scaerio · « **Reply #845 on:** July 27, 2019, 06:28:03 pm »

Remember when Jeeps weren’t behemoths?

BWII · « **Reply #846 on:** July 27, 2019, 10:43:21 pm »

Quote from: sailor723 on July 21, 2019, 08:45:30 pm

Quote from: BWII on July 21, 2019, 08:02:54 pm
Accident on #1 between Falcon Lake and West Hawk Lake. East bound Semi in north ditch/slough and what appears to be camper/car parts strewn about. No doubt some ahole tried to pass. Someone had to have died. Did not look good.

Secondary road (2 lane) I assume? what province?

Trans Canada 2 lane. Small turnoff on north side, someone decided to go there which meant stopping in eastbound traffic. Semi noticed too late pulled into oncoming traffic to avoid the car in front of him and killed a father and son. There’s no way to survive a beacon with a semi truck.

Kid driving the truck was/is 21 or 22 if I recall. Sure he doesn’t feel so good.

Bubba · « **Reply #847 on:** July 28, 2019, 08:58:04 pm »

Hot or Not?

Scaerio · « **Reply #848 on:** July 28, 2019, 10:28:07 pm »

These are good looking cars, but not in that colour.

mlin32 · « **Reply #849 on:** July 29, 2019, 06:02:16 am »

Never cared for the Galant......regardless of colour.

Arthur Dent · « **Reply #850 on:** July 31, 2019, 05:42:15 pm »

A rare sight! A road going Renault powered Lotus Europa. Likely a S2 model. Saw in Victoria, BC.

Sir Osis of Liver · « **Reply #851 on:** July 31, 2019, 08:18:43 pm »

^ Very cool!

Davep · « **Reply #852 on:** August 01, 2019, 06:13:27 pm »

Not seen on the wknd, but saw a new Supra this afternoon in white.

Who would buy a white one?

Frankly, after all the hoopla, it didn't really look too special. I didn't like all the vents and trash, but it's not aimed at my generation.

OliverD · « **Reply #853 on:** August 03, 2019, 09:58:19 am »

Quote from: Scaerio on July 28, 2019, 10:28:07 pm

These are good looking cars, but not in that colour.

Agreed. Up until the last gen I always thought the Galant was a pretty good looking car.

VR4 FTW.

Hannibalsmith · « **Reply #854 on:** August 11, 2019, 07:02:21 am »

Old school (money) inn service...

Golly · « **Reply #855 on:** August 17, 2019, 01:39:26 pm »

at our No Frills today

draghon · « **Reply #856 on:** August 17, 2019, 03:40:24 pm »

Haha, look at the length of the steering column!

mlin32 · « **Reply #857 on:** August 17, 2019, 05:07:43 pm »

No fewer than 3x Peugeot 308 GTi just today in the area between Pontarlier and Métabief (2 from the neighbouring canton of Vaud).

Sporty. But in a refined, softly spoken kind of way.

Bubba · « **Reply #858 on:** August 18, 2019, 05:04:07 pm »

Quote from: Golly on August 17, 2019, 01:39:26 pm

at our No Frills today

Davep · « **Reply #859 on:** August 18, 2019, 05:49:00 pm »

Quote from: Bubba on August 18, 2019, 05:04:07 pm

Quote from: Golly on August 17, 2019, 01:39:26 pm
at our No Frills today

The local Loblaws Superstore had a promotion last wknd. It was "Shop like a Mother" and in the parking lot there was a monster truck with a body wrap promoting "Shop like a Mother". The truck did a few laps around the parking lot which was a non event since it had mufflers on it, and all the staff had Tee Shirts with "Shop like a Mother" lettering on the front of them.

My first impression was the missing noun. I mean with a monster truck as part of the promo, it should have read "Shop like a Mother Trucker". But worse, I overheard people people wondering about the lettering on the back of the employee Tee Shirts that read, #SLAM. With a quick glance it looked like the word Islam. I assume it was supposed to be "hashtag SLAM", but the font and letter spacing was very condensed and poorly designed.

Yup! Somebody in Loblaws marketing department seriously screwed this promo up.