Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition
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@Zecc How do you not notice the big honking open spot on your right?
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@Rhywden said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Zecc How do you not notice the big honking open spot on your right?
In England!
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@Zecc said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Rhywden said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Zecc How do you not notice the big honking open spot on your right?
In England!
That makes it even worse now that I think about it.
I mean, you should notice this right away: The light inside the car is different. It's loud. And there's a definite draft when you're driving.
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@Rhywden said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Zecc How do you not notice the big honking open spot on your right?
He's obviously not real bright; after all, he drives a Tesla.
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@HardwareGeek Doesn't a Tesla warn you when a door is open? I mean, I once did not fully close the rear hatch (it simply did not lock completely but would not have opened on its own either) and my ID.3 pretty much yelled at me when I tried to drive off.
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@Rhywden said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
Doesn't a Tesla warn you when a door is open?
It does.
Audible warning, visual indication on the screen.
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Clearly he failed the caution part.
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@Rhywden said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@HardwareGeek Doesn't a Tesla warn you when a door is open? I mean, I once did not fully close the rear hatch (it simply did not lock completely but would not have opened on its own either) and my ID.3 pretty much yelled at me when I tried to drive off.
I've never tried my Kia with the door open, but it goes crazy if the passenger seatbelt is not fastened while it thinks there's someone in there - ran into that with the laptop bag once.
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@PleegWat said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
it goes crazy if the passenger seatbelt is not fastened while it thinks there's someone in there
I had the same issue recently when I had to carry large parcels (long planks for shelves) and had lowered the back of the front seat to load them. Annoyingly, at the point I started the car and got the alarm, the car was so packed that it took me a minute or so to find a way to slip the seatbelt through all that to fasten it (and silence the alarm).
Though the annoyingest thing that I discovered was that the back of my front passenger seat cannot fold forwards, only backwards, and not even that much, which makes it almost impossible to get a flat(ish) loading surface. Well, no, the annoyingiest thing was that I hadn't checked the weight of Ikea parcels and that one was something like 30 kg (and 2.5 m long!) and a huge pain to move around by myself. And there were 4 or 5 of them.
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@remi Oof. At least I found out the feature was in there when I could get at things.
Your case sounds like "I wish I'd borrowed a trailer beforehand".
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@PleegWat I do have a trailer. If only I had done more than before driving there (Ikea's website clearly indicates all dimensions, and even if they hadn't, it was obvious that a 2m+ high shelving unit would have at least a couple of 2m+ long planks!), I would have taken it. Somehow I only realised I would get such large parcels when I saw the cart coming out of the warehouse. There definitely was a "oops... " moment then.
I guess I probably could have rented a trailer on the spot, but then I would have had to drive it back to the shop afterwards. Or maybe pay for a delivery by van. That would probably have been by fallback solution. But luckily brute force and stubbornness ("that will fit!") won the day.
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@PleegWat said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Rhywden said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@HardwareGeek Doesn't a Tesla warn you when a door is open? I mean, I once did not fully close the rear hatch (it simply did not lock completely but would not have opened on its own either) and my ID.3 pretty much yelled at me when I tried to drive off.
I've never tried my Kia with the door open, but it goes crazy if the passenger seatbelt is not fastened while it thinks there's someone in there - ran into that with the laptop bag once.
Yeah, for that my car has three levels:
- A mere warning sign if the car is moving below 7 km/h
- An annoying beep if you're below 20 km/h
- A really annoying bell sound beyond that.
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Ran into that once in my car, think it was Fuse 17 that no longer exists.
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@remi said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
Or maybe pay for a delivery by van.
If it's just a big bookcase or something of that scale, you can do that in a larger car pretty easily. But if it's more, you're starting to load your car pretty heavily.
When we bought our kitchen units from them many years ago (still going strong now) we went straight for having them delivered. Good thing too; was a whole delivery van's worth, with probably several tons of wood and rather a lot of glass and metal as well. It was a very big job, and we hired a joiner to put it together for us (as well as having a complex rewiring and replumbing job done). Money very well spent. We've replaced some of the worktops since, but the rest remains in excellent condition provided we tighten up the screws every few years. Ikea's stuff lasts really well if not abused too heavily.
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@dkf Those Billies simply do. not. die.
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@dkf said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
If it's just a big bookcase or something of that scale, you can do that in a larger car pretty easily.
Or in my trailer, yes. But the point is that I realised that I needed (or might need) something larger when I was on the parking lot, with the parcels next to my car. Which at that point meant that if it didn't fit in the car (which it did in the end), I had to find a solution right here, right now. Though I guess I might have been able to return the parcels to Ikea (i.e. as if there had been a fault with the items) but that would probably have counted as cancelling my order and I would have had to place another order (and not just come back a couple of hours later with a larger car/trailer). I'm not sure whether this Ikea store has trailers for rent (and if I could have rented one without having booked beforehand), but I'm 99% sure that there were a few unmarked white vans sitting around, i.e. random people waiting for this exact scenario ("oops, doesn't fit in my car, I need a van!").
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Sometimes you can ask the company to hold onto your purchase for a few hours while you get a suitable means of transportation. It really depends on the mood of the manger, but it is always worth an ask if you are in a situation like that.
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@remi said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
I'm not sure whether this Ikea store has trailers for rent (and if I could have rented one without having booked beforehand), but I'm 99% sure that there were a few unmarked white vans sitting around, i.e. random people waiting for this exact scenario ("oops, doesn't fit in my car, I need a van!").
At least when we did it, there was the office of a delivery firm round the corner from the customer loading bay (same building, independent business) so you could take your things straight round there and arrange a delivery. It was discreetly advertised, and the checkout staff would also tell you about it if you had a big order. (I think the kitchen was something like 6 or 8 big trolley loads. Or perhaps more. It was a very long time ago so I forget some details.) Yes, the delivery firm was a specialist and might've cost a bit more than some others, but it was tremendously convenient and they did a good job.
Make a big enough purchase and staff get very helpful.
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@Dragoon Meh. Huge Ikea superstore, long queue just to get the parcels (it was during one of the episodes of semi-lockdown), all clerks already clearly working full speed. Yes, I could have asked around (and might have, if I had needed to) but I have little hope they would have been very accommodating, if anything because having a stack of parcels lying around in their warehouse, that are not properly identified in their system, would have been a mess for everyone.
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@remi said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Dragoon Meh. Huge Ikea superstore, long queue just to get the parcels (it was during one of the episodes of semi-lockdown), all clerks already clearly working full speed. Yes, I could have asked around (and might have, if I had needed to) but I have little hope they would have been very accommodating, if anything because having a stack of parcels lying around in their warehouse, that are not properly identified in their system, would have been a mess for everyone.
Most stores like that are pretty well equipped to deal with that situation though - when I worked customer service (at an electronics store, nonetheless) that was one of the commonly-asked questions when someone bought a TV or something that was too big for their tiny car
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@sloosecannon said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@remi said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Dragoon Meh. Huge Ikea superstore, long queue just to get the parcels (it was during one of the episodes of semi-lockdown), all clerks already clearly working full speed. Yes, I could have asked around (and might have, if I had needed to) but I have little hope they would have been very accommodating, if anything because having a stack of parcels lying around in their warehouse, that are not properly identified in their system, would have been a mess for everyone.
Most stores like that are pretty well equipped to deal with that situation though - when I worked customer service (at an electronics store, nonetheless) that was one of the commonly-asked questions when someone bought a TV or something that was too big for their tiny car
It's unfair that they don't provide that service for looters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFmbrWqfhsw(This video is from South Africa. I remember seeing something similar in Minneapolis (but not as funny), but Google isn't finding it for me.)
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@Dragoon said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
Ran into that once in my car, think it was Fuse 17 that no longer exists.
? Did it make so much noise that even the fuse burnt thru?
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No, I just removed the fuse. I don't need my car being "helpful" and sounding an alarm because I dared to store something on the seats.
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@Dragoon said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
No, I just removed the fuse. I don't need my car being "helpful" and sounding an alarm because I dared to store something on the seats.
If I did that they'd probably 'helpfully' replace the fuse (and charge me for the pleasure) on the next yearly checkup.
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@PleegWat said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Dragoon said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
No, I just removed the fuse. I don't need my car being "helpful" and sounding an alarm because I dared to store something on the seats.
If I did that they'd probably 'helpfully' replace the fuse (and charge me for the pleasure) on the next yearly checkup.
That's why you put the fuse in on the way to the yearly checkup and take it out on pickup
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@izzion said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@PleegWat said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Dragoon said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
No, I just removed the fuse. I don't need my car being "helpful" and sounding an alarm because I dared to store something on the seats.
If I did that they'd probably 'helpfully' replace the fuse (and charge me for the pleasure) on the next yearly checkup.
That's why you put the fuse in on the way to the yearly checkup and take it out on pickup
I just leave the seat belt connected.
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@dcon Why do it the easy way when you can do it the hard way?
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@Rhywden said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@dcon Why do it the easy way when you can do it the hard way?
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Those younguns will learn. In time. Maybe.
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@dcon said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Rhywden said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@dcon Why do it the easy way when you can do it the hard way?
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Those younguns will learn. In time. Maybe.
Easier to just and blame our elders for not teaching us better.
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@izzion said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@PleegWat said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Dragoon said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
No, I just removed the fuse. I don't need my car being "helpful" and sounding an alarm because I dared to store something on the seats.
If I did that they'd probably 'helpfully' replace the fuse (and charge me for the pleasure) on the next yearly checkup.
That's why you put the fuse in on the way to the yearly checkup and take it out on pickup
It actually doesn't bother me much. And I consider that any object heavy enough to trigger the sensor (laptop bag's right on the edge for that) probably shouldn't be sitting on the passenger seat unrestrained.
Though then I put the laptop bag in the passenger seat legroom instead and wonder if that's that much better.
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@PleegWat said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
any object heavy enough to trigger the sensor (laptop bag's right on the edge for that)
Oh, I used to have a Dell like that long ago. Shoulder-breaking it was…
@PleegWat said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
Though then I put the laptop bag in the passenger seat legroom instead and wonder if that's that much better.
Yes. It's much less likely to fly around and hurt someone in the event of a crash.
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@dkf said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@PleegWat said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
any object heavy enough to trigger the sensor (laptop bag's right on the edge for that)
Oh, I used to have a Dell like that long ago. Shoulder-breaking it was…
@PleegWat said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
Though then I put the laptop bag in the passenger seat legroom instead and wonder if that's that much better.
Yes. It's much less likely to fly around and hurt someone in the event of a crash.
Shit has a tendency to go flying when you crash, I've had things move from the leg well to the rear seat shelf with just jumping a ditch.
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@dkf said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
Yes. It's much less likely to fly around and hurt someone in the event of a crash.
Or just hard braking because some asshole just cut you off. (happened to me 4 days ago - everything went flying off the seat into the foot well.)
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@boomzilla Sounds like Florida Man has gone to Yakima, WA.
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@boomzilla said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
This was hilarious: https://youtu.be/fFsXRjelyq8
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@Zerosquare I do wonder what his blood alcohol level was and at what time this was filmed...
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@JBert said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Zerosquare I do wonder what his blood alcohol level was and at what time this was filmed...
I believe the correct term for his blood alcohol level is "Scottish".
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@loopback0 said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@JBert said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Zerosquare I do wonder what his blood alcohol level was and at what time this was filmed...
I believe the correct term for his blood alcohol level is "Scottish".
So not quite Irish?
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@Carnage Quite, but closer to Irish than to sober.
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@loopback0 said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Carnage Quite, but closer to Irish than to sober.
I wonder where Russian fits on this scale...
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(this one specific Audi 80 is kind of a local "legend" - used to be a regular offender)
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@boomzilla Wow, that's horrific. How does the driver dare having the license plate obstructed?
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Threesome.
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@Zecc It's not often that I have to rewind and then slow-mo the video to figure out who's at fault.
Surprisingly, it seems like it both of the turning cars did it. Not sure about the video's country (Hong Kong?), but the car going straight would have the right of way around here. Both turning cars got on collision course with that one, so both alone would have crashed it.
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@acrow The car going straight-on has some fault too; they were going a bit too fast. OTOH, nobody really expects two fucking idiots to drive into each other from bad road positions straight in front of you.