Traffic Tickets Anyone?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Irace86

lol love that picture man. thanks for the support. that is what i am trying to avoid!

No prob!
Actually if you look above the plate at all the black spots you will see about2% of the damage to the front of my car. This is not due to "cheap paint" because most of the stuff that hit me were moving fast enough they have chipped a tank.

[radroach]

@Tcoat

dang dude get a new cover, that one looks all fouled up with salty slurry

And Dr. Colorchip will fix your rock chips. I've had GREAT SUCCESS

[mdm]

Originally Posted by Irace86

And I was surprised you don't find that front license plates are often riddled with chips in the paint, as well as, bugs that are impossible to remove. Cars get clear bras all the time. Why not the license plate too, especially since my vanity plate takes 3-4 months to get?

OK... maybe I just care less. For comparison, here is mine. These few scratches (again, after 10 years and one ride through bushes) don't matter to me.



I guess some people would not like them though.

[mdm]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

You don't have this to contend with for 5 months a year!

Haha, this picture's URL says "marylandweather", so I guess this is exactly what I have to contend with here in Nothern Virginia. But admittedly not for 5 months.

On the other hand, as winter temperatures tend to hover around freezing, the damage to to the roads may be even more extensive than up north, and we end up with millions of potholes and loose pieces of asphalt every spring. Also, we have VDOT which has peculiar ways of addressing these. There is an interstate segment nearby, which had a lot of potholes, so they milled it a month or so ago, but haven't resurfaced yet. So every day I drive over terribly rough surface, with some potholes remaining, at 60 mph...

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by mdm

Haha, this picture's URL says "marylandweather", so I guess this is exactly what I have to contend with here in Nothern Virginia. But admittedly not for 5 months.

On the other hand, as winter temperatures tend to hover around freezing, the damage to to the roads may be even more extensive than up north, and we end up with millions of potholes and loose pieces of asphalt every spring. Also, we have VDOT which has peculiar ways of addressing these. There is an interstate segment nearby, which had a lot of potholes, so they milled it a month or so ago, but haven't resurfaced yet. So every day I drive over terribly rough surface, with some potholes remaining, at 60 mph...

Ya it was the 5 months of flying salt that makes the difference.
Funny you say about the weather because I just had that conversation with the wife this evening. We had a very weird winter that was probably almost identical to your usual ones. The pot holes are way worse than normal! Even our major highways that never have potholes are horrible.

[FR-Sky]

Originally Posted by FRSBRZGT86FAN

No speeding tickets for me because stealth mounted radar detector, I highly suggest you invest in one and clear the tickets and marks on your license so far. The detector pays for itself after 1-3 detections, mine has well over paid it self.

Yea,,that was a few years back,all the speeding tickets i got is from highway,I had already cleared the tickets. If i remember correctly, 18 months to clear 1 point.
now i only speeding at corner.
i drive slow like grandma now on straight/highway/local.
more responsible for myself and other people =]

[mdm]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ya it was the 5 months of flying salt that makes the difference.
Funny you say about the weather because I just had that conversation with the wife this evening. We had a very weird winter that was probably almost identical to your usual ones. The pot holes are way worse than normal! Even our major highways that never have potholes are horrible.

Yeah, it's the constant freezing and thawing that damages the surface.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by radroach

@Tcoat

dang dude get a new cover, that one looks all fouled up with salty slurry

And Dr. Colorchip will fix your rock chips. I've had GREAT SUCCESS

LOL
I like my beat up cover. It has character. I will touch up the bumper (again) once the weather gets better. But it doesn't last long anyway and I just collect new ones. Those are just the little marks you should see the big ones. So far I have been hit by a flying taillight (the whole thing housing and all), a brake line, a flying lower control arm and more large stones then I can count. I have hit 2 raccoons, a skunk carcass and a duck. It is the fate of a car that spends 14 hours a week and 3,500 miles a month at high speed on a busy highway I am afraid. My car is a work horse not a garage queen or showpiece and bares the scares to prove it.

[Luftwaffel]

Originally Posted by mdm

Also, we have VDOT which has peculiar ways of addressing these.

Seriously, fuck VDOT. They're second only to whatever they call it here. This is the only place I've been where a road can be 50% constructed of steel plates they use because they're too damn lazy to fill pot holes.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Luftwaffel

Seriously, fuck VDOT. They're second only to whatever they call it here. This is the only place I've been where a road can be 50% constructed of steel plates they use because they're too damn lazy to fill pot holes.

Steel plates?

[Luftwaffel]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Steel plates?

You have no idea. I should pull my dash cam footage when I go home from work tomorrow morning. This shit is next level.

Edit: The worst is when they don't secure them properly and they bounce when cars in front of you go over them. I thought one was going to take my front end out. They also don't flush them with the asphalt, so they just pile on a ton of asphalt on the front, which is almost like a small speed bump in the middle of the road. Then, they don't bother to do anything to the rear of them, so when you drop off of it, your car just falls back to the asphalt without a smooth transition at all.

[Luftwaffel]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Steel plates?

Here's a news article.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Luftwaffel

Here's a news article.

Holy CRAP!
I can see temporary but those had white lines painted on them so had been there a while!!!!!!

[Fishbed77]

I've had my Firestorm FR-S 2 days now and i got pulled over this morning for not using my turn signal. Absolutely zero traffic on a 4 lane road but a cop got me for not putting my blinker.

I gotta say I have no pity for folks not using signal lights. There's a reason Subaru installed them on your car.

The failure of drivers to signal has gotten ridiculous around here.