Today I Learned...

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Sasquachulator

My guess is an Audi of some kind, their digital dash is basically a smartphone itself with amount of crap you can customize and display on it.......and thats on top of having the infotainment system that is also like a smartphone.

So 2 smartphones in your car!

Touch screens are dangerous in cars.

[Sapphireho]

TIL a saint bernard fart can clear a room quickly.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by JD001

Today I learned that I can't be bothered with the stupid gadgets that I have in my new car.. I have a trillion options for the interior mood lighting, I can switch the dash to display a mind boggling array of information.. All I want is a simple Speedo, rev counter and a fucking trip counter that I can get to easily without going through the owner's manual..

You were just born too late -

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Touch screens are dangerous in cars.

And ........ so, what did you almost run into?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by JD001

Well, it also has a stupidly long name. So a deep breath, and here we go. A Mercedes A250e AMG Line Executive, the saloon version.

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WOW! Nice machine! -

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by weederr33

TIL how good it feels to work the system in using PTO strategically. I requested 4 days off and ended up getting 8 simply because I request at the right time due to a DONSA and the connecting holidays.

So this is my first year with use it or lose it pto. It's kind of stressful figuring out when I'm going to be able to peace out for the rest of the year. It's somewhere around the 21st or 22nd. But that depends on what I have at the end of the current timecard because I have some hours I can make up.

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Go back to an Exige.

I have been keeping an eye out for the series 1, any that do come up for sale tend to be carrying large mileage or silly paint jobs or had their engines swapped for the Honda unit..

[JD001]

Originally Posted by humfrz

WOW! Nice machine! -

You'll love it, it has a reversing camera that not only shows what you going to hit but provides guidelines and a backstop with audible bleeps.. I imagine much like a fighter plane coming into land on a carrier...

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Touch screens are dangerous in cars.

Totally agree, and the touchpad to the side of the driver isn't much help either.. My car also has steering controls, again a distraction...

[weederr33]

Originally Posted by Spuds

So this is my first year with use it or lose it pto. It's kind of stressful figuring out when I'm going to be able to peace out for the rest of the year. It's somewhere around the 21st or 22nd. But that depends on what I have at the end of the current timecard because I have some hours I can make up.

We have a DONSA the 23rd so that's when I strategically put mine in. Then I don't need to come back till the 2nd.

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Spuds

So this is my first year with use it or lose it pto. It's kind of stressful figuring out when I'm going to be able to peace out for the rest of the year. It's somewhere around the 21st or 22nd. But that depends on what I have at the end of the current timecard because I have some hours I can make up.

I've just been taking mine. Had 8 days left, then we (the whole company) were suddenly"gifted" the last week of the year off. So I'm done working for the year next Tuesday. That feeling that it's a bad time never goes away, and you always have a stupid scramble when you return. Just how it is. Take it.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by JD001

Well, it also has a stupidly long name. So a deep breath, and here we go. A Mercedes A250e AMG Line Executive, the saloon version.

I was originally thinking about going full electric but bottled it.. I then ordered my car, it took an age to arrive due to the worldwide chip shortage. In that time I was kicking myself for not going full electric..

I'm kinda enjoying the electric mode but the range is circa 40miles which is not long enough..

Of course it is a long name. You are talking about a language that says car insurance as "kraftfahrzeug haftpflichtversicherung".

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Spuds

So this is my first year with use it or lose it pto. It's kind of stressful figuring out when I'm going to be able to peace out for the rest of the year. It's somewhere around the 21st or 22nd. But that depends on what I have at the end of the current timecard because I have some hours I can make up.

my company policy has always 'use it or lose it'. they still pay for my unused days...

perk of being an expert at 'kick the can'

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by JD001

I have been keeping an eye out for the series 1, any that do come up for sale tend to be carrying large mileage or silly paint jobs or had their engines swapped for the Honda unit..

You actually want one with the Rover motor? Are you crazy?