FloppY_
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+1,010|6277|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Sturgeon wrote:

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

Sturgeon wrote:

Maybe in Denmark, where I live it is very good.
Yeah, bus service in the city is good, in the suburbs it's worse. Rail service is usually fine on weekdays, on weekends there's a lot of waiting between trains.

It costs a lot but not more than a car, so I've learned to live with it
£200 for a bus pass here, unlimited travel from September -> July.

What I hate the most about public transport is that it takes you ~1hour or more to get somewhere that would take you 30minutes or less in your own car

Last edited by FloppY_ (2010-12-19 10:00:47)

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yeah it's pay 20 per month to ride a bus or 20/day to park in a garage by work
FloppY_
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+1,010|6277|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

yeah it's pay 20 per month to ride a bus or 20/day to park in a garage by work
What kind of horrible parking conditions do you guys have for it to take a day to do it
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(in the city it's like that)
the bus here is free and for the tourists. they wanna be like SF. 

what r u up to mr floppy
Hurricane2k9
Pendulous Sweaty Balls
+1,538|5693|College Park, MD

FloppY_ wrote:

Sturgeon wrote:

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

Yeah, bus service in the city is good, in the suburbs it's worse. Rail service is usually fine on weekdays, on weekends there's a lot of waiting between trains.

It costs a lot but not more than a car, so I've learned to live with it
£200 for a bus pass here, unlimited travel from September -> July.

What I hate the most about public transport is that it takes you ~1hour or more to get somewhere that would take you 30minutes or less in your own car
During peak service it only takes me about 30-35 minutes to get to campus, which is about how long it would take by car. I've driven there in 20 minutes before but there was no traffic and I hit every green light.

Costs like $140 a month for me. Insurance for a car alone would be like $250.

Last edited by Hurricane2k9 (2010-12-19 10:08:11)

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FloppY_
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+1,010|6277|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

FloppY_ wrote:

Sturgeon wrote:

£200 for a bus pass here, unlimited travel from September -> July.

What I hate the most about public transport is that it takes you ~1hour or more to get somewhere that would take you 30minutes or less in your own car
During peak service it only takes me about 30-35 minutes to get to campus, which is about how long it would take by car. I've driven there in 20 minutes before but there was no traffic and I hit every green light.
Busses in Denmark stop EVERYWHERE, and thanks to me living in a remote area, they take lots and lots of detours aswell

When I went to school 25km away a few years ago it would take 15-20 minutes by car or 45 minutes by bus...

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Sturgeon
Member
+488|4932|Flintshire
Takes me 15 minutes to get to campus on the bus, that's including time spent navigating the shitty one way system at Lancaster too, in a car it'd take 12/13 mins.

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FloppY_
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+1,010|6277|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Sturgeon wrote:

Takes me 15 minutes to get to campus on the bus, that's including time spent navigating the shitty one way system at Lancaster too, in a car it'd take 12/13 mins.

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
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­ Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
+1,447|6188|Winland

FloppY_ wrote:

When I went to school 25km away a few years ago it would take 15-20 minutes by car or 45 minutes by bus...
Oh, you're living the high life.

What takes 20-25 minutes by car over here, takes an hour ten with bus. Plus, you have to change bus/taxi (yes, a taxi ride is included in the ticket) two or three times along the way. Additionally, you're getting into town at 7:30, and you're leaving at 16:05.

Quit at 16:30?

DEAL WITH IT.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
FloppY_
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+1,010|6277|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Freezer7Pro wrote:

FloppY_ wrote:

When I went to school 25km away a few years ago it would take 15-20 minutes by car or 45 minutes by bus...
Oh, you're living the high life.

What takes 20-25 minutes by car over here, takes an hour ten with bus. Plus, you have to change bus/taxi (yes, a taxi ride is included in the ticket) two or three times along the way. Additionally, you're getting into town at 7:30, and you're leaving at 16:05.

Quit at 16:30?

DEAL WITH IT.
Yeah, like I said above, I hate public transport with a passion
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DonFck
Hibernator
+3,227|6623|Finland

It was time to upgrade, the old ones value would've dropped too much in the next year.

Finally I have some pictures of it, got around to taking the thing to the car wash.

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/14374/kuva%202.JPG
I need around tree fiddy.
KuSTaV
noice
+947|6502|Gold Coast
https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/20406/hyundai%20gtr.JPG
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Cheez
Herman is a warmaphrodite
+1,027|6430|King Of The Islands

Oooh, the GTR Getz.

Nice.
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
TheEternalPessimist
Wibble
+412|6611|Mhz

DonFck wrote:

It was time to upgrade, the old ones value would've dropped too much in the next year.

Finally I have some pictures of it, got around to taking the thing to the car wash.

http://static.bf2s.com/files/user/14374/kuva%202.JPG
I had a 1.6l one of those as a rental last year, nice little car, after the crap wagons I'm used to, having cruise control and hill start assist toys to play with was a novelty.  Yours got that weird electronic parking brake?  I like the idea but dread to think what would happen if the electrics failed lol.


V My car as of just before Christmas, my Cougar was disintegrating at an alarming rate (damn yank built cars ) so I ditched it before it needed a MOT.

https://i.imgur.com/byOlb.jpg

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Drunk_Musketeer
To be honest I don't care anyway..
+57|6729|Great Wall
My current family car.. 2004 but hardly driven. It's got 46k miles on the clock.

https://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg19/Mordoklej/Vauxhall%20Astra%20SRI/AstraSRI-04-2011-001.jpg

https://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg19/Mordoklej/Vauxhall%20Astra%20SRI/AstraSRI-04-2011-004.jpg
eusgen
Nugget
+402|6783|Jupiter

Drunk_Musketeer wrote:

It's got 46k miles on the clock.
So what time is it in the gauge cluster?
Phatmatt
Vroom Vroom
+298|6180|Canada

2003 MazdaSpeed Protege

60k miles
5 speed
I'll have more pics on Tuesday when it's actually out of winter storage!


https://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b14/phatmatt0005/38385_413679100765_542030765_5185956_5528139_n.jpg
CC-Marley
Member
+407|6820
Definitely need to paint that gas hatch to match....like it though.
Phatmatt
Vroom Vroom
+298|6180|Canada

A bit late, but here are more pics,

At a meet I was this wednesday
https://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b14/phatmatt0005/5790325397_533818360a_o.jpg
https://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b14/phatmatt0005/5790326889_87a55eac21_o.jpg

And When I cleaned it two weeks ago
https://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b14/phatmatt0005/DSCI0013.jpg
Adams_BJ
Russian warship, go fuck yourself
+2,053|6614|Little Bentcock
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KuSTaV
noice
+947|6502|Gold Coast
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HITNRUNXX
Member
+220|6701|Oklahoma City

CMDR_Dave wrote:

Current Gasoline Price as of 9/21/05 6:00PM   $2.47
*sigh* Oh the days of affordable gasoline... lol..

I don't have anything nearly as cool as most of the people in this thread. I have a 2002 Chevy Impala... It is paid off and gets 24 miles to the gallon... I only have to fill it up every payday (2 weeks). Sometimes every 3. I think the hail damage makes it more aerodynamic, like a golf ball. It is still under its extended aftermarket warranty, so the head gaskets and transmission were replaced for nearly free (I had to pay tax and fluids). Everything is running like new on it now. I put in a nice stereo, and enjoy my drives to and from work.

My Car History:

1986 Jeep Comanche Pickup (Dang near indestructible). ($2,000) Sold out from under me by my dad (co-owner) to get me something more dependable... It is still driving to this day and I sometimes see it out in their small town. Sold for $4,000.

1994 Ford Taurus. ($4,000) Had transmission issues early on. Sold it to buy my next car. Sold it for $4,000.

1991 Chevy Caprice Limited Edition. (Family deal, $6,000) Number 22 of only 101 made. Corvette Engine. Nice car. I loved it. I got hit by a helicopter in it. I fixed it. Then, it was totaled when a semi carrying cars for the car lot jack-knifed and slid through the stop sign where I was sitting.

1999 Ford Taurus. ($5,800) 24V DOHC. Transmission started having issues right away. Got ripped off by the transmission place and it made me resent the car, so I sold it. ($5,800).

Current Chevy Impala. ($4,000)

We have also owned (Wife's Cars):

1997 Chevy Malibu. (Free) This was given to her as a gift by her parents when she graduated college. They decided they couldn't afford it a couple years later, and repossessed it from her. (They gave us the option to take over the payments, but they had gotten ripped off and were paying about 3 times what it was worth, so we couldn't afford it either.)

1988 Buick Roadmaster. ($1,800) Was a cheap, temporary (yet really luxurious for being a boat) car after we lost the Malibu.

2005 Dodge Caravan. ($10,000) 31 days after we bought it, the transmission literally exploded. We fixed it under warranty. Less than a year later, (and less than a month after having it serviced, checked, tune up, oil change, etc) we went on a family vacation where, while in the middle of nowhere Arkansas, it suddenly threw a rod through the engine block, causing it to instantly drain all of its oil. Within 30 seconds (the amount of time it took to pull over) The engine had totally seized up. Sold it to a salvage yard for what we owed on it. ($2,800)

1999 Ford Explorer, Eddie Bauer Edition. ($1,800) Had to replace the fuel line ($400) and the Master Cylinder ($100). Paid off and running great...

So yeah, our car luck has not been awesome... But I got great deals on all of them except the Dodge... With no car payments though, and cars that are running great, I guess I can wait a while to buy my Synergy Green Metallic Chevy Camaro... lol
Kampframmer
Esq.
+313|4833|Amsterdam
Right now i drive my moms fiat 500 or my dads volvo xc90 (not as much as the 500 though) for small trips or whn i have to drive someone somewhere.
But i'm thinking of getting my own car. Something cheap and small. I found some old VWs golf's, pretty cool ride and most of arent too expensive. I'm looking for something under 2000. Its a bit tricky, but im getting there
Toilet Sex
one love, one pig
+1,775|6563

Kampframmer wrote:

Right now i drive my moms fiat 500
:DDDDDDDDDD
Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6462
right now i just drive your mum... no insurance
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