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Old 12-10-2016, 04:03 PM   #4451
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Seems like it greatly varies on the location... "Snow" has been a joke in Vancouver. Been mostly rain. Sure, there's some snow here and there, but everything's slush on the inside streets, and main roads are completely cleared, as if it was any other rainy day.
Which part of Vancouver are you in? Downtown? Cause all the side streets in east van i've driven through is covered 3" thick ice and snow.
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Smart car is like a MR/RR though. All the weight is over the rear wheels anyway.
Not the Electric Version..........
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My Beetle is RR. Great going up hills in a straight line, but turning is a bit tricky as it just wants to plow straight. With just 55 hp you can induce oversteer to get the car turnig without getting too crazy like a FR. Once you let off the gas, the weight of the engine gets the rear wheels back giving traction.
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Old 12-10-2016, 04:39 PM   #4454
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I thought I had the regenerative brakes all figured out, but in the snow, it helps a lot going downhill. No gears on an EV. With soft start and hill assist, it's actually very nice. As long as tires are good. I wasn't sure about the Continentals, but they're the only kind that'll fit the Smart for Two, because, staggered wheel/tire sizes. I am pleasantly surprised with the grip on ice.
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I think we're done in Metro Vancouver, right?
Yeah beautiful sun is coming, time to wash the salt off the cars
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Are taxis required to have snow tires on during the winter? Because I see that they are either ripping through the traffic or going 30-40km/h
Don't think so. Its in their best interest to though.. The car is their life line. Don't see why they would risk getting into a accident. Snow tires would help with mileage too.

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Which part of Vancouver are you in? Downtown? Cause all the side streets in east van i've driven through is covered 3" thick ice and snow.
All main roads from downtown to east van to richmond are clear. Tbh most side roads (aside from hills) in east van are clear enough to drive too (I live around Boundary/kingsways)

Most of the "snow" from yesterday night didnt stick. It was very wet on and off. Even earlier today it was mainly wet snow/rain
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I'm bitching at how pathetic the local stores are in forecasting the demand, and how behind the industry you are in in terms of technology. I suppose that pushed your button? By your logic Lomac, if everyone had prepared a week in advance, the demand would still have not been accommodated because the shovels would've run out a week ago. You might as well be bitching and saying well then people should've bought snow shovels in summer in anticipation of the winter so that the demand would've not spiked so much. The truth is, I don't think you realize that there are way more things out there that are much harder to forecast, and there are models built to do a fine job at it. Now, how your company has operated is none of my business. A company can continue to do stupid things and remain status quo if there is a lack of competition. But it makes complete financial sense to be able to accurately predict demand spike, particularly in seasonal items.
... Looks like flagella was able stock up on salt at least.

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Not the Electric Version..........


I guess the electric motor isn't as heavy as your typical motor, and maybe the heaviest thing in the car is in the middle where the battery is. But still better than your typical Front engine RWD, lol.


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Which part of Vancouver are you in? Downtown? Cause all the side streets in east van i've driven through is covered 3" thick ice and snow.
South Van, but I drove to BCIT area in Burnaby in the morning. Main roads were wet, maybe a bit of slush in certain spots, but generally nothing too much. Fresh snow was piled up on the side if you pull over to park.

Inside streets were slush to very little amount of snow. I could see the concrete penetrate through where tires have driven over.

That's my observation anyway. Kind of crazy to imagine there's still 3" of ice and snow in Vancouver, unless those inside streets are very secluded and haven't been driven on very much.
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Driving on the Fraser highway at night and there is a car pulled over on the side of the road. About a half a tire is on the road no problem. But here is where it gets stupid. The Asian girl who was driving it is standing beside the drivers side door on her phone. Cars are hitting there brakes and swerving so the don't hit her and she is standing in the middle of the road like nothing is wrong. I have to slam my brakes because there is another car beside me. I honk the horn and does nothing. except give me this blank look. WTF?
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I guess the electric motor isn't as heavy as your typical motor, and maybe the heaviest thing in the car is in the middle where the battery is. But still better than your typical Front engine RWD, lol.
Also, take into consideration the driver. Even a skinny Asian kid would weigh more than the engine........... wait. I take that back. The rage boy with hockey stick. Gulolol.
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Driving on the Fraser highway at night and there is a car pulled over on the side of the road. About a half a tire is on the road no problem. But here is where it gets stupid. The Asian girl who was driving it is standing beside the drivers side door on her phone. Cars are hitting there brakes and swerving so the don't hit her and she is standing in the middle of the road like nothing is wrong. I have to slam my brakes because there is another car beside me. I honk the horn and does nothing. except give me this blank look. WTF?
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Appreciate the answer though. Just further confirmed how behind it is and I sure hope it's your temporary job. It did surprise me, however, how you managed to spew that it makes no financial sense to do it. I hope you don't carry that sort of backward thinking into your future jobs, whatever they may be. Local shops don't bother doing it because they will survive without doing so. It isn't because it makes no financial sense to do it
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Squamish snow update - we've had over 12" the last few days and it is still lightly snowing here. The S2S highway is not in good shape, with heavy snow pack and very slippery conditions.
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I did the S2S yesterday, 6am up (took about 2 hours) and 430pm down (took about 2.5 hrs).

Wasn't too bad since it was generally plowed, and then light snow over again. Lines don't exist anymore(for certain sections, mainly north of Squamish), everyone follows the plowed lanes, which sometimes cuts into the passing lane. Be careful when passing in the passing lane, as it's usually not plowed and people move into them without any notice.

On my way down last night, there was a section that was two lanes SB and one NB. I, along with a lot of other ppl were in the passing lane, and this guy going NB took our lane(not sure if he realized or not). Thankfully it was far enough down that everyone in the passing lane was able to merge to the right lane. The guy going NB finally passes the single lane NB traffic and then merges back to the proper lane, but he starts fish tailing in a large domestic SUV. He managed to get it under control, but it took two lane widths to do it. And all of us in the passing lane SB were smart enough to get out of it. Probably would have shut down the S2S for awhile.
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Not today, but if you can wait, Home Depot will have a shipment of salt from Alberta sometime tomollow morning.
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Gotta be sensitive what you say here. You would be surprised how many on this board are sustained by the 14 dolla balla jobs provided by the dying industry so they can continue to afford their car payments and go to school part-time. In the end, you can't expect much from this glorified tourist city with large retail presence. While we haven't created any companies worthy of note globally other than the nature that was given to us, our southern neighbor Seattle a few hours away is the birth place of companies including Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, Costco, Starbucks, etc. Something had gone deeply wrong here but the pride is strong at least.
Vancouver has Hootsuite which is highly regarded in the social media universe. They are in the process of restructuring, possibly prepping for an IPO.

Hey, it's one company at least

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I guess anything buried in snow will be fucked for over the next week, given the crazy temps we'll be having.
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