I only recently found out that the "brake" dash indicator also warns for the clutch. Randy was having trouble engaging reverse on his 5-speed. The next day he comes home and says, "oh, great! Now the 'brake' light is lit". Brakes were fine, but the fluid level needed topping up.
After pestering a guy to change his brakes for months, he asked, "The screeching stopped, does that mean it's ok now?" They were so worn down that the screech tab had broken off. The rivets in the pad were making grooves in his rotors.
@Wrathernaut: My old man did the same thing once, to the point where the car was deemed too unsafe for me ride in. In my mother's infinite wisdom, she decided it was cheaper to trade in the five-year-old Toyota rather than pay for $500 in brake work.
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While I usually can't stand Randall's penchant for doing what's been done better before and his occasional utter creepiness, there are a few occasions on which xkcd really shines.
I saw it but it didn't register. Now that I've seen this cartoon's reference to Car Talk, I gotta ask if you've picked up some voodoo clairvoyance in the Big Easy...?
I try to use the brakes only when necessary. When I'm driving down the road, and I see a light up ahead, I just put the car into neutral and let it coast. I usually just lightly tap the brakes so it stops and I'm all good. This doesn't work in downtown Toronto, however, especially during rush hour. (every hour)
truTV has quite a recipe for success--get free clips from YouTube or news, get D--no, F-listers to make comments that last longer than the video; show video snippet 10 times, half in slow motion. Then "preview" upcoming yucks with little snippets.
Cut to commercial.
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Everyday I enjoy the view of one of my neighbors parking her car.. she has a small car and the spaces are large, but every time she manages to get it wrong, and again and again.. It takes her at least 5 minutes to park her car, everyday. I should set up a webcam for her.
btw this is the same neighbor that takes her car to the gym, the gym being a 3 minute walk from here... of course in the gym she uses the walking machine.. sometimes I really want to slap her in the face and shout "you are a f#cking stupid cow" in her face...
@sos10: I watched a person try to back out of a spot. Well, yes, it was a female. And she clearly didn't understand which way the ass end of the car goes when you turn the steering wheel to the right, for example.
It was a very painful but hilarious lesson in the trial and error empirical approach to problem solving. We all stopped to see how long it would take. Easily 10 minutes to back out of a simple parking place, nose in.
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And the credits at the end of the show are classic.
Legal Advice given by: Duey Cheetham and Howe...
Vacation Planner: Mirasmus B. Draggon
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$400 later, I think he's learned his lesson.
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It's a wonder I have any common sense at all.
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This is one of them.
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I saw it but it didn't register. Now that I've seen this cartoon's reference to Car Talk, I gotta ask if you've picked up some voodoo clairvoyance in the Big Easy...?
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The most effective way to brake in dt T is to use cabbies. They're usually braking hard enough they can slow a couple cars.
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Used to live in the worst hood dt and commute dt/Gardiner/427.
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Cut to commercial.
Come back--repeat the video you just showed. "So far we've seen..." (replay all videos)and coming up next--preview snippets.
Roll video...
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We don't all drive Escape hybrids!
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btw this is the same neighbor that takes her car to the gym, the gym being a 3 minute walk from here... of course in the gym she uses the walking machine.. sometimes I really want to slap her in the face and shout "you are a f#cking stupid cow" in her face...
ps she is a perfectly healthy person.
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It was a very painful but hilarious lesson in the trial and error empirical approach to problem solving. We all stopped to see how long it would take. Easily 10 minutes to back out of a simple parking place, nose in.
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I hear a cachunck cachunck
I'll dream with this tonight.
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