ONSC Chat

[izzyandsue]

DECLARATION: I hereby declare that Los Angeles is like Miami, but Mexican instead of Cuban. And has hills.

The main difference is that in Miami everyone knows red lights are suggestive, and 8-10 cars will fly through the intersection at high speed after the light turns red, and people stay on their lanes. In LA, everyone stops on red lights, but lanes are suggestive and people meander and shift lanes without warning or precaution. The LA DMV removes any signaling device from registered vehicles as part of their inspection.
Both cities police department ignore drivers blowing through lights or weaving through lanes like dogs on a walk sniffing the ground.

 

[lt1fire]

DECLARATION: I hereby declare that Los Angeles is like Miami, but Mexican instead of Cuban. And has hills.

The main difference is that in Miami everyone knows red lights are suggestive, and 8-10 cars will fly through the intersection at high speed after the light turns red, and people stay on their lanes. In LA, everyone stops on red lights, but lanes are suggestive and people meander and shift lanes without warning or precaution. The LA DMV removes any signaling device from registered vehicles as part of their inspection.
Both cities police department ignore drivers blowing through lights or weaving through lanes like dogs on a walk sniffing the ground.

Declaration denied

 

[izzyandsue]

DECLARATION: I hereby declare that the Petersen Automotive Museum is bullsheet. Don’t waste your money. You can see more diverse car collection on Rodeo Drive.

 

[roadstr6]

Based on Izzy's LA/Miami declaration, I feel like I'd be right at home in LA. I do stop for red lights occasionally but I feel that turn signals are highly overrated. I'm from the south. Southerners do what they want when they want and don't go around telling everybody their business. We don't use turn signals. I thought about disconnecting my brake lights. The moonshiners did that when they ran from the revenuers and it allowed them to brake on curvy mountain roads with no indication to the law. The law men careened off the side of the mountain and the moonshiners went home, drank lots of shine and became rich NASCAR legends. Moral of the story? Moonshine is good. Flashy lights, not so much.

 

[weejub]

Hrmmpf - that actually helps explain a lot about Kansas, its lack of moonshine and all us "rule follower" types.

 

[weejub]

DECLARATION: I hereby declare that the Petersen Automotive Museum is bullsheet. Don’t waste your money. You can see more diverse car collection on Rodeo Drive.

How much is it? Do we need to set up a Go Fund Me for ya - sounds like "sheet is gettin real" in LA!

 

[lt1fire]

DECLARATION: I hereby declare that the Petersen Automotive Museum is bullsheet. Don’t waste your money. You can see more diverse car collection on Rodeo Drive.

You can see newer hyper cars on Rodeo but I highly doubt you'd see a turbine car, stanley steamer or some of the others there... unless you hung around a few streets in Burbank or by my old house in La Tuna Canyon (where the majority of Jay Leno's Garage is shot). My old jot at AAA was a few blocks from one of his warehouses, until he consolidated them all. The cars id see from the patio were amazing. Super approachable guy also loves to talk all things cars about any car, won't put you down if you want to discuss a geo metro for some reason.

What exhibit was in town this month. Peterson only really has the bottom floor where they own the cars... .the rest are loaned for a period and they normally have a themed display that rotates quite a bit. I made the mistake of going there on my season pass during a F and F display..... nothing but super riced out cars.

 

[izzyandsue]

LA is like any big city, would not make the top 50 destinations I would pick for anything. But baby girl moved here 2 years ago, living in an apartment smaller than my tent (okay, my tent complex and annex), and loving life. So being my wife's double nickel birthday, we came out to visit. Amazing food. I have been here countless of times for business, never really got immersed in the culture or noticed much about the place.

I knew Godzilla and his enemies will destroy this town every so often, or aliens, Kaijus, etc. And The Rock would save us.

Looking at flowers at the Huntington...

 

[izzyandsue]

You can see newer hyper cars on Rodeo but I highly doubt you'd see a turbine car, stanley steamer or some of the others there... unless you hung around a few streets in Burbank or by my old house in La Tuna Canyon (where the majority of Jay Leno's Garage is shot). My old jot at AAA was a few blocks from one of his warehouses, until he consolidated them all. The cars id see from the patio were amazing. Super approachable guy also loves to talk all things cars about any car, won't put you down if you want to discuss a geo metro for some reason.

What exhibit was in town this month. Peterson only really has the bottom floor where they own the cars... .the rest are loaned for a period and they normally have a themed display that rotates quite a bit. I made the mistake of going there on my season pass during a F and F display..... nothing but super riced out cars.

Rodeo and that whole area was like Palm Beach or Coral Gables/Coconut Grove. Went there because my girl worked a Panache Bridal when she first got here, so we had to see that. Otherwise, more of the same. Petersen was not impressive. Bottom part was closed, but they still charge you as if you would get to see the whole thing. They told us to start from the top and work our way down. I know why now, after the second floor, its all closed up with a sign stating "Closed for Maintenance". I didnt see anything special there, so wouldn't recommend it. And paying full price for 1/2 the place is assclown business.

Then we drove up the Bird streets, since my wife likes that show with the LA realtors and they always talk sheet about those streets. That was an interesting drive...

 

[izzyandsue]

The culprit. Old ass water heater.

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So I am in LA, my middle son is home and tells me yesterday afternoon there is a funky smell in the third floor (where his room is and the gas water heater). He is studying engineering so I make him walk through the diagnostic and problem decomposition. After about 30 minutes on the phone, he opens the door were the water heater is, and says "this is it, its comming from here", I ask if its gas and of course he doesnt know. I give him a reference point and he comes back with a "yes, thats what it is" .

Now, THIS post is going through my mind, and I tell him to go outside and turn off the main line valve immediately, and call the plumber we have used in the past.
Plumber talks him through but cant come until today. It was the pressure regulator, leaking. New one replaced for $403. All for a $35 part I would have done if I were home. He is learning why I tend to do all this small jobs, but being on the west coast this week there is nothing I can do. But James experience ran through my mind a few times when he told me it was coming from the water heater area!

 

[JohnVee]

That poor girl. Rent is so expensive that she's forced to wear jeans that somebody else tore up and threw away!

 

[izzyandsue]

That poor girl. Rent is so expensive that she's forced to wear jeans that somebody else tore up and threw away!

She is now a Stylist at Trunk Club, some fringe benefits of the couture industry is hand me downs, torn second hand million dollar jeans. We are going there today, she wants me to have an appointment there. Answering with "warm" the key question of "How do your clothes make you feel" is not metrosexual enough. Need to dig down into my feelings, if I have any left, and come up with new answer.

 

[NCFJ]

Heather is from new York State and she does not use her signals much either. She tells me that in NY it is considered a sign of weakness.

 

[Bryanseye]

She is now a Stylist at Trunk Club

Pretty sure that is a man-bun mecca. Congrats to her though.

Trunk Club makes me think of buying luggage instead of clothes though. Large trunks, like you would put on your roof. Maybe a tent could be integrated into one, and unfolded off the ground. Then others with such devices could gather at scenic destinations to share hair care tricks and post long exposure night photos of their vehicle by campfires on social media.

 

[lt1fire]

Rodeo and that whole area was like Palm Beach or Coral Gables/Coconut Grove. Went there because my girl worked a Panache Bridal when she first got here, so we had to see that. Otherwise, more of the same. Petersen was not impressive. Bottom part was closed, but they still charge you as if you would get to see the whole thing. They told us to start from the top and work our way down. I know why now, after the second floor, its all closed up with a sign stating "Closed for Maintenance". I didnt see anything special there, so wouldn't recommend it. And paying full price for 1/2 the place is assclown business.

Then we drove up the Bird streets, since my wife likes that show with the LA realtors and they always talk sheet about those streets. That was an interesting drive...

What was the exhibit of the quarter on the top floor?? Shame you didn't get to the bottom as that is where the more unique vehicles are, in the actual museum. Should have asked for at least half your money back.

If your rental car has any balls and you want an extremely good drive. (well really its a great drive regardless but with hundreds of turns and an altitude change of 1000' to almost 8000' its one of the best drives in the US and better in a faster car) Take Highway two up to the Mt Wilson Observatory. Then after wandering around up there for a while go back to high way two and continue NE towards the high desert and either come back the same way or take HWY 138 to 14 and then back down to LA.

Make sure you stop at Newcombs Ranch on Hwy 2..... one of my favorite places on the planet.

 

[Ghostrider I]

Heather is from new York State and she does not use her signals much either. She tells me that in NY it is considered a sign of weakness.

I beg to differ.... I am from Upstate NY, and we use our signals frequently. I almost plowed into an idiot on South Blvd, last night because he failed to signal. That Elantra would have been accordion, and the FJ-80 would have a scratch on the ARB bumper.

 

[lt1fire]

I beg to differ.... I am from Upstate NY, and we use our signals frequently. I almost plowed into an idiot on South Blvd, last night because he failed to signal. That Elantra would have been accordion, and the FJ-80 would have a scratch on the ARB bumper.

Agree there although I can't talk about NY because i've never lived there, driven there a few times but a week wouldn't really give me enough time to talk about driving culture there.

Charlotte drivers scared me when I moved there and still scared me when I left. Not as bad as SC though as every time I crossed the state line (about 4 times a week) I could feel the roads get worse and the drivers along with it.

 

[NCFJ]

I beg to differ.... I am from Upstate NY, and we use our signals frequently. I almost plowed into an idiot on South Blvd, last night because he failed to signal. That Elantra would have been accordion, and the FJ-80 would have a scratch on the ARB bumper.

She is from upstate NY and you can argue with her! Good luck

 

[uzj100]

Agree there although I can't talk about NY because i've never lived there, driven there a few times but a week wouldn't really give me enough time to talk about driving culture there.

Charlotte drivers scared me when I moved there and still scared me when I left. Not as bad as SC though as every time I crossed the state line (about 4 times a week) I could feel the roads get worse and the drivers along with it.

NC drivers scare me. They do not pay attention, most are scared of their on shadow, and this makes for accordion traffic scenario. Hopefully they pass the law of no longer able to handle your phone in the car. Hands free only.

 

[lt1fire]

Took the rally car in for a missed 31 year old recall. Service guy is checking it in and looks puzzled. When looking up the VIN and recall info.

"This can be right this says your car is awd and a turbo"

yeah it was a homologation special under wrc rules

"Wrc?"

I explain that

"Wow I never new we were in rally racing or made awd cars"

I left it at that not wanting to explain the history of Toyota to him or point out Toyota is currently in wrc in 2019. Or explain the alltrac line or the fact Toyota still makes awd cars.

Dealerships..... always a good time.

Anyway when I got my loaner car there were three sevice writers standing by the car with the hood popped up.