I Survived The Worst Car Ride Ever Today

"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
12/07/2015 at 20:51 • Filed to: None

What did you do today?

Riding in the back seat of a full 12 passenger Ford E-350 driven by a classmate who, on a good day, is the worst driver I’ve ever ridden with. Today was not a good day as he was sleep deprived, and it was Kansas++ level windy. He drove right on the edge of the road all the way down to Elmdale, with the van veering all over the road in the wind.

The ride home was worse, as we spent a solid 20-30% of the time with a wheel on the shoulder. This wouldn’t have been so much of an issue on I-70, but K-177 doesn’t have a shoulder. K-177 has about a foot of gravel, then a deep ditch. Every time we would hit the gravel, he’d veer back onto the road and across the center line.

For over an hour each way.

I’m registered for the next University van training course as soon as I got home, I’m not gonna let myself or my classmates go through that again.

Unrelated Solstice Coupe for your time. I still really want one.

DISCUSSION (38)

f86sabre > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
12/07/2015 at 20:55

I spent all day writing up my year end review. Tomorrow I get to write up reviews for my engineers. I listed to music from the 50s all day because why not.

PowderHound > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
12/07/2015 at 20:58

I washed my car! Huge accomplishment when you have a black car in winter and leave work when it's dark

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > f86sabre
12/07/2015 at 20:59

Fun, I get to write up some reviews too later in the week.

Listing is dangerous for ships, I assume the same for jets :)

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > PowderHound
12/07/2015 at 21:01

Woot!

(My car is red, and needs a bath)

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
12/07/2015 at 21:03

Been procrastinating writing an essay all day!

It’s fun because it’s due tomorrow and the teacher gave us a week and I’m just now starting it...

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
12/07/2015 at 21:06

Always the best time to write an essay!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
12/07/2015 at 21:06

I had to run from a bull multiple times today. Alive cows are assholes.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
12/07/2015 at 21:11

True fact. My buddy who works on the University farm has told me as much. (He still loves it when new calves are born)

Amoore100 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
12/07/2015 at 21:16

Not as bad as the 60 page Chemistry review packet our AP teacher gave us for two weeks over break that everyone (save maybe 2 or 3 people) started two days before it was due (myself included)...

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Amoore100
12/07/2015 at 21:17

I hate chemistry. So glad it isn’t AP.

Reminds me... I have a worksheet to finish for that class.

Amoore100 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
12/07/2015 at 21:22

Hah, I hate math more. Which is weird because I’m taking AP Calc AB as well...

deprecated account > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
12/07/2015 at 21:22

For some reason, I actually do better when I write essays last minute. Not joking.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
12/07/2015 at 21:31

Found out I have two leaks in my fuel tank. Time for epoxy.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
12/07/2015 at 21:39

That’s no fun.

One of my headlight motor gears stripped earlier in the week.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > deprecated account
12/07/2015 at 21:40

Usually I do too.

My big issue is I’m being forced to write about a topic which I don’t know much about and do not really believe in.

I’m a very good creative writer and if its a topic I believe in can do some great work. But at this point I’m just BS’ing most every word I write

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Amoore100
12/07/2015 at 21:41

You are a crazy kid.

I don’t even have a math this year. Never even took pre-calc. Couldn’t do it.

Physics and chemistry look “good enough” according to my guidance counselor.

PowderHound > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
12/07/2015 at 21:41

It was even just a quick one at the local coin operated place. My car was just awful before. Damn near white

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Amoore100
12/07/2015 at 21:43

Chemistry is fun though.

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
12/07/2015 at 21:54

Got a much-needed haircut, I now bear a striking resemblance to a young Adam Sandler.

Amoore100 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
12/07/2015 at 22:18

Hah, my counselor said “I could manage it” when I suggested 5 APs. Surprisingly Calc is turning out to be my worst: I have a C+ in APUSH that should jump up when I turn in a makeup assignment, a C+ in Calc that’s just there, an A in AP Chem, a B in AP Lang, and an A in AP Chinese (because it’s just a throw away course basically...) I took AP Physics 1 last year with perhaps one of the worst physics teachers on this planet and somehow managed to score a 4 on the test. Have no fucking idea how given the fact that I escaped to Fiji two weeks prior to the test. I think I won’t be quite so lucky this year; I attribute it to beginner’s luck since it was my first AP ever taken. My brain is weird in that I soak in science but I can’t do anything with math though the two are almost always intertwined.

Amoore100 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
12/07/2015 at 22:18

BS’ing it is how I write all my essays.

Amoore100 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
12/07/2015 at 22:19

It really is. Stoichiometry is hell, but after that it gets suspiciously easy.

Rainbow > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
12/07/2015 at 22:54

I took my car to get its emissions done. The tech somehow thought it was a Mustang and put the back wheels on the dyno. I’m not getting any real work done at that place if one of the mechanics can’t recognize that an Escort is not a Mustang...

Side note: Since they’re already using a dynamometer, why don’t emissions places go ahead and measure horsepower and torque and stuff for you while they’re at it? They could just charge an extra ten bucks for a “deluxe” package or something.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
12/07/2015 at 23:43

I got sick and went home. Then I watched Roadkill.

Clown Shoe Pilot > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
12/08/2015 at 01:13

I test drove a Solstice coupe GXP back in the day. It wasn’t terrible overall, but the visibility was. That’s a car that needs lots and lots of little cameras and a good synthetic vision system.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Clown Shoe Pilot
12/08/2015 at 03:50

I sat in one at an auto show a long time ago, my only memory was that the pedal box was a hair tight. My TA has decent visibility, except the massive B-pillar and associated blind spot.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Rainbow
12/08/2015 at 03:56

That’s profoundly bad for a tech. Then again, I don’t know why everyone can’t identify any modern car on sight, but I know I’m weird.

Dyno sheets for everyone!

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Amoore100
12/08/2015 at 04:02

I only ever had issues with filling electron orbits/spins. Then again, my high school advanced chemistry teacher called me “mind freak.”

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
12/08/2015 at 06:30

The bull would calm down, but then the heifers would flip shit any time we got within 20yds of them, causing the bull to charge.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
12/08/2015 at 06:43

No bueno.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
12/08/2015 at 06:49

No, it was not good. They also destroyed some of our equipment.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
12/08/2015 at 06:54

Yep, as you said, cows are assholes.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > f86sabre
12/08/2015 at 07:35

I couldn’t get out year end review system to work, and really cannot be bothered, so I told Bossman that because of the new system and glitches, I have no way to know if my review actually was saved by the system.

His response: “You really like blaming the system.”

“I’m right more often than not.”

f86sabre > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
12/08/2015 at 07:43

I don’t get that option. Big company and my folks’ bonuses are based on the scores I put in.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > f86sabre
12/08/2015 at 09:10

I’m on a small enough team that I can get away with it, even though we are a mid-cap public company.

f86sabre > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
12/08/2015 at 09:48

Fortune 100 company here. No dodging the HR machine!

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > f86sabre
12/08/2015 at 12:23

HR is just an evil ploy. It really is.

TheJMan92 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
12/08/2015 at 17:36

I drove a Pontiac G6 GTP to work today (the lady took my DD) and I’m not looking forward to driving it home. Foolish me was looking forward to driving something new this morning.