Johnny_P's Street Parking Palooza

[max225]

Pods are going to be here in 5 years not 10-20... we're getting really close...

Not for $30k and not fully autonomous where you can be asleep or while traveling.

Who in their right mind would buy a pod. We're going to be too poor for car ownershit.

SHARE EVERYTHING.
We have had pods on the streets for nearly a decade here... they are getting close... and congress just made em legal too.

[troyguitar]

Not for $30k and not fully autonomous where you can be asleep or while traveling.

Who in their right mind would buy a pod. We're going to be too poor for car ownershit.

SHARE EVERYTHING.
We have had pods on the streets for nearly a decade here... they are getting close... and congress just made em legal too.

Then change the $30k to $300/mo for unlimited use counting insurance. Still can't use it while either.

[max225]

I use poober drunk every weekend.

[troyguitar]

I use poober drunk every weekend.

I mean for every trip of every day, never driving again unless you rent a racecar for a trackdaybro...

[Johnny_P]

$32k or whatever MSRP for a base 230i is not expensive. Just skip the 27-way power seats and automatic sharks with frikin lazer beams headlights...

IF you could know that it would be reliable AND that you would keep it long enough for the depreciation to not be too bad, then a base 230i would be a fantastic way to roll for 10-20 years until we get autonomous pods.

Who the hell wants to keep a poverty bimmer for 10-20 years?

[Johnny_P]

Not for $30k and not fully autonomous where you can be asleep or while traveling.

Who in their right mind would buy a pod. We're going to be too poor for car ownershit.

SHARE EVERYTHING.
We have had pods on the streets for nearly a decade here... they are getting close... and congress just made em legal too.

I'd rather pod than have Mohammad drive me around in his Camry uber.

[troyguitar]

$32k or whatever MSRP for a base 230i is not expensive. Just skip the 27-way power seats and automatic sharks with frikin lazer beams headlights...

IF you could know that it would be reliable AND that you would keep it long enough for the depreciation to not be too bad, then a base 230i would be a fantastic way to roll for 10-20 years until we get autonomous pods.

Who the hell wants to keep a poverty bimmer for 10-20 years?

I'd drive an E36/46 today... especially if it were owned and maintained by myself since new. I DD a 2003 backward corolla

[Johnny_P]

Who the hell wants to keep a poverty bimmer for 10-20 years?

I'd drive an E36/46 today... especially if it were owned and maintained by myself since new. I DD a 2003 backward corolla

I don't have an attention span that long. I also don't have patience for broken things which an old BMW will certainly have.

It would be awesome if my next car were electric.

[Apex]

I'd drive an E36/46 today... especially if it were owned and maintained by myself since new. I DD a 2003 backward corolla

I don't have an attention span that long. I also don't have patience for broken things which an old BMW will certainly have.

It would be awesome if my next car were electric.

Johnny going to be running extension cords out his window to charge his car?

[troyguitar]

I don't have an attention span that long. I also don't have patience for broken things which an old BMW will certainly have.

It would be awesome if my next car were electric.

Johnny going to be running extension cords out his window to charge his car?

Just start filling potholes with wireless charging pads, eventually the entire road network will be a giant wireless charger and electric cars will have infinite range.

[Apex]

Johnny going to be running extension cords out his window to charge his car?

Just start filling potholes with wireless charging pads, eventually the entire road network will be a giant wireless charger and electric cars will have infinite range.

[Johnny_P]

Johnny going to be running extension cords out his window to charge his car?

Just start filling potholes with wireless charging pads, eventually the entire road network will be a giant wireless charger and electric cars will have infinite range.

I like this

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Just start filling potholes with wireless charging pads, eventually the entire road network will be a giant wireless charger and electric cars will have infinite range.

I like this

so many issues resolved by one action.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Also, pods will likely be here in 5 years (hell, GM just announced they'll start production now), but it'll be many years after before they're widely adopted.

[Johnny_P]

I like this

so many issues resolved by one action.

Of course it would take federal money though. Which means that Troy would literally be subsidizing my car. Not bad.

[Johnny_P]

I don't have an attention span that long. I also don't have patience for broken things which an old BMW will certainly have.

It would be awesome if my next car were electric.

Johnny going to be running extension cords out his window to charge his car?

Dat dedicated EV parking spot doe.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

so many issues resolved by one action.

Of course it would take federal money though. Which means that Troy would literally be subsidizing my car. Not bad.

[Johnny_P]

Drove around for about 3 hours today on back roads along the Brandywine Creek.

https://goo.gl/maps/12CDFemZbLn

These roads are very windy, many blind turns, road surface is maybe 6/10 with some potholes and a lot of off-camber. Very very pretty, and tons of fun if you don't get caught behind a slowpoke. I did a couple laps of this.

This car is incredible on a back road. So much confidence. Just enough power and makes all the right sounds. Strong fade-free brakes. A buttoned down suspension that at speed really does not get upset while soaking up the bullshit. I successfully heel-toed a few times too. Gun it down a straight, slam the brakes, blip, downshift, turn in, let the car set into the turn, halfway through boot it and it'll rocket you out. There is no understeer. None.

I love this damn car.

The only thing that sucks was it returned like 19 mpg, lol. Oh well.

[wap]

Drove around for about 3 hours today on back roads along the Brandywine Creek.

https://goo.gl/maps/12CDFemZbLn

These roads are very windy, many blind turns, road surface is maybe 6/10 with some potholes and a lot of off-camber. Very very pretty, and tons of fun if you don't get caught behind a slowpoke. I did a couple laps of this.

This car is incredible on a back road. So much confidence. Just enough power and makes all the right sounds. Strong fade-free brakes. A buttoned down suspension that at speed really does not get upset while soaking up the bullshit. I successfully heel-toed a few times too. Gun it down a straight, slam the brakes, blip, downshift, turn in, let the car set into the turn, halfway through boot it and it'll rocket you out. There is no understeer. None.

I love this damn car.

The only thing that sucks was it returned like 19 mpg, lol. Oh well.

[MexicanYarisTK]

Drove around for about 3 hours today on back roads along the Brandywine Creek.

https://goo.gl/maps/12CDFemZbLn

These roads are very windy, many blind turns, road surface is maybe 6/10 with some potholes and a lot of off-camber. Very very pretty, and tons of fun if you don't get caught behind a slowpoke. I did a couple laps of this.

This car is incredible on a back road. So much confidence. Just enough power and makes all the right sounds. Strong fade-free brakes. A buttoned down suspension that at speed really does not get upset while soaking up the bullshit. I successfully heel-toed a few times too. Gun it down a straight, slam the brakes, blip, downshift, turn in, let the car set into the turn, halfway through boot it and it'll rocket you out. There is no understeer. None.

I love this damn car.

The only thing that sucks was it returned like 19 mpg, lol. Oh well.

we have some good roads around here, but it is quite a distance to get there. Not really sure if it's really worth the drive.

[Johnny_P]

Drove around for about 3 hours today on back roads along the Brandywine Creek.

https://goo.gl/maps/12CDFemZbLn

These roads are very windy, many blind turns, road surface is maybe 6/10 with some potholes and a lot of off-camber. Very very pretty, and tons of fun if you don't get caught behind a slowpoke. I did a couple laps of this.

This car is incredible on a back road. So much confidence. Just enough power and makes all the right sounds. Strong fade-free brakes. A buttoned down suspension that at speed really does not get upset while soaking up the bullshit. I successfully heel-toed a few times too. Gun it down a straight, slam the brakes, blip, downshift, turn in, let the car set into the turn, halfway through boot it and it'll rocket you out. There is no understeer. None.

I love this damn car.

The only thing that sucks was it returned like 19 mpg, lol. Oh well.

we have some good roads around here, but it is quite a distance to get there. Not really sure if it's really worth the drive.

Not worth the drive because of the GTI or not worth the drive because it doesn't interest you? Serious question and there's no wrong answer to it. I went into the STI not really knowing the answer as to why I wasn't going on drives anymore. I rolled the dice thinking I just wasn't interested in the car, and I'm finding that now that I have a car that I love to drive I'm looking for reasons to drive it.

But I could have rolled the dice the other way and who knows, maybe I'd have been just as happy in a 4Runner or something with zero sporting intentions. I really think I'd love owning something like a Q50, IS350, A5, etc. They're just flat out good no-nonsense cars. But I wouldn't be looking for back roads to hoon them on.

[MexicanYarisTK]

we have some good roads around here, but it is quite a distance to get there. Not really sure if it's really worth the drive.

Not worth the drive because of the GTI or not worth the drive because it doesn't interest you? Serious question and there's no wrong answer to it. I went into the STI not really knowing the answer as to why I wasn't going on drives anymore. I rolled the dice thinking I just wasn't interested in the car, and I'm finding that now that I have a car that I love to drive I'm looking for reasons to drive it.

But I could have rolled the dice the other way and who knows, maybe I'd have been just as happy in a 4Runner or something with zero sporting intentions. I really think I'd love owning something like a Q50, IS350, A5, etc. They're just flat out good no-nonsense cars. But I wouldn't be looking for back roads to hoon them on.

I have done drives like that in the GTI, but it kinda got old or probably I haven't really got time for that anymore. There are couple backroads but, not as long as yours. However, I do bomb highway ramps on my commute almost everyday, this being my favorite https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8888024 ... a=!3m1!1e3

These are the roads I usually drive on, but they're about 15-20 miles away from me. The 647 & 643 https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7351856 ... 943,13.66z

here's a video of it.

[Johnny_P]

Not worth the drive because of the GTI or not worth the drive because it doesn't interest you? Serious question and there's no wrong answer to it. I went into the STI not really knowing the answer as to why I wasn't going on drives anymore. I rolled the dice thinking I just wasn't interested in the car, and I'm finding that now that I have a car that I love to drive I'm looking for reasons to drive it.

But I could have rolled the dice the other way and who knows, maybe I'd have been just as happy in a 4Runner or something with zero sporting intentions. I really think I'd love owning something like a Q50, IS350, A5, etc. They're just flat out good no-nonsense cars. But I wouldn't be looking for back roads to hoon them on.

I have done drives like that in the GTI, but it kinda got old or probably I haven't really got time for that anymore. There are couple backroads but, not as long as yours. However, I do bomb highway ramps on my commute almost everyday, this being my favorite https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8888024 ... a=!3m1!1e3

These are the roads I usually drive on, but they're about 15-20 miles away from me. The 647 & 643 https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7351856 ... 943,13.66z

here's a video of it.

Those roads look good. That guy has no control of his car and is driving like an assbag in that video.

[MexicanYarisTK]

I have done drives like that in the GTI, but it kinda got old or probably I haven't really got time for that anymore. There are couple backroads but, not as long as yours. However, I do bomb highway ramps on my commute almost everyday, this being my favorite https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8888024 ... a=!3m1!1e3

These are the roads I usually drive on, but they're about 15-20 miles away from me. The 647 & 643 https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7351856 ... 943,13.66z

here's a video of it.

Those roads look good. That guy has no control of his car and is driving like an assbag in that video.

he's actually lou's friend on that one thread, but it isn't his account.

[Johnny_P]