Hey Racer X...
You like Conspiracies, right?
I have a nasty one. Unfortunately, it's not just another conspiracy theory and it will eventually wind up directly affecting me.
Ever heard of Fast and Furious? No. Not the movie.
This was some sort of major screw up done by our ATF and Justice Department.
Apparently, they allowed gun runners to buy assault rifles they knew was going into Mexico and into the hands of the cartels down there. Have you heard much on that? One of those guns was used in a hiomicide of a DEA agent. Fast and Furious was supposedly an investigation to track the guns bought by gun runners...WTF??? Any Idiot knew damned good and well where those guns were going. Hell, even the guy at the gun store contacted the ATF about his suspicions of the gunrunner buying guns instead of just filling out the paperwork
But that's what they claimed. What they really were doing was trying to find another lame excuse to disarm us - at least we thought.
It's very important to know the location where this particular action took place.
Recent the DEA admitted to high level deals with the Sinola cartel. Have you heard of them? The guy that runs it is almost as rich a Bill Gates.
They made deals that allowed them to bring in mega amounts of coke in exchange for ratting out their competitors.

Remember about knowing where the Fast and Furious gun "investigation" took place?
It took place in Arizona. The state that's directly above the stronghold of the Sinola cartel.
Another interesting thing about the Sinola Cartel was when President Calderon of Mexico unleashed the blood bath, he all but gave the Sinola cartel a free pass.

Where I live, there's already cartel related violence. It's increasing a little, but nothing like in Mexico, but that's fixing to change. And once it sinks in to the cartel guys that the DEA is truly as big a player as they are, that unwritten rule about going after American police goes out the window. And the restraint they show here in the states will vanish as well.

Quote from Anthoop :

Totally agree with not buying a brand new car as there are always nearly new cars with low mileage at a fraction of the price.
Also if you are buying from a dealer, be sure to look at the price of a similar model in the private market and get haggling....often the price of their warranty is far more than the price of a warranty you could get from another company, so always look to take things out of their "special deal for you sir".

You know.... over the years you folks have posted all sorts of anti-American this, Anti-American that...
And being an American, I believe in free speech and for y'all to have the right post crap like that. Besides, sometimes it's funny. Even when it comes from the 51st state.
Anyways, I gots a new name for y'all. Ameriphobes. You're insecure in your nationalities, so you strike out. Sorta like homophobes, only different.

Here y'all go. Put this in your playlist.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH61hFsma24
You know you want it.

Quote from Forbin :

No, they're totally different bikes. Different frame, engine, swingarm, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Speed_Triple

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Street_Triple

Thanks, I'll look those up.
Now let me tell y'all something that will blow your minds.
I have a co-worker that's a fellow(?) rider. She had a Harley Streetglide. About a month ago she said five words that you NEVER EVER hear a hog rider say.
She said,"I'm Sick Of My Harley". I know the weekend warrior types with the mortgage glides and Sons of Anarchy vests usually will sell theirs in a couple of years, but she's like hard core.
What really tripped me out was what she got.
She got a BMW GT800 (?) It's a sports tourer. It looks like a nice bike... just not really the sort of bike I'd expect her to be into.
I dunno isn't it usually the other way around? The person gets a sportbike, then gets old and gets a Harley?
Yeah, getting old sucks. The only 2014 model that interests me is a ...Goldwing

http://powersports.honda.com/touring/2014/gold-wing-f6b.aspx

Quote from Gills4life :

I don't know mate, there are so many different numbers and opinions.

I'd put my money on a Bandit over a 1/4 mile, especially if it's the 650 Bandit like I have. The SV650 has all it's grunt at lower revs, but when the Bandit was upgraded to 650 it improved the low and mid range so the SV lost a fair amount of it's advantage. The Bandit undoubtedly has a higher top speed whether it's the 600 or 650. Mine can do over 150mph when there's enough clear road ahead.

I guess it depends what you like in a bike.

What I needed/wanted in a bike was:
-Comfort.
-A great sounding, high revving inline 4. (Uses the GSX engine)
-A bike that was easy on the motorway but still fun to thrash around at the weekend.
-Something that could still hang with the 600 sports bikes.
-Decent fuel economy
-Adequate power
-Easy riding with a pillion (My girlfriend is on the back every weekend)

The new bandit ticked all the boxes and even had ABS and heated grips thrown in for those painfully cold winter mornings! Not to mention a lovely sounding Yoshimura exhaust set up.

I used to ride a sports bike and the only reason I'd get an SV would be for the aggressive sporty style that turns heads, but that isn't comfortable over long distances.
-It's a V twin, I wanted an inline 4. (The V twin does sound great with a good aftermarket can on it though!)
-It doesn't have as much top end so does not overtake as swiftly while already travelling at high speed. I spend a fair amount of time on the motorway.
-It's not as stable carrying a pillion passenger.
-Worse fuel economy
-Not as much poweeeeerrrrrrr!

The argument between the SV and The Bandit has been done to death by fans of each respective bike on bike forums. I like both and would gladly have both, but The Bandit suits me more for what I need and want from a bike at the moment.

If I could afford it I'd have had a Honda Hornet or a Triumph Street Triple instead!

Bandits are good all around motorcycles.
Triumphs.....?
Is a Street Triple the same as a Speed triple? I've always liked Triumphs - from a distance. They had a naked sport bike that looked cool (is that the triple?), but I really don't know much about them. A guy I did some graphics work for has an old school bonneville bobber chopper. It really looks good. This dude collects motorcycles and has all kinds of bikes. Single guys get all the neat toys, don't they?

You people act like this is a bad thing.
One less texter, one less cop.
Sounds like a win win to me.

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Lane Sharing/Funneling is legal in California as well. Changing lanes in an intersection is legal up here as well.

Yeah I know that in California doing that is legal. It's still risky as hell. Especially seeing how road rage is our newest extreme sport. I don't think changing lanes in an intersection is legal though. I got a ticket for that here.
yeah... I had to ride illegally to ride safely as the one lane I was in had a nasty expansion joint ending in a crater. No not a pot hole. A crater. There wasn't any cars in the other lane so I zipped over to miss it. But a cop saw me...

Quote from sinbad :

Are you really having that argument? I thought Racer Y's original post was a joke, but now I don't know.

Also: That's how you have to ride in London, although admittedly I wouldn't want to do it every day. Passing stationary or slow moving cars safely isn't illegal, nor is using Bus lanes.

Of course I was posting a joke. Look at the photo. He looks to be just zipping along the road in a straight line, leaning on his side. It doesn't really look like he's turning or anything.

Eventhough I can turn a wrench and am getting along with customizing, There's still all sorts of stuff I can be better knowlegable about. And Tires is something I don't think you can ever learn too much about.

Speaking of customizing...
I was getting my boots fixed and noticed they did upholstery too. They showed me a picture of an alligator seat. I'm wanting to re upholster mine as it needs it, but I was really more interested in using a traditional Mexican blanket, but I dunno the alligator looked cool. Then I realized, I gotta ride this bike. Will all those bumps and ridges from the hide be so cool after 60 miles? They also said something about stingray. That sounds pretty good too. I wonder if it does good in rain...which is why I'm reluctant to go with the blanket. I redid the seat with naugahide vinyl and though it performs good and low maintenance compared to leather, it's as bland as white bread. Plus, in the summertime that seat was really hot to get on after leaving work.

"Also: That's how you have to ride in London, although admittedly I wouldn't want to do it every day. Passing stationary or slow moving cars safely isn't illegal, nor is using Bus lanes."

LOL how you have to ride and what the legal way is can be different things.
passing cars while still in the same lane? Changing lanes in an intersection?
Those are legal?
And people get mad when I jump up on the sidewalk....

Quote from Chrisuu01 :

Whatever you do don't go down south, that my 2 cents.

I was chased by a bunch of weird hill-billy's, they asked me if I had time for Jesus.
I said no, after which they probably chased me trough half of the state of Missouri.

Note of honesty replace me with my aunt.

That's why you should never buy meth in Missouri.

Quote from Gills4life :

Fantastic bikes! Would love one for a bit of fun at the weekends. At the moment I just continue using my Bandit 650 which I use for my commute into London for work. I still have a lot of fun on it though and is pretty quick for a heavy-ish bike! Gets to 60 in about 3.5 and has the GSX engine so can comfortably hang with the 600 sports bikes.


Also got a gopro for Christmas from my girlfriend which has been cool, got a few videos up on youtube.

Here's one of my rides out of London from where I work for those interested, the guy I'm riding with is on a Honda CBR 600.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8UhZBXJoxA

I saw your video... How many traffic laws do you think you broke?

Quote from Forbin :

Actually that's the best way to ride to not get an odd wear pattern on the tires, using the whole tread and not just the center.

Yeah I imagine the wear factor goes up quite a bit when racing and running the same line over and over again would do that pretty quick.
How fast do you go through tires?

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"So, my poor little Atos is really struggeling, and it is getting close to the 2-year-inspection/repair (EU service). I can allready sence that my Hyundai is going to shit. The ABS brakes are faulty / the sencor/cencor (how you spell it) is pretty much dead, all the suspensions and springs (if there ever were some) are totally shit (it bounches over the speedbumbs now lol), the engine is pretty much dead performance wise - uses very much oil and fuel (also when inspecting the oil it does look like there is a lot of rust and water there, white foam) and the list goes on and on.. "

Uhhh... you're going to have that problem with just about any car you buy if you don't keep up with the oil.

I don't know much about Mazdas. People I know that owns them seems to like them. My wife's car is a Toyota Matrix. It looks like the Auris you're interested in.
Maybe it's the same car but different name? They do that on some models that get sold in different countries from time to time. Hers has an auto transmission. A manual transmission really sucks to have when a big part of your drive time is sitting in a grid lock for an hour and a half. But it's a really good car. We took it on a massive road trip from here to Eureka, California. Most of that trip was through deserts and mountains in June. My biggest complaint was road noise. We got a different brand of tires when it came time to replace them, but there still is some noise.
I'm going to assume you don't work on cars much. Toyotas are low maintenance and a little cheaper with mechanic bills

BMW...Really?
Those cars drive great, they're comfortable, they look cool... But when things start to go wrong, sell it quick. LOL you think they're expensive to buy? Wait til the repair costs start up. Once they get to certain point, they're pretty much junk and trying to fix them is an overpriced waste of time. What would be a no-brainer low-cost repair on a Mazda or Toyota can wind up being a really expensive nightmare for the beemer. I learned this the hard way.


BTW it's
SENSOR

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Quote from sil3ntwar :

First trackday. Hope these facebook photos show. Looks like I am going mighty slow in these photos...probably because i was

You shouldn't ride leaning over like that. It'll wear out your tires funny....
Nice bike BTW!

.... You think you got it bad?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK3rTUgoQD4

And there was no tape editing
She also stated Neil Armstrong put a flag on.... Mars.

Quote from mtrein :

I don't think another front wheeled car is needed, no.

You were spot on about the escalade remark... It was definitely substance abuse

But I'm not sharing.

Well now I'm curious. What kind of car do you want to see?
LOL I'm really liking the Escalade idea. I drive a Chevy Suburban in Real life.

I've been playing enough to get up to speed playing online again.... Sure I'll play.
Do I HAVE to use a wheel?

Quote from mtrein :

Can you please quote what exactly I am whining about (if anything at all)?

Also, what exactly is a problem for me here?

I would very much like to know what made you write what you wrote (most likely some substance abuse, something which makes you see things, or somesuch).

Anyway... Whatever, I guess.

Hmmmm...
"Can you please quote what exactly I am whining about (if anything at all)?"
I didn't mean you as in YOU personally. I meant as posters to this thread always wanting either this car or some other. Why did YOU think that in my original post, I was automatically wanting what you thought I wanted.
You know, whatever it was that made you come off with the escalade remark? (most likely some sort of substance abuse... you should share)
But let me ask you something. Yes YOU PERSONALLY this time.
Do you think we need another front wheel drive four cylinder powered car model? There. Happy now?
Grumble grumble grumble think I'll go look for a substance to abuse.

Quote from NitroNitrous :

If that's the case Golden Corral is the way to go

Without fail, almost every person I've met visiting from somewhere else is totally amazed with Golden Corral. I think it has something to do with it being all you can eat and a wide variety of items.
............YUCK!................
Well it's not THAT bad. Better than Mc Donald's I guess. LOL the meat comes from the same farm animals Mc Donald's get their Mc Ribs from. Their breakfast buffet is pretty good. Stay away from the chocolate fountain.

Quote from mtrein :

Yeeeeah man, totally! You're top, bro, yeah! Why don't they stop making chicks' cars and instead focus on some real MACHO dude's cars, like, like... An Escalade, or something, you know! Yeah, right on! A REAL MAN'S CAR!

An escalade..... You know, I think I'd rather have an escalade instead of another ANOTHER front wheel drive car. How many more economy cars do you think we need?

.... or something.... Yeah, Cadillac does make a car that would fit right in with the tracks in LFS. Muscle cars? LOL only if a little more emphasis was put into the drag strip. But I figure if you just HAVE to whine for a car. Like what most of the people on this thread are doing, then why not whine for something that's not in the game? Something that's rear wheel drive and a V8?...10? ... 12? I'm sorry that's such a problem for you. Well. No. No not really.

Quote from The Very End :

Live in your little bubble mate, please do ^^
Alltho I know you are trolling, and if not - then you truelly are one ignorant little...thing.

While LFS was groundbreaking for it's time, now almost every aspect of LFS is adopted in other games, perfected and improved. LFS was great, but it stoped, the gaming industry did not and while LFS had advantages in the earlier days it's miles behind the rest at current time.

That said, LFS is still great, but it just canot compete.
The only thing that LFS actually has which other games might lack, is a great netcode and a fast and easy way to join other people in race.

So to sum it all up, LFS was and is great, but the development of the game could not keep up with the rest of the gaming industry and technology. It remains as a nostaly factor for the people that does not want to move on and admit that the newcomers (not just AC in particullary here) are actually pretty damn good. This means however that the newcomers are not perfect, they have flaws, but then again: LFS had and has flaws too so saying anything is superior compared to the other is wrong.

Is it just me? Or are racing titles in general going the way of Ms. Pacman?
Especially more realistic games like LFS?
I mean what kid out there plugs a wheel to their tablet? What does dynamic real time physics mean to some one that plays their computer games on a smartphone laying in a crooked angle in their bed? And most importantly, How is going around and around in a circle fun for these millenials when you can't blast someone to oblivion and post it on facebook?

How many New racing titles are out today compared to this time ten years ago?

Quote from ferret :

Anyone remember Andre from the original "original LFS league"?

He was one of the first racers I actually "talked" to (took a few races to get the balls to chat to anyone back then as it was all new )

Yeah.

@fordie....
Domin8tor? Remember him?
Al Heeley? That guy could make a cool car skin. I think everyone from the old days had at least two of the skins he made.

... LOL everyone running out and getting wheels.... Oh well it was the cool thing to do at the time AND having a wheel does enhance things a bit, but I'm liking the mouse. Plus, I really don't want to go through all the hassle of Digging out the wheel, Fixing the pedals...probably have to do something to the wheel too and just when I can play, something come up and have to leave... getting old sucks.

LOL my mouse is sort of shaved down on the front end

Quote from Becky Rose :

Most of us foreigners struggle with the notion of the state, seeing it as different from the nation state. We look at America and consider the place to be one country, and certainly the rampant patriotism and non-stop right wing popaganda encouraging that view point even gets aired over here (Rupert Murdoch's empire does cover much of Western Civilisation afterall).

What we often forget is that the states in the union are still countries - they just aren't independent countries.

The same sometimes works in reverse of course, with Americans frequently viewing Europe as a country and it's member states as not too different to their own states - but that couldn't be further from the [current] truth.

The reality is that we have different frames of reference when discussing these things.

Having said that, Canada is absolutely not a part of your union. Except the Alaskan bit, which isn't Canadian.

Canada is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, America is not (which is mutually agreeable). Both have seats at the United Nations, and neither of these things are of any consequence now that we're all owned by China.

..................Having said that, Canada is absolutely not a part of your union. Except the Alaskan bit, which isn't Canadian.....................
I'm just razzin Dawes. He's been making goofy anti-American comments for years. I don't take him serious and some are pretty funny but I do think he needs a little taste of his own medicine now and then or else he gets boring.

To be honest I had no clue that the Irish, the Scotts and the Welsh all had different languages. It wasn't until I started playing this game that I really understood the difference between the U.K. and England.
But believe it or not, most of us DO realize the difference between the E.U. member states and like the states of the U.S. or Mexico or the provinces in Canada. Or even the prefectures in China. We just don't know where it is on a map.
Rupert Murdoch.... Rupert Murdoch? LOL YOu think when He saw Citizen Kane, he wished the movie was about him?
Hmmmm... The closet thing I can think of that would help to know and understand what it's like to be an American in my neck of the woods is Steinbeck's Tortilla Flats. If I can read Good Omens you can read that.

................
Oops I'm sorry Very end. You started a thread about going to San Francisco or something - right?

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

So, having our own constitution, flag, national anthem and even official ceremonies where we took proper sovereignty from Britain doesn't make us our own country.gic, every country is another US state... which I guess does align really well with the US' opinion on the whole world. Bravo.



Why does every American argument boil down to American Football? Is your country really so bad at everything else, that you need to try to use a game that no one else plays to prove superiority? You lump Canadian Football as the same sport, but there are several distinct rules that make it different enough.



So you've described nearly every city in the world. Every city has immigrants of dubious legality. Every city has gun crime. Maybe it lacks the crack smoking, but I guess (again) every city is American. Bravo.




So the American solution to health care is:

1. Get bill
   
2. Don't pay bill
   
3. Get debtors on your ass for not paying bill.
   
4. ???
   
5. Bankrupcy
   

Sounds so much better than paying $50 a month. And financially responsible too! No wonder the American economy is flourishing and the best in the world! (I wish I didn't have to say this, but I'm being EXTREMELY sarcastic with this last paragraph, Americans might not understand it.)

Hmmmm......

So, having our own constitution, flag, national anthem and even official ceremonies where we took proper sovereignty from Britain doesn't make us our own country
Every state has it's own flag and constitution . Even Ohio. Only. WE gained our independence from Mexico and Hawaii was their own kingdom. So what's your point?

Why does every American argument boil down to American Football?
Why? Cause we don't know a damned thing about clubbing seals!


So you've described nearly every city in the world. Every city has immigrants of dubious legality. Every city has gun crime. Maybe it lacks the crack smoking,


....I only heard of two other mayors smoking crack. One was in Detroit the other in Washington D.C.........you were saying?

So the American solution to health care is:

1. Get bill..................yeah
   
2. Don't pay bill...........right
   
3. Get debtors on your ass for not paying bill..........use call blocking
   
4. ???.................................???
   
5. Bankrupcy...............how can I go bankrupt if I didn't pay any money? Gheesh!
   

about 10 yeas ago, my son broke his arm pretty bad skateboarding. It was gross. Bones sticking out...yuck. Thanks to trickle down economics and being trickled down on economically, I didn't have proper healthcare insurance for him.
ROFL it was a GOOD thing I didn't. Because if I had the insurance, I still wouldn't be able to afford the deductable and the co-pay and THEN I'd be bankrupt. Well dueling government agencies were trying to get all their little ducks in a row by spending allotted money. We played these two groups to get the treatment for?????? FREEEEEE!!!!!
ROFL. we sort of got caught pulling the scam. But by the time that came out, these beuraucratic dimwits were so antagonistic to each other, and very much fighting with each other, they put us off to the side claiming the OTHER agency made us screw up the paperwork!


I'm the type of American nobody likes to talk about. I grew up in poverty, was told I was "too white for welfare". Yeah. That's what the lady at the food stamp place told my wife when she applied for AFDC when she was pregnant with our first kid (Pinebox).
I learned to do whatever it takes to get by and make no apologies whatsoever to who I screwed over or what scams I created or laws I broke to promote the survival of my family.
Being that way, I do things a bit differently.


Man, you know dawes, with the amount of posts where you F*** with people, you sure get bent out of shape when someone does it back.
I'd a thought you'd have a better sense of humor and thicker skin.
I didn't realize you were so.... sensitive.

Would it make you feel better if I told you I saw Triumph in concert?
Oh wait. I'm sorry... the bass player was wearing a....Toronto Blue Jays jersey...

Hey. I tried.....

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Quote from TurboBlaster :

I am hoping that the developers will cancel Scirocco, who needs licensed cars in this game?

I want more activity from the racers (where is a good FXR server on Aston?) and more tracks.

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

What's wrong with the health care system? Is it really that terrible that everyone pays a small amount (or nothing if you're actually in poverty) towards a system that they will all inevitably need (be it early life with illness or broken bones, middle age with arthritis or other random afflictions, or in later life when everything starts to go).

Or is paying $5000 out of pocket for a broken limb really that much better. To compare, that $5000 is about 6.5 years worth of my MSP payments, and I'm in the 3rd or 4th income bracket.

As for the cameras, that's more region specific. Around here there's none other than private businesses having them. Vancouver I can see there being more (due to population density). That said, having cameras isn't always a bad thing.

There are so many situations where there just aren't enough police to effectively see everything (or even crimes that happen where there's no chance of a police officer being nearby). Having cameras extends the police's ability to efficiently fight crime.

UK takes it a bit too extreme as using it as a police replacement, but there is a middle ground where it's actually a good thing for safety of everyone.

Look Dawes, just because y'all play football funny doesn't mean you're your own country. We all understand why you only have 3 downs. If you played with the full four, why y'all would freeze to death!
Plus, Toronto has illegal aliens, gun crime and a mayor that smokes crack.
What could possibly be more American than that?

"Or is paying $5000 out of pocket for a broken limb really that much better. To compare, that $5000 is about 6.5 years worth of my MSP payments, and I'm in the 3rd or 4th income bracket."

You get the bill for that. Who said anything about actually paying it?