Random Rants

[louisbosco]

@goosehd in other news, just head for the border or stay away from the city and stick to the mountain passes..

[IrishHeart]

@RobeOfTheMagi I had a Saab 900 turbo for about 3 years and loved it. Loads of character.

[mclaincausey]

Probably my favorite Hackman film. Great story, atmosphere, acting, and score. It was nominated for Best Picture only to lose to Coppola’s other 1974 film Godfather II, with Chinatown, Lenny, and The Towering Inferno rounding out the nominees. What a year for film that was!

[SKT]

@mclaincausey nice article about him

https://www.theringer.com/2025/02/27/movies/gene-hackman-dead-obituary-movies-characters-legacy

[Walery Smirnoff]

@endo said in Random Rants:

that's sad - I liked „Popeye“ Doyle

He played great in the film Heartbreakers. I lost the desire to smoke forever.

[NickD]

I had a 911 as my second car from 2015 till last year. Amazing car, but given the amount of traffic in the UK I didn't really use it enough in the last few years. Bikes are better in that regard.

@louisbosco you should count yourself lucky on the fine, a motorbike youtube channel I watch rode through Switzerland and a minor speeding indiscretion (20-30kmh over I think) cost them 4 grand. FOUR GRAND!!

[NickD]

[Tago Mago]

@NickD I would love to see a speed limit introduced in Germany with fines matching those in Switzerland

[NickD]

@Tago-Mago I'm sure that should go in the unpopular opinions thread...

[Brian]

I think almost every country needs to rethink speed limits as they are all based still on a antiquated car with drum brakes and no thought to to modern cars, speed doesn’t kill it’s the stopping or stupidity of the driver

[Tago Mago]

@NickD possibly, although even in a car-crazy country like Germany the attitude towards a general speed limit has changed over the years

[NickD]

Cameras and speeding fines are very unpopular in the UK, but drivers have slowed down over the years, especially on motorways.

[AdamJ]

@NickD hard to drive quickly when you're stuck in first gear for 2 hours on the M25

[ARNC]

@AdamJ it is sometimes possible to make it to second gear! Still the soles of my office shoes always wear out faster on my clutch foot.

@NickD especially the ones who feel the need to perform an emergency stop whenever they see a speed camera

[NickD]

The M25 is a one of the reasons I now drive an auto.

[louisbosco]

@NickD yes. depending on the type of road and the amount you're over by. at some stage the fines are based of your income.

a3 to m25 junction gets on my nerves every time after leaving gosport. wonder if that shit show has been completed

[AdamJ]

@louisbosco It is still there in all it's glory!

@NickD I don't drive far anymore but since changing to an automatic, it's a game changer

[flannel slut]

RIP Lex Luther

[mclaincausey]

@NickD I wonder if they do wealth-proportional fines (as it should be)?

Beautiful car.

[SKT]

I may need to be locked out of this thread for a while…can I be “thread banned”?