[-] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

If the Bloor lanes get removed. I'm going to do that pool noodle thing for safe passing and take the lane every time.

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submitted 2 weeks ago by tracer_ca@lemmy.ca to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/31516123

It's happening, the worst mayor Toronto has ever had is removing three major recently completed bike lanes at tax payer expense. That's right, Ontario tax payers are footing the bill for Ford to meddle in Toronto municipal infrastructure. This is of course to distract us from failing healthcare and education while appealing to his mostly car centric base.

There is a protest happening Wed. 23rd of October, please come out if you can. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/rally-ride-for-road-safety-tickets-1045417761667

[-] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 weeks ago

To gather more votes from the majority of the electorate who drive into the city.

Bike lanes only serve those who live in Toronto and those people don't vote for these clowns anyways. Hell, even people who never drive where there are bike lanes will like this to give the middle finger to all the people who bike in the city.

[-] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The CEO of the company that fired me consistently goes up on stage and talks about the transformative power of AI. The company does not use AI for shit.

[-] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

Yup. Perfect is the enemy of good. If you wait for everything to be just right, nothing ever happens.

[-] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Something like 43% of all marriages in the US end in divorce. Take into account that many people who want to, can't due to economic or societal reasons so the number of unhappy marriages is well over half.

[-] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 20 points 7 months ago

Hyundai seems to be the top choice right now. They have the best combination of value, features, technology and reliability.

The Ioniq 5 is, at least where I live in Canada, is on a perpetual waitlist (except for the base 2wd model nobody wants). I'm personally waiting for the Ioniq 7 to replace my rusting Outback.

[-] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 months ago

Audi: too expensive, poor reliability Subaru/Toyota: released a shit compliance car.

Again, overpriced junk. My point is that it's not that nobody wants EVs. It's that nobody wants the crap these makers are selling.

[-] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

It goes hand in hand with the prices. If you're going to spend that much more on a BEV, you want it to be different. And making it look different doesn't cost significantly more.

Also, car shape and style has so much to do with ICE vehicle design necessity.

[-] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago

I disagree on Tesla. Their minimalist interface is a huge turnoff.

[-] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago

Yes, availability in the US is much better. You can find a base ioniq 5 here easily now, but nobody wants those. Everyone wants the long range AWD.

[-] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Rivian and Lucid are exclusively luxury brands. Not shocked that they're having a hard time pushing cars over 100k CAD. I don't think they're atracting the same media attention either.

[-] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 66 points 8 months ago

I'm in the market for a BEV. Have been for 3 years. The reason I don't have one is:

A. The cars that are large enough for my use case (weekend getaways with kids and or friends) are all super expensive luxury vehicles with poor ratings.

B. Availability. Other than the Mustang Mach-E, nothing is available here (Canada) without a minimum 6 month wait list. (Ioniq 5 is 1 year).

C. Poor reliability and/or features. (See the disaster that is the Chevy Blazer EV).

At this point I'm waiting for the Ioniq 7. Hopefully it will be as well reviewed as it's sister the EV9.

The reason GM and Ford are not selling well is because nobody wants what they're selling. But they're framing it as an general EV issue and not a crap product issue.

The media and those apposed to EVs are buying it of course.

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submitted 8 months ago by tracer_ca@lemmy.ca to c/torontocycling@lemmy.ca

A new one in my cycling experience in Toronto. I got rear ended by a food delivery cyclist. They were too busy looking at their phone to notice the light was red. After hitting me, appologiesing, they continued on their way running the red light while looking at their phone.

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