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BigMeatballDave 03-08-2011 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 7475586)
Do some people actually turn their heads to check the driver's side? I never do.

How do you see your blind spot without turning you head?

Bugeater 03-08-2011 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BCD (Post 7475614)
How do you see your blind spot without turning you head?

Between the regular mirror and my peripheral vision, there is no blind spot on the driver's side.

BigMeatballDave 03-08-2011 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 7475701)
there is no blind spot on the driver's side.

Sure there is. Not as much as the other side, but its there.

Mr. Flopnuts 03-08-2011 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by R8ers (Post 7475553)

**** me.

Bugeater 03-08-2011 10:21 PM

After looking up Furnace Creek and seeing where it is, I'm guessing gas is always high there since it's in the middle of ****ing nowhere.

Funny thing though, when you go to streetview, you can see the google driver getting gas at this station.

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007 03-08-2011 10:38 PM

Just read on an Orlando forum that gas by the airport is $5.39 per gallon.

Imon Yourside 03-09-2011 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN (Post 7321496)
$150-200 a barrel more than likely within the next 6 months.

Still think it's crazy Donger? Probably going to be $200/barrel by the end of 2012.

BigMeatballDave 03-09-2011 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Guru (Post 7476038)
Just read on an Orlando forum that gas by the airport is $5.39 per gallon.

http://www.orlandogasprices.com/

Its on there, but everyone else seem to be in line in the area.

007 03-09-2011 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by BCD (Post 7476181)
http://www.orlandogasprices.com/

Its on there, but everyone else seem to be in line in the area.

It really surprises me that even an airport station can get away with jacking the price up 2 bucks.

InChiefsHeaven 03-09-2011 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by BCD (Post 7475582)
LOL I have one on both. They were there when I bought the car. I'm so used to looking behind me, I've never used them. I cant trust it.

Heh. Same here. Just bought a car 2 weeks ago, and it has them on both sides. Still trying to decide if I like them or not. Definitely makes it so you don't even have to turn your head, but the reflection is so small it takes getting used to.

JD10367 03-09-2011 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 7475701)
Between the regular mirror and my peripheral vision, there is no blind spot on the driver's side.

Well, you must be a frigging salamander, then, because every car has a blind spot. Unless you have one of those giant oversized rearview mirrors (which do the same thing as the tiny blindspot mirror on the driver's door mirror).

And the idea of a blind spot mirror is simple. You're not SUPPOSED to be turning your head 90 frigging degrees to see what's behind you. The idea of driving is that you're supposed to be keeping your head facing straight and your eyes on the road, only moving them off the road to QUICKLY check your mirrors. Turning your head to look for cars in your blind spots isn't much different from texting on your phone or putting on makeup or trying to eat your Taco Bell diarrhea-inducing burrito while driving.

I love the blind spot mirror. One quick glance and I know if it's clear or not. We don't have them on the other cars because my wife hates them--why, I don't know, they only take up one tiny corner of the mirror--so with THOSE cars I have to sprain my ****ing neck trying to look behind me every time I want to merge to the left. It's a pain in the ass.

Bugeater 03-09-2011 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by InChiefsHell (Post 7476301)
Heh. Same here. Just bought a car 2 weeks ago, and it has them on both sides. Still trying to decide if I like them or not. Definitely makes it so you don't even have to turn your head, but the reflection is so small it takes getting used to.

You probably need them with that battleship you just bought.

Bugeater 03-09-2011 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by JD10367 (Post 7476309)
Well, you must be a frigging salamander, then, because every car has a blind spot. Unless you have one of those giant oversized rearview mirrors (which do the same thing as the tiny blindspot mirror on the driver's door mirror).

And the idea of a blind spot mirror is simple. You're not SUPPOSED to be turning your head 90 frigging degrees to see what's behind you. The idea of driving is that you're supposed to be keeping your head facing straight and your eyes on the road, only moving them off the road to QUICKLY check your mirrors. Turning your head to look for cars in your blind spots isn't much different from texting on your phone or putting on makeup or trying to eat your Taco Bell diarrhea-inducing burrito while driving.

I love the blind spot mirror. One quick glance and I know if it's clear or not. We don't have them on the other cars because my wife hates them--why, I don't know, they only take up one tiny corner of the mirror--so with THOSE cars I have to sprain my ****ing neck trying to look behind me every time I want to merge to the left. It's a pain in the ass.

I dunno, I have never had a problem with not seeing other cars to my left. Maybe it's because I constantly (as in every few seconds) check my mirrors as I'm driving so I am always aware of what's around me, plus I always keep an eye on my mirror as I'm changing lanes.

Donger 03-09-2011 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN (Post 7476173)
Still think it's crazy Donger? Probably going to be $200/barrel by the end of 2012.

Yes, unless things go crazy in the Kingdom. If that happens...

Donger 03-09-2011 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Guru (Post 7476242)
It really surprises me that even an airport station can get away with jacking the price up 2 bucks.

Airport gas stations are ALWAYS higher.


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