There are two Subarus in our stable. A 2022 Crosstrek and a 2002 WRX. I 100% agree with you. I would kill for a modern WRX STi. Our WRX is lightly boosted (develops about 285 bhp compared to the stock 227 bhp) and has some upgraded suspension bits. It’s a total blast to drive.

I walk or ride to work everyday . The walk takes 45 minutes - long enough for things to freeze. It will be -37C (-35F) tomorrow morning. To combat that and save my laptop and phone I have to ensure my phone is tucked into a pocket as close to my body as possible (usually in a liner jacket). I save my laptop by leaving…

In most Canadian municipalities those HOT tariffs can only be applied and collected inside a special business zone. Lots of hotel companies are transitioning their properties outside these zones. Here in Alberta, getting your zone boundaries changed (increased) requires obtaining an exemption to the Municipal…

Maybe I should have said “you don’t have seals and gaskets that are adversely affected by the pressures of an internal combustion engine.”

Yes... sort of. EVs have a fraction of the moving parts of ICE vehicles. This isn’t really an apples <=> apples discussion. An EV is much more resilient to being driven hard than an ICE vehicle. If the interiors are in good shape (lack of rips, tears, weird smells etc...), then the next concern is brakes. Brakes are…

The myth of events as revenue generators is just that, a myth. Restaurants make money, hotels make money, and everyone else deals with the pandemonium and sees very little revenue increase during the event.

Ah. Gotcha. I was in Toronto in the winter a few years ago. I totally understand what you’re taking about. It’s kind of a madhouse. But, you’re right. People manage. I grew up in Vancouver. For us it’s rain and wind. People still walk, ride bikes etc... Now in Alberta it’s cold and snow. People acclimate. It’s…

Red Deer here. These chucklefucks are everywhere in town. 

Yep. It’s super weird.

There’s a farmer to the east of town who spent the harvest flying a giant “Trump 2024" flag from his combine. The guy down the street from me has an “Alex Jones Was Right” bumper sticker on his truck. We have a band of protestors in town who fly American flags, Gadsden flags, flags that are 1/2 Canadian 1/2 American,…

Moral of the story: Don’t buy a Kia/Hyundai, Nissan, or Volkswagen SUV.

Year-round cyclist and pedestrian here. Like you I walk or ride for most of my commuting and errands. I live in Central Alberta; it’s currently -22 C (-7.6F), it will be -41C (-41.8F) when I walk to work on Friday morning. My walk to work is 45 minutes (12 minutes by bike). With a proper coat, snow pants, boots and…

Hello from Alberta. Please meet our Premier, Danielle Smith. Alt-right media darling, conspiracy embracer, and all-around dimwitted simpleton. She believes that we shouldn’t pursue a blended power grid because “The wind don’t [sic] always blow, and the sun don’t [sic] always shine.” She believes that Alberta should…

The fads that are the worst are those that put other people in danger: Bro Trucks with huge lifts, stanced cars with enough camber to seriously affect grip, tinted windshields... basically anything that negatively interferes with visibility, handling, or braking. Everything else; knock yourself out. It’s your money. 

Yep. Only middle and aisle seats for me, from now on.

Specifically this Valkyrie; the AMR Pro

I’m good with myself. 

Yeah, this is not the “ultimate snowboard shuttle”. For $195,000 I’ll buy a good sno-cat for $100,000 and spend the rest on a backcountry cabin. I’ll ferry six of my friends instead of two, I’ll never get stuck (something will stop that Raptor eventually), and I won’t look like a flat-biller douche.

BMW made it a short in 2019 but I think we need a big-budget spy movie about Klaus-Günter Jacobi and his BMW Isetta. Klaus and his little beemer smuggled Klaus’s best friend out of East Germany, at the height of the Cold War in 1964; crossing the Checkpoint Charlie border crossing at midnight.