Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I just got packet delivery. The van had a label which said it was 100% electric. Ask the guy what mileage he gets out of it. 150 miles (200km). I then ask about winter where he also has to heat it. He answers me they don’t heat during the winter otherwise they cannot complete their day deliveries. That young late-20ish driver surely never will vote ecologist.🤡
Reminds me of the old Indian cars where if you turn on the AC the car would visibly slow down. But atleast we were able to still afford AC on those! 🤣
Had a 4cyl S10 that was like that... you literally had to floor it, and rev it all the way out every gear if you wanted to keep up with traffic and have AC...130hp (at the crank)... slow as hell but there was nothing you couldn't do with that thing. Hauled 22' long 2x12s in it - thru the rear slider up on the dash, 7' beyond the tailgate...lol No posi one wheel wonder in the snow - but went through anything if you shovelled snow in the bed... it's hard to say if an air cooled beetle with AC or that thing was slower... nothing like school buses passing you lol