An unusual sound from a merging line of cars caught my attention while commuting this morning. I was tootling along the motorway, listening to a podcast, with the sunroof open, and heard a loud voice. A few minutes later the source became apparent. A woman singing her heart out at
Traffic Light Thoughts
Driving along the motorway, at 80 km/h, and glance across the before changing lanes. A cute toddler in a vehicle, matching my speed, a couple of lanes over caught my attention; She was sitting in the front seat, not far from a panoramic windscreen, cradled in her mothers arms…
I can’t remember this rock without “FROG” painted on it, in varying degrees of weathering. But why?
These letter boxes, seen on a ride to Piha/Karekare, made me smile: Strictly no circulars, even those needed to make an 8! Fishy grins
Design
I prefer Italian cars (for both irrational and rational reasons!) but if was in the market for a Japanese one the Suzuki Swift would have been top of the shopping list. After years of making worthy but dull small cars (Cultus, Ignis etc) they hit the jackpot with the Swift.
A bit more light in the morning, a sign Winter is ending? But still can’t breathe out while taking the photo, Spring warmth yet to arrive…
What could possibly fill the empty tenancy between the existing Haircut and Beauty shops at the local mall? A Hair And Beauty shop...
This is more of a ‘cemetery dog walk thought’ but it occurred to me at the lights on the way home. It is surprising how many people in the cemetery didn’t die. They passed, rest in peace, joined [whatever version of the creator they chose to believe in], or
Traffic Light Thoughts
According to the owners manual a Fiat Bravo HGT has a 60 litre fuel tank. Today I proved after 638.8 kilometres commuting you can put 59.53 litres in so that capacity must be about right. I know you shouldn’t run it that close, my usual fill is
A day in a loan car, while the FSM had its 230,000km service, showed that BMW* turn indicators reliably indicate turns. The brakes are also sufficient to allow stopping for red intersection and motorway on-ramp lights. It also reminded me how awful an old fashioned torque convertor auto is
Nice to see science based car badging on the morning commute. My FSM Fiat was following a Honda Jazz with a Darwin Fish badge down Rosebank Rd. It helped provide a data point for my hypothesis that light controlled motorway on ramps are the only time you should choose to
It has been like this a while, so eventually had to stop and take a photo of this sign. Not funny in itself, but they are a fastener company… UPDATE 2017-05-05: After seeing this for several weeks (on my morning commute) I finally remembered to pull over and take a
