Cars, Security and a Peek into my Life
It’s morning or afternoon > sun comes in on an angle > bounces off chrome > into driver’s eye > and temporary blinds them
Happened to me 3 times in 1 week. It’s only half a second but it’s jarring and catches you off guard, and hopefully you don’t jerk the wheel when it does.
Not picking on Jaguar here, tons of manufacturers use it, and to all: please no more.
They’re often cheaper, and come equipped with more features, like the below ATV that has disc brakes.
Sounds pretty great right?
Once it breaks, often the only solution is to replace the entire vehicle because finding Chinese replacement parts is difficult.
In the example above, that’s a broken axle, and the solution is either to weld it (won’t work) or drill, thread then bolt it (the torque will knock it loose right away.) So the owner is stuck.
My ATV is a hand-me-down from China, and same thing – the tires are bald, and finding new ones is like an Olympic event.
Road trips are guaranteed fun, adventure, and consistently yield one of _those_ stories… “hey remember that time we went to Wherever HAHA the best memories yup.”
Meet Michael Palmer, the “CEO of Family Travel.” The Calgarian has road tripped over 900,000 km, part of which is detailed his upcoming book, No Tranquilizers! 17,000 kms, 63 Days, 3 Kids, 1 Van
He teamed up with Canadian Tire, so we had a good laugh on the phone, talked cars, and here’s his list…
Have it serviced, check and inflate the tires, you know the drill.
Arriving at 11pm one night, then 6pm the next, that will tire you quickly. Be consistent, find a rhythm. Michael drove those 17,000 km in 6-hour per day increments.
“Things can get out hand real quick, ” Michael says. He points out food is always coming in and out of the vehicle, and you don’t want a rotting-grapes incident like he experienced, “organization is critical.”
Plus, if you have to brake hard and suddenly, you don’t want stuff taking flight.
Canadian Tire introduced Glovebox, a new line of auto storage solutions. I attended the media launch in January, there’s a good weight and handle to the fabric.
Or do a 24-hour trip, they’re great, here’s one I blogged.
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No money was exchanged for this post.
Canadian Tire introduced me, he’s a fun guy and I like his list so I blogged it. This post has been a beta test of my latest idea.
That’s what my neighbours were yelling a few Fridays ago, stoking the cedar branches to flash my fire up to 15 feet.
I was okay with it because a firefighter was present, and he was unaffected.
