Cars, Security and a Peek into my Life
Non-car nerds: the average car has 5 or 6 speeds (gears). The idea behind adding more, is it produces better fuel economy.
As of right now, there are very few cars with a 9-speed transmission, limited to the Range Rover Evoque, Jeep Cherokee, and the Chrysler 200 (above).
I’ve written about it at work, but this was my first experience using it in real life.
For more details, read my column from February.
1 – it functions much like the Hotspot feature on a cel phone: car broadcasts WiFi > passengers connect to car > go online
Securing your car will be similar to securing your home WiFi.
2 – choose this option, WPA2
3 – don’t bother with WEP
4 – if you check this, please leave my blog
Because remember, you are legally responsible for Hotspot users.
Blog tag = WiFi Security
That’s part of why I like it here.
Another part is that it’s much like an airport – everyone’s guards go down or off, which makes for excellent people watching.
I also think you can learn a lot about a person, based on how they conduct themselves in a casino.
Like that old saying… “if you want to know someone’s real nature, play golf or drink with them”… I’d add, “go together to a casino”.
Casinos are safe. With that many cameras and security, nothing bad can happen to you.
You can walk around openly with a fist full of money (I do), no one is going to try any electronic-scanning-wizardry in here.
I play slots with my gambling partner, we have a system. The arrow above is us crushing it, because a human had to come pay us out, “Hand Pay“.
If that ever happens to you, how that works is: put your palm out flat for the cameras > bills are counted into it > play one hand / spin in front of the attendant > done
Best odds in the house guys.
See the purple circle first column?
The rule is: play a 9/6 machine, then an 8/5, don’t bother with anything lower.
I play ‘Jacks or Better’.
You’ve gotta use an art of the long view, and stick to the system exactly or it doesn’t work, there will be more negative hands than positive ones, because that is the games nature, and you have to stay unaffected by this.
Can’t figure out how to film that though, since cameras aren’t so encouraged in casinos.
I recently had my biggest win ever, playing video poker.
$1,600 YA buddy.
Blog tag = Casino
If yes: can you do it without a book, or constantly being on your phone?
When I got my licence and was allowed to take out the car alone, the first thing I did was take myself to dinner at Swiss Chalet.
Try it: it’s an enjoyable meal; listening in on the tables around you never gets old; and no one is staring at you thinking you’re a loser, promise.
It’s moving from 2 cycles of tests to 5.
Starts with 2015 models, onwards.
Read it online at Autonet.ca
Or read it counter-clockwise.
It’s good this is happening, because these laboratory, perfect-enviroment tests are unattainable for the average driver.
The air conditioning is switched off, as are all the features and aids, the car is kept as light as possible, and the professional driver is using a very fuel-conscious driving style, which requires deep focus and concentration, and a style I’m not convinced we always drive with.
This also means that in a dealership, a 2014 model could be beside an almost identical 2015, but with a big discrepancy in ratings, like this:
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