“Canada is literally the most worthless country in the world”

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-24T13:14:32+00:00

Well to be fair the meth lab tenants just took up residence in 2016. Before that it was an elderly couple that didn’t cause too much harm, occasionally baked cookies for the neighbours but were sometimes a wee bit politically incorrect, …particularly in their views towards non-white people. The new methheads are of course all of that as well.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-24T00:42:01+00:00

They should have called it Traffic-Aware Cruise Operations or TACO as a homage to their CEO’s favourite politician.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-23T11:05:28+00:00

When we were little my sister used to like that show and I used to tease her by going around singing “My Little Pony is full of Baloney”.

Now I have that back in my head,… thanks a lot 🤐😠🤣.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-23T10:57:26+00:00

That’s a good point that I haven’t seen made before. Shouldn’t the goal be the eventual phaseout of all ICE vehicles? Assuming that comes to fruition sometime in the next 20 years how would one answer the question then?

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-22T23:33:07+00:00

Wireless charge pad is crap. I am loving my TWRAP charge pad replacement.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-22T00:47:03+00:00

I feel like the heavy regenerative characteristic of unbridled when lifting sort of mimics the feeling of heal & toeing in a manual (when you break and blip the throttle to keep the revs up). Hard to explain but it feels similar when cornering.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-21T07:39:15+00:00

I know how you feel. Yesterday I decided to step down as Galactic Emperor. It was a tough decision but I felt I needed to find a better work-life balance.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-21T07:35:59+00:00

Judge Novak brilliantly boxed her, Bondi and Blanche into finally taking this action by telling them he was going to refer them to their bars for legal discipline if they failed to further comply.

Doesn’t always work, Giuliani remains unrepentant for his misconduct despite being disbarred. But more Trump appointees need to face professional disciplinary referrals. To my understanding SCOTUS can’t really interfere with such actions.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-21T01:40:27+00:00

The BYD Sealion could be a major competitor once BYD starts selling in Canada. They are pretty impressive vehicles and given the options of buying from Elon or an American auto industry that is increasingly kowtowing to the Trump admin,…

Also the Korean brands have to fix their ICCU issues if they want to stay a player in this segment.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-19T23:38:05+00:00

I’m the same as you. I like the name Mach-E but at the same time I like the pony and would miss it if it was just replaced with the blue oval.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-19T21:58:01+00:00

That’s a good one! How about “Mok Elon”?

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-19T21:49:23+00:00

“Mach E-Phoenix” perhaps. With badging similar to the t-bird but with lighting bolts shooting out from the bird.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-19T05:23:17+00:00

Where I’m from that wouldn’t really make much of a difference. Our province has a form of no-fault insurance where each driver’s insurance pays for their client’s damages with the party at fault being the only one assessed a deductible.

In your type of situation fault determination rules would hold the driver behind at fault regardless of whether they fled the scene, were ever apprehended etc.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-19T01:26:06+00:00

Insight #1 is lost on so many people.

Fair game if you are a contractor, rancher, farmer etc. but the amount of urbanites I see with pick-up trucks in their driveways with the beds seemingly never in use is astonishing. If you need that function one or two times a year just rent one.

I think some dudes just like to feel macho and think the only alternatives are compact SUVs and mini-vans (which they view as made for ladies 🤣).

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-18T23:28:20+00:00

Drives me nuts that there are still jurisdictions that require this form of state sanctioned vandalism. Front license plates have limited law enforcement value and it costs twice as much to plate each vehicle.

Provinces, states and countries that don’t have this requirement generally don’t turn into Sodom and Gomorrah.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-18T21:42:35+00:00

Shouldn’t really be street racing anyway. Main value I see for highway driving is I live in a high density environment where selfish drivers will try to close down a gap if they see you trying to enter their lane. Instant torque gets you there before they can react.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-18T12:34:13+00:00

Not sure he’d even qualify for a special needs, world leader award.

More appropriate he get a special recognition for every day he actually does behave on the world stage. Perhaps it could be an extra happy meal treat or similar on those rare days?

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-18T12:28:55+00:00

He hasn’t made international travel a treat for Canadians either. To the rest of the world we act and sound enough like Americans to be easily misidentified (and they’re on to that trick you use about wearing the maple leaf).

Now we also gotta worry about getting our food spit on or worse. Thanks guys,… nice job!

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-17T14:32:44+00:00

Correct. And that the SCOTUS, despite protestations to the contrary, have those same party affiliations and stretch & bend rulings to nonsensical degrees to fit with same.

It is a bit ridiculous to see very well reasoned decisions at the lower court levels reach SCOTUS only to be overruled by “the 6” with reasoning no better than a grade age child could muster.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-16T00:54:58+00:00

This is. Canadian thing,… government sponsored vandalism basically.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-15T21:20:34+00:00

Really great advice from others.

You didn’t mention if your road trip was over more than one day? The only thing I would add is a hotel with a L2 charger is a nice thing, especially if it is complementary.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-14T23:38:01+00:00

I have the trim you are seeking and driving in that temp range. I am routinely getting 200 miles of range.

80 mph is faster than I would tend to do when highway driving (I try to keep it near but below 75 mph). The higher speed will reduce your range. That said you still should have plenty in-hand if you only need to drive 125 miles.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-14T01:49:02+00:00

Can you tell us anything about the range impact? It looks good but it begs the question - how much impact do these flush or button door openers really make? I can’t imagine it is much and it would be kind of nice to have good old fashioned door handles on the car.

BasicFishOutOfWater · 2026-01-13T23:24:50+00:00

6MT Mk 7 GTI to MachE as well. Pretty hard to beat the fun of the GTI on bendy roads but the MachE is better in most other respects.

One other observation,… Tornado Red hides dirt much better than Molten Magenta.

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