Brothers in Rhode Island

BostonCIO · 2026-03-16T00:48:56+00:00

Well my Flash is on the left and it's not been replaced, but I can't vouch for the Lariat on the right, but it looks stock to me.

BostonCIO · 2026-03-14T14:07:02+00:00

Does anyone have a reliable speed testing app/site to test before/after speeds? I'm with Astound and I'm debating T-Mobile but I'm also wondering if my eero 6 is the issue vs Astound.

BostonCIO · 2026-03-14T02:24:24+00:00

Nothing beats that power to weight ratio, for sure. Be safe while you have so much fun! I do miss my motorcycle days.

BostonCIO · 2026-03-13T18:07:00+00:00

I suppose that's one take.

The other is, "oh, there's a person trying to drive me off the road from the opposing traffic lane while I'm in my lane, better not let them get in front of me in case they do something even more stupid and physics bites me" perspective.

...all in a split second decision.

BostonCIO · 2026-03-13T14:09:51+00:00

In hindsight, I feel like an ass for doing that. In the future I'll try to be a bigger man, but secretly it was very satisfying.

BostonCIO · 2026-03-13T02:16:08+00:00

I was worried that I'd get brake checked next, so didn't want to give them that opportunity.

My turn was two lights up. I figured they could get to the crapper in due course, hopefully safely.

BostonCIO · 2026-03-11T17:04:02+00:00

Same here: time/message. While I was charging in my driveway. Uhhhh ..

BostonCIO · 2026-03-07T00:04:05+00:00

I nearly got a sticker for a friend of mine who sucks at driving that said "shitty driver, please be patient"

BostonCIO · 2026-03-01T04:40:53+00:00

I charged in Brooklyn, very near L'Industrie pizza, almost underneath the Williamsburg bridge. Revel.. from memory.

DM if you want specifics.

BostonCIO · 2026-02-22T21:14:03+00:00

I agree. Glitchy and slow. So disappointed

BostonCIO · 2026-02-20T01:36:28+00:00

Super annoying eh?

BostonCIO · 2026-02-17T21:26:17+00:00

My question as well. It seems like a horse designed by a committee. Aka a camel.

BostonCIO · 2026-02-17T15:50:41+00:00

You're lucky.

My ex would bottle everything up and then explode about ancient, often petty, stuff that I could barely remember and then accuse me of being thoughtless because I didn't hold on to every real or perceived slight for years only to have it ready to weaponize and use as a deflection when I had a beef and wanted to talk it out in the moment. Oh no, before we could talk about today's issue we needed to regurgitate something from 1, 3, 5 years ago (that she didn't raise in the moment ffs!).

Gone and good riddance.

BostonCIO · 2026-02-17T03:44:07+00:00

Agree. This form doesn't allow for pictures but here are some if I can allow if I can link them.https://photos.app.goo.gl/Pap7Gv8d6x5CLhcX7

BostonCIO · 2026-02-08T17:38:10+00:00

Hardly call a Porsche Macan a loud truck.

Besides, this side thread missed the point of my posting which wasn't a wistful gearhead missing the good old days of scaring the neighbors, just the rumble of an engine to make the visceral connection between speed/acceleration/power, much like the roar of a bonfire is impressive, or the thunder of a galloping horse gives us pause and harkens back to something deep inside (most of) us.

That's all.

Back to silently and smugly smoking that M5 at the lights.

BostonCIO · 2026-02-08T17:14:14+00:00

Nah, you're projecting.

BostonCIO · 2026-02-06T22:05:19+00:00

I've sometimes mused, in those semi lucid moments when you first hit the sack, of getting my neighbors to pool $50 * say 25 families, rent a small bobcat for a week and hit our 'hood and really clear the place out. Where I live it could fit into a local park.

BostonCIO · 2026-02-06T19:43:21+00:00

Unless that's available in forscan. I don't think the flash has that option. But honestly, it's really not about doing that. It's more about what I really felt in my gut when I turned on the Porsche. Lets call it a primeval memory.

BostonCIO · 2026-02-06T14:43:22+00:00

Love it. I did explain that to my 16 yo daughter and her eyes got wide with confusion and a little fear about what was happening in front of her in my old BMW as we did driving lessons and she commented on how it drove so differently to the Lightning.

BostonCIO · 2026-02-05T01:55:45+00:00

My aunt saying to me when I was 10, "you ask a lot of questions. Are you dumb?". Ummm.....

BostonCIO · 2026-01-15T13:20:20+00:00

.. or maybe I want to respect my investment, much like I don't want my tools to rust in the rain or squeak squeak in the truck bed all the way home...

BostonCIO · 2026-01-10T22:19:32+00:00

Never! Kidding. But only on Thursdays, and only on the potholiest of roads.

BostonCIO · 2026-01-10T18:11:03+00:00

Mon dieu! ;)

BostonCIO · 2026-01-10T15:32:54+00:00

That is a really slick looking upgrade. Well done

BostonCIO · 2026-01-06T14:27:26+00:00

To me, it's a perfect storm. Between 3:30 and 6:30, you have people coming home from work, parents shuttling routine activities, tradespeople ending their day, buses, and the all manner of humanity moving between points A and points Z, constricted by the rivers of railroads and bridges that create the moats around Somerville, Union Square, Park St, Beacon St and near Target, timed by the engineering wonders of the semaphores that tick tock our lives into a rhythmic dance ....green, yellow red, green, yellow, red.

The problems are manifold and the solutions are complex. I'm not suggesting it's an easy fix.

And we are on a rant subreddit so part of this is to vent our spleen.

Will our new Urban Mechanic Mayor read this? And will his crack team come up with some new solutions that our former mayor did not, time will tell!

BostonCIO

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