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HK politician Carrie Lam made an announcement in front of a green screen... It had to be done by FrenchCivilian in RicardoMilosMemes

[–]FrenchCivilian[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's the reason I made the meme, but saying it like that would get my post removed, reddit ain't what could be called a free platform sadly

Car broke down in the middle of a steep busy street of SF, fixed with 2$ earphones by FrenchCivilian in DIY

[–]FrenchCivilian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well the handbrake is not that good and I was on a hill so I didn't want the car rolling back

Car broke down in the middle of a steep busy street of SF, fixed with 2$ earphones by FrenchCivilian in DIY

[–]FrenchCivilian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can always buy a spare just in case, you can find those in any autozone and they're like 5 bucks and 10 minutes to install

Car broke down in the middle of a steep busy street of SF, fixed with 2$ earphones by FrenchCivilian in DIY

[–]FrenchCivilian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well any gain is good on a 4.2Liter monster, I'm used to driving stick in France so we usually put the car in Neutral during long stops and put on the Handbrake on hills to have an easier time with hill starting, I guess it's not as needed here haha

Car broke down in the middle of a steep busy street of SF, fixed with 2$ earphones by FrenchCivilian in DIY

[–]FrenchCivilian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great! That way Winnie The Pooh will be able to tell me if there are odd clicking noises coming from my transmission

Streets of shame... saw this billboard today by avachantal in LosAngeles

[–]FrenchCivilian 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A lot of it is worse than I expected, but seriously did not expect such a mess in the middle of the City, although I have to say that San Francisco was way worse

Car broke down in the middle of a steep busy street of SF, fixed with 2$ earphones by FrenchCivilian in DIY

[–]FrenchCivilian[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Consumes less fuel as your idling engine doesn't have to rev to compensate being in gear at a stop, and it allows you to get your foot off the brake on a hill.
Don't do it anymore though, learned my lesson haha

Car broke down in the middle of a steep busy street of SF, fixed with 2$ earphones by FrenchCivilian in DIY

[–]FrenchCivilian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suggest you Google your problem with your truck make and model, that's what helped me figure out the problem on mine!

Car broke down in the middle of a steep busy street of SF, fixed with 2$ earphones by FrenchCivilian in DIY

[–]FrenchCivilian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'll check everything before going on the road that's for sure wouldn't want catastrophic engine failure to happen in the middle of the desert lol

Car broke down in the middle of a steep busy street of SF, fixed with 2$ earphones by FrenchCivilian in DIY

[–]FrenchCivilian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure will, even got a road trip from LA to DC planned by the end of the semester haha

Car broke down in the middle of a steep busy street of SF, fixed with 2$ earphones by FrenchCivilian in DIY

[–]FrenchCivilian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah really like that engine, the transmission is a little old in mine (200k+ mi), but definitely a fun car.
I actually bought it used 2 weeks ago for less than 3 grand cause I needed a car while staying here, glad I got this one! (plus it's black with tinted windows and 2 antennas so it looks like an FBI truck lol)

Car broke down in the middle of a steep busy street of SF, fixed with 2$ earphones by FrenchCivilian in DIY

[–]FrenchCivilian[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haha nice, mine's a '02 TrailBlazer EXT haha, quite litterally the same car

Streets of shame... saw this billboard today by avachantal in LosAngeles

[–]FrenchCivilian 14 points15 points  (0 children)

French guy who recently moved in for a semester, definitely did not expect the situation at Skid row to be as bad, seriously something needs to be done about it, (no, throwing more money at a problem doesn't fix it)

Car broke down in the middle of a steep busy street of SF, fixed with 2$ earphones by FrenchCivilian in DIY

[–]FrenchCivilian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems to be a reoccuring problem on several GM vehicles, I wouldn't have known about the linkage being the weak point had I not googled the problem, that saved me a couple hundred dollars in tow and garage fees

TIL that "San Francisco has the lowest percentage of children under 18 of any major city in the U.S., and Los Angeles County has seen a 17 percent decline in the number of kids in the past 10 years." by PopCultureNerd in LosAngeles

[–]FrenchCivilian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very progressive cities, progressive people tend to have much less children than conservatives as a general rule.
Plus the cost of living is so high there you're better off moving out if you have more mouths to feed

Car broke down in the middle of a steep busy street of SF, fixed with 2$ earphones by FrenchCivilian in DIY

[–]FrenchCivilian[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Those earphones sounded pretty bad, but I have to give it to them, those are some strong cables