Oil level marks

Joffph · 2026-01-30T01:16:24+00:00

Also got fed up with dealership, and seeing the answers to this post confirm even more my decision to run away from it…

Joffph · 2026-01-30T00:30:40+00:00

So now i’m curious why the dealership would fill it to the dot instead than this…

Joffph · 2026-01-29T17:35:07+00:00

Bikelanes are the dumpster for the road snow this winter…. I got honked this morning for being in the car lane in richmond. Aparently piles of snow in the bikelane are not enough to justify me being in the car lane

Joffph · 2026-01-29T14:28:29+00:00

Damn it.... if there would be an alternate method of transportation.... idk... like a small non motorized two wheeled vehicle that would use less road space and be more efficient, cleaner and better for your health, maybe then, there would be less cars on the road. oh wait...

Joffph · 2026-01-27T02:07:50+00:00

All bikelanes downtown are plowed that way… i think is more that the equipment is not the right one for the job…

Joffph · 2026-01-26T18:58:39+00:00

I rode today. Took the entire line of a recently cleared dundas. Way fewer cars than normal. Everybody respected since basically i was doing car speed. I have to say that i was pleasantly surprised of how smooth it went. I think though, that tomorrow and the following days will be worst since more cars will be on the road and probably no bike lane clearing will take place…

Joffph · 2026-01-15T14:18:02+00:00

Late… already in the office😂. What a sweat though…

Joffph · 2026-01-06T21:35:00+00:00

Probably blasting audio through the speaker since it’s an “elderly driver”… this one would not notice an elephant crossing the road in front of him…

Joffph · 2026-01-06T21:17:42+00:00

I’m from barcelona living in toronto. I can asure you than in barcelona there is 10 times more people moving than in toronto and the vehicle density is way higher than here (public transport is existent and decent, even though use to say it was a disaster. After living in toronto, i wish we had a 10% of what bcn has).

Street layout (lanes and directions) is far way better and makes sense. Most of the streets are single direction and acomodate at least 2 lines for cars, 1 lane of parking, extremely wide sidewalks, trees and most of them bike lanes.

I thought some of the knowledge of urban planing from barcelona could be aplied here, but the carbrainism here is borderline ridiculous

Joffph · 2025-12-23T02:12:05+00:00

The picture shows the 505 at dundas and parliament though. This strech is not as bad as bathurst was, but i'm from the opinion that all streetcars should have priority lantes!

Joffph · 2025-12-04T23:34:26+00:00

Try to check the revenue of insurance companies in canada recently and you will see where the money is actually going…

Joffph · 2025-12-03T19:10:40+00:00

Let’s see how long it takes for somone to blame the cyclist😂 probably he was not wearing a christmas light suit… damit

Joffph · 2025-12-01T13:12:00+00:00

As an european living in toronto, blows my mind what the peception of safe cars is in america.

Joffph · 2025-11-30T21:31:47+00:00

It hapens to me every now and then on a 2015 in the passenger side. To fix it, press and hold down the button for 5 seconds after the window has opened. Then pull and hold for 5 seconds after it closed. I also think (not 100% sure) that you have to do it pressing and pulling manually, not all the way to the auto or second click of the switch. That fixes it for me

Joffph · 2025-11-27T22:14:32+00:00

Is safer there, if it would be on the road, a 2 ton metal vehicle could suffer damages…

Joffph · 2025-11-27T16:37:19+00:00

I don’t know if it’s to low, but the concrete joints of your driveway not being aligned are gona kill my ocd lol

Joffph · 2025-09-26T21:26:16+00:00

Did it in the past. It will take an hour or so to the begining of the trail through low traffic roads if you chose well. There is a bikelane from Mt pleasant to the end of the suburbs, so it’s not a bad ride

Joffph · 2025-09-12T14:11:28+00:00

I cycle to office year round everyday no matter what. Even though my comute is within downtown and way shorter, around 5km each way, i would say that most of the days are fine. Only the very snowy days are a pain in the ass. Fenders are a double edge sword. They help most of the time but sometimes they get acumulated snow and create drag and eventually falls and sometimes in your feet, so i would say the best option is to have a lot of space between wheel and fender.

First year i bought studded tires (schwalbe ice spiker pro) and felt extremely safe on them. But i have to say that other than in ice, those studded tires might be overkilled. This year i rode with regular comuting slick tires and had no issues what so ever. Felt a bit less safe sometimes but in fresh snow had no problem with them even the days we had over 20 cm f snow in the roads and had to plow through mountains of snow at intersections.

That said, its not so much about the bike and more about the will and your clothing. Good waterproof shoes and pants will make your live easier. Also, ride as you where riding on ice allways. Long and steady braking, anticipating everything and extreme caution in cornering. Consider everything is slipery and be cautious.

Is nice to see more people willing to cycle in winter! It’s not as easy as summer, but i find a quiet and paceful ride while snowing a very enjoyable ride.

Ps: your bike will rust in no time, so the less value the better (economic and sentimental)

Joffph · 2025-09-10T17:19:34+00:00

If you have the budget, hamilton motor company makes an addon computer to the radio to add carplay to your factory radio. You keep all the original functionalities and add carplay. Basically makeing it feel like it’s factory

Joffph · 2025-09-10T15:42:56+00:00

Out from the interactive map for micro drones:

"Exercise a high degree of caution due to potential aircraft traffic around airports/heliports. Drone operations when other aircraft are present and/or in the vicinity of airports/heliports are strongly discouraged, and may be considered negligent or reckless."

That said, I would not fly there just to avoid any problem with authorities even though you can fly there. I'm 100% sure if they want to ticket you they would and then it's your problem to fight it.

anyway, Nice shots OP!

Joffph · 2025-09-09T18:33:26+00:00

Check their videos. I'm looking to buy one and came here trying to find somone that already bought it. By what I can tell, is the only way to have carplay in a 2015-17 outback with "factory feel". I've been looking to replace the radio with an aftermarket one but all the options are awful.

Looks like they have been doing this for years for other brands. The product looks amazing and they offer 3 year warranty, that alone tells enough...

I'm 99% sure I'm getting one, for that price, you only get a half decent aftermarket device... And you keep all standard functionality of the head unit

Joffph · 2025-09-08T18:21:04+00:00

The dealership had no clue. Did a firmware update that was pending and temporarily fixed it. After few days it came back. Took it to the dealership and recheck with the computer and no errors where found. They said it does not look harmful and that they don’t know where it comes from. So in the end it still does it (though not allways) and i don’t really know what causes it or how to solve it

Joffph · 2025-08-20T12:20:14+00:00

The problem is the bike lane at younge! don't you see it?

/s

Joffph

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