ZRSledhead

Funny you should say that. Some time back, a group that had been stopped blocking the entire trail (either two or three sleds deep) just over a blind hill (several rollers before and after), lost their freaking minds when I came close to making contact. Avoiding them meant up n over the bank then back onto the trail bouncing off the opposite bank. Must have looked hairy as hell cause it was a butt pucker'er from my end. Their position, I was riding too fast. Ok so I'm not a saint and no I was not likely doing 50kph but who in their right mind is foolish enough to stop and block the entire trail just over a blind hill. Because they were riding with wives and children it was 100% my fault and nothing to do with their ridiculous actions. It was quickly escalating to something that could have turned ugly so I rode away. Yes there is no argument the slower I'd been going would have allowed more time to stop but I feel confident that even at 50k avoiding a collision would not have been much less dramatic, no way it was a just squeeze the brake and be able to stop kinda deal.

First ride of the season, one in our group did not have permit but did have proof of purchase on his phone. Officer was totally cool, looked it over n had us carry on. Applaud your forcing them to apply the permit, for sure at least some are sharing permits between sleds or with others. Perhaps their also receiving a ticket will trickle down to others.

LOL I'm outta here, loaded up n ready to hit da road to Quebec in the am.

^ Yes Sir. Gotta be fair to the customer while still making a living.

Great point. A planned escape route and meeting spot, all of us should have one worked out and periodically discussed.

Not unreasonable to use non functional smoke detectors (if it turns out they even had detectors) as a root cause (thanks for the spelling lesson though). Commonly, root cause is used to describe the depth in the causal chain where an intervention could reasonably be implemented to improve performance or prevent an undesirable outcome.

After seeing how much time went into the small details, better understand why he made such a point about actual equipment has less to do with reliability vs the install. Good thing he does service for a living vs installs, no way doing it to this level you'd be able to get paid enough. I really appreciate the effort he put into it.

Sad to see the family perish like that no matter the reason. Be even worse if it's determined lack of working smoke detectors is the route cause.

Return by the woodstove, now your cooking. Installer is a good friend, went with his suggestion. He did however say most of the problems he see's are installation related vs caused by the equipment itself. We only replaced our 30 something yr old furnace n AC because of an issue when changing insurance co's this fall. Sure lower bills will be nice but it'll take a very long time to put even a dent in the cost to upgrade.

Old furnace hardly moved any air, new one, even on slow speed, felt n sounded like a tornado until we got accustomed to it. We also ditched the rental water heater at the same time.

Just had new furnace n AC installed in the fall, speed selection was as you've described via dip switches on the furnace board.

Fuck you Ontario Liberals.

^ LOL How you doing Mr?

It surely is.

"I just like cars" I resemble that remark as well. If my wallet would support, be a pile of rides from different mfgs in my stable. Still fortunate to have what I have so life ain't so bad.

TMP road course would be another good option.

I'm definitely luckier vs what I hear most have to put up with.

My fault, old coat n bibs are just too damm comfy.

Sat out for two years, jumped back into the game mid last March when my wife pulled the trigger on a sled for me. Said she's tired of me being around the house all winter.

Funny you should say that, yes the cars are a ton better vs just a few years ago, drivers aren't.

Couple shots.

Lastest gen Mustang is one hell of a ride out of the box as the previous gen Boss Mustang. Same can be said for how much GM stepped up it's game with the Camaro. Biggest problem.................they cost too much freakin money. The GT is certainly not in the attainable range for the masses. Your Vettes a hell of a nice ride, considered one when I thought I was getting bored with the Cobra (mine in vid). Instead of changing cars, upped the ante with a larger blower then went nutz on suspension and brakes + a set of R Comps for the track days. Coolest part, it's a decent lapping day ride but is just as nice for cruising and is very comfortable.......................plus it's long since paid for. Car is terrific, just needs the driver to get more on track experience.

Yes 99 up Cobra is IRS, the 03/04 are IRS plus factory supercharged. Anyways it's all good, summer toy makes it easier to wait for the next winter go round.

Shirley you jest, three across the front row are IRS.

Yes of course Corvettes included.