Minor things that bother you

[Bruce]

Having been stuck in multi-hour traffic jams in the middle of the mountains before, I can see the wisdom in keeping your gas tank topped off as soon as you leave the metro area. I try to fill up somewhat close to the pass, and gas tends to be cheaper there anyway.

[CtrlAltDel]

I really love it when people who only occasionally ride in my daily driver know my car better than I do

I'm not sure that this is about knowing your car better or worse than you, but rather peace of mind or gas-filling philosophy.

[ZLoth]

Having been stuck in multi-hour traffic jams in the middle of the mountains before, I can see the wisdom in keeping your gas tank topped off as soon as you leave the metro area. I try to fill up somewhat close to the pass, and gas tends to be cheaper there anyway.

Again, depends on the route. I can only speak about California in some details, but one of the planned (now canceled) road trips was US-395 end-to-end. A trip like that requires some planning because of the distance between fuel stations and the cost of transporting fuel there.

There are also some legitimate fuel deserts where, before hopping on the rural route, I will top off no matter what the gas gage says. Besides I-70 between Salina and Green River, Utah (again, I hope to take one day), there is also the US-95 "ION" (Idaho-Oregon-Nevada) highway between Winnemucca, NV and Marsing, ID. Again, the fuel stations are few and far between, and the mobile coverage can be spotty.

I'm not sure that this is about knowing your car better or worse than you, but rather peace of mind or gas-filling philosophy.

More like "I stared at gas buddy, knew what to prepare for, and planned accordingly".

[CtrlAltDel]

I'm not sure that this is about knowing your car better or worse than you, but rather peace of mind or gas-filling philosophy.

More like "I stared at gas buddy, knew what to prepare for, and planned accordingly".

Right, but that is a manifestation of your own preferences for peace of mind and gas-filling philosophy. Other people will do things in different ways.

[thspfc]

But half a tank? Seriously? If your car gets 390 miles per tank, and you have half a tank left, that's 145 miles. In that next 145 miles of I-20, there's probably 50 gas stations. It's almost impossible to run out of gas at that point, and if you did, it would be due to major neglect.

I don't fill up until about quarter tank is left (83 miles), often less than that.

[zachary_amaryllis]

I've had people tell me that I should turn on the A/C (when it still worked) in my Saturn in the winter to speed up defogging.  As a general rule, that is a good idea, but it does not work in any of the three generations of the Saturn S-Series because, by design, the PCM prohibits A/C operation when ambient temperature is under 40° F.

As regards the nuisances other people make of their own vehicles:  once I happened to be out for a walk in pitch-black night and, for the better part of a block, had to deal with glare from a vehicle parked at the curb with its headlamps on.  When I got to it and saw that it was unoccupied with the engine running (wasting gas), I was tempted to open the driver's door, shut off the engine, and throw the keys underneath one of the seats.

My car seems to engage the compressor when you turn the dial to defrost, whether or not the A/C button is pushed. There's no indicator light in this mode, but I can feel it kicking in and out when I'm stopped at a light.

[mgk920]

I've had people tell me that I should turn on the A/C (when it still worked) in my Saturn in the winter to speed up defogging.  As a general rule, that is a good idea, but it does not work in any of the three generations of the Saturn S-Series because, by design, the PCM prohibits A/C operation when ambient temperature is under 40° F.

As regards the nuisances other people make of their own vehicles:  once I happened to be out for a walk in pitch-black night and, for the better part of a block, had to deal with glare from a vehicle parked at the curb with its headlamps on.  When I got to it and saw that it was unoccupied with the engine running (wasting gas), I was tempted to open the driver's door, shut off the engine, and throw the keys underneath one of the seats.

My car seems to engage the compressor when you turn the dial to defrost, whether or not the A/C button is pushed. There's no indicator light in this mode, but I can feel it kicking in and out when I'm stopped at a light.

That is normal.  The air conditioner also dries the air, cutting down on fogging and frost.

Turning on the air conditioner with the seat set to 'high' is a good and fast way to clear the windows when it is raining with high humidity, also to defrost the windows.

Mike

[MATraveler128]

When the fitted sheet on the bed just barely fits on the corner and you wake up in the middle of the night halfway on the mattress itself and you try to fix it while exhausted.

[kirbykart]

When people don't celebrate Pi Day. When people intentionally do incredibly stupid things in front of a camera.

[hotdogPi]

When people intentionally do incredibly stupid things in front of a camera.

Worse: their own camera (e.g. selfies with wild animals).

[CtrlAltDel]

When people don't celebrate Pi Day. When people intentionally do incredibly stupid things in front of a camera.

Pi sucks. Tau is where it's at.

No argument with your second one, though.

[US 89]

Pi sucks. Tau is where it's at.

But e^iτ/2 + 1 = 0 just doesn't look as pretty.

[Scott5114]

Pi day just doesn't seem like as much fun after 3/14/15.

[CtrlAltDel]

Pi sucks. Tau is where it's at.

But e^iτ/2 + 1 = 0 just doesn't look as pretty.

To each their own, of course, but I prefer e^iτ = 1 since you don't have to hide that ‐1 like you do with the pi version.

[ZLoth]

Why do people insist pies are round when πr²?

[formulanone]

Pi day just doesn't seem like as much fun after 3/14/15.

The problems are the constant jokes going around by squares, so pie day gets a little stale.

[kirbykart]

Pi day just doesn't seem like as much fun after 3/14/15.

Oh, definitely. Technically if the holiday had been created 500 years ago, it would have been most fun on 3/14/1592. Coincidentally that's 100 years after Christopher Columbus went on his famous voyage to the Caribbean Islands.
Pi Day should be on April 31st in any part of the globe that writes the day before the month. (31/4)

[Big John]

Pi Day should be on April 31st in any part of the globe that writes the day before the month. (31/4)

Backwards  April Fool's on a day that doesn't exist?

[kirbykart]

Pi Day should be on April 31st in any part of the globe that writes the day before the month. (31/4)

Backwards  April Fool's on a day that doesn't exist?

Not sure what you mean. The US writes dates MM/DD/YY, however most of the rest of the world writes dates DD/MM/YY.

[hotdogPi]

There is no April 31.

[kirbykart]

There is no April 31.

Thank you for making me realize my incredibly stupid error.

[Scott5114]

Pi Day should be on April 31st in any part of the globe that writes the day before the month. (31/4)

Why not tomorrow? 22/7 = 3.14. (It's wrong for all of the places after that, though.)

[CtrlAltDel]

Pi Day should be on April 31st in any part of the globe that writes the day before the month. (31/4)

Why not tomorrow? 22/7 = 3.14. (It's wrong for all of the places after that, though.)

I think it's pretty cool though that you can get two decimal digits of pi with a denominator that is so much less than 100. Also, somewhat amazingly, you can get 6 digits of pi with 355/113. (Or, if you prefer, like I do, tau is really close to 44/7 and 710/113.)

[hotdogPi]

Pi Day should be on April 31st in any part of the globe that writes the day before the month. (31/4)

Why not tomorrow? 22/7 = 3.14. (It's wrong for all of the places after that, though.)

It actually is celebrated on 22/7 in Europe. It's not just your idea.

[kirbykart]

Pi Day should be on April 31st in any part of the globe that writes the day before the month. (31/4)

Why not tomorrow? 22/7 = 3.14. (It's wrong for all of the places after that, though.)

It actually is celebrated on 22/7 in Europe. It's not just your idea.

Well then I wish everyone in Europe a Happy Pi Day! (60th Post)