[Fuldagap]

Originally Posted by MyLife_MyCar

[h3]
Something inside me told me NOT to. More like when we talk to ourselves (a Google search says that it's called Soliloquy) and it went like "aah! let it go." ...

Fortunate that you escaped the incident.

Your incident probably solves the long standing paradox "When a bear soliloquys alone in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

[chaitanyakrish]

Originally Posted by MyLife_MyCar

Soon after that the truck on the left lane suddenly swerved to the middle lane.

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

I always think that the title of the thread implies positive experiences, which many are not, and here I go too

This topic is covered in the Crash Avoidance Space post by SS-Traveller.
Never enter the space between two vehicles, if there is a no clear exit path for us to cross them.
I would wait patiently until the cab moves a fair distance for me to overtake safely.

[MyLife_MyCar]

Originally Posted by chaitanyakrish

Never enter the space between two vehicles, if there is a no clear exit path for us to cross them.
I would wait patiently until the cab moves a fair distance for me to overtake safely.

Yes, I did wait for the cab to create sufficient space for me. The picture I posted is not to scale

Originally Posted by MyLife_MyCar

The cab took its own sweet time (~20 seconds) to create enough distance for me to overtake the trucks. …
As soon as I saw the opportunity, I was about to floor the accelerator

However, in such situations, one should also have some visibility of the path to the left and/or the right of the heavy vehicles. You never know a person/animal may be crossing hastily and is in your blind spot.

This specially happens when a bus halts at a bus stop. Always slow down in anticipation of someone crossing the road from the front side of the bus.

[jerk_free]

Originally Posted by MyLife_MyCar

Soon after that the truck on the left lane suddenly swerved to the middle lane. Turns out that an auto rickshaw came out of a small lane on the left and instead of taking a left, it took a right turn and started driving in the wrong direction, facing the truck on the left. That truck driver turned sharply to the middle lane to avoid a possible collision with the auto.

This is the precisely the reason why many trucks drive on the fast lane. It is impossible to drive on the slow lane in India, especially for trucks. If you see a truck on the fast lane (especially in a 2+2 lane highway, most likely he is trying to drive safe rather than hog the fast lane).

[sachin_cs]

Spotted this car during my morning commute and I had to post it here.



I liked the banter here, usually what I spot on such dirty cars are expletives but this one was funny.

Those who are not familiar with the devanagari script it says "Gadi dho lo malik" loosely translated to asking the owner to wash his/her car.

[NPV]

My office moved to a new facility and since there was limited parking available, I decided to use a cab for my first visit.
While I was getting ready, my daughter booked a cab and I rushed the moment the cab arrived and my daughter was shouting out the OTP as I left home. I got into the cab, shared the OTP and the ride started. The driver conversed in Kannada and I responded back, all well. During the entire journey he was on phone with someone and speaking in Malayalam.

Forty minutes later I reach my destination and ask the cab driver in Malayalam (just happened, I didn’t even realise it!) how much the fare is. He replied back almost in a whisper and the look on his face was epic and priceless!

[ninjatalli]

Originally Posted by NPV

Forty minutes later I reach my destination and ask the cab driver in Malayalam (just happened, I didn’t even realise it!) how much the fare is. He replied back almost in a whisper and the look on his face was epic and priceless!

Was the experience towards the end something like this?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aZG6J6_2l3Q

[vb-saan]

Yesterday I took the bus to office. Was watching some YouTube videos on the way, stopped at a café to pick up the morning coffee. At the café I removed the Airpods and then noticed that the case was not in my pocket; probably slipped off the pocket while in the bus.

Thought of the options like reporting on the bus company lost & found page, and even how much does a new case cost etc. Suddenly saw a notification on the phone that "Your Airpods case is left behind”. Checked the Find My app in the iPhone and noticed that the case was travelling along with the bus. After a while, the location was stationary – the bus reached the final destination and parked at the Bus Interchange. I was checking the status occasionally and then noticed that the bus is on the move again. Around an hour later the bus reached back to the stop near my office. Boarded the bus and asked the bus captain if someone handed over an Airpods case and his answer was negative. Tapped in, went up to the upper deck for a quick search and found that someone had safely placed the case on a vacant seat.

The case location when the bus was parked




Started moving again






And finally reunited…




More of an unforced social experiment, and a demo of Apple’s Find My feature

[Red Liner]

Originally Posted by vb-saan

More of an unforced social experiment, and a demo of Apple’s Find My feature

As also an example of the true nature of a human being.

[createrkid]

Originally Posted by vb-saan

Yesterday I took to the bus to office. Was watching some YouTube videos on the way, stopped at a café to pick up the morning coffee.

Losing them in Singapore helps too

[NPV]

Originally Posted by ninjatalli

Was the experience towards the end something like this?

Well, not really, because I’m not a native Malayalam speaker, but can converse a bit. In fact this is reason for a lot of confusion even when I meet people and they’re left wondering what is my native language ? Needless to say, I’m the target of a lot of jokes from friends in my circle! well why not, if it can bring some
smiles, laughter and happiness on the faces of people in the stressed times that we live in.

[kiku007]

Originally Posted by vb-saan

More of an unforced social experiment, and a demo of Apple’s Find My feature

Good for you.

Originally Posted by createrkid

Losing them in Singapore helps too

100%.

Singapore has always fascinated me as a tourist.

The way they enforce discipline,


or promote healthy food habits for example.


Obviously, I don't know the local perspective of the deeper implications of the strict rules. As an automobile enthusiast I gasp when the cab drivers tell me about the price of the Certificate of Entitlement (COE).

[abhi_tjet]

So it happened, not exactly on public road, but the closed road where my housing society is.

The inevitable - which I presume will happen with all car guys. It may occur to all those car crazy guys, who like to ditch the 'luxury' of getting car washed by security staff, or the friendly car wash dude who uses same bucket/ cloth for n number of cars in the society.

It may happen to those who though use the services of detailers frequently to keep their vehicles spick and span but still do not hesitate to put a lot of elbow grease in getting that shine on the car whenever got an opportunity.

If you are the one who regularly is seen near car trying to remove that bird dropping, that one-off bug stain which even the detailer missed. Beware, you are next.
If you are the one who regularly use the duster every morning ever so lightly so that it doesn't create the un-necessary swirls but still removes the dust from car body. Beware, since you are the next.
If you are the one who comes out of home to 'quickly' clean the car by telling the wife/mother - "I will be back in 15 mt" and only goes back after an hour. My friend, you are definitely the next.

The point of all this blabbering is, I got my Linea washed with Aquatint guys last to last weekend. Weather God then decided to play folly and it rained heavily in Pune during last few days after the weekend. Result - Linea was back to square one.

So, as a good boi, I waited for the weekend and started cleaning the Linea first thing in morning with my brand new microfiber cloth and the sprinkler filled with waterless wash concentrate.
10-15 mts into the task and I heard a female voice.

"Uncle aap car dhote ho kya?" (Uncle, Do you wash car?) I casually looked up and found that a married girl from my society's first floor flat was looking towards me and expecting an answer.

I replied to her smiling, "Ye meri car hai." (It's mine.)

She understood that she made a blunder and went inside quickly after saying sorry a couple of times.

PS - I understand it might be a honest mistake. I am also used to hear 'uncle' from the people who are at best 5-10 yrs younger than me and despite what the grey on my head/beard/moustache suggests, I am not 40 yet.

[dailydriver]

Originally Posted by abhi_tjet

...I heard a female voice...

On a lighter note, somehow, I have a feeling that your beef was more with the good lady addressing you as uncle than with her mistaking you as a professional car washer: which must actually worry you, for, while a Bhpian being called out for being good with car upkeep is a matter of pride, the same can't be said of his appearance giving false vibes of aging!

Perhaps time to trawl through the Shifting Gears section and fish out a few fitness/health related threads .

[Thad E Ginathom]

I've reached an age where I consider myself lucky to be called uncle rather than thatah!