Lka1988

Signposts on the Vancouver street bear the English name below the official Musqueam name, which is written in the North American Phonetic Alphabet.

I don’t see the issue here.

“video is unavailable”

Just post the fucking youtube link, dude.

You’ve driven on a gravel road behind other cars and never had a windshield crack? Not even a rock chip?

Now I know you’re full of shit.

You don’t even have to be on a gravel road. My van’s windshield got cracked the other day simply from a pebble getting kicked up from a passing car.

Normal wear and tear isn’t the renter’s problem in any way, shape, or form; and that includes dings and scratches on the paint, wheels, glass, and interior, simply from everyday use and being exposed to the elements. Anything outside of unreasonably extreme damage is entirely on the rental company simply for the fact that they are the ones who own the car. This is part of why I will never use my vehicle for anything outside personal usage.

I, and thousands of other customers every single day, already pay over $500 (or much, much more) just for the privilege of being given the keys to a new-ish vehicle for 3 days. On top of whatever other bullshit they try to tack on. Where the fuck do you think that money goes? I’ve never even had a car payment that high.

Given that price, I expect the vehicle to be clean, properly maintained (they get the bare minimum, btw, I’ve witnessed this firsthand from the shop side; they won’t even replace wiper blades unless a customer brings it up), and every single square inch to be inspected and documented, with “wear and tear” clearly defined in customer-friendly terms - none of this bullshit “redefining of commonly-accepted terms” that every corporation seems to be jerking it to these days.

Cars are not investments; they never have been. A car is a highly-complex machine - a tool that can serve multiple purposes. These, like any other highly-complex machine, requires regular maintenance, inspection, and repair. Some things are merely cosmetic, but others can become safety issues - such as a cracked windshield. And yet rental companies, like every other company, are charging more and more for less and less. What exactly are they doing with that money if the customers are the ones being charged for issues that aren’t even getting fixed?

Why?

Because “line must go up”.

Hertz used to be cool.

And what if the windshield cracks due to temperature fluctuations? It happens. And on a rental car? Not my problem.

Windshields crack sometimes. Tough titties. It’s a giant pane of fragile glass exposed to the elements.

If it’s clearly not malicious, then yes, they should suck it up and pay for it. That’s cost of doing business.

A pebble flung up from a passing car cracked my van’s windshield the other day.

It’s easy to armchair quarterback when you have the benefit of hindsight.

Go ride a motorcycle and then come back and tell us how many pebbles got enough in your direction, despite following at safe distances. I can assure you that you will be very surprised.

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Yeah, data mining is a huge deal for a reason haha. I use Gadgetbridge for my Pinetime, which is nice. Steps, battery, heart rate - and it’s all locally stored.

Yes, I am projecting, I will fully admit that. Which is why, as a watch person, I went with a smart watch solution that doesn’t mine my data.

Ahh, that makes sense.

I agree wholeheartedly. I like my watches. I also recognize that many others don’t.

Interesting. I’ve never had an issue with it over multiple insurances. Maybe it’s just the plans my employers went with ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Same, I loved my Pebble Time Steel. I still do, and I still wear it sometimes (still got a week long battery life), but my daily driver is my PineTime.

I have a decent sense of time

I don’t lol. I mean can check outside, even out in the middle of nowhere, and have a rough idea; but I like knowing it because that’s just how my brain works.

and an abundance of options to verify it

Sure. Phone, computer, microwave, oven, TV, wall clock, city clock tower, someone else’s watch, etc. But again, I like having it right on my wrist. I’ve worn watches by my own choice since I was a kid, and now I’ve got a small collection.

Pine64’s Pinetime is pretty close. I use one. I like it.

As a friend once wrote, “wearing a watch is like being handcuffed to time.”

This is pretty out-of-touch. I mean, a lot of us kinda need to know the time at some point. It takes a special kind of privilege to be able to unshackle yourself from any semblance of a schedule, a privilege that not many of us have.

You know what else would help? Annual (or more) blood tests during routine wellness checks with your doctor.

Do you know why most people don’t get those?

Insurance won’t cover them.

My insurance covers this.