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| verygood |
| Posted on: Saturday, February 21st, 2009, 12:53:41am |
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| Guys, how are the Capps performing on the concrete freeways? Have you adjustable shocks or are ye rattled all the time? |
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| evening_kids |
| Posted on: Saturday, February 21st, 2009, 8:04:53am |
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| the car performing perfectly on the freeway. No rattle at all |
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| verygood |
| Posted on: Saturday, February 21st, 2009, 4:50:10pm |
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| Good to know, its been a while since I've been on Canadian freeways, the US ones are disasters |
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| Azi |
| Posted on: Monday, February 23rd, 2009, 6:28:10am |
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| its rare to find a concrete freeway here. you dont get that loud whine w/ the asphalt freeways |
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| verygood |
| Posted on: Monday, February 23rd, 2009, 1:40:59pm |
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Concrete was the assumption I went for, for the freeways, as it stands up better to snow and ice.
Been 10 years since I was in Canada, but have driven a lot of the US with work. I was curious to see how the Capps were holding up. |
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| Azi |
| Posted on: Monday, February 23rd, 2009, 10:07:35pm |
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| there isn only 2 concrete highways in the toronto area, and 1 is a toll road. everything else ashpalt. and its fine, except in the spring when the potholes show up b/c of the thaw. then the highway turns into a slalom. |
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| nishka |
| Posted on: Wednesday, February 25th, 2009, 4:03:37am |
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| There is a whole province outside of Toronto and a lot of concrete highways as well. The big difference about the Ontario ones and the U.S.A. ones is ( and particularly the 407 toll road), our concrete highways are continuous pour. That means there are no expansion joints cut into the highway like they do in the U.S. So we don't get that bump, bump, bumps every 50 feet that can drive you insane after half an hour. The bad news is that our pot holes on asphalt are just as bad as the U.S. I have a friend who hit one in his Smart Fortwo. It bent both aluminium rims on the passengers side, required a front end alignment and set off the side air bag on his passenger seat. I hit a local one in my Fourtwo but luckily I had the snow tires and steel rims on and as far as I can see there is no damage. Picture a pot hole six feet around and 10 inches deep with sharp edges. Hit it at 60 km/hr and you can do a lot of damage. |
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| verygood |
| Posted on: Wednesday, February 25th, 2009, 9:13:28pm |
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Very interesting on the road differences. The US ones drive me insane, did 750 miles one day on cruse control and the constant thumping noise nearly put me to sleep, like been on a train.
Bad luck on the pothole!!! I would have hit it at twice that speed knowing my luck |
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| Synoptic |
| Posted on: Friday, April 3rd, 2009, 3:18:20pm |
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| Dont travel into Quebec, as the rads are..... well very bumpy ! |
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| nishka |
| Posted on: Thursday, April 9th, 2009, 12:18:46am |
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On the other hand you can hit the prairies just west of Lake of the woods, tie off your steering wheel, put the cruise control on and set your alarm to wake up in Calgary. Of course you could stop in Regina, the flattest place any where. The only place on the face of the earth where you can watch your dog run away for three days.
In reality picture entering the prairie and you can see Winnipeg in the distance 70 miles away. That is how flat it is. You are looking straight across the plains. |
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| lifesblood |
| Posted on: Tuesday, November 9th, 2010, 7:36:30pm |
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On the other hand you can hit the prairies just west of Lake of the woods, tie off your steering wheel, put the cruise control on and set your alarm to wake up in Calgary. Of course you could stop in Regina, the flattest place any where. The only place on the face of the earth where you can watch your dog run away for three days.
In reality picture entering the prairie and you can see Winnipeg in the distance 70 miles away. That is how flat it is. You are looking straight across the plains.
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I drove my cappo from saskatoon to edmonton when I bought mine, worst 5 hour drive of my life even being in a newly purchased car! Only thing that keep me awake was the cheap dump valve trick the previous owner had done so when I started to nod off all i heard was a 'psssssshhhhh'
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Wednesday, November 10th, 2010, 5:50:38am |
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I drove my cappo from saskatoon to edmonton when I bought mine, worst 5 hour drive of my life even being in a newly purchased car!
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Must've been a completely different highway from the one that we travelled on last summer in the Figaro. We came from Lethbridge to Saskatoon, and then east to Humboldt, and it was a beautiful 7-hour drive through rolling hills and scenic farmland. And the scenery east of Saskatoon is especially nice. Very reminiscent of the scenery around Edmonton, actually.
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| lifesblood |
| Posted on: Wednesday, November 10th, 2010, 7:20:19am |
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I took 16, I assume you took 1?
Take 16 west now thats scenery! |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Thursday, November 11th, 2010, 1:54:48am |
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| We drove the highway 3 to Swift Current (nothing special) and then north to Saskatoon. It really was a great little drive. I'd like to take the AZ-1 for a nice long drive like that sometime, but I'd have to get new tires + a spare first. And install cruise control! |
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