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Shiet, I used to drive a manual 5L Mustang in the depth of the Edmonton winter. There was definitely one hill going into the city where if the traffic stopped

Shiet, I used to drive a manual 5L Mustang in the depth of the Edmonton winter. There was definitely one hill going into the city where if the traffic stopped (due to there being a pedestrian crossing right at the top for some reason) it was definitely time to start praying to the old gods and the new. One time, after a particularly snowy night I drove into downtown and after making a right turn the car had its belly get stuck on a bunch of snow. But, indeed having a manual transmission did save me there as I switched into 3rd and got the car out that way after a couple tries. Fun times.

johnwalkr 4y ago
Please don’t take this as an insult but I’m originally from Edmonton and complaining pedestrians as if pedestrians and not traffic is what causes traffic, as you drive your 5.0 into Edmonton from presumably the suburbs, is the most Edmontonian thing I’ve heard in a while. And then you one-upped yourself because bragging about driving in the snow is the third most popular past-time in Edmonton (after making fun of Toronto for not having 500 snowplows at the ready for a once in 10 year snow storm and making fun of Vancouverites for not being able to drive in snow even though they have to drive on ice/hills and not on snow/flat).
- pmalynin 4y ago
  My particular complaint about that hill and the pedestrian crossing is that it’s right at the edge, where as moving it back a couple of feet would give cars from down below a buffer. Oh and the real cause of traffic on that hill was the endless construction. But I’m sure you know that trope too lol But anyway, I’m now in the Bay Area and my third most popular past time now is making fun of people suddenly and violently forgetting how to drive the moment there is a single drop of water falling from the sky.

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Shiet, I used to drive a manual 5L Mustang in the depth of the Edmonton winter. There was definitely one hill going into the city where if the traffic stopped

by pmalynin 4y ago

johnwalkr 4y ago
Please don’t take this as an insult but I’m originally from Edmonton and complaining pedestrians as if pedestrians and not traffic is what causes traffic, as you drive your 5.0 into Edmonton from presumably the suburbs, is the most Edmontonian thing I’ve heard in a while. And then you one-upped yourself because bragging about driving in the snow is the third most popular past-time in Edmonton (after making fun of Toronto for not having 500 snowplows at the ready for a once in 10 year snow storm and making fun of Vancouverites for not being able to drive in snow even though they have to drive on ice/hills and not on snow/flat).
- pmalynin 4y ago
  My particular complaint about that hill and the pedestrian crossing is that it’s right at the edge, where as moving it back a couple of feet would give cars from down below a buffer. Oh and the real cause of traffic on that hill was the endless construction. But I’m sure you know that trope too lol But anyway, I’m now in the Bay Area and my third most popular past time now is making fun of people suddenly and violently forgetting how to drive the moment there is a single drop of water falling from the sky.