Caverns or Potholes

Hey
Don't compare your city/location with my Ottawa.
The daily thaw/freeze cycle has left Ottawa streets littered with potholes the size of compact cars. Manhole covers (if that is not politically correct for you, call it Personhole ..jeez!!!) are like islands surrounded by moats, crack have opened up like crevasses, ridges rise up like concrete curbs. The streets are obstacle courses and Ottawans drive like slalom racers, weaving in and out of the asphalt pits and pylons. No wonder the emergency vehiles (EMS/Police/Fire) need so much of my taxes to fix them, as the potholes destroy the suspension of these vehicles on a daily basis. Drivers need to be alert and vigilant or risk loosing a wheel or bits of body to the road hazards.
The flaws in the road are not minor and test both your car's agility and the drivers reflexes. Hit one of those holes and you know it: you feel the jarring crash and feel for the pain that has been inflicted on the car. Broken suspensions and bent rims are but a few of the expensive repairs that are required. If you have a conscience you will stop, check all four wheels and caress a fender before cursing the city for leaving the roads in such awful conditions.
But the relentless winter weather just keeps on rolling.

Ahh Sah
Walk Good.

The Eagle Has Landed

I wrote about her some time ago, in this session
http://morpheusramblings.blogspot.com/2008/06/ode-to.html

The time had finally arrived and I had to let her go. She was costing more to maintain, than her trade-in cost and certain expensive items were to be done in the near future, after the 2010 winter months.
I did not want to do it until next year ( 2011), but the deal was right for me to get a 2011 model with all the bells and whistles, AWD and NAV system to name a few.
The eagle landed a last week, and I had the winter tires/rims installed, undercoated.and the front clearshielded.
I will take it out in the snow and try the AWD system.
Walk Good