Screw PH. Recommend ME/my SO a new car!

[Dinner]

3 series but I also have an old Isuzu 4x4 (a 2003 Rodeo). My girlfriend drives an outback.

[kittenOFchaos]

Dear Mentally Challenged Apolyton Poster,

Calgary is situated in the prairies and foothills region of Alberta. Do you understand what foothills are? Consider consulting Wikipedia. The photo you took is of the downtown area which, perhaps unsurprisingly, was not built in a hilly area of town. Consider also that large hills are plainly visible in the photo you claim has none. Perhaps a visit to an optometrist is in order.

Another thing you may wish to consult is a ****ing topographical map. I live in the NW of the city which is very hilly. I am building a house in a neighbourhood known as Sage Hill. Incidentally, this name was chosen because the neighbourhood is in a very hilly area of the city with many...hills.

Your assumption that every street in the city is VERY wide and straight is fairly amusing. Indeed, the downtown core is perhaps not the most indicative of what the land and streets may look like outside of it. This is perhaps a novel thought, but it is not that much of a stretch. And your observation that the streets of Calgary in the summer are free of snow is nothing short of stunning. Unfortunately, snow falls in what is colloquially known as "winter". During this period of time, temperatures fall and snow accumulates. Furthermore, Calgary is a low-tax city which keeps its low-tax status by removing "frills", such as the plowing of residential streets. Yes, that is correct -- main arteries are plowed, but residential streets are not. This means for much of the winter we have snow -- compacted/ice or otherwise -- on residential streets. Many of which are on hills.

Consider this video: http://youtu.be/Msr7sMgVNiU?t=2m57s

Or this one:


Sincerely,
A much brighter New Worlder

Any yet you're still looking at a Juke...hilarious.

I've been to Calgary - it is flat and hills of any substance are a good distance away. Even the video you showed was of somewhere pretty flat.

[Asher]

3 series but I also have an old Isuzu 4x4 (a 2003 Rodeo).

Moron

[kittenOFchaos]

The only people who drive Range Rovers here are rich soccer moms. They have a terribly bad reputation for reliability. Plus they look fugly.

Any man contemplating buying a Juke has no right to call anything fugly.

[Asher]

Any yet you're still looking at a Juke...hilarious.

I've been to Calgary - it is flat and hills of any substance are a good distance away. Even the video you showed was of somewhere pretty flat.

You're a ****ing moron as well.

The busses physically can't even make it into my neighbourhood after a good snowfall. They try to go up the hill but slide backwards. There's even signs up for the routes warning that in "adverse conditions" those parts of the route won't be serviced.

Don't know if you can tell from the photo, but this is a large hill I'm looking at right now.

[kittenOFchaos]

Well, I decided to look up Sage Hill, Aberta real estate and found an ideal property for setting up my downhill ski center...

[kittenOFchaos]

You're a ****ing moron as well.

The busses physically can't even make it into my neighbourhood after a good snowfall. They try to go up the hill but slide backwards. There's even signs up for the routes warning that in "adverse conditions" those parts of the route won't be serviced.

Don't know if you can tell from the photo, but this is a large hill I'm looking at right now.
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That isn't large. Seriously, I thought that maybe I was wrong, but then you show me that and call it a big deal?

Toronto = very flat

Calgary = flat

Maybe it is a matter of perspective. As a Scot who has lived much of his life in Yorkshire, I mock your hill.

[Asher]

That isn't large. Seriously, I thought that maybe I was wrong, but then you show me that and call it a big deal?

It's 8km away...

Moron.

[Asher]

Well, I decided to look up Sage Hill, Aberta real estate and found an ideal property for setting up my downhill ski center...

Yes. Sage Hill is perfectly flat. That's how I got my walkout basement...because it's flat.

[kittenOFchaos]

I've scaled breasts bigger than that.

[Asher]

They're called hills, not mountains.

I don't expect a mentally deficient Brit to understand how dangerous hills that size are when the roads are sheets of ice.

But if you're playing that game, I also drive to places like this an hour west of here:

[SlowwHand]

That's pretty.

[Asher]

Essex has environments far more treacherous than that.

[Garth Vader]

You need a video of cars sliding backwards down hills, or sliding while stopped at lights. Seriously it's hilly there.

Every time I visit there during the winter you get freezing rain.

[Asher]

You need a video of cars sliding backwards down hills, or sliding while stopped at lights. Seriously it's hilly there.

Every time I visit there during the winter you get freezing rain.

I spent a second trying to find YouTube vids of it but couldn't find anything good. But it's a very common occurrence.

Very frequently last year I had to get out of my car to help push some sad sack in a BMW because he couldn't even accelerate when the light turned green. A couple times I almost needed help too...and I've got expensive, highly rated winter tires.