I think I hate San Francisco.

[gdl203]

That's hilarious and makes no sense at all. What if you're hit from the front then? Having your wheels turned would send the car directly into traffic while having your wheels parallel would simply crash it into the next parked car...

 

[sugarbutch]

The business about a crash is stupid. You curb your wheels so that if your parking brake fails, you roll into the curb instead of into traffic which could happen if the space ahead/behind happened to be empty.

HORNS, what do you want to say about the armory? The current tenant gives tours, ya know.

 

[imatlas]



The business about a crash is stupid. You curb your wheels so that if your parking brake fails, you roll into the curb instead of into traffic which could happen if the space ahead/behind happened to be empty.

HORNS, what do you want to say about the armory? The current tenant gives tours, ya know.

There's been mutterings of having an SF meetup in the Upper Room.

 

[sugarbutch]

Let's make sure Gus gets right on that.

 

[lefty]

It's pretty much a money grab as are all the the other ridiculous parking rules here.

SF even takes the fun out of sex. They had a ******* groupon for tours of the Armory:

5/20/2012​

1 Check-in Here​

I LOVE this place. Not just the sexy stuff, but the fact that they are respectful of the community and want to give back. Did the tour with my honey because of a Groupon I got. I have to say, I was expecting a bit more history, a little less set but I'm glad I did it. After the initial shock, it was all good.

I enjoyed learning about the adult film environment they set up here and being on the actual sets, it made me a lot more comfortable seeing how these really are SETS. Like, "Oh, so the slaughter room really just has foam slabs of pork." I highly recommend the tour except if you're a total prude.

lefty

 

[Thomas]



(...)

The hills here are a little crazy. I've parked perpendicular to the curb on some so steep that you have to make sure you have a solid hand on your door otherwise it will smash into the car next to you. To give you some perspective...



lefty

you left-coasters need better architects. That building looks like it's leaning a bit.

 

[texas_jack]



I think it's the almost complete prevalence of automatic transmissions. People that grew up driving manuals tend to put on their parking break even after they move over to auto.

Pretty sure that's it.

 

[sugarbutch]

(...)

The hills here are a little crazy. I've parked perpendicular to the curb on some so steep that you have to make sure you have a solid hand on your door otherwise it will smash into the car next to you. To give you some perspective...



lefty

you left-coasters need better architects. That building looks like it's leaning a bit.

No way, dude. They're so good that they can make buildings which lean without falling over.

 

[sugarbutch]

I'm thinking this picture must be reversed, though, because it seems to be leaning to the right, which, as we all know, just doesn't happen here.

 

[A Y]



The business about a crash is stupid. You curb your wheels so that if your parking brake fails, you roll into the curb instead of into traffic which could happen if the space ahead/behind happened to be empty.

+1. You could start out parked between two cars, but what if one of them leaves? It's a safety redundancy thing: belts & suspenders. I also don't understand the people who park their manual ****** cars in neutral.

And parking brakes do fail because of user error or lack of maintenance. And then there are the early Lambo Gallardos whose parking brake releases if you pull it up too far.

If you want to preserve the pin in the auto ******, put the car into neutral first, set the parking brake and let the car settle, and then put it into park.

 

[sugarbutch]



I also don't understand the people who park their manual ****** cars in neutral.

Guilty as charged.

 

[gdl203]

****** means something else on the east coast

 

[sugarbutch]

 

[HORNS]



It's pretty much a money grab as are all the the other ridiculous parking rules here. SF even takes the fun out of sex. They had a ******* groupon for tours of the Armory:

5/20/2012​

1 Check-in Here​

I LOVE this place. Not just the sexy stuff, but the fact that they are respectful of the community and want to give back. Did the tour with my honey because of a Groupon I got. I have to say, I was expecting a bit more history, a little less set but I'm glad I did it. After the initial shock, it was all good. I enjoyed learning about the adult film environment they set up here and being on the actual sets, it made me a lot more comfortable seeing how these really are SETS. Like, "Oh, so the slaughter room really just has foam slabs of pork." I highly recommend the tour except if you're a total prude.
lefty

Well, I just want to say that they've contributed quite a bit to my private enjoyment and I would love to see some stuff on a tour that I have seen on film. But yeah, groupons kind of take the fun out of this industry, don't you think?

 

[sugarbutch]

The more the merrier?