I'm not sure why anyone would want to like in NoVa. I had to drive up to rockville MD today to drop off an E46 M3 that is having its transmission put in the racecar for saturday.
I left at 3:15...After fighting traffic (oh...traffic isn't bad when you are going the opposite way of the flow...bullshiTTT!!!!!) on the way up and coming home in heavy traffic too, I arrived home about 10:30.
Now I'm tired and I've decided I'm never moving anywhere near NOVA. How can you guys f'in live there?
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Aaron
"Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor." - John Ciardi
Choose your spots, take the metro. Go to work early so you can beat rush hour or work in a corridor that doesn't have much traffic (i.e. Fairfax County Pkwy). Anytime you get on the beltway you are very likely to get fucked.
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yeah...I guess trying to keep pace with a 16 year old in an M3 didn't help the ease of travel.
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Aaron
"Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor." - John Ciardi
Nova for life, born and raised. Its not bad when you know nothing else  . Just gotta know where not to be and when.
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1994 Yamaha Seca II
I'm with you Aaron, I'm getting new tires for the GL so I have AC + Automatic Tranny + less stop-n-go miles on the SHO - screw rush hour traffic. I feel no need to shift first-second-first for 45min every morning, and it's hard to use 220hp when traffic is moving 5mph  .
Why do people just post what they are thinking? Without thinking.
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1995 BMW 540i/A
1990 Eagle Talon TSI AWD
there is no "opposite way" on the beltway.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
ehn, i left my house in richmond at like 1:00 abd hit traffic at the mixing bowl cause 495 heading towards Baltimore had one lane closed. so a lot of time shifting in low gears...grr
also, while i was heading to Blair's from my grandparents house, it was heavy 7:00 pm traffic for the area around route 50 and route 123
nothing annoying though, except there are a lot of poor drivers... :roll:
Mouse
how the fuck can you be complaining when you got to drive such a sweet car for so long....
JackoliciousLegs Wrote:how the fuck can you be complaining when you got to drive such a sweet car for so long....
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You just gotta pick your spots, know when and when not to hit certain roads, know the alternate routes when the main ones suck, and when all else fails, you just remember "hell I just gotta do this today, the rest of these fuckers deal with this everyday".
Matt - Who loves his 25 minute commute on a bad day here in NoVA.
Mike Wrote:there is no "opposite way" on the beltway.
JackoliciousLegs Wrote:how the fuck can you be complaining when you got to drive such a sweet car for so long....
you just have to know how to get there, living in northern va helps you to know the right routes to take. From h-burg traveling around the time you did i probably would've taken 81 N to 340 East/North to 270 towards DC.
I remember going from Rockville to arlington and it took me 3.5 hours....it's at max a 30 minute drive without traffic.
Mike Wrote:there is no "opposite way" on the beltway.
Actually there is no opposite way on 66. I take the Beltway to work every day to Old Town, and 90% of the time I can drive 80mph the entire way. That's mainly because nobody commutes in the morning on the outerloop going east/north, and vice versa in the evening. On the western and northern side of the beltway, that's a different story...
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JackoliciousLegs Wrote:how the fuck can you be complaining when you got to drive such a sweet car for so long....
At a certain point, no car is fun to sit for extended periods of time without moving.
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07 Mazda 3S - commuter car
99 YZF-600R - commuter bike
John Wrote:JackoliciousLegs Wrote:how the fuck can you be complaining when you got to drive such a sweet car for so long....
At a certain point, no car is fun to sit for extended periods of time without moving. That's why you put left foot down in bumper to bumper, and go through the gears making racing noises.
I too hate nova traffic. My girlfriend and I went to nova to pick up the spoiler for my car in december. Mapquest said it should have taken about an hour and a half each way....we left at 3pm and didn't get back until after 11pm. I didn't really think about it and hit the beltway at 5pm.....big mistake.
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Y'all out of towners just dont know how to get around in Nova
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
.RJ Wrote:Y'all out of towners just dont know how to get around in Nova
It's called you don't. On a weekday it's tough to get me out of the house.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
Weekday? Any day.
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
Hrm... if I'm not at the rtack or doing something else, yeah it's tough to get me out of the house. <3 me some lazy video game days.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
I live in mclean and work by Ft. Meade up by BWI.
dont talk to me about traffic
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