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bluntman
11-22-2004, 06:20 PM
Ontario\'s Worst Roads (http://www.worstroads.ca/home.asp)
Xenon
11-25-2004, 01:23 AM
I didn\'t want to start a new thread but...

Why the hell did they make the 407 out of concrete? Does it last longer?

I only complain because whenever I go on it, it sounds like I\'m in a learjet trying to take off.
civiclad
11-25-2004, 10:51 AM
Makes you wonder what happens to our tax dollars. Some of our roads reminds me of the roads in a third world country.
Melenium
11-25-2004, 12:41 PM
Originally posted by civiclad


Makes you wonder what happens to our tax dollars. Some of our roads reminds me of the roads in a third world country.


Our tax dollars are spent on stupid things like adding a bricked median, way too many bricked speed humps and raised intersections along my feeder street. I\'m very VERY bitter about this. :(

To tie this back to the Mazda3, I gotta say that speed humps designed for 40kph and the 5sp do not mix very well. 40kph is great to cruise at in 3rd gear, but its a bit high for 2nd (about 3300 rpm). Problem is you slow down over the bumps and its a bit of a hilly street which means that it lags the engine in 3rd gear, so I\'m forced to drive in 2nd for the most part. What a pain in the behind. Sure some may say I\'m lazy and should have got auto if I don\'t like changing gears. Thats not it -- its that these speed humps are like every 300m and I have to go over about 5 to get to my street. EVIL! :sarc
MajesticBlueNTO
11-25-2004, 04:07 PM
Originally posted by Xenon


I didn\'t want to start a new thread but...

Why the hell did they make the 407 out of concrete? Does it last longer?

I only complain because whenever I go on it, it sounds like I\'m in a learjet trying to take off.

the concrete mixture used on the 407 is more resilient to the freeze-thaw cycles in the winter time vs. asphalt.

however, it does chew up tires moreso than asphalt.
Xenon
11-25-2004, 05:16 PM
ahhh.... gotcha...

That buzzing noise caused by the grooves on the concrete get kind of annoying....

always reminds me of that hum inside an airplane.
\"RPMs Matched... prepare for take off*