You know what they say about asian drivers... - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

sperry · 2010-12-05, 06:26 AM

...well it's true. They don't pay attention, drift over the lanes, and rarely signal. But when it's the whole nation driving like that together, it's a thing of beauty. It's more like people walking together in a crowd than cars driving in an orderly fashion down the freeway. It's actually more like a race track at 60 kph than anything else... everyone just sorta goes where they want, and it's up to you to simply understand who's got the right of way based more on who's got better track position rather than rules.

Though, our driver did manage to rear-end a guy on the way to the hotel from the airport. Accordion effect backup resulted in us full ABS braking into the bumper of the car in front of us at about 2 mph. Neither our driver, nor the guy we hit seemed at all concerned about stopping to trade info.

The other thing about Beijing traffic: no trucks. No pickups, no SUVs, no semis, and just once and a while a mini-van (usually the Chinese version of the famous 80's toyota van geared up as a delivery van). Traffic is basically made up of only new german sedans (VW, Audi, BMW, Mercedes) with the occasional Hyundai or Buick.

cody · 2010-12-05, 08:52 AM

Interesting. Were you there for business or pleasure?

doubleurx · 2010-12-05, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by cody

Interesting. Were you there for business or pleasure?

GT5 Beijing Track. He's in Reno.

Nick Koan · 2010-12-05, 10:51 AM

He's there for business. We opened an office there a little while back.

van · 2010-12-05, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick Koan

He's there for business. We opened an office there a little while back.

First there was seccs.org in the UK.
Next up,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, seccs.cn

sperry · 2010-12-06, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by van

First there was seccs.org in the UK.
Next up,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, seccs.cn

It's more likely that you think. I've already been contacted by the Chinese domain name registrar that someone is trying to cybersquat seccs and RenoSCCA URLs in China.

cody · 2010-12-06, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by sperry

It's more likely that you think. I've already been contacted by the Chinese domain name registrar that someone is trying to cybersquat seccs and RenoSCCA URLs in China.

I got the same email for my work's website. It's BS.

2010-12-05, 06:26 AM	#1
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	You know what they say about asian drivers... ...well it's true. They don't pay attention, drift over the lanes, and rarely signal. But when it's the whole nation driving like that together, it's a thing of beauty. It's more like people walking together in a crowd than cars driving in an orderly fashion down the freeway. It's actually more like a race track at 60 kph than anything else... everyone just sorta goes where they want, and it's up to you to simply understand who's got the right of way based more on who's got better track position rather than rules. Though, our driver did manage to rear-end a guy on the way to the hotel from the airport. Accordion effect backup resulted in us full ABS braking into the bumper of the car in front of us at about 2 mph. Neither our driver, nor the guy we hit seemed at all concerned about stopping to trade info. The other thing about Beijing traffic: no trucks. No pickups, no SUVs, no semis, and just once and a while a mini-van (usually the Chinese version of the famous 80's toyota van geared up as a delivery van). Traffic is basically made up of only new german sedans (VW, Audi, BMW, Mercedes) with the occasional Hyundai or Buick. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2010-12-05, 08:52 AM	#2
cody Candy Mountain Real Name: Cody Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication Posts: 7,751 Car: 03 Pussy Wagon, now with more pink! Class: TESP OMG Internet!	Interesting. Were you there for business or pleasure? __________________ Slow and low, that is the tempo.

2010-12-05, 10:51 AM	#4
Nick Koan JDM Cowboy Real Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere Posts: 8,642 Car: 2015 Mazda 3	He's there for business. We opened an office there a little while back. __________________ While a standard engine is powered by a belt connected to the crankshaft, a turbo engine runs on its own exhaust steam, making it more energy efficient. -- CNN

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