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Daily Discussion Thread: Sat 25 Nov 2023 (aussie.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So okay, observations on driving after a while:

road markings seem shite in the rain at night. Or is it just me
need a car wash after driving through Manningham Rd, the cloud of dust from all the trucks and shit from the NEL work follows you up to Bell St
life is so much easier if you have carplay/android auto, phone holders are le sucke
love that we're in barefoot driving weather

And lucky days for me, I did a quick shop run to get coconut water on half price and bonsoy was 20% off too. Stocked up heaps of both while I had a car. Now I'm set till end Jan 😎

[–] bull@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

For sure some road markings are pure guesswork in the rain, especially at night!

And as someone who used a phone holder for years and recently got Android Auto.. so much better. Although I had pretty good phone holders so I didn't hate it that much.

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 points 11 months ago

The screen size and scaled up buttons are a game changer though. And voice commands... I can't get mine to detect voice commands while driving except in android auto