Forums on autopliot

[Blacklord]

Work has decided they urgently need to send me to Mexico for three months. I'll be leaving in about two or three weeks.

As a result, the forums will be on autopilot during this time (my housemate is going to look after things). There shouldn't be any issues (ha ha - famous last words.......)

Unfortunately I won't be visiting the USA at this time, but any of our North American members can feel free to come & wave at me over the border

[RobertB]

Work has decided they urgently need to send me to Mexico for three months.

Whereabouts in Mexico will you be?

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[Blacklord]

Work has decided they urgently need to send me to Mexico for three months.

Whereabouts in Mexico will you be?

       

Mexico City

[airship]

Well, I think we all know what's going to happen here - Lance will be gone 15 minutes, the server will explode, and we'll be without these forums for THREE MONTHS!!!

I've said it before and I'll say it again: forum administrators should not be allowed to have lives. Or jobs.

[BigDumbDinosaur]

Work has decided they urgently need to send me to Mexico for three months. I'll be leaving in about two or three weeks.

Be sure to take an ample supply of diarrhea medicine with you in case your gastrointestinal system goes on the fritz! 

Speaking of systems going kaput, you sure your server won't crap out while you're away?  It'll really suck if this forum goes up in smoke while you're soaking up the sun and tequila.  After all, you are running on WindBlow$up, which tends to be about as stable as a three legged bull elephant with an erection.

[Blacklord]

Highly unlikely - only failure has been a fried network card (& that box has two redundant network cards in it)

[Andrew Wiskow]

Mexico City

While I live right next to Mexico, it's a big country, and Mexico City is a bit too far south for me to make the trip to say, "Hi!"  So I'll just have to wave at you from this side of the border. 

[RobertB]

While I live right next to Mexico, it's a big country, and Mexico City is a bit too far south for me...

According to Hotwire.com, if I fly AeroMexico from Los Angeles to Mexico City, it would cost $354.  A bit too far for me, too (unless you were having some big Commodore bash!). 

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[Blacklord]

Mexico City

While I live right next to Mexico, it's a big country, and Mexico City is a bit too far south for me to make the trip to say, "Hi!"  So I'll just have to wave at you from this side of the border. 

I hadn't realised it was so small actually - entire country is only about twice the size of New South Wales. Guess I'm used to large travelling distances living here in Australia, only 8 states & territories in the same size land mass as the continental USA. It's only 1500km from Mexico City to Dallas, about the same distance from Sydney to Adelaide & that's only a day trip. Maybe I will hire a car after all......

Lance

[RobertB]

It's only 1500km from Mexico City to Dallas, about the same distance from Sydney to Adelaide & that's only a day trip. Maybe I will hire a car after all......

More like 1,815 km. of highway to Dallas.  No Commodore groups in Dallas.  There used to be one in Houston.  Your next closest groups are in Las Vegas and in Los Angeles -- considerably longer drives (3.267 km and 3,394 km., respectively).

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[BigDumbDinosaur]

Maybe I will hire a car after all......

Brave fellow you are driving in Mexico.  I've seen the way those guys drive here in the states.  You have no idea what you are about to experience.   

[Blacklord]

Maybe I will hire a car after all......

Brave fellow you are driving in Mexico.  I've seen the way those guys drive here in the states.  You have no idea what you are about to experience.   

Can't be worse than Victorians......

[Golan Klinger]

If you do decide to rent a car in Mexico for a trip to the U.S.A., make sure you tell the rental car company that you intend to cross the border or you may run into trouble. Things are complicated.

[Andrew Wiskow]

Golan's right...  My insurance here in the U.S. covers me to drive anywhere in the U.S. and Canada...  But if I want to drive a couple hours south into Mexico, I have to buy special "Mexico insurance".  I'm sure the reverse is true for Mexican drivers who drive into the U.S.  And getting cought driving without the proper insurance in Mexico is an offense that will land you in jail there.  And once you get sent to a jail in Mexico, you could be there for a very long time before they "get around" to trying your case.

I'm not trying to scare you...  You just have to be careful.

[RobertB]

...buy special "Mexico insurance".

Example: $66 to $98 for 5 days of insurance coverage for a Chevrolet Aveo.

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[Golan Klinger]

And getting cought driving without the proper insurance in Mexico is an offense that will land you in jail there.  And once you get sent to a jail in Mexico, you could be there for a very long time before they "get around" to trying your case.

It is worth adding that in Mexico you are legally guilty until proven innocent which is the opposite of what most of us are use to. Exercise caution.

[Andrew Wiskow]

Example: $66 to $98 for 5 days of insurance coverage for a Chevrolet Aveo.

I'm surprised your example wasn't for a Ford car. 

[Blacklord]

And getting cought driving without the proper insurance in Mexico is an offense that will land you in jail there.  And once you get sent to a jail in Mexico, you could be there for a very long time before they "get around" to trying your case.

It is worth adding that in Mexico you are legally guilty until proven innocent which is the opposite of what most of us are use to. Exercise caution.

Oi! You suggesting I'm a crim! Just coz I haven't got caught yet.......

[Golan Klinger]

Oi! You suggesting I'm a crim! Just coz I haven't got caught yet.......

You do live in a former penal colony.

[Blacklord]

Oi! You suggesting I'm a crim! Just coz I haven't got caught yet.......

You do live in a former penal colony.

Yeah, it's fashionable to claim convict descent, unfortunately my family were free settlers

[RobertB]

I'm surprised your example wasn't for a  Ford car. 

I was using the smallest class of car as a baseline example.  The smallest Ford, an Escort, would be listed in the next bigger class with a commensurate increase in insurance costs.

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[BigDumbDinosaur]

Yeah, it's fashionable to claim convict descent, unfortunately my family were free settlers

Having studied some of Australia's history, I learned that some of the first prisoners sent to the new down-under penal colonies were women, who became the "beneficiaries" of a lot of attention from the male convicts.  I wonder how many Aussie women would be willing to claim that sort of lineage?   

[Blacklord]

Yeah, it's fashionable to claim convict descent, unfortunately my family were free settlers

Having studied some of Australia's history, I learned that some of the first prisoners sent to the new down-under penal colonies were women, who became the "beneficiaries" of a lot of attention from the male convicts.  I wonder how many Aussie women would be willing to claim that sort of lineage?   

Actually they had to import women due to the declining morals of the male convicts

[airship]

Actually they had to import women due to the declining morals of the male convicts

I dunno. I think I'm about ready to join the 'He-Man Woman Haters Club' myself.

[Andrew Wiskow]

I was using the smallest class of car as a baseline example.  The smallest Ford, an Escort, would be listed in the next bigger class with a commensurate increase in insurance costs.

I think Ford made a mistake doing away with the Festiva/Aspire in their North American market...