Jay481985

Seriously why does everyone somehow hate him even though its not their mayor. And yes they have term limits.

And NY has the Metropolitan Museum, The MoMA, the Guggenheim off the top of my head. They have Museum mile and a lot of other things. There are not as many cars as you would think. Most of the cars are either taxi cabs or tourists. Certain area its limos or S classes but what does it much matter.

Couldn't agree more, and don't even get me started on how the people;e who make things like subways and a whole lots of other stuff,get away with that type of noise pollution. However, wouldn't noise cancellers or earphones, not buds, be a better safer alternative? Oh. Don't worry about Maron, He gets bilious from time-to-time. Otherwise he's a very cool cat. Wait what? Subways can be pretty quiet. We have light rails that have to horn when going through certain areas as they are so quiet that they accidentally hit people and cars. On the double decker commuter rail, when the power is switched over from DC to AC in a certain area, the a/c or heating shuts off. When it does that it becomes freakishly weird when all of a sudden you hear other passengers and people coughing and just silence. The hvac actually puts white noise to prevent people's noises from making it in the cabin. As with why the subways are freakishly noisy, it is the second subway in the world to be made and many of them use the same tunnels and same rails from that time, thus the tolerances were much less as today and allows for the train wheels and tracks to scrape and cause high pitch squeels. I don't blame the trains for a system that is over 100 years old. As for the in ear buds, they are a safer option as they completely seal the ear preventing harsh outside noises. I figure its possible to actually wear those to a gun range as its about -20 db of protection. Earphones offer little protection and cause users to raise the volume to compensate for the ambient noise let into the ear. Headphone are not quite the easiest to wear while getting to work in the morning as they are heavier and larger and usually have too much cord. They also let a lot of noise in unless they are cup headphones. As for Bloomberg, a Henry Ford for social engineering he is not, he's done a pretty good job. Also him being a billionaire 20 times over does help keep the political influence down a bit as he does not cater much to lobbiests or special interest groups that can donate large sums of money, because while they can donate large sums of money that you or I would consider, he will ultimately have more and not give two shlts

Good ideas, that would have to be applied across all the various brands of ipod -style players. Why not step up and limit Klipsch earbuds to say 95db or 100bd? 110db rated buds are just insanely irresponsible. Lead the pack. Get whatever trade association audio builders belong to, to adopt a standard. Standards are employed across all industries to self-regulate. To me the issue is the earbud's intrinsic design results in an ability to so, so easily do serious damage to peoples hearing. I would adamantly oppose any legislation to limit output SPL in headphones. That's recipe to destroy safe dynamics. Hey Doc, given the compression employed in far to much current music and the fact we are talking about MP3's, not real recorded music, hasn't the damage already been done? The dynamics, transients,spl, what have you, are already down the toilet. You're already getting slammed to death, so why not try to save a few of those little ear canal hair thingies for another day? mp3 are fine except for the 1% listening honestly

Yep 1st step to becoming dictator, limit headphone spl.... 2nd step to becoming dictator is limit loudness of your bubblegum. It would be great if you can form a cohesive statement that actually has logic if you are going to call him a dictator. There are people in the world that say's God Hates Fags. It doesn't make a difference if they scream out their lungs when they don't have a logical message to base it off of.

I have no problem with that. Problem solved, and many reciprocate and won't go to Texas.

If this actually made sense I would directly comment on it but it does not. Anyway, just don't come to New York City. Simple as that.

Using the subways, I routinely am subject to >100 db of high pitch noise coming from the subways. That is why I choose in ear buds versus headphones. Also I find it more comfortable in crowded areas. I think the campaign is fine to tell people the dangers. But then again take a look at Maron''s response to common sense.

Shake Shack is a consistently good burger in NYC. Lines are sometimes an hour long though, so definately not fast food.

five guys anyone?

They charged mercedes. They double dipped. It does not take 10 hours to change a light bulb. I bet since your car is larger the bumper does not need to be removed per many smaller cars. It takes about 30 minutes to do each one the first time. All you need is a security torx bit to open up the compartment that holds the lights. They really don't want people handling the bulbs as the oil from your skin will cause the light bulbs to fail early or explode.

Maybe he did not realize you had an extended warantee, it happens

yikes, did the mechanical servo break? The reason why european cars you mostly have to pay for HIDs is due to the fact that european laws require HIDs to have both self leveling (adjusts the height dependant on passengers and trunk load or if you are on a bumpy road too) and self washing headlamps (little jets using window washing fluid to spray the headlamp) American DOT laws do not require these (just a limiter, which cuts the beam hence why if you ever park near a wall you see a sharp contrast between where its lit and where its dark) and many American and Japanese automakers since they do not sell their cars in Europe disregard those features and provide them for free while even in an E Class Mercedes its an 800 dollar option. Clarification, I meant to write D2S not DS2

Believe me, they couldn't have talked me into a second $400 unit, and they didn't try. Naturally, I don't notice a color difference, but never looked... I drive very few hours per week and had only 30k miles or so on it (I'm only up to 40k now, and it's going on 6 yrs old). Still, I'm glad they found another way to do DRLs. I understood about looking at the ";pupil," but still think I would have seen it. You raise a very interesting point, though, I'll have to ask the service rep, to look into it further. Sorry let me clarify. The bulbs have to be brought in pairs hence the high cost. The ballasts can be changed individually. Ballasts are around 300 dollars minus labor and light bulbs are sold in sets for about 400 dollars without labels assuming they are DS2 4300 kelvin lightbulbs. (95% of real HID are, disregard the illegal ones kids put in.)

It's actually 48 mo's or 50,000 miles whichever comes first. I've seen no evidence whatever of warranty parsimony -- the Mercedes dealer replaced a battery non-prorated free of charge when they didn't have to, and they gave me a loaner for a month while they fought a severe mold infestation, all at no cost. That had to cost tons. I'm pretty sure they'd have replaced what they called the HID "burner" if it fell under warranty. Like I say, I've not heard of a warranty that covers headlights.I have no idea if it exceeded 20,000 hours or if there was moisture. The service rep did say it was very unusual. The other headlight has been trouble-free so far. I'll look for moisture, but think I'd have seen it. They called it the burner? hmmm sounds like the ballast was bad. The problem with HID's also is when you replace one you have to replace both as a set as the HIDs change color throughout their lifespan so if you replace one they will mismatch. I doubt you exceeded 20,000 hours as 9.6 years assuming you drive 8 hours a day 5 days a week. Or 2.2 years of constant driving. As for the headlights, Acura apparently does as I know someone with the same car have bad bulbs and were replaced under the 48,000 mile or 4 year warantee. And when I mean moisture in the headlight, not the actual housing but the projector part where the bulb is, the lense part, its really hard to get a good look at it unless you are specifically looking at it. Below is a picture, you have to look at the pupil? of the bulb as the HID is housed inside there separated from the headlamp housing.

I thought your car was waranteed for over 36000 miles bumper to bumper. [:-/] seems like he wanted to make a buck. HID lights are designed for over 20,000 hours I believe or the life of the car hence why they claimed in the begining that it would last it. But then again there are problems. Mostly the bulbs are introduced to moisture. Many cars have moisture problems with HIDs which cause premature failure. Next time take a look at the projector part (It looks like a lense to see if there is any visible moisture) The moisture usually dissipates after it is turned on but none the less its a problem if you experience it. I doubt they are ballast problems.

doubtful. The car audio market is weird. At first Bose was all the rage. Then it became Mark Levinson (Lexus). Now Lexicon (Hyundai and Rolls Royce), Bang and Olufsen (Audi, MB, BMW, and Aston Martin), Bentley uses Naim, Jaguar uses B&W, Acura uses ELS

Sort of true. First the 110 year old bulb is using a lot less wattage, probably 25 watts. Second the bulb was specially made to hae extended life meaning thicker filament which reduces the lumens though. As with the DRL most cars use the high beams for the DRL (non led). That means the low beams are not used and are not cycled. The High beam runs at reduced wattage thus creating less lumens but is annoying to still see as the high beam spread above low beam DOT regulations. The one thing though about safety is that for some reason lights are one of the things that is mentioned to reduce driver distance recognition. Meaning for some odd reason when you drive for a long period on straight roads the car coming the other way can just "come out of nowhere" while if it had its lights on you can notice the closing distance and react much sooner.

Same with the audi, its designed that way. I guess you own a 300?

Should have been waranteed. Also the LED strips cost in excess of 400 dollars on your model but if the are built into the headlamp such as the audi or other similar expect it to be more than 1000 dollars as the whole housing needs to be replaced.

Perks of cast iron and stainless steel pots and pans, we getsome daily iron into our diets, really.

Ifits mild use bar keepers friend and reseason

No seats, well think subway or bus seats that are on the side freeing up the middle.

I remember there was a business proposal to try and buy a used 747 to have mile high clubs that just flew from and back to the same place. FAA wouldn't clear that.