April Meet

[Martin Raska]

Vancouver parking enforcement will give each licence place number one free waiver on a parking ticket - just call them if you get one.

I did that once called them to inform them that I didn't believe I wasn't illegally parked and they just waived the ticket over the phone, but I didn't know about this.  Can you actually just call them and ask them to use your one free ticket?  And what if you get towed?  Is that free once too?  I doubt it because it's the seperate busters towing vancouver contract eh?

[Marty van den Bosch]

They do not tow for an expired meter

[John Hartman]

thats good info to know, thanx Marty.

[Martin Raska]

They do not tow for an expired meter

I beg to differ.  Especially in yaletown.  They tow for every violation.  I valet park and see a lot of this parking enforcment shit that goes on.  And the tow truck drivers.. poor poor cars.

[Marty van den Bosch]

Only under specific situations.

Vehicles are impounded when they are a safety hazard or an inconvenience to other motorists or pedestrians. The towing contractor for the City of Vancouver is Busters. The City’s impound lot for by-law offences is located at 1410 Granville Street. For information call 604-685-7246.

http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/engsvcs/parking/enf/fines.htm

[Martin Raska]

Only under specific situations.

Vehicles are impounded when they are a safety hazard or an inconvenience to other motorists or pedestrians. The towing contractor for the City of Vancouver is Busters. The City’s impound lot for by-law offences is located at 1410 Granville Street. For information call 604-685-7246.

http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/engsvcs/parking/enf/fines.htm

Yeah they say that on their site but that's a load of b.s. from what I have witnessed countless times and been subject to myself.  Cars that have NO safety hazard, no inconvenience, just by themselves wherever will get towed on technicalities.  but I guess expired meters are an inconvenience to others.

I've even seen these bylaw enforcement agents park illegallt, right against a stop sign, walk up the block for ice cream and come back and drive off.  I actually asked this lady as she was walking back with ice cream in hand "aren't you supposed to be enforcing the bylaws not breaking them?" with just an angry glare.

[Marty van den Bosch]

I've even seen these bylaw enforcement agents park illegally.

Lol - ya the one that gave me the ticket was parked illegally.

Ya - I know Busters will tow ya if they can remotely justify it - I hate tow guys.

Anyway, I am pretty sure they would not grace someone a tow bill.

[Martin Raska]

Ya - I know Busters will tow ya if they can remotely justify it - I hate tow guys.

The most painful to watch incident was a tow guy who picked up a manual transmission 540i which was in gear by the front wheels, then dragged it around the corner and then put the rear on trolleys.  The wheels were skipping/hopping the whole way.

[Artem Goloubov]

April 2 @Mission two Talons broke down  

one boosted to 27PSI on Big 16G and melted a piston
another busted the tranny as far as I could tell

Anyone on this forum?


Art

[Kevin Standeven]

Scott, in the black beast, busted his diff. The white talon in a mystery driver. Why ask here? And why the MASSIVE sig pic?

[Artem Goloubov]

Scott, in the black beast, busted his diff. The white talon in a mystery driver. Why ask here? And why the MASSIVE sig pic?

Dunno, just tought I'd ask since I was there and saw it happaned :shock:
Feel bad too for guys cause towing is expansive.

[Kevin Standeven]

ah, resized :_
no doubt about the towing bills...
do you know if mr white talon was TRYING to run 27 psi, or did it creep?

[Artem Goloubov]

Well I talked to him and what happaned he was runing 16PSI and decided to turn up his MBC, so he did and without knowing set it @ 27 PSI :shock:

You can't just change MBC without test driving the car and making sure it's set right.

[Scott Girvin]

no doubt about the towing bills...

Tow driver was nice....Only charged me $100 for the tow to Surrey and no charge for dollies. Luckily the diff didnt blow, the cv broke off inside the diff :? It was a clean break and no metal shavings got in the tranny. I superglued, yes superglued, a shifter bushing to the hunk of cv and pulled it out with pliers. Though the reason for it breaking was I ripped the tranny mount right off the tranny,.Stripped both holes out of the tranny case and one of the bolt holes casting is broke right off I didnt cant think of the reason for this because all of the mounts are prothanes, but what the hell, it did happen.

[John Hartman]

holy screamin crap!!  Even with Prothanes, you moved the engine enought to do that??