So I was in Downtown Toronto today.

What the hell was I doing in the busiest area in the country? I had to go in for clinic once a week(cut back today to once a month because I'm doing so well). I'm driving the wife's Yaris. Great for getting around city traffic. As Cosby once said, I told you that story so I could tell you this one. I'm on the highway on the way back and I'm behind this beautiful white Ferrari. No traffic lights on major highways but I wish I could have pulled up next to him, point forward and rev my motor. Bet he would have wet himself laughing. I would have.

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Whats a YARI? American here...thanks in advance. MS

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originally posted by: mysterioustranger
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Whats a YARI? American here...thanks in advance. MS

Yaris. Small Toyota:

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I live dead smack center of downtown Toronto.. traffic here might be one of the worst in the world, no joke. That's why I'd rather take transit or just walk on foot. Luckily for me, everything I need and all the places I need to go are all relatively close by.


Don't underestimate the Yaris, I used to drive one!!

originally posted by: knowledgehunter0986
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I live dead smack center of downtown Toronto.. traffic here might be one of the worst in the world, no joke. That's why I'd rather take transit or just walk on foot. Luckily for me, everything I need and all the places I need to go are all relatively close by.


Don't underestimate the Yaris, I used to drive one!!

Decades ago, I was moving to the USA. Called a company in Toronto for a quote to ship my belongings. Poor guy drove all the out from Toronto, sitting through 3 hours of traffic to find that all that need to be shipped was six boxes.

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Thank you for this, my son has just discovered Lamborghinis and the vid will blow his mind!

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I don't think the traffic was too bad a couple decades ago. Now a days, on top of the growing population and what seems like construction on every block, it's just way too much. I know people that spend anywhere from 4-5 hours every single day in their car's just getting to and from work, and they don't even live that far.

During peak traffic hours around downtown, you will spend a lot of time in stand still.

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And the pedestrians that are "don't walk" blind.

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Here's some technical specs about your attempted drag race

Average Ferrari acceleration...0/60 in about 4 seconds
Average Yaris acceleration... 0/60 in about 6-8 weeks
The look on the Ferrari driver's face...priceless

The sound would be like comparing farts, one roars like a tuba and throws you back in your seat and the other sounds like the one that you've been trying to hold in.

Ferrari=Buurrrt
Yaris-furrrt?

I can't believe I just used farts as an analogy. Sorry ATS.

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Overall, it's just a huge mess and probably one of our biggest issues, enough to discourage people from living here. If everything wasn't so close to me, I would've left already.

The view is also nice

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It's not just downtown. On the way in there were a couple of cars barreling down the breakdown lane on the Gardiner and cutting in later. It all adds to the traffic.

originally posted by: knowledgehunter0986
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I don't think the traffic was too bad a couple decades ago. Now a days, on top of the growing population and what seems like construction on every block, it's just way too much. I know people that spend anywhere from 4-5 hours every single day in their car's just getting to and from work, and they don't even live that far.

During peak traffic hours around downtown, you will spend a lot of time in stand still.

It was like that all the way to Oakville and Mississauga. It's funny looking at Google Streetview now. All that land North of the 401 was just fields and forest. Now it's all terraced townhouses.

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I did this in my ford F150 when i saw one of the new trans ams in Austin a couple weeks back. He didn't laugh...he just floored it and left rubber in the road behind him.

We were doing about 40 at the time, and he just flat out started smoking the tires. It was insane.

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Jeez. No sense of humor.

originally posted by: intrepid
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Jeez. No sense of humor.

It was a treat getting to see him do that. What do those cars have....1000hp?

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Thanks! Kinda spiffy! Neighbor has smart car... Other, a. Mini Cooper.

I'm 6' tall so all 3 out for me... Love the M. Cooper.

Thanks again....