Grand Concourse

I take it for the ability to sneak up on someone? I want the game badly, but at this point I'm waiting for the price to drop. I waited 2months+, the very least I want the price to go down $20. I'm not paying the $60 when I could've gotten it earlier. I may love the series, I'm not in any hurry to get it if the price isn't reasonable. To date, and in various places: Manhattan- RR (from classics to modern), Ferraris, 1 Maybach around the Madison sq park area. Brooklyn- Bentley, Lamborgini (including the aventador that was sadly split into 2 a few months ago in the mill basin area), Maserati, 1 fisker karma. Sometimes i see the same vehicle twice, but for the most part they've been by chance. The day I see a bugatti veyron on the city streets (driving down, not just for show), I'll be shocked. That's something I might chase after if i could lol. For american cars, for years I've still yet to see a viper around other than in a showroom. But of course, there's no shortage of corvettes. I would love to see the Ford GT (based on the gt40), just love the design of that car. Pity Ford keeps pumping out their mustang line. I mean it was cool at the start, but now it's just so boring. Camero is ok and starting to grow on me the way the new Dodge Charger did when that started (i still do double stares if i see an nypd dodge charger). I saw it featured on UK top gear, I think it's diesel powering the motors, Iirc.

Indeed. Just an oversized Mercedes. I hope that line was discontinued. Lol, I think someone said the value of the car sinks rapidly in just a few years (no way anyone is making money from selling it used). They should stick with what works. Leave the luxury to Rolls Royce and Bentley. It doesn't look that bad (karma), but being a hybrid, it screams issue problems. It resembles more like a ferrari type than pure luxury.

So far the splits (if it really is for SI) is confined to the individual boroughs. I think UP got back the 2 xd40s that were at MJQ. So I don't think there's any worry about them being spread out again. Now if only the MTA hurries it up on ordering the new 40' buses. Been too long waiting for the mta to choose the company. I only hope for the xd40 over the novas mainly for the seating arrangement. If there's going to be someone else besides nova and NF, then I'd hope their design is similar to the NF's interior. Also what's the news on that byd? bus.

I thought the reason UP doesn't have hybrids was because they weren't equipped to handle them or something about the roof tops being too tall for them to change the batteries. Otherwise, i guess ngs would be a good fit for UP.

The Paul walker death was sudden. I wonder how they will incorporate his death in FF7. I think he was still filming scenes and it would be a bit goulish if his character was say blown up in a car or something. xbox360. But I guess i'll wait till the after christmas day sale. If I waited this long, I can wait another few weeks.

Spotted nyct rts 5134 in Jersey today. I know NYCT buses goes to Jersey from time to time (years ago I saw an O7 cng bus there), but still enough to catch my attention.

Well I survived black Friday, but the main prize: gta5 was out of reach. All 3 stores I went to: best buy, target, walmart all listed it around $60. So just gonna have to wait longer for it. That said I was at the stores just before 6am, and the target was like a ghost town with a handful of people in concentrated areas. Best buy, the store looked like a mess with boxes laid around like some sort of maze. Workers there seemed more interested chatting with each other than assisting. Walmart, it wasn't too bad, being so big with ppl spread out, but the main walkways towards the exits were a bit crowded. That said nothing major other than some new sneakers and jeans and some flash drives.

Lol, and that's a problem how? If the girls are cute, then i think you are a lucky guy.

nope. They may be 2nd hand units, but in terms of space, i'd take them over the o7 hybrid and the cramped lf layout design.

Got a 5400 artic on the Q35 today. Over the weekend, I saw 1008 on the Q35. So nice seeing those buses around.

But with the L it is two tracks, the 7 has 3, so i don't think it'd be a good idea to remove them. And getting back to the name of the thread, are they leaving the trains as 11car fixed sets or would they mix and match (ie: split up a 5 and 6 car set and connect them to another respective set)? it's pretty doubtful they'll use the yard loop (have they even used it or is it just a waste of steel?) since the c cars are towards the ends of the train only.

Thanks, no worries. I've been thru a few of these. I just mind my surroundings. Plus by the time I'm there, the crowds probably picked off the main stuff already and are gone. Oh of course. I plan on playing it all December if/when I get it. I'm going to buy it eventually, but only when the price goes down. I love the series, but I can wait for it. Yup, that's about the time I'm out there anyway. Good tips.

Exactly. I don't buy the politics bs. The 4 is a full time line and was more demanding. I don't think the R62s can't handle the 4, but since the 3 and 4 shared the same yard, it wasn't that big a deal to just shift over the R62s to the 3. Plus They have enough R62s (with a few spares) to cover the whole 3 line, so no need for a 2nd fleet to run on it. They also ordered some extra R142As for the 4 as well, the R142s (supplements).

And it made more sense to give the older cars to the part time 3 line. I think the original plan was to give the R142s to the 3 until it was changed to bump the R62s over to the 3 and make the 3 100% R62s. As usual he's overstating the issues. Even with the R142as on the 6, they still have the <> on the front, so not like it really matters if people are confused about if the 6 in manhattan is express. R62As have less space due to the cabs, but it's like a loss of maybe 4 seats and 4 standees per car (8 x 8 = ~64 riders that can't cram themselves into the train). Yes it adds up, but it's not end of the world drastic. I also love how he speaks for other workers. I won't say 100% are for or against the old cars returning, but I kinda doubt it's everyone that's 'miserable'.

Well, i used to go like 7am, but with the stores opened after thursday night, the crowds aren't as bad like when it was the 'running of the bulls'. So in a way the crowds seem more spread out. I don't expect much, but I pick out whatever stuff is left. $10 for a bluray dvd movie that would've been $20+ isn't too bad. A $60 game for $35, very good. So this year I'm hoping to get gta5 for something like that especially since it's been out for over 2months. Nothing on thursday. But usually it's a meal with the family and this year it'll be on the weekend since everyone's got their own plans with their family.

with them opening up as early as thursday night, the crowds hasn't been as bad as it was before the change. I honestly don't find it too bad on black friday. Just keep away from the feeding frenzy especially on the checkout lines lol.

Noticed on thursday a b11 c40lf 491? Had what looked like damage to the rear right side like something was broken off and there looked like some greenish corrosion forming there. Dunno how long ago it happened, but hope they fix it asap. jeez, and i thought that nonsense was put to rest a while ago, sigh can't change some habits i guess...

Plus, the 4/5 are close by, MTA just expects people to take those at Chambers-CH and continue south.

Thanks and yeah going to be ironic that the artics (which were intended for the sbs) are nearly empty and quite frequent/bunching (or maybe it's those short turn buses?) while the locals are packed. I just hope it's first week bugs, but they really need to add back some stops for the transfer lines. In the meantime they could try to keep the B44 all RTSs since the lf buses are just bad for capacity (people hesitant to move to the back of the bus and crowding at the front).

So now that the B44 sbs is running, and they don't need artics on the local B44, did FB have to give up any buses?

preach! This is why i stopped going to the chats. so fed up with the damn spying. And of course when I say something (which wasn't anything different than what someone else said), I'm the one that gets targeted for it like this summer. so forget it, not going back there anymore.

I wished so, but that's pretty doubtful. If they don't convert the 2000-2100s to full width cabs, then I have a feeling those ends up on the 1. On the R188 7, looks nice, going to take some getting used to, but a nice change for now. Eventually it'll get stale when it's nothing but R188s.

lol, that's why I try to get the single seats. smh at ppl like that. Lol, yeah I never leave without a cam. Always be prepared.

I think you mean 1651-2000* for the 6 and 2001-2475* for the 1 as they should be mostly 5 car sets by now. The 1900s are still singles. *I know the 1 doesn't need that many, I'm saying that should be the grouping, not where the cars should go. Of course there will be a difference somewhere in the middle.

I just hope it isn't too hard to 'unlink' them if they ever reconstruct the TS end to handle 5 car trains. Also, they could've linked just 2 cars as a pair and left a single (for tracks 1 and 4) so they could arrange a couple of pairs for track 3. Having fixed sets of 3 or 4 is terrible for flexibility.