Yes, actually moved to Seattle :)

[Captain Obvious]

But then you consider that WA has a 3-wheeler endorsement that I almost certainly am going to have to test for in order to get my WA license....

I'm pretty sure that if you take and pass the MSF 3 wheel course, then you can get the extra endorsment without having to take the state test. That's the case for the MC endorsment. I'm sure there will be a MSF instructor here shortly to correct me if I'm wrong.

[Mr Sunshine]

White Center (my kind of seedy, we like it)

Welcome to the land of lousy snow drivers!
 
Oh BTW: When you hear what sounds like a back fire in White Center...count yourself lucky for not getting shot.  White Center is our Compton.

[Mr Sunshine]

Hmmm... Now I really gotta convince the rest of my family that a Ural sidecar rig is a far better idea than keeping a second car for bad weather. Two of them means there is a plurality, and that means it is a good idea.

 
There's a Ural dealer jsut down the hill from me.

[mcoyote]

Welcome to the land of lousy snow drivers!
 
Oh BTW: When you hear what sounds like a back fire in White Center...count yourself lucky for not getting shot. White Center is our Compton.

That? Seattle's Compton (so says mcoyote, three years out from NE DC)? You're shitting me. Nary a crackhead or tweaker in sight. No hookers or gunships cruising 16th ave, neither. Not impressed .

[Mrs. DantesDame]

Hey, he did say it was Seattle's Compton. Haven't you figured out that we do everything nicer and more politely here?

[TalkingHead]

I think the correct term is passive-aggressively.  

[dinolee]

near 24th ave

Holy Coyote, I'm at 24th and 140th!  I'll try to think of some good eating places for ya nearby.

[jerome_oneil]

Holy Coyote, I'm at 24th and 140th at the Park 140 biz park for LexisNexis!  I'll try to think of some good eating places for ya nearby.

I live on 152nd just off of Bel-Red Road.  We all need to get together for lunch.

[Mookie]

Hey, he did say it was Seattle's Compton. Haven't you figured out that we do everything nicer and more politely here?

 
lol, Seattle's Compton!  SCAAAARRRRRYYYY!!!  
 
Oh, and welcome to Seattle.

[Gaolee]

lol, Seattle's Compton!  SCAAAARRRRRYYYY!!!  
 

I guess that means they don't wait for everyone else at a four way stop.

[MisterSmooth]

I guess that means they don't wait for everyone else at a four way stop.

 
And cross the street without waiting for the (gasp!) white "walk" sign.
 
Don't go to White Center after dark, bro.

[nwconk]

I'm pretty sure that if you take and pass the MSF 3 wheel course, then you can get the extra endorsement without having to take the state test. That's the case for the MC endorsement. I'm sure there will be a MSF instructor here shortly to correct me if I'm wrong.

Not an instructor, but I did take the msf 3 wheel course with my son and it does get you the endorsement.  If you are already experienced with a hack I would just take the test.  I think you can get the test booklet at licensing offices.  Not terrible difficult after the course, or with some experience.  It would be entertaining to watch someone with no side car experience take the test.  

For those who have not driven a side car setup it is really different.

--chris

[Nimh]

If you are already experienced with a hack I would just take the test.  I think you can get the test booklet at licensing offices.  
--chris

As I'm looking into this too - the state site
http://www.dol.wa.gov/driverslicense/triketesting.html

and the PDF operator manual-
http://www.dol.wa.gov/driverslicense/trikemanual.pdf

I'm interested to hear how it goes as compared to whatever testing you underwent before.  

[XLR8]

Welcome to the land of lousy snow drivers!
 

Wait a sec. It snowed there?

Anyone sitting at the bottom of Queen Anne with Olympic score cards and rating the crashes? I love it when they do that - as long as nobody is injured.

[Mrs. DantesDame]

Its snowing right now in West Seattle.

Good idea on the rating cards!  I just stood out on my hill last night and watched people go by. Well, some of them went by. Some went half way up and then slid back down. Some of them had a bit more trouble staying on the road  

I left my car at the bottom of the hill just in case it snowed tonight. Way to think ahead!

[XLR8]

When I lived there, I slept under my desk at work two nights in a row after a snow. It was crazy crazy traffic because of the snow. What a mess. But I still miss Seattle.

[Mrs. DantesDame]

What a mess. But I still miss Seattle.

What you're feeling is the moss drying out from your back and the webbing between your toes shrinking.

[GetFuzzy]

What you're feeling is the moss drying out from your back and the webbing between your toes shrinking.

:lmao:That's the way I felt after leaving Tahsis (west coast Van.Island)

[mcoyote]

Went to Vashon island last Saturday. Nice, scenic -- kind of a wet version of VT. Wasn't quite as weird and backwards as I would have hoped, however. Can't *imagine* trying to commute from there, but I know some people commute to Seattle even from Bremerton.

Another snowy ride last night, but this time traffic moved a lot better. The cross-winds on the I90 bridge are non-trivial for the Ural with its high ground clearance -- the car felt quite a bit lifted when hit from the right side, but it really wasn't so I just had to grit my teeth.

Hopefully back on two wheels after another day or so above freezing -- it's always the stupid local roads that get icy and gross. The hills around Highland Park (where I live) were nasty but the remaining 90% of the commute was just fine.

I think I'll just schedule and take the hack test and see how it goes. I've seen the range diagram and some of the knowledge questions online and, as much as I value good training, I think I'll chance it. Probably take the class next year sometime, since it's convenient.

[Tritium]

Awesome, did you end up moving into that house about 1/2 mile away from where I live?

White Center isn't bad compared to other cities, but it gets pretty seedy after dark. At least that little strip of dive bars and porn shops gets seedy - cops are there continually arresting people till dawn once the sun sets.