Realtor details of a property we were viewing mentioned Tim Horton's was nearby one particularly nice house. I can't see too many Brit estate agents boasting that a house was a few doors down from MacDonalds so could someone explain the cultural phenomonem that is Tim Horton's and is it worth living within smelling distance of one?

The realtor sounds desperate...it's just a bloody coffee shop. The big selling point with Tim's is every morning the drive-thru is clogged with impatient commuters waiting to get their paper cup with "Tim Horton's" printed on it. That's it.

McDonald's coffee actually tastes better if you can believe it.

It's a downside unless you like the prospect of all those fumes from the drive through traffic..

Can't say I've ever seen this done before. Sounds like a desperate attempt to flog the place.

I would not want to live anywhere near any fast food or coffee outlet.

McDonalds coffee is always very good, it's actually one of the few places you can get a decent cup of coffee in the UK.

Who know maybe he is on commission and is trying to populate the area with Timmies cusotmers?

Given the size of the lineups every time I drive past one it would appear that it may not be that difficult.

Tim Horton's is a past-time here I think. People say" i gonna get a timmie's - want one?" or "going on a timmie's run ...want anything?" It is as commonplace as "would you like fries with that?"

Recently there was a comparative done on Forbes website, comparing the cost of the coffee to the caffeine content to the cup size. Timmies was the most expensive, gave the smallest cup sizes (in ounces) and had the least caffeine (mostly hot water). In this study they looked at Timmie's, Starbucks and Second cup and maybe one other. I think Second Cup was the best value.

We looked at one weeks of spending at timmie's - turns out hubby and I spent around $100 in one week. Each coffee is just under $2 for a decent size - each getting one on the way to work at lunch and on the way home - that was 12 a day. then if we bought for co-workers(like rounds at a bar) that topped it up to around 100. DAYAM!

We have both given up the timmies habit! it is like giving up smoking - hard as hell!

yeugh, McDonals coffee is nasty.

A large cup of Timmies fills two mugs, I get one on my way to work drink part then nuke the rest later on. $1.52. What on earth do you consider a decent size?? 12 extra large coffees per day, that's some pastime.

lol we always get a x-large( $1.87 ) each time and it takes me thu to lunch then i used to get another which takes to going home time ...then i have one for the long fricking commute in the QEW/403 traffic jam or parking lot as some call it!
...and hubby used to do the same (so multiply all that X 2). and our offices would have timmie's runs thru out the day. that tasty crueller or boston cream ... once or twice a week (yummy!). It can really hit the pocket book was all I was saying. People see timmies as a part of life ...like Air or water (exaggeration but you get the idea). People don't even include it in their budget...yet so many peeps spend a goodly amount there.

Not me anymore lol

wise woman. I never eat anything from there so am saved that $$$$

Wow... I miss my Timmies.... living in Perth, we only have one drive thru chain called Muzz Buzz.... they charge $5.00 for a regular cappacunio... no drip coffee here in Australia. Even at Maccas (McDonalds) it is $3.85 for a large cappacunio... and that is cheap. My days of drinking one or two coffees a day has really diminished here..... just can't afford it. Oh and don't get me started on the price of cigarettes here... time to quit that habit soon as well.

Cheers

Karen

I can't imagine being persuaded to buy a house that had a Timmies close by. Just the opposite in fact, as Timmies is the kind of place for Canadians who haven't been abroad and realize good coffee exists, or for Brits who were brought up on instant coffee.
Really good coffee is hard to find in Canada, so buy a good coffee machine and good beans and make your own. Fill a large thermos flask for work and save a ton of money.
Timmies, indeed . . .

Ahhh, the coffee snobs. Surely "good" coffee is the type you like. A bit like "good" lager, "good" wine, or "good" art?

Anyway, I never drink the coffee as I can't stand the stuff and my body is a temple and I wouldn't want to place such crap into it I only eat or drink "good" food and liquids.

I wouldn't want to live near a Timmies as the thought of having little alternative but to look at people waddling in and out of it all day would make me sick.

Each to their own though. One good point about living so close is that you wouldn't burn as much fuel in your car as you would if you lived 500 metres further away driving there and back for a coffee each day.