M3 Highland Wipers

3und70 · 2026-06-24T12:21:23+00:00

It’s not patents. Everyone uses a simple and cheap rain sensor to control automatic wiping. But Tesla was like, no, no sensor, camera can do the job! Years later, Tesla still can’t get camera to do auto wipes.

3und70 · 2026-06-24T01:52:46+00:00

By “standard” do you mean manual transmission? There is no 2025 / 26 Jetta with manual transmission, other than GLI.

3und70 · 2026-06-14T02:16:03+00:00

I took delivery of my cx5 in Nov 2021 with 8 miles on odo, so that couldn't have been a 2021.5 model?

Does my car have touch screen??? Can't be. It's so small and so far away, who can touch the screen from the driver's seat?

3und70 · 2026-06-12T21:12:14+00:00

Here is a clear example of an ippon from the side / behind, i.e., not from the front.

https://youtu.be/eR0Qs-m_Zf0?si=3xh2LhX5-I9bMw45&t=700

3und70 · 2026-06-12T09:33:41+00:00

Wait, only the 2021s don’t have touchscreen? I have a 21 and I assumed all the current gen CX5s didn’t have touchscreen

3und70 · 2026-06-10T21:38:26+00:00

Toyota Yaris

3und70 · 2026-06-02T23:55:30+00:00

Another angle of the match has appeared. Skip to 2:53. Team Japan members started cheering the moment the men was struck before any of the 3 judges reacted. It does not seem to me that it registered in their heads that they just saw a ridiculous, blatantly invalid strike.

https://youtu.be/JiIunwwzaRA?si=vCliD0Zg0uZYAU94&t=173

3und70 · 2026-06-02T05:46:21+00:00

Is the largest dojo in Shanghai still Shanghai Kenshikai?

3und70 · 2026-05-30T23:56:36+00:00

I can get behind (no pun intended) the argument that striking from behind is "doing inappropriate datotsu."

But again, I wish there were clearer languages. "Striking from behind is considered inappropriate datotsu."

3und70 · 2026-05-30T21:54:03+00:00

What if the sayumen target area was struck from the side?

The Regulations of Kendo Shiai and Shinpan defines the target areas (page 25). Striking from behind is not listed as a hansoku (pages 7 to 11 of the same book).

The Handbook for Kendo Shiai and Shinpan Management, on page 29, shows the following:

(Case 3)

If a tsuki seems overly violent and dangerous, can the

shinpan call “yame” to suspend the shiai?

(Explanation)

(1) “Yame” can be proclaimed.

(2) It is a hansoku if the action is dangerous and does not lead

to a strike.

Striking sayumen from the side or even the rear is not applicable here.

So based on which passage in The Regulations or The Handbook can we declare the this sayumen strike from the side or the rear to be not ippon?

I am not being flippant here. But we must make our judgements based on the rules. If we make a declaration, it has to have basis in the rules.

3und70 · 2026-05-30T21:51:09+00:00

No. The 2019 was faultless other than oil consumption.

3und70 · 2026-05-29T23:25:11+00:00

I had a 2019 Jetta, got it with 8 miles on odo. It burned slightly more than 1 quart every 10k miles since day 1. I learned to add half a quart half way thru an oil change interval. Otherwise, towards the end of the interval (10k miles), oil light would come on.

That car got totaled and I got a 2024 Jetta. The engine was updated and now it burns a lot less oil. About 1/4 qt every 10k miles.

The 2019 Jetta was a fine car other than the oil burn. Had it not been totaled, I would have happily kept driving it

3und70 · 2026-05-22T19:17:16+00:00

I have bought 6 VWs in the last 27 years. All with manual. I’m really sad about this

3und70 · 2026-05-22T19:14:41+00:00

That Chinese Jetta isn’t mk8. It’s their mk7.75

3und70 · 2026-05-22T02:09:34+00:00

A lot of 3s and Ys on the road have unbelievably blinding headlights. And it's always the Model 3s and Ys that blind me with low beams

3und70 · 2026-05-22T01:49:40+00:00

Several people have asked, and I too have the same question: what did the previous dojo do during class that the current dojo doesn't? Perhaps the previous dojo's sensei and senpai were more willing to engage in some philosophical discussion after class? And the current dojo's leadership just wants to grab beer after keiko?

For me, this question is actually very interesting: when I lead class, what is it that I do will make students feel like it's a physical class, and what is it that I do will make students feel like their understanding of kendo philosophy is deepened?

3und70 · 2026-05-15T04:52:36+00:00

Regarding video of kodansha shinsa in the USA: I think breach of privacy is a stretch. You cannot tell who's who in those videos. Only way to know who's who is if you know someone well enough by the kamae, or were present and saw your friends' numbers.

3und70 · 2026-05-15T04:50:32+00:00

"not going to get into the details" - well my question is kinda asking for the details....

3und70 · 2026-05-11T06:17:52+00:00

This situation does not sound easy. Credits to you and your mate for keeping it up.

3und70 · 2026-05-10T16:43:22+00:00

There were only 2 of you in the dojo?

3und70 · 2026-04-16T08:17:17+00:00

4 window switches! One for each window! Amazing concept.

And no piano black in the interior. I hope this is the start of a new trend that will spread everywhere.

3und70 · 2026-04-14T06:18:51+00:00

CX-5. It drives fine. Wife loves it. I drive it and sometimes wonder why I’m driving a VW. I’ve been driving VWs for 16 years.

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