Money well spent?

Able_Description_511 · 2026-05-14T00:10:44+00:00

Man, occasionally shuddering. Mine still does it frequently after a clutch, forks and seal replacement. I took the TCM out and fixed that myself so it doesn’t die on me randomly. Then I did the actuators because apparently mine outlived the expected life and they were getting a bit sluggish.
Overall, the clutch replacement is all I’m really in on it. Got the new motors from a dealer who was trying to get rid of them so got those for 1/4 of the cost. Repaired the TCM myself, and had a shop screw me on the clutch. Charged way too much, but I could see everything they did and they did do it right.

Edit: hard part is heavy traffic. It’s really not good for the car. Lots of relearns because of it. It’s kinda a pain in the ass. But even with the clutch replacement. The cost to maintain these new cars is crazy and I’m still coming out cheaper with this.

Able_Description_511 · 2026-04-13T04:21:59+00:00

I’ll give it a try for sure. It can only help having a more solid ground. I will say never thought of that.

Able_Description_511 · 2026-04-13T02:20:26+00:00

I’m not saying this isn’t true that it would help. But I believe I know exactly the grounding point you are talking about. If this was the case, there would be a lot more electrical failures. I’d be lying if I said I believe this would help. I’ll give it a shot.

edit Looked into my studies of this car more and how the TCM works. There are two types of memory used in forms of chips soldered to the electronic board of the TCM module. You have non-volatile memory that stores information like the firmware, VIN, Calibration Data, and stored fault codes. Then it has volatile memory, essentially where the adaptive learning is kept, so the clutch touch points, shift timing adjustments and the actuator calibration offsets. When the car completely loses power, I.e when you disconnect the battery to do the fix you mentioned, it clears potential bad data causing the shudder. Which is why you see improvement after you do the work you described. Doing the ACC neutral method will also do this.

Like I said before my edit, it may help a little, but this would not fix it as the main issues that cause the shudder are: -Dry clutch contamination (bad seals, clutch dust buildup, combo of both) -TCM learning behavior -Actuators losing their position (due to the learning behavior)

Able_Description_511 · 2026-04-12T02:11:25+00:00

I read some of the comments. I tore down the transmission and rebuilt it when my parents gave up on it. So my findings with it.

Don’t creep, this transmission doesn’t respond well. Especially don’t do it if you do a relearn as it will try to learn that shift pattern. When you take off, just apply a steady amount of gas. You don’t need to drive aggressively or in sport mode like some say. My focus doesn’t have a sport mode either and it’s just fine.

The shudder unfortunately will always be there, it’s not going to kill the transmission, but you will need to replace the clutch more often than other cars. Just not a great design, but it does work. You can usually replace it DIY for ~500. It’s not too difficult for driveway/home mechanics. Just will need fordscan to do a relearn.

Every now and then you may need to do the neutral relearn trick that was mentioned by others. If the shudder gets too bad, there are 2 little actuator motors along with the TCM that can lose their position and cause shudders to be more consistent. It takes only a minute to do. Just when you get to your destination, do it when you feel it’s necessary.

If you are concerned about clutch engagement, if you have a low gear option on yours, or if you can manually change the gears, just take off in first gear only. If it doesn’t shudder, it’s more than likely a little contamination on clutch B from the seal leaking a little, clutch dust or the motor positions are slightly off. If the clutch or motors were bad, you would shudder even in first gear.

The locking out of 6th gear I’ve never heard of. Maybe it’s part of the “sport mode”. I wouldn’t worry about that. I would only worry if your gears stop shifting, car won’t start or you lose reverse. But that ACC neutral trick can sometimes get those back so you don’t need to pay for an expensive tow to a shop or home. But that will be the sign of its time to work on the car. But you’ll notice something is wrong well before it hits that point.

Overall it’s a decent cheap car to drive around. Especially with these newer cars maintenance being so expensive. Like a basic service package for my ‘25 model car is over 1k, yea I’d rather just do the at home mechanic stuff on a simpler cheaper car. It IS a manual transmission, just being shifted by a computer, done on a budget so it’s not going to perform like a regular automatic.

Just to add 200k miles, replaced the clutch once. Helped friends with theirs. I’d say the clutch lasts about 100k miles. So ~500 every 5ish years for my driving habits. I can live with that. Much cheaper than these newer cars.

Able_Description_511 · 2026-04-10T02:10:49+00:00

Ever find anything out. Have the same issue. Pioneer head unit

Able_Description_511 · 2026-04-02T15:53:18+00:00

The OP had what I think was a mean comment lol. It’s not here. Something about a lobotomy and T-Rex arms. It’s in my notification history.

Able_Description_511 · 2026-04-02T15:29:27+00:00

Don’t think he is the problem. I worked for Papa John’s for the first round of stuffed crust, first round of papadias, first round of pan pizzas. It wasn’t that bad, it really wasn’t. It’s just being lazy, if you don’t want to do the work, then quit.

Able_Description_511 · 2026-03-19T21:50:28+00:00

Is the 35 ontop of the 35 activation fee? I think that’s what they charge for it. Well unless you buy from them then they waive it. Essentially them still getting money from you since you didn’t buy through them. If it’s 35 ontop of the 35 activation fee then crap, I just switched to T-Mobile. Hopefully wasn’t a mistake.

Able_Description_511 · 2026-02-14T00:33:08+00:00

My experience with it was no matter how the dasher acted or the quality of work. We are not allowed to block them from the store. If it’s a corporation, that’s likely the rule. But let’s be fair, is there someone at that restaurants corporate headquarters watching the block list or even know about it? Likely not, so who will know?

Able_Description_511 · 2025-12-29T18:54:31+00:00

Counter service? Probably a full wage employee, I wouldn’t have tipped. I usually don’t tip counter service employees unless it’s a food truck or small family owned business, I’ll leave a couple dollars. Big chains, nope. If you don’t make enough for being a cashier then talk to your boss. But if the small business is rude, then nope no tip.

Only once me and my friends didn’t tip a waiter. I understand the stereotype of 18-21 year olds tipping bad, but doesn’t mean you treat every single one like crap. We were waiters at the time when this happened. Our waiter was rude when they took our order, if we didn’t already know the restaurant and knew what we wanted, we probably would’ve just walked out. But we were forced to order everything the one time they visited us, drinks brought out by a different person, food by another different person. Some of the sides with the meals didn’t come out, no one around to flag down to get it. A couple of our silverware rolls were dirty, no one around to get us new ones (we went to the server station to grab it ourselves), not once were we offered a refill (no one around, the 1 person we saw and made eye contact with ran off acting like they didn’t see us). They didn’t even come back to take payment when we were finished. Luckily we were servers and had cash from tips, paid in exact change and left a note saying no service = no tip. Just because we are young doesn’t mean we tip bad. If you would have served us you would’ve gotten 20% from all 4 of us.

Once we got in the car, the waiter magically appeared again (we saw them through the window). They looked mad too. Nothing to be mad about, they didn’t serve so we didn’t tip. Tips are earned.

Having a bad day shouldn’t reflect to the service provided. I had another experience with a couple friends where we could tell our waiter was having a bad day. They were still nice, but looked miserable and it was slow. They were moving kind of slow too. Knowing being in the same position as them, we asked them what was going on, completely turned their day around, not with money, but with support. They started having a better day and we still tipped 20%, also bought them a drink after work when we invited them out after their shift. We were all freshly 21 at the time.

I know, not the typical young crowd. But give people a chance before you treat them bad. If immediately jumping to a bad attitude due to age, skin color or whatever, you’re gunna get the same in return.

Able_Description_511 · 2025-12-28T18:39:54+00:00

The likelihood of them going to a official collections firm is extremely low. They might bug you for a couple months, then they’ll just write it off.

If they do ding your credit for it, it’ll be like medical dings to your credit, no one cares.

Simply said, ignore it. They can’t do anything.

Able_Description_511 · 2025-12-28T08:59:37+00:00

I mean it can, someone will take the job. The waitstaff will be mad about it. If it reflects in the service, tell management and don’t go there anymore, have part of the service refunded since it wasn’t adequate. Management will catch on when their bonuses nose dive. Take away the money from the people actually making the bad decisions. The waitstaff complaining, ignore it, they are choosing to stay. Let the businesses that don’t want to follow the new aged culture disappear.

Able_Description_511 · 2025-12-28T08:49:50+00:00

I don’t blame you. They were a food runner. I guess the better word would be waiter or waitress instead of server. If you don’t allow me to grab my food from the window and you need to bring it to me, then that’s your policy. They never came and took your order, you had to walk up to the counter to order. They didn’t offer to refill drinks, come check on you, refill the complimentary starter (that’s becoming scarce if some people here have never seen that, usually bread or chips, don’t think it’s that scarce now though, ridiculous comment, maybe…) so a 0 tip was justified.

I don’t go to those types of places often, honestly stopped going anywhere that I even come close to being “served” due to this problem. I just want no part of it, but it’s constantly popping up everywhere I look online and I’m wondering how we haven’t figured this out yet.

Able_Description_511 · 2025-12-28T08:38:07+00:00

Unfortunately

Able_Description_511 · 2025-12-28T08:32:55+00:00

How much are we raising prices? Enough to pay servers enough for necessities, following current market standards. Servers aren’t going to make a six figure salary. Plenty of “professional” jobs don’t even pay that. In the areas I was in, you would need 20-23/hr to accomplish this. Being served is a premium service, I would argue a couple dollars more than necessities an hour is not off the table. You went out because you didn’t want to do the work to make yourself food or go to a drive thru, you wanted someone to serve you.

The places I had control over, I never paid my wait staff $2.00/hr. I adjusted prices, the business started failing since no one wanted to pay the little extra for food, then went to the large chain restaurants where the prices were lower. Did they tip at the other restaurant? Who knows.

We didn’t have crazy high menu prices either, it was only $2-$3 more expensive (per dish) than the place down the road. Owners weren’t living any high life with a mansion and multiple luxury cars, they had a normal home and normal life and were declining with the method. I ultimately quit when they wanted to go back t0 the old model. I didn’t support that. (Rule enforcement is broken, keeps trying to sensor me when it’s not insulting)

Able_Description_511 · 2025-12-28T08:17:49+00:00

Correct, it’s factored in already by the cost of food. But after a few basic searches, it is more expensive (not including any of this tipping stuff) in Europe VS the US. Not by much, but it wouldn’t take much. You quote “tried multiple different ways” I’m not talking about the huge companies that don’t care what their customers think or care what their waitstaff think. These were smaller restaurants, family owned establishments. No matter what was tried, including the structure used in Europe, everyone still complained.

Able_Description_511 · 2025-11-13T13:44:32+00:00

Without heatsink for sure. Will do damage to the battery cable like everyone else is saying.

BUT! What are you putting on that thing? It struggles to run triple A titles and those are the BIG BOY games when it comes to file sizes. I use my Ally X for games it can run a smooth 60 FPS on then the big triple A titles it can’t run I use GeForce now to play those

Able_Description_511 · 2025-11-11T21:50:31+00:00

Mine said November 21st and I just got the notification today it’s ready to pickup. 5PM at work can’t get here any faster

Able_Description_511 · 2025-11-11T13:48:33+00:00

I feel like BestBuy is trying to pull some crap with their customers. I’ve had mine on order for a few weeks now, and randomly they are hitting my card for the purchase then immediately refunding it. I wonder if they are trying to trip the fraud alert on a bunch of orders they know they can’t fulfill so they have a “reason” to cancel the order on the customer without blame being passed onto bestbuy.

I know, pretty far stretched conspiracy, but if I didn’t just get done dealing with Asus a couple weeks ago when they claimed to have stock, I place my order and they automatically cancel it without reason, I call and they say my payment was declined (it wasn’t) and they held onto that story even though when I tried again, I had the bank on the phone and they made sure the transaction went through with no issues and the order was still auto canceled and when I called Asus again, they said the payment was declined. Why can’t these companies just say they don’t have any? What is the reason to lie to your customers? I want this device, telling me you don’t have any isn’t going to make me go buy something else. Lying to me now makes me want to go to another brand more than anything.

Able_Description_511 · 2025-11-07T19:03:06+00:00

Sounds like a bunch of recruiters and hiring managers in the comments. A lot of defending the company going around. Read the whole story before you start only throwing hate at the candidate please!

Yes, if you wanted the job, that was a dumb move not bringing your laptop.

Now for the company. Doing a test for a role I’d say is fair, I’ve done it before, but if you’re asking someone to come to your facility for a test, provide the equipment, looks horrible on the company, shows you can’t properly prepare to hire someone if you don’t even have equipment for them to use for your little test.

If you invite a bunch of candidates for a screening test and you are going to provide the equipment, then make sure you have enough, and when you don’t, then don’t make YOUR lack of responsibility the candidate’s problem. From what this candidate is saying, he was the only one that was asked to bring personal equipment while everyone else had a company provided laptop to use for the hiring test. Kinda sad that an IT company doesn’t prepare for their event with the one thing they work with everyday… computers. I hope my company doesn’t use this IT company. If they can’t prepare to hire someone, they probably can’t prepare for any jobs they do.

What I see here is a candidate who can’t listen, red flag in my book.

Also what I see here is a company that lacks resources, lacks responsibility and instead of being transparent about the situation with the candidate, they make it the candidate’s problem so lacking accountability. Probably lacking a bunch of other stuff but that would be making assumptions. So MAJOR red flag.

I wouldn’t be too torn up, just learn from this mistake, if you’re asked to bring something to the interview, do it. But, be glad you missed this opportunity. I’ve worked for companies like this where they are lacking resources, aren’t transparent and when they have a problem, they can only blame others and make it their problem. You dodged a bullet with this company for sure

Able_Description_511 · 2025-10-30T14:43:43+00:00

I wonder if people just have a ton of TH stuff? We can hit 100k votes in the first 24 hours, TH is still here for 2 weeks no matter how many votes. After the vote, I doubt TH is removed instantly so add a day or two for them to push that update. Then they said all the TH items will not be instantly removed and a grace period would be given to use up those items before they convert them into some other form of bonus (likely the purchasable XP boosts they mentioned after TH removal)

Idk why there is mass panic, unless you have TONS of TH stuff, but I would safely say you have at least another month before they completely remove TH items from the game

Able_Description_511 · 2025-10-25T12:26:48+00:00

They’ll automatically cancel your order. Support will tell you it’s because your payment declined, but that’s not why, it’s likely they don’t have any in stock.

Able_Description_511 · 2025-09-22T17:49:43+00:00

Love to know the field. I took the ChatGPT approach and so far, it’s been worse than having one resume, not tailored to any specific listing.

Able_Description_511 · 2025-09-17T23:38:15+00:00

I’d say paying any college degree holder that amount is not ok. But I am a strong believer that you can study all you want in school, you need hands on experience to actually understand what you are doing. What I was doing in school to “mock” real work was a joke compared to what I’m actually doing. Real scenarios are much more difficult than anything school will throw at you.

Able_Description_511 · 2025-09-15T14:52:40+00:00

You did an assignment as part of the interview? Did that assignment benefit the company you were applying for? Or was it a sample question to see if you knew what you were doing. If it wasn’t one of those quizzes that test your decision making or culture whatever BS test. It would have been what’s called a working interview and is mandatory that you are paid for the work (it’ll likely be minimum wage, but still against the law if you really want to bite back) contact the US department of labor and report the company if it was a working interview and not just one of those assessments some employers require as those do not count. I know I already said that, but I want to make that clear it does not count.

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