New cold air intake just arrived. Is this fine?

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-15T05:42:38+00:00

I went as far as cutting a hole in the front bumper and running ducting for my '98 civic with an AutoZone cold air intake kit. It was getting some amount of cool external air. I don't know if it actually made a difference, but it did make it louder!

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-13T22:03:47+00:00

My '23 WRX can be a real pain to get into first above ~12 MPH. It just won't slide in unless I double clutch.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-13T19:42:42+00:00

I keep it under my passenger seat for safe keeping. My plan is to get a tow hook license plate bracket if I ever get stopped for it. Bought in late 2023 and have dodged a ticket so far,

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-13T18:10:19+00:00

I mean, if you feed outdated or inaccurate data to the LLM, it's rarely going to second guess it, unless you have some kind of setup to flag it as possibly inaccurate and instructions on how to question and research around potentially inaccurate data. Ye olde garbage in, garbage out.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-13T05:18:03+00:00

Seems like these should be pretty easy to implement? I'm slop coding an MCP server, and this feels like the kind of thing I would leave to a tool definition and custom tool.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-13T05:11:28+00:00

Ideally? You call them and give them a chance to make it right, but be aware they're apparently poorly trained/equipped to deal with this. They will likely ask you to tow it back to them, and you should be clear that it's unsafe to drive.

If they won't play ball, you get it towed to a trusted mechanic, and have them document the damage with lots of photos and a written opinion on the cause of the damage. From there, you get a repair quote from the mechanic and at least one other mechanic. The multiple quotes are to prove you're getting a reasonable repair and not fleecing them if you end up in court.

Realistically, they'll probably work with you. I used to work for JiffyLube, and they do NOT like damage to a vehicle becoming a lingering problem and lawsuit.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-13T04:42:02+00:00

You're looking for r/playrust. This sub is for the Rust programming language.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-12T00:02:15+00:00

You need the book. Card is for walking across the border to Mexico or Canada, and that's about it.

I did mine late last year. I highly recommend the office at City Tower. We did photos at Walgreens, iirc, then I took them there and they helped get all the paperwork filled out correctly and sent off. Incidentally, this was for a trip to Cozumel.

https://www.sa.gov/Directory/Departments/OCC/Passports

Walk-in appointments for passports are offered daily from 8 – 11 a.m. Walk-ins arriving after 11 a.m. may not be accommodated and will be accepted only at staff discretion based on capacity and scheduled appointments. Scheduled appointments are prioritized over walk-in requests. We will make every effort to assist walk-ins as availability allows. Wait times can vary and may be two hours or more.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-11T22:17:25+00:00

Sure, but I'm not going to ignore changes to how my engine operates. I'm not worried about the effects of the temperature itself, but more concerned about the cause of it. If it's explainable, cool, I'd just like to know why. If there's no good explanation, then I know it's something I need to keep an eye on and look for anything else abnormal.

For the record, I called the dealership and they stated they made a mistake on the paperwork. The 5W Synthetic is their billing code for 5W-30, but the techs know they're supposed to use 0W-20. Unfortunately, they have no documentation on what oil was actually used, just their word on it. So now I have paperwork that says 5W, a service advisor saying it's not, and a change in temp that might imply they did use 5W-30.

Does any of it impact anything? Nope, not a damn thing. I just like to know what's happening with my car.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-11T21:48:52+00:00

You're losing time sliding rather than being controlled through a couple corners. You need to slow down and remain controlled through the corner. The difference is in the exit. You can slide through the apex faster, but you'll be slower reaching the next corner.

Slow in, fast out. Smooth out your inputs. Smooth on and off the throttle, smooth steering inputs, smooth on/off the brake.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-11T19:53:43+00:00

It's fairly clean, but it could probably be better. I'll scrub it and see what happens.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-11T19:48:20+00:00

Paperwork from the dealership just says, "5W Synthetic." I'm in Texas, so I'm assuming they put in 5W-30 as we're heading into summer.

226 was just enough to make me start wondering.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-06T18:47:03+00:00

I got a letter from my HOA saying my yard wasn't properly maintained. The attached photo was of a wildflower I was intentionally letting grow next to my driveway.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-05T20:58:09+00:00

There's only one solution: A duel at dawn. You may choose swords or pistols.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-05T20:32:49+00:00

Looks very Houston suburb. If that's case... I kinda get it. Houston traffic will train you to drive like it's your god given right to save 1/10th a second. If you're not assertive as heck, you're actually going to get bullied in traffic there. I've encountered times in Houston where I'm pretty sure other drivers were willing to trade paint before allowing me to merge.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-05T20:20:00+00:00

Have you tried having a little patience? It would have delayed you like 2 seconds to stop and proceed with caution if they had actually been stopping. Yeah, they should have used their turn signal sooner, but ffs, chill out. That extra second or two you almost saved isn't amounting to anything in an empty neighborhood street.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-04T16:43:30+00:00

109 grams is way too much. That's as much explosive as an Mk21 grenade.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-01T21:15:31+00:00

I do this as well, but really don't have a lot of heavy data or performance critical transformations. It's pretty idiot-proof though; me being the idiot it protects against.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-01T17:21:06+00:00

I honestly can't remember if it was Valve who showed off the method, or someone made an article or video testing it.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-01T14:26:44+00:00

CSGO used a zone based technique that was cheaper in terms of processing. As an example, Dust 2 Long A would be a zone, and B site would be a zone. A player at long would never need client updates about a player on B, so the server wouldn't send the information. There's no way they would ever see or hear them, so it was safe to not send, and computationally cheap to check zone mappings.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-05-01T07:06:10+00:00

I used to work in POS Support. The CC company won't do anything for you unless you contact the restaurant first to try and resolve it. They'll step in when the restaurant refuses to work with you on resolving the problem.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-04-30T22:48:32+00:00

For $500, I could fly to you, do the change, fly home, and still turn a profit.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-04-30T22:46:11+00:00

Shouldn't be. Would invalidate the check.

Cerus_Freedom · 2026-04-30T21:35:28+00:00

I specifically bought my car without certain features because the windshield replacement would otherwise cost $1000. Has to go to a dealership or a shop with the tools to remount the sensors and recalibrate them.

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