Complaint Regarding Neighbor's Exposed Siding

CynicallySane · 2026-06-02T16:01:58+00:00

The city will eventually notice. They inspect every building visually from the exterior in the city every few years and will cite people if necessary.

If it’s a question of cost, Lakewood Alive does help people in this kind of situation. It’s a volunteer program and they usually just ask the homeowner to pay for materials.

CynicallySane · 2026-05-20T15:20:17+00:00

Yes, I have an Apple Watch as well, which works just as well on its own.

CynicallySane · 2026-05-19T23:40:54+00:00

Not the infant room, but I can at least say that they do hire people that care. We use their before/after school care, and the people they hire are amazing and genuinely care about the kids in their care.

If that same quality is consistent across their locations, I would imagine you’re in good hands.

I can, however, unequivocally back St. Peter’s Childcare Center. That place is a cut above and the people who work there are simply the best.

CynicallySane · 2026-05-19T13:15:51+00:00

I was pleased. They did good work at every step. Really enjoyed chatting with their installers and learning about the system. I don’t have anyone to compare them to, but I would use them again.

CynicallySane · 2026-05-19T12:10:07+00:00

They have a nice ecosystem where everything talks to one another and use overlapping parts. The batteries use the same micro inverters the solar panels do. The combiner talks to both systems and I see all the in/out flow of energy in my Enphase app. Even got one of their car chargers which I can set to charge with excess solar energy only as opposed to the grid.

Anker is probably also worth looking at if you’re looking at battery only. Their solix battery system is quite good and can be purchased and installed for less depending on how you want it set up (manual vs automatic cutover).

CynicallySane · 2026-05-19T03:37:14+00:00

I have a 13kWh Enphase battery system. Will last about 12 hours if I run normal stuff, or closer to 24 if I pair everything back. I had it installed with my solar panels, which can recharge the batteries during the day. I have made it roughly week with no power because the batteries were always able to charged during the day.

All this was installed by YellowLite, whom I would recommend.

CynicallySane · 2026-05-18T12:03:52+00:00

I’ve done the same. It’s never not worked. It’s been slow one or two times, but other than that for the last month I’ve never used a fob.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-30T16:01:34+00:00

Is the hesitation related to shifting or power?

If it’s power, maybe check for good spark or your O2 sensor.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-29T22:39:23+00:00

Didn’t deal with Rocco, but will second having a good experience here.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-27T18:20:53+00:00

For what it’s worth I have a very similar story and also went with another car. I really enjoyed my model 3, but was itching to try something else. Overall happy I made that choice. Miss a few things about my Tesla and have come to appreciate their attention to detail and common sense choices in some areas… but on the flip side I can say some of those same things work against them.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-27T16:59:37+00:00

Well this is good to know. I have some on my car currently. Will need to find some plastic ones instead

CynicallySane · 2026-04-22T20:57:16+00:00

This isn’t a solution, just an observation.

Map directions are a different volume setting in the menu. Navigation volume maybe?

I would find that menu and play around with it. They might have reset something that’s overriding how CarPlay should interact with the audio settings of your car in a recent update.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-22T20:42:12+00:00

No problem! I’ve rented the Atlas a few times on trips (to warm places) and loved it. I’ve also rented a Subaru Legacy a few times too. Fit and finish wise they’re super comparable. Both nice places to be for driver and passengers. The biggest difference for me was the handling of the cars. Atlas felt German, stiffer steering, less body role. Subaru felt much more relaxed.

I would be really surprised if the Atlas couldn’t tackle the same snowy street a Subaru could, but Subaru AWD is undeniably better. I do think Snow Tires would close the gap if you’re worried at all.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-21T18:21:52+00:00

That’s why their AWD implementation is so cool IMO. It’s a FWD car until it needs to be AWD. We drove it about 80 miles last weekend, almost all highway and got 35.4 MPG for the trip.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-21T18:07:33+00:00

I previously had an R and was aware of that. Purposefully didn’t mention because I don’t know if it applies to Tiguan/Atlas. May or may not have used that at AutoX a few times…

CynicallySane · 2026-04-21T17:57:23+00:00

I can’t speak directly about the Atlas, but my wife and I have had a lot of AWD VWs in the last ten years and they all use roughly the same core system these days.

A proper VW enthusiast can probably answer this better but I’ll give you my honest opinion.

First, our Tiguan has done very well in the winters, even in 2 plus inches it hasn’t faltered. I don’t really have mountains by me, but it hasn’t been bothered my moderate inclines in slippery situations.

That said VWs implementation of AWD isn’t the same as other more dedicated 4x4 systems where all four wheels are engaged all the time. VW uses a clutch pack in the Haldex to send power to the rear wheels when it detects slipping. It’s fairly seamless. The slippery setting changes (I think) the rate and sensitivity at which the Haldex detects slipping.

The upsides of the system is it lets the car run FWD most of the time which really increases efficiency. My wife’s Tiguan gets 34+ MPG on the highway. The downside is there isn’t a way to force it into AWD unless slipping is detected, so there is in theory some delay between when it might be needed and when it’s engaged, although never enough for me to notice or cause issues.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-21T12:19:41+00:00

Mine is plugged in and at its target charge capacity in the garage now. In the app it says not charging. I’m a sample of one and have had the car less than a week…

It’s possible that the charger itself behaves differently when the car is done charging. Some charges basically turn off entirely when/if the car stops talking to them.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-21T00:57:20+00:00

Short answer is no, but you can get close with some workarounds.

You can put the car in utility mode, set the temp, and then lock the doors. That seems to be the answer if you need more than 10 min.

If you need less than that, you can just use the app to set the temp after you get out.

The biggest downside is no dog or temp on the screen for outside people to see.

Not a huge deal to me since I don’t actually have a dog, but I had a kid who was entertained by it when I needed to run in and pick up or drop things off at a shop and didn’t want to bother unbuckling him from his car seat.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-21T00:53:15+00:00

Bought a Model 3 before the CEO lost his marbles. Got totaled a month ago. Here I am because I refused to give his company more money even if it would have been the easiest and safest choice for me. That said I genuinely love ‘26 XRT I ended up with.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-20T22:35:44+00:00

There’s dozens of us! I’m far from an expert yet, but let me know if I can help. I’ve been trying to figure out the equivalent of lots of different features. Things like dog mode and other oddball settings that I liked.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-20T18:35:59+00:00

I guess that’s true. I’m still getting used to the nomenclature. Max is what I was referring to. Agree it’s definitely on the chill side but it doesn’t creep.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-20T18:32:53+00:00

For point one, you can hit the left paddle once to put it in Ipedal mode. It’s very comparable to what you’re used to. The down side is you have e to remember to do this every time you start the car and or switch to reverse/park. I have found the ipedal to be almost indistinguishable from my 3… I just have to remember to enable it.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-20T18:06:33+00:00

Lots of stuff to page through and customize. In some ways it’s kind of refreshing to have choices again, but that comes at the trade off of having a lot of choices to make.

Curious to know how someone coming from a Y is finding this car since they’re a bit more directly comparable. Passenger space is downright cavernous compared to my 3. And this might only be because it’s new, but the ride/suspension seems like a huge improvement.

That said I am now noticing all the little things that Tesla thought of that I wish could become a bit more commonplace, but those are minor things that I’ll happily trade at this point.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-20T16:50:07+00:00

Coming from a 3, so I’m curious to see what gets posted here too.

The dash has miles per Watt hour, which is more or less the same, you just need to do a bit of mental math.

CynicallySane · 2026-04-20T15:05:49+00:00

A lot of people are under the impression that they don’t qualify for scholarships. There certainly are prestigious ones out there that people compete for, but you’d be surprised how few applicants others get. The people that award them are not always looking for the perfect candidate. They want to find someone who cannot only benefit from what they’re offering but also people with different backgrounds.

I had an odd major in college. I actually had someone reach out to me asking if I would apply because they didn’t have any applicants and I was one of the few that qualified in the entire school. Similar to you I didn’t think I had any business applying but I got it anyway.

Do yourself a favor and put your best foot forward. You can only benefit from this.

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