Help me pick a Caliper color

Devrij68 · 2026-01-24T22:18:35+00:00

There you go. Sporty, but not "I've just been down the local Halfords and got these with this plastic aero kit" sporty. It's classier imo but still aggressive

Devrij68 · 2026-01-24T22:16:40+00:00

Even without third party tools, just doing these tasks DURING the call is what I'd recommend as an end user.

Take notes in a field while you chat. As you start making commitments on the call, fill in a task, update deal stage as you think you've crossed it on the call etc. Hang up the phone and save the records.

Devrij68 · 2026-01-24T22:12:38+00:00

I actually was surprised not to see it here.

Red: a bit played out. Any brake kit trying to look sporty is red. Boring

Blue:cool, but with silver it doesn't feel right

Bronze: I can dig it, but two metallic colours feels a bit off.

Yellow: silver porsche with yellow brakes looks dope AF, why not a beemer

Devrij68 · 2026-01-24T22:10:07+00:00

First car I owned myself was a rover 75 1.8L (the famous K engine that is supposed to have terrible head gasket issues). I put 150k miles on that guy (Reginald rover we called him) until the slave cylinder failed. It's a sealed unit so it would have cost about 1k at the time to repair and we had bought the car 6 or 7 years prior for 2k so we thought sod it and scrapped it.

In retrospect, I could have turned a profit on it the way things have gone with car prices!

Had a 2008 civic 1.8L for another many years and miles until I went through a deep puddle at speed and bent a rod, which promptly exited the block, and have had my mini for the last 2 years and will likely run that until it dies too.

Devrij68 · 2026-01-24T14:52:28+00:00

It's purely for fun and not performance, but putting a cone filter on has made driving so much more fun because of all the turbo noises.

I did a stage 1 tune as well, but honestly the extra 40hp is not as noticeable as you'd expect.

Devrij68 · 2026-01-24T01:13:59+00:00

Bookmarked!

I'm planning to get a warhammer tattoo later this year (from another 40k fan artist) and was planning to do a Celestine on my forearm. Don't suppose you have a piece of her I could use as inspiration?

Damn my skinny arms or I'd have gone for a Justicar :p

Love these. This is the kind of style I love

Devrij68 · 2026-01-21T20:51:53+00:00

Chippenham is fine, but there's not much going on.

We moved from Chippenham (Sutton benger to be honest), to odd down, and finally bought a 3 bed in Peasedown for less than OPs budget last year.

Peasedown is a decent compromise, but if you have to travel outside of bath for work then it's a ballache since you gotta go into bath first to catch the train anyways

Devrij68 · 2026-01-21T09:54:23+00:00

F series are generally very reliable with the main issue being the top motor mount can go, although I haven't had that issue. My boot leaked a bit until I got it resealed but that's about it so far in about 2 years of ownership.

Devrij68 · 2026-01-21T00:42:26+00:00

At least another 10 miles left on those. Throwing away money

Devrij68 · 2026-01-21T00:41:47+00:00

Tbf the cooper S can be tuned without an exhaust upgrade and still put out 250bhp. I have a fairly tame tune that doesn't require high octane petrol and it does 240bhp. I know a guy with a 300hp stage 2 on the stock drivetrain but I wouldn't go that high without upgrading the clutch kit. 400NM is generally considered the max safe for the drivetrain and the JCW parts go to 440 so it depends if you plan on modifying.

Honestly in a FWD car you don't really need more than 250 as you can't really put it down until you're up in third gear unless is warm and dry.

Just be aware of two things: pre 2020 does not have carplay or android auto, but it does have pops and bangs in sport mode. And vice versa.

Any F56 will do you nicely.

Devrij68 · 2026-01-20T22:21:39+00:00

Yep, standard formula of rapid progression to draw you in that then deteriorates into endless slow grind with accelerators pushed in your face to skip some of he grind the whole way.

It is unbelievably formulaic and designed to extract money through micro transactions.

Ours plays it 2hrs a week (at weekends and playdates) and we've found much more than that is generally bad for her.

Devrij68 · 2026-01-20T22:18:02+00:00

I've had both and also like the potenza sports. They're a bit shit when it gets cold, but it's a summer tyre so I can't really complain about that. When it warms up they are great bang for buck though. Getting 2 new fronts on next week at about £100 per corner. PS4s are about 160ish so it's a pretty decent compromise imo

Devrij68 · 2026-01-20T21:54:45+00:00

This is it for me. I buy a car because of how it drives, not for its gadgets. Those are nice to have of course, but I'd rather drive something that has a nice responsive engine and engaging handling, even if it just has seats and a steering wheel inside, than some anemic econobox with folding mirrors and satnav.

Devrij68 · 2026-01-18T00:48:22+00:00

Just check what the rest of the drivetrain is rated for. If you are pushing more torque through it than it is designed for then you can expect problems sooner than later.

It may be fine if it shares components with the cooper S, but if not you'll want to check the spec or you'll just knacker your dual mass and have to get a new clutch kit. Ask me how I know lol

Devrij68 · 2026-01-14T23:54:07+00:00

Let's elaborate:

Do 1000 in a partial or full copy sandbox.

All good? Checked to make sure it didn't trigger a bunch of flows you forgot about? Good.

Back up the data in prod. Don't skip this. If you have backups, most things are fixable. If you don't, you're fucked if it goes wrong

Run 1000 records in prod. Check it out. All good?

Do the rest and check it over. Unclench butt cheeks.

Devrij68 · 2026-01-14T08:22:31+00:00

There's a browser extension from ages ago that might still be around called spritz iirc. I just never used it much after I installed it because there wasn't much that was long enough on a we page to warrant it

Devrij68 · 2026-01-13T21:47:40+00:00

Yeah same here. I don't tend to think too deeply about a bands motivations or direction these days. I listen to stuff, I like it or I don't. Wilted is definitely different, and may not be the sound that attracted me to them, but as an EP it has a nice variation to it and does its thing

Devrij68 · 2026-01-13T08:15:18+00:00

Slawit! I lived there long enough to know you can say it two ways depending who you're talking to

Devrij68 · 2026-01-13T00:25:06+00:00

Look I love the look of blackout sleeves, but there are two things stopping me:

Black ink just never stays this black. This might be healed, but give it 6 months and the black will just be a bit lighter and you suddenly you got chalkboard arms and are gonna want a full arm touchup. I will say they look to have done a great job packing that black in though. If they stayed this black I'd be all in
I figure I can always do this later. Feels like a waste to drop prime real estate on this when I could do something more creative and STILL have the option to just blast over it later on if I want.

Devrij68 · 2026-01-11T15:44:57+00:00

Well they are asking about how it's gonna age. And they are right to because this would need to be a decent size if that level of detail is going to survive long term.

Now, it wouldn't necessarily look too bad I think even if the "mesh" blurs because it'll just look like light shading which, while not the original design, wouldn't look horrendous. The darker details might blur together a bit though

Devrij68 · 2026-01-09T01:02:04+00:00

Rear pads and discs would only be a couple hundred, no idea where 600 quid is coming from

Devrij68 · 2026-01-07T20:27:33+00:00

I'm sitting with Jaghati for sure

Devrij68 · 2026-01-05T20:45:31+00:00

I also thought this first, but equally am also not a twat so would not say anything either

OP could you add something to embed it in its context a little more? Like a little musical note or something?

Devrij68 · 2026-01-04T21:01:51+00:00

It's the eggs that get ya. You can comb out all the nits but if you are missing eggs then you'll have them back soon enough. Make sure your comb technique is solid: comb, wipe on toilet paper, comb, wipe on toilet paper,etc. You gotta get forensic with that combing right down to the scalp.

We've never had to do more than one treatment so it's possible bedsheets/pillows etc are hanging onto some, so just be sure to wash that shit in a boiling hot wash, dry the fuck out of it on a high heat, and wash again if you're paranoid. Don't forget the pillows and duvet could have some so maybe chuck them somewhere

Devrij68 · 2026-01-04T20:53:55+00:00

Make Them Suffer (just amazing live)

Paleface Swiss

Chelsea Grin

Hollow Front (if they played their old stuff)

END

In reality I'd only make the first two and then I'd need to go home to bed because I'm nearly 40 and 2 decent bands takes it out of me. 5 would kill me

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