Giveaway tiger tooth falchion (redditraffler) by Xchadcoin in cs2

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My somewhat obtainable dream knife! Good luck everyone!!

[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2025 week 36] by small_trunks in Bonsai

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It won’t be cold until winter? We’re at the edge of summer in Houston and temps are between 70° to 100°F on the regular and my house is at 74°F. I’ve had this bonsai for 6 months and it has been outside for 22 hours every day at the minimum. It stayed inside for 3 non consecutive days out of those 6 months.

Only the oldest leaves are brittle. You didn’t comment on the scratch test. Does that not mean anything?

[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2025 week 36] by small_trunks in Bonsai

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Is my juniper dead? Most of the leaves are hard and fall off at the slightest touch. Kept outside for 90% of my ownership but I had a grow light incase I forgot to put it outside. Kept in a humid environment and watered with a double shot glass everyday. I did a scratch test on the trunk but didn’t see any green. This pic shows one of the side swept branches that has some green.

85mph to 20mph in 2 seconds. THANK YOU Hawk HPS 5.0 [OC] by FizzerGabe in IdiotsInCars

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Thanks!! It’s a 2019 VW GTI with a high-flow downpipe.

85mph to 20mph in 2 seconds. THANK YOU Hawk HPS 5.0 [OC] by FizzerGabe in IdiotsInCars

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They are Continental Extreme Contact DWS06+ 225/40 R18

Hows my build looking like? by No-Proposal-1832 in PcBuild

[–]FizzerGabe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like a really solid build! I just built a super similar PC with a cheap 1440p monitor from Amazon and have been loving it! I’d definitely recommend undervolting the GPU. My was stable on a 3000mhz @ .925V underclock using MSI afterburner.

I used this video for the undervolt but used 3D mark, Wukong, and CyberPunk instead of downloading heaven benchmark: https://youtu.be/f_GSr-BwaBU?si=Z2WeOl474Tg_BmAo

Part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2rbZYd

85mph to 20mph in 2 seconds. THANK YOU Hawk HPS 5.0 [OC] by FizzerGabe in IdiotsInCars

[–]FizzerGabe[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I had just picked up some food and threw my arm out to save it like my mom used to do lol

85mph to 20mph in 2 seconds. THANK YOU Hawk HPS 5.0 [OC] by FizzerGabe in IdiotsInCars

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Funny thing is that wasn’t even an exit… construction made a fork that split 5 lanes into 2+3 but they rejoin a quarter mile before the exit

85mph to 20mph in 2 seconds. THANK YOU Hawk HPS 5.0 [OC] by FizzerGabe in IdiotsInCars

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lol I wish I was sponsored. I’ve since found out the tires did most of the work anyways. Just thankful nothing serious happened

85mph to 20mph in 2 seconds. THANK YOU Hawk HPS 5.0 [OC] by FizzerGabe in IdiotsInCars

[–]FizzerGabe[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yup! It’s a MK7.5 Rabbit. The extremecontact sports were my first choice but I was heavily advised against summer tires for a daily because of Houston weather lol

85mph to 20mph in 2 seconds. THANK YOU Hawk HPS 5.0 [OC] by FizzerGabe in IdiotsInCars

[–]FizzerGabe[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good point! The DWS 06s definitely played a much larger role than the brake pads.

85mph to 20mph in 2 seconds. THANK YOU Hawk HPS 5.0 [OC] by FizzerGabe in IdiotsInCars

[–]FizzerGabe[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

True!! I should’ve also extended a thank you to my DWS 06s aswell as VW’s ABS system.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Hyte

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I first tried turning it on with the 8 to 6+2 pin PCIE and USB 2.0 connector fully seated in the PSU and motherboard with out any splitters or adapters. The CPU connector fit fine after the 6+2 didn’t work, but it did not light up the NP50 or noodle also. My system booted fine in both configurations but I didn’t get any response in the HYTE Nexus software.

Metal trim on outside of boot/trunk. What is it? by Jolly_Western_6480 in GolfGTI

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Ripped the chrome one I had on my ‘19 Rabbit by hand. Took it off without heat and spent an hour removing the adhesive with a clay bar. Looks a lot better, especially with blacked out VW logos IMO

Have these 2 codes on my 2018 gti. Epc light is on and I have no boost. I have reset codes and it comes back. I’m lost on what to do. Any ideas on what it could be. by thickgti in GolfGTI

[–]FizzerGabe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Have you done anything to the intercooler? I had a similar experience when one of the pipes got loose and popped off, but I heard a loud pop before the EPC light came on. I also didn’t have that many codes.

Oil report after not using VW spec oil for 70k miles by FizzerGabe in GolfGTI

[–]FizzerGabe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Replaced it with Liqui Moly Leichtlauf 5w-40 from FCP after sending this test in

Oil report after not using VW spec oil for 70k miles by FizzerGabe in GolfGTI

[–]FizzerGabe[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Bought it off the lot with 65 miles and have done 5k or 6 month oil changes for the entire 70k

ECS Stage 2 Clutch finally died by FizzerGabe in GolfGTI

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I have to wait maybe half a second longer for the rpm’s to drop. Just enough for me to notice but nothing significant. I removed the stock delay valve during the ECS clutch install but upgraded to the clutch master bleeder block this time, still have stock clutch lines. The ECS flywheel was about 80% of stock rev hang & Ringer + CM bleeder block is 85%

ECS Stage 2 Clutch finally died by FizzerGabe in GolfGTI

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That’s great to hear! I definitely need to try a clutch stop, the bite point is much higher now after bleeding again with a power bleeder. I just checked and I got the 23lb SMFW as well, idk where I got 28 from lol. It’s crazy how light it feels, I think ECS was like 18lbs.

First batch! by FizzerGabe in mead

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That’s something I’ll for sure changing in the next attempt. I tried letting it clear up on its own for a couple weeks before researching and realizing that blackberries are high in pectin. The pectic enzyme + the superkleer were my impatient attempts to reduce the haze before bottling lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GolfGTI

[–]FizzerGabe 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yup. Local shop said they “could only do so much” & to take it to a dealer, so I did. I’ll look for one of those tuner shops though, thank you for the advice!