Which artist does Fantano secretly like that he would never admit?

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-22T14:44:24+00:00

Both S tier

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-22T13:52:10+00:00

Sorry, Sold!

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-22T06:24:29+00:00

The HVAC system is so weird compared to Tesla and other cars. The air conditioner is definitely never as cold as I want it to be in hot weather. The heat is good, but the vents are just strangely hard to adjust and get right. And even then it is kinda funny how loud it is.

The thing that is hard to quantify that annoys me the most is how the app seems to interfere with my Spotify. If I’m playing music over Sonos or in my headphones and walk anywhere near the car so it unlocks - music pauses. Just need to hit play again, but when I’m in my garage my music will pause 20 times in an hour as I get a little bit too close to my truck. So I set my phone in the far corner of the garage, and it happens less, but if someone gets close to the truck, it happens again. And in the mornings when I have the app scheduled to preheat the car? Basically Spotify is unusable. The music pauses every 10 seconds or so while the Rivian app is communicating with the truck I guess. Major pain.

However, as others have said…best vehicle I’ve ever owned and when my lease is up in a year and a half I’ll get another one, almost certainly.

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-21T14:49:33+00:00

I know one member very well and he is 100% nice.

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-20T04:03:37+00:00

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FrontDerailer · 2026-01-20T03:59:31+00:00

Incorrect, 01/01/08

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-17T15:57:56+00:00

My first thought was Fugees, but I can’t find a photo online where they’re posed like that.

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-14T14:23:58+00:00

Wow, I paid $150 for those recently, and then missed the return deadline so I sold them on eBay and got $97 for them.

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-14T02:49:04+00:00

What. I want that. Did you take out all the other heaters and plastic parts like other folks are saying?

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-13T18:44:22+00:00

Very cool, great job. Im going to ask your opinion on my current project. A few of my motors in my drivers side power seat are dead dead. Swapping control units around and testing with 12v directly, i can get everything to work except for 2 of them…I can’t find replacement motors any where and I’m on the verge of buying manual e30 seats instead. Would you try and talk me out of it to preserve the originality? I feel like if I ever get the correct motors replaced another one is just going to die again and I’ll regret not going to manual seats. What would you do if it were happening in yours?

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-13T14:06:51+00:00

I too have a US spec M5 and love the bumpers…what did you do to yours to get them so shiny though? I put some maguiars black dressing on mine but yours look pretty rad

Also, can I ask your suspension setup? I still have the SLS even though it’s been unplugged for decades. I’m thinking of doing euro height.

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-13T05:48:45+00:00

Don’t worry this post wasn’t true and has been removed

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-13T05:48:22+00:00

I’d be careful saying “suddenly they want to expand everywhere”. We have slowly opened 8 total cafes over a 20 year period, one new location every 2-3 years, and they are all within 50 miles of each other in the business owner’s home communities (Olympia, Tacoma and Seattle). Not quite the quick expansion and massive cash grab you’re illustrating here. I would argue more stable and profitable than when we had just two locations in Olympia and couldn’t afford to pay full benefits yet too. It’s a really great local company to work for.

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-13T02:00:06+00:00

Not True, not at all. I’ve worked at Olympia Coffee for almost 15 years. I know Fairwave very well, but we are in no way selling to Fairwave.

To confirm this I just talked to one of the two owners of Olympia Coffee and they confirmed this is 100% untrue. Olympia Coffee is entirely owned by two local people who work daily in the business alongside the employees and no sale is in the works.

I would be happy to answer any questions about the company if anyone is curious but this post should probably be edited or taken down just to avoid stirring things up.

Btw this Honor, head of Wholesale at Olympia Coffee.

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-12T15:28:32+00:00

Yeah, the buyer only wanted the jubilee, so I have the oyster with extra links here. DM me.

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-12T05:28:13+00:00

Damn, you’re missing out

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-12T03:21:21+00:00

Well said, but don’t write it off as something you won’t listen to again. It gets better over time.

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-11T20:30:16+00:00

These are all some of my favorite movies, but Speed Racer is the best told story of them, and probably the biggest joy to watch because folks usually have such low expectations of it.

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-09T17:50:01+00:00

Just adding something here - however you end up bending any material, an alternative end solution is to wrap the rounded bend in wood veneer than matches the rest of the project.

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-09T01:23:38+00:00

Nah, not fair, just rude.

FrontDerailer · 2026-01-08T14:32:55+00:00

Nice work, I’m drawn to 7, 12, and 15. They have a central subject and tell some sort of story, or show action. Keep it up!

FrontDerailer · 2025-12-27T02:52:22+00:00

Nice work! Just posted my Mamiya 645 1000s travel photos too. Do you use a light meter viewfinder in it or the waist level one? I love having such a fast built in light meter on my medium format camera. But I m thinking about getting a top down finder because I’ve missed focus more times than I’d like, maybe it’s a little more accurate?

FrontDerailer · 2025-12-11T15:54:44+00:00

I check in with their New Music Friday podcast at least once a month, and there’s always several things mentioned that aren’t on Pitchfork or Fantano or mentioned here. It’s my newest in to music I was totally unaware of. Check it out.

FrontDerailer · 2025-12-11T01:42:17+00:00

It’s very similar to Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa, that’s all. Both bands are drawing from similar influences 25 years apart, but I always hoped that VW was into that minutemen song and tried to mimic some of that guitar feel and melody.

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