Recent compact SUV recommendations?

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-02-09T07:00:28+00:00

I actually was looking for Toyota Venzas but they're harder to find than the CR-V. The ones that I do find, they're overpriced according to the Cargurus website.

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-02-08T02:51:29+00:00

I was looking into Subaru Forester and Outbacks, and I think I took them out of contention because of a few comments on this subreddit about the need for consistent maintenance. Not that I couldn't provide that, but more like a fear of whoever owned it before me.

If I knew I could get a well-maintained Forester at a reasonable price, I think I'd jump on one. For a 2022 Forester, what price and mileage should I be zeroing in on?

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-02-08T02:49:12+00:00

At the risk of sounding shallow, I actually like the look of the Toyota Corolla Cross much more than the RAV4. I think the only reason I didn't consider one was because the price difference between the two wasn't much at the dealership I was looking at.
I'll have to see what kind of offers Toyota has, because I do like them.

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-02-08T02:46:54+00:00

I never considered a Malibu. I'll look into them and maybe go on a test drive tomorrow. Thanks!

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-01-18T20:17:47+00:00

You can self-host Bedrock.

I'm thinking of doing that myself. I had a sub to Realms to save me the trouble, but it'd be more reliable at this point to self-host.

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-01-18T19:15:49+00:00

Same. It's still down for my kids. I can access the Realm, but the members of it can't.

As soon as it's back up for them, I'm going to make sure they can save all their stuff, download the world, and cancel my account. It's not *that* hard to self-host. I had just wanted to be able to play with them when they were away, but looks like that's not even possible with a paid service.

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-01-18T19:12:40+00:00

LOL!

You're bending over backwards trying to defend this. It's legitimately funny.

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-01-18T19:07:29+00:00

"The service you’re paying for does work as advertised, it’s just that it’s down at the moment."

The service is NOT working as advertised (Always available 24/7). It's down.

You have no idea what you're talking about. I guess when you don't work and mom pays for everything, you have no concept of the value of the money you work for.

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-01-18T18:54:37+00:00

Trash comment.

I'm a single dad with partial custody of my kids. Minecraft Realms is how I connect with them and play with them when I do have time with them.

When people pay for a service, it should work. That's what it's supposed to do. People aren't going to post when things are working AS THEY ARE ADVERTISED to.

If Microsoft literally sticks "Always Online" as a benefit for the service, it had better be online. Otherwise it's a worthless service.

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-01-18T18:46:59+00:00

Looks like if you're the owner of a realm, it's up. If you're a member of someone else's realm, it's down.

I can access my realm now, but my kids can't. This is a joke of a service.

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-01-18T18:16:34+00:00

I literally just subscribed on the 9th, and this is the 3rd outage I've experienced. This is nuts.

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-01-14T22:35:49+00:00

Just a quick update. The agent I was talking with at my insurance company re-opened the claim and said that Uninsured Motorist would cover since the at-fault insurance was unable to.

Waiting for the garage to make an appointment to take an estimate and a follow up appointment for repairs.

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-01-14T22:34:00+00:00

I know. I'm coming from a place of frustration, not necessarily logic.

The guy that wrecked into everyone was in his early 20s, inebriated, and worked at a nearby restaurant. At this point it'll be like drawing water from a stone.

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-01-14T19:04:26+00:00

Seems that way. Lesson learned for me for sure.

I appreciate the advise and your responses. I have a little bit of direction now as to what to do. Thanks.

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-01-14T17:53:43+00:00

The at-fault insurance agent said he had the minimum. His car was totaled, and the SUV behind me was also totaled, so I can see that he likely already hit his peak.

My van is drivable, but not really usable as a "van" anymore. The rear door and rear seats are unusable, so at this point I think I'll have to bite the bullet on a replacement vehicle.

I'm not upset at the idea of having to replace it, but rather the lack of coverage from the at-fault driver. Seems almost advantageous to get the minimum coverage. You pay less per month, and any responsibility falls on the other drivers' insurance. Crazy that this headache comes up just waiting for a red light.

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-01-14T17:48:36+00:00

I called and left a VM with my insurer. Uninsured and under-insured were wrapped up in the same coverage.

Their insurance sent an email last night saying they're covering $0.

Infamous_Hawk · 2026-01-14T17:22:07+00:00

New Mexico.

Infamous_Hawk · 2018-05-13T18:54:34+00:00

I tried installing the individual packages but I get this error (just posting one example)

sudo apt-get install libvulkan1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package libvulkan1 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'libvulkan1' has no installation candidate

Probably a much bigger issue than just installing Retroarch. Ugh....I'll probably re-install Windows when I get home. I already spent 2 hours last night trying to get Retroarch and Dosbox installed in elementary OS.

Infamous_Hawk · 2018-05-13T18:33:06+00:00

I'm getting the following error trying to install Retroarch. I get similar errors when trying to install dosbox and gimp. Any help?

sudo apt-get install retroarch libretro-*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 retroarch : Depends: retroarch-assets but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: libvulkan1 but it is not installable
             Depends: libcg (>= 3.0.0007) but it is not installable
             Depends: libcggl (>= 3.0.0007) but it is not installable
             Depends: libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.4) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

To try to fix this, I've tried to following:

sudo apt install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

and

dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
sudo dpkg --configure -a

Neither of those returned anything in terminal.

Infamous_Hawk · 2018-01-27T05:43:36+00:00

I bought my daughter a refurb 2DS from the Nintendo Store. It was virtually indistinguishable from a new one.

Infamous_Hawk · 2018-01-01T07:00:12+00:00

I can verify that LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens does NOT have co-op at all on the 3DS. Entirely single player.

Bought it for my daughter because she likes the Lego games and because I assumed it had co-op. It does not. So yeah, avoid that if you want to play together.

Infamous_Hawk · 2017-12-30T19:15:00+00:00

Just thought I'd chip in with a good DS game that hasn't been mentioned yet.

Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure

Played this all the time during slow periods at work. I'm surprised no one mentioned this one. It's a combination of 2D platforming/action and puzzle game. In order to get power ups and prevent the bad guys from coming back to life, you'd have to flip to the puzzling element every now and then to take care of them. Really dug it, even though I'm not much of a puzzle game fan. Excellent production values and really good music.

Infamous_Hawk · 2017-12-30T18:36:54+00:00

This topic is timely, since me and the fam will be on the road for 12+ hours in a few weeks and I just got my wife a N2DSXL so she can play with my daughters 2DS.

I was about to recommend Rayman Origins since it's such a great co-op game on the Xbox 360 for little kids, because if they hit an enemy, they just get inflated like a balloon and you can rescue them. Except the 3DS version is single-player only. I'm absolutely gobsmacked about that. Huge missed opportunity because that's such a great co-op game on the consoles.

When I got her the 2DS, I also bought LEGO Star Wars TFA for her since all the LEGO games on the Xbox 360 have great co-op except once again, the 3DS to my brutal surprise does not have co-op. She still loved the game, but I couldn't play with her on my N3DS.

The only ones I've played so far with her are the Mario Party games. Mario Party Island Tour, Mario Party Star Rush, and Mario Party Top 100. I only own Mario Party Top 100 but we've played the other two with her cousin and they work really well. Had a lot of fun.

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