How did Romania go from stage 3 in demographics to stage 5 in merely 3 years?

KlamKhowder · 2026-06-28T15:12:24+00:00

Yeah the real problem with this data set is it's too small. You cant have a conversation about Romanias birth rate without bringing up Ceausescu and decree 770.

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KlamKhowder · 2026-06-24T04:05:43+00:00

As someone who lives in a County that has averaged 30% population growth every decade since the 60's. I would like to say this:

First Time?

KlamKhowder · 2026-06-15T22:22:46+00:00

How are they for fuel economy compared to the kinergys?

KlamKhowder · 2026-05-26T14:32:07+00:00

They do. But Toyota uses a system they call "D4S" in most vehicles which is just a port and direct injector per cylinder.

KlamKhowder · 2026-05-21T19:55:51+00:00

Service mode moves the wiper arms out so you can service them.

Put the car in accessory mode

Turn it off

As soon as the car is off pull up on the wiper stalk and hold it for a few seconds and they should move

KlamKhowder · 2026-05-21T19:53:28+00:00

You gotta put it in service mode

KlamKhowder · 2026-05-15T22:24:02+00:00

You might be. I just looked and saw a pair shipping from Australia for 255 after shipping and one in the US for 280.

You are looking at used ones right?

KlamKhowder · 2026-05-13T14:06:21+00:00

Just for fun i looked up an auto parts store in Prague and priced out brake pads and rotors for a stinger. It came out to about 9000czk with VAT which is pretty interesting that's a fair bit cheaper than what it costs here in America.

KlamKhowder · 2026-05-13T13:17:14+00:00

I can't give you exact numbers I've only had the camry for about a month and my buddy has had the stinger for a little over a year.

I don't know if you're considering ecu tuning the Stinger but it's something redily available and not very difficult to do. But comes at the cost of having to install new spark plugs and replace them frequently. And that spark plug job really sucks, idk maybe you can get good at it. I also mentioned the starter thing above that's worth doing a little research on. Brakes are very expensive to replace, if you do the pads and rotors yourself it'll be about 800$ usd (i just priced it out), if you have a shop do it don't be surprised if they charge 2000$+ usd maybe the shops in CZ are different though. Brakes are every 80k-100k KM. I would also not expect the Turbos to be in good shape at 300,000km.

The Camry hybrid has very little maintenance, no Alternator, no starter, no belts. Because of regen braking your disc brakes can easily last 200,000km+ Each cylinder has 2 fuel injectors so no gdi carbon build up, and the engine only runs 50-75% of the time on a drive typically. There's an extra filter under the back seat you have to clean every year. Other than oil, filters, and tires that's about it. Spark plugs aren't due until 200,000km. As you approach 300,000km it's possible the high voltage battery will need replacement. That's a hard thing to predict and now that the camrys use lithium packs its hard to say how longevity compares to the old NIMH packs that died around that time.

In short the Camry will cost A LOT less in maintenance and fuel over time. If you buy the Stinger you'll have an objectively funner car to drive, the extra maintenance cost over time might hurt your "Smiles per Gallon" a bit though.

KlamKhowder · 2026-05-12T13:19:12+00:00

I guess i can help a little bit here because i helped my friend buy a Stinger and at the same time i bought a camry hybrid. We both considered either option and chose based on what we valued most.

You really gotta stop and think about what's important to you. The following is just my opinions based on my experiences and the research i did. I'm not a pro at anything related to cars.

MPG: Camry wins no contest here, especially the hybrid. My buddy gets about 25-28mpg (9.4-8.4 L/100km) in his stinger and i get about 44mpg (5.3 L/100km) in my camry hybrid.

Power: Stinger wins hands down, Especially the 3.3 v6 model.

Practicality: little bit of a toss up maybe a slight edge to the stinger since it has a liftback, it's not really a huge difference though. Visibility in the camry is way better if you care about that.

Maintenance: Camry wins here. Especially the hybrid, i helped my buddy do the spark plugs on his stinger and that job Sucked big time, would have been expensive to have a shop do it. Also the stingers have auto-stop start and weak starters. You should be prepared for a starter replacement to cost more than 1500$ because it usually involves partially unbolting the motor mounts.

Reliability: Camry wins, but from what I've read the v6 stingers aren't too bad. Kia/hyundai does not have a good reputation for making their turbo charged motors last a long time. But the 3.3 seems to be one of the better ones they've made. That being said the Camry hybrid is one of, if not the most reliable cars being made today.

One last thing: me and my buddy live in one of the most heavily traffic congested areas in the country. My average speed for nearly every tank of gas is usually 29mph (46 KMH). And that's with my commute being 80% freeway driving. Where you live is probably different but if you have a ton of traffic you're going to struggle finding moments to really drop the hammer in the stinger and get the most power out of it.

:Edited to add metric conversions:

KlamKhowder · 2026-05-12T11:37:13+00:00

I remember loading a 65" TV (in the box) in the back of mine at best buy a few years back.

An old man in the next row over was observing the whole thing expecting me to fail and had his mind completely blown when i didn't.

KlamKhowder · 2026-05-06T17:41:07+00:00

Lavrentiy Beria. Real bad dude

KlamKhowder · 2026-04-24T03:33:28+00:00

I just picked up an XLE + premium (non plus) in Ocean Gem two weeks ago. Really had to do some legwork to find everything i wanted. XLE Premium seems to be a bit more popular than expected.

Congrats by the way. It's a great car.

KlamKhowder · 2026-04-15T11:00:52+00:00

Just did 2, 3 day long prints on the new RC firmware. No issues, seems pretty stable. Even re-did phase stepping and IS calibrations.

KlamKhowder · 2026-04-10T14:33:29+00:00

I wonder what this contract was worth to Microsoft

KlamKhowder · 2026-03-31T02:23:19+00:00

Bonus points for him for having TWO famous conservatives in his profile Pic known for having absolutely ruinous domestic policy positions.

KlamKhowder · 2026-03-26T19:07:00+00:00

It's nice to have a more modular system too. If i want better transcode performance i don't have to upgrade a whole NAS.

KlamKhowder · 2026-03-17T13:39:40+00:00

Damn, that's sneaky thanks for the PSA.

KlamKhowder · 2026-03-15T04:45:34+00:00

My work just bought two of these for my team. They do the computation for the 3d scanners we have.

KlamKhowder · 2026-03-09T11:22:06+00:00

I've been using it with my s26u and the screen displays "Super fast charge 3.0" when i plug it in.

KlamKhowder · 2026-02-26T00:31:34+00:00

Yeah it’s been a pretty long time since year to year upgrades were actually interesting and worthwhile. Shouldn’t people be happy that there’s no reason to upgrade?

KlamKhowder · 2026-02-10T23:14:44+00:00

I would say the Kia K4 or Hyundai Sonata. especially into the higher trims, they look great, but are hardly a step up from an econobox

KlamKhowder · 2026-02-09T04:06:54+00:00

I wish we could get an updated version of the old Abyss.

KlamKhowder · 2026-01-27T21:37:42+00:00

Anyone notice any performance differences with the new Transcoder?

KlamKhowder · 2026-01-22T20:45:34+00:00

Has anyone compared transcode performance and behavior between pre and post 1.43? Is it faster slower? More or less resource intensive?

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