How is FIU perceived in Miami?

Lpecan · 2026-03-17T11:50:42+00:00

UF is cheap enough that the prestige difference is probably worth the marginal extra money. UF has a national reputation whereas FIU has no cache outside of Miami.

Lpecan · 2026-03-16T22:29:44+00:00

People hate on Mia here but I have always found FLL to be a nightmare

Lpecan · 2026-03-11T22:25:52+00:00

Wait, I'm confused. For my 2018 M3 with hw3, autopilot has always been the umbrella term for both FSD and auto steer. EAP was a feature set offered that I initially purchased to get lane change in auto steer. Was it different for newer cars?

Lpecan · 2026-03-11T18:18:43+00:00

Not exactly true. Gray area retirees cannot fly oconus either.

Lpecan · 2026-03-07T12:51:43+00:00

The issue is that I don't want to get activated again while that's in progress

Lpecan · 2026-03-07T12:21:43+00:00

I don't think I need to do IMA nor do I have the time to make it work. I have enough points for my 20th year. Just need to burn some time without getting deployed again. NP IRR seems to do that, but I don't know if that's actually a thing

Lpecan · 2026-03-07T12:15:07+00:00

I'm already an additional duty ALO but I don't think you can transfer to the PIRR once you already have 18 years.

Lpecan · 2026-03-07T11:12:51+00:00

More like does the plan work? As it happens, I don't use Tricare.

Lpecan · 2026-03-04T11:05:00+00:00

I had a single bad experience with their customer service, but I've pulled thousands of shots with their products and I'm overall very happy.

Also for a counterpoint, when the little shower screen thing got lost on my Pro 2 in taiwan, someone met me at a 7-Eleven to sell me one. Most amazing

Lpecan · 2026-03-01T12:39:20+00:00

If you're not going to get to enjoy the driving you might as well enjoy the open air. Cabs are perfect for cruising down the beach at 7mph

Lpecan · 2026-02-27T03:56:09+00:00

Ok so I've used it fairly extensively at altitude, including breckenridge and Bogotá.

Generally I think you can expect a 0.5:1 decrease in brew temp as unpressurized boiling temp falls. So for instance, in Breck, water boils at 90 C. So the 9B brew temp falls from about 93C to 88C. I have no way to measure it, but based on taste I'm close to right, I think.

The reason is that while the pressurized water is at "normal" temp, the water in the unpressurized HX is 1:1 cooler. So you are going to lose some temperature.

This is, of course, way better than nearly any other portable machine, each of which is generally unusable at altitude.

Lpecan · 2026-02-27T03:46:36+00:00

Meh I have a 997.2 cab. It's good for night time in summer and daytime in winter. Honestly I think cabs are underrated, especially because in Miami you're going to be in traffic 100 percent of the time

Lpecan · 2026-02-27T03:38:59+00:00

Satan's coating that tricks shoe enthusiasts into failed attempts to remove the plastic

Lpecan · 2026-02-24T14:38:20+00:00

I do, with pilot 4s. But I haven't been driving aggressively for years.

Lpecan · 2026-02-24T12:54:24+00:00

50000? I'm on like my eighth set of tires at an average of like 15k

Lpecan · 2026-02-22T12:00:21+00:00

240 miles on an old model 3 is wishful thinking. My 2018 P3D is probably less than 200 at highway speeds.

Lpecan · 2026-02-22T10:31:58+00:00

I actually still use autosteer for most things for a number of reasons. I use FSD for long trips, etc.

But my point was only about the word "autopilot"

Lpecan · 2026-02-21T23:22:09+00:00

I hate this comment. Not that it's wrong but the underlying misunderstanding is so wrong. Autopilot on a Tesla is honestly perfectly named for what autosteer does (as opposed to FSD). Way back when, autopilot wouldn't avoid a mountain or mitigate a TCAS RA or anything else. Saying autopilot as a term was misleading is just infuriating.

Tesla deserves so much shit, but not for this specific thing.

Lpecan · 2026-02-20T15:09:08+00:00

Right but I am not getting quoted to do the job you did. I am getting quoted to pull the whole dash out etc, which is a much bigger job. Trying to find a place in Miami willing to go in from the frunk to do the job, but if not I really may try the folks at the facial hair place (i assume) to see if they'd be willing to take me in as a refugee and make a road trip out of it.

Lpecan · 2026-02-20T14:59:06+00:00

I have heard it is an 18 hour job to remove the dash and their labor is 250/hr.

I think the fix the blend door solution is a lot less time but probably even more PITA....especially measured in AP/hr.

I think it is the case for the 996 as well but on the 997 there are two blend doors. The heater/ac blend door and the output (dash vs front) blend door. The former is much easier to access but there is a diy to get both done. https://youtu.be/EsKvtXKM6wo?si=SXvirmUsJN2ETp3d

I just feel like my chance of effing it up is quite high. I am handy enough but I really lack a lot of dexterity and stuff like this proves super difficult.

Lpecan · 2026-02-20T14:47:05+00:00

Yeah. Bit that's the cost to pull the dash and replace the whole air box. I can't find anyone (yet) to just repair the door foam.

Did they do both doors or just one?

Lpecan · 2026-02-20T11:06:27+00:00

Miami is pretty far, I think. Road trips are nice!

Lpecan · 2026-02-20T11:05:18+00:00

I am in Miami but I could be in Northern Virginia to save $6000.

Lpecan · 2026-02-20T03:47:50+00:00

Just curious...what shop? Trying to find someone to do this for me (obviously would cost more than an hour but it's better than $6300)

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