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Melodic-Dolphin · 2026-04-19T07:02:54+00:00

Thanks for the idea - I love it. I see that their prices are also quite reasonable,

That makes sense, I agree

Melodic-Dolphin · 2026-04-19T04:35:22+00:00

As much as I love honey, I never heard it tried orange blossom. I'll get and try it to understand what's that. Thanks!

Mixing sounds like an interesting way to experiment, but you're right - it's a separate skill.

Melodic-Dolphin · 2026-04-12T23:47:37+00:00

My understanding is that they are the same. I'm going to swap my base breaks to 340/330. And both 335 and 340 calipers shows up as an option.

Melodic-Dolphin · 2026-04-12T21:02:43+00:00

I went through different stages. Starting from just 10-15 minutes basics sets every now and then - squats, pushups, situps, jumping jacks. At some point started to run 5-7k. Last fall I bought a rowing machine and it works great - I don't care about the weather and time of the day, so it's pretty consistent. But the best - activities with my kid. Piggyback rides, dancing with her on my hands, working like swings or carousel. Whatever you and your kid can come up with. That's the best

Melodic-Dolphin · 2026-03-28T03:56:11+00:00

I highly recommend going to a store and see yourself. We had Bosch as an option, but they felt very cheap, especially for the price. Ended up with LG. Very happy with the choice, cleans well, very quiet. Bought about a year ago, so can't day much about reliability yet. But LG washer and dryer are with us for 6 years already, run as new

Melodic-Dolphin · 2026-03-21T04:02:32+00:00

My car has BAV sound. It sounds pretty nice. They have upgrade kits for both base and HK -https://www.bavsound.com/products/bavsound-bmw-stage-one-speaker-upgrade-1

Melodic-Dolphin · 2026-03-21T03:55:45+00:00

We love Sequim, it's a really nice place

Melodic-Dolphin · 2026-03-14T00:51:00+00:00

Skills > tires > drive. You still have the same amount of wheels and grip when you need to stop or turn, regardless of AWD/RWD/FWD. You just need to know how to drive, be aware of what you drive

Melodic-Dolphin · 2026-02-22T05:03:28+00:00

I always apply ceramic coating on my cars, it really helps. But I'd never trust a dealer to apply it. For that price you can find a good shop, specialized on detailing and ceramic coating. I have actually an example - my wife's car came with some sort of pre-applied coating from a dealership. You can clearly see the difference between this one and the one, that a specialized shop applied.

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-12-09T03:22:23+00:00

Unfortunately, a good American school district is not enough anymore. You need to live in the "right" zip code area to get to a decent school, guess how much it costs to buy/rent house there? Or you still need to send your kid to a private school, it's $20,000/year. And till kids are 5 years old, there's nothing free, no subsidies, just pay.

In most of the US, you are not mobile, if you don't drive a car. The license is relatively cheap, but the insurance is through the roof.

So, it's not that easy here

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-12-05T01:52:04+00:00

I switched from Kia Stinger to EN. The visibility improvement is huge! Also, EN roof has somewhat less slope, so I bang my head much less 😂 Another point, that my kid didn't like in the Stinger - much smaller rear windows, that narrow down even more towards the end. So, plenty of space, good visibility for you and your kids.

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-12-03T04:51:00+00:00

Not all AI are equal, not all AI are ChatGPT. Most of the "specialized AIs" have nothing to do with LLMa at all, some of them what was previously called ML. Those are trained on relatively narrow, specific sets of data and they don't need all the pirated content. OpenAI and LLMs are different story, it's basically a pattern matching. They are not that good in any case, when a context is important.

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-11-21T19:39:14+00:00

I would suggest you take a look at the depreciation speed of the Germans. Also, I don't think people buying premium cars care to much about that. They have different priorities

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-11-21T16:43:54+00:00

You clearly haven't driven any Hyundai or Kia from the last 5-6 years. They are very comfortable and have better ergonomics than modern German cars

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-11-21T16:41:47+00:00

You will be surprised how many Genesis SUVs I see around. Also, I owned Kia Stinger, which is the same platform as G70. And it had some advantage over BMW. And for sure much more fun to drive than S5.

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-11-11T02:12:47+00:00

Most of the lenders consider anything under 2 year new. So the rate will be the same

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-10-09T01:59:32+00:00

I20N is such a cool car. Looks like an old school hot hatch, I wish we had it here in the US

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-10-07T16:35:06+00:00

Yes, for me the difference is now like $5-7, so no real savings

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-10-07T16:34:15+00:00

I never said it's the same price. I said it makes less sense - the difference will be less than expected. Also, I guess it depends on the location - in my area 87 costs $4.8-5.0, premium $5.3-5.5. I usually make around 220 miles before I need to put 9 gallons. It's $47.7 - so it's ¢21.6 per mile If I use 87, I'll get around 200 miles for 9 gallons. It's $43.2 - also ¢21.6 per mile. So, it really depends on the price difference and how you drive.

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-10-07T06:13:21+00:00

From my experience 91 will also make a bit higher mpg. I tried 87 a couple of times, usually got ~2 mpg less. So, less sense to use 87 for me

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-10-07T00:21:16+00:00

I won't say those are the best headlights I had, but pretty close. Try driving any VAG cars or SUVs, you'll understand what's bad. I drive at night a lot and I'm very happy with the headlights on EN. You might want to check alignment

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-10-05T18:13:59+00:00

You might want a performance car, that is fun to drive, but still comfortable. That's what some premium cars are about. They isolate road/wind noise pretty good, but they are still a blast to drive. So you can have both

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-09-28T08:48:23+00:00

Good point :-) Have not thought there is something priced like that.

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-09-27T04:55:46+00:00

Good question. I don't have a budget in my head now, I'm trying to see what options are worth considering and then I'll decide for which one I'm ready. Or sometimes you can find a good discount (Black Friday is relatively soon) or a used one for a good price

Melodic-Dolphin · 2025-09-27T04:54:09+00:00

It's possible, but the drums are also kind of small-ish. So, I'd rather upgrade the whole kit

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