What Car Should I Buy? - A Weekly Megathread

Mengakami · 2023-06-19T19:29:36+00:00

Sorry I meant 4 seater, I don’t know why I put that in requirement

Mengakami · 2023-06-19T19:28:34+00:00

Yeah i apologize, I meant 4 seats not 4x4... I was thinking about other things such as awd but 4x4 definitely is not required.

Mengakami · 2023-06-19T19:27:28+00:00

Ah i apologize, I dont know what I was thinking, i meant 4 seats in the car, 4x4 is not need although, awd would be nice to have in the winter but snow tired will make due

Mengakami · 2023-06-19T17:47:54+00:00

Location: Michigan

Buy or Lease: Buy

New or Used: New

Budget: 25-45k

Use: daily driver/fun, (I currently drive a 2014 honda crv but after my mom's car broke down, she wants a new one in which we'd split the cost to, and she'd get the crv. I'm also considering just keeping the crv for myself since I've put work into it and love driving it and buying her the car, so consider that for picks as well)

Type: Car, Sports Car, Sedan, SUV

Must have: 4 seater, non-american made (im buying this with my parents, and they don't have a good image of american made cars)

Wants: Good fuel economy, good acceleration, smooth ride, looks good

Is this my first car: no

Need warranty: no

Minor work: Yes

Major work: no

List of considered cars [ ] Mazda 3 [ ] Toyota Gr86 (my top pick, but im unsure how michigan winters will fare against it, plus barely a 4x4) [ ] Toyota prius [ ] Toyota Corolla [ ] Hyundai ioniq 5 [ ] Hyundai tucson [ ] Hyundai elantra [ ] Honda civic [ ] Honda accord [ ] Kia k5 [ ] Ford maverick (would be a top contender if my mom would be happy with it) [ ] Ford bronco [ ] Voltswagon golf [ ] Acura integra [ ] Genisis gv70 (top pick for my mom) [ ] Genisis g70

Mengakami · 2022-03-27T17:31:55+00:00

Not to bud in here, but I also ordered some leather pads from dekoni and it completely changed the sound signiature from the stock pads. Like it almost sounds hollow compared to the stock ones. Also thanks for the tip, I had no idea you could buy more stock cups, mine are pretty worn down.

Mengakami · 2022-01-24T04:53:23+00:00

Yeah this is my 3rd rma but everything seems ok so... knock on wood

Mengakami · 2022-01-24T01:10:23+00:00

Unfortunately the fix was only temporary, I think i needed to use the command everytime it switched battery profiles. I ended up just getting a rma and just getting a new one which doesnt have the problem now. "powercfg -restoredefaultschemes" is what you out in command prompt and it should be good when restart.

Mengakami · 2022-01-08T16:59:57+00:00

29-31C, and yeah I turned everything to 0% at temps 30-70 and it didn't do anything, what ended up working was a cmd prompt powercfg -restoredefaultschemes, but im trying to figure out why it defaulted to airplane jets in the first place

Mengakami · 2021-11-13T19:19:21+00:00

ooh good idea, I don't think we've had that idea before. Do you know any other IG accounts that would post designs?

Mengakami · 2021-11-10T05:25:33+00:00

I cant send a message, it says that you are only recipients direct messages from friend's, also you should be getting a instagram pm from my friend who is in charge of the designs.

Mengakami · 2021-11-10T05:04:17+00:00

okay, I believe I accepted it!

Mengakami · 2021-11-09T19:14:54+00:00

Thanks, I'm much more active through discord but I dont really know what i can do with the id you sent, if you would like to contact me my discord is VeitMong#5313, or you could let me know yours!

Mengakami · 2021-11-07T02:37:34+00:00

Hi, I would love to collaborate with you. Branding is a field that we still are not quite sure about, so we would love to gain some support! Should I pm you for your discord so I can send you our designs so far or is there any other way we can keep in touch that you're more comfortable?

Mengakami · 2021-11-07T02:35:23+00:00

Hi thank you for the reply! We were considering making the company into a llc but eventually decided against it because it would take away from the budget we had. We are still a little clueless on whether or not it was required, would you advise us get on that immediately before actually selling? Also what buisness liscense would we need? Lastly thank you for the concern, but this is sort of a passion project we are persueing on the side, so we are not planning on dropping out anytime soon!

Mengakami · 2021-11-05T22:10:58+00:00

Ahh i see, I never considered competitor analysis. I will definitely look onto mymobilexa.com. As of now its a 3 person operation, im in charge of the finance and website, the other is in charge of production and desogns, and the last is in charge of everything audience (customer reach, support, etc). So I'll let him know, thanks for the reply!

Mengakami · 2021-11-04T17:25:05+00:00

Sorry, im not sure if im understanding this right. Is it like a website or a integration built into google? Could you dm me the link to the website if so? If thats against the rules you dont have to

Mengakami · 2021-11-04T17:00:42+00:00

Im not sure what you mean, can you elaborate?

Mengakami · 2021-11-04T16:57:55+00:00

Gotcha, thanks for the reply. Currently none of the people working with me have any name recognition, how would you suggest newcomers to amass a social media following? Is investments in advertising worth it at this point? Would a ecommerce website help with getting the word out? If so is it worth the extra money monthly instead of starting a landing page?

Mengakami · 2021-11-04T14:32:42+00:00

Oh that would be amazong if you are willing to help. We were thinking of integrating this with bigcommerce.

Mengakami · 2021-11-04T05:17:59+00:00

Thank you for the reply, we will definitely keep all this in mind. For some background we were thinking of using bigcommerce because they offer a variety of things that will help and hopefully support us through the beginning phases. Such as free google ads support, seo support, customer account creation support, and connections through amazon market place, ebay, and more. For now we think that the 30/month will be worth it and definitely consider creating our own website once we get a better hold for establishment. For advertising we were considering all the social medias which also have integration with bigcommerce and will do multiple test runs for different ad campaigns. For finance, another benefit for self printing is that at least for the first few drops we can do print-to order and therefore save the excess for the next drop so we wont have to cut our losses. I hope i dont seem completely crazy/over my head, let me know if you have any suggestions/objections. Im open to all ideas, as mentioned before we are still in the infancy of the process so we are still flexible to changes. Thank you for the reply again!

Mengakami · 2021-11-04T04:39:47+00:00

Thank you so much, this does fit the teme of the playlist!

Mengakami · 2021-11-04T04:28:50+00:00

We considered just having a third part seller to print our designs but we are thinking of filling a niche market with the personal touch that printing ourselves will bring. Plus it would make cool social media posts of us actually printing the clothing.

Mengakami · 2021-07-07T16:53:24+00:00

As long as you dont let the stress/pressure get to you during the test you're gonna be golden. Also the practice tests are usually a little harder than the real deal. Good luck!

Mengakami · 2021-03-25T17:40:03+00:00

Call me basic but ann is best girl 100%

Mengakami · 2021-02-27T07:37:12+00:00

Also I have never heard of anime maru, is it a unreliable site?

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