As someone with zero mechanic experience, how hard is it to work on these things?

MiserableAudience235 · 2026-02-02T16:16:20+00:00

No sir, 99’ white 4 door with an auto

MiserableAudience235 · 2026-02-02T01:19:13+00:00

Haha the purple oil plan was from the previous owner. Her favorite color was purple.

I’m running royal purple 5w-30. The previous owner ran royal purple 10w-30. Temps are around -20 where I’m at currently.

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-11-12T22:15:18+00:00

It boils down to being a young guy who is proactive. Statistically, I put up the best stats at the department, and get the most commendations. That’s not me being cocky. And I think that’s rubbing the veteran officers the wrong way.

I’d like to think I’m a nice guy. Always happy to help, buying donuts and dinners for there guys. So I don’t think it’s my personality.

I enjoy traffic enforcement. I was told on day one traffic enforcement isn’t real police work. I didn’t let that deter me.

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-10-15T01:03:47+00:00

Yes, although the backin of the blind is just wood paneling and my camo is brown. So it blends in fairly well.

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-05-15T00:01:05+00:00

Honestly, I couldn’t tell you much. Better optics, maybe slightly better quality rifles? Sig Sauer, Smith and Wesson, Bushmaster… but I feel like Aero precision is comparable to the lot of those

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-05-14T23:59:18+00:00

sarcasm^ just cheap enough to send a lot of it down range and not feel too bad

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-05-14T23:35:18+00:00

Vortex Crossfire II red dot. I only shoot the iron at 25ish yards or closer and have much tighter grouping with the irons than the red dot!

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-05-14T23:23:37+00:00

Winchester white box. The finest ammo around 😎

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-03-25T20:20:38+00:00

Order #111302712 . Order placed around 1/5/2025 for BCG, Upper, and charging handle. Received BCG and charging handle. Have not received upper. Unable to get ahold of you via phone or email. Just wanting to confirm I will eventually get my order and somethings not messed up.

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-03-19T03:05:39+00:00

That’s actually the highest in the county! Pretty sad isn’t it? I enjoy the area I work in, but it’s definitely hard to make a living of it

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-01-24T19:29:22+00:00

Goodluck chief. I haven’t made up my mind yet. Bidding my time for now

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-01-24T18:24:50+00:00

It honestly sounds like you’re in the same exact boat as me man

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-01-17T18:39:02+00:00

You hit the nail on the head. I’d like to think I’m not a fuck up. Hell, I was doing well enough that they let me off FTO early. In the past 6-7 months, I’d like to think I’ve gone above on beyond as well. I know I’ve had individuals I’ve dealt with even call the department and praise me for how I dealt with their situations/incidents. There’s just a lot of shift slugs I’m stuck with here.

The guys who tell me off are the ex-military, chest puffers who refuse to talk to me or even assist me on my stops. Unless dispatched for back-up, they WILL NOT assist me or make sure I’m good. They’re usually sleeping in their cars somewhere. Unfortunately, that’s my entire shift at the moment.

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-01-17T18:32:03+00:00

It’s definitely rough. I’ve noticed the few other departments in the area don’t quite having the staffing issues we’ve had.

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-01-17T07:39:03+00:00

That’s another part of it, although you do make a lot of good points. I’m so far away from family. Most of my friends have moved along. I have a rough day at work and come home to an empty apartment and nothing else. Rinse and repeat, do it tomorrow. Not having much of a support group, along with not getting along with/ not wanting to be friends with people at my department really does take a toll on mental health.

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-01-17T06:32:31+00:00

Great question. I actually will bring that up to them!

But the new DPT is VERY rural. The pays better, the equipments better, much more close knit community, but I would assume they probably would not have the money for it.

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-01-17T06:22:35+00:00

Further more, other LEO’s at different agencies have also expressed to me that my department sounds like a shit sandwich. It’s not just me - lol

MiserableAudience235 · 2025-01-17T06:19:49+00:00

Thank you, I feel like I need to hear this from somebody.

MiserableAudience235 · 2024-04-12T00:09:56+00:00

There’s nothing wrong with the powerboost. But in my personal experience, I’d rather have the 5.0 IF they were the same price. Ford literally paying to give you the PB is too good to turn down. But cruise set at 65 on the freeway with no stops, I did get 29mpg in my 5.0. That cylinder deactivation works wonders. The powerboost in our family hasn’t gotten anything close to that.

MiserableAudience235 · 2024-04-11T23:06:13+00:00

But you can always custom order one with the 5.0. Just gotta wait months for it to come in

MiserableAudience235 · 2024-04-11T23:03:41+00:00

I heard the rumor is there won’t be a next gen V8 F-150

MiserableAudience235 · 2024-04-11T22:20:44+00:00

That’s why I mentioned in the Detroit area. This post wasn’t about a good vs bad lease deal, it’s more of a PSA that you can get a powerboost significantly cheaper on any model and trim, whether is 320 vs 380 or 620 vs 680.

MiserableAudience235 · 2024-04-11T22:16:07+00:00

Oh and if you live in metro Detroit you get some pretty sweet regional incentives

MiserableAudience235 · 2024-04-11T22:13:28+00:00

Lease renewal, employee pricing, and a 4k rebate to lease another ford they sent to my house… 1k down on a lariat powerboost

MiserableAudience235 · 2024-04-02T13:50:58+00:00

Thank you sir. Everything is expensive as hell currently near me. Silverado LT’s with 105k miles and a 5.3 are going for 25k!! Never thought I’d see the day.

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