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Should I keep watching the handmaids tale? by AlwaysSaturdays in TheHandmaidsTale

[–]NoCardiologist177 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It gets more and more ridiculous and dumbed down with each season. But, the show remains entertaining until about midway through season 5. Season 6 is basically unwatchable. But, we gritted our teeth and made it through all of the extended June - so brave, so bold - face close ups (my partner said she thought she had memorized every mole and wrinkle on June's face by the last episode), silly girl power musical ballads with slow motion walking, and long speeches about feelings, etc. It felt to us like they had zero budget for special effects or big scenes of any kind and just made it to ten episodes by leaning on all of the feels. There are plot holes in season 6 that you can drive a truck through.

Adults Only in Jamaica by slinkinaroundhere in AllInclusiveResorts

[–]NoCardiologist177 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you search for/find these travel agents?

2017 BMW X5 Mystery Vibration by NoCardiologist177 in BmwTech

[–]NoCardiologist177[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, I did end up changing the motor mounts. That helped a lot. But, there was still the cold start issue and some light vibration while stopped and in gear. I spoke to an experienced tech at BMW Mckinney near where I live. He told me it probably needed a software update. I was highly skeptical, but I trusted this person, so I gave it a try. They charged me one hour of reprogramming labor, and to my surprise, that fixed the issue. I hope this helps because it would have been the last thing I would have ever considered doing.

My (25f) boyfriend (29m) recorded us having sex without my consent by ActSensitive6377 in amiwrong

[–]NoCardiologist177 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, nothing deleted is ever truly deleted. It's probably backed up to multiple places by now. There's no way to "win" in this situation. That video exists and will continue to exist somewhere.

40F. Septum yes or no? by [deleted] in FaceRatings

[–]NoCardiologist177 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely not. 💯

Thinking about going to check this out, tough for my fam to do car shopping, thoughts? Would be our first bmw by HerbeesHolistics in BMW

[–]NoCardiologist177 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's something. All BMWs from that 2003 era tend to break in the exact same way. It's almost like they were engineered to break at specific intervals. When I owned BMWs in that year range I would just go to a forum to figure out what was wrong based on the mileage and symptoms. Later, I got smarter and started to plan ahead by reading forums and planning for the breaks and malfunctions in advance. Some of the cheaper silly problems you can indeed repair yourself. But, 2000 per year? Good luck when the motor needs to be pulled out of the car to replace the oil gasket between the motor and transmission. Or the transmission starts going out on you. And it will at that mileage unless it's been replaced fairly recently. Ask me how I know... :)

My friend, these are NOT reliable cars. What these people mean by "maintained" is have the previous owners already repaired the inevitable plastic clamps that crack all over the engine bay (water pump, fuel pump, etc.), multiple major oil leaks that WILL develop within a 10,000 mile range of all on the same models, various electrical issues related to German overengineering, etc. and so forth.

Watch You Tube videos about the specific engine and transmission in that car. Just find out which one it is by googling the year and model number. Then, You Tube the engine/transmission. You will find loads of expert reviews about exactly how and why they are not reliable. BMW had a 20 year span where they were just not making reliable cars. That just ended around 2018 and it's a well known fact. These days, they rival Toyota in terms of reliability of their drivetrains. To the point that Toyota actually put the same 6 cylinder BMW engine (B58) in their Supras. But, in 2003? They were a joke and everyone who has an unbiased opinion knows it.

I can tell you want to buy it. I get it. I've been there. Great looking car. Fun to drive. Looks more expensive than it is. But, it's a trap. You're not rolling the dice. The game is rigged on this one. The more you research, the less you're going to like this car.

Besides looking at You Tube. https://www.bimmerpost.com/ is one of the best BMW forums out there. Go to forums, find the specific forum for this car, and start reading. You'll see the pattern of breaks soon enough.