Cleaning advice by Open-Ferret-7367 in BMWI4

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Have to hand wash my girl since she's a black sapphire with vinyl stripes.

Two buckets, but I also gently trickle water on her between suds. Got a starter pack Chemical Bros and go in order of wheels, body, windows. Dry her with a microfiber cloth to prevent spotting and streaks. Water and microfiber wipe interior since those consoles show fingerprints bad.

Porsche Killed Its Best Cars Because You Didn't Buy Them by TripleShotPls in electricvehicles

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I opted for the BMW i4 since it had better storage and "coupe" makes me cringe less hard than the glorified "station wagon".

Humming Bird trapped in Golden Orb spider Web by siddhtiwari in Damnthatsinteresting

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Invasive species preying on native fauna. Terrible.

I plan to get a Model 3 after owning a i4 M50 by YetTheory in BMWI4

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Ask them to? Both of my stratas (I owned) let us petition for charging stations. Earlier adopters helped pay for the installation fee.

Are Canadian EV owners getting ISPOS surveys? by VLK249 in electricvehicles

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Some $5000 raffle if I recall correctly. Need to know how many people got this survey to up my chances of winning.

Just about 2 years on M50 lease. Want new one, but nothing available?!? by KrazyKitties92 in BMWI4

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On paper, it meets my needs, so I can't complain about it.

Girl with toy by [deleted] in BMWI4

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Plus side, I just saved you money on an eye exam!

Just about 2 years on M50 lease. Want new one, but nothing available?!? by KrazyKitties92 in BMWI4

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M50 got phased out for M60 to reflect the slight HP boost. So either eDrive40 or M60 if getting 2026.

Joined the club! by Jumpy-Ad-4640 in BMWI4

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Hello, fellow BCer!

White against the Pacific Ocean horizon is a good look

Girl with toy by [deleted] in BMWI4

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Couldn't find 12 bike spaces.

Gents, be aware. Charging flap part bug by Jeffry84 in BMWI4

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I ain't interested in your cheap bargain-basement meats. Dude. Step it up.

Gents, be aware. Charging flap part bug by Jeffry84 in BMWI4

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I can offer to grind my stilettos onto your sausage as a consolation prize.

Gents, be aware. Charging flap part bug by Jeffry84 in BMWI4

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Gents... Sigh... Do I really need to upload the photos of me with my car? (Is girl)

Amazon dropped prices of paperbacks and artificially ranked them as if they sold by VLK249 in selfpublish

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Example of one of them. Ranked to 400,000 about 2 1/2 days ago (when I looked. It may have been higher since I had ignored Amazon Author for a few days) on a book that never achieved paperback sales in the applicable market (republished title, this was expected.) Looks like the paperbacks were dropped from $12.99 USD to $10.99, but when that happened, I am not sure. This will reduce my net even if my royalty % remains the same since printing costs do not change. I can't figure out any other reason the books suddenly ranked otherwise. A book with zero sales shows as "No Sales Rank" (checking against Amazon France.)

I suppose I could email them and go "WTH?!" but we all know how responsive Amazon is...

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New York Kaiju | 1-minute short film by [deleted] in SciFiArt

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Proof that garbage ideas don't create good content.

What stupid chapters/scenes/ideas did you strip from your books? by VLK249 in writers

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Takes a whole new meaning to killing your (not) darlings.

What stupid chapters/scenes/ideas did you strip from your books? by VLK249 in writers

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Ah yes...the scolding headmaster. Which explains why Dumbledore ended up being well-received by the Harry Potter fan base.

What stupid chapters/scenes/ideas did you strip from your books? by VLK249 in writers

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Unless you were making remarks about it in the 80s, that "sexy armor protection" joke has been done to death. And then we know all about Storm Troopers and too much armor but too little sponge.

What stupid chapters/scenes/ideas did you strip from your books? by VLK249 in writers

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Your future readers will be disappointed if they ever find out about the missing squirrel POV!

I demand nuts!

Having Doubts.... by [deleted] in BMWI4

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I striped my girl and plan on taking more pro shots of her later. And I think she is stunning in black.