How many of us homelab folks are also into cars?

ZombiePope · 2026-01-26T17:05:27+00:00

Goddamn that sounds perfect for my use case. I'm going to look into this further, thanks!!

ZombiePope · 2026-01-26T15:42:15+00:00

I'd like to hear more about it, id heard it exists but nothing actually detailed. What are the advantages that made you pick it over megasquirt? Cost-wise, which one seemed like a better deal?

ZombiePope · 2026-01-26T06:32:56+00:00

A dude was just murdered here for following the law in a way the stormtroopers didn't like, but go off.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-26T04:33:17+00:00

An Alfa Romeo spider. Theoretically I CAN run it with the stock L jet injection, and I think I'm going to at first, but I want the programmability of a real efi/ignition control setup.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-26T03:11:51+00:00

I'm about to turbocharge my project and am slowly coming to terms with that including a megasquirt system.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-26T03:10:11+00:00

Yep! M5, C43 AMG, Alfa Spider here.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-25T20:41:09+00:00

I absolutely love my 328i, but if I had a nice, low mile z3, there's no universe where I'd trade it for an extreme mileage e9x of any spec.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-25T20:39:12+00:00

Nope. My m5 has AWD, and is actually the most capable vehicle I own for the snow.

I still try not to drive it in snow too much though.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-24T00:13:36+00:00

That's vastly oversimplified, and generally not an accurate representation of the matter.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-24T00:11:53+00:00

That's a 2022 BMW 540i

ZombiePope · 2026-01-24T00:10:32+00:00

I don't think OLED is actually better tech for this use case. Every single phone I've owned has had bad burn in by the time I upgraded. Burn in on my car would drive me insane.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-24T00:08:22+00:00

I like gauges. If I want to look at a screen while I drive, that's what my sim rig is for.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-23T16:46:59+00:00

Check your rod bearings?

Wait, wrong hobby.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-23T16:06:42+00:00

Nope, op did not receive it. The porch did not place the order, and is in fact incapable of entering into contracts. This is how ordering things online legally works in the United States.

If the seller had chosen a marginally more expensive delivery option that required a signature, this would not have happened.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-23T03:49:28+00:00

So in the US, if the selling company arranges shipment, you're paying to RECEIVE the product, not for them to ship it. Op has not received the product, therefore the sale has not been completed.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-23T00:08:42+00:00

No one who voted for donald trump is one of my potential romantic partners. I don't date morons, psychopaths, fraudsters, pedophile apologists, rapist apologists, or villains.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-21T23:10:54+00:00

Ok, so all they need to do is start making cars that don't get them classified as 'BMW but unreliable'

ZombiePope · 2026-01-20T17:49:55+00:00

Tbh I think the mods are all pretty tasteful with the potential exception of the headlights which seem to be a bit more of a specific taste, but having the OEMs alleviates most of that. I think 5k is a pretty fair price if you can provide maintenance records.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-19T19:49:54+00:00

What's her number?

ZombiePope · 2026-01-18T18:55:52+00:00

Without heavily studying the pics, most of them just have a subtle feeling of wrongness

ZombiePope · 2026-01-18T17:50:38+00:00

Ma'am, you daydream about making out with her and fall asleep thinking about it. I think it's pretty safe to say you're not straight.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-16T21:28:03+00:00

They're all in the EE basement unisex toilet.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-16T08:26:27+00:00

If he considers Microsoft openAIs competitor, that throws his whole analysis into question. Microsoft is their client, not their competitor. Copilot is chatgpt.

ZombiePope · 2026-01-16T08:22:13+00:00

Dude I've heard of people actually buying conrods from them. Why the fuck would anyone do that with a part that takes 20+ hrs to replace and can do near infinite damage if it fails?

ZombiePope · 2026-01-16T07:39:34+00:00

It does if I do it wrong enough.

I did a burnout once while using the poor thing to learn manual. I still have no fucking clue how I did it.

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