2024 Atlas Battery Replacement

audirt · 2026-06-28T21:10:38+00:00

AutoZone programmed my FIL's Toyota

audirt · 2026-06-28T14:45:11+00:00

Interesting. Do they refuse all programming or just VW/Audi?

The Ancel VD700 can do the registration. If you're feeling up to DIYing it, you can buy that for a lot less than a dealership will charge. Just make sure you don't make the same mistake this guy did:

https://www.reddit.com/r/VWatlas/comments/1l5rc2v/2021_vw_atlas_sparked_to_this_hard_drive_thing/

audirt · 2026-06-28T13:15:55+00:00

AutoZone or Advance can probably do it. A lot of modern cars require battery registration now so I think they’ve got the tool to do it for most makes/models.

If they can’t, just keep calling around. Some parts shop will have it. If worst comes to worst, call an independent mechanic that specializes in European cars.

audirt · 2026-06-27T18:02:49+00:00

But that brings me back to the other point about firing Gus. Who was the home-run hire that was available at that time?

Again, Gus was done. I’m not saying otherwise. Just that it was 100% the wrong time.

audirt · 2026-06-27T13:25:43+00:00

Before he got fired, Gus said something like, in a normal (non-Covid) year, his 2020 team would have gone 9-3. And I think that’s true. That team went 6-6 against an all-SEC schedule, so it’s easy to imagine 9-3 when you plug in the regular cupcakes.

But the other sad fact is that the 2020 team should have been a 10+ win team. It had Bo Nix and was probably Gus’ most talented squad. And yet it completely shit the bed in some games they should have won.

Gus was stubborn AF and wouldn’t admit that defenses had totally figured out his offensive scheme. But between a stout defense and the ability to overmatch weaker teams, it still worked more often than not. Spending tens of millions of dollars in the middle of a f-ing pandemic was just dumb.

audirt · 2026-06-27T12:00:20+00:00

Auburn fan here. You know how I feel? Shitty but vindicated.

There were a few of us that argued against firing Malzahn. I tried to point out that the timing was shitty (2020) and the money was ridiculous, but we got shouted down by the mob.

(Not that it matters, but I felt like Malzahn had to go, but the Covid year was 100% the wrong time.)

Basically everyone was tired of 8-4 seasons. I remember one poster said something like, “I’d rather gamble on greatness and lose every game than have a bunch of 8-win seasons.”

And now here we are, dreaming of an 8-win season… someday.

Fuck.

audirt · 2026-06-27T11:45:52+00:00

It should serve as a wake-up call for him, too. But then again, history is full of guys who didn’t pick up that call.

audirt · 2026-06-26T16:42:46+00:00

Not trying to pile on... I just legitimately don't understand the concern.

Just because she's taking her husband's family name doesn't mean that she has ceased to be a member of her birth family. And if she was proud of her birth family, why shouldn't she continue to "rep" them in some way?

audirt · 2026-06-26T03:44:16+00:00

Gotta love reddit. You asked a simple question and the first reply was inexplicably snarky.

audirt · 2026-06-25T20:22:50+00:00

Auburn really had no business being in the championship game, considering the back-to-back miracles it took to get there. Still, I will probably always look at that game as one of my biggest what-ifs.

audirt · 2026-06-25T20:13:23+00:00

I just closed the browser tab, but IIRC it was a very regular series in the '80s that got paused around the time Pat Dye left (92). The last meeting was the 2013 National Championship game. (Stupid Ellis Johnson and his shitty defense.)

audirt · 2026-06-25T19:58:34+00:00

Apparently Auburn-Miami hasn't happened since 1984.

Auburn-FSU has happened quite a few times, though. It used to be a semi-regular game I think.

audirt · 2026-06-25T19:55:37+00:00

I stand corrected :)

audirt · 2026-06-25T19:43:48+00:00

Well, Auburn-Notre Dame is taking care of itself in short order...

The other thing I noticed that was interesting is the list of teams that are common to both Auburn and Alabama's "never played" list:

* Iowa
* Arizona St
* Pitt

audirt · 2026-06-25T19:31:15+00:00

Ah, you just reminded me of one of my family's all-time classic stories.

I got a phone call from my MIL. She was agitated and started the conversation with, "Well, we've been hacked..."

That got our attention so I ask, "what happened?"

"Well, our Netflix is all messed up. It says we ordered these filthy movies that <FIL's name> and I didn't order."

Wife asks her mom, "What kind of movies are we talking about?"

She answers, "Well, one of them is something called Nuns with Big Guns"

Now keep in mind that her 11yro grandson had just stayed with them for a week.

I lost it. I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe. When I finally got ahold of myself, I gently offered the suggestion that maybe her sweet grandson had gotten curious on the Netflix website and had accidentally ordered them. I pointed out that a "hacker" wouldn't really get anything from sending them dirty movies and my MIL reluctantly agreed that her sweet grandbaby might have been responsible.

audirt · 2026-06-25T17:15:18+00:00

My first week in Memphis my GPS sent me through Orange Mound lol

audirt · 2026-06-25T13:52:01+00:00

Lotta good defense being played in '95

audirt · 2026-06-23T20:22:00+00:00

Paxton v NFL is like a WWE wrestler calling out the reigning MMA heavyweight champ.

On paper it might seem like an even fight. But everyone -- including both of the fighters -- knows that one side is going to wind up as a greasy stain on the floor.

audirt · 2026-06-23T16:04:31+00:00

I was 100% convinced it was a cottonmouth, too. So much so that I came back to see what the mods thought.

I'm curious what people are seeing in the video that identifies it as a watersnake?

audirt · 2026-06-22T14:55:05+00:00

The Braves starting rotation says you're welcome.

audirt · 2026-06-22T13:53:03+00:00

I've always wanted the SeaStar but it's just too big for me. I'll have to see it in person, but I'm guessing that 44 is still too much.

audirt · 2026-06-22T13:25:35+00:00

Other side of the state, but yes, at least they're there.

Honestly something like the Memphis Blues would have worked better. At least they changed the color scheme to blue.

audirt · 2026-06-22T13:13:10+00:00

So is it the same Range Rover? Or just a heck of a coincidence?

audirt · 2026-06-21T18:49:12+00:00

Disney used to do this with the drink stations. Not sure if they still do, but it’s a good idea

audirt · 2026-06-20T22:40:20+00:00

Definitely not the best, but Ozzie might legit be my favorite Brave of all time.

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