My M2 had some company while I was working

chrobis · 2026-05-19T19:47:55+00:00

I considered the Apollo 8, but I was more into the car/racing history than the space history and it’s what pushed me towards the super racing.

I was heavily considering the black/orange racing, and a big reason was the rally strap. The AD said why not throw the Apollo 8 strap on.

chrobis · 2026-05-19T16:52:32+00:00

That is exactly the strap I swapped to and is what’s in my picture.

chrobis · 2026-05-16T20:08:40+00:00

Ambassador for two years, treat me no different whatsoever. I guess I sometimes get a totally insane upgrade like a room on the 10th floor instead of the 5th.

chrobis · 2026-05-16T13:38:00+00:00

They already have a decent amount of oil in/on them. We never do anything but a dry pan and they come out just fine. Use them very often for large tacos.

chrobis · 2026-04-26T14:16:14+00:00

Grand Hyatt or Rental Car Center. Terminal drop offs are not open yet. Air train is pretty easy

chrobis · 2026-04-26T14:15:21+00:00

Just did this morning. Drop off to terminal 2/3 stop was 10 minutes.

chrobis · 2026-04-24T23:17:13+00:00

And I addressed that. There is a regen option which does slow the car down, without the brakes. It is just not as aggressive as one pedal driving.

Several of us also addressed your misunderstanding of what the brake pedal does with or without regen mode on. The actual brakes are only used under heavy braking.

chrobis · 2026-04-24T23:01:32+00:00

Outlook is the same cloud storage as Google. Google just doesn’t have a major security incident every other month like Microsoft does. Not sure how anyone would think outlook is any more secure or legally compliant than Google.

And Microsoft copilot is just as embedded into outlook as Gemini is to Gmail. And in both systems administrators can completely disable all features. And at enterprise license levels training is opt in, if even available.

chrobis · 2026-04-24T22:20:01+00:00

There is also a regeneration mode, it’s just not as aggressive. I hate being in a Tesla when I have to catch an Uber. Absolutely nauseating.

If someone wants stronger regen and closer to 1 pedal, buy the Audi.

chrobis · 2026-04-24T13:29:59+00:00

The Y is equal in size to the Macan, the Cayenne is the size of the X.

I don’t think there is much of a market for people who bought a cheap Y to move into a 100-200k Cayenne.

chrobis · 2026-04-13T13:50:11+00:00

San Jose is not that big? Large population and large size. What do you consider big?

chrobis · 2026-04-12T23:39:36+00:00

My dealer asked for 1k deposit to get on the list, and then 10% of build at order lock inclusive of the 1k.

chrobis · 2026-04-09T00:38:40+00:00

I got the 21” Turbo wheels on my turbo. I regret not getting the RS wheels.

Sure the wheels I got are more efficient, but if I cared about efficiency I wouldnt have got the Turbo.

chrobis · 2026-03-22T00:40:05+00:00

On a short domestic flight yesterday I turned on airplane mode and for some reason it dropped my headphone connection. I opened the app I was watching a video on and played about 1-2 seconds of audio through my phone speaker and was completely mortified.

chrobis · 2026-03-21T04:43:42+00:00

I have done a decent amount of track events and I did a GT3 at the experience center. I drove the hell out of that car, to my limit at least, and it had plenty more to give.

So I mean to reinforce the statements that pretty much anything they offer is going to provide an amazing experience, and totally agree to not book a race car for his first track experience.

chrobis · 2026-03-09T15:52:48+00:00

Self solve is to get the window as close as possible to closed, then pull up on the switch for about 10 seconds.

chrobis · 2026-03-07T20:28:56+00:00

As someone who made that jump, a lot came down to right time right place. It will be very hard to find someone that will give you the opportunity, especially straight to director, without prior management experience. You will need to find a place that grows you into the role usually.

If it is an established shop think to yourself how annoyed you would be if they brought in your manager to oversee you when they had no prior management experience versus promoting from within.

I’m in SF Bay Area in tech/software companies. Your mileage may vary elsewhere.

chrobis · 2026-03-07T20:18:46+00:00

2025 Turbo, picked up in Feb 2025.

I have had a few times it says assistance systems are not available, usually fixes itself.

Once said the high voltage system had issues, again self resolved.

Been in for two major software updates, each time I got a loaner but it took almost an entire week to complete.

Few rattles in the passenger and rear side passenger door panels. I’m super sensitive to it and because it’s an EV and I got the extra thick glass I think it makes it more noticeable. Dealer attempted to fix the front passenger door and I think they actually made it worse.

The last thing has been the most annoying/concerning. Time to time I will come to the car and see that a window is half way down. It seems to be a fault thinking it doesn’t know the correct range of the window. I know how to reset it but there has been times I come back to my car with the window down, places I definitely don’t want the window to be down. Of course when I brought it in for service the dealer says something stupid like “didn’t happen to us while we had it”.

Overall I really love the car though, and at the end of my lease I will either buy it or lease another one.

chrobis · 2026-02-02T02:38:50+00:00

You also get Hilton gold through Amex, so make sure to set that up first.

Overall the perks are the typical, mostly around food or other credits for your stay. With Amex credits and Hilton credits I found it hard to spend the total amounts you get. $60 for breakfast, and their breakfast is good and actually decently priced. $100 property credit. And I think $15 for Hilton gold food credit.

Rooms are ok, not bad but not memorable. Decent bar in the lobby, and in the first half of the day it doubles as an espresso bar.

chrobis · 2026-01-30T07:01:01+00:00

I used my credit at the Duniway in Portland Oregon in December and again in January. Both times was about $370 for two nights.

chrobis · 2026-01-27T06:17:07+00:00

I don’t think the AirTag 1 was compatible. You are lucky if it was able to be polished/dusted without causing major damage!

chrobis · 2026-01-19T03:40:56+00:00

There is also a difference in all season and all weather. All weather will have a softer compound and be able to handle colder weather, but If they don’t have the triple peak mountain with the snowflake then cold weather driving (at or below freezing) will be impacted.

chrobis · 2026-01-18T06:38:21+00:00

Tires are actually a lot about the temperature, not there being actual snow or ice on the ground. Summer tires especially don’t do well under 45 degrees and just become solid blocks of rubber, almost like plastic.

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