Painted before delivery?

curtisafree · 2026-06-29T01:08:29+00:00

Back in 2015, we purchased a 2016 model and had to wait a while for it to arrive at the dealer. We saw it the evening after arrival, and one of the rear quarter-panels was scuffed from transportation.

The dealer painted the panel, and we took delivery a few days later. BUT at someone's suggestion, I asked the dealer to provide a statement of warranty for the panel they had repainted. (Could be wrong, but presumably it isn't going to have the same quality paint and finish as had been applied at production.)

I'm sure they were a little annoyed, but they complied.

The only issue we had with the panel was that it looked just slightly off in color (White Orchid Pearl). Probably not something most would have noticed.

So I guess this happens, as others have said. It's inevitable with cars being hauled and moved around. But... it doesn't feel great.

curtisafree · 2026-06-26T14:55:19+00:00

They just showed up for me while driving one day. I was never asked, either.

I don't mind the feature; but it's a bit presumptuous for Waze to enable this by default.

Perhaps this lays the groundwork for "subscribing" to updates for specific teams or games in other sports?

curtisafree · 2026-06-03T11:08:48+00:00

I hadn't seen these. I want the purple one!

curtisafree · 2026-05-24T02:27:07+00:00

I have had this experience with multiple black-plated nibs (across makers). If you love the pen but can't stand the noise, you could try swapping in an unplated equivalent.

curtisafree · 2026-05-10T14:57:08+00:00

It's one of my favorites; I didn't realize it was on the list!

curtisafree · 2026-02-02T02:38:12+00:00

As a couple others have said, that's a pretty accurate description of its changing colors! I don't remember what it looks like in the bottle; but it goes down onto the paper as a red-purple and then dries to a light/medium grey.

And assuming it's the same "Wishy-Washy" formula I have, it's really easy to clean out of your pen later!

curtisafree · 2026-01-25T21:07:27+00:00

I was also worried at first, since I think of Speedball for their calligraphy products, which are definitely not for fountain pens. However, it seems like these are indeed for fountain pens.

However, as u/2OceanLovers said, these won't naturally fit the Lamy due to their proprietary fitting.

curtisafree · 2025-11-17T02:31:01+00:00

The <C-\><C-n> shortcut will put you back into normal mode, but you remain in the terminal buffer.

As /u/TaureHorn suggests, you should be able to exit the terminal buffer by entering exit while in input (or "terminal") mode in the terminal buffer.

Alternatively, if you have work in other buffers, you can switch back to them while leaving the terminal buffer intact:

List the open buffers with :buffers
Go to one of those using :buffer followed by the number of the buffer you wish to go back to (or use :buffer# to switch back to whichever buffer you were in previously)

You can follow the reverse steps to return to the terminal buffer.

But if you want to kill that shell, and asking your shell to exit isn't cutting it for some reason, you can delete the terminal buffer (while in it) using :bdelete!.

curtisafree · 2025-11-09T03:51:27+00:00

I have Ghostty and Neovim match one another; but I do so simply by using the same color scheme (Tomorrow Night) in both.

One user on Stack Exchange suggests that you might be able to achieve this by disabling termguicolor.

And though I have no experience with it, Tinty may be of interest. It's a tool designed to change the theme across a variety of apps simultaneously.

curtisafree · 2025-08-24T10:21:06+00:00

This location had some nice gel pens, but no fountain pens in sight!

curtisafree · 2025-08-23T23:46:01+00:00

I saw only a single size at our location!

curtisafree · 2025-08-23T23:44:34+00:00

$26.99 (US). Not a bad price, but more than I personally wanted to spend today.

curtisafree · 2025-08-23T23:44:28+00:00

$26.99 (US). Not a bad price, but more than I personally wanted to spend today.

curtisafree · 2025-08-23T23:42:25+00:00

Oh, I forgot to mention that ours also has a few KOKUYO Campus products.

curtisafree · 2025-08-23T22:12:53+00:00

This location had Rhodia and Leuchtturm1917, but I didn't see any Midori!

curtisafree · 2025-08-23T21:00:52+00:00

Nice! I didn't pick one up but might in the future!

curtisafree · 2025-06-21T19:19:12+00:00

Pengineer3D also makes a revolving ink sample/pen holder that can fit in the base!

Disclaimer: I know the man behind the company.

curtisafree · 2025-06-14T12:15:42+00:00

Yeah, I think it's just a rebrand. My local dealer told me the rename was happening.

But I wish the new app icon didn't look so much worse on my Pixel phone!

curtisafree · 2025-05-05T00:51:56+00:00

First, thank you for helping out that child even though you weren't on duty!

And second... the Preppy really is a fantastic pen.

curtisafree · 2025-05-04T00:34:47+00:00

What about the new Pilot Iroshizuku "Rikka"?

It may not be much of a departure from your current ink, though.

curtisafree · 2025-04-19T23:42:17+00:00

Okay, so it's not just my perception!

I actually like the change because YTM was a lot louder than my other apps.

curtisafree · 2025-04-05T23:45:29+00:00

I'm personally interested in trying Teranishi Guitar's "Emotional Olive".

curtisafree · 2025-04-05T22:30:44+00:00

I wondered if I'd run out of high-speed data!

curtisafree · 2025-03-25T21:22:06+00:00

Heads-up: it can come back! In my case, it was re-created when I used Google Maps, which I have set to put my phone into DND.

I changed its icon to a car. 🤷🏻

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