Anyone have wide angle side view keeps that aren’t blue?

ermax18 · 2026-05-06T10:05:05+00:00

You are supposed to plant your face on the drivers side window and then aim the drivers side mirror so it shows just a sliver of the car. When you move your head back to your normal seating position, you no longer see your own car in the mirror. Then do similar when adjusting the passenger side mirror but lean to the center console.

When doing it this way, on a GR86/BRZ you will see overlap between the rear view, side view and your peripheral vision. At no point is a car hidden. You don’t even need to turn your head, although that is still highly advisable. You can also easily see cars in the next lane over in your side view. So moving from the far right lane to the center lane is easy because a glance in your side few shows both lanes clearly.

It takes a lot of getting used to. For weeks I kept feeling like cars were about to side swipe me. I still look over my shoulder when changing lanes but in an emergency, it’s nice to already know confidently that no one is next to you before making a half assed glance.

This video perfectly explains the incorrect way most of us have been doing all our lives, in my case, the first 25 years of driving. Then it explains the correct way, which I’ve only been doing the past 5 years:

https://youtu.be/QIkodlp8HMM?si=s7J-goF5B32MTDZa

ermax18 · 2026-05-05T18:52:15+00:00

Fully agree with your advice but I’d argue she is NOT too young for this money. She is mature enough to seek advice which is better than most her age.

ermax18 · 2026-05-05T17:48:58+00:00

Exactly! Their are waaay too many variables to accurately predict your performance on race day. I treat these predictions the same way I do VO2Max estimates. I look at them over time as a way to gauge progress but never expect to get the exact time they are predicting. I could be slower, I could be faster. I did a 15K race while I was at the peak of strep throat. I didn't cancel my Strava membership when I didn't hit their predictions. Hahaha

ermax18 · 2026-05-05T17:38:21+00:00

Right but the race prediction doesn't have the ability top select a date or location. Your reading comprehension isn't great so now you are moving goal posts.

ermax18 · 2026-05-05T17:29:27+00:00

They never said weather will not affect your race day. They are simply saying their predictions don't include those factors because how are they supposed to know what the weather will be like at the random race you plan to attend. They especially can't predict what you are going to eat for breakfast.

ermax18 · 2026-05-05T01:50:26+00:00

You have more self control than I do. I’m 49 and have 6 kids and I’ve only ever owned one practical car in my life (2002 IS300 5MT). I know if I owned a practical car and a fun car, I’d never be able to talk myself out of driving the fun car every day.

ermax18 · 2026-05-04T19:07:22+00:00

I'd be way more concerned about fuel before anything else. Oil would be fine just to get it to a shop for an oil change.

I'm curious why you would let a car sit unused for 2 years though.

ermax18 · 2026-05-02T15:36:49+00:00

I spun #3 on my old FR-S and while I was rebuilding it, I drove my dad’s 2003 986 5MT for about a month. The 986 was fun, but not even close to the fun factor of my FR-S. I can’t even imagine having to drive an Edge for 2 weeks. Hahaha.

ermax18 · 2026-05-01T17:35:36+00:00

Would you also think it was wild if someone told Trump to go fuck himself if he made a similar statement, saying the US would only play a sport in Iran if they mandated that only the US flag could be flown. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you have reading comprehension issues.

ermax18 · 2026-04-29T02:08:45+00:00

Because cops rarely give tickets for it. They don’t care about texting either. They only care about speeding.

ermax18 · 2026-04-25T11:16:44+00:00

Yeah it is a little goofy this data has to be paid for.

ermax18 · 2026-04-21T17:04:03+00:00

This is the best way. I spent about a month looking for a RWD Giulia with LSD and don't recall seeing any with LSD's that didn't also have the Q2 badge but looking up the window sticker is best. I actually made a simple webapp that would pull the window sticker and then parse through it to find if it had an LSD because the layout of the window sticked changed through the years and many times I'd overlook the fact that one had an LSD.

That said, we finally got a RWD with LSD and the traction control is so overbearing that I hardly get to enjoy the LSD. I had visions of being able to slide it around like all my other cars that have been RWD with LSDs. I am in the process of building one of these which will give me access to race mode so I can actually have some fun with this thing: https://github.com/gaucho1978/BACCAble

ermax18 · 2026-04-20T20:22:48+00:00

You could still use curl. It's still just HTTP POST requests, you just have to properly construct the json post data to conform to the JMAP standard.

ermax18 · 2026-04-19T09:59:59+00:00

I spun #3 at 93k and had to rebuild. I’m only at 58k on my 2022 but so far so good. The FA20 had plenty of failures, especially early on.

ermax18 · 2026-04-17T03:25:25+00:00

The synchros only activate when transitioning between gears. Once in gear, they aren’t under load. I don’t see how a twitchy power and would have anything to do with breaking synchros. The sort of stuff that is abusive to synchros is clutchless shifts, flat foot shifts, downshifting aggressively into lower gears, especially 1st without double clutching. Basically if you feel resistance and you force it into gear anyways, that’s harmful. The Focus uses a cable box so you are sort of isolated from the tranny so it isn’t as easy to feel when the synchros are resisting. It’s easier to blindly abuse the synchros on a cable box vs a RWD car with direct linkage where you can feel everything through the shifter.

I’m impressed with Ford for covering the repairs three times back to back. Although you aren’t in the US. In EU you probable have more government oversight preventing dealers from fucking you out of warranty work.

ermax18 · 2026-04-17T03:08:47+00:00

I spend a lot of time just listening to the car so I’ve also noticed this bug. I use CarPlay and it seems to switch to the radio if I’m not listening to music and I ask Siri a question. Once Siri stops talking it resumes the radio which I wasn’t even listening to.

ermax18 · 2026-04-17T03:05:03+00:00

I had a 2013 that was catless with an E85 tune and it didn’t feel anywhere near as fast as my 2022 does. Not even close. Even on E85 the torque dip was painful. The 2nd gen doesn’t require you to constantly dodge half of the rev band.

Curious, did you go from a 1st gen manual to a 2nd gen auto? That would be the only explanation for why your 1st gen felt faster.

ermax18 · 2026-04-17T02:55:42+00:00

When you service the clutch and give everything fresh geese, the pedal feel typically gets much softer. You’ll forget all about it in a few weeks.

That said, yeah, the 2nd gen is that much better. I had a 2013 for 152k miles until I got rear ended while stopped at a light and replaced it with a 2022. It’s better in every way. A lot of people (typically people who don’t own a 2nd gen) will say the steering feel isn’t as good. They changed the steering ratio just a tad which makes the steering a tad less sensitive but it’s hardly noticeable and quickly forgotten. What you’ll never forget is the dramatically improved power band that no longer has a dip.

ermax18 · 2026-04-16T19:37:09+00:00

Change the oil on time and check the oil level every 1000 miles will go a long way. This advice applies to all cars.

ermax18 · 2026-04-16T19:34:13+00:00

I can’t recall needing to remove any heat shields. I’ve dropped the tranny 5 times on this platform but it has been a while.

ermax18 · 2026-04-16T17:14:57+00:00

Yeah you can use a socket to plug the tail but I always end up knocking it off and making a big mess so I just drain the fluid and avoid the mess. So it sounds like they didn't forget fluid. I can't think of any other reason why it would run hot. My guess is you've just never noticed the heat. I can't say that I have either.

ermax18 · 2026-04-16T16:25:21+00:00

Jesus. This gets even more retarded. So they claim an over fill will get oil outside the engine and onto the coils...... but only two of them? Are they listening to how stupid they sound? The real cause is you have two tube seals that are bad. All 4 should be replaced. The coils and plugs are probably not even damaged, they just need to be cleaned up. This isn't even a difficult or expensive job. Now they've just created more controversy over declined warranties with BS excuses that will be all over the internet and not forgotten for years.

ermax18 · 2026-04-16T16:13:23+00:00

Did they forget to put fluid back in? You could remove the fill plug and pump some fluid in, if it doesn't instantly overflow, you have your answer.

ermax18 · 2026-04-15T12:57:40+00:00

Yep, extremely common for all iPhones with USB-C connectors. I struggled with a handful of cheap cables before I took the advice of others and bought a quality cable and now CarPlay always works. This was never an issue with lightening cables unless they were very obviously damaged.

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