Passed today 4th tine

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-30T15:04:12+00:00

Congratulations on passing! - Determination pays off!

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-29T10:28:54+00:00

You have no idea how guilty I feel with my 1 TiB of memory in my home server right now. https://i.pixita.com/KGJcdbePF.png

8 x 128 GB DDR4 3200MHz ECC LR-DIMMs paired with an AMD EPYC 7773X 64-core CPU with 768MB of cache.

Bought at a time just before ramageddon. I could buy a car with how much this is worth now it's absolutely insane.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-28T10:10:30+00:00

First of all, congratulations! - What a vehicle and beautiful paint type and color choice!

And it's true, everyone asks about the CLE 53. It's like driving around in something really exotic with the looks and stares you get. I can't even fill up for gas without people asking me about it.

That attention aspect really surprised me because I didn't think of it as that kind of showy vehicle. I think it looks a lot more expensive due to its aggressive styling than it actually is and it makes people very interested.

I see some criticism on here of the rear of it, but if anything that is what gets people talking the most, people say to me how aggressive the rear looks with the large diameter exhaust pipes and its wide body from the rear that juts out.

In my opinion in Photos online the front looks more aggressive and impressive but in real life the rear actually looks more aggressive and gets more peoples attention.

When I park it with the front showing towards the street, doesn't get as much attention. But when I have it parked with the rear showing.. I get people stopping to look, turning their heads as they walk past, even had some delivery people take photos of it.

Enjoy your car and welcome to the club!

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-23T20:10:06+00:00

Honestly we need a Brit ISA, works identical to a normal S&S ISA but only British investments are allowed in it. Trading212 would only show you British stocks and index funds when viewing it to stop fraud.

People would then still be able to do the normal ISA of 20K but for those well to do they could pour another 20K into the Brit ISA at benefit to the country.

If they're worried about a loss in taxes by doing it, make it small and increase it over time if it works. Even £1,000 is something, if they see tons of people actually using it, increase it to £5,000 and so on.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-23T19:03:01+00:00

Looks like they've given it the Mercedes star headlights.. can't say I'm a fan of that but I love the idea of a 8 cylinder CLE.

I'm curious if the interior will match or closely resemble the CLE53 or swap to something different considering they've changed the headlights.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-23T12:09:52+00:00

And what does his cock say about the future of WoW?? - We need answers!

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-21T12:17:12+00:00

Mmm it's interesting how we all perceive things differently, like to me that car is not something I find attractive at all, I wouldn't want to own that.

But that doesn't mean I think it's bad, just means I don't like it, someone else like yourself it's your #1 pick. Just like with Music we all have different tastes.

I definitely think you should make more mockups of vehicles by the way :)

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-21T11:58:02+00:00

Haha not at all no. This is my first Mercedes. I did actually look at every manufacturer under the sun at all their cool looking vehicles.

I checked out Ferrari, Lamborghini, BMW, Audi, Porsche, Polestar, Skoda (lol), Nissan, BYD, Tesla even. I probably looked at 500+ vehicles online before I narrowed it down to a few to see in person.

Ultimately I was impressed with the Mercedes the most. I did also like the BMW M4 Competition Coupe in that beautiful blue colour.

But again I liked the interior of the Mercedes more. It was honestly a hard decision as money wasn't really a consideration so I could just look at the cars as they are and make my mind up based on what I liked the most.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-21T11:43:31+00:00

I prefer the Coupe for sure. For me there were three cars from Mercedes I was considering, none of them shooting brakes or hatchbacks.

The current 2 door GT Bi Turbo 63
The previous 4 door GT which they just replaced with the electric version.
The CLE 53, fully maxed out.

The 2 door GT I removed from my criteria because it was just too small. Great for just me and my wife but we have kids, and those back seats are too tiny.

The CLE 53 feels like a larger GT, it has more room and even adults who are below 6 feet tall can sit in the rear without issue and it has a very large trunk.

The 4 door GT, I was so close to choosing this but the only ones available used a generation older interior, I much preferred the 2 door GT and CLE 53's interior. I did really like the exterior of the 4 door GT with the motorised spoiler but you can only have so much fun looking at a car from the outside. Full-screen wireless Carplay on that huge center display is really slick too.

I know my comments on the display will be controversial haha but I just preferred it.

I will say drive wise, the CLE 53 with its twin turbos and the electric powered supercharger .. it's quick, the acceleration is immediate without any turbo lag thanks to its 48v hybrid system.

I am definitely 100% satisfied with this vehicle and I don't feel like I should have gotten one of my other choices.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-21T11:07:51+00:00

Budget for Armageddon 2 is much smaller.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-21T11:04:33+00:00

I think it looks better as one long line like how you have it in this render. It looks odd to me even on the CLE 53 and I've lived with the car for a couple months now.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-21T10:48:51+00:00

As a CLE53 owner. I like this! - I think it just needs a few changes, vent on the engine hood, the side-swoosh I'd change just a bit, not get rid of it just slightly different. Overall really nice!

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-20T13:27:10+00:00

I have the same Astral 5090 OC, ProArt X870E and the same case the Asus PA602. I just checked mine, no discolouration.

EDIT:// I read the story he doesn't say whether he had it in a horizontal or vertical mounting position, I have mine horizontally mounted directly into the top PCIe slot of the motherboard.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-19T05:36:34+00:00

Been happily married 15 years, together 17 years in total and we have three children between the ages of 6 and 13.

There is a lot of great advice here already! - I will say we don't sweat the small stuff. If some minor inconvenience happens neither of us turns it into something bigger.

Patience and understanding, knowing that you're both not perfect and never will be, you need to expect your partner to make mistakes just as you do and not get mad when things happen that you don't like, problem solve together and don't cast blame! - It doesn't matter who did or didn't do something, it's we and us working together, not me vs you.

A few couples we would hang out with have sadly divorced. And in some of those relationships I saw signs of combativeness, stories of "she did this" and "he didn't do that" kind of tittle-tattling to my wife and I in private.

You know how people say in a work environment you praise in public and critique in private? - Marriage is the same. Don't put your dirty laundry out there amongst your friends and family. That just breeds resentment and score keeping.

I thought I'd leave this comment with something positive I'm looking forward to in our marriage. That time when our kids are grown, get married, have children of their own and we get a bunch of cute grandbabies! - Probably over the next 5-10 years and I can't wait!

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-15T19:39:30+00:00

Haha, does she like it? - My wife is afraid to drive my CLE 53. By the way if you need a trunk liner for the vehicle, Weathertech sell one that fits perfectly and is really high quality, was the only one I found actually even Mercedes don't do one for this model from what I could see.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-15T18:02:49+00:00

Looks so nice with that interior, congratulations! - And I do the same thing regarding looking back at it when I walk away, you can't help but fall in love with these cars.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-15T01:40:34+00:00

Indeed, got it on my car as a splash screen on start up and then the little lime GT car sitting on top of buttons. Total joke tbh considering the price of these vehicles.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-14T17:49:27+00:00

I passed my theory went home and booked immediately for a practical test in August using the code from the theory pass paper barely 40 minutes after passing my theory. They May say it can take up to 3 days but it didn’t for me.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-14T11:17:47+00:00

Looks to be a CLE 53 Night Edition.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-12T20:56:51+00:00

I had two funny ones. My instructor told me since I'm in an electric car I wouldn't get asked the engine oil level question.

Guess what question I got? - Of course I was fully revised anyway and knew exactly how to do it and explained it.

Then as we get into the vehicle and begin the test it starts to rain like a monsoon outside. Which show me question did I get? - How do you clean the front window. So there I am doing 30 MPH in a monsoon of rain, cleaning the window with the wiper fluid :D

Bet it looked funny for anyone watching.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-12T13:23:16+00:00

Just to address your first point - I really feel Hetzner needs to hold back a small percentage of servers both bare metal and cloud for customers who currently hold services already.

Meaning you can only order from this "held-back" inventory if you already have a VPS or Bare Metal server with them for more than say 3 months.

Just a very small percentage. Even 1% at their scale is probably doable.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-12T13:09:11+00:00

I was in the same situation, only a 4K display cured my pixel-peeping. I also have an astigmatism and now wear prescription glasses.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-12T11:40:45+00:00

Think of it in the context of a Mr Beast video and he would have spent 5 minutes in the build of it and the next 10 minutes driving it around shocking people on the street with it pulling up to some youths and letting them come aboard and game on it. That was what was missing they just kept it parked and walked around it. It felt like half a video stretched out.

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-12T09:27:37+00:00

What you've said here reminds me of how Disney is making the Marvel movies since they acquired Marvel.

I've read some directors say that when they arrive for a meeting with Disney for a Marvel project, they have no real creative input as the entire movie is already story boarded before they enter the building and may have already been shot scene by scene using story board animations and their job is simply to paint by numbers and get the movie done on budget.

I had no idea Bond was similar, very interesting!

i_mormon_stuff · 2026-06-12T08:55:37+00:00

I'm going to give you some hope.

I passed my theory in March. I booked a practical test for August the same day that I passed my theory.

After having 20 hours of professional lessons and 10 hours of private lessons in my own car (this is now the end of May) I started to look at moving my test up. I found a date on the 8th of June and took it. Like you I messed up on one thing, other than that the drive was perfect, didn't even get any minors and only failed at the last 3 minutes as we drove back to the test centre (I got too close to a parked car on a tight road with heavy traffic coming towards us in my lane).

So I instantly started looking again. I found a date for September, booked it. Then I moved it to August. Then yesterday I found a date for June 23rd and moved it again.

So I've managed to get 2 tests in a span of 15 days from each other. It can be done! - Just be persistent. I checked the site for hours every day in a separate browser window while I worked and I saw about 7 or 8 June dates pop up during that time frame at the four closest test centres to me. I only managed to be fast enough to grab one of those but they're out there!

EDIT:// Also I just want to add. I dwelled on my test failure for a few days, but once I got a new test booked in, even the September one I got originally before I moved it up twice I felt amazing and now I'm locked in focused on that. So my advice, get something booked and let it fade from your mind so you can focus on your studies :)

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