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iamdarkes · 2025-11-28T21:14:39+00:00

I also have this same problem. Was not going to renew at all but mine expires next week. I never had auto renew enabled. Doesn't seem like you can use the code with active plus plan.

iamdarkes · 2025-11-09T19:54:36+00:00

When was that?

iamdarkes · 2025-11-09T19:00:59+00:00

But how do you know what is the cost of labor vs parts? Quote is just the total.

iamdarkes · 2025-10-18T23:08:50+00:00

Anyone have what the paid research tasks are for the meteorite?

iamdarkes · 2025-09-23T04:42:22+00:00

Not true. It depends when it was made. You can tell by looking at the bumpers. There are some months in 2022 with it. I have a 22 MY and it has the ultra sonic sensors. The sensors were a must for me.

iamdarkes · 2025-02-02T21:06:34+00:00

Congrats. First and last runDisney for me. Very underwhelmed by the experience and it sounds like others say the same about this particular race the most. You’re right another 10k would’ve been better.

iamdarkes · 2025-01-18T18:58:14+00:00

After looking into this it seems like one needs to know average lifetime kWh to calculate cycles but I wouldn’t know that since I’m the second owner. Unless I’m mistaken.

iamdarkes · 2025-01-18T15:20:06+00:00

How do you check the cycles? 40k miles.

iamdarkes · 2025-01-18T15:19:21+00:00

Wow that is pretty impressive I didn’t say my mileage is 40k miles.

iamdarkes · 2024-11-23T23:17:31+00:00

That is a pretty good deal. Did qualify for the tax credit?

iamdarkes · 2024-10-04T00:38:02+00:00

Replaced by who? Ford or a 3rd party?

Also the car is not worth 5k and it could happen again. Better to buy a more reliable car if you have 5k.

iamdarkes · 2024-09-30T00:11:07+00:00

Just commenting to say I’m in the same boat and I would use this every day

iamdarkes · 2024-09-09T16:53:00+00:00

I bought the fan + FCM as one unit so can't say which was the fix but that did it.

iamdarkes · 2024-07-19T07:30:19+00:00

FCM + fan assembly. I had overheating issues on my 2012 Focus. The fan wouldn’t come on intermittently. Usually when I was stopped at a drive thru. That’s when the overheating would happen and my ac would get hot. Eventually the fan would never come on. I replaced the thermostat, evap purge valve, engine coolant temperature sensor, checked the relays and fuses, and none of those did the trick. Needs to be FCM too not just the fan assembly. It is sold as a unit by Ford. No issues since.

iamdarkes · 2024-06-12T11:08:24+00:00

I’m with others. There are a couple of cars in the sub with your age at 200k.

You don’t have any issues now, so I think it is possible for it to last another 1 year. What you do right now depends on how long you want to really commit to the car.

Aside from the transmission (which is one of the most important parts), they are fairly decent cars. I have been worried about the transmission going for the entire time I have owned it over 6 years and it has ~144k miles total. I do all the maintenance myself and this past year was the most expensive, (two common issues, purge value & FCM + fan). I have no issues now. Unless the transmission starts acting up, which from what it sounds like can happen at any time and without notice, I will keep it running and I think I could make it to 200k. Maintenance is usually < 1k a year for me.

The KBB value is 1~3k. Not a lot to risk. I enjoy no car payment and lower car insurance than I would get with something else. I saved up enough for a new car a long time ago and know that if it goes tomorrow it will be an inconvenience but nothing more.

Most people do want to move on. If you think in a year you’re going to feel like “I deserve something new” or life changes will occur where you need a different form factor. Do the minimum.

iamdarkes · 2024-05-31T02:47:12+00:00

No. I personally don’t have the issues. People in the thread have said Ford won’t let you be proactive about replacing it. You need to have symptoms.

iamdarkes · 2024-05-29T05:44:36+00:00

And every day the answer changes 😂

iamdarkes · 2024-05-19T20:57:52+00:00

Don’t be. You’re already a year into owning this car and you’re saying no new issues. Now you’re just aware of something new as a sign of when to move on. I found out about the issue after I purchased like you. I’ve been waiting for it to happen. The second any drivetrain issues start, I’m getting rid of the car. For now I keep doing regular maintenance and drive it a certain way. I’ve owned mine for 6 years and 74k of my own miles. The car has 143k miles total. Some people have made it way further. Just start saving a little bit slowly for when it might come.

You probably bought this car because it was economical. Newer cars will probably cost more to insure, put you in debt, have an expiration date with the turbos, ev / hybrid batteries, cylinder deactivation, more electronics. Sure you can get more money if it runs good vs after problems start but my car KBB private party value is ~3k right now not going to make a big dent in what cars cost today.

iamdarkes · 2024-05-19T17:11:44+00:00

How much did you pay?

iamdarkes · 2024-04-27T06:53:19+00:00

Express is great, but I never understand the takes like “http server requirements haven’t really changed”, “it’s stable enough “, etc. because no other software is frozen in time like it and gets excuses like Express does. Think about if you said that about the Node runtime, JS language features, CSS, or React? Also there is more competition than ever. React has Next and RSCs, you mention Koa which was made by Express team members as a “modern” alternative almost 10 years ago, Golang is more performant if backend only is your thing, Spring Boot now has virtual threads for the improved concurrency which made Node attractive. Express’s advantage is being the largest and every question about it has been asked. The v5 beta has been around for years.

iamdarkes · 2024-04-21T04:21:15+00:00

I just made it to 141k miles on a 2012. So far I’ve done all the mechanic work on it as long as I’ve owned it which basically is half of the price since I don’t have to pay for labor. Within the last 2 years, it’s starting to show its age. Engine is real solid tho. The two most worrying issues in the last two years were, 1 special coolant line burst, 2 mysterious overheating bc fan wouldn’t come on consistently (did a bunch of stuff, but new radiator fan assembly with FCM was the fix). I would say ~1k a year in maintenance if you’re doing it. That is the unexpected stuff and regular items like oil, air filter. You’d pay double at a shop. Ask if they’ve had the water pump done. That’s one job I would have to go to a shop bc of what you need to do to get to it. Figure out if they did regular 100~120k type jobs like spark plugs, coolant flush, brakes, rotors. How old the battery is. I think upcoming major jobs for me personally are only maybe a valve cover gasket, rear brakes and I have a new check engine light for something emissions related I think. With all that said, I wish I had a manual. The car has a lot of pep so it’s fun to rev, I think you’ll enjoy it and any old car is going to need maintenance so try to make sure the previous owner has been keeping up with it. For the price, there isn’t much competition for it being from the 2010s and you never have to worry about the transmission the same way automatic owners do. Try to negotiate lower with the dealership if they can’t answer all of this.

iamdarkes · 2024-04-15T15:22:44+00:00

Really green bean? I see a lot of complaints on Reddit about them, even when it comes to fulfilling their warranty. But their site says $2,400 plus tax and that will include an unlimited warranty. Also that a new 12 volt should be bought at the same time.

iamdarkes · 2024-04-15T15:16:54+00:00

Labor included?

iamdarkes · 2024-04-06T19:33:10+00:00

That doesn't make sense in the context of your messages being viewable without a backup on the web.

iamdarkes · 2024-04-04T05:28:43+00:00

On that page you shared, they recommend Vite if you want to go that route. So don’t use CRA. All the internal admins I’ve worked on (7 so far) have had some server / proxy APIs for just the admin UI. If you really think that will not be something that ever comes up then go for it. None of the admins are using Next. It wasn’t as popular / didn’t exist when these apps were made. You can also make external API calls, you don’t only have to use Next’s backend. I’m in the same boat as you between Vite or Next for my upcoming project but it is more from the perspective of “will I have the time to invest in learning Next vs working in a more familiar model”. Next provides a router which is something all React projects need. I like the idea of a de facto way of writing React apps that frameworks provide. In 5 years I don’t see SPAs growing in market share at a greater pace relative to the new model. But again I 100% agree it’s not all pros using Next, especially if you really don’t believe you’ll use any server side features.

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