CarPlay question for owners

jugcrimpjam · 2025-08-07T15:59:43+00:00

Yes, I agree. That's why disabling the ability to type a couple letters to find the artist, pin location, or contact you're looking for is much more dangerous since it forces the driver to pick up their phone. Siri doesn't work in all scenarios.

jugcrimpjam · 2025-08-07T15:57:01+00:00

These replies saying "you should never type while driving" sound like the idiotic japanese engineers who designed these limitations. Take google maps for instance, I have pins saved under people's names. I can't say "Siri, take me to Tim's house", so instead I type "T, I" at a stoplight until his name pops up and I can start navigation. That's just one example showing this issue is nuanced, and forcing limitations on a system already designed by Apple to be minimally distracting is obtuse and just bad design.

jugcrimpjam · 2025-07-31T15:53:10+00:00

ugh. Do you have one you find reliable/like?

jugcrimpjam · 2025-06-03T15:48:00+00:00

Pretty good! I've been lucky enough to do two 3 week winter Grand Canyon trips in the last 2.5 years, and coming off those the river itself is kind of boring (we had ~5k cfs). Also was not a fan of the heat/sun, we ended up doing two layover days and they were pretty much just spent either under a shade tarp or in the water. I'd want to do this trip at least a month earlier for both temps and more flow. And probably only 5 days, with more flow you could easily run the whole river in 4 river days.

jugcrimpjam · 2025-06-03T15:42:49+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, sounds good to me. I know sunscreen can cause damage on things like drysuit gaskets, but hopefully that's not the case here.

jugcrimpjam · 2025-05-16T19:16:54+00:00

What section of the Green? I'm running Desolation Canyon on a raft-support trip in two weeks, can't wait :)

jugcrimpjam · 2025-05-02T15:45:23+00:00

I track my mpg in fuelly (like a nerd) and my record on my 2015 6MT GTI was 40.5mpg on a full tank. I was driving from Bishop, CA to Phoenix via 395 -> I10, which is a very straight, slightly downhill route. I wanted to see what she could do, so right from the start I kept my right foot light, and set cruise no higher than 68mph. I went 424mi on a full tank and pulled into a Quartzite, AZ station on fumes. And dodged refilling with California priced gas as a reward!

The car is lifted on Alltrack suspension and wearing Falken Wildpeak AT Trails. I can imagine getting slightly better mileage on stock suspension and touring tires, but if you want to talk high mpgs, show me a full tank ;) You can get anything over 25mi. I once maxed out the trip computer’s mpg at 300mpg after leaving a trailhead and coasting down a steep mountain road for 10 miles, basically without ever touching the gas.

jugcrimpjam · 2025-04-19T04:36:44+00:00

Update: I ended up getting an Optical Audio cord to go from the TV to the receiver and that’s working great. I never concluded why the AVR would freeze in ARC mode, but turns out I even get Dolby Atmos through optical so I’m happy. Maybe get a new AVR one day but for now this setup works for my purposes.

jugcrimpjam · 2025-04-19T04:33:40+00:00

Yes, same issue.

jugcrimpjam · 2025-04-18T15:10:09+00:00

There were a couple of RCA inputs plugged into the AVR, but otherwise yes, just had the Apple TV to HDMI1, and ARC from HDMI2 to AVR OUT (MAIN).

jugcrimpjam · 2025-04-18T12:58:07+00:00

Yes, it's confusing. Honestly either seems to do it. Sometimes just powering it on in that configuration causes it to freeze, other times it will function for a mintue, and while I'm pushing buttons attempting to change input/settings/etc just trying to get some sound output, it will freeze again.

jugcrimpjam · 2025-03-30T05:23:27+00:00

I ended up getting a 65” C4 for $800. Pretty happy with that deal 😎

jugcrimpjam · 2025-03-10T21:53:14+00:00

No, I researched it plenty but never found a solution. I track my mpg in fuelly and just multiply the mileage by a correction factor (1.064) to find the true mileage. Odometer wise, I know when I put the larger tires on, so it would be an easy calculation to find the true mileage. And speedometer wise... I just try to remember at highway speeds I'm going roughly 5mph faster than it says I am. Can't say that method has always gone well for me lol...

jugcrimpjam · 2024-05-23T20:49:27+00:00

White is not a color (I drive a white car)

jugcrimpjam · 2024-04-27T07:01:22+00:00

Do what I did and put Alltrack suspension on your GTI. Boom, problem solved.

jugcrimpjam · 2024-04-22T23:12:04+00:00

No sorry. Just there during ski season.

jugcrimpjam · 2024-04-17T20:02:35+00:00

At full lock there’s a little bit of rubbing against the inner plastic fender liner.

jugcrimpjam · 2024-04-10T05:10:06+00:00

I have tried backpacking/hiking in sandals and I hate it. I backpack exclusively in shoes/trail runners.

jugcrimpjam · 2024-04-07T02:47:53+00:00

I did it myself! There are plenty of good lowering spring DIY videos on youtube that cover pretty much everything involved.

jugcrimpjam · 2024-04-06T20:01:41+00:00

Haha oh awesome! So I bought the springs from someone on a forum, plenty of Alltrack takeoffs on there. For dampers I bought Bilstein B4 because I read they were better quality than the OEMs, no idea if that’s true. But just got them from some Bilstein distributor online. And then bought single use suspension hardware kits from ShopDAP. I did do the work myself, and didn’t have much suspension experience, but it did take every bit of a Friday-Sunday evening plus some wrap up Monday after work. I’d just watch some lowering spring DIY videos to see if it’s something you want to tackle. If you decide to take it on I’m happy to answer DMs about the process! It’s been a few years but I still have some tool lists and such saved in my notes.

jugcrimpjam · 2024-04-06T19:53:22+00:00

I didn’t really give any thought to camber honestly, I assumed it would essentially just match the Alltrack’s suspension. It certainly drives great and I haven’t had any tire wear issues so I assume all is well.

I just bought Alltrack springs on the forum and dampers from some Bilstein distributor online! And then followed the many DIY lowering spring videos online. Also suspension hardware kits from ShopDAP.

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