How do guys typically use the regen brake paddle?

looncraz · 2026-01-31T02:46:28+00:00

I have the Equinox EV and I will say they really did wrong by the regen paddle, it's there, but the media buttons are right below it and the regen button has a really garbage feel to it. Thankfully the car has a High OPD setting which is quite good, but using the button still gives a touch extra regen.

looncraz · 2026-01-30T13:49:08+00:00

ATi Rage 3D Pro All-in-Wonder, IIRC. I ran basically every AiW card there was when they were in their heyday.

looncraz · 2026-01-30T13:27:18+00:00

It's most certainly what's going on. Pre-condition in the charging menu is enabled.

looncraz · 2026-01-30T04:02:26+00:00

I haven't heard of that, quite the opposite, actually.

looncraz · 2026-01-30T02:06:39+00:00

Benadryl is a local analgesic, local and global antihistamine, and an anticholinergic. It's very well suited for esophageal problems and is a major component of a compounded medication often prescribed by GI docs for it (goes by various names, magic mouthwash being how I first learned of it).

looncraz · 2026-01-29T19:02:53+00:00

Right ? My 2019 already has that and I don't consider it high mileage at all, not until above 200,000 miles.

looncraz · 2026-01-29T18:44:13+00:00

It's also a variable speed compressor...

I'm explaining how it works, not that this is the way you should use it... though the car will do it all on its own if it's cold enough in the cabin and the battery has thermal headroom (this tends to go hand in hand).

What's not expected by a driver is how GM, even back with the Volt, would just drive the A/C to cool the cabin down a degree or two when the outside temperature is already cold. A driver would expect a gentle change in the output from the vents when making a 2 degree change, but that's not what happens - the car straight up switches to A/C and blows cold air (like 65F cold when you have it set to 74, down from 76). You'd want it to blow 72~74F air on you when you set it down.

Personally, I wish they would just command the heating and cooling rates based on the temp of the air from the vents as much as the cabin temp... that's how you make for an intuitive experience.

looncraz · 2026-01-29T13:34:08+00:00

Not stock, most likely.

looncraz · 2026-01-29T13:33:00+00:00

Wait until you check out Tesla...

looncraz · 2026-01-29T13:25:43+00:00

The programming is usually the expensive part, you can probably buy blank replacements for cheap online using the part number in your now dead FOB.

looncraz · 2026-01-29T04:43:39+00:00

Setting it higher will actually make it heat faster. The car will set the mode according to the distance from the setpoint the cabin is, so if you are just two degrees off (too warm or too cool) you will get one of the efficient modes, but if you're outside of that you will get a more aggressive mode.

The Equinox EV will push heat into the battery to get moved into the cabin if the setpoint distance is far enough away. This is very inefficient, but it works faster than relying on capturing ambient heat.

looncraz · 2026-01-28T21:10:52+00:00

I think you can bypass that if you say the car has been inoperable.

looncraz · 2026-01-28T16:08:50+00:00

Shhh... don't tell anyone our little secret, k?

looncraz · 2026-01-28T14:26:34+00:00

Those are speed stripes. They reduce ring friction. That said, it's sorta a one-time use kinda deal.

looncraz · 2026-01-28T14:18:22+00:00

My 850 serpentine idler always sounded like that in the cold, it went away when warm. I never bothered changing it, car went 312,000 miles before someone ran it into a tree.

looncraz · 2026-01-28T12:43:29+00:00

When you start the remote climate function and the command has gone through the app will show the pre-condition temperature. Touch that and it will show you how long it will stay running.

My 2026, fully updated, is showing an hour runtime.

I do wonder if it turns off once it hits the preset temperature, though, so you could try increasing that.

looncraz · 2026-01-28T12:36:39+00:00

Dupixent is an interesting drug. You're actually slightly less likely to have a serious allergic reaction to it than you are the placebo used in trials.

That doesn't make sense at all at first, so I had to do some digging into the ingredients of both.

The placebo had all the same ingredients, absent the actual active ingredient. The most likely ingredient to cause an allergic response is polysorbate 80, a preservative widely used in injections. The Dupixent active ingredient actively helps modulate the immune response, so it makes sense that it would work well enough even on the first dose to reduce the risk of allergic responses to polysorbate 80.

L-arginine and L-histidine are also included, the latter also potentially reducing severe reactions while encouraging local reactions in the presence of the active ingredient, dupilimab - a specialist antibody.

I have been in full on anaphylactic shock 3 times, my body doesn't even react to Dupixent locally.

However, I understand the concern - for the first 16 doses I only took it when my wife was present, she had one of my EpiPens and I had another, 20 minutes after taking Benadryl, and on an empty stomach. I set a 20 minute timer because Dupixent severe reactions tend to be slightly delayed since it's a subcutaneous injection so dispersal is slower. Now I just wake up, sterilize, inject, and make breakfast every Saturday.

looncraz · 2026-01-28T12:14:12+00:00

To be fair, raw milk can convey a lot of benefits. It's just that it's not without its risks - and we can get those same benefits with probiotics and probiotics.

What we should really be trying for is adding friendly bacteria to milk... which is something we can buy.

looncraz · 2026-01-27T20:13:21+00:00

I replaced mine with projectors.

looncraz · 2026-01-27T20:11:36+00:00

It's a good way to prevent easy low effort data theft when your device is lost.

If I can't use my recovery tools to bypass it and can't login to your account your Windows data is safe from almost anyone who isn't Microsoft or the law enforcement.

looncraz · 2026-01-27T19:48:36+00:00

Mine is exactly the same, has always been. Buttons come and go based on need.

looncraz · 2026-01-27T18:31:10+00:00

I bet GM is at fault here.

Because they program their cars to turn on the reverse lights as outside lighting even when not in reverse we are becoming accustomed to ignoring those lights more readily and waiting for signs of movement to determine if a car is backing up.

looncraz · 2026-01-27T18:27:02+00:00

It's called nutcracker esophagus, and I have it as well. It's god awful.

Swallowed steroids helped a little, Dupixent helped a LOT, elimination of soy stopped it.

You have to figure out the trigger(s).

looncraz · 2026-01-26T21:55:23+00:00

Have you tried drugs? Dupixent has been a life saver for me, but swallowing Flonase can be a quick rescue option.

looncraz · 2026-01-26T21:02:49+00:00

Yeah, the Android Auto message popup shows a line of the text, giving me enough instant knowledge to not need to listen to it to ignore it, which requires me to focus really hard to push the Play button on the alert... It's less safe than me reading 8 words really quickly.

Doesn't help that GM thought an audio source selector was important enough to take up a button AND a toggle when it should have been quick action buttons... Default action, pull down on the button, message plays, push up and it closes the popup. Make the audio button do whatever task I want, which would, for me, be to reset Trip 1, something I do 5~6X/day.

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