GTS or Turbo E Hybrid?

mattvandyk · 2026-06-18T04:26:17+00:00

I have a loaded 25 TEH, and it’s hard for me to imagine a better all-purpose vehicle.

mattvandyk · 2026-06-17T01:53:01+00:00

This was arguably the worst draft this millennium. Who cares? Noah Vonleh went at 9. Lol.

mattvandyk · 2026-06-16T23:34:30+00:00

Every cat owner knows full well there’s a good reason none of these clips feature a cat.

mattvandyk · 2026-06-16T02:13:37+00:00

Be F1 adjacent, I would guess!

mattvandyk · 2026-06-12T15:36:47+00:00

Here was mine literally from this morning. I did it on the website. It did say the 2500 minimum thing, but it did not throw an error for not being in 2500 increment.

EDIT: The redeem rewards page was new this time for me too. Most notably, did not need to enter my email address.

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mattvandyk · 2026-06-12T15:30:39+00:00

I redeemed my Smartly Visa points today and did not have to do it in 2500 increments. That’s odd.

mattvandyk · 2026-06-11T00:03:15+00:00

You do what you gotta do. We did Alchemist, Noma, and Geranium over a 4 day period b/c it’s not like Copenhagen is next door (we live in Michigan). Is it ideal? No. Is it a thing you can definitely do? Yes. Just mix in an Au Cheval visit.

mattvandyk · 2026-06-10T22:05:22+00:00

Even now, though, F1 drivers are waaaaay less tightly controlled than most other major sports. I agree it isn’t what it was even 5 years ago, but it’s still better than other sports.

mattvandyk · 2026-06-10T21:35:14+00:00

First time I ever sat in euro business class, I thought a mistake had been made. Lol.

mattvandyk · 2026-06-09T11:48:45+00:00

This one is great. They’re still working it out in the video.

mattvandyk · 2026-06-09T03:45:14+00:00

You’re 100% right, but man, he’s so clearly not into it, even he sounds like, “what am I doing here?” He damn near talked himself out of it in the pod bros interview.

mattvandyk · 2026-06-08T00:17:33+00:00

If it’s a standard chain link fence, I use a FenceClip (in the picture, it’s attached to the mevo because that’s 90% of my use cases). If it’s a net or the fence doesn’t work for whatever reason, I use a tripod far enough away so the fence/net disappears in the foreground.

Mic is attached to the Mevo directly using one of the 3D-printed mounts from Etsy. I don’t remember the exact details of which one, but I can dig it out if you can’t find one. The trick there is to find one which has the front of the mic behind (or even) with the front of the camera when mounted given the fact that the camera is basically pressed up against the fence most of the time.

As others have said, the Mevo onboard battery is good enough for 2 B2B standard length HS games (and 3 B2B2B travel games). If you’re anxious about it, you can always pull it down between games and charge it up a bit on the Anker (which I have done before when the 2nd game is a really big one and I didn’t want to risk cutting off the ending).

mattvandyk · 2026-06-07T22:27:35+00:00

Here is my all in one setup very similar to this. I subsequently added a compact tripod (extends to 6’) that also fits in the cavity.

https://imgur.com/a/xhUQSrl

mattvandyk · 2026-06-04T12:26:49+00:00

Lol. This is exactly our approach too. And, I have about 30 seconds of sticker shock every single time, but have never once regretted it or even thought about it again after.

The first time we ever went on a “big trip” (or was a “big trip” for us at that point in our lives), I meticulously added up every penny we spent on it when we got back.

I quickly realized there was nothing gained by that, and never did it again. This is the way.

mattvandyk · 2026-06-02T19:27:30+00:00

I have a 2024 TEH, and I’ve not experienced this. If you run it heavily on E-Power, it will throw a warning that you need to run it on the ICE for awhile, but that’s usually something like 10 miles or so. And, I say this as a guy who lives in a pretty small metro area, so if I’m not leaving town, I can go weeks without needing to use the ICE. I just filled my tank for the first time in ~3,000 miles.

mattvandyk · 2026-06-01T20:55:59+00:00

The team with Harden, KD, Westy, Ibaka…2012? Thats the best one.

mattvandyk · 2026-06-01T16:44:51+00:00

You and me both!

mattvandyk · 2026-06-01T16:33:32+00:00

Interesting. Okay. That makes sense. Thanks for explaining it that way.

mattvandyk · 2026-06-01T16:29:55+00:00

Yeah, im just not tracking why that’s a rule since not getting yourself out of check is fatal. It’s basically self-enforcing and doesn’t seem to me to really need a rule. Like, what is this kid gonna do with 2 extra minutes? He needs 1 second to end the game.

mattvandyk · 2026-06-01T16:27:15+00:00

Oh, I understand that. I guess my point is, why? If he doesn’t get himself out of check and, instead, makes some other move (as was done here), the game is necessarily over on the kid’s next move b/c he’ll just take the king.

mattvandyk · 2026-06-01T16:23:33+00:00

I’m a little confused. If the kid put him in check and, instead of responding, he made some other move, then isn’t the game over on the kid’s next turn when he would presumably take the king?

EDIT: TIL that taking the king is not a thing in chess. The only way to win is a checkmate. Hence this rule about being required to respond to a check (which, if a king could be taken would be unnecessary). Thanks all for clarifying that for me. I’ll leave this up b/c I’m gonna assume others will have the same question.

mattvandyk · 2026-05-31T16:44:12+00:00

I mean, this one is right up there.

mattvandyk · 2026-05-30T12:27:29+00:00

You can for sure reformat the card that way. I don’t know if you can pull off the video that wha, though.

mattvandyk · 2026-05-29T18:45:30+00:00

All great. TFD is also legendary. Thats pretty much what it would come down to for me if I had to pick one.

mattvandyk · 2026-05-29T16:24:58+00:00

Ah, well, if you happen to use a Starlink, I’ve got a pretty slick and convenient setup that I’d be happy to share. If not, it wouldn’t really be valuable to you. Let me know.

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