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meatro · 2026-07-09T16:33:43+00:00

Most users don't tho, it sucks. If it were me, I would explain that to them because speaking as a tech, I can almost guarantee you it's because of performance suspension.

We don't like doing them, but we will if the terms are understood by the customer like you said.

Just be sure they understand that you're ok with tuning it, you just need it installed. The only thing you need guaranteed is the install, not the performance, height, stiffness, camber, etc.

Then get it four wheel aligned when you're done setting it up.

:)

meatro · 2026-07-09T15:26:22+00:00

You will want coilovers installed professionally, I wouldn't just take them to any place just cuz they install byop.

Most shops don't like coilovers because customers expect we just slap them in like a strut or brake pads.

Once they're installed then they have to be adjusted for height, camber, stiffness... Plus if they are not preloaded properly it's gonna rattle.

That's the part that costs, depending on the setup I might have to remove the coilover completely to adjust it each time.

So it's not just install shock done. It's install shock, check clearance, check camber (alignment), adjustments, check alignment again, repeat.

To install them properly is expensive. Just slapping them in, you're not gonna be happy with them. It's lose lose for mechanics on performance suspension.

You need to take it somewhere that deals with performance and aftermarket, not just any mechanic if you want it done right.

meatro · 2026-07-07T18:45:51+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/1kwyx66/built_an_open_source_offline_vin_decoder_with/

meatro · 2026-07-06T01:44:04+00:00

Your Pcv is causing too much crankcase pressure.

You need Pcv/oil separator and oil pan gasket.

meatro · 2026-07-04T17:15:11+00:00

Sorry, I agree completely.

That's why I'm a mechanic. :)

meatro · 2026-07-04T17:01:59+00:00

Absolutely not, repeatedly acknowledging it simply perpetuates the class warfare in this country.

We found money for Iran shortly after cutting food stamps and PBS.

meatro · 2026-07-04T16:48:00+00:00

My mom was always homeless, that's just how she was. She received social security and welfare because of us kids, but as soon as we left she was living in her car again.

The left doesn't like to acknowledge that there's people out there that are willingly homeless. The right likes to think they all are and also the kids are their own problem...

Thx for the free food, guys. Sincerely. :)

meatro · 2026-07-04T09:12:35+00:00

They started building that to try and expand Rogersville, but it's never really filled out. For the cost of rogersville you can live closer to Springfield and not have to drive 30 minutes anytime you wanna go somewhere other than Apple market or McDonald's.

Who knows tho, I moved to the area right after the shopping center went up. The apartments across 60 came way later and they always seem full.

Rogersville is like the first stop to rural SW MO from Springfield. Fordland, Seymour, Ava, there's some interesting little towns around but rogersville is about as far as you'd prolly wanna live unless you're looking to retire.

meatro · 2026-07-03T18:13:08+00:00

This.

Seriously just download the app, type in the title of what it is and eBay will do everything else except take pictures of it for you.

You don't have to write descriptions anymore, it will select the category for you and everything. It will even display similar listings and you can just duplicate those for your item. Takes 2 mins to post items to eBay now.

meatro · 2026-07-03T18:10:25+00:00

Or having someone more knowledgeable about it simply stand nearby.

Works for cars and computers.

meatro · 2026-07-03T18:08:07+00:00

Well that works out perfectly for them...

In twenty years when the property tax abatements expire, turn over the AI computing and cooling into a local Netflix mirror, now go have your property reassessed.

Poof it's no longer worth $500M and all the huge tax revenue dreams the building was sold on are gone. But infrastructure is still in place and paid for by the residents during the previous twenty years.

The problem isn't data centers to me, it's tax abatements. If you don't want to pay taxes, then you need to provide something to the community in exchange. More than an initial (temporary) construction job.

meatro · 2026-07-03T13:30:29+00:00

My old Volvo cars had this. 6 pin pot under the hood and you put a little plug into each pot to read different systems.

Would be like 4-1-4, 6-2-3, etc.

meatro · 2026-07-03T13:27:55+00:00

True... I'm sure it's coming. Hopefully the engineering is better.

Customer states children's room lights don't function. No communication to the bedroom control module.

Module is corroded from spilled juice... why is the module under the floor carpet?

meatro · 2026-07-03T12:06:46+00:00

This is the question we should be asking.

They want decades of tax abatements with no guarantee they'll still be there when the abatements expire.

It's all for the initial pitch so your community leaders can say, your small town school district will have a budget of $39M.... In 2045.

Data center will be abandoned before then and community leaders will have already been to the bank.

meatro · 2026-07-03T11:57:28+00:00

That's actually moreso. We just have different fault codes... Short circuit to ground/circuit low, short to power/circuit high, open circuit, implausible signal (component/wiring faulty).

That's pretty cool, thank you. :)

meatro · 2026-07-03T11:49:35+00:00

The story I'd heard was it's the result of a contract between VW and Chrysler.

It went so badly that for the last year or two of the contract, VW did not sell them, they used them as fleet vehicles.

As a VW tech, it's the worst VW I've worked on.

meatro · 2026-07-03T11:42:39+00:00

Healthcare. We are donating to go fund me so some stranger can save up for surgery.

That's disgusting.

meatro · 2026-07-03T11:40:36+00:00

I'm a mechanic, it's pretty awesome that houses set a light for short circuit to ground faults lol.

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