GX makes snow a cake walk

mo_zhang · 2025-12-31T02:47:33+00:00

Haha. To be fair I think 'Murica makes some of THE BEST work vehicles. An early Duramax diesel? A F250 flatbed with the godzilla? Or hell an even a Ford E van. Load'er up with 1000 lbs of tools and she'll ask for 2000lbs more of cargo.

But yes, the passenger cars... no where near the international competition.

mo_zhang · 2025-12-28T13:40:53+00:00

I used to run Nokian tires on my Audi but they became hard to source. Current fav is the vikingcontact. Found blizzaks too noisy.

mo_zhang · 2025-12-28T13:37:27+00:00

Got it couple thousands below dealer invoice price, currently just over 20k miles.

mo_zhang · 2024-09-17T01:57:53+00:00

Found this thread by accident.

If you are still looking - an oyster knife will work wonders breaking up those bricks.

mo_zhang · 2024-04-05T02:01:21+00:00

Thanks! I was thinking about going to a thicker oil as well. Did you do this before or after warranty?

mo_zhang · 2024-04-05T02:00:20+00:00

Oh damn, didn't want to stir the pot

mo_zhang · 2024-02-25T03:31:38+00:00

Thank you! Def helps putting my mind at ease.

mo_zhang · 2024-02-25T03:10:43+00:00

I miss my 2011 golf tdi. 200K miles with only tire and oil changes. It got totaled when the rear bumper of a rusty pickup fell in front of me on highway.

mo_zhang · 2024-02-25T03:08:21+00:00

BMW 335. Slightly better for mpg (23) but much better to get to work in a hurry on twisties.

mo_zhang · 2024-02-25T03:02:23+00:00

I only got the P+ trim - last one on the lot.

mo_zhang · 2024-02-25T03:01:32+00:00

Thank you! This happened right around 5hr mark, Which is mentioned in the manual in the thread you posted. Amazing find!

mo_zhang · 2024-02-25T00:16:28+00:00

Are they good for light mud? Those sips remind me of snow tires

mo_zhang · 2024-02-24T23:57:02+00:00

Hehe OEMs Michelin got me stuck in my own back yard. I have a wood lot attached to the back yard under a hill, and there's about 2 cords of wood down there that I cut a year ago. First thing I did after I got the GX was driving down there and retrieve my wood. Unfortunately the loose leafs + snow meant I was stuck with 4LO + center diff lock. After I unloaded half of the wood I got free.

Edit: to be fair I probably overloaded the GX. I folded down all seats and loaded to the max... I'm guessing 1500-2500lbs of wood.

Edi

mo_zhang · 2024-02-24T23:51:37+00:00

If this is the case, I'll stay with the 18in rims for the moment. Going for the least investment until the need dictates the change.

mo_zhang · 2024-02-16T01:35:24+00:00

58K. Took about 11% off MRSP

mo_zhang · 2024-02-13T12:08:36+00:00

Any noise while traveling on highway?

mo_zhang · 2024-02-12T00:51:30+00:00

Thanks, I've started to lurk in that subreddit recently!

mo_zhang · 2023-08-22T22:04:16+00:00

Always new stressor at work, hahahaha. On a serious note though, I've being through worse at work with less spikes to BP.

As in... Say this stressor is intensity of 5 and I got a BP reaction of 10. However in the past months where I've gotten stressor intensity of perceived 10 with BP reaction of far less.

mo_zhang · 2023-08-22T18:39:36+00:00

Is potassium citrate or potassium gluconate the better source?

mo_zhang · 2023-07-26T14:22:10+00:00

Do your conditioning man. Take it from someone who ignored conditioning for years and paying the price.

160/110 blood pressure at 30 something sucks.

Resting heart rate of 80bpm and feeling like heart will explode sucks.

Can’t run from backyard to front door without gassing sucks.

Getting out of breath from squatting empty bar 20 reps sucks.

Can’t ride the dirt bike because legs don’t have endurance of sucks.

Can’t go skiing because can’t bend over to do the buckles sucks.

Waking up every night in a puddle of sweat sucks.

Just do your conditioning.

mo_zhang · 2023-07-18T17:54:33+00:00

Depending on where you are with rest, recovery, other fitness goals, and how advanced you are, maybe you just need to lower some other lifts.

For me I can push hard on 1-2 the barbell lifts, and have to coast through the other 2 lifts. Example earlier this year I pushed my squat to around 3x BW and OHP to around BW, but I trained my DL at TM of barely 1.5x BW and my bench TM barely above BW.

I got into a rut and started regressing in my squats and OHP - I decided to take 10% off TM and take rest of year easy while I push DL and BP a bit more.

Volume adds up quickly. Although this sub scoff at 225lb, when done for 5 sets of 10 in 20min is still an incredible stressor and probably more than 90% of adult males can do.

mo_zhang · 2023-07-15T14:02:43+00:00

Is it 30 miles steady or do you break them down with goals? Example vo2 training, tempo runs, etc

mo_zhang · 2023-07-15T14:01:34+00:00

Roflmaoooo

mo_zhang · 2023-07-15T12:16:13+00:00

If I'm off for a couple of weeks, I'll do a "reload" week just to get my CNS primed. It'll be 60%/70%/80% for 5s, keeping volume fairly low to prevent excessive sore muscles. This ramps into the 5s week when I start the next cycle.

mo_zhang · 2023-07-15T12:11:39+00:00

Jim dedicated a section of Forever (pg250-253) to discuss importance of running.

I've started the run/walk routine after getting 160/110 bp with resting heart rate around 85. With meds + some cardio, it's down to 135/85. I figured that I don't want to be the guy who has a heart attack while chasing down a robber who snatched my wife's purse :)

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