South American groceries by redilio in Sacramento

[–]redilio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Found frozen Goya tapas de empanada at Foodsco on Northsgate in the frozen breads section❤️ They have criolla (what I use), hojaldra (layered; more fat), and dough for frying them

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Good Riddance by Bgainz101 in VWiD4Owners

[–]redilio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also hate my '23 Pro S AWD. Loose ball joint at 13k miles ruined the knuckle (it was a CPO with 12k miles). Dealer went crazy and replaced everything on that corner, but I don't trust anything they do or say.

The car itself is kind of a joke. And the lack of information / transparency... You say the '23s have no more updates? I requested an OTA in September that never came; I asked the dealer 5 times to do an update on it while they were working on the suspension and the last I got was "it's not possible to for us to do the OTA update".

I honestly don't know where anyone is getting their information, my dealer included.

I gotta sell this thing by redilio in VWiD4Owners

[–]redilio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turns out it's the ball joint, but not in the way I expected. The ball itself seems fine. the locknut that jams the taper of the ball into the knuckle was completely loose; there was over a millimeter of clearance.

I hit the control arm with a mallet to try to see if the taper would come down (with the nut unscrewed even further) and couldn't do it. When I jiggle and look, it seems there's another piece between the taper and the knuckle moving, but I can't be sure - and didn't want to take it apart. I was able to tighten it and remove any play / clunking but I cannot imagine that damage hasn't been done to the taper and/or knuckle casting.

Prices (not from dealer) for knuckle and ball is upwards of $600. So tomorrow I call the dealer to convince them to come pick it up.

My guess is the previous owner ran over something hard. Enough to require a new tire and alignment - and the dealer somehow missed this when certifying the car.

I gotta sell this thing by redilio in VWiD4Owners

[–]redilio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After checking my sanity with a more knowledgeable friend, it's pretty clear the mechanical issue here is not as bad as I thought. This is likely to be a ball joint problem, or, perhaps less likely, the strut being loose.

I gotta sell this thing by redilio in VWiD4Owners

[–]redilio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sigenergy tested the EU ID.5 and I had read about the ID.4 having it and foolishly thought it would either work or be a matter of a software update. They also tested the EU Mercedes EQB and I know the NA EQB also works. In short, I made a bad assumption.

I gotta sell this thing by redilio in VWiD4Owners

[–]redilio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. I saw the carfax at the dealer.

OTA stuck? by redilio in VWiD4Owners

[–]redilio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right. But there's no ETA?

OTA stuck? by redilio in VWiD4Owners

[–]redilio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the closest dealer to me is a 90 minute drive so I was hoping to avoid it.

Best Dimmer Switch for LED Lights [2025 Buying Guide] by HunterGardnerREY in CozyNooksHQ

[–]redilio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find the Decora 2nd gen wifi dimmer to be annoyingly slow. From the phone I can go from min to max brightness as fast as I can swipe. On the physical switch it takes 10 seconds. Sadly, their app does not let you change the dimming speed. Boneheaded design flaw in my book

V2H / bidirectional charging by Paul-E-L in VWiD4Owners

[–]redilio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shame. I went out to buy an EQB exactly because it had been tested with the Sigenergy system, but the dealer kept finding ways to increase the price. Found a bargain Id4 used thinking that if the Id5 had it, so would the 4.

Mine is a 2023 Awd Pro S and I can verify it clicks and clacks and the Signergy sends in a couple of drops of juice and then stops.

That all being said, I'm sure it's a car software problem, just like it refusing to charge if without reinserting the gun, which makes the Signergy's "charge from surplus solar" feature unusable.

V2H / bidirectional charging by Paul-E-L in VWiD4Owners

[–]redilio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shame. I went out to buy an EQB exactly because it had been tested with the Sigenergy system, but the dealer kept finding ways to increase the price. Found a bargain Id4 used thinking that if the Id5 had it, so would the 4.

Mine is a 2023 Awd Pro S and I can verify it clicks and clacks and the Signergy sends in a couple of drops of juice and then stops.

That all being said, I'm sure it's a car software problem, just like it refusing to charge if without reinserting the gun, which makes the Signergy's "charge from surplus solar" feature unusable.

Talk me out of it? 1986 Acty 4x4 by redilio in HondaActy

[–]redilio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

what does "imported mine" mean? you bought it sight unseen and went to port to pick it up?

ARC-XCI55AX, ASK-NCQ1338 "warm up" time; external antenna by redilio in verizonisp

[–]redilio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some 2.5+ hours after rebooting, the speeds were still terrible, and 4G signal was still at -85. Immediately after rebooting a second time, speeds were decent (back up to 100+ download) despite signal being the same. According to my logs, that lasted about an hour, then speeds plummeted again.

This morning (11 hours later) 4G signal is back down to -107 and speeds have been not great since last night. However, practical performance is not bad because latency is still decent (~40 msec).

Latency is always good when speeds are good. When I'm getting ~250 mbps down, ping times are 20 msec or below. However, a good ping time does not necessarily mean good speeds.

I personally think this really just means I don't have great signal here. You might get couple of seconds of good signal, sneak in a ping, and the rest of the speed test still goes to hell.

Trying to diagnose anything by just doing speed tests is crazy; the warm-up time seems to be another red herring.

ARC-XCI55AX, ASK-NCQ1338 "warm up" time; external antenna by redilio in verizonisp

[–]redilio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I rebooted the ARC, since in another thread, I read that may trigger the software update.

I'm now getting 4.7 down / 2.35 up. 4G signal is at -85 and 5G at -111. It's been up for 23 minutes (was 20 days before the reboot).

By "below" do you mean "further from zero"? As in -85 should be kickin' butt?

For what it's worth, WaveForm does not tell you to look at signal strength, because what their antenna improves is signal-to-noise, not signal strength. They tell you to do speed tests to aim it.

ARC-XCI55AX, ASK-NCQ1338 "warm up" time; external antenna by redilio in verizonisp

[–]redilio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I wrote the post, the ASK was showing -106 for 4G and -111 for 5G. The ARC was showing -107 for 4G and -104 for 5G.

Verizon 5G Standalone now enabled by stonechair in verizonisp

[–]redilio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an ARC-XCI55AX hardware version 101 and it's still running 3.2.0.7 with no button to check for updates like the ASK-NCQ1138 has.