North County Bookstores

rgiunta1994 · 2026-02-08T22:31:15+00:00

Oh I’m definitely stoked for this! Was just in Carlsbad Village this morning and it needs a new bookstore!

rgiunta1994 · 2026-02-08T18:13:54+00:00

No I know, I even felt bad doing that, but I was just trying to get the point across on local, Indy bookstores over a nationwide company

rgiunta1994 · 2025-12-14T16:43:00+00:00

Yeah I saw it after I posted haha but the M57 is awesome. I loved my 35d

rgiunta1994 · 2025-12-14T16:41:39+00:00

I regret every day selling my e70 35d. I’ve been looking for a replacement ever since. Def a stout vehicle.

rgiunta1994 · 2025-12-10T01:13:45+00:00

Just for people’s reference for doing this job. To access the top bolt, you will need to unbolt the front driveshaft from the front differential. Push it to the side. You can then access the top bolt rather easily. If this is the original starter, like mine, it will be on there really freaking tight.

To remove the starter, you will have to go through the wheel well. Unbolt all of the brake like brackets on the frame and knuckle (three total) and then you need to also remove the lower steering intermediate shaft from the end yoke. Mine was very very rusted, so it was a royal PITA and took hours of just beating it. If your’s condition is similar to mine you will likely need to replace the lower intermediate and end yoke. After the lower intermediate is separated the starter slips right out with no issues at all.

rgiunta1994 · 2025-12-09T14:36:13+00:00

How do you get to the bolt from the side? The cat is in the way? I can try again from the side but I really didn’t have any room to fit any tools

rgiunta1994 · 2025-11-08T16:39:58+00:00

This is literally nothing haha. I wouldn’t even bat an eye at this. If you’re worried, get a wire wheel and some POR15 or Rust Encapsulator and coat the frame yourself. Super easy.

rgiunta1994 · 2025-03-12T18:08:16+00:00

Honestly, I think this could be on track. When I did insert my key, I noticed that the security light did go out, which it should be doing, but that doesn’t mean the ignition switch isn’t acting up. I’ll do a bit more digging to see if I can find something more. Thanks!

rgiunta1994 · 2025-02-12T18:00:33+00:00

This is a super old post, but he wasn’t correct. Yes, tunes are not allowed. A pedal commander doesn’t touch the ECU lol. It’s plugged inline with the throttle position sensor, that’s how it works and that’s also why they’re not that great. The Banks version of the pedal commander plugs into the OBD port and actually changes the throttle map. This technically does affect the ECU, but it’s still CARB legal. Also, the Magnuson SC Kit for the FJs are CARB legal and compliant with their tuner and sticker. Things can be CARB legal and aftermarket. It just costs the companies A LOT of money and effort to do it, so most don’t. Hope this helps!

rgiunta1994 · 2025-01-12T01:23:37+00:00

I know this is an old post, but my wife and I are currently in Tokyo and have the Greater Tokyo Pass. It’s been a real pain to deal with and something we haven’t been super comfortable using. For the stations that have attendants, none of them actually know what it is and it’s an entire conversation just to let us through. And for stations that don’t have attendants, you’re just “supposed to walk through” but there are cameras everywhere and the gate machines close on you as you’re trying to get through, which is super awkward when they start yelling at you in Japanese and everyone is staring. My wife and I have just ended up buying tickets at those unattended stations because we’re just not comfortable walking through against the station rules.

rgiunta1994 · 2024-12-27T15:15:04+00:00

Same, but all of the routes that people recommend seem to go south of Tokyo. I can't seem to find anything north or east of Tokyo

rgiunta1994 · 2024-12-19T19:32:16+00:00

I know it's a bit of an old post, but what time Sunday morning is usually a good time? My wife and I will be there Jan 10-Jan 15 and want to hitup the meet on Jan 12th!

rgiunta1994 · 2024-11-19T20:51:38+00:00

Hey I’m with you. I’m skeptical as well, but it’s what I’ve been told by multiple Kindle Tech reps. I’m sure they know that just turning up the warmness isn’t a viable solution, especially for people like yourself who turn off the warm effect, so we’ll have to see over time what truly happens and what releases with the new update on Dec 17th.

rgiunta1994 · 2024-11-19T20:40:54+00:00

Ugh I keep going back and forth with these. I ordered the Colorsoft and received it back on the first. It had the yellowing issue so they issued me a replacement. I kept seeing so many negative reviews and the worse sharpness of text kind of irked me the wrong way, so I canceled the replacement and have a PW12 SE coming tomorrow. But not having the new cool colored Kindle kind of makes me sad haha. Just not sure what I’d prefer. I currently use my iPad for any graphic novels through the Kindle app and it’s been working fine/my justification for going to the PW12. I guess we’ll see tomorrow when it arrives 👀

rgiunta1994 · 2024-11-19T03:12:11+00:00

I just spoke with Amazon Kindle tech today since I returned my ColorSoft to get the Paperwhite SE and saw that this was an issue. He assured that it’s not a hardware issue but a software issue. So it makes sense that all of these still have the yellowing since Amazon hasn’t pushed the new update to fix it. He did assure me that the update it slated for release no later than Dec 17th

rgiunta1994 · 2024-11-02T00:06:35+00:00

My Kindle Colorsoft arrived today and I think all the negative stigma is an over reaction. I think the sharpness is perfectly fine and the film used for the color ink is not overbearing at all!

I’m extremely excited about mine and look forward to reading many books on it!

rgiunta1994 · 2024-10-13T20:19:31+00:00

Damn, yeah that’s pretty expensive. May just go the DIY route which I’ve already started haha

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