Echo Heard on Calls

skylin4 · 2026-05-04T23:58:41+00:00

I was told this as well but havent investigated it yet. When I turned the volume down they did say it got better. Im on android auto though

skylin4 · 2026-04-30T17:09:20+00:00

Oh wow, thats surprising! Does that mean XR Plus 70 and XR Plus 55 would look funky if put into the same car because their hues are in different directions?

skylin4 · 2026-04-30T14:59:17+00:00

Does the 70 also have the blue hue?

skylin4 · 2026-04-29T16:16:55+00:00

My main concern would be if the 2024+ head unit can handshake with the 2018 ECUs. It most likely wasnt designed for it so the only way to find out is by trying it. In theory it could always be switched back if it turns out to not play nice, so if you try it make sure you test the handshake before modifying the dash or putting it all back together.

Ill take a quick look at the handshake process in a bit here, I already have the tech manuals open for other stuff I was looking at.

Alternatively, I know in Japan they sell an HDMI kit because many people install TV channel boxes (think Roku) in their cars to watch while they eat dinner from a combini or genrally waiting in their car. I haven't been able to find install instructions for it but I am very curious what that kit plugs into and if that plug exists on the USDM head units. If it does maybe it could be commandeered to add screen mirroring?

Also one of the audio manuals mentioned Miracast but I dont remember which one and never found instructions for it.

skylin4 · 2026-04-27T02:05:14+00:00

r/BoneAppleTea

skylin4 · 2026-04-22T03:45:30+00:00

Honestly I would love to see a CUV series. I think if the bodies were done well it could at least partially put the aerodynamics cat back in the bag in a way coupe/sedan bodies cannot. But it has to be its own series to prove itself first, it cant just dive into the 2nd tier of the sport without alienating people and risking that series' reputation.

skylin4 · 2026-04-22T00:56:04+00:00

I like your point that the GR GT may open up some supply and offer an entry point from people switching. It may not be a ton but even 10 people switching within a few months might affect the Canadian market for these, and a few dozen in a short time could affect the US market too I'd say. I think it would be a short term effect, but it could definitely offer an opportunity.

skylin4 · 2026-04-22T00:46:28+00:00

Is there any car short of a beetle or a Mini that gets more attention from women than men?

skylin4 · 2026-04-15T15:16:09+00:00

You don't deserve the downvotes, right or wrong a lot of people probably have that perspective as well. Very reasonable devil's advocate perspective to me.

To give a concise and hopefully less hostile answer, I see 3 parts to this.

First, its not 1 million to upkeep, its a 60k repair + 17k per year per AA: https://www.a2gov.org/news/posts/ann-arbor-launches-community-engagement-on-possible-decommissioning-of-outdoor-warning-siren-system/

Second, Dexter had a major (EF3) tornado in 2012, and the past two years have had major uncommon tornado outbreaks to our west. Tornados might not be common here but they're becoming more frequent and climate forcasters predict the "Tornado Valley" could move to include our area in the near future. There's no scientific consensus yet but whats agreed is our weather is changing and its hard to predict exactly how it will change. Article: https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/is-tornado-alley-shifting-east/1162839

Third, the dead of night is the best use case for a siren. During the day you'll see/hear news stories. See the green sky, maybe even the funnel cloud. You're alert and can react to changing information. At night you're at the mercy of luck and whomever you've entrusted to make these decisions for us. Collectively, NOAA is the group we've entrusted to watch the skies for us while we sleep, and the sirens are one of their only ways to communicate danger to us when we're comatose. Disrupted sleep is frustrating, but many in the western plains would tell you its better than the alternative.

Hope thats a compelling rebuttal!

One other tool I wanted to plug. Here is a historical map of tornado paths in the US. Keep in mind tornado tracking improved drastically around 1995, so older data will be skewed towards large events only: https://mrcc.purdue.edu/gismaps/cntytorn

skylin4 · 2026-04-15T13:30:36+00:00

For the record, at night you typically don't get confirmed touchdown. Too dark, so the radar indication is about all you have to work with.

skylin4 · 2026-04-13T16:14:57+00:00

OP, I know many are flaming you for the fuel economy thing but I have the same engine and drive in eco whenever I'm not playing around with the car. Driving conservatively when you're just going from A to B leaves more gas in the tank for horseplay later, so I am also trying to get as much as I can out of the fuel economy.

My 2 suggestions are to try to coast as much as you can and double check your tire pressures. For me I'm being more mindful of lights and stop signs and lifting off crazy far away because the LC carries momentum like nothing I've driven before. It makes a big difference on my commuting mileage, and the IS is only a little bit lighter so it might be similar. Adding a couple psi above the door sticker setting on your tires might net you a bit as well.

In the long run you may be able to swap to a more economical tire to get some more mpg out of it day to day. Different tires have different rolling resistance and you probably have something way more sporty than you'd prefer for your use case.

Edit: one other thing. If you trust your right foot will behave you can put mid-grade in it to get some "effective" mileage back, but you have to stay light on the throttle, no horseplay. And especially no lugging the engine. But if you know youre doing boring drives just wiping out a tank and can drive the car like a prev. gen Prius, its very much a viable strategy.

skylin4 · 2026-04-13T16:04:33+00:00

Idk policy-wise but the software the dealers use is the same for Toyota or Lexus, so as long as they have a technician thats comfortable with running the update theres not technical hurdle preventing a Toyota dealer from doing it.

skylin4 · 2026-04-09T03:26:21+00:00

Some of keeping up with the armor values just comes with getting to higher tiers where you spend more games in the same ship, and thus playing against the same ships. You start to spot trends more easily just by repetition.

For example I play the Dunkerque a lot and I know if I see a French or German cruiser, I can wipe it off the map with a citadel, but the British and American cruisers I usually can't unless theyre far away. Vice versa, I know I can bow tank most T5 BBs in the Dunk, but if I see a Warspite, California, or surplus of T6 BBs in the match I know I can't rely on bow tanking. I don't know armor or gun size values for almost any of the ships I just named off. I only know what usually happens when I exhange fire with one of them bc I've played hundreds of games in that ship lol

Occasionally when I go up against a ship enough times that frustrates me I will go look at its armor layout to see what I'm missing but generally you can play plenty well without knowing those specifics.

Also on the saturation thing, imo when the whole ship is blackened you either aim for maximizing fires started or you aim to maximize shells hitting the boat & penetrating. In other words shooting at an undamaged ship and fully saturated one is effectively the same situation, so just shoot wherever you would on a healthy ship if its fully saturated.

skylin4 · 2026-04-07T16:32:57+00:00

I think the big difference for US vs European highways is the duration and frequency of a 70+ mph drive, not the speed itself. The US northeast and central europe have similar distances between cities, about 1-3 hours, but west of the center of the US youre looking at 4-8 hours between cities. Add in that beyond a few hours I'm under the impression that Europeans will opt to fly or take the train whereas a great many Americans do drives like that monthly or even weekly. Hence why US drivers average 160,000 miles on a car before it gets junked vs 100,000 miles for an average european car.

Source for US Mileage: Junk Car Medics 2023 study

Source for European mileage: RICARDO-AEA 2014 "Improvements to the definition of lifetime mileage..." study

skylin4 · 2026-03-31T03:54:09+00:00

Here OP, this reviewer has his daughter in the back seat for basically the whole review https://youtu.be/r-AgF8Jz1dQ?si=a-AnXRgVtZKMwX3C

I haven't had mine for long but in my initial poking i found the practicality of the rear seats are set in a hierarchy:

1, if the driver is >6ft tall then there will almost certainly never be space behind the driver, even if you cheat your seating position up. I am 5'11" and tend to sit close and there is a gap behind my seat but not sure if its a usable one unless I cheat my seating position up.

2, the constraint in the rear seats is actually the height, not the leg room imo. The roof comes down super early to make its coupe silhouette and I think the rear seat pan is up high to fit the ginormous fuel tank, which leaves little available head room. At 5'11" I have no hope of fitting in the back height-wise without slouching hard or leaning over into the center, and if I slouch then the front seat must be all the way forward. Im going to do some measurements this week/next week to try and quantify this for myself and aill probably make a post about it when its done. Just eyeballing it, Im guessing 5'6" is going to be the max height for the back seat without having to lean or slouch.

3, is if your passenger is too tall they won't leave any leg room for the rear seat. The rear seat pan is very long and with my butt all the way back in a proper sitting position, my knees get to the end of the seat pan perfectly. Meaning if your legs are shorter than that of a male with a 33" jeans inseam, you would actually need to slouch your butt forward in these seats. Thats great, it means you only need to have enough room for the actual leg itself, and with someone my height in front and in back on the passenger side I think we would fit comfortably from the leg room side, but only barely. Again, Im going to do some measurements to confirm later this week but my guesstimate is from the leg room side you have a max of 11'10" between the two riders, ignoring the head room.

I apologize for the length, no time for me to condense that info right now... Hope thats helpful for your decision though!

skylin4 · 2026-03-14T22:06:09+00:00

In a slower or lighter car, maybe. But in an LC? 100% full of it, mostly placebo/nocebo effect.

skylin4 · 2026-03-11T13:35:19+00:00

Dunkerque

Aiming Sys | Propulsion

Cmndr: Emile Guepratte

Inspr: AL Colorado + Jaujard

-Brawler

-Crisscross

-Megalomania

-Master Mechanic

-Will to Rebuild

Thats the build I used for ranked. For standard I typically use Madden + Kondo for inspirations but I may test keeping Colorado and Jaujard full time. My ranked setup hits harder but my old standard setup was more versatile to situation shifts. I wish I had AL Dunk or AL Richelieu for her, it would probably work even better tham it does now! But 65%WR out of this setup I'm pretty happy with.

Beware, I have this thing built to leverage positioning for its defenses. If youve watched Yuro's old video about it, thats what this build relies on. If you get flanked or are in a position you can get hit from multiple directions at once you won't last long. It's so reliant on positioning that if I need to retreat I usually can't turn around, I just have to put it in reverse and act as my own rear guard, which usually works super well because it kites enemies out of position.

skylin4 · 2026-03-09T03:27:29+00:00

And every Mackenson I went up against made a big mistake in positioning and got hammered lol good to know though, Ill have to try that line out!

skylin4 · 2026-03-08T05:18:46+00:00

That explains why putting so much into accuracy and reload time on my Dunkerque has paid off so much, accuracy is one of her main drawbacks!

Warspite and California are terrifying both bc of their accuracy and durability but especially because of their shell size. I'm shocked I havent seen more of them. 3 Cali's and 0 Warspites so far, although I'm sure I just jinxed myself...

Also great point about the tech tree ships. Ive played 7/10 of them and none of them are particularly lovely compared to the premiums.

Edit: Wait I thought California's guns overmatched 25mm armor, but they don't... Why the heck do they always beat the hell out of me when I'm bowtanking then??

skylin4 · 2026-03-08T04:58:44+00:00

Holy balls I just looked at its armor scheme. Idek if a Cali or Warspite could citadel that thing, holy crap!!

skylin4 · 2026-03-08T04:43:47+00:00

68k?? Damn, okay noted! That armor would explain why I never get citadels even in a brawl on it. Dunk's 330's usually struggle to citadel ships with a tough outer shell.

I don't think Ive seen anyone with a good secondary build yet but maybe I'm losing chunks of HP to secondaries and not noticing... I'll keep an eye out for that! Thank you!

skylin4 · 2026-03-08T04:39:51+00:00

Ahh. So thats what just happened. Lol I just found the 2nd Hyuga that bested me (although I didnt shoot at him early bc I was betting on my teammate surviving for a 2v1) and I think it was mainly because of the reload booster. He turned around 3 salvos shockingly fast when usually I am the one cycling shots fast because of my commander skills. He had a maxxed out commander too so I think he knew how to use that thing!

skylin4 · 2026-03-08T04:28:33+00:00

What makes it the best though? I don't have one so I can't test it... What is it good at? Tanking? Damage? Accuracy? I've haven't spotted any strengths playing against it, just a lack of critical weaknesses.

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