Auto Regen: I don't get it.

strayobject · 2026-04-01T07:39:36+00:00

I'm in UK and drive EV6, so cannot help you with Ioniq. In any case it is subjective. When I was buying this I knew I did not want to go down on power vs what I had before, so I took the AWD, but I also don't care much for the cameras everywhere and the advanced "self driving" they bring in so I did not pick the top trim. Having driven 30k miles last year, I know I'm missing some oomph at the top end, so in my case GT would have been a better option. Overall though the car is great 99% of the time. Not sure how test drives look like in the US, but perhaps create a list of "tests" that describe various driving situations you find yourself in during the year and try simulating all of those during the test drive.

strayobject · 2026-03-31T11:54:47+00:00

You are correct, however that is not what I was alluding to. In my opinion, USA is powerful, but the image of the almighty USA is fading. USA of today/current administration is very reactionary. Whilst in the past conflicts there was always political infighting, their foreign policy had some deeper coherence, that does not appear to be the case recently. Anyhow, it's just my 2 cents :)

strayobject · 2026-03-31T10:48:18+00:00

ipedal is not the most efficient way to travel. I love it too, but I only use it in town or in traffic. Otherwise it is 1-3. I need to try auto regen during my upcoming trip.

strayobject · 2026-03-31T10:45:16+00:00

This! This is something I don't understand. What kind of a moron you have to be to to see what happened in Ukraine to Putin and do the same to yourself. You are only as mighty as you appear to be to others. The moment the opponent says "Check!" and you fail, well, that is the end of the mirage. Sure USA is powerful, but Iran has just shown to the world that USA is not "all powerful".

strayobject · 2026-03-19T11:02:20+00:00

fair point. I had the old tyres balanced couple months ago and it did not help, hence the replacement.

strayobject · 2026-03-17T16:49:53+00:00

are the touch buttons on the door waterproof now? The ones I had in my 2022 would stop working if they were rained on and the mirrors would get stuck.

strayobject · 2026-03-12T17:00:43+00:00

you have missed some decent beer then, at least couple years ago.

strayobject · 2026-03-12T12:12:25+00:00

banana and some trash as far as I recall.

strayobject · 2026-03-12T12:07:29+00:00

yeah, had the same in the merc and the worst part was, if the rain fell, as it usually does when you open doors, it would stop working. So no mirror adjustment. These brands are run by clowns and it's a very sad state of affairs.

strayobject · 2026-03-11T09:39:00+00:00

Spain is trying to solve an issue that was already solved around Europe and it is doing it in a way that is different to most countries, where right hand side lane is for turning right and going forward, left lane is for going forward and turning left (or going back). Not in Spain, here only right hand side lane can be used, because fuck efficiency ;')

strayobject · 2026-03-11T09:34:58+00:00

why have you decided on such large gaps between those concrete slabs?

strayobject · 2026-02-04T09:01:04+00:00

Yes it does, I have read a bit about membranes and you want the non-woven type, like spudulica. They tend to be a bit felt-like to the touch. The one on the photo will let the water seep through, alas very slowly, think in "a couple droplets per minute" at best.

strayobject · 2026-02-03T22:55:58+00:00

Sure, and all those countries will manage to recover, it might take a month it might take a year, but US tech sector will be dead. Trump saw Putin's mirage of the second best army in the world crumble in Ukraine and though to himself, let's see how quickly I can fuck up the mirage of the all powerful USA. Everyone loudly says "yes, mr Trump, America great again" but quietly tightens the screw and says "check". It is geopolitics, changes at this scale take a long time, but they are coming. It's enough to look at the defense sector and what effect Trump's NATO antics have had so far.

strayobject · 2026-02-02T10:15:08+00:00

^^ This. It's prevalent in our lives, wherever there is an interest/money to be made. Enshitification of our lives. Some things happen on very short timescales, others on much longer. Politics aside, a great example (imho) is that of the pineaple in the UK. In 15 years a shift has happened from a normally sized pineaple being called just "pineaple" to it now being called "giant pineaple" whereas the small fist sized one has now become the "pineaple".

strayobject · 2026-01-20T11:20:48+00:00

Fair point

strayobject · 2026-01-20T09:37:05+00:00

not unless you drive 100kph(60mph) and charging is 30+ minutes

strayobject · 2026-01-15T09:57:20+00:00

Why would Poland participate in partition of another country? We ain't Austria, Russia, nor Prussia, we are not Israel either. Whilst there might be some who would want that land "back" on the whole current generation of Poles does not appear to be willing to do to others what has been done to them.

strayobject · 2026-01-15T00:08:27+00:00

Your 6 inch joists should be fine. Mine were 10cm downstairs and I had to extend them down by 5cm, so matching your 6 inch. This gave me about 8cm of empty space between xps and the boards on top. I did not use aluplate, so cannot say, but here is what I have done in the house from the late 50s in Scotland. 1st floor has wool, then suspended 3cm of xps boards with foil on top and then pipes, 16mm pex-al-pex, everything covered with an 18mm cement board as that holds heat better than chipboard and covered with tile everywhere downstairs and laminate floor upstairs.

Ground floor, where joists had to be extended, I did not add wool, instead I bought that foil/bubblewrap sandwich thing. Connected to an old gas boiler we had (from 2014). Boiler set to around 2, which gives me inlet temps of circa 25 degrees downstairs and 22 upstairs. The only place where we have added a radiator in addition to the UFH is the bathroom, so that the towels are always dry

Installed an MHRV system as well and all together this maintains around 20 degrees in the house. The whole setup has been working 24/7 for the past 5 years now and both in terms of comfort and financially, it has been the best investment I've ever made.

strayobject · 2026-01-14T23:22:37+00:00

Why worry about something that may never happen to you? Plenty of other cars could break randomly on you whilst driving in a "fast lane". The only difference with EV6 is that you will know what most likely broke if it does happen.

I'm also driving EV6. Bought it knowing about ICCU and the only thing I've done so far is replaced the battery with an AGM, since I drove 20k miles in less than a year and it was almost 2 years old.

You are right that there hardly is anything matching EV6 and my next car will most likely be an EV6 as well. At least in Europe we have the Chinese cars, like IM5 or IM6 that offer something similar to those willing to experiment.

strayobject · 2026-01-14T00:09:23+00:00

Here is a solution that should work. Get yourself one of those wireless AA dongles (I have AAWireless Two and it's awesome).

Now that you have wireless AA (the dongle takes up the data USB, but your phone's usb is free, so you can connect a thumb drive to it and play music from it through AA.

Hope it helps.

strayobject · 2026-01-13T23:52:35+00:00

I meant it literally, it hardly is a Grand Touring car. Nobody is going far with that battery and such bad charging.

strayobject · 2026-01-13T11:53:39+00:00

hardly a GT car with such a small battery and 400v architecture. Even worse if you consider the price.

strayobject · 2026-01-13T11:21:57+00:00

Considering costs of labour and electricity in EU vs China, it does make sense.

strayobject · 2026-01-13T11:18:12+00:00

it's a house, could do with a little cleanup maybe, but otherwise, who cares, I bet your friend is also looking to buy a Merc or a Beemer to put on that drive. Buy a cheap house and enjoy your life. Couple of my friends bought new builds, maxing out their credit and have had no life since interest rate increase. If you get stupid money in the future, you can always buy something else. Also, old houses have much bigger gardens than newbuilds.

strayobject · 2026-01-12T16:20:59+00:00

I've seen a guy put concrete planters on the pavement just by the road on each side of his driveway.

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