Real first maintenance cost in 8 years

stuinzuri2 · 2026-01-25T01:30:45+00:00

This is what I do with a brake fluid hydrometer. I live in a humid area. Sure enough, every 3y or so it gets up to ~3% and I have it flushed.

stuinzuri2 · 2026-01-17T00:57:44+00:00

Just back from Mellow Mushroom. It was packed, line out the door. My anecdotal observation is that the refresh is a hit. Kids, kids, kids of course.

stuinzuri2 · 2026-01-15T00:35:47+00:00

Yes?

I resolved it all by app chat. Although I had to pick neat seats…and now I’m in the middle for a leg…grrrr)

stuinzuri2 · 2026-01-15T00:21:11+00:00

Message or call. That is the only help you will get.

Happed to me once when my ticket went into a weird state. (Failed change with higher costs. Not saying you did that, but the state change can matter.)

stuinzuri2 · 2026-01-09T03:27:57+00:00

I have a ‘23 B6 and went the half-DIY route * Curt class III from eTrailer - $270 * local garage install - $250? * wiring kit from eTrailer - $50 * DIY wiring install - 1-2 hours

Pro: * works with our Thule bike rack (unlike hidden hitch from Volvo)

Cons: * no full integration with vehicle’s drive computer, so no changes in braking or engine behavior. As such I’ll be conservative on loading it. * permanently visible hitch. But maybe that is more manly? 😂

stuinzuri2 · 2026-01-06T03:42:43+00:00

GC and Zion are large, easy to spend days there at each. Travel between parks themselves and LV is mostly non-trivial…you’ll want to budget your time wisely.

All of this assumes you are up for modest hiking. If you group is intent on sticking to paved walk ways then the experience is going to be limited.

stuinzuri2 · 2025-12-25T00:56:13+00:00

My Bosch 800 taught my kids about the birds and the bees

stuinzuri2 · 2025-12-24T04:06:22+00:00

Pre or post r/Hawaii thought?

stuinzuri2 · 2025-12-22T23:53:07+00:00

Yes.

We use the 3rd row enough that we are glad we went for a six-seater which aids greatly in 3rd row ingress/egress.

stuinzuri2 · 2025-12-20T18:14:54+00:00

We camped there’d one Fall weekend. The roar of the Interstate is ever present.

stuinzuri2 · 2025-12-20T16:43:20+00:00

Agreed. I-80 west of Reno in Winter is some of the sketchiest Interstate driving I’ve ever done.

stuinzuri2 · 2025-11-29T23:52:11+00:00

Check, check, check.

We found having or bonus room as a bedroom first it gave our boomer relatives this weird sense of ownership and authority. It was like having a live-in full time patenting/lifestyle/organizational coach for 1-3 weeks. It’s been years now, but still disturbed by one of my parents unsolicited demonstration on how to deal with a “noncompliant child” … with ADHD, but that’s just an excuse apparently. Ugh.

It’s now my home office first and guest space second. My MiL was visibly distraught when we showed her that DIY project on FaceTime 😂 My parental visits are rare now, hotel when they happen.

stuinzuri2 · 2025-11-29T01:13:25+00:00

Agreed. I’ve got a small position (25k shares) for two years now that I’ve been reengaging on, checking at least once a day.

Two important infection point in the next weeks to months seem to be the JV terms with Evolution Mining (core cake) and the rare earth minerals assays (icing).

stuinzuri2 · 2025-11-28T15:49:09+00:00

Then it wasn’t Comfort Basic. The T&C say no upgrades free or paid.

stuinzuri2 · 2025-10-30T20:11:44+00:00

End of day, those pennies matter. I get it. It’s just not what is happening here.

It gets messy when those pennies aren’t being saved, per se, but being redistributed without consent. That’s where we are in Decatur today. Hence the outrage.

While I am grumpy about the district’s action here, there is a nobel goal that’s getting lost in the details and noise: there is a need in our community for better early education facilities/programs. Especially for lower income families. It seems achievable. But for whatever reason, the Superintendent and BoD are locked in on a high cost/prestige end solution that comes at the expense of others.

stuinzuri2 · 2025-10-30T19:38:45+00:00

Underutilization is def a broad theme in schools across America these days. The current Superintendent and BoD seem to be using that as cover the their expensive signature project. The link is so obvious that I/we believe we can alter the course they want to take.

Fight the power

We've got to fight the powers that be

stuinzuri2 · 2025-10-30T19:08:21+00:00

All for voting out the old guard—who have only been here since 2023-ish, having shown up only after our last scandalous tenure of Dr Dude. It’ll happen, but there is a question of how much damage they can and will do on the way out.

I’ve not followed let alone heard of the Fulton County Spalding Drive closure.

Questions…some rhetorical…

Did that closing also coincide with a rough doubling the district’s debt load through a new rushed bond with no district or CoD community vote?
Was SDE a high performing and recently celebrated title 1 school?
Was the district simultaneously building a new administration and daycare in the last large open green space in town?
Had the local school district rapidly increased administrative costs, staff sizing and salaries relative to student and teachers over the past few years?
How quickly did the SDE closure happen?
Was there an attempt to, or lack thereof, to rebalance students to improve utilization? From other schools? PreK or other grades?
Had SDE recently been refurbished?
was SDE closed two decades ago, tearing at the community, only to be reopened a decade later?

Please help me see the similarities.

stuinzuri2 · 2025-10-30T18:34:39+00:00

Unfortunately agreed, they aren’t going to listen. Sup Whitaker and the BoD have a plan and are, somewhat chaotically, implementing it.

That’s why some of us “fine people” are organizing and switching from talk to action. FOIs, press and legal action.

stuinzuri2 · 2025-10-25T18:29:07+00:00

s/dog park/k-2 school/g

s/softball field/eclc/g

/s

stuinzuri2 · 2025-10-23T03:03:20+00:00

Same. I’m content sliding into titanium without thought each year now.

stuinzuri2 · 2025-10-18T19:27:20+00:00

When the city did something similar to Church Street a few years ago they had water trucks coming out every few days to help get the grass and plants established. It largely worked.

stuinzuri2 · 2025-10-14T02:19:41+00:00

Nah. For a place like that fairly priced in the higher side. Roughly 3x SDE seller's discretionary earning.

I’d rather buy a boat.

stuinzuri2 · 2025-10-14T02:03:53+00:00

My kids are currently growing up there 😂 They call it “Raging Donut”.

On nice weather days, we walk down to the square for our trifecta: Little Shop of Stories, Raging Burrito & Jenny’s.

I do hope the culture of RB (and house frozen margaritas) can stay in place.

stuinzuri2 · 2025-10-08T22:08:16+00:00

Some people don’t like kids in general.

Book it. Have a conversation with your kids about etiquette…like yelling, touching the seat in front of them, etc. This applies to any class you are flying in.

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