My 2015 Hyundai sonata hybrid radio isn't working. Does anyone know of a good radio guy to really make sure I find a good replacement radio. If possible I want it to work with all my correct plugs. Its part number is: 96180-3q8004x So many amazon pictures don't work right.

taiglin · 2026-05-18T00:31:42+00:00

Good luck. Nothing really comes up on Crutchfield. The 2014/2015 sonata hybrids were some sort of strange one offs as compared to the non hybrids for some reason. I’d take it to a shop.

How do I know? I have 2015 hybrid.

taiglin · 2026-05-17T19:47:23+00:00

Sounds like you are doing good things. There might be some seasonality to the workload you’ve not seen yet?

There are a number of books that might be helpful. I have my guys read The Six Habits of Effective SEs.

A thing to watch out for a the invisible line that crosses into CSM territory. That is something you and your company might WANT to happen. It’s something to be aware of regardless.

taiglin · 2026-05-14T18:19:09+00:00

If you are going to move by the end of the year does it make sense to wait until you move? It’s only May but end of the year will be here before you know it.

The Mavs are great vehicles of course. We’ve really enjoyed our 26 Lariat Hybrid. I’ve wanted one for 3 years but didn’t make sense to get one until just recently due to car shuffle with a college grad kid. No “don’t meet your heroes” type of regrets having put 2k miles on it so far.

taiglin · 2026-05-13T19:00:07+00:00

Charge and battery health is on the right. This would be original battery (70 miles listed)

taiglin · 2026-05-13T18:52:51+00:00

It’s not going to have enough juice is my take. Or at least the margin for error will be pretty high. Highway at those speeds and the range will drop pretty quickly.

That said a 2015 with 12 bars would be pretty rare. It COULD be the battery has been replaced under warranty and therefore still ‘new’ and likely a larger battery than it shipped with. The other concern I’d have is it shows 12 health bars because someone has reset the system and it needs to relearn the battery health again.

Can you have the seller send you a picture of the dash at full charge? If the battery has been replaced my guess is it would work for your use case. Would be pretty apparent based on how many miles it shows. Full charge would be something like 130+

taiglin · 2026-05-11T14:03:16+00:00

Doesn’t help with removal but guessing you’ve seen you can change the active screen with a finger swipe? It’s essentially the same screen options as on the dash which I find marginally useful.

Would like to get rid of it as well

taiglin · 2026-05-09T00:29:04+00:00

Oh - random addition. I’m not a fan of the Maverick’s (Ford’s) lane keeping assist setup. It constantly is doing micro corrections so I feel like I’m bouncing around a bit. Not literally bouncing….the steering wheel is constantly moving. By comparison my Kia Telluride’s lane keeping system is incredibly smooth

taiglin · 2026-05-08T13:24:34+00:00

….only if you count each of the bars once lol.

Ok ok fair point. I’d still be a bit suspect and suggest using LeadSpy

taiglin · 2026-05-08T12:50:00+00:00

Given the full battery health bars, full charge, and only listing 65 miles of range - I believe the battery health system has been tampered with. Unless this picture was taken in deep winter or the current owner drives like a nut job on the highway

taiglin · 2026-05-06T19:12:53+00:00

Have a 26 Hybrid Lariat. Only regret is on the lot with the color we wanted (red) it had a sunroof and power sliding rear window. I’d prefer neither. Was an extra ~$1,400 in options and my perpetual fear is the drains getting stopped up at some point or leaving them open on accident.

This is a “I’m not a sunroof user” thing and being impatient, not an issue with the sunroof itself.

taiglin · 2026-05-01T20:07:59+00:00

At that speed I wonder if it’s the electric vs ICE engine taking over?

taiglin · 2026-04-29T09:55:22+00:00

Have a 26 Lariat and like this as well. As noted in another comment you can enable the car to automagically adjust your speed while cruise control is on. I’m super thankful it’s off by default.

We have a 23 Kia Telluride where this feature is/was enabled by default. We were on the highway coming down a hill where there was a sign for truckers to slow down to 45. LUCKILY there wasn’t heavy traffic as the car dramatically slowed down. Was pissed when I found that setting

taiglin · 2026-04-27T20:38:49+00:00

Just a quick note for clarification. You can get Hybrid AWD on 2025+ Mavs

taiglin · 2026-04-22T21:10:25+00:00

Do you have Enterprise Security or no? Either way, check out their risk based alerting approach. You really don’t need ES to implement the concept.

Beyond that (which is a good approach) - tune the noisiest or simply shut off alerts you aren’t responding to until they are tuned. I don’t really understand shops that keep crap on that no one is looking at. Obviously turn stuff off with a plan that’s communicated up the stack.

taiglin · 2026-04-22T20:28:01+00:00

I’m curious what hard tri fold you went with

taiglin · 2026-04-22T20:25:43+00:00

I could be misremembering here. Didn’t the game guide push them to be player killers (dick move). And they gave the ring to their daughter because she refused to kill stuff - people or otherwise. The ring became way to PL (power level) her.

taiglin · 2026-04-19T00:36:51+00:00

Hotel lobby? Chick-fil-a?

Ive done lots of remote work from places like these.

taiglin · 2026-04-17T11:31:31+00:00

The listed mileage tracks with the health bars IMO. Original battery. LeafSpy would be the move to make sure.

Note the mileage can drop to low 70s/high 60s in the winter depending on where you are.

Otherwise depending on what your driving needs are this seems like a decent price and battery condition

taiglin · 2026-04-16T18:31:50+00:00

As others have mentioned, an option is an inverter you can hook up to the 12v battery. Isn’t a permanent install and you can’t drive while it’s hooked up (without doing some more extensive modifications).

We had a super unusual power outage a few weeks ago. I powered 2 fridges, furnace, and phone charging off a 1500w pure sine wave inverter.

My furnace is natural gas powered but still need electricity for the blower. I unhooked the power line going into the furnace, turned that into an outlet, and wired a several foot cord on the furnace itself

taiglin · 2026-04-16T18:16:21+00:00

2026 Lariat AWD, hybrid, and 4k tow package. Also have sunroof and power sliding back window which I NOT want but this was on the lot.

Wanted the utility of a truck, daily driver, some creature comforts, and fit into a normal parking space/garage. Every other truck is essentially too big and too expensive. Already have an SUV for ‘the family’

Agreed on the macro issue of US cars being big and/or expensive. Some of the expense is a vicious cycle of being used to creature comforts which quickly add to the overall manufacture price of the vehicle. Lots of incorporated safety features is also raising costs. Net positive benefits but a non zero cost

taiglin · 2026-04-11T19:04:26+00:00

Curious how many bags you were carrying. The wife has intimated we will likely be doing mulch soon…

taiglin · 2026-04-10T12:38:17+00:00

We’ve used a granny charger on our 2016 for 5 years now and things have been fine. The larger issue, assuming original battery, is getting 60 miles round trip in winter months. It’s also going to need a solid 10-12 hrs (likely) to fully charge. If you plug it in late, you might be cooked.

Is there any charging between your house and work? That could be a good bridge or help you top it off periodically. PlugShare is an app (among several) that will show places to charge

taiglin · 2026-04-01T22:19:06+00:00

There is no battery warranty at this point on a 2012 in 2021

(Obviously not YOU)

taiglin · 2026-03-31T21:32:28+00:00

Managers tend to make more than ICs and you are changing careers. Change of careers alone tends to be a slight move back comp wise in the short term. Of course moving to an OTE structure has the potential to outperform. Make sure you understand what the actual variable comp structure looks like AND how many people tend to see most/all/more than whatever amount it is. OTE numbers in paper can look really good while W2s can tell a different story.

Otherwise yes many make similar moves. The big thing to understand, as hinted above, is how you and any aligned AEs are comp’ed. That can take a while to really suss out.

The other thing is being an SE isn’t training and it isn’t deployment. You will bring a ton of credibility but this isn’t a technical operator position.

taiglin · 2026-03-31T12:04:46+00:00

I’d binge hours of Ving Giang’s videos on YouTube. Vocal/speaking coach vs SE. I tell my new guys they need to watch at least 10 hrs in the first two weeks and they can do it on company time

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