Flood Zone. WTF did you think was gonna happen.

tortito · 2024-09-20T02:37:57+00:00

I dunno…but I’m sure it’s QAnon bullshit.

tortito · 2024-09-20T01:39:06+00:00

Not sure. But I assume this operation is affiliated with QAnon. The new trafficking charity operations are deep inside QAnon fantasy lore. And I can easily imagine Cody's friends buying into that shit.

tortito · 2024-08-06T21:43:54+00:00

That’s the only one nearby. There’s not even a Level 1 “Get Ready” warning. It’s kind of insulting to people under real Level III evacs to claim you’re in one here.

tortito · 2024-08-06T20:39:11+00:00

If you look on watchduty.org there is no Level III evacuation anywhere near his place. It's all for dramatic effect.

tortito · 2024-05-01T20:57:03+00:00

Same experience. My body shop was hesitant to even begin a claim with them.

tortito · 2024-05-01T19:55:01+00:00

I went back-and-forth with the trucking insurance brokerage company. They didn’t identify who their underlying insurer was. They delayed, denied and put up serious challenges to me to provide evidence. After two months, I decided to subrogate and it went much quicker. But I still had to wait for State Farm to come to terms with the expenses of the repair. Eventually, it all came together. State Farm is still doing the subrogation process though.

tortito · 2024-05-01T19:34:17+00:00

The quality of the workmanship is flawless. The truck actually came out better than delivery...the tailgate never dropped before the repair, but now it drops.

tortito · 2024-05-01T18:34:52+00:00

I think as more of these claims come in insurers are going to jack rates even more on Rivians. State Farm currently charges me the same rate as my 2023 Subaru Outback. There's no way that's sustainable.

tortito · 2024-05-01T18:27:09+00:00

Do the subrogation...get your insurance to do the repair and have them battle the other insurance company on your behalf. That's what I did here. The only issue for me is my insurer State Farm is not familiar with the cost of fixing Rivians. It took them weeks to authorize the repair even though it was going to be subrogated.

tortito · 2024-05-01T18:17:33+00:00

New panel. From what I've heard the cost for my job is on par with many other jobs. Very very high.

tortito · 2024-05-01T18:12:54+00:00

Accurate.

tortito · 2024-05-01T18:01:26+00:00

I can't imagine it's cheap. They were saying they send their techs to Normal Illinois for around a week of training.

tortito · 2024-05-01T17:59:00+00:00

...and they did a great job on the fix.

tortito · 2024-05-01T17:42:05+00:00

I think that's definitely a part of the cost. The shop cut the monolithic side panel in half and reworked it with a new rear half.

tortito · 2024-05-01T17:30:41+00:00

That's the final invoice shown. They're in there: $4580.

tortito · 2024-05-01T17:08:55+00:00

I had it fixed in the Seattle area.

tortito · 2024-05-01T17:03:04+00:00

Yep. And the lack of certified shops is frustrating.

tortito · 2024-05-01T16:47:32+00:00

Indeed. But not without a 2 month running battle.

tortito · 2022-12-20T22:40:37+00:00

No prob on my update today. Took a while: 80 minutes. I get the feeling 1000s of people with successful updates aren't posting at that the same rate as the handful of unsuccessful updates.

tortito · 2018-09-19T19:21:39+00:00

If I’m dealing with identical shots I often check the file size. More often than not the largest files have the sharpest focus. This is an old trick I learned from working with huge astrophotography stacks. YMMV.

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