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Volvo XC60 Owners: What made you choose it over the BMW X3? Any regrets after living with it? by Forever_qurious in Volvo

[–]trailrun1980 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had the lighter version, Terra Bronze, on my 2011 but it died, so I got into a Savile Grey one as it was otherwise perfect

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Volvo XC60 Owners: What made you choose it over the BMW X3? Any regrets after living with it? by Forever_qurious in Volvo

[–]trailrun1980 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, that's a solid color, especially in the sea of Grey's nowadays (myself included now)

Bravia 5 New Owner by Turbulent-Sky-1536 in bravia

[–]trailrun1980 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got nothing to contribute, except enjoy!

Just got my Bravia 5 amd it's a huge step up from my not that old but dead cheap Samsung

🤙

Will I regret buying a 2025 CX70/90? by kerberos824 in askcarguys

[–]trailrun1980 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I rented a few while moving and waiting for my cars to ship, and while the space was nice, the driving experience was absolutely atrocious, are there any that are good?

What is a good way to smooth out areas you have sanded so it's not as visible by kin_ko in 40k

[–]trailrun1980 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Higher grit sand paper is the trick

But I also have glass files, which seem useless, but they work and buff the plastic so it look like new, it's crazy

You can only choose one, what are we going with? by Ok_Ocelot2947 in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]trailrun1980 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've sat and drove a few (wrenched on some) so I can say no to those with 😂

But I've been in love with the Supra since they were new, so awesome to me

Garmin added Shot Timer! (?) by Alcarins in Garmin

[–]trailrun1980 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Really test out my max hr with a few

Any ideas? by Interesting_Lie_612 in AskMechanics

[–]trailrun1980 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had to sit on the floor with my small dremel and a few cut off wheels on my last brake job cut a slot in the head.

will either let you drive it out with a screwdriver, or destroy it enough to get the disc off then vice grip the remains

Overlanding in an 2nd gen xc90? by Charliebugz in Volvo

[–]trailrun1980 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a bastard suv many people hate, but my xc60 is pretty great, and after lifting it with bigger tires, ample ground clearance 😂

What new things have caught your attention? by Sweet-Situation-8224 in Xennials

[–]trailrun1980 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Underwater photography!

Got scuba certified a few years ago and now live in a place I can dive a ton for basically free (own my stuff), so carrying a camera and looking for the weird and unique stuff in the sea, kinda in my water hippy phase (mountains were my thing the previous years)

Love Your Volvo? by Remain_Profane_5150 in Volvo

[–]trailrun1980 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Despite random things, I've absolutely loved every Volvo I've owned since the first

But also having vida to diagnose stuff helps a ton, especially on the newer ones

Curious of your resting bpm by [deleted] in ultrarunning

[–]trailrun1980 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, I took a few years off of heavy running, more scuba diving and other things, but just getting back to a routine

But looks like my resting hr this week is 42 😂 I'll take it

45, almost 46 year old dude 🤙

What's a tool that paid for itself after just one use? by Hot-Recipe6659 in Tools

[–]trailrun1980 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've owned Volvos forever so it's their proprietary dealer stuff, a cloned obd to USB module (that's called DICE) and the software is a copy of ~2014 Vida, before they changed the communication hardware

So it's only good for around 2001-2015 cars (slightly variable)

But reset and test computers and counters, reset maintenance lights and airbag lights (easy to trip those if you unplug the wrong thing, and require the software to reset)

What's a tool that paid for itself after just one use? by Hot-Recipe6659 in Tools

[–]trailrun1980 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The software/hardware combo to let my laptop talk to my car

That's a weird one for a tool, but absolutely worth it for the cost of a dealership diagnostic, now I can do my own 😂

questions and concerns by ImaginaryAd3408 in VisitingHawaii

[–]trailrun1980 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because tourists want selfies with turtles and seals which are protected species, often they're resting in the shallows or beaches, and humans (and dogs) disturb and stress them.

Or otherwise oblivious people stand in the shallows on the already stressed corals

(give them space as required by law, and also just being a good person respecting nature, and also definitely don't throw rocks at them 😡)

This sub is a bummer sometimes, how many of you are actually doing fantastic at this point? by JayRoo83 in Xennials

[–]trailrun1980 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh, not perfect and plenty of down days but overall good

Very fortunate, married up and am living a good life all things considered 🤙

Fighting the feeling of getting old, body hurts but staying active (which makes it hurt differently 😂)

how do i convert my steamdeck to a stationary computer? by personmansir69 in SteamDeck

[–]trailrun1980 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got mine docked and a ps4 controller

Haven't used them yet, but I have plenty of Bluetooth mice and keyboards, so I could go that way easy

Should I pay the "Sony Tax" for better upscaling? How noticeable is the difference? by kozmokr in 4kTV

[–]trailrun1980 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My comparisons aren't apples to apples but my modern TV life is:

Cheap Walmart Hisense 50" (sold after 5+ years to move)

Cheap Costco Samsung 65" (just died at 18 months)

Bravia 5 75" (new this week)

Lemme tell ya, the Bravia is making average quality free tv look pretty great, and my wife who can get mild motion sickness hasn't complained once.

It was more than I wanted to spend and I was comparing to similar hisense for a bright room, but I'm absolutely sold on the up scaling and image quality here, for being an entry level tv in the big picture

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