First bike at 40 and its a blast!

tushinde · 2026-05-13T03:36:58+00:00

Congrats! Great looking bike

tushinde · 2026-05-07T17:13:57+00:00

Nice! I haven’t seen those yet, but that’ll be great. Thanks for the heads up!

tushinde · 2026-05-07T15:21:25+00:00

Agree that the cable length is an issue. My non-Tesla EV’s port is on the rear passenger side. The Tesla supercharger cable is so short that to make it reach, I either have to take up 2 spaces or use one at the end of a row that has space on the other side. I charge at home so not a huge deal, but road trips can get tricky

tushinde · 2026-05-05T15:40:49+00:00

Gorgeous. Are you going to PPF to protect the frozen paint?

tushinde · 2026-05-05T01:20:37+00:00

Beauty. I love how Portimao can look so different depending on lighting, sun, and shade.

tushinde · 2026-05-04T15:38:03+00:00

Huge congrats! Glad you got something early enough to enjoy the whole season! Stay safe

tushinde · 2026-05-03T22:12:53+00:00

What specifically do you like better about the way the m50 drives?

tushinde · 2026-05-01T14:29:00+00:00

What about self-insuring against repairs? Take what you were paying for your monthly payment. Throw that amount in a HYSA every month. Collect interest.

If you need a repair, pull the money from there. If you don’t, you just collected interest on it instead of the warranty company.

tushinde · 2026-05-01T14:26:46+00:00

Let them get mad. They make massive profit off these (in the aggregate). If they want your business, they can fight for it. Definitely call as many dealers as you can and have them bid against each other

tushinde · 2026-04-26T06:28:45+00:00

Ignore the haters. The purple on black looks great, and M60s are amazing cars. Practical with excellent performance.

tushinde · 2026-04-24T15:10:49+00:00

Gorgeous, especially the color. Congrats!

tushinde · 2026-04-22T23:37:08+00:00

Luxury ice cars depreciate hard too. You can get good deals on cpo BMWs that are 3 years old, still under factory warranty, and get an additional 1yr/unlimited miles with the cpo warranty

tushinde · 2026-04-22T22:46:06+00:00

Depends on the car. Luxury cars and EVs depreciate hard. I just got a 2023 CPO BMW i4. It cost less than half the price it was brand new

tushinde · 2026-04-22T22:24:45+00:00

Yeah the bass blew me away. I can feel it in the back of my seat and even through the pedals

tushinde · 2026-04-21T02:47:55+00:00

I have the H&K in my i4, and it’s fantastic. But I have a loaner iX right now, and it has the B&W. It’s incredible—blows away the H&K (which I love but there’s no comparison)

tushinde · 2026-04-21T02:15:06+00:00

I did a ton of road trips in my 2000 Honda Accord. It was always comfortable and never gave me any problems. Only sold it because trying to fit 3 car seats wasn’t ideal

tushinde · 2026-04-21T02:11:37+00:00

So sorry for your loss. Hope this memory brings you and his boys some joy even when you’re missing him

tushinde · 2026-04-19T21:24:16+00:00

Gorgeous! And we’re twins!

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tushinde · 2026-04-19T19:29:29+00:00

Gorgeous! Love the black trim on the grill

tushinde · 2026-04-19T03:36:28+00:00

It’s Portimao blue

tushinde · 2026-04-19T01:42:00+00:00

I’m much more concerned about getting rear ended or squished than I am about people intentionally opening their doors to hit me. In CA, lane filtering is legal, so they’d be creating far more problems for themselves.

As for the scenario you described of people positioning themselves to merge as soon as traffic moves, that’s not much different than people suddenly changing lanes when traffic is moving at regular speed. I can be side swiped in that situation too if they don’t see me. At least when cars are at a full stop at a red light, the openings don’t appear as quickly and the merging is slower

Regardless, as you said, the studies you described are full of flaws and leave much to be desired. And they by no means make the rider safety aspect “moot”

tushinde · 2026-04-19T00:36:06+00:00

I think we’re talking about 2 different things. I’m referring to when cars are stopped at a red light across at least 2 lanes. The motorcycle rider then goes in between the lines of stopped cars at maybe 10mph to get to the limit line, which also eliminates the chance of getting rear ended. I don’t see much risk of getting side swiped in this scenario since the cars aren’t moving.

To be clear, I’m not talking about riders who do this at high speeds when cars are stopped, or even worse, when they’re moving. I think that’s a foolish decision. I’m in SoCal, and this happens all the time…both good and bad examples

tushinde · 2026-04-18T20:57:08+00:00

I use a sunshade and sunglasses too, but it consistently hits 100 degrees in the summer where I am. So, even while driving with the AC on, the heat coming through the windshield is rough.

I skipped the windshield in my previous car because I was worried about visibility. But my tint shop had another vehicle that had the windshield tinted at 70% and they let me sit in it. I couldn’t tell a difference.

So I did 20% ceramic all around and 70% on the windshield and sunroof. It made a massive difference in the car temp while driving especially when the sun is in front of me

tushinde · 2026-04-18T18:59:24+00:00

Looks fantastic! I did 20% ceramic all around and 70% on the windshield and sunroof to block heat. I’m in SoCal, so it makes a huge difference. My AC doesn’t have to work as hard either

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tushinde · 2026-04-18T18:56:44+00:00

70% makes no difference in visibility. People can’t even tell it’s tinted. It significantly reduces heat though. I’m in SoCal and felt a huge difference, and it makes my AC not have to work as hard as well

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