Oh that’s just another nail in the coffin of me EVER buying a Tesla

If it was transferable like idk, any other option you get on your car, the 8k price tag could at least be offset by like 20-50% by the car having better value when selling it on. This way it’s just… Wtf. Imagine paying 8k and then selling the car after a year and the next person has to pay 8k too.

100 bucks a month starting to seem reasonable in comparison indeed

Honestly, my main resources were the CTO at my company, as well as our existing custom modules so if you’re using OCA modules as a reference you’re already on the right path. If you’ve got any specific questions you can ask me, or I can try to think of what the common pitfalls are that I’ve seen that aren’t really well documented.

You can also contract me as a consultant but if you’ve got 20 years of dev experience I’m assuming you aren’t very interested.

Do you have access to the Enterprise codebase? That would also be helpful if you’re running enterprise modules

I mean I can’t see what the comment was and I’m assuming it must’ve been downright hateful, but that person almost certainly has learned a foreign language just to communicate with the world and in fact had to learn another foreign language in school because their name is Estonian for “gypsy” and learning two foreign languages (usually English and Russian, sometimes German or something else for the second foreign language) is required. Likely they speak 2.5 languages as is common here (my German is so bad I count it as half a language - native speakers speak too fast for me, but I can kinda get my point across if needed), but could be more.

Just pointing out that even when trying to be accepting of others, subtle anglo-defaultism can show up in your comment, not that I necessarily agree with whatever the comment was.

Digg v4 actually

Yes, people despised the changes they’d made and reddit was a breath of fresh air at the time.

That as well, but I just don’t have a job requiring me to use windows.

I figured that’s what you thought. To be fair, using Microsoft also makes me want to kms. Luckily I don’t have to.

Probably. Used to be a lot more organic content. In all honesty, the fediverse is a bit better than modern reddit in that regard.

Actually I’ve discovered at least 3 people who post their own comics here. So that’s pretty cool. Custardfist, bad and noerdman. Never would’ve discovered them otherwise.

Useless, it’ll never take off. Normies don’t want to have to pick an instance to get started. They’ll just go to reddit or Bluesky. Then there’s the tankie problem. Hexbear and ml are going to scare away those who can figure out how to pick an instance and register.

Oh and since everything is duplicated on hundreds of servers, it’s wasteful of resources to. Worried about SSD prices going up? Well the fediverse ain’t gonna help either.

There’s only like 5 people who post things and the mods can be just as bad as reddit mods. Post something and get banned from 25 communities.

Need me to keep going?

Kms is key management services.

Why massgrave is called that, I have no idea.

Depends on what test they’re doing tbh

If you had the facelift with the LED DRLs, that would’ve been the superior 239 hp one and if you had a pre-facelift 3.0 tdi, that would’ve been either 230 or 224 (ish) hp.

I can’t say I’m a huge fan of the Tiptronic either, but I do like its longevity and relative simplicity if I need to rebuild it. In a BMW it would be possible to flash it for higher line pressure and faster shifts, but unfortunately not the case for Audi.

For my next car I’m looking to ideally get something with an 8HP or 9G-Tronic box. Aisin 8 speed as a backup option. Haven’t actually driven either of those 8-speeds somehow, but I had a W205 C-class with 9G for over 2 years and it was sublime. Kicking down even 4 gears at once was quick as hell and outside of sport+ you couldn’t ever feel any of the shifts, even though they were always quick

Oh I meant it’s hard to hear dialogue when eating popcorn or chips, so subtitles help out

Tbf the 230hp diesel isn’t great. If I hadn’t bought this thing for under 2000 EUR in a pinch, I would’ve preferred the 239 hp (176 kW) version. Better fuel economy, more torque, little bit more reliable chain tensioner. Or quite honestly, I would’ve preferred BMW or MB’s inline 6 diesel engines.

But mine’s still going strong at 400k km, original chains AFAIK. Transmission stopped working altogether 2 weeks ago. Opened it up and saw a 2007 date on the filter. NEVER changed before, fluid was probably original too. Changed the mechatronic seals (14€), transmission fluid and filter (~180€) and it behaves like new. I was very sure I’d have to rebuild the transmission. I’ve done about 20k km on it myself so far.

My only gripes: Would prefer the newer engine variant from the facelift; Would prefer a manual transmission.

As for snow - I don’t know, I haven’t been able to get it stuck. We’ve got a whole bunch of snow here in Estonia this winter, but the plows are working fine and the ability to raise it has been nice. I have exceptionally good studded winter tires fitted too.

I’ve also had a 4matic car which performed pretty decently in snow, but not as good as Quattro. But then I’ve done mild off roading in snow with FWD cars too lol, key is great winter tires, skill and (this is important) patience.

If I could have a Levorg with the turbo engine AND a manual transmission, I’d prefer it over the Audi any day of the week, fuel economy be damned. Unfortunately I don’t see any turbo models on sale here and apparently they were never made with manual transmission :(

I guess for anyone buying the car new, the CVT likely wouldn’t be an issue. I just don’t have faith in them lasting long term. And I like to buy my cars used and depreciated.

Home theatre systems have been a thing for decades. Soundbars are the cheaper and simpler new alternative.

Alternatively you can just use a media player thay compresses audio. This is easier if you use a PC connected to your TV but I’m sure some TV apps allow it too.

I love/hate Subaru

They’ve never had a good diesel engine. The one they did have would split crankshafts IIRC.

Their petrol engines are pretty boring unless turbocharged… And in Europe they don’t do a lot of turbos outside of the WRX and STI models

Oh and CVT longevity kinda sucks too

But on the other hand, the AWD is excellent, Outback as a taller but not too tall wagon was very comfy (now it’s a crossover sadly), especially in the slightly tallet USDM version. Etc.

My ex got our Outback and I replaced it with the cheapest available A6 Allroad. Much better vehicle in all but reliability though in its defense it has twice the kilometers and is 6 years older (2007 vs 2013). Better driving dynamics, fuel economy, comfort, and ride height can be low or high. Also has a traditional autobox.

See also: crunchy snacks

If you’re watching movies mixed for surround sound on the stereo speakers on your TV, you’re gonna have a bad time

I would know, I do it all the time

Am I the only one for whom it’s easier to use the middle finger with the other finger next to it rather than with the index finger?

I think you’re right. Pedro’s explosion to fame came after Mark’s. Both had a similarly long and slow start to their careers beforehand. Both also seem fairly down to earth everyman types