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Re: So, should I sell my mini for parts? - 7 months ago

Quoteka jowct Quotemattkime Hrm, this is frustrating. Its mostly about finding someone with the skill and willingness to fix it. I'd like to see it keep working even if its quite old. Same. Rossmann's quote was pretty reasonable, I thought. Eh, with shipping it is just too much. I could fix it, but again, shipping a $60 computer around just isn't feasible. If it was local it wouldn't be t

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Re: SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR - 7 months ago

I'm down.

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Re: The soggy saga continues: 2012 Highlander still taking on water - 7 months ago

Yea, I didn't see any aftermarket available for your car anywhere. You could just get sheets of jute and cut to fit and reattach to the factory carpet after you get it cleaned up.

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Re: What kind of business model is this? - 7 months ago

They are probably having difficulty hiring qualified installers to drive the vans. It takes months to get custom vans built out and they probably ordered them 6+ months ago assuming they were going to ramp up installs. Also possible that they overestimated demand for their product and laid off workers and now they are just sitting on the leased vans due to lack of customers .

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Re: Remote user got broken screen fixed at Apple Store - 7 months ago

Why did they need to erase the machine for a broken screen? The no administrator found message is because of your MDM workflow. We see that on our managed machines as well, not really an issue as we just wipe the machine if we run into a problem. They need to erase the entire volume, not just the data part. I would have them delete the volume group instead of erasing the drive. This wil

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Re: Repair Bullet Holes in Car? - 7 months ago

If it is a removable panel (door, front fender, hood) then your best bet is to get a junkyard panel in the same color code. Car-part.com will be your friend finding them. If it is the rear quarter, pillar, or the roof that is going to be more difficult. Besides just the hole you are going to have to deal with the tapering to the inside. If I was going to patch it up I would take a drill bit

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Re: Now Mercedes Backs Off EVs - 7 months ago

Quotevision63 QuoteC(-)ris QuoteSteve G. more charging stations would increase EV sales. The public is rightly leery. The only time you should need public charging stations is when you are traveling. With Tesla's network becoming open as soon as that transition is complete travel charging will be a non-issue for most people. If you don't live in a place where you can plug in every night

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Re: Workbench Height - 7 months ago

Depends on what you are working on and how tall you are. I would go the height adjustable route.

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Re: Water in my 2012 Highlander - dealership telling me I have mold and mildew ... - 7 months ago

I would look for a detailer, not a repair center. They are well versed in cleaning carpets, removing seats, etc. I'd expect that they can clean that up to be good as new without replacing things, even if they do need to replace the carpet it is only $1200 for the Toyota carpet or find used carpet at a junkyard for considerably less.

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Re: Now Mercedes Backs Off EVs - 7 months ago

QuoteSteve G. more charging stations would increase EV sales. The public is rightly leery. The only time you should need public charging stations is when you are traveling. With Tesla's network becoming open as soon as that transition is complete travel charging will be a non-issue for most people. If you don't live in a place where you can plug in every night at home or plug in when you

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Re: UA 354 pieces from the inner leading edge slat of the right-hand wing had broken off - 7 months ago

That plane is like 20 years old. If it made it 20 years it isn't really a manufacturing issue, more likely was hit at some point or fatigued and that part probably needs to be inspected on all planes more rigorously.

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Re: Sale of Portrait Photography to Stock Sites? - 7 months ago

Quotecbelt3 Ugh. Please do reach out to her school.. all the other alumnae are at risk, as are current students. Senior pictures are rarely done by the school. Seniors and parents work directly with a photographer they chose and hire. What the photographer can and cannot do with the photos is going to be determined almost entirely by the contract that they signed when the pictures were ta

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Re: Mystery: Why is my friend’s Samsung Galaxy S8+ showing a S8 model #? - 7 months ago

Just to double check, they do realize that the plastic clip on shell has to come off the phone, not just the rubber outer part. The case on the left should fit the phone.

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Re: SB tie means Free (6) Boneless Buffalo Wild Wings, Monday, February 26 from 2-5 p.m. local time. - 8 months ago

I'll pass. My time is worth more than $6.99. It is going to be a zoo at all locations.

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Re: the Fast(food) & the furious?!....$18 Big Mac Meal @ McDonald's..... - 8 months ago

Has this person ever looked at a McDonalds at an Airport? Or beer in a sports stadium? If he thinks this is newsworthy he is in for a shock.

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Re: Walmart is rolling out its ‘coast-to-coast’ network of DC fast chargers - 8 months ago

If they are Electrify America chargers there is nothing affordable about them. At least in my area they are the most expensive chargers available by a landslide.

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Re: FU: Chevy Bolt Update 10k mile checkin - 8 months ago

QuoteCarnos Jax Do you know if your Bolt prewarms the battery? It does, but not well and not that you can control how or when it happens.

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Re: FU: Chevy Bolt Update 10k mile checkin - 8 months ago

QuoteAcer What was the final installed cost of the Level 2 EV Charger, before any credits or rebates (if any)? $1700 for the work. No credits or rebates other than dropping my electricity rate from $.13 down to $.06. If I had a sub-panel or if my main panel was in the garage it would have been about $80 in parts and I could have done it myself. Cold definitely affects the charging rate. I

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Re: FU: Chevy Bolt Update 10k mile checkin - 8 months ago

Quotemattkime I'm surprised to hear your stories of slower charging. Its possible to charge faster both at home and at a DC fast charger - what gives? The fastest home chargers are 50Amp and get you 10-12Kw per hour which is a 6 hour charge from empty on the Bolt. You can't really get anything more out of residential electric service. I have mine turned down to 32A since I only have a 100A se

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Re: Do y'all still carry paper maps in your cars? - 8 months ago

Nope. Zero maps in any car. I do have a book of campgrounds in the truck that does contain maps, but the primary use is to find the hole in the wall campgrounds that don't show up in Google or an internet search.

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Re: Revived an old PC with Chrome OS - any advice on where to buy a new battery? - 8 months ago

On cheap throw away devices where it is easy to replace the battery I just go for whatever is on Amazon and cheap. It is a crapshoot and you might end up returning a few batteries before you get a good one, but I really don't think any of the name brand ones are any better and any OEM battery has likely been sitting on a shelf for 5 years and isn't in much better shape.

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FU: Chevy Bolt Update 10k mile checkin - 8 months ago

Original Thread: Hit 10k miles on the Bolt today. I purchased it 4 months ago to the day and it's been my daily commuter 5 days a week. I'm sitting right at 3 miles per Kw hour average over that period. That puts me at 3334 Kw used to travel 10k miles. Since I was relying on paid charging for much of this time and didn't keep a log book I'm not exactly sure what my exact cost was per mile

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Re: Which would you buy, a 2008 Prius with 407K miles, or a 2002 LeSabre with 183K? - 8 months ago

Out of those two? The 2002 LeSabre hands down. The 3800 series engine was a tank and there were no really bad issues with that model. Lower intake gaskets were common but at 180k they had to have been done by now. The Prius just has way to many miles to be considered.

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Re: What the heck is wrong with people who buy cars with a black exterior and brown interior?! - 8 months ago

Quotecbelt3 Those of you with black interiors… welcome to first and second degree burns in the summer in the south. Those of you with white interiors… are you , like, living an aseptic life in a bubble ? Brown, grey… live your life, it won’t show dirt as well. Ceramic window tint and remote start take care of those problems.

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Re: What the heck is wrong with people who buy cars with a black exterior and brown interior?! - 8 months ago

I dunno about that. I've been drooling over this interior for a while.

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Re: Hanging Metal Sign On A Pole Barn - Double Sided Tape OK? - 8 months ago

3M VHB Tape is the way to go. It holds windows on Skyscrapers and panels on trailers.

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Re: Which Canada Pharmacy To Use For US Guy - 8 months ago

Has he signed up for the savings card?

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Re: McMaster-Carr - 8 months ago

Good stuff, expensive even with a corporate account. You get what you pay for.

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Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum Member pRICE cUBE - 8 months ago

Happy Birthday!

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Re: Hotels.com rewards program - 8 months ago

The thing I don't like about using hotels.com or any other third party booking is the hotel treats you like a lower class reservation. You are the one getting bumped if they run out of rooms and they will never upgrade you or give you a nicer room. If you have a problem they tell you to take it up with hotels.com. Just like Airline tickets, I'll only book direct with the hotel.

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