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BogusCabbage

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  • a mechanic crashed one of my dad's cars once, claimed it was his dream car and he just wanted to drive it. my dad actually just let it go.

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  • I wish most of the customers we had were you! Some of the things we have found in glove boxes when we have to do the pollen filter, it is an entertainment to us 100%, though please removed any "used" or "preloved" items out, thank you 🫶

  • a mechanic crashed one of my dad's cars once, claimed it was his dream car and he just wanted to drive it. my dad actually just let it go.

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  • I have seen these, these are cool and nice addition that some workshop supply, I've seen these commonly for shops who carry out pre purchased inspections or other vehicle safety inspection. Our shop has a similar process but for vehicle warranty or diagnosis process, sometimes we supply these videos to customers if they request.

    We do what we can to respect customers, personally I'll leave notes for a customers occasionally, situation like emptying glove boxes when changing pollen filters and apologize if I put things back incorrectly, same with boots when doing spare wheels pressures, but our shop tries to put as big of a disconnect between mechanics and the customers, and in the world of dealerships, this is the normal in my experience, the service advisor you talk will never touch your car, and the mechanic who works on the car, you will never know, and this is usually how it goes. Some independent shops are less like this, but still distance customers and mechanics where they can, which I honestly see as being okay, mainly as a lof the most skilled mechanics I've dealt with have the least people and communication skills.

  • a mechanic crashed one of my dad's cars once, claimed it was his dream car and he just wanted to drive it. my dad actually just let it go.

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  • It wouldn't be your policy

    When you deliver your car to our shop, you have to sign waivers of what rights we have to your car, and because you sign them, we do run the customers through what everything means, but one if those that you have to initial next to is agreeing to our right to disconnect to camera. It is a little sketchy as I believe in that policy they explain it is to "protect company proprietary tooling" or something along those line. It is dumb, but no, we do have the right to disconnect the camera

  • a mechanic crashed one of my dad's cars once, claimed it was his dream car and he just wanted to drive it. my dad actually just let it go.

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  • Mechanic here who's shop disconnects the camera. Its for the same reason cashiers are told to not sit on the job, its a dumb "company image" thing. We personally never joy ride customers cars, some test drives do require longer drives (DPF regens test drives can take over and hour of driving sometimes, hence high milage test drives), but the main reason is just management wants to keep an image and not potentially ruin when a customer goes through the videos listening to their "respectful" mechanics just saying dumb stuff or being judgmental of a customers car. We can have crude laugauge, odd humor, and any bumper stickers on a car will be spoken about, and management don't want you hearing that. Another reason is customers misinterpreting what a mechanic is doing to a car, some interior work genuinely feels like we are breaking the car, we are doing what the manufacturer requires and with the tools needed, but still can sometimes not be pretty, even for us, and unknowledged customers can and have claimed the workshop is breaking their car intentionally and tried to take us to court over us doing our job. Though this is just my workplace, I have worked for dodgy independent shop where joy riding has happened, and straight up taking customers cars home because workers don't wanna pay for their own fuel, I got out of that one asap

  • Installed new wiper blades.

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  • In newer vehicles with washer fluid level sensors, rainX washer additive can cause the level sensor to stop functioning correctly and always think the tank is empty and you get a light on the dash, otherwise AFAIK no other issues

  • Human experimentation, one way or the other.

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  • Don't know why you are being downvoted, it's a genuine question. Just generally the control groups for a vaccines effectiveness when given to the public, example, comparing the spread of a virus to those vaccinated and unvaccinated, or comparing the severity of symptoms between the 2 groups.

  • I hate this shit

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  • I mean, these are ment to imply that you have become a hazard and stopping in the middle of the road do be pretty hazardous.

    Legitimate reasons to use it imo is If you're gonna be stopped for less then a minute on the side of a road, otherwise find a park, if you need to stop and not somewhere you can park, get as far off the road as you can (ie shoulder of a freeway) or if you actually are in an emergency and need to stop, e.g. you're car is suddenly externally combusting

  • A photo taken of a Honkai star rail firefly car

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  • Itasha goes deep, these "builds" are closer to shrines then anything else IMO. It isn't for me, and not for many, but it isn't the point, it isn't to appeal to the masses, but to entertain ones self and truly indulge in their own tastes, personality and interest, same as Kaido racesr, Dekotora, Bosozoku or any other extreme car cultures. It is insane the effort people put in, but it is just for themselves, to entertain their passion, to take no shame, and really show who they are. Its really cool and I love the culture and history behind them all. If you're interested in more, Noriyaro on YT has some videos of Itasha car events, shows off cool builds and talks about its history, really cool

  • If you had too, how would go about running a Instagram account?

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  • Hey, Sorry I never got back to this comment, but just wanting to reply to say thanks! I never had really anything to add to this or ask about, hence I didn't really, but over the week, I kept coming back to this comment as essentially a reference guide, and everything you mentioned here was very well thought out and has made everything go much more smoothly then I could have imagined, only hitch I am having right now is a "Could not save image" error when posting from the phone, but just bypassing it now by posting from a VM, But anyway, something to figure out over time. Again, just wanting to say thanks! You've been a massive help, and you're a total legend! Much appreciated

  • If you had too, how would go about running a Instagram account?

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  • Not great to hear, but I am glad you are proud of it yourself, focusing on popularity of your own posts I feel never works out, but as long as you can look back on your efforts and be happy and proud, it's all you really need. I'm not too fused with not gaining attention on the posts alone, as you say, it'll be a place to point people too when they ask in person as these are the crowds of people I'll be focusing on.

  • If you had too, how would go about running a Instagram account?

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  • This is exactly the plan. I go to a lot of meets, underground and public eye, so the plan is just to exchange at these events/meets. Currently there is just knowledge of people based on common of appearance and 1 person I have exchanged numbers with, but I have multiple people asking every meet for a IG or that alike asking to see what I shoot, and this is the sole reason of asking the question. I'd love to satisfy these people, be able to give them a page, a "portfolio" they are familiar with, but also somehow still keep my privacy with the systems I use

  • If you had too, how would go about running a Instagram account?

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  • Awesome to hear! Would be kinda a nice feeling consistently getting interations on your posts, I'm not focusing on that, but can't deny that it does sound nice. I hear that a lot that "making it" on any social media really does just became a job in itself, and I really don't want that. Posting what I plan on would still really just be a passion project of my own and I'd like to keep it that way for as long as possible, the moment it becomes a job, it looses it's appeal

  • If you had too, how would go about running a Instagram account?

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  • Yes, the odds though is what gets ya. As mentioned in other comments, gaining attention, followers, or what have you isn't my intent, just a means for local people I meet face to face to easily find me online, see essentially a "portfolio" and reach out to me in the future if they really wish.

  • If you had too, how would go about running a Instagram account?

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  • This is really helpful and good knowledge to have, appreciate it! I don't plan on reels or stories but good to know what to do if I do decide, as for now just a place to post too and to share with people face to face when they ask where they can find me online. I have had many interactions with people eager to follow me online only to then weird them out because i have no FB/IG/Tiktok/Fitter, then never hear or see them again, so it is mainly for that reason.

  • If you had too, how would go about running a Instagram account?

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  • Pixelfed is nice, but there is very little traction there, but as my aim isn't to gain global followers or gain any fame, I am not fussed with posting somewhere that would garner that attention, instead a more portfolio like, easily shareable and understood amongst the masses media that could also be a way for someone to reach out if they wished. I plan on posting to both and promote the pixelfed on IG in the future if I go down that route too. Separate hardware for the 1 task of posting and occasional interaction seems to be the way, I am hesitant on a VPN though as long in the past I tried making and running an account while only on a VPN, and within minutes the account got shut down due to "suspicious activity", which required a pic of me and government ID to unlock the account, and I haven't touched meta since, with or without VPN.

  • If you had too, how would go about running a Instagram account?

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  • I wish it was as easy as that, but not much in terms of an alternate when it comes to my location and the community of people I'd be doing shoots with. Very little in terms of publicly accepted social medias outside of IG, FB, Tiktok and Xitter, even reddit although is common, I still wouldn't call it a household name here outside of major cities

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    If you had too, how would go about running a Instagram account?

  • Hyundai car requires $2000, app & internet access to fix your brakes - what the actual f

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  • The other guy commenting is somewhat right, the user shouldn't have bought this tool for DIY use, as most dealership software won't work for DIY use because it is also a warranty tool, hence the need for a business license, the diagnostic software will record everything you do, upload a log file for the manufacturer to read to make sure they carry out the repairs correctly/services are inline with schedules, and they need that business license information so they know who to approve or deny a claim to. every manufacturer will have a software that does this and they shouldn't be used for DIY use because it simply won't work (unless there are cracked versions where people have remove that functionality, I believe there is software for Subaru and Toyota out there like this). There is other tools for the DIY use that are a fraction of the cost that does what you need, and most aren't vehicle/brand specific, and good brands of OBD2 scanners will regularly pushout updates to cover more cars and more test functions over time. The issue mainly I see is manufacturers hide this information and unless you are well knowledged in the field or know a guy, the cheap and safe route is often so incredibly difficult to find and usually ends up in people confused and scared to work on their own cars, which sucks because the premise of all the hardware used in cars isn't really that far from 50 years ago, software and 4-8km of wiring can scare people and the manufacturers want that because it scares people out of DIY fixes but still ticks the boxes of right to repair laws. (Sorry for the big comments, I can't keep them small)

  • Hyundai car requires $2000, app & internet access to fix your brakes - what the actual f

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  • Nothing really, if it works, it works, But do have to be mindful though that the wind back function could also be a recalibration of the motor to know where the pistion is in some manufacturers. Some manufacturers the Body Control Module (BCM) might not care that it took 3 seconds longer then last time before there was resistance on the EPB, where as in some it'll flag that there was a large discrepancy and put a warning on the dash and maybe disable the park brake, or ABS and the BCM will require a test function to be ran to recalibrate the EPB before regaining the functionality, but again this is manufacter specific

  • How can you tell if music is AI-generated?

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  • Can't say any legit bands that sound exactly like that, But some of the guitar and metal notes sounds inspired by Polyphia, Playing God (sorry for the yt link) might scratch your itch, otherwise look up the math rock genre, might find some gems there. Wish you the best of luck!

    Gonna make a quick edit, Unprocessed 100% deserves a recommendation in this genre. Occasionally have some EDM but mainly more on the metal side, but still have some extraordinary strings akin to Polyphia

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