u/Harry_Balzonia

So it threw a code, blew fuse #3. guess what it is? (facepalm)

I pulled the connection to the EGR. Wanted to take a hammer to it but cooler heads prevailed. Changed the fuse and reset the code but the CEL came back on. (expected)

Mileage went down by about 5MPG. I drive 70MPH 90 miles each day. I can still buy an extended warranty and it seems good. I know. there is no such thing, like unicorns.

The language is kind of obscure as to whether or not the EGR would be covered.

"exhaust systems including catalytic converters". Ok, so CC is called out, but not EGR. Is it part of the exhaust system? You can win that argument either way. Generally though, you'd say it IS part of the exhaust system.

I'm reasonably capable mechanically. Worth a cleaning? Will I have to do it again in 3 months? Worth a swap? Are there decent available? they look expensive AF. Some Chinese eBay rebuild that is $900? Ugh.

Should have gotten a Prius.

Anyway. Advice? Put it across the railroad tracks?

I've not seen a lot from this person but this one really caught my ear.

Everything, and I do mean EVERYthing creative is done by my head. I'm writing a novel based on 40+ years of RPG experience. Playing, writing adventures. To his point of AI doing the "heavy lifting".

Edit: Is this fundamentally different than using a spell, or grammar checker?

So let me talk specifics. Here is the text from me:

"Last checks!" barked Ulrich. The expedition leader's voice scraped across the courtyard. "Pull those straps tight and stow the bitching! You drop a glove out there, you lose the hand. You fall behind, you die alone. I am not digging a grave in the ice for anyone."

AI "heavy lifting":

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"Last checks!" Ulrich's voice carved through the courtyard, sharp as a whetstone. His boots scuffed the frozen ground as he strode between the ranks. "Tighten those straps—now." His gaze locked onto Septimus, who still fidgeted with the fur. "You drop a glove out there, you lose the hand. You fall behind, you die alone." His knuckles whitened against the pommel of his sword. "I won’t be carving a grave in the ice for anyone."

The air hung heavy, the weight of his words pressing into the frost. A soldier near the back shifted his pack, the leather creaking under sudden pressure. The wind snatched at loose threads of fur, tugging them like spectral fingers.

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Thoughts on his reel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWGUcKXopKo

Had two volts previously, just got a 2017. Big oof and regret.

Is this a good perspective, or complete rationalization?