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Has anyone had focus issues with the camera in artificial or lower light situations? I have had a couple of instances trying to take photos of my child where I just could not get the S26U to focus. It will track their face as intended but not focus. I have tried using the auto lens switching both on and off, and a few other settings without luck. I didn't have this problem with my old S22U, and my wife has no issues with her S25U in the same scenarios.

I'm in my late 30's, Midwest, married, have young kids and I'm in need of some versatile summer shoes to wear with black/gray/tan shorts, with a short sleeve button up shirt, when I want a bit of an upgrade for slightly more dressy situations where I don't want open toe sandals, or more brightly colored running shoes. I'm thinking casual church service, date night, informal business meeting, class reunion etc. Overall I dress very casually every day.

I used to have some boat shoes and hated them, never wore them, not a no sock shoe person. I need something I can wear a no show sock. Not looking for something to wear without socks.

I have seen some guides recommend something like Adidas Stan Smiths and I think this would work, and I would probably actually wear them. What do you guys think here?

For those with Koni Sport Shocks, How stiff did you go in the rear? I do primarily street driving but want a bit firmer of a ride. As you know you have to unmount the rears to adjust them so I would like to go into this and hopefully get it right the first time.

I'm looking to get a cold air intake for my 2000 2.5L Z3. I'm not looking for performance gains, I'm looking for more induction noise to give the driving experience a bit more energy and noise without going for a full exhaust at a significantly higher cost. I understand the common reasons why sometimes people say not to use a Cold Air intake.

The two that I am deciding between are the following and wondering if anyone has experience with them and their feedback. Cosmo Racing seems to have a pretty solid reputation in the BMW community for mid range parts and they happen to have something for the 2.5L engine still which has been hard to find in other brands.

Cold Air Intake for about $220 shipped - https://cosmoracing.com/en/bmw-1997-2002-coupe-roadster-2-0l-2-2l-2-3l-2-5l-2-8l-6cyls-air-intake-system-cai-cold-air-bmw

Short Ram Intake for about $115 shipped - https://cosmoracing.com/en/bmw-1999-2002-coupe-roadster-2-3l-2-5l-2-8l

I'm looking at ordering parts to do a suspension refresh. Wondering what everyone thought about Koni Sports with stock springs? My car is driven in the city primarily, not a lot of good curvy roads around here but I want to slightly sportier then stock.

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I'm planning to do the install myself, I'm a little concerned about getting the springs compressed in the front since I have seen several people seem to struggle on YouTube. Any feedback from people here who have done it themselves?

Just a heads up there is a Z3 Tshirt design available at Blipshift today. https://www.blipshift.com/products/convert-z-ble

I had to buy one, especially when it's in a color close to your own car.

I'm interested in removing the front plate on my already registered car, and wondering what peoples experiences with that is. My car already has a front plate mount, but looks better without it . I know that for an extra $50 a year Nebraska will issue you a sticker to display on the front windshield instead. I called the DMV to see what the process to do this is and was told if the bumper had a mount/holes I would need a new bumper to go this route to be in full compliance with the current law. (For those that don't know Nebraska will be issuing no front plate starting in 2029). I asked the procedure for this and they said I had to bring the old license plates in, (along with registration, proof of insurance, etc) tell them about the change and they would issue me a new plate and a sticker for display in the front windshield. No physical inspection needed.

My question is has anyone had luck using painted bumper plugs like something from https://bumperplugs.com/index.php?route=common/home and going the sticker route? I suppose if a cop wanted to be really enforce this they could, but I would think it would be a fix it ticket wouldn't it?