u/MaximooseMine

Nissan driver turns car off, leaves car in drive and leaves. Person who jumps in at the end is my friend who is not the Nissan driver. He said the car was beeping like crazy and there was an IID in the passenger seat. The Nissan driver never returned to their car while we were there.

Edit: As many have pointed out, it’s more likely that it was left in neutral. My buddy didn’t really document what gear it was in, he just wanted it in park.

North Idaho (unsurprisingly).

Espresso machine: Delonghi Stilosa with the following mods:

• Pressure gauge.
• Dimmer mod (gold dial on left side of machine).
• Voltmeter to read voltage across pump (adjustable with the dimmer).
• PID

Grinder: DF54.

I wanted to make what I would consider to be good espresso for as cheap as possible, and the Flair Neo + K6 hand grinder was getting to be too much work. Espresso machine plus mods came in around $300 USD (and a whole lot of time and research). I bought the Stilosa over a year ago on sale for $75. At least to my tastebuds, this makes great coffee! At least on par with my friend’s stock Gaggia Classic and whatever the local, 3rd wave coffee shop has. It’s a bit fiddly because, once it builds pressure, I have to quickly ramp the dimmer down to hit 9 bar. Although I still prefer the dimmer because, in a pinch, I can “save” a shot that otherwise would have pulled way too fast/slow by adjusting the pressure (I’ve found that time impacts taste way more than pressure if grind is fixed). I’ve enjoyed the DF54. I can definitely notice a difference in clarity from the flat burrs. I tried a Fellow Opus but the grind adjustments were too coarse and retention was an issue.

Hope you enjoy this. Let me know what you think!