u/PerceptionCurious440

So I use adaptive cruise control with lane assist a lot on the freeway in heavy traffic. Every once in awhile it says something like "lane assist not available, put hands on wheel."

Never mind that my hands are on the wheel anyway because it'sa place to put them, just not the way it wants.

The question is, what causes it to be non available. Is it seeing something? Is it something in the online built in nav?

Anyone know?

I love my SE Custom 24-08, except for one thing. The tremolo arm. It's thin, unresponsive and has grown to annoy me intensely. My Strat has a 5mm, all my FR guitars are 6mm. And I'd like to use a 5mm arm like my Wilkinson Strat bridge.

Am I alone? Has anyone yanked the bushing and used a 5mm bar or swapped the bridge for this reason? Or done something else to get a more robust bar in there?

When I'm playing early Van Haleny stuff, the arm bends all the way to the body. I've tried loosening the springs, going to 3 springs, and the consequence is always floating bridge, which I don't want.

Also, I'm usually tuned to Eb or D standard with EB Super Slinkies.

Thank you for any suggestions.

Wow. To us it's EVs vs ICE cars. Automakers wonder if there are enough people who can buy new cars at all.

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I think it might be a matter of _Do people think they'll have a good paying job for the next 10 years?_

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And the length of time people have been going into debt to afford those expensive "average price" cars is nuts.

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People think I'm crazy when I keep cars for 14 or 17 years. But that's how long it takes me to save for another car.

If you spend more time on road trips than local driving, and just gas and go without breaks, gas cars win.

But if you _can_ charge at home and most of your daily driving is within your car's 10-80% range, the time you save ia not even close.

There definitely needs to be more park and charge infrastructure for work, gyms, shopping, etc. It doesn't have to be DCFC. Park, plugin, do your thing for an hour, get a quarter fill. The local recreation center has 13kwh chargers while you do rec center things.

Having to go out of your way to gas up and just stand there, adds up. Waiting at Costco adds up. So there is a lot more that can be done with EV charging for non home charging at lower rates than DCFC, than is currently being done.

I get home from a day trip to a not that far scenic town or road, plug in, and the car is filled up the next day. 230 miles on 80% goes a really long way. That experience or something like it needs to be accessible in some way for everyone.

China's auto industry is suffering from severe over-capacity, US EV sales are recovering from the end of subsidies faster than economists thought, Stellantis is testing a new fast charging solid state battery in Dodge Charger Daytona, Renault is pushing for 2 year vehicle development timeframes, some stuff we don't care about, and story I can't mention because of subreddit AI political filters that is totally relevant.

Glad to see EV sales picking up in the US. Still trying to convert my friends.

I used to have a Fitbit Sense. After 6 years it bricked. But one thing it did was count walking up the stairs and counting floors collectively and accurately in my two floor house.

I have the barometer set, swing my arms when walking up the stairs, and have yet to have it register a single floor climbed.

I have checked and the barometer is reading 10 feet, but its slow. I know its not blocked with sweat or debris, because I've only had it two days and have yet to break a sweat.

Is this just a feature that doesn't really work as well as other smart watches?

Also the Fitbit would read floors even if I used the handrail. I didn't buy a Fitbit again because of Google's acquisition.

I'm pretty happy with the Amazfit otherwise, but this is disappointing so far.

Any insight or is it just weak and finicky on this feature?

I had a truly miserable experience with a Samsung Watch 7 on my Galaxy S23 Android phone. I'm looking for something that isn't ultra picky about the phone settings, age of the phone within reason, or conflicts with Google apps.

I just want something that works. No finger pointing. No Google settings. No drama. Preferably works without ever syncing with the app for time, alarms and heart rate if the app won't connect.

Would Amazfit fit that description? Something else?

Edit: I'm returning it. There is one choice after Bluetooth connects. When that fails there are no other options.

Blaming the phone settings is a failure of design. I'm leaving the story below for anyone considering a Samsung Watch. The app is the worst. And I can't get to any of the screens people used in videos.

There are things that should just work. And then they should have added features through the app. Not being able to connect to the app, shouldn't cripple the device. No one should have to spend 5 hours trying to get a smartwatch to work.

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I just bought a Galaxy Watch 7. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the Wearable app. Samsung S23, Android 16, One UI 8 on the phone. Signed into Samsung account. Bluetooth connects between the watch and the phone. I acknowledge the pairing code. Go into "Setup for myself". It says "Getting ready to connect. This might take a few minutes" The Wear app gives a percentage. The watch says "Check your phone to complete setup." The Wear app gets to 85%. Then goes to the "Scanning for devices to add screen. Then watch says "Couldn't connect to phone. Reset your watch, then try again." The watch is clearly visible as "Paired Device."

I have unpaired, I have tried forget. I have tried everything.

I have done this 20 times. I have restarted the phone. Cleared the Wear app app data. Pressed restart on the phone. Reset on the watch. Sometimes it says "OK" and then I get the pairing request again.

No matter what I do, it never gets past the "Setup for myself" percentage countdown. Sometimes it says "Failed to connect" on the phone. It always gets to "Scan again" on the app. It always shows "available devices", I pair the watch again. "Setup for myself". Phone says "Getting ready to connect, this might take a few minutes." And then it disconnects, the watch fails, turns off its bluetooth, turns it on again.

Over and over again. I never get anything past "Check your phone to complete setup" on this watch once it's paired. No faces. No menus. Nothing.

Help please.

I have watched video after video. Searched this Reddit.

I just bought a US C-HR EV, and I'm trying to understand route planning with chargers. I have a Samsung Galaxy S23 Android phone.

Can I plan a route and have it automatically tell me where the chargers are that are in-network, pre-condition and all of that with the Toyota app? Or do I need an iPhone with Apple Maps and that's the only way that it works and I'm totally on my own?

This seems to go completely against the way other EVs work. Great for iPhone users, but I'll never be one.

Thanks. This is really confusing. And it's the sort of thing I can only really find out about during a trip when failure is unforgiving.

I'm looking for drum plugins (Reaper is my DAW) that are metal guitarist friendly.

The reason I'm asking on this subreddit instead of a drum subreddit, is I've seen some of the recordings from people on this group, and they have great, hard hitting drum patterns and drum sound. What drum plugins are you using for your recordings? Are you using pre-written drum patterns?

I've tried demos of a couple of drum plugins, and they come with like pop, jazz, rock, blues, and hip hop patterns. But are just not well suited to metal. The drums themselves don't sound right. I don't want to have to be a great drummer, I just need something for writing.