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Ever since FH4 there have been a few cars that have to have some sort of grip reducing modifier on them. With these cars no matter what you do they just don't grip like they should. The Rimac from FH4 is an example.

So far in FH6 the first one that I noticed was the 2011 Subaru STI. I've tuned this STI since FH4 for A class road racing since it's my IRL car and I love using it. It felt great in FH4 and FH5.

But in FH6 it wants to slide out in turns badly. I tune it like any other A class car in FH6 but it just doesn't want to grip. AWD, appropriate tires, still slides in turns.

The new Esprit is the same way. Its specs when tuned for A is just ok and the on paper specs for S1 are great. But on semi slicks it just slides during corners and won't stick to a line like pretty much every other car.

Even with AWD, full slicks, and full downforce the new Esprit just wants to slide out of the line during a turn. Tuned back down to A class with AWD and full aero and it still slides out.

Why the hell do they keep messing with cars like this? My best A class time on Soni time attack is 47.7 without a time attacked tuned car, it's just my general A class favorite. But the Esprit tuned to A class is at 49-50 because it just can't grip.

I'm looking for a tablet in the 8-9 inch range. I only plan to use it for internet browsing and video streaming.

The Onn Core 8.1 seemed like bargain. But it has some issues.

The size is perfect for where I plan to keep it when I go about my day. But the display and sound over bluetooth has issues.

The display is nice when static but slow moving scenes have a stutter to them. Scrolling in general is sometimes ok and sometimes kinda jittery.

The biggest issue for me is the sound. I connected my usual bluetooth earbuds that I always use but the sound from the tablet is tinny and hollow.

I switched to my phone, a Pixel 10A so nothing impressive, and the same scene didn't have the slow movement stutter or the hollow and tinny sound over bluetooth earbuds.

I'm looking for something in the 8-9" range and under $200. What fits in that which also has a decent enough screen and sound over bluetooth that isn't awful.

Thanks.

My house is a single story ranch built in 1964 in northern Illinois and has the bedrooms facing east. Over the past couple of years there have been an occasional burning dusty smell.

The girlfriend has an incredible sense of smell and she smells it when I can't. She smells things way before I do on a regular basis. But I have been able to smell it a few times.

It only seems to be there in the warm months and only around 10am-12pm or so. Basically, it only seems to show up when the sun is shining on the bedrooms. But, again, only in the warmer months and doesn't show up fall to early spring.

But it's also not there every day. Even during the recent heat wave(s) it wasn't there seemingly more than a couple of times.

We have no idea what's going on.

At first we thought maybe it was the blackout curtains. They were years old and starting to see pin holes through them so I removed them and put up blackout film on the windows, instead. We thought maybe it was the air purifier that we run at night for white noise so we stopped using it. The smell showing up again. It doesn't seem to be from the TV or any of the electronics in the room.

I'm struggling to figure out what could be causing this. What would show up as a dusty and/or burning smell but only when the sun is on the bedroom, only in the warmer months, and even then only sometimes.

I now have an air quality meter to check for PM2.5 and PM10 as well as a thermal camera to try to look at the walls and ceiling the next time that this happens.

Anyone have any ideas?

My girlfriend is having a hard time finding a place to have her hair relaxed. We're in the SW suburbs around Chicago.

The problem with some of the people that she's been to is that they either don't listen to what she says or they're rough and mean about it.

For example, if she says that doesn't want a trim some people have started cutting, anyway. Or there's the people who are rough with her head, pull her head around, and basically burn her scalp and then call her a "tender head" for complaining about it.

What would you recommend for a salon in the Joliet/Orland Park/Naperville area that would be good to go to.

Thanks.

The previous owner screwed up my brakes. The front caliper mounting bolts were seized pretty bad but a local shop got them free and replaced the bolts with new OEM ones that I supplied.

The rears have two broken bolts in them, one in each side that I broke initially trying to them myself, and the shop that said they're so stuck that they can't get them out. Also at least one rear threads is already heli-coiled. So the PO did something stupid.

I'm looking to replace the rear calipers. New Subaru Brembo ones on FastWRX seem to be around a grand each. What other options should I look at? Refurbs on eBay are cheaper, but I'm kinda rolling the dice on that option.

Are any aftermarket brakes worth considering and also cheaper? Which ones would also take the OE Brembo pads?

Thanks.

I'm thinking about just trying to get the calipers off and trying to drill out the bolts, but I need to see if that's even worth trying when I pick up the car tomorrow and have the time to take it apart. The caliper mounting bolts are grade 8, right? So that doesn't seem like a fun task.

Last spring we bought a 2020 Premier with a replaced battery. We paid for the 3 year GM extended warranty with it.

Last fall our 2020 Bolt went into a charge limited to ~30% and propulsion power reduced state. They said that it needed a new battery and had it for more than 2 months wait they waited for that to arrive. Then they said that the HPCM, Hybrid/EV Powertrain Control Module, just needed reprogramming. They did that and gave it back to us in December.

Code U3620-09. Reprogrammed HPCM. Called it good.

Then at the beginning of March it was charge limited and have PPR again. Brought it to the same dealer. Again it was U3620-09 and they reprogrammed the HPCM and gave it back to us.

Then about three weeks later it happened again. Charge limited and PPR. This time we took it to a different dealer. Same thing. U3620-09, reprogrammed the HPCM, and gave it back to us.

Now it happened again. Charge limit, PPR, showing U3620-09, and their tech is talking to GM's engineers and, as I understand it, are being told that it needs to be reprogrammed again.

But now that it's out of the initial 1 year battery warranty we're being told that the extended GM warranty specifically doesn't cover reprogramming and now if that's what they end up determining that it needs then we have to pay for it.

How can that HPCM need to be reprogrammed for the 4th time in half a year? To me it seems like it's a hardware problem. They reprogram the module, it wipes they stored codes (which I was told does happen with doing so), the car thinks that everything is fine, then after a while the car goes back into limp mode.

Then we bring it back, they reprogram which wipes the codes, and the car drives until it notices a problem again and goes back into limp mode.

What is going on here? The dealer has no loaners available. GM won't cover a rental unless they determine that the work is covered by warranty, and they say that programming isn't covered. So if they get us set up with a rental and they say it's programming then we'd have to pay for the rental, and the programming, out of pocket.

I do not believe that if they reprogram it for a 4th time that it will fix the issue. But, and this is ongoing, so far they're thinking that that will be their determination. More info should come out tomorrow.

This car has continued to be problematic. The same issue keeps coming up. And their supposed fixes haven't fixed it yet.

What can we do? What's going on?

I just had an LG WM4000HBA and DLGX4001B delivered and installed.

As the install tech was leaving he said that he put the washer and dryer is some initial set up mode and that I was free to use the machines when it was done.

Every light on the front of both panels was lit. Every mode and option light. The timer on the washer showed 2:29 and the timer on the dryer bounced between 2:30 and 2:31. There was a small amount of water in the washer drum and the door was locked. The dryer was spinning with no heat.

And they stayed this way for two hours.

I called the LG tech support. No one seems to have any answers as to what mode this was, why it's been going for two hours, and what to do about it. I got bounced between several techs, hung up on twice, and at one point transferred to their refrigerator department. It's been over an hour of no one being able to help me so far and just passing me to other people.

The most that someone had me do was shut them off, turn on the washer, and run it through a spin+rinse cycle. And then said that since the washer completed that full 22 minute cycle, it's ok and also that means that the dryer is good to go now, too. Huh?

From what I've read online quickly, and what one of the techs said, the initial calibration set up should be 3-5 minutes. So, two hours of doing what it did seems strange.

I work a late shift and woke up early for this delivery and install. I'm tired and don't have time to sit on the phone anymore. I'm going to take a nap and look online for more info after I wake up.

Can anyone here tell me what was going on and what I should do next?

Thanks.

We bought a Bolt EV last March from a Chevy dealer. We bought the three year GM warranty with it. It was a buyback for the battery issue. It had a new battery pack.

It was fine for the first few months. Then around September or so it was charge limited to ~30% and went into propulsion power reduced state. We took it to the dealer. They said it needed a new battery pack. We were given a loaner. They had the car for more than 2 months, almost 3, saying that they were waiting on a new battery.

They eventually said that it was actually a control module that was bad and gave the car back, fixed. This was December. Then at the beginning of March ago the car went into service vehicle soon, charge limit, and propulsion power reduced again.

We took it to the dealer, they had it Friday through Tuesday, said that they did a software update, and that it was fixed. Then on March 29th it's back into propulsion power reduced, etc. The dealer, a different dealer this time, did a software update, said that it's fine now, and gave it back.

Now, yesterday, April 28th, it's doing it again. We dropped it off at a dealer and after a few hours they contacted us saying that their techs are going back and forth with engineers to try to figure out what's going on.

To me it seems like a battery or battery monitoring issue. My guess, because I don't know for sure, is that the car takes a while to monitor the batteries and eventually decides that something isn't good. Then the software update wipes the previous monitoring data, the car no longer thinks that the battery has an issue, we can drive fine until it gets enough data to determine that the battery needs attention again, and it's back into basically limp mode. Another software update, another data wipe, and back to limp mode when it detects the issue again. Of course, this is just a guess.

Anyone have any idea what's going on?

I'm looking for a washer and gas dryer set for under $2,000 total.

Options that I'm considering right now are the Electrolux 600 series and an LG ThinQ set.

Electrolux ELFW7637AT and ELFG7637AT

LG WM4000HBA and DLGX4001B

I have an Electrolux Family Store account which makes or the combo being $100 less than Home Depot with free delivery and installation.

I'm supposed to be able to have an LG Partners account but the sign up currently isn't working. But that would be about $200 less than Home Depot.

Are either of those sets ok? Is there something else that I should consider for the price?

Thanks.