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Any Rivian technicians in here? How is it? Thinking about maybe making the switch from Porsche to Rivian. I have multiple EV certs through Porsche, quite a bit of experience with the Taycans, and know my way around a HV Insulation test. What’s the work like, how is the pay, are you guys hourly? Let me know

I’m really wanting to play NHL 19 on my Xbox Series S but the game was delisted and i have no way to acquire it, does anybody know of a way for me to still be able to play it given that the Series S is a digital only console? I’m mainly a PC guy but you can’t play the NHL games on PC unfortunately.

Like would it be possible to install a copy onto a flash drive on my pc and transfer it to the Series S SSD and have it be playable?

Having a real poor experience with modern consoles right now haha

Does anyone know if the internal components in the VAG 4L V8 are actually different between the Audi Q8, Cayenne Turbo, Lamborghini Urus, etc?

Got a buddy who’s got an Urus that spun a bearing (engine runs but knocks and found bearing material in the oil/filter) and needs an engine and the only used ones available are not pulled from an Urus.

The alternative is i go through the trouble of rebuilding it for him but i’d much rather have him swap it than try to rebuild.

Absolute worst case is i tear it down, find something that turns the block into a coffee table, and we end up swapping it and finding out the hard way, just wanted to see if anyone knew if there are any real internal differences

I want to hear the strangest issues you guys have run into, weird electrical gremlins, parts randomly falling apart, faults that were caused because the vehicle was built on a friday at 5pm and the workers were rushing to get home.

I’ll start, we had a 2016 Cayenne that had the alarm going off randomly. When we checked the alarm cause in the computer it showed it was being tripped due to interior motion monitoring. Not super uncommon for a faulty motion sensor to be the cause so we replaced it, programmed it, and sent it out the door. Car came back the next week with the same issues, so we spent a few days digging into it and found the craziest thing. The owner was a former mechanic/tinkerer and swapped out the DRL bulbs in the headlights for LED ones, and it turns out that the resistance change on that circuit somehow, someway, was causing the issue. Swapped normal headlights from another Cayenne on it and the issue went away, so we told the guy to put the headlights back to stock or figure out the right resistor to use and sent him on his way.

I’m starting to hate this job and Porsche as a company. I am beyond done with this career, i have been a Porsche tech for 5 years and i am two classes from being a “master tech”, but can’t get into those classes because Porsche doesn’t offer enough of them.

I am so tired of bending over backwards trying to get warranty to cover things, and that even when they do it’s barely breaking even on hours due to them cutting times. Random software issues destroying my productivity, cars refusing to program because of backend server issues outside of my control, high hour customer pay jobs going goodwill for half the time, aftermarket warranties paying below warranty time because they “go off of AllData times”, etc.

I work too hard to get the short end of the stick every single god damn time, and i have been so incredibly patient but i have finally had it.

It’s time to jump ship to a new career, what should i get into now fellas?

Looking for advice from some guys that rebuild Tesla batteries.

I am an EV certified tech for Porsche so i have a good bit of training in everything except for directly rebuilding batteries. I have assisted on one or two battery rebuilds but i am wondering what the process is like for Tesla.

I am considering getting an old ~2015 Model S or a ~2022 Model Y and i was wondering if the S was worth it with the idea that a battery rebuild could be something i could do myself on a personal vehicle (with some use of the equipment at the shop i work at)

I am planning on designing a custom case and i was wondering what you guys would prefer:

280mm x 170mm x 110mm ~5.23L sandwich PC that is just the CPU, GPU, and PSU with an external rad (2x 420mm)

Or

315mm x 280mm x 120mm ~10.58L with the CPU, GPU, and PSU with 2x 280mm rads in it (with the possibility of adding the 2x420mm external rads)

Notes:

I already have both the 420s and 280s as well as fans.

It doesn’t really matter either way it goes as i don’t travel with my pc, i just like building things.

The 5.2L’s external 420 rads would double as an air purifier which is why i will likely build it even if i go with the internal 280 rads.

The 10.5L works by modifying the AIOs i already have on my cpu and gpu (4090 Suprim Liquid) to fit the application.

Let me know what you guys think!

Hey all, i am planning a gaming PC build but i may occasionally do some light video editing. I am never going to open this PC and will instead upgrade the full system in 5-10 years so i am not really concerned with “dead sockets” My current part list is:

-270k plus (would go with 9800x3d but 270k is significantly cheaper for 90% of the performance
-ASUS ROG B860i ITX
-Arcitc Freezer III 280mm
-RTX 5080
-32gb DDR5 6400
-4TB NVMe
-1000w sfx Lian Li PSU
-Thermaltake TR100

This part list gets me right to $3,000, would you guys do anything different?

Hey all, looking for some advice for some car sales guys, i’m a Technician with Porsche and i’ve been seriously considering making the switch to sales, more money less wear on my body. I have the gift of gab and i obviously know a lot about Porsches, has anyone here made the switch from mechanic to sales? How did it go?

I appreciate all advice!

I know this is a topic that has been beat to death at this point but i just wanted to drop a comment i wrote and get everyone’s opinions. I ask that everyone be respectful of each other as well as Yzerman and Larkin. My thoughts:

I mean the reality is that the season the Wings lost their playoff streak something like 20% of their salary cap was going to 4 players that weren’t playing anymore (Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Franzen, Kronwall), that salary cap hit didn’t fully end until 2021, and on top of that before Lucas Raymond in 2020 they hadn’t had a top 5 draft pick since 1986 (30 years) so they really had a massive drought of talent to pull from as well as -20% salary cap to actually get players to start a rebuild.

When Yzerman took over in 2019 that’s what he inherited. Almost right away he got rid of a bunch of anchors on the salary cap like Howard, Ericsson, Nielson, and Daley, (16-17 mill worth of cap space for aging and underperforming players brought in by Holland) and did what he could while the remaining cap hits expired. In 7 years he has properly rebuilt a talent pool (Raymond, Seider, Cossa, Augustine, Plante, Bear, Mazur, MBN, ASP, Finnie, etc). As sad as i am that i haven’t been able to watch my favorite team in the playoffs i am glad that Yzerman’s moves have had the long term future of the team in mind. I know people like to beat on him, but he was the captain for 5 presidents trophies, 16 consecutive playoff appearances, and 3 stanley cup wins. The guy knows a thing or two about winning in hockey.

Realistically, Larkin requesting a trade just made the Wings have one of the most valuable assets in this offseason to get some really good returns on, and Larkin should have his opportunity to play on a team that does actually have a chance at a cup in the next 5 years, he’s done his time in the grind during his prime years and it hasn’t worked for him, no hard feelings on my end.

I’m a pretty seasoned Porsche technician with all but one of their EV certifications and i was helping a friend with their Tesla (some suspension work) and from what i hear there are not that many independent shops that work on Teslas? Given that i’m HV certified and Tesla repair manuals are all on their website is this something i should consider?

Does anyone have any diagnostic experience they can share, like how difficult is it to determine the casual failed HV part like bad converter, bad distributor, etc?

Is their scanner/tester reasonably accessible?

Hey all, huge hockey fan wondering about local hockey clubs/“beer leagues”. I’m in my mid twenties and i used to play goalie when i was 10-13, but really i’d just love to hop on the ice and screw around with a stick and puck during a practice session or something. Wondering if anybody knows any way i can do that?

I may even be interested in returning to goaltending in the future, but for now i just wanna skate/goof around with a stick/puck on the ice

Edit: Apparently what i was looking for is a “stick and puck” session held at many local rinks at varying times. Need full hockey gear to attend so i know what i’m doing now!

Can anybody recommend me a TPMS tool that can program Bosch sensors for under $500? Or even a Scan tool/TPMS combo that can do it for like $1500?