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Hi all! Apologies in advance - I’m new to this thread and also don’t know much about cars, but hoping someone might be able to help. Also appreciate that a lot of the answer depends on seeing the car in person, but any advice anyone can give just from reading my post would be really appreciated!
I have a 2005 Honda Jazz 1.4l engine which I bought about 8 years ago and it has been an absolute dream - limited work needed and has never let me down. It has driven about 116,000 miles and I’m the third owner.
I was a big old idiot and neglected to fill up my oil (no excuses, I know I really messed up) and now it needs a new engine (I ended up on the side of a motorway as engine was clunking, I pulled over and then it wouldn’t start again. The roadside recovery mechanic filled it up with oil and managed to get the car started again but had to tow me home as it’s still clunking - so assuming that’s the end of the engine’s life!)
I love my Jazz so much. It’s quite a unique colour which makes it easy to spot in a car park and just brings me so much joy to drive.
From my research it looks like it will cost upwards of £1.5k to replace my jazz with another used one.
I’m just wondering whether it would be worth sourcing a second hand engine/buying a new engine to put in my Jazz rather than buying a new car? Or is my Jazz too old and the work too expensive and not worth it?
Other things to note with my Jazz:

• Two tyres will need replacing soon
• Can’t see any real issues with rust, but is quite damp under the boot carpet where the spare tyre sits
• The front outer drive shaft was replaced last year
• brake disks and pads were replaced last year
• centre exhaust was replaced as had a few holes in
• had a new tyre put on and air con refuelled a day before the engine stopped

Most recent MOT advisories in Jan were: - Nearside Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources - Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint has slight play
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Really attached to this lovely little car and would love to know if anyone thinks it’s worth salvaging. And if not, if there is anything I need to consider when searching for a new jazz that would be helpful.
Thanks!!

Hey everyone thanks for any feedback I appreciate it... So just to start I have a 2015 Mustang gt premium. Most people point me in the SC direction but I want the famous hell twin turbo kit. I just want to know everything I will need besides the turbo kit to make 650 whp. Please in detail I want to know suspension / wheels and tires / fuel system / e85 . I plan to do tuning with Palm Beach Dyno since they are 20 miles from me lol. Im not interested in a SC I love turbos lol after my bmw I had I was hooked. So yeah I just want to know what I will need and how much it will all cost. I will say I am very OCD wit my car I dont cheap out on anything when it comes to the car. So I will save and pay more upfront to have 650 as reliable as possible. Im not looking for a drag car build I just wanna smoke my friends hellcat maybe and win a lot of races with friends. Maybe one drag day. I was going to go all in on a N/A max effort build but I know I want more power. Plus im out in florida lot of these guys run N/A and race for money Id like to win a few bets as well.

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Hello everyone,
The following video is my moms 2015 Mazda CX9 with a Ford 3.7L engine. A few months ago her water pump failed and I offered to attempt to fix it. According to her, the check engine light came on but she still drove it for another day and eventually the car turned off when she was pulling into the driveway. She then had it towed to my place where I would eventually start with the water pump replacement.
The vehicle came in with a check engine code of P0016 - Camshaft Position A. Camshaft Position Correlation (Bank 1) - which I assumed was caused by the timing belt jumping.
I managed to install a new water pump, replace the timing chain, guides and tensioner. The dots on the crankshaft sprocket and the two VVT camshafts were aligned to the colored links on the belt and I eventually was able to get everything connected again leading to me taking this video.
At first, the car seemed to turn for half a second before shutting down but after multiple attempts the engine slowly began to turn on but sounding horribly. I was devastated that I spent all this time and my moms money on a failed project but she knew before I started that this could be one of the outcomes.
I'm wondering what else I can do to confirm that the engine is not salvageable?
I'm hoping someone with mechanic ears can give me some insights on why the engine sounds like this. Thanks in advance!
https://reddit.com/link/1d65nl0/video/m5i1llyeb34d1/player

I mistakenly took my car to Firestone and they didn't fix it. Lombard.
They never test drove it.
They are only good oil changes and tires and not major mechanical work for coolant leaks.
That was the issue, coolant leak and all they did was replace the back hose leading to the heater
And the temp guage still moves to H
They don't have ASE techs. What do I do?
158,000 miles, original owner. Automatic, 4 cylinder, sedan.
Leaking coolant.
Service desk technician spoke with me and not the mechanic at Firestone.
With a coolant leak they said they did a cooling system pressure test.
They put one of their own molded heater hose, and not the one that is curved to fit the car, and since its in the back of the engine, I personally can't see it.
They topped the coolant off.
They told me to go replace the radiator cap, since the original one's seal was worn out. I drove across the street to OReilly's and bought a Murray premium quality radiator cap. It has a red lever pressure valve. I'm not touching that. I don't like to fool around with radiators and caps, even when the car is cooled down.
The reservoir that holds coolant is empty again.
I left the car at the mechanic's.
Now what?
Is this going to be a "try this part, replace that hose, try this or that?"
Is this car not worth salvaging?
I've replaced the rack and pinion, power steering pump, alternator, radiator, thermostat housing and hoses in the past.
What would you suggest?
Thanks.
P.S. It rattles now when idle and makes a noise. They never drove the car after they replaced the hose. It's rattling when idle and I can't leave it on, otherwise the temp guage goes to H

CONCLUSION
And finally, here’s the final part! If you have any thoughts, or any disagreements, comment down below! I’d love to discuss the game’s lore with you all!
At its heart, Indigo Park is a tragedy, one that would make both Shakespeare and the ancient Greeks proud. It starts off with the creator wanting nothing but good, but slowly devolves into a horrifying, downward spiral. After all, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
Isaac Indigo has a dream of bringing his imagination to life, for people everywhere. The beginning of the twentieth century began horrendously, World War 1 being the deadliest conflict at the time. Wanting to help everyone and bring at least a spark of joy into their lives, Isaac Indigo launches headfirst into the media of his choice: cartoons.
Indigo comes up with his first permanent Mascot, Lloydford L. Lion. A loud, booming, rambunctious character, Lloyd sought to be the spark of happiness that Indigo hoped he would be. Lloyd would the very best actor, showman, and orator. He’s arrogant, but not pompous. He’s loud, but not with ill will. He’s the beginning of the cast that Indigo envisions, a character whose sole purpose is to please the world. It’s not a surprise that Lloyd is an actor, after all. He seeks to distract the world from its woes, at least for a bit, and make everyone have a good time.
Indigo, emboldened by his sudden fame and success, proceeds to churn out four more individuals: Rambley the Raccoon, Mollie the Macaw, Salem the Skunk, and, eventually, Finley the Sea Serpent, though he comes in separate from the other three.
Rambley Raccoon, a quick thinking, sharp tongued, cheeky little gremlin, is an instant hit with the people, becoming the second most popular character out of the five. Mollie Macaw, a happy-go-lucky bird with a love for the open skies, acts as Rambley’s best friend, the two practically glued together. Together, alongside Lloyd, these three represent the ‘good guys’, a trio that want nothing but the best for the people.
However, every hero needs a villain, and thus, Salem the Skunk was born, a snappy, malevolent little critter that wished for the world to revolve around herself. She has a knack for potion making, a capable chemist who uses her concoctions to bend the wills of others to herself, only for herself.
Rambley and Salem end up becoming fated rivals, nemeses who dislike each other the most, out of every character that Indigo created. Using Salem, Indigo would spread the message of peace, of friendship and everlasting bonds that always triumph against evil, and Salem.
This continuity continues for a period of time, Indigo eventually adding one more character to his roster: the melancholy sea dragon, Finley. Finley’s main goal was to be the educator, to explain the natural world around people and share the fascinating and the beautiful, especially in regard to the ocean, a concept still so unexplored, while also trying to appeal to an older crowd alongside Lloyd.
However, poor Finley wouldn’t ever be that popular amongst his peers. Perhaps it was his gloomy, exhausted aura that pushed people away, or perhaps it was his towering, and frankly scary, size, or even maybe because he was deemed boring by the youngest, who were more keen on Rambley, the character that appealed to them the most. Even the other characters, whether Indigo intended for this or not, seemed a bit annoyed by Finley, and often left him to his devices.
And, for a while, Indigo’s plan succeeded. His popularity and notoriety only increased as time went on, gaining him influence, money, and prestige. His plans were working! He was making a difference, making smiles appear on the faces of people who would otherwise be swept away by the woes of the world!
Everything started to crumble, however, when yet another horrifying conflict arose: World War II. The Old World was thrown into chaos, Europe, Africa, and Asia becoming the bloodiest battleground in human history, surpassing even the Great War that came before it.
So, Indigo concocted a scheme, a way to raise the spirits of those he could currently help, his fellow Americans. Indigo Park was to be his magnus opus, his monument that would transcend his lifetime. Here, all of his creations would gather, all of them having their own attractions, bringing a level of access that had never yet been realized before. Costumed people would walk around during operational hours, bringing his characters into the real world to interact with those that needed refuge from the outside horrors.
However, while his park became a success, spearheaded by Lloyd the Lion, the very first, there was something that bothered Indigo. These costumed performers, while certainly a stroke of genius, underperformed. Besides that, they sometimes broke character, and destroyed the immersion of the guests, and were quite costly to keep around, alongside the engineers, the logistics division, and the Ranglers that helped run Indigo Park. Not to mention, the cost of custom costumes, of fabric and materials, rose higher and higher as quotas began to be placed and maintained in the USA, due to the resources it sent to its allies overseas, before eventually joining their allies in the fight against evil.
If he couldn’t simulate his characters, why not make them? Animals that would be living, breathing creatures that would merely need care, compassion, and basic necessities? Hiring a bunch of the best scientists, he gave them a special role: The Royal Ranglers, those that would be entrusted with this secret project.
Indigo, while a creative man, didn’t understand science as well as these individuals, and likely never would, but he would make them keep logs, records of their successes and failures, of their many experiments. And eventually, their labor paid off: One of each character, Mascots, came to life. They breathed air, had red blood flowing through their veins, were real, physical creatures, but also remained gentle with the guests. Once they were unveiled, there was no longer a need for costumed performers to roam around Indigo Park. They could also be trained to perform shows of their own, such as Finley and Lloyd, while the others could supervise their respective districts! It was a win win!
However, not everyone was so pleased with the results. The performers that once roamed the streets found themselves without jobs, only some kept around to care for the new Mascots, their betters, their replacements. And that made them furious. Why should these abominations, these stupid, ugly freaks replace them? Behind Indigo’s back, these disgruntled employees would begin their revenge slowly, minimally. Withholding a small amount of the supplies the Mascots needed, occasional cruel words. As time went on, this turned into a coping mechanism, the treatment of the Mascots progressing into physical violence, vile, cutting words on the regular basis.
Sometime before this Lloyd would end up giving up the title of main character to Rambley, who had gained immense popularity, even more than Lloyd himself. While it annoyed the proud Lloyd to be first mate, he would hand over the title graciously, partially because Rambley had always been jealous of Lloyd’s popularity and fame, and maybe, just maybe, this change would do them all good. Their abuse had been escalating, much worse than any thought possible. Salem was the only one to oppose this decision, thinking that it was all only to the benefit of Rambley. Mollie was the opposite, supportive of her best friend. And Finley … well, there was no way to consistently speak with the reptile. He was always kept in Oceanic Odyssey, far away from their cages underneath Jetsream Junction. And besides, none of the four particularly … liked Finley. Sure, Rambley had befriended the sea serpent, but that was done moreso to have some rapport and sway over the gentle giant, who was much too shy, like, ~obnoxiously~ ~shy.~ He was always so gloomy, so pessimistic, so willing to accept whatever came his way. No, Finley was definitely not an agent of change, but of pitiful complacence, locked away with his prized shell collection.
However, things did not improve at all. In fact, it only got worse. Tension between the Mascots was at an all time high, Rambley having become hurtful to even his best friend Mollie. He was still suspicious of Lloyd, convinced the lion would steal back his position as ringleader. Salem and Rambley, and thus with Mollie, also began to sour drastically. Salem was convinced that Rambley wasn’t doing anything to help the five. After all, he and Mollie practically abandoned Finley, someone who they claimed was a ‘friend’. Lloyd too became frustrated with the raccoon, Salem whispering in his ears, convincing him that Rambley had only pushed for Lloyd’s demotion to finally be the one above Lloyd, to have more power.
Mollie was soon caught in the crossfire of a particularly intense feud, Salem and Lloyd on one side, Rambley by himself on the other. Rambley, her best friend in the whole wide world. Rambley, that same friend who would sometimes be mean to Mollie for no apparent reason. However, no matter what Rambley had done to their relationship, it wasn’t Rambley’s fault. It was one time when Lloyd became particularly aggressive that Mollie had to finally end this.
The fault does not belong to Rambley! “Not Rambley! He hurts Lloyd! He hurts Lloyd!”
And suddenly, it clicked for the Mascots. No matter how much some of the Mascots didn’t like each other, there was one person they all could agree to hate: Isaac Indigo. Their creator who had left the newborn animals to the mercy of vengeful, spiteful, horrible people who did nothing but spit upon and abuse the Mascots. It was decided that they would fight back. They would show those humans that they were not muzzled dogs, but barely contained predators.
The next time the Mascots were in the presence of these Ranglers, Lloyd finally snapped. It was a particularly brutal day, and Lloyd would suffer no longer. With a crippling roar, Lloyd launched himself at the Ranglers, the other Mascots following suit.
Isaac Indigo had walked into work expecting the day to be like usual, but it was to his horror that he learned of the Mascots attack upon their Ranglers. Calling a hasty evacuation, guests were shoved outside of the park with no explanation, no answers. Even the authorities would not be able to provide answers. No, they couldn’t learn of such a thing; it would ruin Isaac Indigo and all that he had worked for.
Temporarily, the entire park fell under the control of the Mascots, who were a bit shocked with how easy it was to win their freedom. However, their victory would not last. They all would suffer the consequences.
Lloyd was deemed the biggest threat to Indigo’s plans, so he had to be the one dealt with first. But how? The scientists that Indigo had hired came up with a plan; repurpose the Critter Cuffs to make a high enough pitch to incapacitate the lion, before locking him up for good in his theater. Alongside this, in order to better guarantee the safety of their people, a resuscitation feature had been added to potentially save an employee's life, if it came down to it.
Luring the beast to his stage area, the humans spring their trap, their Critter Cuffs wailing, racking Lloyd with so much pain that he couldn’t do anything but curl up into a ball. With the help of some engineers, they lock Lloyd in his own theater, a special clearance required to even access the area. This is where they toss most of the assets Indigo Park does not wish anyone see. Research papers, binders, notebooks, it’s all scattered here. And while here, Indigo decides to deal with Mollie Macaw as well.
Mollie is dangerous in that she knows planes and how to use them. They’re massive weapons, so, the way to disarm the bomb that is Mollie is to lock Jetstream Junction behind the Critter Cuffs, as well as a massive lock and key. The key itself would be stored at the very back of Lloyd’s theater, a place where only they would know to look. And once they seal the doors one final time, Mollie, Rambley, and Salem would have no access to it.
Finley would be left to his own devices; he’s contained in his attraction and as long as they don’t approach, they’ll be fine. The remaining Mascots can’t hide there forever either, and the humans know that. Even if Finley is a deterrent, the humans would eventually invent a way to deal with the serpent, who would be unwilling to resist for too long.
And thus, two Mascots were dealt with, one Mascot crippled. Only Salem and Rambley remained threats with their rides and arsenals, though Mollie is still dangerous with her sharp beak and claws.
After some time, Mascot Rambley and Salem decide to retreat further into Indigo Park, further away from the entrance. Their movements were too easy to track with that blasted Artificial Intelligence system watching through the bountiful cameras. Mollie, however, can’t bear to leave her home, her hangar. She tries to reason with the two others, but ultimately, no agreement can be reached. Salem and Rambley would withdrawn, and Mollie would come, if she wanted to.
Eventually, the two sneakiest Mascots, once sworn enemies, were now the only one the other could rely on. Now brother and sister, they tried their best to weather the storm, but were ultimately dealt with. Mollie, grief-stricken with the loss of her home and being abandoned by the ones she called friend, had no will to fight anymore.
This entire process took almost ten years, finally ending in 2015, while the park had been closed in 2006. Outside, people slowly forgot about the enigmatic end to the once beloved park, distracted by the rapid expansion of other sources of fun and media. Indigo, saddened by the fate of what he once thought of as his greatest achievement, didn’t have the heart to tear the place down. It was too dangerous, so he merely bribed the local authorities to close it off from curious onlookers. He would command the AI Rambley to have most of his files wiped concerning the fate of the park, wiping all data concerning the back and forth between humans and their experiments brought to life. He’d be restricted to the Registration Center, cut off from the actual park, and only present in one computer until Indigo found a way to salvage the situation. And that’s where Isaac Indigo left Indigo Park.
Mascot Mollie is left alone to wander the park, all her friends gone, missing. She stumbles into Rambley Railroad, the only place that she can see all her friends, before she stops at Salem’s exhibit. Eyes narrowing in hate, Mollie remembers that it was Salem that pushed and manipulated them all to fight back. If Salem hadn’t been there, none of this would have happened. This leads Mascot Mollie on a destructive rampage, wrecking the whole area as much as she could. She eventually stumbles upon an animatronic version of herself, which shocks her when it repeats Mollie’s own words, almost like snidely trying to hurt Mollie with her own words. “Not Rambley! He hurts Lloyd! He hurts Lloyd!” Once again angered, Mascot Mollie pounds upon the robot until the lights fade from its painted eyes, slumped in a pile of metal rods and broken brick. From there, Mascot Mollie leaves, vowing to stay away from the place.
However, what Indigo did not account for was an urban explorer duo that made it their life mission to explore a wide variety of places. Laura and Ed made quite the dynamic duo, always exploring what they wanted, where they wanted, how they wanted. Though they trespassed and sometimes even burgled, they were never caught by the authorities, and their concealed presences on their channel was enough for the two to not be charged and arrested.
However, the two found themselves in a weird limbo. All of their newest explorations lacked a certain ‘oomph’, with even their viewers noticing the lack of excitement and passion of the two. So, Ed decides to set his sights on a big fish: Indigo Park.
Laura, his partner, is instantly worried by Ed’s choice. All the places they went to before were practically abandoned, the maximum they had to worry about were old motion detectors and an occasional camera or two. Indigo Park, however, would most likely be very secure, swarming with cops, even, so she tries to dissuade Ed, but Ed only becomes more pumped to break inside. Resigned, Laura promised assistance if Ed could find a way inside. Ed finally goes to this famed Indigo Park, home of so many of his treasured memories as a child, intent on having all of his personal questions answered.
It is to his surprise that the place is so easy to slip into. All he had to do was avoid the occasional patrol car, climb a fence, and viola, he was there. The entrance gates being locked up, however, was a bummer, but maybe the Registration Center would have some information. It would be even more of a shock to discover an AI Rambley, the same that Indigo had locked there.
AI Rambley would guide Ed, the first visitor in exactly eight years, inside, Ed collecting all sorts of goodies, such as plushies, ears, drinking containers, and even a vintage Rambley costume mask. However, Ed is disappointed by the way the AI practically ignores the state of disrepair Indigo Park has fallen into.
Lured by the sudden sound of Rambley speaking Mascot Mollie rushes over; Rambley came back for her! But it is to her horror that it’s merely a mockery of Mascot Rambley, that old AI speaking to a human! Mollie, wary and frightened of the implications of this, decides to merely follow cautiously.
Following the directions of the AI, Ed travels through Rambley Railroad, fixing the ride when in breaks in the wrecked zone of Salem the Skunk, her cutout and props left in broken pieces. It is during this ride that Ed senses he’s not alone, and notices Mollie Macaw stalking him. However, she’s not threatening in any way, so he leaves her be. Why antagonize this … Mascot? Person? Ed doesn’t know what to think of her, but maybe, if he’s careful, he won’t have to deal with her.
Ed is then directed to Jetsream Junction, but is disappointed to find it locked away, not only by Critter Cuff, but also by lock and key. The AI mentions a key in Lloyd’s theater, though, so he heads that way. What Ed does not expect to find is Mascot Lloyd himself, dozing on the stage. Quickly noticing Ed’s presence, however, Lloyd flees, remembering all too well of the danger that humans posed to him.
Unfortunately, Ed is left without AI Rambley’s presence, and Lloyd is slowly but surely pushed farther back into his domain. Lloyd at one point tries to attack, but the lion is clumsy. Though he can’t die of thirst or hunger, he still suffers from their effects, his body weak and dirty. Lloyd then leaves and lets this man do whatever he wants. Maybe if Lloyd hides in a corner, the scary human won’t come for him.
However, he is soon consumed by anger when he realizes that Ed takes the keys to Jetstream Junction. He can’t let this human escape, he might try to go and hurt Mollie! She’s probably locked in there like he’s locked in here!
Lloyd attacks, or tries to, at least. The accursed Critter Cuff wails, its high-pitched waves causing Lloyd to be paralyzed with pain. Once the sound stops, Lloyd runs away, his fears of torture reignited as he is subjected to pain he had not faced for almost twenty years.
Mascot Mollie, always lurking, heard the Critter Cuff go off, and she draws her conclusions well; Lloyd tried to fight the human, but was driven back, hurt and embarrassed in his own territory. From here, Mollie’s old, unresolved anger begins to build, following Ed as he opens up Jetstream Junction, much to her surprise. At first, she’s delighted. Finally, her old domain is open! She explores the place, running into Ed as they both take notice of one another. Perhaps she’ll let Ed go; he did do her a favor, after all.
But that notion is soon dissolved as she watched Ed run about the place like he owns it, Mollie’s anger mounting as he goes deeper into her home. Finally, she has enough. She attacks Ed, chasing him through the halls and tunnels Mollie so loves. Unfortunately, this final act turns out to be Mascot Mollie’s last. Just as she lunges for him, her head gets severed from her body by a metal door, her blood coating it and the surrounding environment bright red.
It is from here that AI Rambley is forced to acknowledge that this is not his familiar Indigo Park; it’s old and worn, the Mascots that once made people laugh now try to hunt them down. He forgets that they were abused because those files were wiped from him, and Mascot Mollie’s cries are very hard to discern as the echoes and Mascot Mollie’s own voice is ruined by age.
AI Rambley decides his best course of action is to enlist Ed’s help to repair the whole theme park. After all, he has all the information on how to go about it in his database, it just requires a physical body to do, something that the AI sorely lacks. And so, AI Rambley directs Ed toward the first place they need to kick back up: Oceanic Odyssey, home of the Mascot Finley. Perhaps this shy, reclusive sea snake won’t be trying to kill Ed.
On the way, though, Ed nearly stumbles upon the laboratories where the Mascots were made, so the AI makes sure to block that avenue. Ed was AI Rambley’s only hope of success, he wasn’t risking the man run away in terror from the sights and notes that likely were down there.
Ed finally reaches the Oceanic Odyssey attraction, pushing open the doors and following AI Rambley inside, catching a glimpse of a long, green, sea dragon in one of the aquariums …
END
Well, that’s about it! 12k words and 24 pages in, and I only covered the first chapter. Hoo boy …
I don’t think I need to reiterate that this is what I think happened, canonically. There will obviously be some wrong information due to the limited evidence I have to work with, and I intentionally remained vague during certain parts.
Despite that, I am very confident in a few ideas, such as the Mascot uprising, the weaponization of the Critter Cuff specifically against Lloyd the Lion, and the secret laboratories hidden behind that Royal Ranger Room area.
If you have any ideas of your own, let me know as well! I would love to theorize about some things that all of you think as well!
Also a huge shoutout and thank you to the creator of Indigo Park, Mason Myers, or UniqueGeese. The guy is insanely talented, considering this took him only one year to do. ONE! I can’t want to see the twists and turns he has to offer.
See you all later in Chapter 2! - Maddy

For context, I'm a junior in highschool, saving money and according to the amount of money I'm making right now and how much I'll have saved once I've graduated, I'd be willing to pay up to 25k for a car.
Here's what I'm looking for:
I want something that won't fall apart, I'm going to be in college for potentially 6 years after buying this, I want it to last through that.
I want something that is somewhat fun, I'm not looking for something that's gonna throw my heart in the back seat but 200+ hp would be nice.
And preferably something that isn't sub 15 miles per gallon.
What I do not care about:
I don't care about market depreciation
I don't care about insurance
I don't care about any luxury beyond working AC (I live in Florida) and someway to play music
The car doesn't have to be cool as long as it's not PT cruiser levels of lame. No offense to PT cruiser drivers of course.

WaltDisneyWorld would not let me post my travel thoughts, so posting here for others.
Firstly I want to say that I've been visiting Disney world since regularly for 40 years and I know all the parks and the history very well. In the early 2000's I lived in Windermere directly behind the Magic Kingdom and was a annual passholder. I'm also a Disney stock holder, so I follow the financials of the company and am aware of most if not all of the management decisions that have been made regarding the revenue of the parks and cost of running them. My hope is that this channel is monitored by Disney management personnel and some of my observations from an experience standpoint will fall on (mouse) ears.
I now live in Texas and have not been to any of the Disney parks for many years, so I was eager to take my 9 year old for her birthday to see the new attractions that everyone has been talking about this week (5/28 - 5/31). I had some old park hopper tickets that I was able to update to the new card system, which I immediately found complicated and arbitrary. I received several plastic cards to replace the paper tickets I had, but I could only determine what each of the cards had remaining on them by looking up each cards serial number using the Disney "Experiences" app. Now if you use Genie+ or Lighting Lane pass, every ride you go on requires you scan either your card, phone, or as I later discovered my iWatch if I paired it with the "Experience App". This required me to constantly pull out my card which quickly grew tiresome. My daughter saw everyone with a LED mickey wristband, which I learned was called a Magicband. I found out that it could be used to scan her into the rides and had an added benefit of playing a little audio clip on gold character statues around the park, and vibrated during fireworks, so I bought the cheapest one @ $35. A smart move by Disney to solve a problem with another upsell that they created in the first place.
I'm a software developer, so most technology does not usually confuse me, but the design of the "Experiences" app is pretty bad. It's very hard to get the information you need, the features are categorized poorly, not explained well, and navigation is redundant and unintuitive. I really don't know how the average family makes heads or tails of it. I think that the feature that I utilized the most was the Cast Member Chat, because they were the only one that could make any sense of the extensive rules and restrictions that have been added to all the parks and access. I leaned on the Disney ticket agent who was a 26 year Disney employee veteran to help setup which parks my daughter and I were interested in. I had to purchase an additional child's single day ticket ($5 off the $179 adult ticket) so I had the ticket agent set that up as well. The ticketing process is so confusing that even the 26 year Disney employee had a problem with the setup that I'll explain later.
The first day we went to Epcot for the Guardians Coaster, Ratatouille, and the Frozen ride what I had not seen before. I was told that to reserve the Guardians ride, I needed to get on the "Experiences" app at 7am to reserve a virtual queue in line. I loaded the app at 6:55am and kept refreshing until at 7 the screen switched to "Press to enter the Virtual Queue" button appeared. In the 4 seconds it took me to read the text on the page, the app told me that the virtual queue was already full and I would now have to wait until 1pm to try again or buy a lighting lane pass for $36 for the 2 of us. I wanted to park hop to Magic Kingdom and you are required to be in the park at 1pm to try the queue again so I simply bought the lighting pass to get it over with rather than spend my vacation pulling out my phone out and checking my watch and queue status all day.
Just as a FYI, I was successful queueing the next day for Tron, by using the same technique but hitting the "Press to enter the Virtual Queue" immediately, a process that I estimate took me 2 total seconds. Doing so I received a queue group of 72 which resulted in our group being called at 2:45pm in the afternoon. Needless to say I was left with a very bad taste in my mouth as I had to be on my phone at 7am every morning with mixed success and then even when I was successful I constantly had to check my phone to see where I was in the queue to avoid missing our place. Even my 9 year old was so annoyed by my phone obsession and eventually suggested that we only check the phone after we get off a ride.
We had to scan our fingers on the initial check in, which I'd heard about to lock our tickets to us. As a privacy advocate I'm not super excited about this, nor the idea that I cannot easily swap users of the card to another family member at my choosing, but I'm sure that others have expressed these concerns so I won't elaborate further. We were staying at a Disney Resort, so we arrived at the Epcot back entrance exactly at 8:30am to rope drop Ratatouille. Apparently that was everyone else's idea because the outdoor line queue for Ratatouille was already at 35 minutes when we arrived. When we did get on the ride, I was very underwhelmed with the presentation and felt that the quality of what I had known Disney to produce had severely dropped. I had to wear 3D glasses on a practical dark ride that moved in parts from 3D projection screens to small room breaks that had no characters or effects which required my to constantly remove and again put on the glasses to see anything clearly. As far as I could see there were no animatronics or real characters within the practical scenes and the 3D screens were dark, poorly aligned when attempting to create false parallax, and frequently distorted. Overall it reminded me of a rip-off of the Spiderman ride at Universal that was made about 10 years ago.
I bought 2 Genie+ passes in addition to the $36 Guardians Lighting Lane passes, so that added another $100 to our park tickets. As soon as we got in the park I made a Genie+ reservation for the Frozen ride, but the first available slot was 1:45pm, so I guess that's a popular one too. Since we had some time to wait for our 11:15am Guardians Lighting Lane reserve, we walked around world showcase, which was pretty much how I remember it and walk over to the new Moana water thing. I've probably been to Epcot about 200 times so I thought I knew my way around pretty well, but when I got the old communicore fountain area I got completely lost by the labyrinth of narrow paths and hidden turns. It seems Disney's original rule of designing a park to lead the patron to the next focal point has not been adopted by the current designers. The moana experience was wedged in between the restrooms between The Land and Living Seas pavilions, which was an odd choice when it seems they could have put it where the old communicore fountain was to both add tropical beauty to that previously dull area as well as implement an impressive water feature. As it is installed now, the experience is hidden, cramped, and overall does not really communicate the naturalist messaging that the numerous signs in the pathway claimed to resemble.
There was also a new choke point that was introduced between Spaceship Earth and the Land where the only path on that side of the park was about 12 feet wide. A great idea now that every other family either has a double wide stroller or electric scooter taking up even more of the pathway than they used to. I also noticed this at Hollywood Studios in the new Galaxy Edge area. Not sure why the current Disney design team thinks the paths in the parks should narrower than they were before, but my assumption is that it's a cost saving measure.
We made it on the new Guardians coaster with our lighting pass, and I appreciate that we did not have to wait in the regular queue and got on the preshow portion of the ride in 5 minutes. I thought the ride was ok, not great with heavy use of video projection in both the preshow and ride. The extent of practical effects was a giant planet that you rotate around which seems flat and unrealistic. For a ride that is supposed to be the new high standard of Disney Imagineering, it seems that a nearly completely reliance on some projection screens in a dark coaster seems cheap and uninspired. Does anyone remember the giant glowing future city at the end of World of Motion? How did we go from that to this?
We finished Epcot at the Frozen ride, which was lackluster with no story, cheap animatronic character that had disturbing glowing projection faces with dead stares. Not that the Norway ride was that great, but it at least and some interesting scenery, a troll with fiber optics and a drop with the Miniature practical Storm and Oil Rig which were slightly memorable. To replace it with a bunch of flat, black light painted wood panels to recreate one of the highest grossing animated modern era Disney films seems uninspired and unimaginative. I mean they couldn't even design an interesting mirrocrystal room for Elsa's Ice Palace that would make you feel like your are in a much bigger and impressive space?
The next day we went to Hollywood Studios and I paid another $44 for both of us to go on Rise of Resistance and $70 for 2 more Genie+ passes, so another $114 in addition to the cost of the park tickets. We did Tower of Terror first which thankfully has not been redesigned and still holds up over the years, even though I think the drops have been reduced and shortened, a change I'm sure my 9 year old did not have any objection with.
We made our way over to the new Pixar area which I found to be very garish and infantile, more like if McDonalds designed a theme park, not Disney or Pixar. The wait for Slinks coaster was already 90 minutes at 10:30am and even though we had the Genie+ pass, it was not available so we skipped it. On another note it was already 94 degrees and there is no shade in most areas of the new areas of this park other than some haphazardly placed umbrellas on the sides of the path that guests huddle underneath. It's like the park designers have never visited Florida in summer or simply don't care if anyone bakes in the sun.
We made it to the Star Wars area and I found it very confusing and mazelike. I never knew where I was, as the other areas I mentioned there were multiple choke points in the paths in a area that proved to be the most crowded in the park. The detailing of the buildings and nature features seemed cheapy executed and fake. They didn't really remind me much of the Star Wars universe and would barely hold up in an episode of the Mandalorian. My favorite experience by far was the Millennium Falcon ride where my daughter and I got to pilot the ship which was a dream experience. Even the queue area of this ride is amazing with the level of detail and nostalgia that I would expect from a E-Ticket Disney Ride.
Rise of the Resistance was fine, not worth $44, containing more of the poorly executed fake projection screens effects and motion vehicles traveling though cheaply constructed Empire/Order hallways. I'm also 95% sure that the Kylo Ren animatronic at the end is the recycled from the Wicked Witch from Great Movie Ride. I feel like the animation was even recycled.
Last day we went to Magic Kingdom with the intention of riding Tron and Snow White Mine Train. I bought Lighting Lane passes for both rides adding another $66 ($26 for SN and $40 for Tron) to the tickets. I again got up at 7am to enter the virtual raffle for the Tron queue, and discovered that I could now add my daughter to the queue group. I immediately contacted a Disney chat agent who discovered that the helpful Disney ticket agent who I purchased a single day ticket to Magic Kingdom had put in the wrong date for our visit. By doing so, it effectively made my daughter ticket ineligible for virtual queues (and may have not granted her access to the park for the day I paid for). Thankfully the online agent was able to change to date so I could actually use the $175 single park ticket that I bought the night before I intended to use it.
Snow White was well done and fun, sort of a combination or Matterhorn and Barnstormer. I did notice that it also contained the cheap animatronic characters that had disturbing glowing projection faces like the Frozen ride. Is it that really that hard to maintain facial articulation on audioanimatronics? Disney did it since Carousel of Progress and the projection faces seem like a huge step backward.
Tron was what I was most excited about being envious of the Tokyo version. The building that houses Tron is impressive and clearly designed to be a key feature to draw guests in with an extended walkway and LED effects on the scaffolding. I was able to reserve a virtual queue for the day, so I reserved a 10:00pm Lighting Lane pass. I preferred the night ride, as there was more constant immersion with indoooutdoor areas of the coaster. I thought the reclined ride cars were unique and well done if not a bit uncomfortable. They are slightly constrictive how they hold you in and I noticed that a child in the car in front of me was restrained to tightly and started to have trouble breathing screaming for help from her parents by the end of the ride, which was unsettling, so consider asking for the last car that does not have this type of restraint for little ones. The ride again was plagued with projection screens inside the ride in lieu of practical effects and reminded me or Guardians. We also bought a Diecast Tron lightbike with LEDs in the giftshop and upon getting home the bike was made in China, was broken and did not illuminate.
After all the travel, tacked on cost of all the addons, special ride passes, and the inconvenience of the highly restrictive and expensive park tickets and the cheaper quality of the rides, I don't feel like Disney offers a good value or exceptional experience anymore. I actually felt bad for families with several kids that clearly were spending thousands of dollars for a vacation that honestly felt more like a job most of the time. I also noticed cast members that were either rude, impatient, or audibly complaining about their job position, shift, the heat, or anything else that an average worker would complain about. I understand that Disney employees are regular people and not robots, but previously I always felt that Disney employees were extremely proud to be working at Disney World and it reflected in how they treated guests and it added to the magic. Now I just felt like I'm was six flags and everyone was just counting the minutes until they could go home. I'm glad that I could take my daughter and have the experience with her, but I will not be returning to Disney World any time soon as it seems that the company and how they value the guest experience has diminished significantly from what I remember.

My parents buy, fix and sell salvaged vehicles, and a while ago they offered me to pick between two cars to keep. I'm 18, a college student and broke and both options are completely free to me.
One car is a 2015 Subaru impreza all wheel drive with a turbo engine with 75,000 mileage. This is technically my "first car". My parents allowed me to keep it in advance for when I passed my drivers test which I only did recently. Between being my first car and the car I passed my road test in, I'm kind of emotionally attached to it. In the same breathe, I also am frustrated with it since I feel it moves too fast for me (which scares me and I feel will cause problems one day) and the radio quality sucks.
The other is a 2011 Lincoln MKZ With 90,000 mileage. I like it for superficial reasons such as the leather seats, the radio sounds VERY good which is hugely important to me and the steering wheel is oddly very aesthetically pleasing to me? I am a teenage girl if it isn't obvious. I love the smell of the leather seats & it's very comforting to drive in as I feel it is slow and steady.
I live in Minnesota if it matters, and we get very icy roads during the winter which is why I have people urging me to pick the Subaru as it is safer to drive during winter, but I'm still not very sure. Are there any other reasons I should pick one or the other vehicle? What's the general consensus on both?

158,000 miles, original owner. Automatic, 4 cylinder, sedan.
Leaking coolant.
Service desk technician spoke with me and not the mechanic at Firestone.
With a coolant leak they said they did a cooling system pressure test.
They put one of their own molded heater hose, and not the one that is curved to fit the car, and since its in the back of the engine, I personally can't see it.
They topped the coolant off.
They told me to go replace the radiator cap, since the original one's seal was worn out. I drove across the street to OReilly's and bought a Murray premium quality radiator cap. It has a red lever pressure valve. I'm not touching that. I don't like to fool around with radiators and caps, even when the car is cooled down.
The reservoir that holds coolant is empty again.
I left the car at the mechanic's.
Now what?
Is this going to be a "try this part, replace that hose, try this or that?"
Is this car not worth salvaging?
I've replaced the rack and pinion, power steering pump, alternator, radiator, thermostat housing and hoses in the past.
What would you suggest?
Thanks.
P.S. It rattles now when idle and makes a noise. They never drove the car after they replaced the hose. It's rattling when idle and I can't leave it on, otherwise the temp guage goes to H

Firstly I want to say that I've been visiting Disney world since regularly for 40 years and I know all the parks and the history very well. In the early 2000's I lived in Windermere directly behind the Magic Kingdom and was a annual passholder. I'm also a Disney stock holder, so I follow the financials of the company and am aware of most if not all of the management decisions that have been made regarding the revenue of the parks and cost of running them. My hope is that this channel is monitored by Disney management personnel and some of my observations from an experience standpoint will fall on (mouse) ears.
I now live in Texas and have not been to any of the Disney parks for many years, so I was eager to take my 9 year old for her birthday to see the new attractions that everyone has been talking about this week (5/28 - 5/31). I had some old park hopper tickets that I was able to update to the new card system, which I immediately found complicated and arbitrary. I received several plastic cards to replace the paper tickets I had, but I could only determine what each of the cards had remaining on them by looking up each cards serial number using the Disney "Experiences" app. Now if you use Genie+ or Lighting Lane pass, every ride you go on requires you scan either your card, phone, or as I later discovered my iWatch if I paired it with the "Experience App". This required me to constantly pull out my card which quickly grew tiresome. My daughter saw everyone with a LED mickey wristband, which I learned was called a Magicband. I found out that it could be used to scan her into the rides and had an added benefit of playing a little audio clip on gold character statues around the park, and vibrated during fireworks, so I bought the cheapest one @ $35. A smart move by Disney to solve a problem with another upsell that they created in the first place.
I'm a software developer, so most technology does not usually confuse me, but the design of the "Experiences" app is pretty bad. It's very hard to get the information you need, the features are categorized poorly, not explained well, and navigation is redundant and unintuitive. I really don't know how the average family makes heads or tails of it. I think that the feature that I utilized the most was the Cast Member Chat, because they were the only one that could make any sense of the extensive rules and restrictions that have been added to all the parks and access. I leaned on the Disney ticket agent who was a 26 year Disney employee veteran to help setup which parks my daughter and I were interested in. I had to purchase an additional child's single day ticket ($5 off the $179 adult ticket) so I had the ticket agent set that up as well. The ticketing process is so confusing that even the 26 year Disney employee had a problem with the setup that I'll explain later.
The first day we went to Epcot for the Guardians Coaster, Ratatouille, and the Frozen ride what I had not seen before. I was told that to reserve the Guardians ride, I needed to get on the "Experiences" app at 7am to reserve a virtual queue in line. I loaded the app at 6:55am and kept refreshing until at 7 the screen switched to "Press to enter the Virtual Queue" button appeared. In the 4 seconds it took me to read the text on the page, the app told me that the virtual queue was already full and I would now have to wait until 1pm to try again or buy a lighting lane pass for $36 for the 2 of us. I wanted to park hop to Magic Kingdom and you are required to be in the park at 1pm to try the queue again so I simply bought the lighting pass to get it over with rather than spend my vacation pulling out my phone out and checking my watch and queue status all day.
Just as a FYI, I was successful queueing the next day for Tron, by using the same technique but hitting the "Press to enter the Virtual Queue" immediately, a process that I estimate took me 2 total seconds. Doing so I received a queue group of 72 which resulted in our group being called at 2:45pm in the afternoon. Needless to say I was left with a very bad taste in my mouth as I had to be on my phone at 7am every morning with mixed success and then even when I was successful I constantly had to check my phone to see where I was in the queue to avoid missing our place. Even my 9 year old was so annoyed by my phone obsession and eventually suggested that we only check the phone after we get off a ride.
We had to scan our fingers on the initial check in, which I'd heard about to lock our tickets to us. As a privacy advocate I'm not super excited about this, nor the idea that I cannot easily swap users of the card to another family member at my choosing, but I'm sure that others have expressed these concerns so I won't elaborate further. We were staying at a Disney Resort, so we arrived at the Epcot back entrance exactly at 8:30am to rope drop Ratatouille. Apparently that was everyone else's idea because the outdoor line queue for Ratatouille was already at 35 minutes when we arrived. When we did get on the ride, I was very underwhelmed with the presentation and felt that the quality of what I had known Disney to produce had severely dropped. I had to wear 3D glasses on a practical dark ride that moved in parts from 3D projection screens to small room breaks that had no characters or effects which required my to constantly remove and again put on the glasses to see anything clearly. As far as I could see there were no animatronics or real characters within the practical scenes and the 3D screens were dark, poorly aligned when attempting to create false parallax, and frequently distorted. Overall it reminded me of a rip-off of the Spiderman ride at Universal that was made about 10 years ago.
I bought 2 Genie+ passes in addition to the $36 Guardians Lighting Lane passes, so that added another $100 to our park tickets. As soon as we got in the park I made a Genie+ reservation for the Frozen ride, but the first available slot was 1:45pm, so I guess that's a popular one too. Since we had some time to wait for our 11:15am Guardians Lighting Lane reserve, we walked around world showcase, which was pretty much how I remember it and walk over to the new Moana water thing. I've probably been to Epcot about 200 times so I thought I knew my way around pretty well, but when I got the old communicore fountain area I got completely lost by the labyrinth of narrow paths and hidden turns. It seems Disney's original rule of designing a park to lead the patron to the next focal point has not been adopted by the current designers. The moana experience was wedged in between the restrooms between The Land and Living Seas pavilions, which was an odd choice when it seems they could have put it where the old communicore fountain was to both add tropical beauty to that previously dull area as well as implement an impressive water feature. As it is installed now, the experience is hidden, cramped, and overall does not really communicate the naturalist messaging that the numerous signs in the pathway claimed to resemble.
There was also a new choke point that was introduced between Spaceship Earth and the Land where the only path on that side of the park was about 12 feet wide. A great idea now that every other family either has a double wide stroller or electric scooter taking up even more of the pathway than they used to. I also noticed this at Hollywood Studios in the new Galaxy Edge area. Not sure why the current Disney design team thinks the paths in the parks should narrower than they were before, but my assumption is that it's a cost saving measure.
We made it on the new Guardians coaster with our lighting pass, and I appreciate that we did not have to wait in the regular queue and got on the preshow portion of the ride in 5 minutes. I thought the ride was ok, not great with heavy use of video projection in both the preshow and ride. The extent of practical effects was a giant planet that you rotate around which seems flat and unrealistic. For a ride that is supposed to be the new high standard of Disney Imagineering, it seems that a nearly completely reliance on some projection screens in a dark coaster seems cheap and uninspired. Does anyone remember the giant glowing future city at the end of World of Motion? How did we go from that to this?
We finished Epcot at the Frozen ride, which was lackluster with no story, cheap animatronic character that had disturbing glowing projection faces with dead stares. Not that the Norway ride was that great, but it at least and some interesting scenery, a troll with fiber optics and a drop with the Miniature practical Storm and Oil Rig which were slightly memorable. To replace it with a bunch of flat, black light painted wood panels to recreate one of the highest grossing animated modern era Disney films seems uninspired and unimaginative. I mean they couldn't even design an interesting mirrocrystal room for Elsa's Ice Palace that would make you feel like your are in a much bigger and impressive space?
The next day we went to Hollywood Studios and I paid another $44 for both of us to go on Rise of Resistance and $70 for 2 more Genie+ passes, so another $114 in addition to the cost of the park tickets. We did Tower of Terror first which thankfully has not been redesigned and still holds up over the years, even though I think the drops have been reduced and shortened, a change I'm sure my 9 year old did not have any objection with.
We made our way over to the new Pixar area which I found to be very garish and infantile, more like if McDonalds designed a theme park, not Disney or Pixar. The wait for Slinks coaster was already 90 minutes at 10:30am and even though we had the Genie+ pass, it was not available so we skipped it. On another note it was already 94 degrees and there is no shade in most areas of the new areas of this park other than some haphazardly placed umbrellas on the sides of the path that guests huddle underneath. It's like the park designers have never visited Florida in summer or simply don't care if anyone bakes in the sun.
We made it to the Star Wars area and I found it very confusing and mazelike. I never knew where I was, as the other areas I mentioned there were multiple choke points in the paths in a area that proved to be the most crowded in the park. The detailing of the buildings and nature features seemed cheapy executed and fake. They didn't really remind me much of the Star Wars universe and would barely hold up in an episode of the Mandalorian. My favorite experience by far was the Millennium Falcon ride where my daughter and I got to pilot the ship which was a dream experience. Even the queue area of this ride is amazing with the level of detail and nostalgia that I would expect from a E-Ticket Disney Ride.
Rise of the Resistance was fine, not worth $44, containing more of the poorly executed fake projection screens effects and motion vehicles traveling though cheaply constructed Empire/Order hallways. I'm also 95% sure that the Kylo Ren animatronic at the end is the recycled from the Wicked Witch from Great Movie Ride. I feel like the animation was even recycled.
Last day we went to Magic Kingdom with the intention of riding Tron and Snow White Mine Train. I bought Lighting Lane passes for both rides adding another $66 ($26 for SN and $40 for Tron) to the tickets. I again got up at 7am to enter the virtual raffle for the Tron queue, and discovered that I could now add my daughter to the queue group. I immediately contacted a Disney chat agent who discovered that the helpful Disney ticket agent who I purchased a single day ticket to Magic Kingdom had put in the wrong date for our visit. By doing so, it effectively made my daughter ticket ineligible for virtual queues (and may have not granted her access to the park for the day I paid for). Thankfully the online agent was able to change to date so I could actually use the $175 single park ticket that I bought the night before I intended to use it.
Snow White was well done and fun, sort of a combination or Matterhorn and Barnstormer. I did notice that it also contained the cheap animatronic characters that had disturbing glowing projection faces like the Frozen ride. Is it that really that hard to maintain facial articulation on audioanimatronics? Disney did it since Carousel of Progress and the projection faces seem like a huge step backward.
Tron was what I was most excited about being envious of the Tokyo version. The building that houses Tron is impressive and clearly designed to be a key feature to draw guests in with an extended walkway and LED effects on the scaffolding. I was able to reserve a virtual queue for the day, so I reserved a 10:00pm Lighting Lane pass. I preferred the night ride, as there was more constant immersion with indoooutdoor areas of the coaster. I thought the reclined ride cars were unique and well done if not a bit uncomfortable. They are slightly constrictive how they hold you in and I noticed that a child in the car in front of me was restrained to tightly and started to have trouble breathing screaming for help from her parents by the end of the ride, which was unsettling, so consider asking for the last car that does not have this type of restraint for little ones. The ride again was plagued with projection screens inside the ride in lieu of practical effects and reminded me or Guardians. We also bought a Diecast Tron lightbike with LEDs in the giftshop and upon getting home the bike was made in China, was broken and did not illuminate.
After all the travel, tacked on cost of all the addons, special ride passes, and the inconvenience of the highly restrictive and expensive park tickets and the cheaper quality of the rides, I don't feel like Disney offers a good value or exceptional experience anymore. I actually felt bad for families with several kids that clearly were spending thousands of dollars for a vacation that honestly felt more like a job most of the time. I also noticed cast members that were either rude, impatient, or audibly complaining about their job position, shift, the heat, or anything else that an average worker would complain about. I understand that Disney employees are regular people and not robots, but previously I always felt that Disney employees were extremely proud to be working at Disney World and it reflected in how they treated guests and it added to the magic. Now I just felt like I'm was six flags and everyone was just counting the minutes until they could go home. I'm glad that I could take my daughter and have the experience with her, but I will not be returning to Disney World any time soon as it seems that the company and how they value the guest experience has diminished significantly from what I remember.

158,000 miles, original owner. Automatic, 4 cylinder, sedan.
Leaking coolant.
Service desk technician spoke with me and not the mechanic at Firestone.
With a coolant leak they said they did a cooling system pressure test.
They put one of their own molded heater hose, and not the one that is curved to fit the car, and since its in the back of the engine, I personally can't see it.
They topped the coolant off.
They told me to go replace the radiator cap, since the original one's seal was worn out. I drove across the street to OReilly's and bought a Murray premium quality radiator cap. It has a red lever pressure valve. I'm not touching that. I don't like to fool around with radiators and caps, even when the car is cooled down.
The reservoir that holds coolant is empty again.
I left the car at the mechanic's.
Now what?
Is this going to be a "try this part, replace that hose, try this or that?"
Is this car not worth salvaging?
I've replaced the rack and pinion, power steering pump, alternator, radiator, thermostat housing and hoses in the past.
What would you suggest?
Thanks.
P.S. It rattles now when idle and makes a noise. They never drove the car after they replaced the hose. It's rattling when idle and I can't leave it on, otherwise the temp guage goes to H

158,000 miles, original owner.
Leaking coolant.
Service desk technician spoke with me and not the mechanic at Firestone.
With a coolant leak they said they did a cooling system pressure test.
They put one of their own molded heater hose, and not the one that is curved to fit the car, and since its in the back of the engine, I personally can't see it.
They topped the coolant off.
They told me to go replace the radiator cap, since the original one's seal was worn out. I drove across the street to OReilly's and bought a Murray premium quality radiator cap. It has a red lever pressure valve. I'm not touching that. I don't like to fool around with radiators and caps, even when the car is cooled down.
The reservoir that holds coolant is empty again.
I left the car at the mechanic's.
Now what?
Is this going to be a "try this part, replace that hose, try this or that?"
Is this car not worth salvaging?
I've replaced the rack and pinion, power steering pump, alternator, radiator, thermostat housing and hoses in the past.
What would you suggest?
Thanks.

Quick overview and then criteria after.
Grew up with two (2001?) Seadoo's when I was a kid for the family on the lake. They were fun when they ran.... but they were broke most of the time -- 90% of the time due to the carbs.
Grown now. Have a boat. But want a ski now as well. In SouthWeat Florida -- so will be running in the bay's down here as well as the Gulf of Mexico, so will primarily in the salt and brackage water 95% of the time. Trailer out each time, so not on a lift.
Criteria:
1) Reliable. I have a boat towing service I'll likely get for the ski as well -- but prefer obviously not have to use it!
2) Fast. I'll generally likely be riding it the majority of the time by myself. I use to race cars and the faster the better, imo.
3) 2 seater at least. I'll be riding myself most of the time, but need a second seat too.
4) Likely will join up on a few ski rides, so fuel distance would be a mid-tier need.
5) Budget -- USED ski, like to stay around $8, maybe $9k... but will go to $10-11k if needed.
Suggestions would be greatly appreciated (and year's to look for, or more importantly, scratch off are welcomed!).
Thanks in advance!!

Hello friends,
We went under contract with Lennar last week and they're submitting my ernest money on Monday (the sales rep was kind enough to hold it for me- to give me some time to decide if I wanted to move forward or not). Since we've gone under contract, we've found a plethora of horror stories and reviews on Lennar homes. I did notice some of the same reviews copied and pasted onto multiple websites- which I don't doubt their legitimacy or pain and suffering, but that does seem to inflate the negative reviews
We understand the the work is subcontracted out to the lowest bidder and the quality of workmanship will vary depending on the Construction Manager (CM) and the skill of the labor pool in that area (Florida seeming to have it the worst). We also understand that many of the complaints stem from utilizing their own mortgage company. It seems as though most of these issues are based on location, as here in the Pacific North West- we haven't seen nearly as many issues from what I've read when compared to the east coast. The Lennar reviews even have somewhat decent reviews here.
Here's my situation:
I'm currently using the VA home loan locked in at 6.5%, so I shouldn't need to deal with Lennars mortgage company or the whole circus attached to it. We haven't gotten any static for wanting to have a 3rd party home inspection done, in fact they seem to already know one would be ordered. We love the location and layout of the house.
This would be our first home purchase and we're not looking for anything fancy. Many of the complaints about Lennar homes on Youtube- show extravagant (IMO) homes that look like they should be in magazines.
I'm perfectly fine with the "American cookie cutter, 2-story, 3-bedroom, attached 2 car garage house w/ driveway." But after reading all the horror stories- I'm questioning if that's even a possibility anymore in todays world. I don't care for options (I can add that later), I just want a quality home to live in that won't quickly disintegrate. Something that isn't going to be the largest regret of my life and cause me to file for bankruptcy.
I would be purchasing the home with my better half and we plan on splitting all the bills- the mortgage between us would be around 1650. We found that purchasing a normally built house (ie. not a track home), the prices tend to increase significantly inverse to the sq. footage.
The home we want is also a single detached... which means we're on the hook for everything exterior, where as if we were in a townhome, the entire envelope of the building is taken care of by the HOA. Although we WANT the detached, the benefits of not having to pay for envelope repair does sound nice, but that shouldn't be the only reason we'd want it.
The entire neighborhood looks amazing. I tried looking for older Lennar home locations, just to see how the neighborhoods faired with time, but the ones I saw (still only 3-4 years old) looked in great shape.
From what I can see- my only other options are really:
-Rent an apartment (which will cost just as much, we'd have less space (we have 2 kids and 3 dogs), rent would increase each year, and we're paying on something we do not own. Even getting an single bedroom apartment for just myself would be 1500+
-Rent out someone's house (Costs about just as much, paying on something we don't own, they too usually adopt the same pet policies as the apartments)
Any guidance or reviews from people living in the Smith Creek homes would be GREATLY appreciated. It's supposed to rain the next few days (surprise) so we plan on stopping by to walk through the house to see if we can't catch any leaks (The dry wall is up but the interior is completely unfinished)

Ya so I 100% have some bad daddy issues. I had an abusive father growing up and it’s definitely hit me harder lately for some weird reason. I definitely do age regression alone I’m not ever gonna do it in person with a guy bcuz that’s beyond embarrassing. 😳 ya def gives me a big high though mentally when I do it for some reason. Can’t even explain it.
and of course it’s always a headache trying to find a daddy online, let alone in person. I’ve never met a guy into it in real life. Dating I can find a guy pretty easily but for that specific kink ya no it’s like finding a unicorn. But I’m definitely trying. I get way too attached and clingy to a point where it’s too much. But I’m def working on it.
Oh and my dad is planning a Disney trip with his step children who he adores. Even tho they think he’s a creep and make fun of him to my brothers. He invited everyone but me which I don’t even care 😂😂 he’s such a psycho path and none of his blood children are going. Well my brother might just for the trip only. He was always obsessed with my boobs as a kid and was just a straight up abusive weirdo. Ya it stings but it’s like I really don’t wanna sit with him at Disney world after all this trauma has happened. that he doesn’t even try to mend not that it would fix anything. Didn’t invite me 🤣 I’m so hard on him and a bitch to him. he told my sister I’m the meanest person ever bcuz I’m the only one not scared to call him on his failures. If someone said he was secretly Jeffery Dahmer I wouldn’t even be shocked at this point he’s that fucked in the head. and I’ve just learned to try to move on the best I can. I haven’t told my siblings that I secretly do age regression stuff when I’m stressed because I know everyone would lose their minds. And my one brother sometimes will talk to my dad (5 siblings total I’m the oldest) and info gets spilled over to him. So ya I’m not giving my dad any satisfaction for knowing I’m still healing from it. He literally tried to kill me at 18 running after me with a knife to my car. Treated me terrible as a kid. He’s always telling my brother, “She’s going to need me just wait” I’d rather not.
Years ago I was traveling to Florida and he wanted me to stay in a cabin alone with him on the way to the destination. Wtf!! No. Sad I don’t even feel safe alone with my own father, I’d rather be with a hitch hiker. God only knows what he was planning.
Sorry didn’t mean to vent. But ya I’m definitely a little and it’s so bad because I can’t stop doing it. The age regression stuff. It’s so relaxing and stress relieving. Anyone else experience this? Or have any similar family life stressors?

In ‘21 I purchased a Dodge charger scatpack at 49k msrp, 50k sale price, total ended up being $59k with taxes incl financed. 2% apr. $780/mo or so. Initial insurance was $280/mo. for full coverage. I’m in Florida.
Fast forward 3 years, the cars got an iffy record unfortunately. Stolen twice within 3 years and had to file claims, shot my insurance up to $450/mo. which I’m still okay with price wise.
Recently in November I ran over a small object on the road which damaged my front bumper. Not knowing what to do and taking my mothers immediate advice, I called insurance to file a claim… Big mistake. They added an ‘accident’ to my cars history, and on top of that they only had to pay out $215. The bumper repair was dirt cheap.
Now my term expired and I’m getting quoted a mininum of $700/mo. Insurance due to the ‘accident’ (as my agent mentioned) That’s ridiculous to me, my insurance is basically the same price as my car now due to my ignorance.
I’m currently lost on what to do. So far I took the car in for an appraisal, and the first dealership I went to I was offered 32k for it. Kbb offered 30k. It’s got 24k miles on it now. Still owe 32k on it as well so I’d be 0.
I was thinking of trading in the car for a random used or new one that’ll get me from point a to point b, until my insurance drops significantly, then getting into another fun car in the future. I really only drive for pleasure and drive about 8k miles/yr. Or biting the bullet for the next 6 months and seeing what happens to the price then… A friend of mine suggested switching to state minimum for a while although I don’t think that’s possible with a financed vehicle
Any and all suggestions are appreciated

Hi There!
I know this question has been asked many times before, but given that I am still a fairly new corn snake owner of a 1.5 year old corn snake, I'm hoping to just settle my mind and get some help.
I am moving from Oregon to Florida in a month and will be taking my snake with me. I was thinking of transporting her in a small, ventilated, and locked tub with some aspen. I also had small hand warmers under the tub for some heat. I had to do this recently during an unexpected power loss in a major ice storm. It worked well for the three days, however, that was in an unexpected emergency and I don't even know if that was a correct way to get her to a safe source. I'm going to be driving 9-10 hr days, and it'll take about 5 days. She will of course come into and motel I stay in with me.
I guess my question is if that method would work while making my move as well and driving? Once in a motel, I would put her on a regulate heat mat until we depart the following morning. If not, what is the safest method for a small young corn snake to be transported in a car? Thank you!!

I have a 22 Kia Forte GT. My car will blow A/C but it feels “cool” I guess if you will and not ice cold like it normally blows. This is my first issue with the car ever since I got it two years ago. 33K miles. Should still be under the Kia warranty. I live in Florida where we are at 98 degrees right now (literally) but it still feels so hot in my car against the heat. I have a service appt at my dealer on Monday morning but wondering if anybody else out there has had an A/C issue on any Kia model that they have within the years of 2020–2024.

Hello friends,
We went under contract with Lennar last week and they're submitting my ernest money on Monday (the sales rep was kind enough to hold it for me- to give me some time to decide if I wanted to move forward or not). Since we've gone under contract, we've found a plethora of horror stories and reviews on Lennar homes. I did notice some of the same reviews copied and pasted onto multiple websites- which I don't doubt their legitimacy or pain and suffering, but that does seem to inflate the negative reviews
We understand the the work is subcontracted out to the lowest bidder and the quality of workmanship will vary depending on the Construction Manager (CM) and the skill of the labor pool in that area (Florida seeming to have it the worst). We also understand that many of the complaints stem from utilizing their own mortgage company. It seems as though most of these issues are based on location, as here in the Pacific North West- we haven't seen nearly as many issues from what I've read when compared to the east coast. The Lennar reviews even have somewhat decent reviews here.
Here's my situation:
I'm currently using the VA home loan locked in at 6.5%, so I shouldn't need to deal with Lennars mortgage company or the whole circus attached to it. We haven't gotten any static for wanting to have a 3rd party home inspection done, in fact they seem to already know one would be ordered. We love the location and layout of the house.
This would be our first home purchase and we're not looking for anything fancy. Many of the complaints about Lennar homes on Youtube- show extravagant (IMO) homes that look like they should be in magazines.
I'm perfectly fine with the "American cookie cutter, 2-story, 3-bedroom, attached 2 car garage house w/ driveway." But after reading all the horror stories- I'm questioning if that's even a possibility anymore in todays world. I don't care for options (I can add that later), I just want a quality home to live in that won't quickly disintegrate. Something that isn't going to be the largest regret of my life and cause me to file for bankruptcy.
I would be purchasing the home with my better half and we plan on splitting all the bills- the mortgage between us would be around 1650. We found that purchasing a normally built house (ie. not a track home), the prices tend to increase significantly inverse to the sq. footage.
The home we want is also a single detached... which means we're on the hook for everything exterior, where as if we were in a townhome, the entire envelope of the building is taken care of by the HOA. Although we WANT the detached, the benefits of not having to pay for envelope repair does sound nice, but that shouldn't be the only reason we'd want it.
The entire neighborhood looks amazing. I tried looking for older Lennar home locations, just to see how the neighborhoods faired with time, but the ones I saw (still only 3-4 years old) looked in great shape.
From what I can see- my only other options are really:
-Rent an apartment (which will cost just as much, we'd have less space (we have 2 kids and 3 dogs), rent would increase each year, and we're paying on something we do not own. Even getting an single bedroom apartment for just myself would be 1500+
-Rent out someone's house (Costs about just as much, paying on something we don't own, they too usually adopt the same pet policies as the apartments)
Any guidance or reviews from people living in the Smith Creek homes would be GREATLY appreciated. It's supposed to rain the next few days (surprise) so we plan on stopping by to walk through the house to see if we can't catch any leaks (The dry wall is up but the interior is completely unfinished)

Hey everyone,
I'm looking and financing a lightly used EV. I commute 75 miles a day for work and about 20,000 miles a year in total. I am currently commuting in my 2005 Ford F-250 5.4 Gasser getting 12MPG - meaning my gasoline spend every year is roughly $7500. Our electric rates are very low - 0.9 cents per kWh and that's accounting for peak usage times (WA has a lot of hydroelectricity, windmills, solar, etc)
My life situation: I own a Duplex where my girlfriend, myself and our two German shepherds live in one side and we rent out the other side for rental income. My girlfriend and I go to Portland (About 225 Mi away) once a month to pickup raw food for our dogs and we tend to try and make a trip out of it each time, occasionally travel to Western WA.
My 99% scenario: 99% of the time - this car will simply be used to commute to and from work. 32.5 miles there, 32.5 miles back, generally from 6:00AM PST - 6:45AM PST then from 5:15PM PST - 6:00PM PST. Half of the year this is with daylight, half of the year it's dark both ways. Winters are unpredictable. Some years it will snow for 2 months, some years it won't snow, sometimes it only snows for a couple days, sometimes it snows in March.
Cars I'm looking into:

Car	ID.4 Pro S Plus	ID.4 Pro/1st Edition	Polestar 2 w/ Pilot Pack	Kona EV (1st gen)	Hyundai Ioniq 5
Model Year	2023	2021	2022	2023	2023
Drivetrain	AWD	RWD	AWD/FWD	FWD	AWD
Mileage	13,000	10,000	15,000	6,000	18,000
Range	255	250	249	258	266
L2 Charge Speed	11kW	11kW	11kW	7.2kW	11kW
DCFC Charge Speed	170kW	135kW	150kW	77kW	230kW
Price	$28,500	$25,000	$28,500	$23,000	$29,000
Payment (Approx - Assuming sub 8% w/ 750+ credit score w/ 72 month financing)	$466 a month	$440 a month	$466 a month	$405 a month	$527 a month
Insurance cost	$146 a month	$146 a month	$112 a month	$112 a month	$165 a month
Total per month(Approx)	$612	$586	$578	$517	$692 a month

Why these vehicles: These are the one's I've essentially been able to find within 500 miles of my location or a dealership that delivers below the $30,000 price point. I've owned Bolt EV's in the past and heavily considered putting the Bolt EUV on the list - and as much as I don't think I'll travel that much, the idea of having to deal w/ 55kW peak DCFC speeds in 2024 does not sound appealing to me.

Volkswagen ID.4 Pros: It's easy to find these in pretty much any configuration with low miles below the $30K price-point. Almost every configuration has 250+ miles of range. It seems like most come w/ a tow hitch, so if I wanted to get a small trailer and tow some hay short distances, or move furniture, it would be viable. Roomy interior. 11kW home charging, 130-170kW DCFC depending on model year is sufficient enough to be viable for travel. AWD variants would be nice during the work commute and Portland travel during the winter times.
Volkswagen ID.4 Cons: Probably the most common non-Tesla EV on the road aside from maybe the Bolt and Nissan Leaf. Design is nice but it isn't awe inspiring. I've heard the infotainment is questionable - not sure how much I'd realistically use it. Performance on AWD is more than acceptable @ 0-60 in 5.5 seconds, but performance on RWD is not impressive.
Polestar 2 Pros: Great looking vehicle inside and out. Performance on the dual motor is exciting - 0-60 in 4.4 seconds w/ the ability to pay $1500 for an OTA performance upgrade. Insurance is the cheapest I've been quoted for any EV I've looked at thus far.
Polestar 2 Cons: Seemingly the most difficult to find out of the bunch. Pack system for these cars makes determining what features they have difficult - Pilot pack would essentially be a must for me. Most vehicles in this price range have all of these "pack" features as standard or minor trim upgrades. Single motor performance is not exciting, but extended range is nice - cost for single motor seems to be around the same for dual motor everywhere I look. A lot of the affordable ones are rental vehicles/fleet vehicles. Interior supposedly cramped.
Kona EV Pros: Pricing is just above what I'm seeing for Bolt EUV's with slightly higher range and slighter faster DCFC charging speeds. Insurance is just as cheap as it is for the Polestar 2.
Kona EV Cons: 7.2kW home charging as opposed to 11kW. 77kW DCFC is still relatively slow. Only available in FWD, which is better for snow than RWD, but not quiet as great as AWD.
Hyundai Ioniq 5 Pros: Fastest DCFC charging speeds would make road trips a breeze. Roomy interior. AWD would be great for the winter commutes. Performance is just as great as the Polestar 2's.
Hyundai Ioniq 5 Cons: Subjective, but I'm not the biggest fan of the look of the car. I used to really love it, now it's "Meh" for me. These fall into the top of my budget - so most of them end up w/ payments similar to what Tesla was just offering w/ the Model Y and 0.99% financing. Insurance is nearly as expensive as what I was being quoted for Teslas.

Vehicles I've ruled out:

• Any Tesla: I was THIS close to financing a Model Y @ 0.99%. While I think it's difficult to deny the advantages Tesla has in the market, there's too many factors that turn me off from them. They don't inspire any sort of emotion from me - when I see one on the road, I don't point it out or get excited. I still do this today with ID.4's, Mach-E, Polstars, etc - but Tesla's are a dime a dozen. Major concerns over built quality, road noise and suspension. Girlfriend was a detailer for 4-years and hates Tesla's - claim their interior and paint quality are sub-par, even at their current pricing structure.
• Mustang Mach-E: Looks wise - these are second to the Polestar for me personally and just above the ID.4. These cars are surprisingly difficult to find under the $30,000 price range locally. When I do find them in that price range, they either have a ton of miles, or are in an absolute baseline trim w/ minimal features. 210 miles of range on the AWD variant and 230 miles on the RWD variant put them in the low-end of acceptable range for me. I've also heard complaints regarding the software and the charging speeds. I think winter range would be sketchy if I had to go to an appointment out of town on a work-day.
• Kia EV6 AND Ioniq 6: Practically impossible to find either of these near me at a price below $30,000 - even in base trim.
• Suburu Solterra/Toyota Bz4x: I'm probably one of the few people who doesn't mind these cars and they're somewhat tempting for the price-range I can find used models in. Unfortunate for these vehicles the insurance quote I got for these is simply too high for me to consider them - nearly 3x higher than the PolestaKona quoted costs. AWD version (Or Solterra) is rated for 228 miles of range which falls on the low-end of acceptable for me. Complaints about charging speed being realistically closer to 100kW make me think it'd be "Okay" for road trips but not great.
• Chevrolet Bolt EV/EUV: I actually have a soft-spot for these cars and they were a hard one for me to take off the consideration list. I've owned a 2021 and a 2022 Bolt EV several years ago and sold them both to lower my DTI so I could purchase my Duplex. Great cars for the money - that being said, I did a couple trips in them while I had them and while they're certainly possible, they aren't pleasant. Seats were always questionable and I'll be in a car for upwards of two-hours a day moving forward.
• Jaguar I-Pace: Cool car with impressive performance that has depreciated a TON - but dated interior and at this rate, 4-5 years old. Insurance costs quoted were on the higher end but less than Tesla/Solterra/Bz4x. Old infotainment - honestly - just too many compromises for this car for me to really take it as a serious consideration for the prices people want for them.
• Mercedes EQB/Audi Q4 E-tron: I'd love to consider both of these - but both are just outside of my budget when I come across them. They're also generally difficult to find in my area, but seem to be in abundance in Florida.

Alternative NEW option: It does look like the 2024 Kona Electric SEL can be found for $30,000 flat. It also looks like dealer might be offering 1.99% @ 72 months. 260 miles of range, front-wheel drive only, max DCFC of 100KW, 11kW at home charging and supports V2L. I don't exactly LOVE the looks of this car - but - at it's price-point it could be compelling.
Any comments, thoughts, concerns and suggestions would be appreciated! Thank you everyone!