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The wife's mazda has the stupid center channel and super harsh highs. There is no way to make it sound decent with EQ. It's either painfully bright or so muddy you might as well be under water. Even podcasts have to be turned up to 11 to hear the words clearly, making it painful after 10 minutes. :thisisfine:
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There must be a reason for that center channel, since that's the trend in the industry right now?
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Also, don't forget to order the ecs bleeder block.

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Gberg2119 wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:14 pm Also, don't forget to order the ecs bleeder block.

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I was thinking of getting one for my :mk6: that good?
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First round of coding complete, I think I got just about everything I want done.

Comfort open/close windows.
Remove all "you can't do this while vehicle is moving" nags
Comfort turn signals set to 4 blinks
turned off the soundaktor.

I will likely make the edits to turn on the street sign detection and the lane assist to keep you centered in the lane and not just keep you from exiting the lane. I don't know how much I will use the lane keep though, TBH... It's kind of weird when I had it enabled and would need to be something you get used to. Might be cool for long freeway trips.
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Irish wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:30 pm
Gberg2119 wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:14 pm Also, don't forget to order the ecs bleeder block.

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I was thinking of getting one for my :mk6: that good?
Same question. My ECS package is coming on Tuesday and I wish I would have known if this is a "must have".
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:09 pm There must be a reason for that center channel, since that's the trend in the industry right now?
Gimmick.

They all talk about "surround sound" and what not, but just like in your house, if you run a 3.1 config for stereo music it sounds weird because the center is just L+R so you get no separation. It is especially worse in a car because you're so close to the speakers.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:18 pm First round of coding complete, I think I got just about everything I want done.

Comfort open/close windows.
Remove all "you can't do this while vehicle is moving" nags
Comfort turn signals set to 4 blinks
turned off the soundaktor.

I will likely make the edits to turn on the street sign detection and the lane assist to keep you centered in the lane and not just keep you from exiting the lane. I don't know how much I will use the lane keep though, TBH... It's kind of weird when I had it enabled and would need to be something you get used to. Might be cool for long freeway trips.
I don’t know why all that isn’t standard :lol:
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Irish wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:30 pm I was thinking of getting one for my :mk6: that good?
Same question. My ECS package is coming on Tuesday and I wish I would have known if this is a "must have".
Fled and myself really like it. I can't remember if :dubshow: installed his yet.

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Gberg2119 wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 5:00 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote:
Same question. My ECS package is coming on Tuesday and I wish I would have known if this is a "must have".
Fled and myself really like it. I can't remember if :dubshow: installed his yet.

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Go on please....
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Irish wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:30 pm
Gberg2119 wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:14 pm Also, don't forget to order the ecs bleeder block.

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I was thinking of getting one for my :mk6: that good?
best 50 bucks I've spent, it makes a difference.

Edit: it went up in price to $133, for my mk6 it was $50 :mindblown:
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MexicanYarisTK wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:39 am
Irish wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:30 pm

I was thinking of getting one for my :mk6: that good?
best 50 bucks I've spent, it makes a difference.

Edit: it went up in price to $133, for my mk6 it was $50 :mindblown:
Cool. Yeah, I should have included it in my kit for the shifter, but I ended up ordering it stand-alone. Will be here on Wed.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:59 am
MexicanYarisTK wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:39 am

best 50 bucks I've spent, it makes a difference.

Edit: it went up in price to $133, for my mk6 it was $50 :mindblown:
Cool. Yeah, I should have included it in my kit for the shifter, but I ended up ordering it stand-alone. Will be here on Wed.
So will my dyson air purifier, thankfully the particulate p100 masks are coming today. I’m a fool for not being ready. Dude this state is apocalypse now. Mayor of Vallejo is yelling at people for showering because city can’t get water thanks to power shut offs
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max225 wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:12 am
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:59 am

Cool. Yeah, I should have included it in my kit for the shifter, but I ended up ordering it stand-alone. Will be here on Wed.
So will my dyson air purifier, thankfully the particulate p100 masks are coming today. I’m a fool for not being ready. Dude this state is apocalypse now. Mayor of Vallejo is yelling at people for showering because city can’t get water thanks to power shut offs
Remind me why it's a great idea to spend nearly $2M on a house there?
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max225 wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:12 am
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:59 am

Cool. Yeah, I should have included it in my kit for the shifter, but I ended up ordering it stand-alone. Will be here on Wed.
So will my dyson air purifier, thankfully the particulate p100 masks are coming today. I’m a fool for not being ready. Dude this state is apocalypse now. Mayor of Vallejo is yelling at people for showering because city can’t get water thanks to power shut offs
RIP. NC is calling
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Detroit wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:14 am
max225 wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:12 am

So will my dyson air purifier, thankfully the particulate p100 masks are coming today. I’m a fool for not being ready. Dude this state is apocalypse now. Mayor of Vallejo is yelling at people for showering because city can’t get water thanks to power shut offs
Remind me why it's a great idea to spend nearly $2M on a house there?
Pausing that idea for the moment ... :( 3rd year of fires in a row... I have lived here for 19 years and it’s never been like that... all the homes I was considering are shut off from power now.... I mean i was going to get a power wall either way... but still... this is degeneration right now. No power and no water when you need it most ! What is this ? 1850?

Natural disasters are everywhere .... just got to figure out if we get more than our fair share
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Detroit wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:14 am
max225 wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:12 am

So will my dyson air purifier, thankfully the particulate p100 masks are coming today. I’m a fool for not being ready. Dude this state is apocalypse now. Mayor of Vallejo is yelling at people for showering because city can’t get water thanks to power shut offs
Remind me why it's a great idea to spend nearly $2M on a house there?
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max225 wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:17 am
Detroit wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:14 am
Remind me why it's a great idea to spend nearly $2M on a house there?
Pausing that idea for the moment ... :( 3rd year of fires in a row... I have lived here for 19 years and it’s never been like that... all the homes I was considering are shut off from power now.... I mean i was going to get a power wall either way... but still... this is degeneration right now. No power and no water when you need it most ! What is this ? 1850?

Natural disasters are everywhere .... just got to figure out if we get more than our fair share
I don't remember the last natural disaster that happened in Michigan. Maybe a tornado in farmland last summer? No earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, mudslides, etc.

Not that MI is the answer, most of this state blows, but there's plenty of the country that doesn't experience much in the way of natural disasters. To me, you want a place to settle and put money into that has low risk of natural disasters. CA is the opposite...guaranteed to have at least one natural disaster per year. Fire, earthquake, something.

Just wait until "the big one" hits. That's not an "if" but a "when".

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Detroit wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:23 am
max225 wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:17 am

Pausing that idea for the moment ... :( 3rd year of fires in a row... I have lived here for 19 years and it’s never been like that... all the homes I was considering are shut off from power now.... I mean i was going to get a power wall either way... but still... this is degeneration right now. No power and no water when you need it most ! What is this ? 1850?

Natural disasters are everywhere .... just got to figure out if we get more than our fair share
I don't remember the last natural disaster that happened in Michigan. Maybe a tornado in farmland last summer? No earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, mudslides, etc.

Not that MI is the answer, most of this state blows, but there's plenty of the country that doesn't experience much in the way of natural disasters. To me, you want a place to settle and put money into that has low risk of natural disasters. CA is the opposite...guaranteed to have at least one natural disaster per year. Fire, earthquake, something.

Just wait until "the big one" hits. That's not an "if" but a "when".

:nuke:
I feel like anywhere from the Adirondacks NY to Eastern Michigan and down to maybe Huntsville or Knoxville is pretty damn safe.
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Detroit wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:23 am
max225 wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:17 am

Pausing that idea for the moment ... :( 3rd year of fires in a row... I have lived here for 19 years and it’s never been like that... all the homes I was considering are shut off from power now.... I mean i was going to get a power wall either way... but still... this is degeneration right now. No power and no water when you need it most ! What is this ? 1850?

Natural disasters are everywhere .... just got to figure out if we get more than our fair share
I don't remember the last natural disaster that happened in Michigan. Maybe a tornado in farmland last summer? No earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, mudslides, etc.

Not that MI is the answer, most of this state blows, but there's plenty of the country that doesn't experience much in the way of natural disasters. To me, you want a place to settle and put money into that has low risk of natural disasters. CA is the opposite...guaranteed to have at least one natural disaster per year. Fire, earthquake, something.

Just wait until "the big one" hits. That's not an "if" but a "when".

:nuke:
Earth quakes don’t worry me. Even at its worst it’s no where near as bad as not being able to breathe or see. These fires are terrifying.
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max225 wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:28 am
Detroit wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:23 am
I don't remember the last natural disaster that happened in Michigan. Maybe a tornado in farmland last summer? No earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, mudslides, etc.

Not that MI is the answer, most of this state blows, but there's plenty of the country that doesn't experience much in the way of natural disasters. To me, you want a place to settle and put money into that has low risk of natural disasters. CA is the opposite...guaranteed to have at least one natural disaster per year. Fire, earthquake, something.

Just wait until "the big one" hits. That's not an "if" but a "when".

:nuke:
Earth quakes don’t worry me. Even at its worst it’s no where near as bad as not being able to breathe or see. These fires are terrifying.
Yea, I really hated the fires too.
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:27 am
Detroit wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:23 am
I don't remember the last natural disaster that happened in Michigan. Maybe a tornado in farmland last summer? No earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, mudslides, etc.

Not that MI is the answer, most of this state blows, but there's plenty of the country that doesn't experience much in the way of natural disasters. To me, you want a place to settle and put money into that has low risk of natural disasters. CA is the opposite...guaranteed to have at least one natural disaster per year. Fire, earthquake, something.

Just wait until "the big one" hits. That's not an "if" but a "when".

:nuke:
I feel like anywhere from the Adirondacks NY to Eastern Michigan and down to maybe Huntsville or Knoxville is pretty damn safe.
Shit, you could probably go as far west as Colorado. The entire states of MI, WI, MN are pretty danged boring in this regard. Even most of IL down to TN as you mentioned is pretty safe I think.
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max225 wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:28 am
Detroit wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:23 am
I don't remember the last natural disaster that happened in Michigan. Maybe a tornado in farmland last summer? No earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, mudslides, etc.

Not that MI is the answer, most of this state blows, but there's plenty of the country that doesn't experience much in the way of natural disasters. To me, you want a place to settle and put money into that has low risk of natural disasters. CA is the opposite...guaranteed to have at least one natural disaster per year. Fire, earthquake, something.

Just wait until "the big one" hits. That's not an "if" but a "when".

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Earth quakes don’t worry me. Even at its worst it’s no where near as bad as not being able to breathe or see. These fires are terrifying.
Bruh one thing racing taught me...

Be fucking terrified of fire.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:34 pm
CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:09 pm There must be a reason for that center channel, since that's the trend in the industry right now?
Gimmick.

They all talk about "surround sound" and what not, but just like in your house, if you run a 3.1 config for stereo music it sounds weird because the center is just L+R so you get no separation. It is especially worse in a car because you're so close to the speakers.
This is weird... didn't realize this was a feature offered in cars, why would you want surround sound in a car? Music is stereo and podcasts/books are mono, :wtf: is the point? Movies in the car?

Glad to hear the :gorf: is kicking ass for your needs! Nice looking car for sure.
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max225 wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:28 am
Detroit wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:23 am
I don't remember the last natural disaster that happened in Michigan. Maybe a tornado in farmland last summer? No earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, mudslides, etc.

Not that MI is the answer, most of this state blows, but there's plenty of the country that doesn't experience much in the way of natural disasters. To me, you want a place to settle and put money into that has low risk of natural disasters. CA is the opposite...guaranteed to have at least one natural disaster per year. Fire, earthquake, something.

Just wait until "the big one" hits. That's not an "if" but a "when".

:nuke:
Earth quakes don’t worry me. Even at its worst it’s no where near as bad as not being able to breathe or see. These fires are terrifying.
Earthquakes can cause fires too :doe:
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