They stopped being good cars in 2004. Twenty years they’ve been shit, and people are still swallowing the gravy.

I used picknbuy24 to get a Nissan Tiida for $1200 USD with like 25k miles. Parts are normally the same as they are on already imported models.

Check out thingiverse or printables for free stuff to print. There’s so much to make!!!

Also, I’ve messed with Wanhao printers, and the slicer profiles were not great and did require a lot of fine-tuning. New printers either come with their own slicers or a Cura profile.

How long ago did you have a printer? I ask because the newer ones don’t require much dialing-in outside of setting initial Z-offset.

If you’re building a Voron, then yeah it’s going to need some tinkering. If you’re getting something like a QIDI X-Smart 3, you just unpack it, auto calibrate, and start printing.

No brisket or BBQ? That’s a shame.

Portland, TX has some pretty shitty food fyi

They look at the TTL of the incoming packets. This can be modified in the windows registry.

I’ve been in IT over 20 years and I say “wee fee.”

Watch out for the low-end Weller irons on Amazon, they’re all knockoffs. You can still get legitimate Hakko irons and silver solder on there, thank goodness.

https://vintagesonics.com/guides/turntables-guides/how-to-adjust-tonearm-weight-a-step-by-step-guide/

If your up near the city there are plenty of HiFi places that can set you up. Peter Fisher over at the vacuum tube warehouse on Santa Fe in Denver is a freaking genius.

Entry level bookshelf speakers you can find used for dirt cheap. Can try maybe Dali Spektor, Paradigm Titan, PSB Alpha, etc.

When you set up your turntable, you really need to make sure the balance and weight of your tonearm is calibrated, otherwise you will damage your vinyl and the music will lose all of its magic over time.

Been a while since I was on the market for one, but I still have my project debut carbon black with an ortofon red as my daily driver. It’s also crazy easy to grab a old Rega Planar series and restore it to drivable condition if your budget is slim.

I was living in Colorado when I had a Grado green cart on my table, and it picked up EMF like crazy. Turns out grado carts don’t have any shielding, so maybe look for a replacement that has some good grounding. Also, don’t forget to connect your ground wire to your preamp/receiver.

I paid $230 for an open box Think v1 like five years ago, still use it everyday. I tried to upgrade to a v2, but the wife ended up with it instead.

You can get open box, unused steelcase chairs on eBay for cheaper than “gaming” chairs, BTW. There’s no reason to buy those abominations.