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Well if they put the lights up just after Halloween I don't think they are putting a lot of consideration into when they are celebrating Christmas or what is the "holiday season".

If you look around where I live a bunch of people still have Xmas lights powered on every night. I guess like the Rivian, they think it is still the holiday season so I fit right in (my lights came down the day after New Years).

Dealerships have insurance for just such things. I got hit one time by a guy (he actually wiped out 5 vehicles) who purchased a vehicle and the dealer didn't check insurance or drivers license before turning over the keys. The dealership's insurance ended up covering the costs of the...

Try Dr Colorchip. I needed the black gloss for the front bumper lip, they didn't have it listed, but were able to quickly add it so I could order their product. If you can get the color, the fix is pretty easy, you just paint on some of the touchup paint, let it dry for a minute or two, then...

The Dr Colorchip the system allows you to level the paint, so yes it is very different from the touchup pens. They have a solution that you put on a rag and rub on the touched up area and it slowly dissolves the excess touchup paint away without harming your paint job. Their touchup paint is...

Paintless dent repair shouldn't be that expensive. My wife had a kid lose his balance and crater the door on our last vehicle. I think it cost around $500 and they took out not only the crater but all of the door dings. I polished the paint afterwards and you couldn't tell it was ever...

Please don't take my response wrong. My aim is to enlighten Not to demean. Maybe I didn't fully understand your intent, and I apologize if it came out wrong. I'm sure we all want things done to prevent this from ever happening again.

Actually building a home to be fire resistant would have gone a long way toward saving buildings. The problem with Pacific Palisades and Altadena is the age of the neighborhoods. This has nothing to do with perceived biases regarding who's to blame, and everything to do with homes that were...

Yeah I have a feeling the insurance companies are going to do like they did to the hurricane victims in Fl, or many other disasters; they will claim bankruptcy while paying their execs millions. I do agree though, people tend to underinsure and then get caught without enough money to rebuild...

Just because it is 240 volts does not negate the GFCI requirement. I find it interesting that you can have a circuit for an arc welder, but still be required to have GFCI protection.

If the city is wise they will mandate the building codes in the IBC related to wildland urban interfaces for any new construction. The code includes metrics for evaluating risk and measures/requirements for design and building materials that make a building resistant to catching fire based on...

Typically if the charger is hardwired it will have internal GFCI protection, but if plugged in, the receptacles or the breaker needs to be protected. GFCIs can get "trip happy" and need replacement. Keep in mind that it only takes 60 miliamps to trip the GFCI, so it doesn't take a lot of...

We know at least 6 families who lost their houses in the fires. My heart goes out to all the people who have been impacted by the fires. LA already had a housing crisis, these fires will displace thousands of households. Unfortunately this disaster will probably drive more families onto the...

I've run some type of home automation for almost 30 years, wired and configured several houses with it, and I've already been running Home Assistant for a good chunk of that time. I was working on computers and communications before networking was a thing, just in case you were going to ask...

I for one would like to gear how you do this. The idea of reducing my online profile is tops on my list.

Sure Telsa can make the steering take more or less effort to turn the wheel, but that doesn't change the fact that the 8000 lb brick won't want to respond whether going around a corner or swerving around a pot hole. You are right, they aren't the same thing, but the thing that matters is how...

Keep in mind that a 8000 lb beast isn't going to go around a corner like a 4000 lb car. Steering will be more sluggish because of the weight and you will have more sidewall give. If you wanted McLaren handling you should have bought a McLaren, not a SUV.

Interesting, I picked my Rivian up in a different state than the state I registered it in. Maybe Oregon is different in that they don't allow demo vehicle sales, but the delivery specialist had an Oregon permit so I could drive the R1T home and they knew I was registering the truck out of...

Have you checked with the local service center (Rivian) to see if they can provide you a prepurchase inspection? It might be worth the money to have your local SC examine the vehicle and run some diagnostics to test the condition of the vehicle. With the inspection, Rivian should be able to...

Ah you experienced the hangover mode, meant to clear the fog after a heavy night of adventure bar hopping.