So for several months now my back hatch has stopped opening from the outside, I have to climb inside the car from the back seats and turn a lever with a #4 phillips socket on a short socket extension to open it. When I took it to the dealership for its H-oil change, they wanted like $250 to run a diagnostic to find out what was wrong. They also told me the 12V was bad, but is it that simple that I just change the 12V and "voila" problem solved? Has anyone else had issues with their back hatch not opening with the push of a button from the outside?

So how’d you store foods, shower, sleep, park, prepare your car, ect? Please list all the tips you’d like to give. Big thanks!!!

Recently I've thought of training my own Stable Diffusion model for a few specific car models just to experiment but I'm not sure how many images in my dataset I will need for decent results, and I may need help captioning it all. I also wanna ask if it will be possible to train locally on my GTX 1660 Super with 6GB VRAM or will I have to use something external? Also I need to know what is the best way of training the model and what to use as I want to have good results.

I have been having this issue in the last couple of days. When I am at a stop and I try to accelerate and the clutch is at the biting point I get this loud scraping noise coming from my clutch (not the pedal,its coming from the engine bay.) . This happens even on low RPM (1000rpm-1200rpm) and it gets worse as I give it more gas until I completely disengage my clutch (or push the clutch all the way in). It doesn't happen every time and also I am not experiencing any other problems with the clutch (such as slipping). The clutch is now at 155000 thousand miles.
I have checked out how a bad throw-out bearing sounds and this is not the sound my car makes at all.
Any thoughts?

Did a quick Google search while researching for platforms to build a dedicated track rat... the Cutlass is showing up as being a little over 2700 lbs while other G Bodies are closer to 3100... is this accurate?
My Type R is 3150 so if the starting point is 400 lbs less in a Cutlass with RWD and room for whatever engine I want... seems like a no brainer.
However, 2700lbs in an 80s American car seems too good to be true. Anyone able to confirm or deny?

Recently separated from the military and got a job offer out there for a salary 54-55k. That's not including taxes but the job seems chill but of course would require me to relocate. I want to live by myself. I also have a car note that is expensive like $800 a month (No I will not sell my catrade it in). I also plan to do the reserves which would land me $400 a month. Now that you have an idea of my financial situation do you think this job could support my lifestyle in Austin? I hear it's a little more expensive out there. Im currently in Houston.

So my fiancé let’s called him “Josh” and I have been engaged for a little over a month. We have been together for a year. The first month of the year was fine. BUT after that month I started receiving messages from my Josh’s ex let’s call her Cc. What he claimed was that he wanted to be friends withCc. Because she’s doing some trouble some stuff to her self. I told Josh it’s his ex he should let it be. A week before this Cc messaged me saying that Josh dosent love me, and wants her back. I had talk to him about this he said she was just trying to cause trouble. Fast forward a few months go by and I found out Josh has been trying to help her and her FAMILY threw this. She’s had problems for years cu**ing her self. Which I said she needs real help. Help he or I can’t give her. So this being his ex I asked him at-least 5 times to block her after her finding me on social media sending me messages about leaving him or she will hurt her self. That Josh still wants her instead of me. This has gone on for ATLEAST 8 months. I used to be in a similar boat when it came to my depression but I got better and worked on myself and didn’t come into a committed relationship till I knew I was in the right mind to do so. So I did get she was hurt but she needed real help. Following her I told Josh I don’t feel comfortable him messaging her. That she’s an Ex for a reason. A week after that she messaged a friend talking shit behind my back. Saying my Josh is cheating on me, that he’s planning to leave me. Saying I was an idiot and that my fiancé and I broke up. That the pics I posted was because I wasn’t taking the break up very well. This kind woman. “That I’m now good friends with” Let’s call her Layla. Layla messaged me giving us a heads up and told me even if she’s not true. That’s still a massive red flag so just be aware and carful. Josh then said he blocked her. “Btw Im pretty he was lied about blocking her due to some message he sent me that weren’t making sense” Fast forward after he proposed two weeks ago. A good friend of my Josh’s ex had messaged him if he was free to hang out. I had found out the day of that very friend likes my fiancé’s ex and thinks that Josh and Cc should get back together. My fiancé said that he would like to hang out. If his ex joins them then he will remind her that he’s engaged. If she’s not then he will have his friend call her to remind her. This was my EXACT message response.
Babe but that’s the thing you don’t need to tell her, there’s no reason for you to tell her. You don’t owe her that. She’s an ex. I don’t think you understand that I don’t know why. Most guys would hit the road even if he suspected their ex would be there. Instead either way your gonna see her or try to talk to her which I just don’t get or understand. I do trust you but a part of me dosent want to trust that because I don’t feel comfortable you even talking to her you don’t owe her any explanation yet your still going at means end to give her one. With all this and you taking so long to block her, still trying to be her friend at first even though she says she loves you. Points out so many red flags. I love you but for the life of me I can’t seem to understand why after all this time your still trying to talk to her. With stuff that’s none of our business only ours, family’s, and friends. This keeps happening where your ex weasels her way into our relationship. Where does it end. Or is this just a normal thing. I’m trying to be supportive especially since I don’t like to push on these things because I’m worried I’ll say something wrong then you will go quiet and act like you did when I asked about your mom. For months now I acted fine about it and asked you to please do the right thing and cut her off. She’s an ex for a reason. Yet for months you didn’t and now your saying your gonna ask this friend to call her to explain to her your taken. She knows we’re together there’s no reason to call her. The only real reason I can’t think of that has been brought up this apart of you still loves her and can’t seem to cut her off. Not because it’s impossible but because you truly don’t want to. And what hurts more is that I gotta explain this to you. How can we be in a committed relationship AND engaged if your still finding ways to interact with your ex having no reason to do so. It’s getting so stressful and I been so scared to speak up. But I’m stressed with prince, I’m exhausted because I can’t sleep, things going on with your ex and it just keeps going. I don’t think I can merry you or even consider it unless she’s completely out of the way. I feel horrible for saying that but I also feel that I shouldn’t have to even say that let alone to you. I love you, you say you choose me. But your actions compared to your ex says differently. I gotta think on everything now. I gtg.
That night I cried myself to sleep because I was torn I do love him, but it feels as if he don’t feel the same way. Or even if there’s a chance of him fixing this relationship. Am I the Asshole for for think he should cut his ex and all of his friends that are friends with Cc off.

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Less than 250 deliveries. Today pickup from McD deliver 1.5 miles away. Hotel, room 6xx. Dropped it off, took pic. In car new pickup from McD. Same order, same person. Thought odd, but whatever. Dropped it off, same place. First order still sitting there. Weird. Took pic and left.
In car customer called my cell saying I dropped it off at wrong hotel. I verified address. She checked her address. She was .5 miles away. Different street. Different hotel. I went back got both orders and took them to her.
Anyway, as a result of her incompetence entering delivery to wrong address, she didn’t get her food and said as much to DD (explains the second order). I now have 2 CVs for her failure to get her food.
Besides contacting customer service at the time, what should I have done? What would you have done?
Tia!

Hi everyone. I'm kind of freaking out right now so any advice from an actual landlord would be great. Long story short, I found this single apartment in this big building for a very good price. I checked it out and met the owner (landlord). She only owned that one apartment and wanted to rent it out to me. She was very nice and seemed very inexperienced to this whole thing.
I really liked the place and applied through her agent. Everything was fine. I gave my paperwork and all that. I was approved and signed the lease, giving my deposit and first month's rent.
I was supposed to move in on the 1st, but I was contacted by the agent a few days before and asked for more paperwork. Apparently something was wrong with one of the other approved applicants paperwork (fake documents or something) and they wanted to recheck mine (which I don't get. I already signed everything).
Long story short, the landlord was anxious and said that she wanted to wait until they cleared me again, which she said would only take a day or two. She seemed really apologetic and said she'd reimburse me for every day I wasn't in the apartment.
The only issue is that I had everything scheduled to move tomorrow. I've tried calling her since yesterday and have received no response other than "waiting on the agent". If I don't move this weekend, I'll need to wait until next weekend to move (I work during thr week and it'll be hard to move then). I also need to know if I should cancel my move tomorrow, but am holding out hope that she'll contact me.
I don't think this was a scam, or at least, I hope. I have a copy of the lease and her ID and landlord license.
Any ideas? Was I actually scammed? What can I do. Is this normal?

I've never bought a car by myself before, it's sold " as is ". I was also told a clean carfax can still have accidents or damage. I just need to get to work and school and I was planning on putting $5000 down. I have some savings if I need repairs soon, this dealership does have some sketchy reviews about cars breaking down the day of or in the same week .

Baby's due in 2 months and I'd like to buy a car seat soon, but I feel completely out of my depths here. What features should I look for? What worked for you?
For context we're first time parents and don't have a car, though my parents have a small SUV we'll use occasionally. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated 💜

Hello, guys!
I just rented a flat on AirBnB that has 2 bedrooms, one with a double bed and another with two single beds. It is in Portimão, and 10 minutes by car from the festival. Total costed 300€. If anyone is interested in sharing the flat send me a DM, we can share it 50/50.
If you need any type of proof I’ll provide and we can also do it through PayPal goods and services for extra protection from your side.
About me: * Male * 26 * Software Engineer * Love Amapiano * Anime fan

Preface: I am one of those people who spend way to much time obsessing and stressing over details, and will buy every product under the sun to get the “perfect result”; and it’s still a work in progress three months later…
I’m in my late late 30’s and took a job about 1,200 miles away from where I was last living. I’ve moved a lot, my work tends to have me move every few years so it’s nice to get a fresh start, but this time living in a major city, I was going to start all over with a new look.
First week in, I made an appointment with the best hair system place in the area, I figured it would sent me back $2,000 or more, so was shocked when it was a mere $500… then I found out why.
Most places that offer hair system treatments and service rely on you coming back every few weeks. They sell you not the best product (I was able to find the one I bought sells for $160), and it’s around $200-$300 per visit until it’s time for a new unit. You are in and out quickly, or waiting hours because they’re overbooked.
I went to three place, have tried eight hair systems and have every glue, tape and adhesive on the market under my sink.
So me, it changed my life. I wasn’t in bad shape but I was definitely overweight. In the last 15 weeks I’ve worked out, changed my diet and in much better shape. I have hair, and not just hair but a trendy man bun.
My life is split into equal parts of amazing and horribly annoying/frustrating.
The amazing part is, I’ve gotten with women that would normally brush me off, so much so, I’ve now found why so many guys are toxic to these girls because when you have the “complete package” it makes them want you more lol.
The annoying & frustrating side… I spend about 30-90 minutes a day screwing with my hair system. I’ve spent over $500 per month in supplies and about $1,000 at the salon (I’ll explain why), and not being a morning person, nor organized, and even a bit lazy; this is a CHALLENGE!!!
First to fit the roll of this new guy in town, I had to delete old social media pictures of myself where you could see my hair. Luckily being almost bald and extremely thin hair, I was always wearing a hat. Why? Because everyone checks your past! Not just women, guys too, especially the haters who will call you out anytime they get a chance and trust me, it will happen.
I’m always late, so now trying to fix my hair on top of it, makes things worse. I add an hour to whenever I need to leave because there is always something going on with this dang thing - I have psoriasis so my skin is oily and breaks down tape and glue.
I took a small thing of “eye lash glue” and emptied out the container, filled it with hair system adhesive and cram it into a Chapstick container I hollowed out. I was using an empty e-cig which was great for three weeks until I went to a club and they made me throw it out.
I’ve had to create a “fake drawer” in my bathroom to hide my supplies. Women talk, and they do a lot, so once one finds out word will spread. Which btw annoys me as almost everyone woman has extensions, wears makeup, and much more… double standards from a gender who are always claiming equality, but that’s my rant.
Here are some things I’ve found useful and advice:
Know your story - if you all the sudden have hair people will be shocked. If you’re going to reinvent yourself, make sure you have a good story and go back through pictures to make certain there’s no loopholes. Trust me, there’s a lot of envious people who get joy from ruining your life so this is crucial.
Find a good hair stylist - one tip, book a double appointment. Tell them you’ll pay for two spots, because their income depends on clients in and out. If you’re willing to pay, they will take their time. I’ve seen some really bad systems on people, it’s very noticeable
Befriend your stylist - it took me almost two months but I found someone I can trust. I’ve paid them very well and also go outside of town, just to ease any chance a mutual friend will come by or the stylist discusses my business
Spend the money - don’t buy something cheap, you’ll find out why really quick. Don’t be afraid to try a few different looks. Remember, you’re spending $200-$600 per hair system over $5,000 to $30,000 in transplant costs
Things to buy: Eyeliner pencil that’s the same color as your skin so you know where to apply the glue. Very sharp scissors. An “emergency kit” with glue, alcohol wipes, etc. Quality “glue” brushes that are cut at an angle. Stock up on glue and adhesive, it’s not expensive but have one month on hold. Lace cleaner, especially for the front. Mannequin head for cleaning and holding your piece. Quality adhesive remover. Good quality blow dryer with low to no heat option. Tangle free brushes. Combs with the metal ends to push down lace. Close up mirror, Mirror that has folding sides so you can see the sides and back of your head. Dye free headbands to use when sweating or sleeping. Silk/satin hair cover for sleeping. Silk pillow cases.
I’m sure there’s a few others, but hoping this helps someone. Yeah I know it’s a long post but I’m sitting at the terminal and bored.
Lastly, and most importantly - PLAN AHEAD!!
There’s to many stories of guys having their system fall off, it coming detached, to a s/o finding out. You can’t just toss this thing on your head and not change other aspects of your life.
I have a bunch of hats in various locations from my car, laptop bag, office, etc. I’ve even bought some while out because of weather conditions.
Don’t be afraid to say “no”. If you don’t like the way your stylist does your hair or the way it looks, speak up! Don’t try and mess with it yourself, pay the money and you’ll see results

I’m the oldest of three children. My mom baby-trapped my dad and my dad “did the right thing” and married her before I was born. My mom told me growing up how much she hated my dad and what an a-hole he was. My dad checked out of literally everything and worked double shifts and drank. He was rarely ever present. My parents had two more children, a boy who is the golden child and can do no wrong, and another girl who is “the baby” and mooches off of whomever she has the best shot at making feel sorry for her. My mom always told me things growing up like “you’re the reason I married your dad” and “if I hadn’t had you I could’ve gone to college” I know that her choices are hers alone and not my fault, but they still left lasting damage to 13 year old me. I left home at 16, started working at 14, I have 4 kids and I’m divorced and I have built up a life for myself that I am SO proud of. Sometimes I still talk to my parents, but they always make me hate my siblings because their attention is always focused on one of my sibs. Sister doesn’t have a job and lives rent free with my mom, while my mom is raising my sisters two children and mom is always complaining about what a loser she is. This morning my mom offered me a kitten and I said I would let her know later today, so I texted my mom and said I would take the kitten. Mom texted me back and said sorry but the kitten is spoken for and that my sister wanted it. I got really pissed off and hurt that yet again my children and I don’t mean squat to any of these people. She got mine and my kids hopes up, only to shoot it down because my sister who can’t even provide for her own children “wants a kitten”
I’m in therapy, but even with therapy it just never gets any better or easier to be the unwanted child.

Title says it all, was wondering if I could get some input from the community as to what to do next.
This afternoon a neighbour told me the passenger side door of my car was slightly ajar. Thought maybe my son didn’t close it when he got out last night
Went to inspect but I noticed the rear seat (that lets you into the boot) had been pulled down and the car and items were missing
Thankfully nothing of great value, prescription ray bans, a mag light torch, the usb cable that connects to the CarPlay unit, they emptied the glove compartment of air fresheners, spare bulbs, and my insurance cover note, they even took chamois cloths and leather wipes from the driver side door sill and emptied the wee compartment where I keep coins for toll booths etc probably a couple of quid, they even took a used vape lol.
The car was definitely locked, and it has a function where it locks automatically after 5 minutes if parked up. It’s a Golf GTI.
Here’s the clinker: I have cctv (google nest) but my subscription ran out on Thursday and I didn’t get around to renewing it -you can imagine my anger and regret. I have obviously renewed it and I reached out to google to see if they could pull any footage from the cloud via what’s called their “takeout” service. But they said it’s unlikely there will be anything recorded as my subscription was not active
The perpetrators must have used an electronic drive to gain entry, i assume this as the boot was still locked hence why they tried to gain entry to the boot via the back seat. I know about devices like the flipper zero that thieves have been using to gain entry to cars and buildings.
What should I do? Do I tell my insurer? Call the cops? I fear they may feel the incident too benign.
Absolutely disgusted.
Most of all I would like my prescription sunglasses back 😢
Thanks folks

Hello everyone,
I’m not sure if this is the right audience to address my concerns but I assume this would be the only group that may understand my ‘dilemma’. I’m currently an M1 at a well-regarded program attending school on pretty much a full ride. Despite a few things I hate about my school and the city I live in I have pretty much all the necessities I need as a student to succeed. I’ve got a nice apartment, fairly good friends, and I’ve been doing research in a competitive field with some success so far. That said, all joy I once had for attending medical school and being a physician has left me slowly by slowly throughout the year and I find myself constantly depressed, traumatized by the path it took to get here, and frequently having suicidal ideations or thoughts of a very much welcomed untimely death at my young age (e.g. getting mugged, car crash, terminal illness). I know there are a combination of factors that are contributing to how I feel right now but mainly I can sum them up to hating the person I had to create to bring me to this point of perceived “success”. I say this not to brag by any means – but I was fortunate to be accepted to multiple medical schools and have multiple enticing scholarship options before choosing this school. I should be happy about that – but even before I matriculated to medical school, I had frequent thoughts of wishing I would die before I matriculated because at least I could let go of the expectations from friends, family, and the world that keeps telling me to “push on” through things that I feel like are taking more away from me than are contributing to me. I miss the days before I started my pre-med journey when the simplest things in life would satisfy me. I didn’t care about the weather - I liked clouds, I liked rain, I liked sun, I liked warmth, I liked cold. Now where I live the climate is so awfully different from my home, I’m convinced I cannot take it anymore and need to get away. I used to not think much of where live, if I have a quiet place to study and read books/play video games. Now my family cannot keep commenting on how shitty the city I live in is (compared to others I could have lived in), and frankly I’ve started to agree with them (which is unfortunate considering I’m supposedly stuck here for another 3 years). The path to medical school has taken so much of who I am away all to build this persona of a perfect medical student and future physician who I’m not even sure I want to be anymore. Everything is "high expectations" (whatever the fuck that means), everything is comparison. It seems like the payout for all of my suffering is a nice home, a car, and a steady job with trips to the country club every now and then. Maybe nice toys like watches and vacations in between an awful work schedule, working in a soul-crushing environment of meaningless paperwork and illness. I’ve sold my soul to replace everything I’ve lost with material things being my only solace in the future because my spirit is dead and the journey has never brought me any joy since undergrad. I have lost the false sense of fulfillment for taking care of patients because I feel like they can be taken care of by someone else who enjoys this field more and doesn’t feel like they died inside to achieve their goal of being a physician. Frankly speaking – I feel like whether I become a doctor or not will not really do anything for the world, it certainly is not doing anything for me except making me a worse person by the day. Sometimes in life, less is so much more and I often wake up wishing I never succeeded so much to get here in the first place. I don't want to be on this pedestal anymore because it was all a lie and I am not better off because of any of this.
I can barely focus on my studies anymore as I feel like I am on a speeding train headed for wall with me in the conductor’s booth. I don’t feel connected to my friends or family. I used to love writing but have given that up all together, because it resurfaces feelings I am not sure I can handle about my past and the decisions I've made. I am constantly thinking about death because I don’t want to mindlessly jump through hoops anymore to achieve goals that only leave me feeling like a shell. I don’t care about research (which I used to love). I hate to say it, but I find my empathy for others lacking when I care barely get out of bed or even get out of my own head to stop thinking about this horrific person I’ve become. Perhaps I am ungrateful, but the funny thing is being ungrateful is the only way I made it this far. One year out from STEP 1, I’m not even sure if I can muster the concentration to study and perform well on it because I can barely get out of bed in the morning. I am just constantly exhausted by the weight of the world. I feel like if I fail then I’m going to kill myself if not physically than spiritually even though I already feel dead inside. I spend every day looking at educational paths in life I wish I pursued rather than medicine. However, I come from an immigrant family that will essentially never let me live down the fact that I left a massive medical scholarship to make less than 80k a year in graduate school or as a professor. At this point I feel like I have two options:
- Accept that the old me is dead and is never coming back and continue pursuing forward as a shell of my former self. This would satisfy those around me and society, but I am almost certain I won’t be the same.
- Take a chance to find meaning in life once again and potentially finding joy in less. Switch to graduate school and be content.
With the way I feel right now I don’t think a person like me belongs in medical school or really should be here in the first place. Weakness gets eaten alive here and I’m so broken down I don’t care enough to fight back anymore. My ambitions now are completely fake. Hiding from the fact that I don’t want to be here and I am frankly tired with life and unexcited for the future. Should I stop before it gets worse? Or is that not even an option at this point?

So I will be homeless for the next two weeks. I have never been in this situation. I can deal with it fine but I have an old blind basset hound. I start work on Monday. But I have nowhere to leave her but in my car while I work. Can someone please watch her while I work and I'll pick her up and drop her off. My only other option is to euthanize her tomorrow if I cant make a plan. She's still healthy and happy and I'd never be able to forgive myself.
It's just me and her. I had a contract go wrong and I was basically stuck here. I have had trouble finding work but I finally did. But I ran out of money for the hotel. I get paid on the 15th and will happily pay what I can for your help.

My brother in law rented a 1bhk flat in pune on heavy deposit for 10 lacs, the owner bought the flat on bank loan and loan EMI is still going on, after a year the owner died. His sons and wife are not giving him his deposit back, saying they don't have the money to give his deposit neither they are paying the loan EMI, Bank people are harrassing my brother in law, they are saying that they will put a lock on the flat if my brother in law leave the house empty for sometime, they always come unannounced and the owner sons are hooligans, they are not ready to give any money and they even given a threat to my brother in law, that they will beat him if he file a complain in police station. Is there any way he can get his deposit money back?