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[sabad66]

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Similar spec to this image, 2020 Macan S for the wife.
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beautiful!!!!!

[BerserkerCatSplat]

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That is cool!

So we finally have someone local that can somewhat match Rays/Volk Bronze!

Shoot, missed your post somehow. It's not quite an exact match for the regular Volk bronze, it's a slightly deeper shade but highly metallic so it looks lighter in direct light. Very close to the Volk Bronze Almite.

[finboy]

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Picked up a 3/8" stubby impact wrench for the wheels.



Most of my sockets are 1/2" so I'll have to order another set of deep sockets haha.

That’s why I bought the 1/2” model, and got the 3/8” ratchet for lighter use. The upside of the Milwaukee is that you can use it to put the lug nuts back on with the low setting that stops at 10 ft/lbs, then finish it off with a torque wrench.

[ercchry]

Hue’d the main floor (which required a couple new fixtures too)... pretty fun, probably going to do the rest of the house now

[firebane]

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Hue’d the main floor (which required a couple new fixtures too)... pretty fun, probably going to do the rest of the house now

Could never justify the cost of hue bulbs and the whole hub needed to make them work. I picked up a few Lifx bulbs and they work flawlessy, require no hub and just work over wifi.

[kJUMP]

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Similar spec to this image, 2020 Macan S for the wife.
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nice man! already took delivery? i have a rhodium silver on red GTS. she won't be disappointed.

[Kijho]

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I picked up a few Lifx bulbs and they work flawlessy, require no hub and just work over wifi.

But the price of the Lifx are $25. ea. - That doesn't make sense when you can buy 4x Hue White's + Hub for $64 in the kit. If you're only buy 1 bulb it would make sense, but if you want 4 bulbs, the Hue is cheaper.

I demo'd both the Lifx and Hue's, and found the overall interface especially with Google Home way smoother on the Hue's. I have the kitchen / living room lamps / bedroom lights/ all Hue's + a Google Mini on each floor and it's been a good investment particularly for timer modes / lights come on when I'm arriving home / having lights turn on if I'm away on vacation / and dimming the lights to come on slowly in the mornings when waking up. I also like the feature 'OK Google, turn the kitchen to 100%' while I'm cooking, and then 'OK Google, turns all the lights to movie night' and they all dim down to 10%.

[firebane]

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But the price of the Lifx are $25. ea. - That doesn't make sense when you can buy 4x Hue White's + Hub for $64 in the kit. If you're only buy 1 bulb it would make sense, but if you want 4 bulbs, the Hue is cheaper.

I demo'd both the Lifx and Hue's, and found the overall interface especially with Google Home way smoother on the Hue's. I have the kitchen / living room lamps / bedroom lights/ all Hue's + a Google Mini on each floor and it's been a good investment particularly for timer modes / lights come on when I'm arriving home / having lights turn on if I'm away on vacation / and dimming the lights to come on slowly in the mornings when waking up. I also like the feature 'OK Google, turn the kitchen to 100%' while I'm cooking, and then 'OK Google, turns all the lights to movie night' and they all dim down to 10%.

I don't use home automation with things such as Google.. I'm not a privacy nut but unless I have properly setup secure network home automation stays out. Hue bulbs are also on average double the cost of Lifx bulbs and with discounts you get for buying into Lifx its even cheaper.

[schocker]

The lifx bulbs are definitely more than hue (Need the hub though which is always cheap in kits). hue is white/ambiant/color $20/40/60, lifx white mini/mini color/normal color $25/55/75. Also nice to keep all the light bulbs off of wifi.

[R-Audi]

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Just put those my ram 3500 and can say they are very good in snow and on ice. They are a very firm tire though, I've dropped the tire pressure down 15 psi so far and the truck is still a bit harsh. We'll have to see how they wear though.

What pressure are you at now? I was hoping they wouldnt be as harsh as other E rated tires because they were only 2 Ply.. I wont be able to mount them until the end of the month so heres to hoping they arent too bad.

[03ozwhip]

Thanks @Justing always a pleasure to deal with!

[spikerS]

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Thanks @Justing always a pleasure to deal with!

beautiful!

[Jlude]

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nice man! already took delivery? i have a rhodium silver on red GTS. she won't be disappointed.

Nice - ours is Dolomite Silver Metallic on black. I haven't driven it yet, she test drove it. Delivers in December.

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beautiful!!!!!

Thanks - it's nice.

[ercchry]

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But the price of the Lifx are $25. ea. - That doesn't make sense when you can buy 4x Hue White's + Hub for $64 in the kit. If you're only buy 1 bulb it would make sense, but if you want 4 bulbs, the Hue is cheaper.

I demo'd both the Lifx and Hue's, and found the overall interface especially with Google Home way smoother on the Hue's. I have the kitchen / living room lamps / bedroom lights/ all Hue's + a Google Mini on each floor and it's been a good investment particularly for timer modes / lights come on when I'm arriving home / having lights turn on if I'm away on vacation / and dimming the lights to come on slowly in the mornings when waking up. I also like the feature 'OK Google, turn the kitchen to 100%' while I'm cooking, and then 'OK Google, turns all the lights to movie night' and they all dim down to 10%.

Yeah, I mean I still need a couple more on the main floor... but already at 14 bulbs. The wifi load would be aggressive by the time I’m done

[schurchill39]

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Been wanting one of these for a while, pulled the trigger since they're on sale and I stacked the BB&B 20% off on top.
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I bought the wife one about a month back because its all I have heard about since last Christmas. She absolutely loves it and makes 2-4 meals a week in it that turn out alright. I honestly do not see what makes it so special and think we got taken by another fad. That being said, I'm also a grumpy old man so maybe I am missing something besides money from my wallet.

[killramos]

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Yeah, I mean I still need a couple more on the main floor... but already at 14 bulbs. The wifi load would be aggressive by the time I’m done

If you are running tons of bulbs for pot lights etc you should really consider switches like Lutrons.

I just switched out like 40 pot lights in my house to LED, but that’s only over 6 or 7 switches.

[rage2]

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Yeah, I mean I still need a couple more on the main floor... but already at 14 bulbs. The wifi load would be aggressive by the time I’m done

Only the Hue hub runs on wifi. The lights communicate over ZigBee to the hub. Home automation adds nothing to wifi load. Cameras OTOH...

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If you are running tons of bulbs for pot lights etc you should really consider switches like Lutrons.

I just switched out like 40 pot lights in my house to LED, but that’s only over 6 or 7 switches.

This is the right answer. Way cheaper this way. I only have 1 room on Hue, mainly because kids and color lights.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

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If you are running tons of bulbs for pot lights etc you should really consider switches like Lutrons.

I just switched out like 40 pot lights in my house to LED, but that’s only over 6 or 7 switches.

So much this. Unless you really want the colour control, wifi switches are a far more cost-effective route.

[ExtraSlow]

My house has around 100 light bulbs. It makes no sense to start putting individual wifi bulbs everywhere.

[schocker]

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If you are running tons of bulbs for pot lights etc you should really consider switches like Lutrons.

I just switched out like 40 pot lights in my house to LED, but that’s only over 6 or 7 switches.

Smartthings is also now officially here so you can run zigbee and z-wave devices and keep them off wifi. I have the hub but haven't bought any switches yet, just a few samsung sensors.

Has anyone ran hue color bulbs outdoors, my fixtures are open in the bottom so don't want the winter to sewer these $$$ bulbs.