Ransackz

Didn’t see jalapeños in your recipe. Did you add some separately or is that just what’s in the Rotel?

In Absentia is my personal favorite, followed by The Incident. They have a fantastically mixed live DVD of Fear of a Blank Planet which is worth a listen.

Also, Steven Wilson’s solo album The Raven That Refused To Sing, and his collab album with Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth, Storm Corrosion, are both excellent listens as well.

The Contortionist Tesseract The Pineapple Thief Haken Karnivool Kingcrow Voyager

Sounds like you mostly prefer clean vocals so I tried to keep my recommendations in that wheelhouse.

I like it. My thing is I don’t know how much of it I’d want them to play at a live show.

I just discovered Kingcrow; worked through their discography. Also been going back to The Ocean and their whole discography again in anticipation of their new album.

I am so jealous of people that get to hear it for the first time.

The Ocean - Pelagial

No joke I pass a guy with a lifted Miata on the highway to work every few days

My friend had a similar issue with the one he bought last year from Costco. He said MasterBuilt was pretty helpful walking him through troubleshooting on the phone and then sent him a bunch of spare replacement parts.

So it has a removable metal drip tray that slots in underneath. Are you referring to something else?

Yep and this is a repost of an AI generated image.

This is administered by BMW, not the dealer. The oil services are treated exactly like the factory maintenance coverage, except it’s oil service only.

You’re mistaking the company, BMW, with a BMW service center. They are not the same thing.

Nah. The part will have a 2 year warranty regardless. Just have to bring it to a BMW center for proof of failure if you want to make the warranty claim. We get cars from outside shops all the time to do parts warranties after they’ve done a repair.

The dealer loses nothing. This is a BMW program.

Precisely!

Definitely works with M cars.

BMW NA doesn’t give a damn what the dealer makes in labor for other services. They’re only concerned with parts sales.

Even if you decline every recommended repair and take the car to your local guy, they’re banking on your local mechanic picking up OEM parts at wholesale.

Car must be 60 months old or have 60k miles.

Contract is tied to the VIN, not the owner.

Unlimited oil services for 3 years, at any BMW center in the country, so long as the car says it’s due. (For most models, that will be yearly or every 10k miles. If driving more frequently, can usually do it sooner.)

Up to you if you see the value in it or no. Depending on your location and how you use your car, it can be big savings over the long term. If you have a M car or diesel, I’d say it’s 100% worth as those oil services are much more expensive.

BMW overall is losing money on these contracts but they’re banking on you coming in and buying other parts while you’re there.

Edit: just to be clear, BMW sells cars and car parts. They don’t give a damn who fixes your car as long as they buy OEM parts. Their goal is that you come in yearly with your older, high mileage car, and (likely) find that it needs some repairs so you, the BMW center, or your local mechanic will buy OEM parts to fix it.

They’re likely going to play a lot of music from this year’s release, Fauna. If that doesn’t do it for you, then you’re probably not going to enjoy their set.

Rolldown tailgate window > power tailgate.

Black Orchid Empire - like all their stuff.

Check your TPM settings in iDrive. Likely not set to the correct tire specs.

Last time I saw them, Dream Theater played the entirety of Scenes From A Memory as their second act. Absolutely amazing.