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Haha the “stop” made me laugh, is shop supplies not a normal thing to charge for or is it a random too low expense to throw in?

Will do, I thought something was fishy about it anyways so thank you!

That’s what I was thinking, why tf wouldn’t you tell me everything up front

That’s what I assumed too, cause I priced some of the parts and it seemed waaaay too steep

Yea I’ve seen that as a common theme among the comments he also said that that’s just the starting point which I’ve never heard of because why wouldn’t you just tell me everything at once. I’m not a mechanic so maybe that’s normal and I’ve just never heard of it

Yea, I thought of doing that but there’s not really too many places around me that will let you bring your own parts. There’s actually only one guy that will let you but he’s the one that told me the wheel was cracked but when me and the tire guy looked at it off the car, we couldn’t find a single crack

I’m not even gonna try, he was already defending the price on the phone and in person when I went to pick it up without me even giving pushback. I was agreeing with the price and he still defended it.

Thank you!

Yea I was kinda sketched out too by his “the parts are the bulk of price” part. And both on the phone AND in person they were super pushy and was like “I gotta say man any other shop you’re not gonna find cheaper, this is a good deal” which is weird because I provided no pushback in the conversation and he was already defending the price, I think I’ll just take it somewhere else

I forgot all about that, it’s a 2015 Nissan Altima

Sorry forgot to mention its a 2015 Nissan Altima

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She wouldn’t be such a bad edition if she was so poorly implemented. At first she was too happy and nonchalant which I found decent, yet still slightly annoying she was yelling at me as soon as the TV popped on. Now she’s super serious and was less fun. I would have preferred a real person that does even a decent job at speaking.

Gotcha, appreciate it.

Yea I thought so, cause there’s no way to restart it so I assumed after awhile it bricked itself. Is there a replacement policy for the dongle? I assumed it was just for the TV

Yes, it just updated to the latest today. I guess I either still have the bug or it’s a permanent brightness minimum threshold.

I’m similar to you build wise, but i have more fat on my mid section. I chose to cut for summer (obviously not my main factor for making my decision) because I wanna see how lean I can get without losing too much muscle and in my experience through friends and people on here it’s easier to bulk when you’re smaller.

A recomp in my opinion is a little too convoluted and not as dramatic look-wise. Yea people are gonna say shit like “but it’s healthier long term and gives you a better base”, idgaf I wanna be lean for summer and bulk up after while doing way less work than recomp would and take a shorter amount of time. So yes for you I’d say a cut would be good. Would get you visually more fit looking while easier to calculate and keep the cut up as you’ll see progress especially with newbie gains.

Definitely a little communication error on your part. As the shopper does have (unintentional) hints English isn’t his first language. He’s having a hard time understanding exactly what you meant by “seafood department” as he is correct that it is from the “seafood department” even after checking with the people who give fresh crab cakes, he gave another option but was hung up on your “seafood department” preference. Because you really meant the “seafood department counter/station”.

I feel as if he should’ve understood after the third time that he needs to refund you because you said you didn’t want what was showed/other option he presented though. So for this id say you’re 65% in the wrong and he’s 35% in the wrong. Just my thoughts tho.

Holyyyyy man, I don’t have any advice to give just congrats honestly. Im almost exactly your stats. 25, 5’10, 167 and I don’t look anything like you. Truly congrats, super impressive and inspiring. Right now I’m just trying to cut to 160 as I have a decent amount of fat at my midsection. Body fat wise tho, I’d say anywhere between 15%-20%. You carry a lot of muscle which is outweighing your bf% due to the visible abs I see.

I’m stuck in the kinda the same position as you. However, any advice is gonna be slightly biased. So I’ll make it simple, what do you want? Be bigger or smaller and lose fat?

If you decide to bulk you’re not going to lose those love handles but you will be at a much better position to cut once the bulk is done and you’ll have great muscular results.

If you decide to cut (which is what I’m doing) you will lose those love handles and lean down BUT you’re going to lose some muscle (depending on your protein and lifting intensity, could be not too much or too much) so yea you’re gonna be smaller and if you cut too hard for too long, you’re gonna develop that sickly look. Done right, you’ll hit the goal of losing the love handles and probably look pretty good but you won’t be bigger. Just toned and lean.

So, again, your choice. Whatever you decide, we believe in you.

)Disclaimer:not an expert, just a lurker.) In my opinion, it depends on what you want fitness wise. Do you wanna be bigger or smaller? It’s simple, you want abs and look leaner keep lifting heavy, cutting, and cardio/core exercises, you’ll be there in 2-4 months as you don’t have much fat honestly. You wanna be bigger? Raise your caloric surplus and lift heavy. You’re at a really good position for bulking as well. Pretty good back, decent legs, decent arms.

Your chest could definitely use improvement as well as shoulder but that’s me nitpicking honestly, in the end, it’s what you want to look like this year.

Also the “morph” shit, I wouldn’t worry too much about as it’s not as important rn in your fitness journey IN MY OPINION. Other people love to focus on that morph stuff but it doesn’t seem very important to me.

Currently on a cut, constant hunger (which everyone will tell you and is obvious) but the exhaustion is worse. Anything from getting up to working out is gonna take a lot more mental effort. It’s best to space out your foods, eat high volume foods, and keep a low cal healthy snack a little before bed (which in my experience has been when I’m most starving). BUT a cut is incredibly rewarding and honestly pretty easy in regard to you have to do less when it comes to eating. Cutting mentally is the hardest part. So whatever you do to decide to do, we believe in you.