Totally agree, the fear is way overblown with good management.

Frozen corn on nachos is a crime.

Yeah, six months seems smart. What kind of tolerance do you aim for when you check yours? Like, how much drift is your cutoff before you get it fixed?

Honestly that sounds like a win all around. I mean, getting that much reading time back is huge, and saving the emissions is a real bonus. I've started taking the train for some regional meetings and it's the same deal, way less stressful than driving. Makes the trip feel almost productive instead of just wasted time.

That sounds like a great way to waste time to me. If you know what you hate, you already know what you like, so just start there. All that ugly noise just gives you more bad ideas to sort through later. I've seen people get so stuck on the "wrong" path they can't find their way back to a good one. It's cleaner to look at good examples and figure out why they work.