Free toast every morning" got me lmao. Like, that's the kind of detail that makes you realize how low you've sunk when you're eating stale crackers from a 7-Eleven to survive the hostel breakfast. A fan that sounds like a lawnmower is brutal man, I once had one that rattled so bad I thought the ceiling was gonna come down on my face. And the locker thing, yeah, I've had one where the lock barely clicked and I just gave up and slept with my passport under my pillow. Honestly, after that trip I told myself I'd rather eat instant noodles for a week than deal with a hostel bunk again. That balcony and toast would've felt like a five-star palace compared to what I dealt with.

Three times the failures on constant levelers sounds like survivor bias to me, most guys who burn through coils are running hot cars with worn guides, not leveling every stop. I've logged 40k runs on a 52 floor building in Minneapolis and the only coil I swapped was after a door zone sensor went bad, which the constant stops actually caught before it got ugly. The smooth ride thing isn't just comfort either, it keeps the car from slamming into the sill plate on long runs and that's where I see real wear on the rails. I'd rather replace a $60 coil every few years than deal with a mis-leveled car that injures someone and gets me written up.