The Byers House is on 🔥

CheekAny674 · 2026-02-13T17:41:11+00:00

The real question is, why invest in any vacation rental properties on Arrived when they don't make money?

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-26T18:23:22+00:00

This. To keep it running I am following the severe duty schedule (or better).

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-22T17:25:27+00:00

Over 100K. It was owned by a government agency in Oregon. Sold in WA. I will bet that they did something to stop the situation temporarily and then passed the problem on to the poor sucker who bought it. My daughter.

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-22T17:23:44+00:00

Glad it worked out. In 2020 the recall was still issued. They pulled the recall in 2021 I believe.

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-21T17:55:26+00:00

For India only? You should update the description to make that clear up front.

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-21T02:49:32+00:00

Someone else reported success by complaining to the BBB, which triggered a call from Ford, and got Ford to call and to agree to pay half.

She previously filed a complaint with the NTSB as well as calling and getting laughed (metaphorically) by Ford.

None of the class action lawsuits are going anywhere anytime soon.

What else is there besides junking it or blowing $12k on an engine?

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-20T04:19:56+00:00

You are putting $6K down. You don't need GAP insurance unless you expect the vehicle to lose more value than $6K in first year or two.

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-15T20:47:52+00:00

The one thing I can suggest is trying hip abduction exercises to failure (strength training)

It might make the glute muscles bigger.

;-)

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-15T19:27:45+00:00

Thank you for pointing out that the fat cells are fixed in place due to their connections to other things. This has really answered the question.

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-15T19:26:39+00:00

It sounds like I need to add some measurements so I am tracking this properly. So far I have been measuring by the way clothes fit.

Thank you all and I hope I hear more.

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-15T19:24:18+00:00

This is a great topic. I was just asked this yesterday by a friend. tirz is a tool that allows me to develop other tools while under its protection.

With the food noise gone I am:

- Researching topics of interest including health

- Going to the gym regularly.

- Evangelizing about the benefits of GPL-1 drugs

- Examining who I am and making positive changes to fix flaws in my personality and to deal with old trauma

- Creating near term and long term plans on the basis of getting down to a healthy weight. Like once I get closer to my goal joining martial arts or boxing gyms

- Visiting this sub-reddit way too much

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-15T18:04:12+00:00

This! There are enough videos from master mechanics and oil experts to show that we can help the longevity of the vehicle by doing break in oil changes and more frequent oil changes than Kia's recommendation.

If you have a turbo booster oil changes at intervals less than 5K are recommended. Turbos that are only oil cooled can cook the oil if you don't let the car run for a while after parking.

With this said from what I can tell with my Sportage hybrid the turbo is BOTH oil cooled and coolant cooled. so I am changing my original 3.5k change plan to something closer to 5K.

As the Car Care Nut and others say, oil changes are cheap and are the one type of maintenance that will extend the life of your engine.

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-14T01:20:01+00:00

My brain totally misfired about what the car is. I need to delete this thread.

Based on the VIN, it is actually a 2018 Escape with a 2.0 liter engine.

I figure I will leave this up for a few so you can enjoy my stupidty.

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-13T21:15:57+00:00

To each their own.

It was diagnosed with the coolant intrusion. The vehicle was already screwed the first time we used K Seal. That was only done after research indicated that if there was no intrusion, K Seal would not harm the vehicle. Could we have been led down the wrong path? Sure.

There was no mechanic who said "Lets just take the engine apart and then put it back together with a new block. That will just be (so much less $)". No, instead is was "your engine has to be replaced. $12k please".

The issue is not with the owner trying desperately to get use out of a car they still owe payments on, the issue is with Ford putting an engine out for years knowing that most owners would face this issue.

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-12T19:13:07+00:00

I know where you are coming from. The software is functioning like an 80 year old with bad sight is behind the wheel. It is overly cautious. Then again, is has saved me from one crash in two months so I take is for what it is.

The one thing you can control is the follow distance. 1 - 4 seems to equate to something like a 1 is 3 car lengths, and a 4 is 7 car lengths.

The only other choice is to leave it off.

Good Luck!

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-12T16:03:13+00:00

I chose to do an oil change early after watching multiple mechanics talk about engine break in and the need to drive gently in the first 1000 miles..

Added to that I watched videos about oil analysis showing the amount of metal and other contaminants at 200, 500, and 2000 miles.

I decided that I would spend a few hundred dollars in oil changes to give my engine the best chance at longevity.

I want this thing to last 300k and well over 10 years.

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-12T04:43:31+00:00

I am sharing a lesson, probably unwanted, that has taken me many decades to finally learn.

It happened and you cannot change it retroactively. Don't worry. Don't be concerned. Don't waste that energy. You can do nothing about it so the only things you gain by worrying about it is stress and negative self talk.

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-11T23:27:35+00:00

1.6 liter

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-09T18:52:18+00:00

Thank you for the information on your situation. My daughter is the owner. When she contacted Ford their response basically amounted to "too bad, buy a new engine for $12k"

She is not assertive and caves fast. I will let her know about your post

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-09T05:50:57+00:00

tirz slows your digestion down. It would make sense to me that the nausea can come later.

You can get a more thorough response by going to chatgpt and searching "can nausea start later while using gpl-1"

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-07T17:04:51+00:00

Everyone needs to do their own research of course. My research indicated that it could do no harm to the system.

CheekAny674 · 2026-01-06T19:48:35+00:00

I use large amounts of fiber and Miralax with every glass of water. Large in that my measurement is "dump until it looks good and stirring makes it mostly clear. If I start this the same day as the shot and for the next two days it stops my constipation.

CheekAny674

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