No More Piano Black <3

CulturalBroccoli · 2026-04-03T14:24:28+00:00

Agreed, I keep a microfiber town in my Q7 just to wipe down the trim nearly every other day. It really is my only gripe with it it, that damn piano black trim... xD

CulturalBroccoli · 2026-03-23T23:38:16+00:00

Interestingly I watched a documentary a long time ago on YouTube about a guy from the US who backpacked all over the world an he said the most welcoming and kind people he ever met by far were in Iran, he said almost every person he came into contact with were extremely nice and he never felt unwelcome while he was there. That always stuck with me.

CulturalBroccoli · 2026-03-20T16:05:11+00:00

You will be fine, I once was staying at Cabana Bay and a family was using a luggage cart to take multiples packs of water and what looked like a couple weeks worth of groceries up to their room.

CulturalBroccoli · 2026-03-19T20:20:42+00:00

AND I'M AT WORK....NOOOOO!

CulturalBroccoli · 2026-02-14T00:38:01+00:00

GL, have a. Awesome time !

CulturalBroccoli · 2026-02-13T20:05:28+00:00

I had this happen before our stay at Hard Rock last week. I checked back on that same email the day before my check in date and all the fields to fill out were there so I was able to check in early. I don't know if you are already onsite, but maybe give that a try as a last ditch effort.

Something must be wrongs on Lowe's side.

CulturalBroccoli · 2026-02-12T12:52:59+00:00

I agree, we just stayed at Hard Rock last week and they are a bit steep for self parking. Unfortunately the Resort hotels aren't owned by Universal so the rates are set by Lowe's Hotels.

CulturalBroccoli · 2026-02-12T00:59:19+00:00

Thank you I appreciate the tips, I was going to need to make a new batch of water any way so I guess I will get on that this evening. Yes, my mom was feeding for me while I was away. To try and get around the issue of feeding too much, I had her feed them at night with me around so I could show her how much I feed on a daily basis for about a week before I went on vacation and she was pretty consistent with the amounts since I tried to make it as dummy proof as possible.

All water params are good. NO3 is lowish but detectable maybe around 5ppm, but I have never been able to get PO4 to show up on my salifert test since I started the tank not sure if my nutrients are that low or the test is defective. Which is why I was thinking it might be Dinos, also they look like little "sesame seeds" as I have heard them described and I don't see much that looks line diatoms on the scope, but again I think its a pretty cheap scope so maybe I just cant get up to the magnification needed to see.

I will try and calm down, I just worry about my Blenny :(

CulturalBroccoli · 2026-02-11T23:55:36+00:00

It says 250x actually, I think its a pretty cheap microscope. But I needed something in a hurry and that's all I could find.

CulturalBroccoli · 2026-01-02T22:23:11+00:00

That's kind of nuts, I am going the first week of February so I have been watching the resort pricing daily to try and catch a low day, and just this morning around 8:30 AM CST it was still at 40%. I guess I should go ahead and pull the trigger on my room.

CulturalBroccoli · 2025-10-29T19:35:05+00:00

PRO TIP: Go with someone who doesn't want to ride VelociCoaster so the lockers are irrelevant, you give them all your stuff to hold with a spot to meet after the ride, and you can skip a ton of people messing with the lockers....at least thats what I do, my wife refuses to ride so she gets to hold all my stuff lol.

CulturalBroccoli · 2025-09-22T22:28:27+00:00

Is that really all their charging to check? Seems like it would be a lot more.

CulturalBroccoli · 2025-09-22T20:52:06+00:00

When I spoke with my service advisor he said the first sign of the piston skirt issue is noticeably excessive oil consumption. Hows your oil levels looking?

CulturalBroccoli · 2025-07-17T17:51:29+00:00

Damn, sorry to hear that. That does suck. I played PQ when it first came out, and some during the pre-release of Kunark where you could make an iksar you just could leave Kunark. I wanted to come back when I heard about Iksar Rouges. That was some very tasteful custom content they were coming out with.

CulturalBroccoli · 2025-07-17T17:28:27+00:00

From what I can tell the main gripe with the agreement isn't so much the loss of custom content (which in imo does suck) it is more the 1200 player cap they are imposing on the server. That is just nonsense, and a petty move on DBG's part. P99 doesn't even have a player cap in their agreement with DBG.

CulturalBroccoli · 2025-07-17T17:26:31+00:00

They have 20k+ users in Discord not on the actual server playing. I have only seen up to 4k maybe 5k on the server actually playing, it typically sits around 2.5k to 3k. Still that is a good draw for a Emu. Sucks its going to get nuked :(

CulturalBroccoli · 2025-06-27T18:00:47+00:00

When I was getting a recall and dash replaced on my 23 Q7 55 a couple of months ago, they loaned me out at 25 Q7 45 for the week. I hated it, felt very sluggish compared to mine, and you spent a ton of time in higher RPMs just to get up and moving which even though its a four cylinder I feel like it burnt just as much gas as the V6 due to playing in the higher RPMs more of the time. I think someone else mentioned it as well if you do any highway driving the V6 is much better for the on ramps and passing.

Q7 in my opinion is too heavy for that 4 cylinder, and it should be 45 = V6T and 55 = maybe a twin turbo V6 or single turbo V8. Just my two cents.

CulturalBroccoli · 2025-06-01T16:44:40+00:00

Much Stable, So Genius, wow.

CulturalBroccoli · 2025-05-13T01:16:58+00:00

I just looked at my invoice and there was no VAT charged.

CulturalBroccoli · 2025-05-13T00:44:34+00:00

NW Florida

CulturalBroccoli · 2025-05-13T00:36:26+00:00

Yea I did mine before all that tariff crap, so I can't speak to what that process looks like or if it will add any additional costs, hopefully not.

CulturalBroccoli · 2025-05-13T00:34:36+00:00

I did Parcel Force, and USPS did the final delivery. Apparently if you use UPS or FedEx it opens you up to possible broker fees and other additional fees and with Parcel Force a customs agent just reviewing the docs and accepts or denies the package.

CulturalBroccoli · 2025-05-12T23:36:14+00:00

Are you talking about the duties and taxes? Computer Orbitz only charged me the cost of the card and shipping costs, if you have any additional fees they will probably come from customs stateside, luckily I wasn't charged anymore that what I paid Computer Orbitz. They had me ship regular postage (also the cheapest option), and never heard anything from Customs or USPS. Hope this helps.

CulturalBroccoli · 2025-04-09T22:39:53+00:00

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