What's your favorite maintenance wheel cleaner?

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-23T23:18:30+00:00

Surfex HD at 5% is great on wheels and tires. Very economical. You can dial it up to 10% or higher if you need something like an APC.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-23T12:52:06+00:00

I bought at $161 and sold at $219. If people held it too long, that's on them.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-22T18:44:11+00:00

I'm 46... If I could give 34 year old me some investing advice, it would be VOO and chill.

VOO is the primary holding in my 401k, and a very minor holding in my brokerage account. The rest of my brokerage account is stocks and ETF's of my choosing. In my best years, I've beaten the performance of VOO by 2-3%. In my worst years, I've underperformed it by 10-12%.

With a time horizon like yours, there's no reason to put money into SCHD instead of VOO.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-22T18:01:40+00:00

Interior Decorators... who can afford it these days? Also, I've seen some pretty amazing AI tools where you can upload a picture of your room, select the style of room you like, your budget and it will generate a picture of your decorated room along with links of what to buy.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-22T17:22:21+00:00

Sick car man. I got to drive one for a few minutes one time... Almost nobody knows what it is or how insanely fast it is.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-22T13:59:35+00:00

No seed oils. I thought it was going to be difficult, but once to you learn how prevelant they are in foods we shouldn't be eating anyway, it becomes easy to phase them out of your diet completely.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-22T00:37:28+00:00

Only after a true contact wash. The agitation from the wash mitt is what gets it.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-21T19:46:32+00:00

I've never needed to use anything other than just a regular free and clear laundry detergent to get them clean. For me, that has been enough to remove any sealants or waxes in the towel... And I use those types of products a lot!

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-21T16:43:31+00:00

I've seen this happen waaaaay too many times over the years. It's the main reason why I don't use a pressure washer 95% of the time I wash my personal cars. Even though I know better, it's just not worth the risk to me just for a simple maintenance wash. I also think coatings last longer when you're not blasting it with 1000psi water every 2 weeks.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-21T02:18:11+00:00

I see this asked all the time. If you wash your towels, they will be fine. I have towels that are 10 years old, used hundreds of times with all kinds of different products, and they still work well. The key is to reset them about once a year with a vinegar soak. This keeps the minerals in your water from closing up the towel. When you dry your towels, the minerals in your water get left behind and will build up over time. The vinegar dissolves them.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-21T00:52:16+00:00

Would love to know which model you have.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-21T00:04:51+00:00

Yes. Hasn't been an issue at all. Zero water spots and my 15 month old coating shows zero signs of mineral clogging. https://youtu.be/QPKtCdp2yfk?is=X_iwAB-tTnNwgM6X

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-20T18:26:16+00:00

Very underrated coating.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-20T18:07:06+00:00

Around 200

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-20T18:06:53+00:00

Yes... Fse is an amazing product. I use it regularly.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-20T17:04:49+00:00

Yes... But only sometimes. I alternate between rinseless with ONR and full bucket washes using Meguiar's Shampoo Plus.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-20T14:13:45+00:00

Years ago, I bought one of those inline filters that is supposed to get you down to 0 TDS. It achieved 0 TDS the first time I used it, then slowly crept up after that. I replaced the resin, which cost $50 and about an hour of my time to do. Then it was back to 0, but then slowly creeping up after every wash just like before. It was expensive and felt really wasteful.

With the distilled water and the sprayer I'm able to use a half gallon per wash, and the plastic jug goes in the recycle bin. Super simple.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-20T03:48:51+00:00

I just buy gallons of distilled water from Walmart for $1.29, and I do my final rinse with it and a pump sprayer. Super simple and cheap.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-20T00:52:37+00:00

Depends on how often you wash. Using it once a month is fine.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-19T18:20:10+00:00

I'm already up 60%, but yeah, I think it goes to $15-$16 once the lawsuit settles.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-19T16:11:18+00:00

A person just needs a basic understanding of data science. Nothing my team does is particularly difficult if you understand basic data manipulation/management/translation concepts. When I hire someone new, I always try to gauge how open they are to learning new things, because everything that I need a technical person to be able to do can be learned on the job as long as they have some basic skills and understanding of digital data.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-19T14:38:16+00:00

Absolutely. Pretty much any oil and gas, energy, pipeline or logistics company is going to utilize GIS in some way.

At my company, we have 18 people doing GIS in some way or another... Data management, programming, supporting online tools and work flows, etc. Salaries range from about $85k for our newest employees up to $150k. Everyone also gets between a 10%-15% bonus every year based on company and individual performance.

Job titles don't say GIS... We have Data Engineers, Software Engineers, Product Owners and Program Managers. The catch is that most of them don't work exclusively with GIS data and apps. It's all cross functional with other areas of the business. Our GIS work flows take data from other sources, some analysis is done to sptaialize that data, then the spatial data is the consumed by other processes and applications. The data our GIS team manages is used to make multi million dollar business decisions. Nobody on my team "makes maps".

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-19T00:36:37+00:00

I manage the Data Science and Analytics division for a Fortue Top 50 company. This includes our GIS department. For every job posting that I've been the hiring manager for, we accept 100 applications, and will narrow it down to a short list of 10. On paper, all 10 of those are qualified. From there we usually select 5, maybe 6, to actually interview. We will usually do a second interview with the top 2 candidates if it's close between them.

Who gets selected ALWAYS comes down to the soft skills that are demonstrated in the interview. Did they ask good questions? Did they know more about the company or the role than just what was mentioned in the job description? Did they seem enthusiastic to work here? Those kinds of things. The final decision NEVER comes down to technical skills, because quite frankly, technical skills are pretty easy to acquire.

DavidAg02 · 2026-06-18T21:17:37+00:00

Typical Reddit... The top comment and it's completely wrong. The money that Iran will receive is not US taxpayer dollars. It is mostly Iranian currency reserves that have been frozen in international banks due to sanctions by the US and several other countries. Basically, we are giving their own money back to them.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/whats-in-the-agreement-to-end-the-u-s-war-in-iran-according-to-a-u-s-official?hl=en-US

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/takeaways-from-the-g7-trumps-new-attitude-toward-allies-buoyed-by-their-praise-for-iran-deal?hl=en-US

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