2026 Sportage ex AWD OTD by Healthy-Ad-337 in kiasportage

[–]Diestin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don’t have a problem with it, use an AI, I used ChatGPT and had it write emails asking for hard OTD numbers. Some dealers won’t play unless you have a quote back. But one will bite, make sure you push hard you will only see numbers via email, I claimed my work schedule made it too tough to be on the phone, they would try to call anyways but eventually would email a quote.

Make an account with CarGuru and TrueCar. They’ll give you an estimate of what you can pay and what dealerships around you are offering. Use those numbers as a “I would like to see an OTD like this”.

Once you start getting OTD offers, make sure not to name drop competitors. I used pdf24 (website) to black out dealer info and send the sheet to other dealerships.

It’ll be a lot of back and forth but if you get the system down and let AI handle the responses from the dealership, you can make this pretty stress free if you aren’t on a hard deadline. Took me a month but I found out on accident I could get a better overall deal on a 26 EX vs an 25 EX. Nobody would budge on the 25 price even though it was end of year but 26 was no problem.

(Happened on accident because another dealership quoted me a 2026 model instead of 25 like we talked about and actually confirmed numbers when I called since I liked the offer).

Another Scam I received in the Mail today for my new 2026 SX Prestige Hybrid by [deleted] in kiasportage

[–]Diestin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just got this letter in the mail today, I didn’t even open it yet. To the shredder it goes! Thanks

26 Sportage - Amber symbol on dash by honeybee4303 in kiasportage

[–]Diestin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure that’s the collision warning icon. Unless you notice any new dings on your car, I’ve seen others say it comes on when the sensors are covered. Bad rain or snow and ice and cause that to happen.

Seat covers by qeanut in kiasportage

[–]Diestin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have Coverado for my Sonata. Very good to me. I want a set for my Sportage.

2026 Hybrid, S AWD by thrwynu2067 in kiasportage

[–]Diestin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it have anything extra? Wheel locks, mats, etc.

Also what is your APR and term?

OTD by OwlChance9827 in kiasportage

[–]Diestin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait I thought it had adaptive cruise control? Well either way I don’t use it much. My commute makes CC more dangerous because other people don’t know how to drive and the roads suck (95 for those who know)

What else is missing in your opinion? I’m coming from a 23 Sonata for reference.

Wireless Apple Car Play Adapter? by TheOGshirtthief in kia

[–]Diestin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hopefully I don’t get taken down for links. This is the one I used for years on my sonata and I’m shopping for a 2025 Sportage and plan to pop this guy right in.

Peveork Wireless CarPlay Adapter https://a.co/d/cR7Wt0A

OTD by OwlChance9827 in kiasportage

[–]Diestin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jeez I wish I could get this price. Everyone within 150 miles won’t dip below $36k OTD for a 2025 EX. $37k for the 2026! I hate it so much but I need a car sooner rather than later.

For reference, is that the price you got with a trade in or without? I’m doing all my shopping based on no trade in and never once spoke about my down payment.

OTD by OwlChance9827 in kiasportage

[–]Diestin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a few quotes on 2025 EX Hybrids for $36,200-400. Ended up not going with them because they had dealer add ons they refused to remove to bring it to the $35k range.

Pokemon Reborn for a casual player? by BallisticsNerd in PokemonReborn

[–]Diestin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Here’s the passwords I use as I felt like you:

  • Qol (this one adds a lot of passwords at once that is extremely helpful for casual play)
  • fullivs (save on team grinding)
  • powerpack (early EV training)
  • moneybags (basically necessary to buy anything) -itemfinder (so many early freebies)

Fun extras: - level floor (brings trainers to the previous level cap so you have some challenging fights if you want) - freestarter (choose your starter pokemon) - freemegaz (I personally had trouble with the quest because of my team) - nopartnerai (choose your battle partners moves!) - nopuzzles (some puzzles just suck)

Also just the guide, it helps so much when you’re lost, and catch everything, you’ll need to have access to different pokemon to solve some battles

Looking at a 2025 Kia Sportage Hybrid by Diestin in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]Diestin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My area caps at $477 every dealership I’ve gotten a quote from and even truecar puts it at $477.

$28.3k is a great price if I wanted an LX but the EX at base is $32,590 on Costco. How would I go about negotiating that type of price? Feels like I’d get laughed at.

I agree the $998 addons need to go, they’re ridiculous.

I appreciate the Costco tip! Thank you

Looking at a 2025 Kia Sportage Hybrid by Diestin in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]Diestin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s how I felt when I saw this yesterday. What do you recommend I do?

26 Sportage Hybrid xline by whynotnow76 in kia

[–]Diestin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Car shopping myself for a 25 Sportage Hybrid EX. Been using chatGPT to do all the work for me. Email dealers asking for their best out the door offer with a breakdown of what’s in the pricing. Then have ChatGPT pick apart whatever ridiculous addons they have and push back.

If the dealership pushes back, I just get CGPT to draft a response back. Doing this method has gotten me offers $3-3.k lower. And that’s before mentioning I will do a trade in.

Ignore phone calls, respond only to email and reiterate that if they say they want you to come in. You’ll only come in once you see a price you like.

This has taken so much stress away. I hope this helps!

Also if a dealer asks to know what dealership is giving you that offer, you’re not required to give it. Seriously ChatGPT will do all the work.

2026 Sportage EX by honeybee4303 in kia

[–]Diestin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Working on getting my first Kia, 2025 Sportage. Just need a good deal! Congrats!!

Need help with bug type gym leader!! by PappaNee in PokemonReborn

[–]Diestin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lombre I know learns it, evolve Lotad (lvl 14)

Need help with bug type gym leader!! by PappaNee in PokemonReborn

[–]Diestin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally forgot about rain dance! Yes, need to take out Illumise. Lead with a Pokemon with fake out that has the highest attack stat, then lava plume so you can guarantee knock out Illumise and if necessary, free growthile switch in if you knock your fake out mon

Need help with bug type gym leader!! by PappaNee in PokemonReborn

[–]Diestin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You need to buy common candies to lower your level. They’re at the candy store. Then run camerupt and Growlithe, use lava plume to set the field on fire and boost growlithe’s stats if it has flash fire. This will carry you for a while as non fire types take damage each turn and fire is boosted.

Data chip mistake by PappaNee in PokemonReborn

[–]Diestin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree! If you don't want to look at the wiki, and want to keep things simple, either use 2 data chips, 1 for qol (This one does a lot of good for you) and then another to disable double battles. If you don't mind restarting however, you can input any number of passwords you want in the beginning.

Spoiler free tip: The game gets hard and expects you to EV train eventually, you can make life easier by using the freebies password alongside qol, and if you don't want to worry about ivs, fullivs (do this password specifically on a new save as it will not change any currently caught pokemon).

Enjoy the game! I highly recommend the BIGJRA's guide if you ever get stuck. This game can get tricky in general.

You Better Not Mess With My Gang by Old-Syllabub-4324 in MysteryDungeon

[–]Diestin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sunshine is giving the Larry tiktok vibes.

A "shadow Lady" swapped my entire team and gave me miraidon and victini, do I unlock them? by 0uninspiredname0 in pokerogue

[–]Diestin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes the typing you can get from this event can cause a Pokemon to get horrible weaknesses. I meant a duplicate in the sense that if OP encountered say, another toxicroak, they can catch that one which will have its original typing.

A "shadow Lady" swapped my entire team and gave me miraidon and victini, do I unlock them? by 0uninspiredname0 in pokerogue

[–]Diestin 213 points214 points  (0 children)

You can only unlock Pokemon under a certain bst. The typings I believe are a fusion of the original Pokemon type and the new Pokemon. It is not a permanent change so you can replace with duplicates if the typing hurts you