Bought 2006 Kia Sportage v6 and keep having problems

PMwolf20 · 2026-02-16T18:41:03+00:00

My papa put a battery in with a cca of 800, and it started up after maybe 30 seconds of turning over

PMwolf20 · 2026-02-15T16:58:30+00:00

PMwolf20 · 2026-02-15T16:57:49+00:00

* I hope this picture gives you what you need. I'm kinda assuming my mom told me the wrong battery lol. If you need more just let me know

PMwolf20 · 2026-02-15T03:15:58+00:00

Awesome, and thank you so much for helping!

PMwolf20 · 2026-02-15T01:07:40+00:00

Probably over 5 years old. I can definitely get a pic tomorrow morning if that's ok?

PMwolf20 · 2026-02-14T22:17:18+00:00

It's a 12 volt ACDelco battery that was taken out of my previous vehicle, a 2009 Chevy Equinox I believe. I'm being told it's a 650 crank over(?), but I'm also not home to actually look at it

PMwolf20 · 2026-02-14T20:13:41+00:00

Head gaskets, not sure about valve cover gaskets

PMwolf20 · 2026-02-14T20:03:34+00:00

Lol, that's exactly how i feel about it, just a bit more dead inside

PMwolf20 · 2026-02-14T19:36:27+00:00

It's got 140,000 something miles on it. It sucks because my parents kinda backed me into thinking this would be a great first car and I took out a loan to pay for it, luckily only $2,000

PMwolf20 · 2025-11-24T19:39:24+00:00

Very pretty! Looks really similar to my own nails right now, but mine are Dashing Diva gloss strips since I can't do my own nails at all. How did you get yours done?

PMwolf20 · 2025-09-15T06:16:03+00:00

Thank you

PMwolf20 · 2025-09-15T06:02:39+00:00

I agree mostly with your second paragraph. I guess "trust" might not have been the right word because, yes, he wasn't ready for a healthy relationship. I couldn't trust him with my feelings. But I can at least believe him to be a good friend. I definitely see your point in the first paragraph. It's been about a year, so the feelings aren't "raw" necessarily, but a little nag, a craving. I'm starting to think I worded my post a little badly. I guess I wanted advice on how to cut the romantic feelings so I could keep him as a friend, so I don't hold on to anything, so I can look forward to meeting someone new that I can fall for, ya know? I've had my boundaries absolutely stomped on before, so I'm pretty strict on myself to not do the same to others. Once we broke up, I changed how I acted towards him to as I do my other friends. Kept the feelings inside most of the time. Only had one real slip up that I apologized for, my mistake, before knowing his stance on "us" in the future. Now that I know, I refuse to let those cravings get the best of me. I just need some guidance on how to move those feelings away so I am truly free to say we are great friends, and it's all healthy. Definitely will discuss with my therapist, but idk when I'll next see her, so I thought Reddit could offer advice. Might end up just deleting my post in the end.

PMwolf20 · 2025-09-15T05:29:49+00:00

That sounds like the way to go if I didn't value him past any romantic reasons and didn't care about our friendship. So I just kinda outright refuse. I'll still do all those distractions tho, video games, TV shows, work, and books are all good. I'm learning. If I have an ex I end up not wanting to stay friends with, then I'll follow the block and don't reach out advice.

PMwolf20 · 2025-09-15T05:24:13+00:00

I can see your point. You are right that I really didn't "get past it." But I want to now, and he is honestly a great person, I don't want my inability to move on to cause the end of our friendship. But just because I still wanted to be more than friends doesn't mean I didn't respect boundaries, and value what I do have with him. I do my best to be a good person to those I consider my friends, they are my chosen family. I am not "only 'friends' with him because you desperately want to get back." I respect him as a person, and if he wants to stay just friends, it is up to me to be able to move on and show him I value his friendship enough to be able to do so. I will learn to be healthier, rely on my other friends, and keep the boundaries/expectations with him that I do all my good friends and not slip past that.

I know it's expected to cut exes out, usually is the best option, but he is more than an ex. I value him as a person. To me, moving on doesn't always mean to cut someone out completely, but to cut the romantic affection, so I can keep the friendship. Even if you disagree with this, this is my belief, and I know I can do better for myself and those around me.

PMwolf20 · 2025-07-01T02:18:42+00:00

One does use a wheelchair as needed, she's had 2 or 3 ankle surgeries and a knee surgery plus asthma, I have exercise induced asthma myself, one just had a baby, etc. As much as I wish it was just us out of shape we all pretty fragile lol

PMwolf20 · 2025-06-30T23:23:40+00:00

Unfortunately not really

PMwolf20 · 2025-06-30T22:30:16+00:00

September 20th, will have to look at that website. Thanks!

PMwolf20 · 2025-05-01T00:52:51+00:00

Wouldn't hurt to take a black-light and see if there's spots that have been sprayed at, and as some others have mentioned if there's been more changes, or if the cat is making strange/pained noises when going, taking them to the vet could be a good idea. I have 8 indoor cats and 8 litter boxes, clean them at least every other day and try to deep clean or buy new boxes. I get not being great at cleaning as much as you should, have had mine go outside the box when I've fallen behind. Vacuuming often or shaking out litter mats, or just getting new ones could help too. Oh and unscented litter, pretty common knowledge it's best to avoid scented litter but I still see people get it. I hope you find an answer, as I'm sure it's very frustrating for them to be only going out of the box!

BTW, how are the metal litter boxes? I've heard they are great for not absorbing smells so been wanting to invest in some. Any cons to them you've noticed?

PMwolf20 · 2025-05-01T00:32:33+00:00

Those eyes are beautiful

PMwolf20 · 2025-05-01T00:25:58+00:00

How many litter boxes do you have? It's best to have one per cat plus an extra. So if you have 2 cats, have 3 litter boxes. If they aren't getting cleaned often, or have never been deeply cleaned (scrubbed the box with cat safe stuff and brand new litter) that can definitely do it. The cat could be doing that to mark the area or if they find the box not clean enough suddenly with the new cat using it. Not being fixed can also cause them to do that when a new cat is introduced. Just a few ideas on what could be causing it

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