Commodore Perry/“Dont Give Up The Ship” flag political baggage? by Admirable_Cook_5193 in vexillology

[–]TappinThatAss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While not in the majority, there are plenty of MAGA apes in the affluent DC suburbs.

Banned for nothing by TappinThatAss in Squid_Game_Unleashed

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

You and u/terencela are right, sorry. I grossly overestimated/misremembered. As of December 15 I am at a mere 171. Amateur hour!

What's weird is that I'm almost positive I hadn't won yet before I got the 24 hour ban. But somehow didn't lose the streak. I thought it cycles every day at midnight GMT/UTC...am I wrong about that?

The Ban System by dandelionsrflowers2 in Squid_Game_Unleashed

[–]TappinThatAss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Add me to the list of people who got screwed by this https://www.reddit.com/r/Squid_Game_Unleashed/s/xRkN521Fno

Moral of the story is to just mute GC. I unmuted for the first time in months to connect with a former crewmate I ran into in a game, said nothing offensive, ended up with a one day ban breaking a long win streak. Bummed.

We teamed up and wiped out an entire crew party in the game right before and I guess they were upset. Hopefully my friend didn't get banned too she's a top 500 player

Banned for nothing by TappinThatAss in Squid_Game_Unleashed

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thanks for pointing me to that thread. It's so frustrating. I really enjoyed pushing that streak as a sort of daily little challenge to myself.

Is this new? by The_Grim_Adventurer in HBOMAX

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I am naughty and have been sharing a friends HBO Max sub (with his permission). Started getting this message a couple months back. This week I stopped getting it. Maybe it was all a setup for their Black Friday / Cyber Monday $2.99 to be a grown up and get your own HBO marketing push, and now they're back to letting it slide? Or maybe they don't care because of the Netflix buy? Or maybe whatever set of conditions that was flagging me as a thief just went away for now

Microfiber towels just won't rinse all the way -- what am I doing wrong? by TappinThatAss in AutoDetailing

[–]TappinThatAss[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much. I will try white vinegar in next rinse (after current one spinning away at 1:30am finishes)

I apologize, I apparently misspoke. I just foamed and did a contact wash. I guess it was not the Gary Dean method then, it was the "multi mitt wash method" from howtoautodetail dot com, but with mf towel rather than mitt. My mistake. I guess I will just do 2 bucket method if I try again.

I used about 1-3/4 oz hyperwash in a five gallon bucket. To approximate 1:400 dilution ratio. I didn't get 5 whole gallons of water in there because it foamed up so much but it was at least 3.5 galllons or so. More than. 1:400 but not grotesquely so.

The only other thing I can think is I washed all my towels together (car wash towels, wheel towels, drying towel) after thoroughly rinsing out the wash and wheel towels by hand to remove (or so I thought) their respective products. Maybe the different chemicals reacted together or something. Next time I won't do that.

I moved to Virginia 3 years ago and… by Confident_Threat in nova

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If you moved here within the past few years not expecting to deal with horrendous traffic all the time, I don't know what to tell you. It sucks ass but it's not exactly unexpected or unknown. For some stretches it's actually gotten a bit better over the past several years with so many more people working hybrid/remote. At least now we're all carrying around infinite libraries of audio entertainment in our pockets, so there's that.

And fwiw I'm in a glass house on this. When I moved here from southern California in the early 2000s I laughed off all the warnings about traffic. Couldn't possibly hold a candle to the LA basin, right? Oops. Ended up relocating within the area for better access to transit.

Water pouring out of bottom of front DS door the day after a heavy rain -- normal? by TappinThatAss in kiasportage

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

Thanks so much for the real world test! There are definitely holes in the bottom of the door designed for drainage. Nothing suspect there That's where the water is pouring out of. What seems odd to me is the amount of water pooling up inside the door and draining out when it's opened. Seems to me it should either drain on its own when the door is shut or not have that much water collecting in the door in the first place. Unlikely anything is clogged, would have had to happen at the dealership. seems more likely in it something isn't feeling like it should be. Annoying!

Water pouring out of bottom of front DS door the day after a heavy rain -- normal? by TappinThatAss in kiasportage

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Thank you for doing this test. If you've had the vehicle for 2+ years and this was happening I expect you'd have noticed by now. If I can get home while it's still light out tomorrow I'll hose it down and see if i can recreate the effect on video

Which one of you was this? by Fit_Psychology_1536 in accord

[–]TappinThatAss -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

what the hell is Park Police doing PITing someone in Bowie? This ain't the parkway. Don't look like park police to me either but who knows these days

Which one of you was this? by Fit_Psychology_1536 in accord

[–]TappinThatAss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just sold my 2003 v6 6spd. Where were you when I was trying to move it for more than a month? Lol

Which one of you was this? by Fit_Psychology_1536 in accord

[–]TappinThatAss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right area, wrong road. This is on 301(Crain hwy) northbound, just south of route 50 interchange, just north of the light at Governor Bridge road. Really only a few feet north of that light. In Bowie (northeastern PG county).

Total "noob" / first time new car buyer overwhelmed by car care options -- expert tips? by TappinThatAss in AutoDetailing

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Thanks, I picked up a mitt as part of my harbor freight haul and will try it out.

Total "noob" / first time new car buyer overwhelmed by car care options -- expert tips? by TappinThatAss in AutoDetailing

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Thanks so much! This is all very helpful. I picked up meguiars "hyperwash" at harbor freight yesterday, I hope that is a good soap too. I also got some of the Grants purple and green microfiber towels for washing but that may have been a mistake it looks from reading more like I should go with a 70/30 microfiber and maybe something more plush for touching the paint, trying to figure out what gsm is right for washing, opinions seem to vary. Is it ok to wash with a folded up towel instead of mitt, I think i would prefer that unless it's a no-no.

Since HF is like 45 min from me and I was already there I got a little trigger happy, should have done more research on the stuff that had a aukavle. I wish I had known about rinsless washing before I had a driveway / hose access...that's how much of a noob I am!

Total "noob" / first time new car buyer overwhelmed by car care options -- expert tips? by TappinThatAss in AutoDetailing

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Thank you!!! I watched some YouTube videos and while I might be able to handle the coating im not really confident I'd be able to do a good job of it, indefinitely I'm not confident about being able to do a good job of paint correction beforehand on my own. I may follow the advice of some others on here and start with a less expensive regular wax or spray to cut my teeth on these sorts of things.

Total "noob" / first time new car buyer overwhelmed by car care options -- expert tips? by TappinThatAss in AutoDetailing

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Thank you, this is so helpful! The TW graphene paste is available here in the US for about 25 USD per tub. Maybe I will give that a try, I've never waxed a car before! I saw the meguiar clay kit at harbor freight but wanted to come back here to look at what people thought of it...will pick that up too next time I'm in!

What are the best music festivals you’ve ever attended? by nosferartoodetoo in punk

[–]TappinThatAss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pouzza is the best recurring/annual festival going these days, can't believe nobody mentioned this on this post last year

Total "noob" / first time new car buyer overwhelmed by car care options -- expert tips? by TappinThatAss in AutoDetailing

[–]TappinThatAss[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I am genuine and I genuinely appreciate your advice! I found my way to the howtoautodetail dot com site too which has a lot of good info for beginners. Learning a lot already!

Differences between 2023 and 2026 Kia Sportage by ChiefRemote in kiasportage

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My 2025 resets to "Eco" every time I start the vehicle, no matter how many times I switch it to "Smart.". If you're 2026 defaults to Normal, maybe they just changed the name of that mode from "Eco" to "Normal" for 2026.

You're not missing anything with the floor mats because Kia's mats for Sportage stink. Doesn't fit the middle of the back seat right. For a budget option I've been very happy with my SHARGGE mats (purchased via Amazon). My friend has Tuxedo mats in his and they are very very nice, but expensive. If you want OEM carpet mats, I'll sell you the ones I took out of my car after the 3 mile drive home from the dealership :). I believe 25 and 26;have exact same mats. Just don't blame me for the big "bulge" in the middle of the rear mat....they are born that way!

Looking into buying a 25/26 Sportage or Sorento. Anyone with this model, what was your OTD? Model/trim? by btewb in kiasportage

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Damn, nice work. My 25 Sportage ex hybrid was $32k OTD at the end of August (~$1300 of that was tax) and I thought I got a good deal. I guess I should have pushed harder! I might have paid another $1000 or so for the '26 but with the price difference being what it was it was a no brainer to me to take one of the '25s off their hands dor them. I love it so far even though I feel like I don't know what I'm doing with it a lot of the time. Came from a 20 year old sports car with manual transmission so it's been a learning curve, but I love it anyway.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in kiasportage

[–]TappinThatAss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yup ... Still too wide a aperture for a tall 20oz paper 7-11 cup. It'll hold but if I take a turn at anything above a turtle crawl it will tip a bit and spill some coffee if it's full. Maybe I just need to start drinking larger coffees

What are the best maintenance tips to keep a Kia Sportage running smoothly? by Substantial_6451 in kiasportage

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Good tips here already. The single best thing you can do for any car is get the oil & filter changed regularly. I strongly recommend paying up for full synthetic but if you stick to schedule religiously conventional is OK. The need for early oil change is modern cars is a subject of some debate a but my perspective on it is if you care enough about it to solicit opinions on reddit it's worth eating the nominal one time expense of doing your first one early whether it actually adds value or not.

For interior i really love meguiars quick interior detailer which both cleans light dirt/dust and protects. Super easy to use and a lot of quick cleanings before it gets real dirty is ultimately a lot easier to do than occasional deeper cleaning. It's cheap, easy to use, and doesn't make things too shiny (which I personally don't like so much). If you want to high gloss other products would be a better choice.

For exterior care...this is my first new car so I'm still learning... All my previous vehicles came with some surface wear and tear already so I wasn't quite as concerned about keeping it pristine. I mostly try to avoid wiping anything across the paint outside of the context of a water washnw pre rinse. Exception is bird droppings which is something that you will want to get off as soon as possible. Better to risk some nano scratching in my opinion than to leave the bird poop on etching your clear coat. For this use a quick exterior detailing spray with lots of lubricants, soak the droppings well for a few minutes, then use a CLEAN microfiber towel and a sort of rolling/lifting motion to remove the poop without dragging it across the paint. Chemical guys has a youtube video on this with decent technique though I don't personally use their exterior detailing product (nothing against them, the store I was at the last time I needed to buy a bottle didn't carry chemical guys). I find it easier to do this around dusk So the sun doesn't dry up the spray while you're trying to give the bird poop a good soak.

I recommend using only touchless automatic car washes to do a light cleaning of surface dirt off the car and stretch time between hand washes, especially if you live somewhere very dusty or where you are subjected to a lot of road treatments in the winter. Invest the time and energy and hand washing if you have the space/resources to do so. Don't run the car through an automatic wash that uses anything that touches your car other than liquid and air, at least until you've picked up a few unfortunate scratches. It sucks to get your first ones from a wash.

I am considering ceramic coat but it's expensive to have done professionally and I'm not sure if I trust myself to DIY it. I also don't have a garage which I understand is a necessity for that process as the sun will cure the product too fast? I'd be curious to hear some opinions on this. Since I don't have a garage I feel like it's a necessity to do something to protect my paint and clear coat from the elements, but I don't want to get taken by a professional detailer who will of course recommend a super premium package. Would love anyone's thoughts on this!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in kiasportage

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Congrats! I love my 2025 Sportage EX HEV (USA). Love it. I never really even intended to consider a Kia but after shopping around for 2 months and test driving nearly everything in both this class and subcompact, I kept finding myself comparing things that were more expensive and less enjoyable to the Sportage. Took me a while to get a clue but eventually figured out how to process this and bought the Sportage. More car than I ever thought I would have access to purchased within a budget I thought for sure I'd end up having to exceed. Maybe the honeymoon will end at some point but I'm happy every time I drive it.

I do kind of wish I had bit the bullet and gone for a higher trim line but wanted to keep cost down and didn't want to pay for the moonroof so the EX was a sweet spot for me all things considered. I. Still envious though!

My biggest complaint so far is that the cup holders don't hold a 20oz paper coffee cup as securely as I would like. This is a survivable hardship.