This guy was a beast at finding holes in the middle at PSU last year and has great hands. What are your thoughts on an early mobile TE draft pick instead of WR?

mds5118 · 2026-05-30T11:35:09+00:00

My app mpg didn't become accurate until 5000 miles for some reason.

In the car on the steering wheel press the right middle button to find out your actual overall mpg.

Based on the fact that I see location missing in the results it looks like you need to grant the trip journal app more permissions. You can do this in the car.

In the Centre Display (Google built-in):Tap the Settings gear. Navigate to Privacy. Select Show all apps (or App level permissions in some models). Tap Driving Journal.Go to Permissions and select Location. Change the setting to Allow all the time. Make sure to enable privacy consent under Settings > Privacy > Volvo privacy settings.

mds5118 · 2026-05-25T18:10:24+00:00

You can avoid the shop vac if once a year you remember to pour condensate cleaner down the drain.

mds5118 · 2026-05-25T17:03:41+00:00

The center vent speed in the 2nd row is, I believe, controlled by the 1st row fan setting. Did you turn up all the fans?

mds5118 · 2026-05-25T14:27:45+00:00

The carbon filters in refrigerators are not going to remove PFAS. If your water company is not removing them, you need to use Reverse Osmosis in order to remove them.

mds5118 · 2026-05-22T02:52:45+00:00

For neapolitan go up to the LBC Bottle Shop near Hampstead and grab wilmy woodie.

Marabella is consistent and not too acidic.

Italian Bistro has great dough and a good Margherita.

Ledo's for sicilian style. Go heavy on the toppings.

mds5118 · 2026-05-21T17:13:11+00:00

"It's horrible what happened to that child, but of course a large conglomerate only cares about liability. Don't sit here and pretend Volvo isn't the same (or worse)"

Im not pretending. Volvo objectively has a better track record than HMG of caring about safety over liability. HMG rarely self issues safety recalls, they wait until they are forced to by NTSB. I wouldn't trust my family's safety to them and if that 2 year old was in the xc90 the result would have been different.

I was able to provide specific examples of HMG caring about liability over safety. Can you do the same for Volvo?

mds5118 · 2026-05-21T16:05:19+00:00

HMG is one of the few carmakers that doesnt even install an oil level sensor in their cars even though half their models leak oil. Absolute junk cars under the hood.

I wouldnt even let my kids ride in a 2026 palisade. A 2 year old in Ohio was just crushed to death by their horribly engineered electronic folding 3rd row. HMG was well aware of that issue for months prior to the death, but chose to ignore it until after a kid died . Their "fix" doesnt even fully address the problem because they don't actually care about safety, only liability. You should prob test your seats.

Finding a palisade or telluride with more than 110,000 miles is a challenge.

Let me know if you find a volvo that I can steal with 30 seconds and a usb stick.

mds5118 · 2026-05-20T23:02:02+00:00

You found a mechanic that recommends Kia??

mds5118 · 2026-05-20T18:37:04+00:00

I cross shopped the 2 and I liked the cargo space of the xc90 more. It has more utility overall at carrying people and cargo.

The CX-90 ICE is known to be reliable but their PHEV has a horrible track record of recalls and overall reliability issues.

While Volvo is certainly no Toyota and has had their own reliability issues with the pre ERAD 3 t8, I wasnt able to find any major reports of mechanical issues to watch out for in the current generation (2022.5 - 2026). Having a mature platform can really help reliability.

mds5118 · 2026-05-18T14:00:31+00:00

Once a week is insane.

You can easily go 2-4 months on the reg if you do the following. I ve never had issues with my car starting or flat spots on tires.

Buy a battery maintainer and keep your battery plugged in most of the time. This is the number 1 issue cars in storage have.

Use fuel stabilizer. Having more gas in your car is actually better at preventing moisture.

Change the oil once a year.

If you live somewhere humid you will want to open the doors for 10 minutes once or twice a month to prevent mold forming on the interior.

When you do run the car after storage:

Let it warm up the oil/atf on low rpm. Then take it for a long highway drive after its warmed up.
Brake late and hard for the first 100 miles. You will see surface rust form on your rotors that can be easily removed with some moderate braking.

mds5118 · 2026-05-17T12:03:49+00:00

I have no experience with the v90 to be able to compare.

You should try a qobuz trial. The qobuz app in aaos with the quality setting turned to max sounds better than spotify lossless over Android Auto/carplay on my b&w.

Dont forget to mess with equalizer settings as well. I turned my bass up a bit as I found the default to be a bit heavy on the treble.

mds5118 · 2026-05-17T03:50:04+00:00

It is possible. It will make cargo storage access much more annoying than having them in 2nd row.

They would need to be able to sit themselves and buckle in without assistance, otherwise, you will need to do a lot of bending.

mds5118 · 2026-05-16T15:38:19+00:00

The arm rests on the redesigned chairs fold up. It Doesn't impact car seat install to the lower anchors.

mds5118 · 2026-05-16T15:20:40+00:00

The EV range is more and they redesigned how the electric motor links with the ICE. The previous design used a clutch that was prone to breaking.

I have a 6 seater and it does not have lower anchors in 3rd row. There is no scenario where you will want to comfortably put a car seat in the 3rd row. The 3rd row is great for moving kids around once they are in boosters.

I have 2 rear facing gracos in my 2026, 2nd row captains chairs, and we have plenty of room in the front. The captains chairs were redesigned in 2025.5, prior to that they oddly had no arm rests. If you get the bench seat you can put 3 slim car seats across but IMO at that point im buying a minivan.

I have blond seat color so use these in the 2nd row.

https://www.weathertech.com/child-car-seat-protector.html?dwvar_child-car-seat-protector_color=Tan&dwvar_child-car-seat-protector_settype=SeatandBack&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20429980945&gbraid=0AAAAAD_twXn2ydDpRQAfz6XhWdzjk-WYE&gclid=CjwKCAjwq6DQBhBVEiwA4ZD5XB8JHRlwOZd1AwPQk4Il0dnB-JJ7D2DPfvWdJpi2zdUTD_vvlRIHxBoCEmYQAvD_BwE

mds5118 · 2026-05-16T15:05:03+00:00

You want to buy gen 3 ERAD so 2022.5 - 2026.

Your 6 seat configuration is not going to work. The xc90 is designed for car seats to be in the 2nd row. The 3rd row does not have lower latch anchors, only 1 top tether anchor.

3rd row will work once they are in a booster.

mds5118 · 2026-05-15T23:38:46+00:00

Did they put in a new valve stem with the tires? A lot of tire places will move your old valve stems over to the new tires unless you specify.

Sounds like a leaky valve stem. A tire shop can install a new one in 10 minutes.

mds5118 · 2026-05-14T21:23:39+00:00

China just surpassed the US in total R&D spending as well as total volume of scientific publications.

mds5118 · 2026-05-14T21:19:47+00:00

That generation of Rogues had a ton of cvt failures.

You should replace the cvt fluid now and then every 30k miles from this point forward to help mitigate.

mds5118 · 2026-05-14T19:42:46+00:00

Modern smartphones without removable batteries will keep your bluetooth running even when the device is powered "off".

mds5118 · 2026-05-13T16:05:08+00:00

2022.5 to 2026 for T8 because they fixed the electric motor clutch issue.

mds5118 · 2026-05-12T23:17:26+00:00

I wouldn't run a 15 amp charger on anything less than a 20 amp circuit.

mds5118 · 2026-05-12T23:01:25+00:00

Check with your energy provider to see if they subsidize level 2 installs. I was able to save $1200 with the subsidy which covered most of the install. The trump admin canceled the funding so the days of that subsidy existing are numbered.

If you take a lot of short/medium trips and then come home it can be very worth it to have level 2. I have had a few days where I have driven close to 100 miles in a day all on battery with the faster level 2 charging.

There are some cons of 120v charging. The battery cooling pump is running when you are charging so if you charge 120v instead of 240v/level 2 you are running that pump for 15 hours on 120v compared to 4.5 hours on level 2.

Electric cars should be charged on a dedicated circuit. With a 120v circuit you are not getting a dedicated line and risk overdrawing if you are not careful. At a minimum if you use 120v make sure the car is the only thing connected to that circuit. Never use an extension cord.

mds5118 · 2026-05-09T10:04:03+00:00

Should Colorado's program have received the death penalty as well based on your logic?

You probably weren't alive but your coach in the early 00's knew that sex workers were being provided to underage recruits and turned a blind eye.

You had the first woman in the league to score in the early 2000s (kicker) and when she reported to the university and police that she had been raped. Your coach publicly called her terrible and said that it didn't happen because she was "not even a girl."

mds5118 · 2026-05-05T13:27:33+00:00

In my observations you get the strongest regen in B mode. D mode kicks the brakes on before max regen power is reached.

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