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  • ab348ab348 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CanadaPosts: 14,598
    edited November 2020
    tjc78 said:

    Only way I can consistently post pics is on a PC. I just use the snipping tool and copy/paste into the posting window. Works everytime.

    That doesn't work at all for me. But picture posting in Firefox (and sometimes in Chrome and Safari too) has been broken on this site for years. Nobody knows how (or wants) to fix it.

    2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6, 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass S Holiday Coupe

  • tjc78tjc78 South JerseyPosts: 11,707
    edited November 2020
    So strange, not sure why it’s so inconsistent across platforms.

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  • fintailfintail Posts: 52,701
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  • stickguystickguy Posts: 40,878
    sda said:

    Shed floor looks great. Is the vinyl glued down?

    no. I was worried about the temperature extremes messing with the adhesive so I just left it floating. Plus if it gets too beat up, can just pull it out and put a new piece in.

    Definitely vastly better for keeping clean, especially sand and grit. super easy to sweep out, and won't get stuck in the floor seams or chew up the wood.

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD

  • stickguystickguy Posts: 40,878
    imidazol97 said:

    Does it have electricity?

    no. But the pool electric panel is right next to it so very doable. I just don't have a need for it.

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD

  • stickguystickguy Posts: 40,878
    I had no problem posting the picture from my PC. Just copy/pasted the picture out of an email using the attach image box. Windows laptop running Chrome.

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD

  • jmonroe1jmonroe1 Same as jmonroePosts: 2,328
    driver100 said:

    ab348 said:

    I like this:

    Yup, some people like family get togethers, and some people don't. I do.....depending on which members of the family are involved!

    You better not be double-dipping today and celebrating our Thanksgiving. That’ll get you a dues bump for sure.😫

    For my US poster buddies, Happy Thanksgiving.

    jmonroe

  • jmonroe1jmonroe1 Same as jmonroePosts: 2,328
    stickguy said:

    imidazol97 said:

    Does it have electricity?

    no. But the pool electric panel is right next to it so very doable. I just don't have a need for it.
    I guess that means you’re not getting a large screen TV or you’re not going to mouth off.😳

    jmonroe

  • stickguystickguy Posts: 40,878
    I can always go in the garage. Too much junk in the shed anyway. And hot without AC in the summer!

    At least the new one doesn't smell like mouse pee.

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD

  • ab348ab348 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CanadaPosts: 14,598
    stickguy said:

    I had no problem posting the picture from my PC. Just copy/pasted the picture out of an email using the attach image box. Windows laptop running Chrome.

    As has always been the case, it’s totally inconsistent. This Vanilla software used for these forums is very flaky.

    2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6, 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass S Holiday Coupe

  • jmonroe1jmonroe1 Same as jmonroePosts: 2,328
    stickguy said:

    I can always go in the garage. Too much junk in the shed anyway. And hot without AC in the summer!

    At least the new one doesn't smell like mouse pee.

    Yet.

    jmonroe

  • imidazol97imidazol97 Crossroads of America I70 & I75 Posts: 25,426
    stickguy said:

    I can always go in the garage. Too much junk in the shed anyway. And hot without AC in the summer!

    At least the new one doesn't smell like mouse pee.

    And that can be easily fixed with a little electricity and a window air conditioner through the wall.

    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2008 Cobalt 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • andres3andres3 Southern CAPosts: 12,326
    mjfloyd1 said:

    andres3 said:

    https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/11/06/la-traffic-car-accidents-pandemic/

    Doesn't mean all that much as they don't have a good grasp of the percentage of miles driven that went down too, but apparently the COVID-19 speeding effect didn't cause that much carnage.

    Less “other bad drivers” on the road 😂
    So only the non-essential workers are "other bad drivers?"
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  • driver100driver100 Burlington, ON 7 mo/Tampa FL 5 moPosts: 28,313
    jmonroe1 said:

    driver100 said:

    ab348 said:

    I like this:

    Yup, some people like family get togethers, and some people don't. I do.....depending on which members of the family are involved!

    You better not be double-dipping today and celebrating our Thanksgiving. That’ll get you a dues bump for sure.😫

    For my US poster buddies, Happy Thanksgiving.

    jmonroe

    I'd love to be in Florida celebrating Thanksgiving #2 this year, but, I am stuck in the frozen tundra....only about 55F today. Maybe we should order a turkey dinner from a local place that has good ones....in honor of my C&C buddys.

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  • mjfloyd1mjfloyd1 Posts: 1,217
    andres3 said:

    mjfloyd1 said:

    andres3 said:

    https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/11/06/la-traffic-car-accidents-pandemic/

    Doesn't mean all that much as they don't have a good grasp of the percentage of miles driven that went down too, but apparently the COVID-19 speeding effect didn't cause that much carnage.

    Less “other bad drivers” on the road 😂
    So only the non-essential workers are "other bad drivers?"
    andres3 said:

    mjfloyd1 said:

    andres3 said:

    https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/11/06/la-traffic-car-accidents-pandemic/

    Doesn't mean all that much as they don't have a good grasp of the percentage of miles driven that went down too, but apparently the COVID-19 speeding effect didn't cause that much carnage.

    Less “other bad drivers” on the road 😂
    So only the non-essential workers are "other bad drivers?"
    Your quote so you tell me😂
  • jmonroe1jmonroe1 Same as jmonroePosts: 2,328
    driver100 said:

    jmonroe1 said:

    driver100 said:

    ab348 said:

    I like this:

    Yup, some people like family get togethers, and some people don't. I do.....depending on which members of the family are involved!

    You better not be double-dipping today and celebrating our Thanksgiving. That’ll get you a dues bump for sure.😫

    For my US poster buddies, Happy Thanksgiving.

    jmonroe

    I'd love to be in Florida celebrating Thanksgiving #2 this year, but, I am stuck in the frozen tundra....only about 55F today. Maybe we should order a turkey dinner from a local place that has good ones....in honor of my C&C buddys.
    Well, it’s 50 F right now in North Huntingdon PA (just a little East of the Burgh). We’re at Son #2’s place just about to dig into the bird. This place smells great. Eat your heart out.

    jmonroe

  • tjc78tjc78 South JerseyPosts: 11,707
    edited November 2020
    imidazol97 said:

    stickguy said:

    I can always go in the garage. Too much junk in the shed anyway. And hot without AC in the summer!

    At least the new one doesn't smell like mouse pee.

    And that can be easily fixed with a little electricity and a window air conditioner through the wall.
    Our neighbor growing up had the best shed. It was stick built on a slab to mimic the styling of the house and had a regular house door, full work benches all the way around, grinder wheel, etc.

    It was fully insulated and had AC/heat. Great place to work on little projects. It wasn’t huge, but nicely done.

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  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Posts: 17,299
    Let’s see if stickkguy’s suggestion works.
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  • stickguystickguy Posts: 40,878
    try again.

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  • omarmanomarman Posts: 2,636

    Chase Young = amazing. Thanksgiving Sack lunch. :D
    A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
  • driver100driver100 Burlington, ON 7 mo/Tampa FL 5 moPosts: 28,313
    jmonroe1 said:

    driver100 said:

    jmonroe1 said:

    driver100 said:

    ab348 said:

    I like this:

    Yup, some people like family get togethers, and some people don't. I do.....depending on which members of the family are involved!

    You better not be double-dipping today and celebrating our Thanksgiving. That’ll get you a dues bump for sure.😫

    For my US poster buddies, Happy Thanksgiving.

    jmonroe

    I'd love to be in Florida celebrating Thanksgiving #2 this year, but, I am stuck in the frozen tundra....only about 55F today. Maybe we should order a turkey dinner from a local place that has good ones....in honor of my C&C buddys.
    Well, it’s 50 F right now in North Huntingdon PA (just a little East of the Burgh). We’re at Son #2’s place just about to dig into the bird. This place smells great. Eat your heart out.

    jmonroe

    I'm jealous :'(

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  • ab348ab348 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CanadaPosts: 14,598
    Those were two pretty awful NFL games yesterday. Despite winning yesterday I have never been able to get excited about the Texans over the years. And the performance by the Cowboys was simply pathetic.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Posts: 28,829
    ab348 said:

    Those were two pretty awful NFL games yesterday. Despite winning yesterday I have never been able to get excited about the Texans over the years. And the performance by the Cowboys was simply pathetic.

    I had $ on Washington, but I like to see smart play regardless. The Cowboys going for it on 4th and 10 from their own 24 (and down by just 4 with nearly a full quarter to go) has to be one of the dumbest plays I have witnessed in a very long time.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Crossroads of America I70 & I75 Posts: 25,426
    https://insideevs.com/news/447593/tesla-suspension-issues-owners-true-stories/



    I keep seeing bad stories about Tesla the last few days. Bad. Bad.

    I used this opportunity to post a picture since some are having trouble. I occasionally have trouble with the pull down menu next to the picture icon. When it won't drop down, I reboot chrome. I am not sure if that happens in Brave browser or not. But rebooting the chrome usually works. Occasionally I've rebooted the whole laptop Windows 10 and let that fix the problem.





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  • graphicguygraphicguy Edmunds Poster EmeritusPosts: 12,811
    Hmmmm....the photo icon does not work, nor does copy and paste. Tried to use the pull down to log out and log back in to Edmunds Forums, that doesn’t work either. Crazy!
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  • ventureventure Central PAPosts: 1,999
    ab348 said:

    Those were two pretty awful NFL games yesterday. Despite winning yesterday I have never been able to get excited about the Texans over the years. And the performance by the Cowboys was simply pathetic.

    And whatta ya know. They can use just the name Washington and they don't need a nickname. Who would have ever thought? :)

    2020 Ascent Limited, 2020 Legacy Touring XT

  • sdasda Indian Land, SCPosts: 3,965
    I can’t believe it took me over a month to remove the dealer sticker. This one was really stuck on as I believe it was on since the car was sold new. The car was sold new at the same dealer. Unable to post from my photo gallery from my I pad, which hasn’t been an issue in the past.

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  • ab348ab348 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CanadaPosts: 14,598
    graphicguy said:

    Hmmmm....the photo icon does not work, nor does copy and paste. Tried to use the pull down to log out and log back in to Edmunds Forums, that doesn’t work either. Crazy!

    What's really odd this morning is that the photo icon actually responded to me using Firefox, for the first time in a very, very long time, surely over a year. I don't know why I even tried it. And now it is unresponsive again. Unreal.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Crossroads of America I70 & I75 Posts: 25,426
    edited November 2020
    Is it Apple products where members are having trouble on the menus and pulldowns?


    I did a search for problems with pull down menus on apples and found it's a fairly common
    problem in the complaints through some years.

    Usually occurring after an update... Some suggest doing a process to clear the cache. https://theme.co/forum/t/drop-down-menu-stopped-working-after-update-for-smartphone-ipad/70851

    I use a couple of small programs to clear cookies, leftover files, cache, and other junk to keep my Windows
    machines running clean. I don't know if Cleanup! and CCleaner have equivalents in the Apple world.



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  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel a Certified Edmunds Poster.Posts: 17,116
    venture said:

    ab348 said:

    Those were two pretty awful NFL games yesterday. Despite winning yesterday I have never been able to get excited about the Texans over the years. And the performance by the Cowboys was simply pathetic.

    And whatta ya know. They can use just the name Washington and they don't need a nickname. Who would have ever thought? :)
    Originally professional sports teams didn't have nicknames, they had names like "The Chicago professional baseball club" and it was the sports writers who nicknamed them. In this case the aforementioned team was nicknamed the White Stockings by the sports press because the team had white stockings.

    2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D

  • jmonroe1jmonroe1 Same as jmonroePosts: 2,328
    snakeweasel said:

    venture said:

    ab348 said:

    Those were two pretty awful NFL games yesterday. Despite winning yesterday I have never been able to get excited about the Texans over the years. And the performance by the Cowboys was simply pathetic.

    And whatta ya know. They can use just the name Washington and they don't need a nickname. Who would have ever thought? :)
    Originally professional sports teams didn't have nicknames, they had names like "The Chicago professional baseball club" and it was the sports writers who nicknamed them. In this case the aforementioned team was nicknamed the White Stockings by the sports press because the team had white stockings.
    They must have had women sports writers back then since they used the word “stockings”. Any self respecting man would have used the word, “socks”. 😳

    jmonroe

  • omarmanomarman Posts: 2,636
    snakeweasel said:

    venture said:

    ab348 said:

    Those were two pretty awful NFL games yesterday. Despite winning yesterday I have never been able to get excited about the Texans over the years. And the performance by the Cowboys was simply pathetic.

    And whatta ya know. They can use just the name Washington and they don't need a nickname. Who would have ever thought? :)
    Originally professional sports teams didn't have nicknames, they had names like "The Chicago professional baseball club" and it was the sports writers who nicknamed them. In this case the aforementioned team was nicknamed the White Stockings by the sports press because the team had white stockings.

    A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel a Certified Edmunds Poster.Posts: 17,116
    Well the turkey is almost done and everything else is getting done.
    jmonroe1 said:

    snakeweasel said:

    venture said:

    ab348 said:

    Those were two pretty awful NFL games yesterday. Despite winning yesterday I have never been able to get excited about the Texans over the years. And the performance by the Cowboys was simply pathetic.

    And whatta ya know. They can use just the name Washington and they don't need a nickname. Who would have ever thought? :)
    Originally professional sports teams didn't have nicknames, they had names like "The Chicago professional baseball club" and it was the sports writers who nicknamed them. In this case the aforementioned team was nicknamed the White Stockings by the sports press because the team had white stockings.
    They must have had women sports writers back then since they used the word “stockings”. Any self respecting man would have used the word, “socks”. 😳

    jmonroe

    Well that was in the 1870's and things were different then, since then the White Stockings name has been changed to the Colts, then the Orphans and finally the Cubs. If you want "what were they thinking" names how about the Cleveland Infants

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  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Posts: 17,299
    edited November 2020
    imidazol97 said:

    Is it Apple products where members are having trouble on the menus and pulldowns?


    I did a search for problems with pull down menus on apples and found it's a fairly common
    problem in the complaints through some years.

    Usually occurring after an update... Some suggest doing a process to clear the cache. https://theme.co/forum/t/drop-down-menu-stopped-working-after-update-for-smartphone-ipad/70851

    I use a couple of small programs to clear cookies, leftover files, cache, and other junk to keep my Windows
    machines running clean. I don't know if Cleanup! and CCleaner have equivalents in the Apple world.



    That’s what happened to me, right after an Apple update. Not sure what a cache is but if it’s what I suspect, I’ll give it a try. There’s something in the Settings menu that says “clear history and website data”.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Crossroads of America I70 & I75 Posts: 25,426
    Another near miss at being T-boned. Four-way stop sign. I let the southbound driver on my right go even though I got there a second ahead of him. If I had started across, the northbound middle-aged lady in her EquinoX would have hit me on driver's side. She missed the stop sign because the right turn land and the thru lane have a space between them--the stop sign is further off to the right than normal on the grass.

    I blew the horn at her as she went by. She was all primped up with her hair in place and looked dressed. Probably going to Kroger for the Black Friday specials. LOL

    I wondered if she even knew why someone blew the horn at her. No phone. No cigarette. No looked in mirror. Just looking straight ahead.

    I getting scared of driving with all these older people around. First a motorcyclist who might have been 50ish. Then this lady at 60ish.

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  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel a Certified Edmunds Poster.Posts: 17,116
    oldfarmer50 said:

    imidazol97 said:

    Is it Apple products where members are having trouble on the menus and pulldowns?


    I did a search for problems with pull down menus on apples and found it's a fairly common
    problem in the complaints through some years.

    Usually occurring after an update... Some suggest doing a process to clear the cache. https://theme.co/forum/t/drop-down-menu-stopped-working-after-update-for-smartphone-ipad/70851

    I use a couple of small programs to clear cookies, leftover files, cache, and other junk to keep my Windows
    machines running clean. I don't know if Cleanup! and CCleaner have equivalents in the Apple world.



    That’s what happened to me, right after an Apple update. Not sure what a cache is but if it’s what I suspect, I’ll give it a try. There’s something in the Settings menu that says “clear history and website data”.
    In computers a cache is a file that stores certain data like user settings and such to make loading websites faster. Clearing the Cache will solve many problems with websites but it will make loading and surfing websites a little bit longer and annoying the first time going back in. Like you may have to sign back into Edmund's after clearing the cache.

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  • fintailfintail Posts: 52,701
    You should visit Spokane. I've never seen so many uncontrolled residential intersections - scares the heck out of me sometimes. I know in theory it should be "traffic calming", as everyone will be looking to yield, but not everyone seems to play by that book, and they aren't just kids who haven't yet learned. I most fear that 2008 Focus with a missing hubcap, suspicious "patina", and a ton of stickers aimlessly flying down the street, or the oversized truck (usually seems to be a Tundra or GM around here) unstoppably bulldozing its way to off road fun at the strip mall or fast food joint. And turn signals, lol, maybe not worse than Seattle, but probably not any better. At the same time, I've only seen enforcement on the key arterials, and I90 through the city can probably serve as an Autobahn in spots, no room for speedtraps.

    However, with lower overall traffic density, I am using the horn a bit less, so that's nice.
    imidazol97 said:

    Another near miss at being T-boned. Four-way stop sign. I let the southbound driver on my right go even though I got there a second ahead of him. If I had started across, the northbound middle-aged lady in her EquinoX would have hit me on driver's side. She missed the stop sign because the right turn land and the thru lane have a space between them--the stop sign is further off to the right than normal on the grass.

    I blew the horn at her as she went by. She was all primped up with her hair in place and looked dressed. Probably going to Kroger for the Black Friday specials. LOL

    I wondered if she even knew why someone blew the horn at her. No phone. No cigarette. No looked in mirror. Just looking straight ahead.

    I getting scared of driving with all these older people around. First a motorcyclist who might have been 50ish. Then this lady at 60ish.

  • jmonroe1jmonroe1 Same as jmonroePosts: 2,328
    snakeweasel said:

    Well the turkey is almost done and everything else is getting done.

    jmonroe1 said:

    snakeweasel said:

    venture said:

    ab348 said:

    Those were two pretty awful NFL games yesterday. Despite winning yesterday I have never been able to get excited about the Texans over the years. And the performance by the Cowboys was simply pathetic.

    And whatta ya know. They can use just the name Washington and they don't need a nickname. Who would have ever thought? :)
    Originally professional sports teams didn't have nicknames, they had names like "The Chicago professional baseball club" and it was the sports writers who nicknamed them. In this case the aforementioned team was nicknamed the White Stockings by the sports press because the team had white stockings.
    They must have had women sports writers back then since they used the word “stockings”. Any self respecting man would have used the word, “socks”. 😳

    jmonroe

    Well that was in the 1870's and things were different then, since then the White Stockings name has been changed to the Colts, then the Orphans and finally the Cubs. If you want "what were they thinking" names how about the Cleveland Infants
    Well, for the last decade, at least, the Browns played like Infants. They might have turned the corner but I’ll wait for a while before I call them real pros.😗

    jmonroe

  • isellhondasisellhondas Issaquah WashingtonPosts: 20,345
    fintail said:

    image

    From one of my favorite movies ever!
  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Posts: 17,299
    imidazol97 said:

    Another near miss at being T-boned. Four-way stop sign. I let the southbound driver on my right go even though I got there a second ahead of him. If I had started across, the northbound middle-aged lady in her EquinoX would have hit me on driver's side. She missed the stop sign because the right turn land and the thru lane have a space between them--the stop sign is further off to the right than normal on the grass.

    I blew the horn at her as she went by. She was all primped up with her hair in place and looked dressed. Probably going to Kroger for the Black Friday specials. LOL

    I wondered if she even knew why someone blew the horn at her. No phone. No cigarette. No looked in mirror. Just looking straight ahead.

    I getting scared of driving with all these older people around. First a motorcyclist who might have been 50ish. Then this lady at 60ish.

    50s and 60s is old to you? Get ready for some big surprises.

    I know what you mean though. At the local Walmart there is a 4 way intersection with only a 3 way stop. Invariably, when I go through the no-stop part of the intersection some clown with a stop sign blows through requiring a brake slam. Conversely, when I’m at the stop sign side of the intersection a clueless motorist will stop at the no-stop side and sit there while traffic backs up onto the highway.

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  • suydamsuydam Posts: 4,677
    We make our own as well
    imidazol97 said:

    Is it Apple products where members are having trouble on the menus and pulldowns?


    I did a search for problems with pull down menus on apples and found it's a fairly common
    problem in the complaints through some years.

    Usually occurring after an update... Some suggest doing a process to clear the cache. https://theme.co/forum/t/drop-down-menu-stopped-working-after-update-for-smartphone-ipad/70851

    I use a couple of small programs to clear cookies, leftover files, cache, and other junk to keep my Windows
    machines running clean. I don't know if Cleanup! and CCleaner have equivalents in the Apple world.



    I have an iPad and a laptop and haven’t had problems with pull down menus unless the site hasn’t been configured for IOS (phone and iPad system). Nowadays most of them are.
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  • stickguystickguy Posts: 40,878
    question for the know it alls pros. still trying to de-sap my car after getting trashed by a pine tree. one big blop I missed that is hardened on the front bumper cover (so white painted plastic). I have an old bottle of bug and tar remover which is not doing much on it, and I don't want to get too aggressive trying to scrape it off.

    so what is the best product to put on to loosen it up so I can safely get it off (maybe flicking it with a fingernail, my go-to safe removal tool!)

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD

  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel a Certified Edmunds Poster.Posts: 17,116
    stickguy said:

    question for the know it alls pros. still trying to de-sap my car after getting trashed by a pine tree. one big blop I missed that is hardened on the front bumper cover (so white painted plastic). I have an old bottle of bug and tar remover which is not doing much on it, and I don't want to get too aggressive trying to scrape it off.

    so what is the best product to put on to loosen it up so I can safely get it off (maybe flicking it with a fingernail, my go-to safe removal tool!)

    Not sure if it will work on sap but I get rid of what's left of bugs that couldn't get out of the way by covering them with a wet paper towel and let it sit for 15 minutes or so. This allows water to be absorbed by the bug parts and afterwards it comes up easily. So try that and see it it will soften up the sap. May not do it but it wont hurt.

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  • sdasda Indian Land, SCPosts: 3,965
    WD-40 may work. I know dad used gasoline on a rag...careful

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  • stickguystickguy Posts: 40,878
    might try WD 40 and goo be gone. Might not get it all, but shouldn't hurt the paint of panel which is more important. Might need a pay for it detail at some point to really get it right.

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  • tjc78tjc78 South JerseyPosts: 11,707
    +1 WD-40

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  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Posts: 17,299
    Dish detergent (Dawn) and hot water.

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  • stickguystickguy Posts: 40,878
    dawn, doesn't that take the wax off? Though not an issue on just the bumper cover I guess.

    I'll just bring all the options out and start trying until I get one that works

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD

  • cdnpinheadcdnpinhead Forest Lakes, AZPosts: 4,984
    oldfarmer50 said:

    Conversely, when I’m at the stop sign side of the intersection a clueless motorist will stop at the no-stop side and sit there while traffic backs up onto the highway.

    Yup, and these people can all vote, not that it matters.
    '08 Acura TSX, '17 Subaru Forester
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