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If I wasn't already spread thin, I'm making my life harder by doing YouTube videos as well. I'm recording a video each Saturday and Sunday and I'll release 1 every 2 or 3 weeks. That'll give me a bit of a video buffer in case I can't record for some reasons. Please...

One of the few things that gets to me is accounting. Just the thought of doing the accounts makes me feel depressed and I generally transcend the situation by ignoring them. Obviously that just makes it worse and worse. I finally understood what to do and how they...

Due to a bug between a plug-in that we use and PayPal, we are seeing many recurring payments not being sent. The only option we have is to reset the account membership level back to "unpaid" and cancel the recurring payment through PayPal and hope that people...

Update from the last news because I know that everyone reads this (lol). I had 2 MOT's in 1 day. Double squeaky bum hole time. The 453 EQ mentioned in the last news was one of them and they both passed with no issues. Even with the radar warning. Sweet. The 451 ED...

It has been one of those months where things don't go the way you want. It all takes too long and I quickly lose interest. I wasted an entire weekend chasing fast flashing indicators in the 453 EQ fortwo. The front indicators wouldn't work which eventually turned out...

Working on cars over December is what I normally do as I'm off work. However, there are issues of doing this. Firstly it's bloody cold in my workshop and electricity costs too much to waste heating the work space. We had snow on the ground for 5 days. Secondly, I'm...

Just because the house extension has been completed, doesn't mean that stuff hasn't stopped being crazy here. My 451 ED every day driver died and is now stuck in the workshop. So I'm having to remove the battery to see if the BMS has shit itself. Despite being in park...

Good news, I'm still alive and now the building work is complete and a new kitchen has been fitted. Apart from some flooring and a bathroom suite, it's all done. I finally have room and can actually get to things in the workshop. Which is fortunate since my 451 ED...

My house is still undergoing a small single storey rear extension. The build that should take about 5 weeks is now entering week 16. Cheap, Good, Fast, choose 2. I chose cheap and good so he's not fast. I bought all the things I needed to decorate and and fit out the...

Normally the girlfriend goes away on holiday and I stay behind and do stuff to the house. I'd previously ripped out the bathroom, moved a wall over and fitted a new bathroom suite. Then there was Covid for 2 years so no holidays. This year however she was off to...

Yep, still here. You may have noticed a slight change to the site. This started on the 25th of August. This is the 1st big change to the admin software in about 14 years so needless to say a lot of the pages of information aren't formatted correctly. When the site was...

I'm not dead. I haven't run out of ideas. I haven't abandoned the website. This isn't FQ101. I got myself another smart to play with so I've been taking a lot of photos but I just couldn't get into the mindset to write the words. Being informative is easy but...

Roadster cruise control functionality. 450 fortwo cruise control functionality. 450 fortwo alternator diode lead information. 453 battery removal. 453 general electrical faults - new common problem. 451 paddle shift steering wheel retrofit. Roadster dash pod needle...

Since the lockdown has been lightened slightly I had to go and see parents instead of playing in the garage. 450 polyurethane sway bar bush fitting. 453 wing mirror glass removal. 453 wing mirror cap removal. 451 bleeding the brakes. 453 reverse camera pin out. 453...

It is amazing how a bit of warm weather helps you actually bother to go and play in the garage. It has been a while. I finally scrapped an old 451 diesel with a failed engine. It let me down about 4 years ago on the way to work and it sat a S2smarts for 4 years before...

My thumb is burning, the back of my hand is in pain and the elbow on my other arm feels very tight. I've been editing too many photos. The website also had a back-end update to make it more secure and quicker. As with all updates, loads of stuff stopped working so we...

If you want to see a photo before and after AI upscaling, there is a comparison here. 451 Centre Console Removal. 450 Driveshaft Seal Change. E10 Fuel Information. Towing Legality. Roadster Lateral Movement Sensor. 453 Non Turbo Brake Upgrade. Manually retract and...

Not much been going on in the workshop for 2 reasons. Firstly it is bloody cold outside and secondly, I spent a lot of time on 1 project and it was a failure due to bad info. I had to walk away and take a break 453 Auto Wiper Coding. 451 Centre Console Removal....

The final piece of the puzzle has been found. 453 LED headlights 100% coded properly. Cycle valve bench testing. 451 Boot hatch not latching shut. 451 Brake master cylinder removal. 453 Vent ring removal. Roadster button bank pin out. Vediamo - Flashing the 453 engine...