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    Pog’s X1/9

    in Project Discussion

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    On 01/04/2024 at 18:08, ThePog said:

    . @h4nd had given me a dose of RTFM

    Oh man. I thought I was commiserating that the bastards had hidden the salient deets. Apparently I've also failed (passed?) my autism test. lol.

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    !!!!!!Hanmeet 2024 23rd-25th August - Entry Form is up now!!!!

    in South Island Region

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    16 hours ago, vivaspeed said:

    Whatever you do, do not accept an airport pickup from this man ^^

    Bort kindly offered me a ride one time, which I was happy to take, but then at several points on the trip I seriously feared for my safety and death flashed before my eyes.  Sliding around the back seat of the angry V8 Valiant coupe (2 door sedan?) with no rear seatbelts as he did the imperial ton passing slower traffic on twisty roads.  I was not entirely comfortable with that situation.  Drive it like you stole it comes to mind.

    Then we were regaled with stories of how he rolled a car while younger, and other interesting motoring calamities he had encountered - whilst entertaining, did not add to the feeling of safety.

    Then we were relieved of the near-death experience when he decided to do some road levelling with the sump of the aforementioned car, and it decided to drain the lubricating fluids, rendering it inoperable for the remainder of the event.  Hence the nickname "Sumpson" was acquired.

    Then IIRC @yetchh gave me a ride back to Christchurch in his 121 which seemed to have an intermittent fueling problem and so it wasn't being super reliable either, but we made it.

    Such memories.

    TL;DR - if you don't want to die, don't travel to Hanmer with @RUNAMUCK

    I have only just now realised what's going to happen the streets of Chch when Bort's old man pops his clogs....

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    Bike spam thread

    in General Bike Chat

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    On 05/03/2024 at 19:08, tortron said:

    I 5hink I had the same guy complaining that my 30 year old 250 had been dropped at some point in its life

    Mayte, if you want a new bike, maybe you should .... buy a new bike?

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    Thousand Dollar Supercar's 1988 Jaguar XJ-S 3.6

    in Project Discussion

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    Nicely done, wedging some torque into the impellor old chap. Nice bit of fettling, that.

    Gosh I say, I don't mean to be impertinent, but the commutator did rather catch my eye.

    I had a chat to my man Goggle, and he offered this:

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    I just cant help but a nagging feeling that the someone might have scarpered with a bit of your spinny thing.

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    but well, it's running fine, so I'm probably just imagining it. So sorry to have troubled you, old bean!

    Arduino stuff/ programing/so cheap

    in Tech Talk

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    Yeah CANbus is kinda industrialised i2c-ish, but made robust for auto use, and it has deterministic servicing order, so the brake controller messages go through before the one asking if the light for the lip-stick-heater-indicator lamp is on.

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    77 Marina keeps blowing rear indicators

    in General Car Chat

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    I had to bend the spring arm a smidge in the regulator feeding the Alt on the Daihatsu to get it to back off a bit.

    It was ok just after startup, but after 5 min when it had replaced the starter motor energy, it would go over Volts at high RPM.

    The auto sparky who did it last had diddle fingered it.

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