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c0re_dump

It's All About Cars

Aug 09, 2009 00:00

Well, it's about electronics and software too, but mainly about cars.

Firstly, there is news about the City-El, my electric bubblecar. I wrote earlier about getting it through the MOT test and running it on a temporary set of batteries. I have now, with a lot of help from aminorjourney, purchased three new Crown 12V 105Ah batteries and installed them. Since ( Read more... )

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jarkman August 9 2009, 08:49:34 UTC

My word! You've been positively frenzied.

Is the Cappuccino going to be rehabilitated into working transport ?

aminorjourney August 10 2009, 15:43:38 UTC

Yup. That's the hope. you see, what anachrocomputer doesn't realise is that by buying a two seater car ourselves, my partner and I made it quite difficult for him to get lifts places... ;)

Seriously though, it was really great to see the cappuccino back up and running. Let's hope the garage are able to get it roadworthy again.

jarkman August 10 2009, 17:45:47 UTC

:-) You're so cunning.

c0re_dump August 10 2009, 18:19:53 UTC

Which reminds me that one of the things I liked about the two-seater Cappuccino was that people wouldn't be so keen to use me as a taxi service on office trips to the pub! They seemed to assume that because I didn't drink, I'd be instantly available to ferry them to/from drinking establishments. Oops, sorry, that's quite enough cynicism for one day. Ask me again when the welding's done and I've taken it for a spin with the roof off.