Copperman05
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Took S2 to Porschembri nr Heathrow for MOT, passed with one advisory re leaky steering rack which I already knew about. Not bad for 23 years and 117,000 miles. Edd
what did you do to your 944 today
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DavidL
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That's interesting. Have you got one? I spend as much time cleaning under the car as the car - not that I clean that very much I must say. Always been a little hesitiant with power washers - putting water under pressure in gaps it wouldn't normally get or am I being too sensitive?
Fat Albert
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Just got back from the 52 mile round trip that is my Son's school run, looked at the snow and decided that the Porker would be a better bet than the 5 series as it isn't ham-strung with the nannying electronics. Went semi-cross country and there were only a couple of dodgy areas, the worst bit was in Oundle itself and in the school car park (they had cleared the downhill bit, not the uphill!) Was immensely funny mixing it with all the 4x4s at the school gates, the looks I got was worth the trip on its own! I bet they felt so smug that for the second day in a year they 'needed' and justified buying a 4x4, only to have some git in a RWD coupe sail past them.....
DavidL
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You're a braver man than me FA. I've done the 50 mile trip in the snow only to be stranded trying to get on the drive which is a bit of a slope but not much. My route to work is either main roads and busy or side roads and snowy. Said side roads have stranded me before in the 944. I'll admit to looking out and ignoring the weather this morning knowing my old rangie will take it in its stride.
peanut
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no snow or ice here yetdespite the severe weather warnings we had last night ? now I've said that they'll be a blizzard in a minute...[
] For all you 944 drivers that brag about how they drive their 944 in any conditions take a look at the terrain we face every day leaving and entering our village. We live at approx the 2.5 mile point on the graph (in the trough.) The route in either direction is a climb of over 200 feet on country roads that are never gritted and have either ditches or a 100 foot drop either side of the road. Still think its doable in a 944 ? [] well the farmers don't chance it in their tractors when its bad
] For all you 944 drivers that brag about how they drive their 944 in any conditions take a look at the terrain we face every day leaving and entering our village. We live at approx the 2.5 mile point on the graph (in the trough.) The route in either direction is a climb of over 200 feet on country roads that are never gritted and have either ditches or a 100 foot drop either side of the road. Still think its doable in a 944 ? [] well the farmers don't chance it in their tractors when its bad
JamesO
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Not so much today, but over the last few days I have repaired my Microsquirt ECU and set up bluetooth so I can tinker with engine settings from the comfort of my living room. Also installed some free datalogging software (Shadow Logger) on a spare Android phone. Very pleased with it as it not only logs all the engine sensors it also logs GPS speed, G and GPS position, even with an expired sim card in the phone.
peanut
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you fired my imagination James with your post about Microsquirt engine management . I'd seen some a microsquirt ECU reader on ebay recently without paying too much attention to it so I thought I'd do a google search and found this . thought it might be of interest to other members who like me know next to nothing about this. [link=http://www.diyautotune.com/catalog/microsquirt-c-35.html]microsquirt engine management [/link]
Copperman05
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Frosty morning here in London.
Edd
New battery as mine had the wrong one in, it was jumping up and down as I went over bumps ! New Bosch one fitted and it spins over really quick now, the old one was shown to be on its way out. Removed from the back beneath the battery tray 1 Screwdriver 1 dead earth strap 1 aerial 1 Phillips Tv/Video remote control some wood
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