Cars, Computers, Society in General
We’re at what I’m calling “Stage 0.” I have a car that can be driven safely on public roads. Even highways at speed. As long as the temperature is above 40 degrees. Work since the last update has been more extensive than I’d planned. I’d hoped to be cleaning it and moving it outside so …
She’s been together, then apart, then together, now apart again. It’s sitting on all four wheels most of the time now. The priority this past week was fixing the rusty tailgate so the car would be watertight again, and I could reattach the factory spoiler. The repair started with a trip to Cody’s. He has …
After much consternation, I have a moral victory: The Probe now runs properly. Since getting it running, I’ve had a problem with it breaking up at around 3000 RPM. It just wouldn’t spin any higher. I checked and replaced all the usual suspects. I replaced the spark plugs. I rebuilt the distributor and spliced in …
Update!: If you got here looking for a Code 43 fix, scroll to the bottom So a few months ago, I embarked on a hack to pass my NVidia GTX 1060 through to Windows 10 running a Virtual Machine on my PC. The entire aim was to stop running Windows as the primary operating system, …
2020 is looking to be a big year. As if the Riyadh auto show wasn’t epic enough, I hope to surpass that. This, is my Probe: It doesn’t look like much, because it really isn’t much. I picked this baby up on Ebay for $500. It had 266,016 miles, and it didn’t run, but the …
Way back in late July, I got a phone call that would lead to one of the bigger adventures of my life to this point. Optima Batteries was looking for cars for a project – the first ever large car show in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was an ambitious plan: a car show …
I did a thing. With no car to tinker with, I had cleaned the garage twice, and was faced with a choice: tear the downstairs bathroom apart, or get a cheap car to tinker with. Browsing Ebay, the decision made itself. I found a 1994 Ford Probe in Indianapolis listed with a $500 starting bid. …
An interesting confluence of events occurred. With the departure of the Buick for Riyadh, I’m left with no project. Even when that car isn’t broken, there’s always something to do on it. Something to improve, inspect, or clean. So what do I do with myself now? Well, I cleaned the garage out so the girlfriend …
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It’s been awhile, but there’s been a lot going on, and I’ve either not had time to write, or I’ve been unable to because we had to keep some stuff on the down-low. But the embargo is pretty much lifted and things are in motion that can’t be stopped, so here’s an update. Back during …
Did it work? No. Longer answer: Nooooooooo. I took the car down to NCM for a big double weekend. The DriveAutoX event on the pad on Saturday, and an SCCA Time Trial regional on Sunday. My E-dash didn’t survive the first autocross run. It would randomly reboot. The little Pi3 just couldn’t hack …