El Andrew

Haha yep, and every time you open a muesli bar on a trip, the kids think they are going to die. Even worse are the ones that actually take over and try to correct you back into the lane. Some of the reviews of the Kia and Hyundai systems in particular make it sound like bumper bowling.

Definitely! Got to see whether I can turn the lane departure warning off too and just put it back on for long distance driving. Is super annoying on windy roads or going around parked cars.

Well that was a strange one - Subaru wouldn't go on the ramps - applied its brakes, cut its throttle and flashed 'Obstacle Detected' on the dash. Solution was to take a run up.

It slopes up behind us too so I think a lot of the water in the soil of the house behind us flows into our soil too. Has never been a problem before but the ridiculous amount of rain lately has completely saturated the soil. I reckon I'll run ag pipe along the back of the retaining wall to catch most of the moisture in the lawn area, plus one under the deck for anything that makes it last that, plus water from the deck itself (the outer edge of the deck extends out past the pergola) I've framed up my outdoor kitchen so looking forward to a steak and a beer out there when I finally finish it all. Bought a Kreg pocket hole jig and tried it out on the frame - ripper of a thing!

Reckon I might need to sort out some drainage issues before I put the deck in... Since I got the ground levelled, I think the lawn is draining under that retaining wall. If I bail water off it, it just floods again until the lawn dries out. I'll just throw in a trench, Ag pipe and silt pit plumbed into the stormwater. I'd rather be building the deck, but better to know I've got this problem now rather than later.

The benefit of a transmission place over a dealer is they will happily use the Gulf Western fluid rather than Lifeguard which will be much cheaper.

I'd settle for making it past 2:30pm without wanting to sleep at my desk at this point!

I know how you feel sortnof - all my COVID symptoms are gone other than a bit of a cough, but I still feel completely exhausted by the end of each day. Looking forward to a weekend.

Good question! Mine has been doing that the last couple of months too. Maybe once every couple of weeks. Haven't gone hunting yet but doesn't seem like the typical door lock actuator issue as the locks don't cycle.

Haha that's what you want. Was trying to get my brother's ride on going the other week. Turns out the switch under the clutch that needs to be depressed to start had snapped its bracket. Too much mowing through 5 foot bracken. Just cable tied it up next to the steering column so you can press it by hand and off it goes.

Tested positive on a PCR last night so just did the phone voting thing. You have to talk someone through your vote, who literally sits there filling out the ballot paper. Made me wonder if anyone does an informal/donkey vote via telephone voting. How would you like me to number the boxes, sir? Just leave them blank and draw a pen!s, please.

Thanks mate. Yeah sounds like I should either leave it, get a crappy cluster to practice on, or get a decent one to program to the car.

Thanks @biddie_fiddler Keep meaning to ask you due to your recent cluster experience. The lower left LED on the speedo keeps playing up. Sometimes it's on with the others, sometimes it's off and sometimes it flickers. I'm guessing it's just a dry solder joint or something. If I pull the cluster out am I unlikely to be able to access that from the rear of the cluster and dials only come off to remove an LED, or are they completely inaccessible with the dials in place?

Nice! Glad you are through it and out of iso. Yeah I've got a decent pile of negative RATs. Might go get a PCR as seems almost impossible it's not COVID and I want to kick off the 7 days. Called out to the boys "Who wants toast?" This was the only response I got.

Home with muscle aches, sore throat, fatigue and a son who has tested positive [emoji1787] Treating myself with a pour over. Uses a sh!tload of coffee so I'd better order some more.

Had a friend hosing off some cobwebs outside on a ladder and decided to hose out an empty light socket. As he hit the ground he realised the switch must have been on. His wife was inside cooking and wondered why all the lights went out [emoji15]

4 bar / 58 psi is the correct fuel pressure, assuming it hasn't been changed previously and tuned for something different

Only access I had to a wagon was a mate's TR Magna - not quite as cool

Haha the Parade and Skye - having flashbacks to my P plate days

Yeah had Lovells and Koni Reds in it when I got it but with those the rear sat higher than the front. Put Kings SSLs in the rear to fix it.

Pic for Keith. Bonus silhouette of big ears and bald head. Just picked up the wing so car should be looking schmick later tonight. I hate the no spoiler look on an XR so much that I considered slapping it back together in the work carpark. But there's a bit of exposed metal on the bootlit around one hole that rusted as soon as the wing was off and it was in open air. So I'll touch that up properly first.

I'll get one tomorrow. Trying to tidy up a few minor issues as they arise. Got the roof lining done last week too - replacement stuff is way nicer than factory and isn't foam backed so should last. A bit over $400 which seems pretty reasonable. Custom Motor Trimming for anyone in the ACT needing it done. Nice bloke and quality work.

Spoiler clear coat was peeling so dropped it off at the crash repairer this morning. Now I'm driving around looking like all of the hectic

Yeah the bloke came yesterday and did it. Quoted $400, charged $300 cos was quicker than he thought, broke up and moved a concrete path I decided I hated at the last minute. Hiring a machine was going to cost me $250 and a bunch of time so pretty happy with that. Now there's no excuse to not start the deck.

I need to do this too. Rearranged about 60 6m sticks of timber in the carport last night so that's something I guess. Needing to clear a path for an excavator to come tomorrow to take a cuppla hundred mm of soil off the area where the deck is going so I have a bit more clearance