Andrew 7478 Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 Didn't get the main bit I wanted, which is annoying because getting a new one here will cost more than I want to pay BUT I didn't leave empty handed. Also this was a very cool experience, part of the reason for finally biting the bullet and doing a car is to get me away from screens and out of my office a bit, I work in IT and mostly at home and most of my stuff I do outside of work time lives in the same space so getting to go out on a nice spring day to an absolutely ENORMOUS car graveyard and wander about looking for cars I can take bits off was brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 7478 Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 Live n learn Been installing a new screen/head unit in the BMW today, getting it more up to date with car play and whatnot since the old idrive was VERY old and the navigation was 20 years out of date. Bit of a ballache of a job not helped by the instructions being... let say poorly translated. In my testing and troubleshooting I managed to run the BMWs battery flat just as I was about done, fortunately I'm a two car man these days so I was able to get it jumped and running again and get the job finished. Took it for a spin once I as done and everything is working beautifully Got a few more things coming for a few more jobs on the BMW in the next couple of weeks, its getting a new windscreen on Friday, but todays was definitely the biggest piece of work at home that I have planned for now. Glad to get it done before a week where I have to drive to the office a bunch. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 4171 Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 1 hour ago, Andrew said: Live n learn Been installing a new screen/head unit in the BMW today, getting it more up to date with car play and whatnot since the old idrive was VERY old and the navigation was 20 years out of date. Bit of a ballache of a job not helped by the instructions being... let say poorly translated. In my testing and troubleshooting I managed to run the BMWs battery flat just as I was about done, fortunately I'm a two car man these days so I was able to get it jumped and running again and get the job finished. Took it for a spin once I as done and everything is working beautifully Got a few more things coming for a few more jobs on the BMW in the next couple of weeks, its getting a new windscreen on Friday, but todays was definitely the biggest piece of work at home that I have planned for now. Glad to get it done before a week where I have to drive to the office a bunch. You not bought yourself a jumper pack/power pack yet Andrew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63200 Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 1 hour ago, sammynb said: You not bought yourself a jumper pack/power pack yet Andrew? Leave Andrew alone, he said he was just getting into it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 7478 Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 7 hours ago, sammynb said: You not bought yourself a jumper pack/power pack yet Andrew? Never needed one tbh, always been fine with cables on the odd occasion anything was needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12383 Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 On 22/11/2025 at 09:12, Andrew said: Live n learn Been installing a new screen/head unit in the BMW today, getting it more up to date with car play and whatnot since the old idrive was VERY old and the navigation was 20 years out of date. Bit of a ballache of a job not helped by the instructions being... let say poorly translated. In my testing and troubleshooting I managed to run the BMWs battery flat just as I was about done, fortunately I'm a two car man these days so I was able to get it jumped and running again and get the job finished. Took it for a spin once I as done and everything is working beautifully Got a few more things coming for a few more jobs on the BMW in the next couple of weeks, its getting a new windscreen on Friday, but todays was definitely the biggest piece of work at home that I have planned for now. Glad to get it done before a week where I have to drive to the office a bunch. The lengths you'll go to remind us you live in a place where twin garages / driveways are common place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 7478 Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 14 hours ago, Craig said: The lengths you'll go to remind us you live in a place where twin garages / driveways are common place. Hey if you'd started a patreon when you ran the place maybe you could have one too! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14502 Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 14 hours ago, Craig said: The lengths you'll go to remind us you live in a place where twin garages / driveways are common place. Doesn't everyone have those? 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12383 Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 2 hours ago, Andrew said: Hey if you'd started a patreon when you ran the place maybe you could have one too! Fair comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 16199 Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 22 hours ago, Craig said: The lengths you'll go to remind us you live in a place where twin garages / driveways are common place. tbf it's the people living in the shed from Dobbies over the road that I feel sorry for, looking over at him with his two cars. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 7478 Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 6 hours ago, Dazzler said: tbf it's the people living in the shed from Dobbies over the road that I feel sorry for, looking over at him with his two cars. That shed is £300,000 What housing crisis?! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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