johnny g

Just bought another, in the summer - and starting it all over again ...

And lets not forget the ECU will be late 1980s / early 1990s design with (very) limited capabilities compared to now.

Probably only if the voltage response curve is the same...

This is a great idea. I'm going to try this

I actually toyed with getting a few Tesla batteries and then charging them up on an offpeak tarrif to see us through the day. But you're talking £20k plus for 3 batteries. Then it's just under 40kWh, at £0.07 per kWh. Call it £3 per night, rather than £10.50 or so on It's 8 years to pay for itself. Wasn't worth it for me.

Speak to Mike @ SRD for a supply and fit

I have RealDash running on a Pi. It's not too difficult. Get Pi4, and the PiCAN addon card through GPIO. Take a twisted pair, CAN Hi, CAN Lo from the ECU and wire in the PiCAN. RealDash will pick this up. I've run on a Raspberry Pi OS 64bit, cut down a little. Boot time is around 17 seconds from cold.

And in addition to that, the new ideas that come along are often lobbied against by those who have the power and money to do so. And the politicians are often at their whim. But that's a whole new thread.

Same here, I have a Tesla Model 3 Performance for my daily. I charge it at home, and depending on when I plug it in, it's a maximum of £18 for 275 real world miles. I get 333Wh/mile, so 3 miles per kWh. That equates to around 80-100mpg at (home/Tesla prices), if I recall correctly. I only charge at Tesla or at home. Using the Shell, Inonity, BP Pulse or any of the other eye-wateringly expensive options alters that to mid 30s on the MPGe equivelance. There's dozens of euroboxes that will yield 3x that if driven well enough. We do not have the technology to push this idyliic approach, whether it be in charge speed, range, battery density, let alone make that available to the masses. We'd be far better switching to a synthetic, sustainable fuel to keep the ICE vehicles on the road.

They have to compete with Drive to Survive now, so they need to create controversy, milk the politics, grab the sound bites and sensationalise everything. But they're still infinitely better than Mike Brewer.

The departure of James V to Williams and Bottas to Alfa means that George has more of an equal standing and doesn’t defer to team orders. George is the real deal.

I literally can't stand the guy, or CultLH fanbase. He wasn't bleating when he had a rocketship from 2014-2020/21. RedBull have done a superme job of making an aerodynamically slippery car, coupled with a highly effective DRS and a strong Honda/RedBull Powertrains package. Arguably the McLaren DRS system is highly effective, but because they're suffering with drag when the DRS isn't engaged. RedBull just have the consumate package at the moment. Hamilton's rants scream of entitlement and brat-like behaviour, and he's laid it at the teams' feet. When he wins it's him. When he doesn't, it's the car. I hope George spanks him this year.

The safety car was shambolic decision. It hurt Ferrari and aided Merc a bit, so probably flattered Merc a little. I did have £10 on PER, VER, ALO at 11:1 odds, so I'll take that

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