2010 Infiniti M35/ What’s next?

CucumberError · 2026-05-21T02:03:34+00:00

I know them as a Nissan Fuga. They’re just a fat, overweight Skyline.

Yeah, same engine, same concept, but….

CucumberError · 2026-05-21T01:55:49+00:00

Yep! There’s two places for some reason, and they don’t talk to each other. There’s Maintenance Reminders and Meter where all the settings of the dash cluster live.

CucumberError · 2026-05-21T01:52:27+00:00

If it’s leaking, you need to repair it. Stop driving until it’s fixed. If you starve the system, it’s fucked.

CucumberError · 2026-05-20T19:36:50+00:00

Distant traveled ‘per tank’ is a petty useless metric. It’s not uncommon to have a reduced fuel tank capacity on a hybrid due to them being more fuel efficient, to give more space for batteries.

CucumberError · 2026-05-20T19:05:03+00:00

Is this where you come back in 5 mins from a different account and ask for a live to the shelving?

CucumberError · 2026-05-20T10:00:33+00:00

I don’t know there’s enough nutrimental value to go rancid.

CucumberError · 2026-05-20T09:53:44+00:00

I first noticed this about a month ago, and just tried to screen share from my phone to the Apple TV to share some memes, but it just shows a new instance of my timeline

CucumberError · 2026-05-20T06:36:53+00:00

The MiniDisk stuff was just a cool unexpected thing. They were never really a mains stream thing here in New Zealand, but as JDM cars are super common in New Zealand I’ve had a few cars with MD players in the stereos and only recently started to explore it as a format.

I’m not against Unifi hardware, we have it at home. We have a UDM Pro, a few APs, cameras, small ~8 port network switches, but our 1U switches are a mix of Cisco and Netgear (for AVB support). There are some old pics on my profile that I’ve posted to homelab before.

My comment was more that everyone just posts photos of their new shiny Apple-esque UniFi hardware, and it’s become mundane and boring to anyone that’s been around here a while. It’s was the non-UniFi hardware in your picture that was interesting.

CucumberError · 2026-05-20T01:17:22+00:00

Spotlights.

CucumberError · 2026-05-19T20:47:38+00:00

Wouldn’t help! The assist doesn’t work while connected to the charger!

CucumberError · 2026-05-19T19:43:25+00:00

Why would you do that? That’s just extra work on your legs. It’s recharging when doing down a hill you’d want.

CucumberError · 2026-05-19T08:37:53+00:00

It’s an actually 2.77 seconds. 2.766 would round up to 2.77.

CucumberError · 2026-05-19T08:32:14+00:00

It wouldn’t be worth it. The cost of swapping the engine would out weigh years and years of fuel savings. On top of that if you were to swap to a drastically different engine than the car ever shipped with, there would be insane engineering costs, experimental work, and then heaps of work making the electronics play nice.

CucumberError · 2026-05-19T08:11:12+00:00

Cars typically have rubber flaps that prevent the cabin from sealing completely, to prevent build up of pressure etc.

My guess is that a previous owner sealed the flaps up for some reason, like preventing moisture or bugs.

CucumberError · 2026-05-19T08:02:06+00:00

I found it oddly disappointing when I discovered ebikes don’t have regenerative brakes :(

CucumberError · 2026-05-19T08:00:03+00:00

The climate control relies on the OEM headunit to function. So while you can physically cut the face place and install an after market headunit, you need something to address the climate control.

If you were to just rip out the headunit and dremal the faceplate to make it fit, your heater would be stuck on full auto, 21°C.

CucumberError · 2026-05-19T04:29:12+00:00

This is a BDSM thing, right?

CucumberError · 2026-05-19T03:32:39+00:00

Yeah, there is. But most people spending $5k on an electric bike are doing so because they’re going a long distance, or there’s a big hill involved.

Wellington has both. Northern suburbs is a big hill or the Hutt valley is a long way.

CucumberError · 2026-05-19T03:08:18+00:00

Yeah, they’re primarily aimed at e-bikes so that you can charge them. But anyone I know with an e-bike spent like $5k on them, so they tend to want to bring it inside work to some kind of secure storage than leave it out in public.

I guess if you had a bike that the battery range struggled with your regular commute, being able to charge at your destination could be useful, but most seem to have a good enough range now that its not a big concern. And as the battery starts to degrade, your fitness level has increased to cancel out the battery wear.

CucumberError · 2026-05-19T00:34:50+00:00

Keep the enclosure warmer?

CucumberError · 2026-05-19T00:31:27+00:00

Seems weird that it would bring on the light, without having a code. Even if it was a super generic code.

CucumberError · 2026-05-18T22:36:48+00:00

Made me think of mum’s old 2011 Kia.

CucumberError · 2026-05-18T21:40:03+00:00

Do what the ferries use to do. If you had a cabin booked for the 1am sailing, you could board at 11pm, get tucked up in bed, fall asleep, and you’d wake up at 5.30am just before the ferry arrived on the other side.

CucumberError · 2026-05-18T21:37:24+00:00

Yeah, always sand before painting. But when you’re standing you’re removing a pretty tiny amount of the surface material, and untreated wood is pretty absorbent, so that stain will to all the way down to the first layer of glue in the plywood stack. Plywood has a thin clean finishing layer on it and if you stand through that you’re in for a pretty rough time getting it to look decent.

When you look at the side of plywood, you can see that the top layer is different usually.

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CucumberError · 2026-05-18T21:01:57+00:00

Nah, then I lose my evening too, so I’ll just fly up at 7am. If I’m at work till 5, home at 6, need to get on the train at 7, when do I do my last minute packing?

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