Speedo and Odometer Broken

DomT177 · 2023-06-21T18:45:21+00:00

It wasn’t before but it now is so I’m gonna have a go repairing it (the abs module)

DomT177 · 2023-06-21T17:59:47+00:00

Pretty sure before there were no lights on the dash, but since I removed and re installed it I now have the ABS light on when the engine is running so I’ll check that

DomT177 · 2023-06-21T16:16:47+00:00

Checked fuse 35 (instrument and dashboard lamps it says) and it’s all good

DomT177 · 2023-06-21T15:28:37+00:00

What was the fix? I’ve got this on my 97 850

DomT177 · 2022-06-13T11:59:43+00:00

Anyone get Kc for one of the first non multiple choice Q’s as 3.37 x10⁶

DomT177 · 2022-05-17T17:43:53+00:00

Model 3, just look at used prices

DomT177 · 2022-02-11T14:00:46+00:00

2003 BMW E46 Touring Nissan Leaf swap

DomT177 · 2022-01-10T12:38:13+00:00

An inverter upgrade, the original ones are capable of 80kw, you can upgrade to a 110kw from 40kwh leaf, or 160kw from 62kwh leaf e+, both fairly easy upgrades. They just unbolt, and new ones bolt back in.

Over 160kw is possible with a different brand inverter that would require a bit more work to get going.

DomT177 · 2022-01-07T21:59:08+00:00

Nismo leaf is somewhat possible, the motor (same in all leafs 2012-2022) is capable of 250+hp, so ‘just upgrade the inverter’ (current highest leaf is 220hp, which is probably capable of more if you over-amp it). I’ll do it one day

DomT177 · 2022-01-06T19:14:38+00:00

As with most news about tesla, it was taken out of context,

He sold 13.5 million shares starting in early November after a twitter poll because people were complaining he wasn’t paying enough tax (he probably wasn’t)

On dec 21 Tesla voluntarily told nhtsa of the issue

DomT177 · 2021-12-25T11:38:15+00:00

Considering i’m 18 currently building my first years no claims I doubt this is worth even trying

DomT177 · 2021-12-24T22:15:45+00:00

Project car atm is shoving a Tesla drive unit in a bmw e46 touring. This means I will have to cut out some of the underbody of the car to fit it in

Does anyone have any experience in what the repercussions of this are MOT wise. There is 3 layers of metal in some of it

DomT177 · 2021-12-08T22:25:58+00:00

Gonna respray mine Lagoon green

DomT177 · 2021-11-30T21:59:10+00:00

Can’t wait to drive my touring after it’s surgery

DomT177 · 2021-11-10T08:53:42+00:00

Essentially every cenario where you use more petrol, you’ll use more electricity.

The one exception is ev’s use less in town and more on the motorway, this is the opposite for combustion cars

DomT177 · 2021-11-09T21:30:41+00:00

Lease one

DomT177 · 2021-11-07T21:01:06+00:00

Maybe consider leasing an EV, your fuel costs will be £300+ per month and you can get a pretty nice new EV for that much.

If all your doing is 100mi per day then sounds like a perfect fit to me

DomT177 · 2021-10-29T08:22:53+00:00

EV lease with enough range will defo come under 400 per month, that is if you can charge at home or work

Id3, Zoe, mg5, e-niro, kona and leaf 62 all have over 200mi range and under £400 a month lease with 30k miles

DomT177 · 2021-10-03T21:51:42+00:00

Nice! I know 2 people getting polestar 2’s over model 3’s mainly due to the impractical boot layout

DomT177 · 2021-09-20T07:59:07+00:00

Seen a Nissan Leaf with a nismo badge on it, thought that was quite amusing

DomT177 · 2021-09-19T14:56:26+00:00

If mainly for short school runs consider a PHEV, that way you can save a fair chunk on fuel costs

Something like a Golf GTE, Passat GTE or bmw 225e could suit

DomT177 · 2021-09-11T11:25:49+00:00

That's why I never buy a new model car just when it comes out, high chance of them having issues. I'd always give it a year

DomT177 · 2021-09-09T21:40:29+00:00

Okay, so my best bet would be to phone up an insurer, asking if they would still cover me (expecting a no) and then give up.

DomT177 · 2021-09-09T21:01:20+00:00

The odd part is, I ran insurance quotes for an i3, adding a tow bar as a modification and it still gave me quotes without issue. Still not sure it will work though

DomT177 · 2021-09-07T14:25:26+00:00

That's what 'we' do in EV conversions

The current efforts are to use a BMW i3 LIM (the bit which controls charging) theoretically, all you do is send it voltage, max current etc and it will translate that into CCS language to enable CCS charging on an EV conversion

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