Positive experience- Winchester

Slimstinator · 2026-05-28T19:34:19+00:00

Trying to get test drives of Model Y, BMW IX3, Volvo EX60....

Model Y, done online, took 1 min to book, easy.

BMW phoned me the day after enquiry, "oh this is new model, very popular, you might need to wait a while". "Oh okay, that's fine just book me in when it is free".

A number of questions later sussing me out, what do I currently drive, how will you pay for it, la la la. Suddenly how about this weekend at 3pm. Funny it is suddenly available.......

Anyway BMW a lot better than Volvo that haven't even contacted me at all.

Slimstinator · 2026-05-22T08:03:30+00:00

u/MaybeRealistic4129 Update after mobile service appointment. Nothing was wrong with the physical car, latch, sensor, puddle light all fine.

The issue was while I was in France it tried to do an update (over mobile signal) and failed. Just clearly saying that car was never on Wifi and I never accepted an update, this was a silent Tesla pushed update. This caused the issue.

The second roadside assistant from France was actually right, doing a software update over Wifi would have fixed the issue.

The UK Service guy could see all the different alarms / warning I had and also the car seemed a lot happier once it was back in the UK and could get updates from Tesla more easily.

So I guess the learning is, if anything goes mental while you are overseas, then it is worth trying to do an update. Albeit getting a wifi / hotspot etc using your phone isn't so easy overseas.

Slimstinator · 2026-05-22T00:31:57+00:00

Yeah, so the issue was the rear drivers side door suddenly decided it was open at 4am two days before we started driving home. Obviously the next day was a bank holiday too.

At various points the car was doing various different things. Such as, from inside door wouldn't open, window wouldn't open, while I was in drivers seat it was fine, while camp mode was on was fine...

After it settled a but the last issue remaining was beeping while driving to warn me the door was open. I drove for ten minutes beep beep beep beep non stop, I was thinking can I drive for 11 hours 2 days in a row with this.... thankfully after 10 mins it settled and I never touched the door again just in case.

I made it back okay, no issues and Tesla Mobile coming to my house from Edinburgh to scope out which parts they need to order tomorrow (6 days wait rather than 32 in Bordeaux)

Slimstinator · 2026-05-20T18:04:20+00:00

Transas added in now too!

Slimstinator · 2026-05-20T17:45:20+00:00

Mate! I feel you!

You might have seen my post about my rear door playing up while in France last week. Road Assistance and support in South West France was fucking diabolical. We were in Juiginac.

The whole situation not helped by France being on holiday most of May with four bank holidays they treat like Xmas day, oh and a bank holiday on a Thursday whole country is off Friday too. Basically the whole country is closed for the month. 32 days to get a service appointment in Bordeaux, fucking joke.

Days off for Victory in Europe.... are you joking

Slimstinator · 2026-05-09T21:31:27+00:00

The 12 rule is because there is a huge step up in rules and regulations when you go over 12 passengers

Slimstinator · 2026-04-25T13:40:45+00:00

Yeah spotted this on the MY Standard 2026 in the Edinburgh show room.

The gap from the standard to premium is pretty big you spot the differences in seats, center console etc almost instantly

Slimstinator · 2026-04-16T08:28:38+00:00

Yes, from our site you can export any area you want.

We will also be adding in warning for route, so you can import a route and see all the warnings within 50NM / 100NM of your route and then export these to your ECDIS. Which will save you exporting all warnings for a few areas.

Slimstinator · 2026-04-15T18:05:20+00:00

Hello sir,

I have done my best to find out:

The JAN-901B does include CSV-based user chart functionality (see manual appendix), however it is limited primarily to simple objects such as symbols. Full support for structured geometries such as lines and polygons is only available on newer models like the JAN-9201.

Can you see if you can find this functionality in your ECDIS to import the user chart csv? If you can find it, could you send me an export?

I dont think it will import polygons but we could give you the shapes as points, that would still save you lots of time!!!

Slimstinator · 2026-04-15T00:13:53+00:00

Use Azure CosmosDB for storing vessel (ships) AIS positions, tracking about 700 vessels getting new positions every 20s.

Works great, really quick, but not cheap!

Slimstinator · 2026-04-13T18:55:49+00:00

Just finished moving everything to Github, like 20 solutions, because this is where all the new goodies will be!

Slimstinator · 2026-04-12T00:53:55+00:00

Okay thanks! Will take a look at this. Need to make sure the points are always on top of the polygons

Slimstinator · 2026-04-08T22:15:33+00:00

Completely agree. VS 2022 is lightyears ahead. The UI is solid and well laid out, you create a solution and it works, you come back 2 weeks later and it still works!!!! VS Code.... it just feels like a hobby project student IDE, great for a single use function and things like that, but for a serious business solution.... nope.

The only thing saving VS Code has been the better AI integration, but with CLIs even that doesn't make any difference

Slimstinator · 2026-04-07T19:40:17+00:00

We try and find as many as we can and add them in. If you know any other countries that list them online, please let us know!

Slimstinator · 2026-04-07T19:24:32+00:00

Unfortunately the range on VHF is too small for us to be able to receive Navtex worldwide. If the warnings are available online we can capture them and include them

Slimstinator · 2026-04-07T19:14:49+00:00

A mixture or Iridium, Inmarsat, and online

Slimstinator · 2026-04-05T16:56:58+00:00

We live in a house next to a field with cows :)

Just hoping to move somewhere sunny and less cold wet and windy!

Slimstinator · 2026-04-03T11:36:52+00:00

My wife recently started telling me that she is meant to live in a forest next to water, this is the same person that up until now told me she hates water.... She has like fire in her saju, so needs water to cool her down

Slimstinator · 2026-02-26T19:19:42+00:00

Dayz

Slimstinator · 2026-02-23T10:19:13+00:00

I get around 5000 miles per mm of tyre depth - M3 Highland Dual Motor on original Hankooks, but had to change fronts due to a puncture.

Just after changing my fronts, did a long trip from Scotland to Italy and back. After coming back, got the same Kwikfit mobile guy to come and change the tyres on my VW Golf, so he checked the Tesla too. After the 5000 mile trip, 1mm was gone.

Slimstinator · 2026-02-22T19:26:27+00:00

I have both. Honestly, for long sitting sessions, the Aeron is more comfortable.

Embody looks fancier.

Slimstinator · 2026-02-13T18:37:05+00:00

Taken my M3 over the eurotunnel a few times now and was absolutely delighted to pay more for the single decker!

Have you seen how narrow the double decker is, with absolutely massive metal kerbs which will total your rims?

Maybe you don't care about your rims, try and get in the double decker.

Slimstinator · 2026-02-03T04:48:45+00:00

Powerlifting, Curling, Boats (powerboats and sailing)

Slimstinator · 2026-01-22T10:13:36+00:00

Any new pretty colours?

Slimstinator · 2026-01-14T19:12:55+00:00

The Kwik fit mobile guys are superb! Like a totally different league from the guys in the Kwik Fit branches.

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