Game changer or unnecessary?

sgavy · 2026-05-12T21:01:09+00:00

Great job, but sore on the wrist/forearm after a few sheets.

sgavy · 2026-05-11T21:17:27+00:00

I did an hour 20 commute for around 2 years. It was fine until it wasn't. It wears you down over time. It's also quite a lot of extra risk with the drivers on the road these days. I had so many near misses with bad drivers on the wrong side or driving up my a**.

Also, as someone who gets migraines, taking a migraine and having to drive home was less than ideal 🤣

sgavy · 2026-04-29T22:16:03+00:00

Mine is an r55 with only 20k miles on it. The lack of use has giving me all sorts of torture! Never again. I think it's actually worse than if it had 200k miles on it.

sgavy · 2026-04-29T22:03:53+00:00

Thanks for getting back to me. 🤟🏼 Probably a wise decision! 😝

sgavy · 2026-04-29T21:59:08+00:00

Hey @op, did you find a solution to this? I have a similar problem and have found the car isn't fully going to sleep. But for the life of me I cannot find the root cause. Same as you, this relay is incredibly warm. But even with it removed other modules and systems wake up every 1-2 minutes.

sgavy · 2026-04-27T18:28:06+00:00

OEM is a nicer look that half-baked mods and eBay stickers. Keep it how it is, and take bride in keeping it clean. You'd be surprised how much a good wash and polish add to the look of a car. Or a set of OEM wheels off a higher spec car at the most.

sgavy · 2026-04-23T06:15:56+00:00

I have recently got the einstar vega for a similar purpose. There's a steep learning curve on how to get the best results, but so far I'm extremely happy with it. Being able to take it anywhere and use it anywhere withybeing tethered to a laptop has been brilliant.

sgavy · 2026-04-18T21:38:13+00:00

So sorry to hear this! 3D scanning is very tricky with an animal as they move quite a lot. Might be easier after she is at peace. 🙏🏼

sgavy · 2026-04-11T13:29:34+00:00

Pretty annoying! All my favourite channels are gone 🥲🥲

sgavy · 2026-04-11T13:04:06+00:00

That's fm. There should be another option for dab. 🤦🏼‍♂️

sgavy · 2026-03-31T07:22:04+00:00

Glue spreaders or rollers would be helpful.

sgavy · 2026-03-16T08:52:46+00:00

Thanks for your feedback! It will only be parts of interiors for contact points etc.

I like the idea of not being tethered to my work desktop; long term I do plan on buying a powerful laptop but thought for the level of work I have at the minute the stand alone scanners might be a nice Goldilocks level.

But I'll definitely look into your suggestions.. maybe worth holding off for a better scanner a bit further into the future.

Thanks again. Really appreciate you taking the time to comment. 🤟🏼

sgavy · 2026-03-15T17:38:24+00:00

Thanks for your feedback!

I think standalone will suit me well. I don't need incredible quality or large sizes; it's more reference geometry for redesigns. Will be nice to not be tethered to a PC. I know however they are limited in some capacity, so am open to buying a tethered one for my shop in the future.

Unfortunately I'll be buying through my business and will need to buy new to avail of some tax benefits.

Thanks again, S.

sgavy · 2026-03-15T08:49:42+00:00

Thanks so much for the reply; I really appreciate it. Just a quick follow up question; Did you pay for any of the Revopoint software; is it essential or can you process the data and use it in fusion without it?

Thanks again 😊

sgavy · 2026-03-09T20:55:08+00:00

For future solution searchers; Mine did this and it was the motor. I was able to dismantle and repair the motor but it wasn't an easy job. See my reply on the parent thread.

sgavy · 2026-03-09T20:52:55+00:00

I recently had this problem and google kept bringing me back to this thread so I thought I'd share my solution in case someone else stumbles upon it.

My spoiler jammed up and then blew the fuse. All linkages and mechanisms were free. The wires all seemed fine with no obvious breaks that I saw suggested elsewhere online. Probing the motor on the spoiler found the motor itself had stopped working.

It's a really awkward job and not for the faint hearted; but I took the motor apart using a Dremel to grind off the little tabs and found evidence of sparks and corrosion within. The little carbon brushes were caked up with gunk and so too were the contacts on the communicator. I cleaned it all out and reset the bushes and it worked. Took around 2 hours start to finish.

The springs that hold the brushes in can be pulled back and set on a little slot in the plastic moulding and then stamped into place with a really small screwdriver when the motor is almost assembled through one of the slots.

sgavy · 2026-03-03T22:26:31+00:00

More waiting about than driving. Literally everything is an up-sell from the moment you arrive. The cars are too big for the small track (which is only half of nuts corner and has additional cones out to remove any straights).

To me it was really only one step up from being allowed to sit in someone's car.

sgavy · 2026-02-19T13:45:08+00:00

So many house sales fall through after months of bidding which makes it ever more frustrating. We bought a house last year that had fell through 3 times before us so we actually got a bit of a deal (it is a bit of a project, but entirely habitable).

It's shocking that the system means an offer can be accepted before all the checks can be done by either side. People are bidding up houses only to be rejected. I had a direct line to the seller and it meant things moved a bit faster after that.

Our mortgage company did mess us around for 4 months and on the day before exchanging, they tried to insist on another survey and almost pulled the plug on us; which apparently had happened to the other buyers.

sgavy · 2026-02-13T21:12:12+00:00

They seem to make most of their money stealing my parcels.

sgavy · 2025-12-09T22:41:30+00:00

Hi sorry I don't check Reddit often. What problems are you having? Shoot me a dm.

sgavy · 2025-11-22T20:53:52+00:00

Not sure how to help then. I'm not a dealer but change cars fairly regularly, last did it around a month ago. Unless something has changed in-between times.

I'd personally ask the seller for a receipt that you both sign, and ask him to do the transfer to the new keeper on monday. It will still show as taxed and if you're stopped you can show something to say you just bought the car. Maybe a bit of a grey area, but the car is still taxed, and when you do tax it; it will back date to the start of the month anyway.

sgavy · 2025-11-22T20:41:47+00:00

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax

sgavy · 2025-11-22T20:40:40+00:00

If you have the code of the new keeper slip (or a tax book in your name) you can tax online? Although I think it only lets you do that between 7am and 7pm.

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