Category: Car Stuff
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Transmission issue part 2
Got the car back from the dealership this afternoon – turns out the issue was either a loose ‘star connector’ (CAN bus interface block) or the OBD dongle for the…
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Transmission issue
This morning on the way to work the hellcat flashed a warning message on the dash; “Service Shifter”, and then immediately went into limp mode. I was able to get…
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Waylens part 2
The second new Waylens Horizon arrived this afternoon… And after some firmware updating and physical installing, I took it out for a test drive: Much better. The only real issue…
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Friday Night Car Shenanigans
Took my roomie down to the Gunther Toody’s in Parker for dinner to get him out of the house for a while, and to get my Friday Night cruise out…
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And done – for now…
The new carbon fiber intake tube / filter arrived today and was promptly installed. And with that I think I’m done for a little while. In the last 30 days…
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Fuel Injection
Memorial Day weekend over – back to the office, though I had to take an Uber to get there and back. After telling my roommate for the last four days…
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And again…
So, the injectors I ordered, that were scheduled to arrive today, then FedEx told me Thursday, then at 1pm Thursday decided that, no, it would be Friday – arrived. Well,…
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The cost of (horse)power
Back on June 17th, 2022, during the height of an unprecedented global pandemic, I hit a personal record at the gas station: $5.20 per gallon. Today I set a new…
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Automotive
Two things done on the Hellcat over the last few days; coil packs and catch can. For the coil packs I started with the hard ones first – the passenger…
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Technology
A couple of months ago the battery in my 2022 iPhone 14 Pro Max bit the dust, so I replaced it with the iPhone 17 ‘air’ – which is a…
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And I would drive 1000 miles…
Hit 32,000 miles on the way to the office this morning. 31,000 miles happened back on November 9th… So it took me about four months to put another thousand miles…
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People suck
I’ve done pretty good for myself over the years, and accordingly I managed to acquire a really nice car – it’s one of four hundred and fifty for its model…
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Still down in it
November is proving to be the month that never ended; HVAC company still cant find their butt with both hands so I’m still on portable AC units in the server…
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Another thousand miles
The Hellcat ticked over 31,000 miles on the way back from the office today… Ignore the low tire pressure warning – it was literally two degrees above an ice cube…
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HellCosts…
I get asked fairly often how much it costs to daily drive a Challenger Hellcat – and today I have some gas costs for you. I set up the Shell…
