smartzuuk

Hello once again! Even I have been "locked out" of CsC for about half a year. I cannot login on any new machines I use, but an old laptop seems to be working finally.... and I was able to even get into the ADMIN CP. That means I can make some changes to the site, even without having the actual keys to the domain or the hosting. Anybody needing to reach me, and if you are having difficulty,contact Izzy (stickman007) n as he has my PHONE #. I will poke around and see what needs attention, and see what I can do. There may be some folks wanting to tune up CsC with a view to preserving what we have for the future.... FYI - As of 2024 - I do not own a smart - I last owned a smart briefly in the fall of 2021 - being I think my tenth official car with my name on it? Let me check that...... no I think it's 9: pulse coupe pure cab pulse coupe (bought just to get Crossblade wheels) pure coupe gas canada 1 cab canada 1 coupe pure coupe gas pulse cab passion cab gas (took in trade, and traded the same week) Order close but may be out a tiny wee bit? My current daily driver is a JDM RHD 2007 Prius with 91000 kms on it - bought last August at 73000

You'll need some good filters to keep the reality show behind you from affecting your peace and quiet.....!

Nothing happened! LOL....

That is AWESOME!!!! And yes, I recall you from a LONG TIME ago! Who could not remember scratch black!! There is a (gas) A a couple blocks from me on offer, just $2000 asking....... probably could get it for $1200 or $1500 needs a fan belt and a starter soon... I think the guy is just giving up on it

I was alerted to an issue with new member signups, which it turns out, has been ongoing since July 22, 2021. I have manually approved a couple of members that had reached out to other CsC members, but alas, there are still a dozen pages of new members to go through.... including unfortunately, spammers as well. I have made some changes to the membership settings to allow for email validation once again, but in the meantime... if you have signed up, and cannot login, try again.... you may be able to get a validation email now. I am going to test a few things to see how things are working, so hopefully this will be mostly sorted out soon.

Our Kona came back to us ten weeks to the day... got home and listed it for sale within the hour.... showing it within the hour today.... get it gone..... Now, about the $20k lower starting price on the 2022 Polestar 2 with 430 km range.... hmm..... LOL

Yes, indeed, they have spread out production.... and apparently the issues are everywhere as per GM Chevy Bolt Battery Recall: How Could This Have Happened? (caranddriver.com)

I keep finding things! I've kept the MB Broadway Vancouver marketing book as a nice keepsake.... oh, the good 'ole days.

I have the original OEM actuator opened up and on a table - and it does not show any significant signs of wear - there is a little bit of black paste from gear bits and grease, but not in any amount that would make me think this thing has issues. It will get cleaned up and lubed properly, and then it will get switched into the car - and be moved the same 2-3 mm closer... if that resolves issues, great, and if not, then we'll try to have it re-taught.... and if that fails, well.... all bets are off! But I think this will work out in the end. Except I gave the car back to David last night and am back to my Volvo C30 - so I can't change it out in the daytime today. Will post a few pics later, though I suspect anyone reading this forum has seen the innards plenty of time....

Wheels are clean (and not rusty).... all still available.....

Well, the actuator wad doing great, until I intentionally tried to fritz it out today - forced a downshift in auto followed by a really late shift after that in manual, basically "italian tune-up style", and the actuator decided to go back to a bit of judder here and there with unevenness in low gears immediately following! So back to the drawing board I reckon. Is it a clutch fork problem? Actuator? Clutch itself? Why is it intermittent? Car would be so nice if it didn't have this issue. Meanwhile, the steelies that were picked up yesterday got the Kuhmo KH16 tires put onto them, 32 PSI front, 35 rear, and I took home one good rear winter tir4 that was on one of the four wheels as a future spare... I clean up the wheels and the wheel covers and put the Solus HA31 on the alloys in the corner for another day... here is the car this afternoon. I don't mind the full wheel covers. Wheels and wheels covers need to be clean though! Took the top all the way down for test drives and a few pics. David has my Volvo C30 right now for a few more days. So I will still try a few things with this actuator, or maybe even try to use the original one after a proper clean and lube of it.

Not exactly *my* 451, but I worked on a friends 451 today... Took off my skinny wheels set and the rear Eibach spacers, and reinstalled the stock alloys with winter tires and cleaned up the wheels pretty good, meaning I had to get rid of caked on brake dust etc.... But prior to that, it was my intended task to physically adjust the clutch actuator position. Which I did. I moved it 2-3 mm closer to the clutch. This car has had issues in the last 10k or so with less than ideal engagement. It's even on a replacement, but non-OEM actuator..... anyway, despite trying to get a clutch relearn TWICE, it failed to relearn with fasteddy at the controls the second time. I decided to physically reposition the actuator, and knock on wood - it was flawless today - the best it has ever been in this car actually. So hopefully this holds up. Also picked up a set of used steelies with burnt off tires and 4 wheel covers.... super cheap! So tomorrow I will get a couple rear tires mounted that are sitting here loose, and then the car can have a set of summers on steelies with wheel covers, which is good enough for now! And alloys with snows... why waste money on swapping! After a couple weeks of driving and seeing how the actuator is, it'll be time to deal with the exhaust. Flex pipe went - a new one got fitted, but too many cooks in the kitchen (owner removed, shop cut and welded with no reference, ie: no car to fit and tack weld a couple spots before buttoning it up tight) and it's out of alignment enough that the exhaust rattles. I have watched the video how to fit in a new flex pipe the proper way, but it might be too late to get someone to assist and do it right, as there may not be enough clean pipe to work with. So it'll be the owners call whether they want to do. Other than that, 2010 passion cabriolet with 104k, and running quite well except for typical gremlins. I should go into the actuator adjusting business if this holds - there are parked cars listed all over the marketplace that need actuator help. I had been suggesting to Izzy that I didn't want the maintenance hassles of a 451, but actually, they don't seem that bad overall. Maybe I will pick up a cheapie this winter. There's enough around. Good grief.

Consider that EVERY Bolt made right up to model year 2022 is being recalled. Batteries made in China. Same as for the Kona - Hyundai is diddling around still, and I am heading into 10 weeks soon as noted with a fully paid for vehicle sitting with plates on it in a dealer compound. So yeah, China is way ahead....... Because we are STUPID in Canada......

Well I can tell you I am done with EV now - by the way I am STILL without my fully paid for EV - heading into week 9, or maybe even 10.... next week is week 10 I think. No denying a change in climate, but actually, I don't think we can do much about it except get ready. " Typical Neanderthal mono neuron reasoning" is perhaps a fine example of cunning linguistics, but is it helpful? I mean, Willy's is driving a really LOW GHG emitting vehicle no?

And with that, the Scrap-It Program in BC is being scrapped for 2022.... The End!