What did you do today non-detailing related?

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Will do, but I did just have a slight win. Amongst the things that weren't working after the attempted jump start yesterday were the button to open the back hatch and the gauge lights, the warning lights were fine though. While I was reading the manual, I discovered there is a "long term storage fuse" that is pulled until delivery, to stop battery drain, then pushed in at the dealer prior to delivery. It doesn't look like a normal fuse, it looks like an electrical plug without any wires, and it doesn't pull completely out. Well I pulled it as far as it would come out, when I pushed it back in, there was a click from under the dashboard, and when I tested, the gauge lights work again and so does the back hatch. Still no drivers window or parking brake, but those weren't working before the failed jump start, they may be just a low voltage issue. I'll go tomorrow and buy some new jump leads, hook it up to the FJ with the engine running, and without trying to start the Qashqai, see if it supplies enough voltage to get the parking brake and driver's window working again.

Also, the picture of the fuse box in the manual is upside down compared to the physical fuse box, knuckle heads.

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All fixed, no tow to the dealer required, and my Mum thinks I'm a genius. So I got the jumper leads, hooked up the FJ with the engine running, then I got in the Qashqai and turned the ignition key to the ON position, but didn't try to start it. The parking brake was functional again, and the driver's window started working again. So the issue with those two was low voltage. I then thought I'd see if it would start, it did. But when I turned it off, the voltage dropped again.

So I called the battery guy back out and he put a new battery in it, then checked the alternator, all good.

So it appears the first guy attempting to jump start off his power pack triggered the "shipping / long term storage" mode, which stops certain features from functioning, gauge lights and rear hatch button for example. This can be reset by pulling out, and pushing back in the white thingy in the middle of this fuse panel, behind the glove box. Neither guy has ever heard of this happening before, but now they have.

I wonder what the dealer would have charged to figure this out? And would we have had to pay, or would the roadside service have covered it, they caused it after all.

Glad I didn't have to find out, and glad I figured it out, I have a certain feeling of accomplishment.
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Nice Dave sounds like to first guy didn't have enough juice, My mum's up a new battery in the VW Amarok it's 6 year's old but last service they said it was fine.

It's a little more complicated than a Japanese car to change but will see,
Electric hand brakes are a PITA
 
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Big Dave said:
All fixed, no tow to the dealer required, and my Mum thinks I'm a genius. So I got the jumper leads, hooked up the FJ with the engine running, then I got in the Qashqai and turned the ignition key to the ON position, but didn't try to start it. The parking brake was functional again, and the driver's window started working again. So the issue with those two was low voltage. I then thought I'd see if it would start, it did. But when I turned it off, the voltage dropped again.

So I called the battery guy back out and he put a new battery in it, then checked the alternator, all good.

So it appears the first guy attempting to jump start off his power pack triggered the "shipping / long term storage" mode, which stops certain features from functioning, gauge lights and rear hatch button for example. This can be reset by pulling out, and pushing back in the white thingy in the middle of this fuse panel, behind the glove box. Neither guy has ever heard of this happening before, but now they have.

I wonder what the dealer would have charged to figure this out? And would we have had to pay, or would the roadside service have covered it, they caused it after all.

Glad I didn't have to find out, and glad I figured it out, I have a certain feeling of accomplishment.
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I had something similar happen to my FG Falcon.

Battery went flat, I attempted to jump start it and after several attempts, it tripped the immobilizer. I was certain it was going to need a tow to the dealer.

The next day, it was jump started via heavy duty leads and thankfully got it going.

From what I have learned, certain functions within the system need a minimum level of charge. If charge is too low, it will trigger shut down of whatever it needs, in my case, tripping the immobilizer. I have also noticed when the battery charge is to low, it will disable the a/c. Charge up or replace the battery and it comes back.
 
Bought some knives.
CRKT CEO compact.
CRKT LCK small.

To match their bigger brother's.
 
Tasmania said:
Bought some knives.
CRKT CEO compact.
CRKT LCK small.

To match their bigger brother's.
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Nice, I've been known to collect a few myself.

Amongst this small selection, the little wooden handled one at the bottom is my most recent acquisition. It's french, and has the sharpest blade I've ever seen in a folding knife, as sharp as a scalpel.
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Big Dave said:
Nice, I've been known to collect a few myself.

Amongst this small selection, the little wooden handled one at the bottom is my most recent acquisition. It's french, and has the sharpest blade I've ever seen in a folding knife, as sharp as a scalpel.
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Nice selection Dave i was a member on Australian Blade Forum as Tassie Blade but the car cleanin bug bit me and from 2011 i kind of left that behind BUT got to talk to some local blokes and stuff. Sold some and bought a lot back when the law said we couldn't have a one hand opening knife, but it's changed.

I have Kershaw, Benchmade,CRKT,Gerber,Spyderco, Made in China is all the rage at the moment.
 
Tasmania said:
Nice selection Dave i was a member on Australian Blade Forum as Tassie Blade but the car cleanin bug bit me and from 2011 i kind of left that behind BUT got to talk to some local blokes and stuff. Sold some and bought a lot back when the law said we couldn't have a one hand opening knife, but it's changed.

I have Kershaw, Benchmade,CRKT,Gerber,Spyderco, Made in China is all the rage at the moment.
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They had a good selection where I used to work, most popular for online sales were the Pig Stickers. We used to "inspect" every knife that was ordered in, feel the balance, check for quality. I liked to clean every knife before we sent it out, who wants a brand new knife with fingerprints all over it.

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Well well well look's like my week is getting better the store i bought the knives from just cancelled my order and forcing a refund.

Product's NOT IN STOCK clearly the product box said in stock.

To not give me the opportunity to wait Nope here's a forced refund unreal.:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::bat::bat::bat:
 
Tasmania said:
Well well well look's like my week is getting better the store i bought the knives from just cancelled my order and forcing a refund.

Product's NOT IN STOCK clearly the product box said in stock.

To not give me the opportunity to wait Nope here's a forced refund unreal.:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::bat::bat::bat:
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That sucks man, I hate companies that do this, was it on eBay?

It's a common practice these days for companies to just show everything as "in stock" even when it's not. They take your order and money, and then hope they can get it from their suppliers. If they can't, well you know what happens.

We had this problem where I used to work, we would adjust stock levels for accuracy, then someone in the office would change it to show everything as in stock so more orders would come in, then we'd get complaints from both the customers, and our office, about how long orders took to ship, because we have to wait for stock to come in.

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Big Dave said:
That sucks man, I hate companies that do this, was it on eBay?

It's a common practice these days for companies to just show everything as "in stock" even when it's not. They take your order and money, and then hope they can get it from their suppliers. If they can't, well you know what happens.

We had this problem where I used to work, we would adjust stock levels for accuracy, then someone in the office would change it to show everything as in stock so more orders would come in, then we'd get complaints from both the customers, and our office, about how long orders took to ship, because we have to wait for stock to come in.

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Cutting Edge Knives or CEK he the owner is well known for this but as he has triple the knives other's do you have too play nice,

He said in a email to give him a email in a few week's but is slow to email people back,
I bought the CRKT from another place for $99 sent CEK was doing it for $75 but it was combined shipping on that case.

Still kind of ##### because if you were buying for a gift say birthday etc and you saw it in stock you buy it only to be forced a refund i mean i don't mind waiting but will see.
 
Big Dave said:
That sucks man, I hate companies that do this, was it on eBay?

It's a common practice these days for companies to just show everything as "in stock" even when it's not. They take your order and money, and then hope they can get it from their suppliers. If they can't, well you know what happens.

We had this problem where I used to work, we would adjust stock levels for accuracy, then someone in the office would change it to show everything as in stock so more orders would come in, then we'd get complaints from both the customers, and our office, about how long orders took to ship, because we have to wait for stock to come in.

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I'm currently dealing with this situation for a couple of lawn mower parts.

On their website, which is crap by the way, stock is listed as available and allows you to place an order against the stock, but they then email you with "expected shipping dates". I'm have been left waiting since the 20/03/2023 for one shipment, and 6/03/2023 for another which was the only place selling that particular part.

This is deception, they clearly don't have the stock on hand, but are happy for you to order and take your money. In effect, they are advertising a product that they don't or won't ever have.

The only reason I placed the order in the first place was because they were the only supplier with the part. And my local dealers are as useless as tits on a bull!
 
DFB said:
I'm currently dealing with this situation for a couple of lawn mower parts.

On their website, which is crap by the way, stock is listed as available and allows you to place an order against the stock, but they then email you with "expected shipping dates". I'm have been left waiting since the 20/03/2023 for one shipment, and 6/03/2023 for another which was the only place selling that particular part.

This is deception, they clearly don't have the stock on hand, but are happy for you to order and take your money. In effect, they are advertising a product that they don't or won't ever have.

The only reason I placed the order in the first place was because they were the only supplier with the part. And my local dealers are as useless as tits on a bull!
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It's crappy for customers, and it's not much fun working for companies that do this stuff either.

If their website is linked to their stock system, then their stock levels will be incorrect as well, meaning you have to check the shelf for every order, regardless of whether the system shows you have stock or not, and up to a half of those orders may not be in stock, so it gets ordered in, but you don't have a functioning backorder system, so everyday when the stock orders come in, you go through a stack of old orders to see if any of the old orders can finally go out. And you get lots of emails and the occasional phone call from very annoyed customers. So much wasted time.

Sorry, rant over, but you can guess how I know the other side of the problem.

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Did a ‘Taste of the Track’ with PCA yesterday at Mid Ohio; 2 sessions w instructor in their car sandwiched around 1 session driving my car w instructor riding shotgun & then debrief/classroom time. Awesome fun but info overload first time on track; correct line, corner flags, passing protocols…all while keeping it outta the weeds

I can see why they keep sessions to 20-30 minutes…intense 20 minutes!

Enough fun overall that I’ll likely do full weekend in September.

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BudgetPlan1 said:
Did a ‘Taste of the Track’ with PCA yesterday at Mid Ohio; 2 sessions w instructor in their car sandwiched around 1 session driving my car w instructor riding shotgun & then debrief/classroom time. Awesome fun but info overload first time on track; correct line, corner flags, passing protocols…all while keeping it outta the weeds

I can see why they keep sessions to 20-30 minutes…intense 20 minutes!

Enough fun overall that I’ll likely do full weekend in September.
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If you think 20 minutes in a car is intense, try a motorcycle.
 
Re: Installed some Conti DWS06's on the RedSport

First grass cut of the season. 3'4 of the way thru of course it started to rain. Stopped. Waited till it was over and finished. Craftsman self-propelled struggled at times due the thick grass. Worx trimmer ran like a champ.
 
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Not a chance these days!

Back in the mid-80’s was signed up for Kieth Code’s California Superbike School when it came to Mid-Ohio one Summer. Alas, poor behavioral discipline the night before put an end to that opportunity; guy I signed up with made it and said it was crazy adrenaline…borderline frightening but still incredible.


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I bought a E scooter! Dragon GTR one place was going to sting me $240 postage but found a place that could do it for $99

Now i only bought a cheap model compared to some other's but i still believe in getting around via my feet and actually human power, feels good to sweat out all the BS be it mental or physical crap that we all go through.

My brother and sister in law have brought one each spending less than me but thinking of already upgrading the model they have i can't think of it but Made in China as everything is. They got there's on good friday and we had a razz on the bike/pedestrian path i got it up to 32km/h scary but exciting, legal speed on path is 25km/h but 20 is fine for me i don't want to be a dick head so i ring my bell and pass without speed i think it's good to be kind! Call me old-fashioned.
 
Tasmania said:
I bought a E scooter! Dragon GTR one place was going to sting me $240 postage but found a place that could do it for $99

Now i only bought a cheap model compared to some other's but i still believe in getting around via my feet and actually human power, feels good to sweat out all the BS be it mental or physical crap that we all go through.

My brother and sister in law have brought one each spending less than me but thinking of already upgrading the model they have i can't think of it but Made in China as everything is. They got there's on good friday and we had a razz on the bike/pedestrian path i got it up to 32km/h scary but exciting, legal speed on path is 25km/h but 20 is fine for me i don't want to be a dick head so i ring my bell and pass without speed i think it's good to be kind! Call me old-fashioned.
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Lucky you're not up here, they're illegal to ride anywhere but private property in NSW. Doesn't stop anyone from riding them around my neighbourhood though. If you get caught, and the cop is having a bad day, the fines can get close to $3k.

Most of the people who ride them in my area know to steer clear of me when I'm out with the dogs, they really go off whenever they see or hear them. It's not that they'd attack them, they stop barking as soon as they stop riding them, but they seriously want to chase them down, and if you can only hit 32kmh, you won't be fast enough, they will catch you.

Be careful when you're charging it as well, it's not uncommon for the batteries to explode while being charged, a recent news story said that state wide they average one house fire a day caused by e-scooter battery fires.

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