Agent Smith

@AgentSchmith.bsky.social

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@LMDpix They need to name one Twingo 😁

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@DT26081978 @addict_car @thespafixer @DolorNolet Those 323Fs were 👌😁

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is so insanely corrupt, I can’t even believe it.

More than half the donors to Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom just won over $50 billion in new federal contracts in six months.

And here’s the part that should make your blood boil.

Sixteen of these 27 donors were facing federal enforcement actions, antitrust reviews, labor cases, securities charges. Many of those cases have been quietly dropped or scaled back since Trump took office. You write a check, your legal problems disappear. That’s not a coincidence.

The White House won’t even release the full donor list. They’re hiding it on purpose, because daylight is the one thing pay-to-play can’t survive. A federal judge already ruled ballroom construction has to stop until Congress authorizes it.

Government is supposed to serve the people, not auction itself off to the highest bidder. When access goes to whoever pays the most, working families always end up paying the price.

We either end the corruption, or the corruption will end us.

https://t.co/4MGFzSseFl

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@AutoInfatuation You just reminded me, need to finish fixing the parking sensors on mine. The control module for it has been sat on the breakfast bar since October 😅

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@DT26081978 @addict_car @thespafixer @DolorNolet Haven't seen too many of those in the past 15 years or so, think they rusted badly 😬
Love the previous version, my favourite Accord.

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@WhereisDG @Punk4725

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@MattTakeThree @AutoInfatuation I think the failure modes are similar, it's just flexing of the board / solder joints drying out.

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@MattTakeThree @AutoInfatuation https://t.co/r6pNPx0tjb

You can get them from the dealer for about 50p. People selling them on eBay UK for about 15 quid I notice.

Not sure what the SAABs are like behind the column but imagine it's the usual GM layout and variation of the same CIM.

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@MattTakeThree @AutoInfatuation Have you tried the metal clip trick? (Puts tension on the plastic casing which solves a lot of phantom horn and indicator failure problems - works on a lot of Opel/Vauxhall stuff).

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@LMDpix @AutoPap

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@timmckane Drugs.

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@joncoupland That was a thoroughly enjoyable watch Jon, you're a good narrator, be it cars or travel. Second career maybe should you tire of the job 😉👌

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@MattTakeThree @IanGiffen Alternatively, if you have an old laptop lying around (ideally capable of running Windows 7), and don't mind a bit of DIY, you could go with something like this:
https://t.co/I0LXIsoie4

If you need the software or anything just give me a shout.

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@MattTakeThree @IanGiffen No, there's a hell of a lot of specialised ECUs in them, many of which are paired to the CEM (Central Electronic Module) and have PINs and things protecting them from interrogation by generic tools, you really need VIDA or VDASH to do anything beyond generic engine codes/ ABS.

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@MattTakeThree @IanGiffen Looks to be a Windows tablet somebody has managed to shoehorn a working version of VIDA onto, nice.
I keep an old laptop running it but it can literally be a days work to get it working sometimes, a pre-fab thing with an interface included is a bargain, usually ~£100 on its own.

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@MattTakeThree @IanGiffen Look into a VDash dongle for it, let's you modify the configuration of a hell of a lot of stuff plus control functions remotely via a phone app. Works very well on the P3s.

[Agent Smith @AgentSchmith]

@MattTakeThree @IanGiffen Nice 👌