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2004 Daihatsu Sirion - Chassis strengthening

17 Jan 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Lawnmower

What an age we live in eh? I ordered the rear ARB from a seller in Malaysia on 1st October, and it arrived here, beautifully packaged on the 7th October for under £120. The best any UK based sellers could do was £180 and a 6 month (!) wait. Top marks...

2004 Daihatsu Sirion Clutch change

10 Jan 2022 11 minute read 0 comments Lawnmower

Since I have owned the Sirion, the clutch has been in a bit of a bad way. The bit point is almost at the top of the pedal travel and from cold you have to be careful moving off from standstill or you can provoke some serious clutch judder.  I need to...

2004 Daihatsu Sirion Suspension overhaul

3 Jan 2022 9 minute read 0 comments Lawnmower

I Spent some time over several evenings recently working to replace the bushes and suspension arms on my diminutive Daihatsu. To get the ball rolling, I set to with penetrating oil and a socket, more in hope than anything, to see if I could get any m...

Tesla sold nearly 1 million vehicles in 2021, should we keep buying stock as it is likely to go up?

2 Jan 2022 1 minute read 3 comments LeftFooted

If you ordered a Tesla and/or if you own Tesla stock, you'll be happy to know that the American automaker exceeded expectations, by a significant margin, with a grand total of 308,600 vehicles delivered in Q4 2021. That's 71% more than Q4 2020. Back...

2004 Daihatsu Sirion - Completed Welding and Other Jobs

20 Dec 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Lawnmower

The second half of the welding job went as well as the first, with my friend able to cut out the rot and let in new metal in the rear chassis legs. The larger of the two sections was done in 2 parts, first the lower section, then the inner chassis le...

The upcoming Mercedes EQXX will be a 'software-driven prototype', whatever that means

15 Dec 2021 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Mercedes is expanding the EQ line-up with yet another saloon/coupe/whatever, dubbed the Vision EQXX, which is going to be revelaed at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on January 3, 2022. They've also released one teaser image...

Porsche wants to decentralise the energy it needs to run the Taycan

13 Dec 2021 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

Porsche has been on a shopping spree, investing in a bunch of companies mostly in the tech sector. This is their latest addition, a start-up called 1Komma5. Based out of Hamburg, Germany, 1Komma5 wants to operate in the energy sector by providing de...

2004 Daihatsu Sirion - Weld-a-thon

13 Dec 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Lawnmower

Today, a friend who is something of a master welder and fabricator extraordinaire came over to assist with the dubious metalwork of the Daihatsu. Not only is he a gentleman of distinction, he's also a dab hand with the grinder and MIG welder. While I...

The Metaverse is coming, and this is the car I wanna use to get there

13 Dec 2021 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

As it turns out, gamers were right. They’ve been right all along. A digital, virtual reality is coming, a metaverse where we can do things, buy things, see things. Whatever else we may think of it, it’s relevant, and it’s also a huge market, with pot...

A Brief History Of The Studebaker Corporation

8 Dec 2021 4 minute read 1 comment SweptOverNiagara

A Brief History Of The Studebaker Corporation Members of the Stutenbecker family left Solingen, Germany in 1736. Upon arrival to Philadelphia, their name was 'anglicized' to Studebaker. They brought with them extensive blacksmithing experience and th...