Saturday, 14 March 2026

Ideal Standard quality failure Feburary 2026

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After a few issues with fresh water leaking through one of the house loos I decided to replace the whole thing with something new. All turne...
Friday, 6 March 2026

MR2 Drivers Club Social Survey results March 2026

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   A short Google Forms survey was circulated to members of the South West region of the UK MR2 Drivers Club early in 2026.  This was follow...
Tuesday, 17 February 2026

No touch record turntables *update*

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I had one of those cascading thoughts streams yesterday, It would be great to have a record turntable that did not have a stylus. The music ...
Monday, 8 September 2025

Why * and / parts of a sum must be done before + and - AKA: Not all calculators follow the rules and you can't just go left to right

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An easy explanation why * and / come before + and - Here is a story  : I went to the doctor and he says  “That’s a bad case of mathology I w...
Friday, 30 May 2025

MR2 MOT analysis of all MOT results for MR2s since 2005

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** Version 30th May 2025 ** Or "What's likely to fail in an MOT test on my MR2 ?" As part of a review of MR2s in the UK all th...
Friday, 18 April 2025

MR2 MK1 at 40 years old the image collection

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  The gallery is here. Enjoy ( November 2025 version ) Data Dump Here . Index Last updated 17th June 2025. Mot data to March 2025       ...
Wednesday, 16 April 2025

More on Bad MOT data

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Triumph Stag pronounced but not spelt as Triummphhh Stagggg A friend asked me to have a look at the large UK car annual testing ( MOT ) data...
Thursday, 6 March 2025

MR2 Mk1 at 40 years Deep dive into MOT Data

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Following up on a recent article based on a survey of over 600 Toyota MR2 Mk1s, that included some data from downloaded DVLA MOT data, it w...