I’ve found that a quick spin on the lathe every six months or so is totally sufficient. It’s usually time when I start to notice that the remaining volume is down to one or two espressos and the cup is able to provide a good cup of Joe despite only receiving hot water.

Yes I am kidding.

But yes, for science I’ve also cleaned a stainless steel cup that way.

Finally built a house after moving through about ten apartments. The only way I’m leaving this place is feet first. Moving three times is like burning down once.

Hm, nah, I meant these:

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Not great, because if they change temperature a lot or are over torqued they lose pressure after a while.

Those wire nuts look even worse though, do they just screw on top of twisted wire ends to isolate them somewhat?

Yes, that’s them. The Marettes as the other answer suggested look even more sketchier, jeez, twisting wires and calling it a day for for up to 32A?

Anyway, I’ve found over torqued screw blocks in my parents home that lost pressure due to slight plastic deformation of the copper wires over time and that’s something you’ll never find out until the connector box starts smoking 0_o

Ah, the high current RCD test.

They are the best. Did my entire home installlation using them, it was such a breeze compared to Lüsterklemmen, whatever they are called in English.

Having an assortment of construction wood “just in case” has saved me in a pinch more than once.

It really uses a lot of energy and it doesn’t have V2L or thermal preconditioning for the battery or super fast CCS charging or any of the other niceties that more modern platforms have.

That said, all of that is just fine for me, I just pull my trailer when working in the forest and very occasionally go on longer trips which are fine as well, to be honest. Chilling a bit at the charger every 2 hours is okay, usually my dog tags along so we’re taking a break anyway.

At home it gets charged from my solar panels for about half the year, so that’s cheap driving at least in summer.

Nah, you’re right, it’s a nice but not very modern thing that has been overtaken by time. I like it though, but I also use an IBM Model M, so take that as you will.

This is an ex leasing car. It was driven by the owner of a agriculture machine repair shop who apparently went everywhere his customers went as well, judging by the buckets of fine, sandy, northern german soil I have dug out from being the fender liners.

I think, Audi offered them for very low leasing rates for a while and therefore the market is now flooded with lots of these. They aren’t very efficient and they are quite bad on the software side, so dealers are glad when they get them off the lot.

I just like having an electric car with all wheel drive that can be raised enough to travel the forest roads around here without worrying and it fills that specific need quite well.

Right? This is a thing for me now as well.

No, not at all. This is my first nice car and I made use of the general uncertainty around used electric cars and the eTron being a relatively old concept in this fast moving market. Cost around 30k€ for a bottom right configuration.

Yeah, bought it used. They are pretty cheap because they are really bad electric cars but nice, you know, cars. So I treated myself to a bad electric car which is a nice car for me anyway.

I’d go one further and say, OSHA wouldn’t allow those levels of aerosols in an actual body shop.