Smart, smart Roadster

An open letter to Mercedes-Benz:

Dear Sirs,

Thank you for fitting ABS and ESP on my smart Roadster.

Yours snowingly

Pete The Van.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

"The delivery extension for this subscription could not be loaded" when using SSRS

Image
OK, so we upgraded our server farm and put on the latest "stuff" (SSRS, SQL Server etc.) and the engineers gave me two servers to play with - SQL01 & SQL02. The idea being that we used high availability to help keep the factory running. We employed a contractor to load up and configure everything. At this point I wasn't involved. My involvement was to move all the reports and subscriptions from the old servers to the new ones once the servers had been configured. All went swimmingly, until I actually started to fire off the subscriptions to test them. Randomly (like 5 out of 10) I got the error in the title. I would edit the failing subscription and/or change the schedule time and it would work. I finally got around to moving 81 subscriptions for the same report (all slightly different parameters going to about 6 different engineers). I press the "go" button and every single one failed. Let's cut out the long story about how I went through about...
Read more

Dacia Duster 4x2 DCi (auto) Towing Mileage/MPG

We went to the Lake District from Kent last weekend towing a 1300kgs caravan. On cruise control at 60 mph it returned 25.6 mpg. At 55 mph it returned just short of 30mpg - and that figure was rising. A significant difference. Ok, it's only done 600 miles yet so the engine is still tight and I had to keep it under 2,500 rpm - interesting to do with an auto up some hills. "Towing with a new engine?!" I hear you cry? I confirmed with The Dacia Helpdesk that "keeping below 2,500 rpm and not racing a cold engine will be OK" They then followed that up with "...should be OK". "Should be"?  Thanks.
Read more

F1 an' all that...

I watched Jenson Button drive a stunning race at São Paulo to win the F1 Championship last weekend. Why he hasn't driven like that before is a mystery, but hey ho, that's the way it is. I don't buy any papers to read, but I was musing over the different headlines that might appear: The Times Button seals F1 title at Interlagos in thrilling race. The Sun BUTTON FLIES TO WIN! BARICHELLO UNDONE The Guardian Button flies undone tow in Barichello. The Daily Star Button romps in Brazilian win! The Sport More Sex Please, We're British... There's a guy in the car park who has the number plate B13AWN. I think he's already emailed Ross...
Read more