UPDATES

  • Feb ’25 Status

    Feb ’25 Status

    Much less time, unfortunately but 2 major pieces of news. First, we have fully deleted the lights. Why? The lights aren’t super heavy, but they’re on the list of things that can be removed on the path to cut nearly 200lbs. We’re not going to remove doors, but bumpers, door glass, side glass are all…

  • January ’25 Status Check

    January ’25 Status Check

    We’ve had a chance to get through baselining for all of the core systems. For purposes of tracking Lemons budget, we’ve divided everything into safety vs go faster. Safety Gear 2/10 Great like seats, harness, fire suppression will get serious once we’ve got the basics covered. Brakes 8/10 Going to get the stock system back…

  • trust but verify

    trust but verify

    Have talked with a bunch of founders about how they are using LLMs as part of product development and engineering. Maybe the most succinct comes from Kyle Doerksen at Future Motion “Anything you get from an LLM, needs to be verified via another source”. This makes a lot of sense and it’s where I’ve wound…

  • oh dear

    oh dear

    We’re deep into inspection and seal replacement on the front of the engine, chasing a few different leaks. Not a real surprise to find a bunch of failed seals. Think belts are consumables, but the seals come out the $500 budget…more on that in the future, but we’re finding some valuable things to sell like…

  • Rubber Bits

    Rubber Bits

    That mangled bit of mettle on the ground has seen better days. It’s going to be retired in favor of some plywood, aluminum (probably from scrap Tesla parts from a nearby bodyshop) to make some aero and caliper cooling bits. But I digress. That’s oil on the garage floor. And it looks like there is…