And get another 5% off by putting 8244210774079019 in the "how did you hear about us" box (Good till July 1st 2018 @ Rock auto on anything)

 

Ok, it wasn't today, it was actually last week, but I believe I now have the only XF with a beige roof:

 

Beige top looks great. Nice change


Today I had the TPMS synced with the car
Finally no more light

Had the wheels balanced at the same time

What a difference

Ready for highway road tripping

 

That's a great looking top, JACxf!

 

Let me ditto that - Great looking top on that SE Roadster.

 

Took some time this morning to wash the Coupe after returning from the Crossfire in the Ozarks GTG in Eureka Springs. Spent the time going over the front end to remove all the bugs and other road grime that gets collected from a long road trip. Applied some Meguiar's Cleaner Wax on the front bumper, after drying the car, to remove the last remnants of road grime. Car is nearly back to pre-roadtrip condition. I'll do the inside probably tomorrow evening.

 

Don't miss those corn curls under the seat

 

Keep the corn curls under the seat and save them for hard times

 

You actually have a local place that can do this? Lucky Man! I have to drive 2.5 hours.

 

Thank you, I am quite fond of it myself

 

Lucky, you bet.

One group owns three or four of the Chrysler Dealerships in Town. They share the software. As long as they know in advance, they make the arrangements to have the equipment ready for the appointment. Almost no waiting.
South Trail Chrysler/Fiat.

Happy Fourth to all of our American Cousins. 242 years is an amazing accomplishment.

We’ve recently been advise that hockey sticks and Maple Syrup now pose a treat to National security, hmmm.

Come to Canada 🇨🇦 we’ll still treat you like family, family at a Thanksgiving meal. We’ll bicker but after we break bread, have a few drinks and watch hockey, we’ll all get along.

 

Yesterday I passed 29,000 miles. She is still quite new both inside and outside including under the hood (all I do is wash/wax/vacuum her about once every two months). Oil changes and a recent brake system flush (which also took care of my soft pedal issue) keeps her running great! I plan on keeping her for many more years to come!

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Mary Rose got treated to a wash and wax yesterday for cruising today.

Had to replace a headlight today. It would have taken only a couple of minutes, but Superman must have attached the plug to the bulb!! That sucker was on tight. Took me nearly 30 minutes just to get it unplugged. 🤬 After I got it unplugged, it took me less than 2 minutes to get the new one in. Mary Rose is all dressed up and out on the town!
Mary Rose showing her stuff at Laguna Beach, CA.

 

That’s the back drop of the year. Great setting. Nice photo.

 

 

Perhaps I’ll find an amazing backdrop myself when I’m there in a week

Today we’re leaving on a 3 week RT with the roadster
Calgary, Seattle, Oregon coast, San Fran, LA, hopefully Laguna for a few days then back up to Vancouver for a few days and across back to Calgary.

You sure have to pack tight if you plan to have the top down for any part of the trip. And a heat wave.

 

That's why the movie business located there and has remained there for so many years.

 

I hard wired my dash cam, the old hard wiring would not work with this new Garmin 45 model. Naturally it caused more of the headliner to drop, luckily the sun shades hold it up in that area.
The power is tapped from the radio harness Scosche adapter, switched positive, permanent positive and ground. With the backup camera power trip wire to the same adaptor it looks like a pile of spaghetti. There is not much room behind the Nav unit so it all has to be carefully spread out.

 

 

Today I have started another project to add more wires to the crossfire

One feature that I always missed on the crossfire that my S4 has is the auto climate control. Starting today, I am working towards adding that into the crossfire as well. During my initial touch screen installation, I added 4 Bosch BME 280 sensors inside the car, one outside the car and an inferred temperature sensor that aims against the windshield. The BME sensors are capable of detecting temperature, humidity and barometric pressure. Inside the car, they will be monitoring the four "zones" and and allow me to set a numeric temperature (74 degrees for example) for the driver and passenger. I then plan to have my setup control the dampers, heat/cool setting on each side, AC and external air damper so the desired temperature can be maintained on each side. This will solve the problem with me playing with the blower speed 20 times during each trip

The blower speed and temperature settings are the easiest to control since they are controlled by 3 4.7K potetiometers. I have ordered 5k Digital potetiometers that can be controlled by I2C communications (which I am already using for everything else). The dampers are a little harder to control. Have starting to make adapters for two servo controllers to fit into the existing adjustments that are controlled by the current ****. All that is left to do is create the bracket that holds them into place.

Once everything is in working order, I plan to add a second touch screen for the climate control. I think I am going to add the heated seats and emergency blinkers into this screen as well so they are easier to access. I was thinking (and I am completely open to suggestions) of keeping the two temperature control ***** on the sides and make they control a temperature range (from say 60-85 degrees). That way, you can turn the original manual **** to set the set point. The touch screen looks big in the picture but it turns out it will fit perfectly in the dash. In this picture, it is out further than it should be because I dint take the original center ***** and buttons off yet.


This is the servo motor with the 3d printed ball adapter that is going to replace the original manual turn ****. There will be two of these next to each other to control the two dampers.





This is the partially assembled ball joint with the servo motor. If you look at the two white ***** on the original climate control, you can see the two controls they will be replacing.


PS. These servo motors are just being used for testing. I have stronger ones in the mail. These are strong enough to move the dampers but they struggle a bit. I would be worried about using these for a long period of time.