Subject: Just had the pleasure of a 1/2 day visit from Henry and Edwin Author: sdmike1 as SDmike : member since December, 2005 : 12925 posts Posted on: 2008-01-20 16:54:42

Even after not getting much sleep last night, Henry and Edwin showed up this morning...donuts in hand...to spend some time with me and my car. I greeted Edwin with a cold Cola Cola (while I drank coffee). We were able to do several things to our cars while they were here.

First off, Edwin helped me remove my center console and I did some polishing work on it. It still needs some more effort, but it looks a helluva lot better than it did this morning.

We also gave Henry some hands-on experience with a Porter Cable orbital and some Zaino. :) First we clayed the hood, then polished it with the PC and Zaino Z-PC. We didn't spend enough time on it, but it still looks great. More time would yield even better results. Now the hood is a smooth as a mirror, and you can see every fleck of the metallic flake. There's a pic in my album.

During this Edwin was working on coding my car. He found and cleared a bunch of old error codes (probably from previous problems and owners), TURNED OFF MY DRL'S (WHOO HOO), and then reset my car's adaptive controls back to factory settings! We also managed to drain the car battery and had to jump it with Henry's car (lol!). Guess we won't leave the AE's on for 3 hours again, huh?

We only had a couple of small scares. The first one was when the car had a fit the first time it was started after coding. The engine pulsed like a giant, throbbing heart, and the engine failsafe mode came on. It did this a couple of times, and finally Edwin was able to clear this up with his PC. The other strange occurrence was that my fuel gage registered about 1/3 of a tank even though it was full. THe computer even said 39 litres out of 80. Either someone siphoned gas from me last night, or there was a problem. Pulling the negative battery cable for a couple of minutes fixed this right up.

I have to tell you, my car runs better than it ever has. Amazing how much smoother the transmission is, and how strongly the engine pulls, with the computers reset to factory specs. Even Edwin was impressed with how butter smooth everything was, and the engine pulled like a wild animal. I highly recommend that you Dallas and NorCal guys take advantage of this. What a difference!

Again, it was great to have these two guys around. I've met some of the nicest people on this board.

As always, here are some pictures:


http://public.fotki.com/ritchiefamily/edwin--henry-at-mikes/

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• Just had the pleasure of a 1/2 day visit from Henry and Edwin (url) - SDmike 2008-01-20 16:54:42 (204 views)
  • I didnt wake up until almost 10 and you guys were already working! (nt) - Spartan Ed 2008-01-20 19:23:54 (19 views)
  • Looks like more fun (nt) - dwightf 2008-01-20 17:46:17 (12 views)
  • it was 22 degrees F in GA when I woke up... - reluctantmechanic 2008-01-20 17:12:26 (15 views)
    • It was 17F in midtown this morning. (nt) - Roy In GA 2008-01-20 23:56:54 (5 views)
    • Sorry man. Some might argue that ''70 and sunny'' is boring :) (nt) - SDmike 2008-01-20 17:33:01 (17 views)
      • Who? (not me!) (nt) - sealbeach740 2008-01-20 17:51:46 (11 views)
  • Hmm I was just thinking about getting my DRLs turned on - ucbearcats27 2008-01-20 17:09:42 (29 views)
  • Dude it was my plessure to work on your car and have nice chats! - Edwin 2008-01-20 17:09:30 (13 views)
    • Edwin, I sent you an email earlier about something cool I found (nt) - ucbearcats27 2008-01-20 17:10:35 (9 views)
  • WOW Mike you grew!!! (pic) - Ed 2008-01-20 17:09:07 (119 views)
    • lol! Yeah, I had to provide this picture after that other one. LOL (nt) - SDmike 2008-01-20 17:10:48 (13 views)
  • Mike, can you explain how the adaptive controls get outside - sealbeach740 2008-01-20 17:00:57 (30 views)
    • from what a gather from the info I've read...there are multiple levels of input (url) - Q 2008-01-20 18:07:13 (70 views)
      • Sorry to correct you but............ If I recode and whipe all values of the car - Edwin 2008-01-21 00:11:10 (28 views)
      • So thats whats wrong. Anyway to lock out the adaptive tranny crap? (nt) - dwightf 2008-01-20 18:49:39 (17 views)
      • So might a reset be wise if you just purchased, to clear the ages of old - justible 2008-01-20 18:28:12 (34 views)
        • I think so, on the 'reset' when you get the car. My PO was a 'little old lady' (nt) - SDmike 2008-01-20 18:54:10 (17 views)
        • like everything in life..sometimes its just best to wipe the slate clean & start - Q 2008-01-20 18:53:45 (29 views)
          • Great info, guys. Thanks a lot. I've had my 7 for almost 5 years, - sealbeach740 2008-01-20 19:55:44 (21 views)
    • Edwin will have to explain. I don't know really how it works (nt) - SDmike 2008-01-20 17:05:14 (22 views)