DARWIN AND NATURAL SELECTION – RR028
If Charles Darwin is to be trusted, the fifth stage in his process of evolution is Natural Selection. This finite state in the evolution of species applies very much to the modern automotive industry....
FN023 - THE BRIGHTEST FLAME BURNS QUICKEST. OR DOES IT? PART 2
It is not often that I use this platform to rant about what could be or what is about to happen. This week I want to continue talking about the FN023 and the new features that are about to come out with...
CINQUECENTO – THE BRIGHTEST FLAME BURNS QUICKEST. OR DOES IT?
We all do that a lot – we think about Italian cars and our simple human brains go straight towards Ferrari, and Lamborghini, and Pagani, and we tend to forget that there was one car that made post...
VIN READER - MODI - ONE HARDWARE AND SO MANY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES
I believe MODI was created to democratize automotive diagnostics and I truly stand by this statement. It is a true diagnostic interface, designed by a diagnostic company to provide a solution to a very...
DECODING THE RENESAS RH850 / V850 PART NUMBERS ENIGMA
“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.” These famous words by Alan Turing, possibly the greatest cryptographer of the 20th century resonate...
WHEN TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE
Those who know me will attest. Subaru is up there in my top 5 brands of cars. As with many other manufacturers it seems they too have lost the plot beyond return. Subaru’s new cars are soulless amalgamations...
ABRITES DIAGNOSTICS FOR HYUNDAI KIA EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET UP TO SPEED
I am in love with Korean cars, in the past couple of decades Korean motoring has come a long way. They have been steadily overtaking the Japanese in quality and with their appeal to the European marked...
THE ROMANIAN MIRACLE - DACIA KEY PROGRAMMING
There is an old Balkan saying which claims that “Balkan hell” needs no demons to guard it because if any Balkan person manages to somehow get out the rest will just pull them back in. Sadly,...
DIGITAL DASHBOARDS – A BRIEF HISTORY OF COOL
Let’s face it, it is 2023 and the cars we see around us are all 100% digital. Nothing about them is analogue and will probably never ever again be. There was a time when digital was cool, and we...
CHOOSING TO GO TO THE MOON: DAS MANAGER FOR FBS3/FBS4
I firmly believe we have the best and most complete solution for FBS4 in the world. I was recently asked by an acquaintance on a forum “Adapting fbs4 modules has there been a big demand for this...
LAST DAYS OF SUMMER
Well, its September now so unless you are in the southern hemisphere, I’ve got bad news for you. Summer is going away. Autumn is right around the corner and the last days of the Abrites Summer Jam...