WHEN SUBARU RULED THE WORLD
From when Subaru ruled the world to the fall of the empire. Ah, the 90s. Dial-up internet, Scandinavian Euro Pop and most of all, a billion young, impressionable kids obsessed with motorsport. Many...
MODERN BMW - HATED, LOVED, UNDENIABLE LEADER IN TECHNOLOGY. KIND OF LIKE ABRITES. PART 3
THE LAST CHAPTER You know, this week I was going to talk to you about how BMW have completely lost the plot. How the Bugs Bunny teeth of the new G80 M3 were the least of its problems. (photo...
MODERN BMW - HATED, LOVED, UNDENIABLE LEADER IN TECHNOLOGY. KIND OF LIKE ABRITES. PART 2
PART 2 of 3 In the first part of this story we spent a long time talking about the dark ages of BMW. The Bangle years and we grazed the surface of their renaissance. This exact renaissance is what I...
MODERN BMW - HATED, LOVED, UNDENIABLE LEADER IN TECHNOLOGY. KIND OF LIKE ABRITES.
PART 1 of 3 BMW is a controversial company. They are the most hated and one of the most loved companies out there but one thing is for sure - no one is impartial to BMW. Be it their design, ever since...
NISSAN KICKS/MICRA/MARCH K14. KICKING ABOVE YOUR WEIGHT CLASS
I have always had a soft spot for the Micra. After all my first car ever was a K11 Super S. I honestly thought it was the best thing ever. 90s to the brim, green dials on the cluster, colourful inserts...
ABRITES TRAINING – BE PREPARED
We have all heard of tools, AVDI and other Abrites products included, being very capable, but do we really know what we mean when we say that? Do we even know the capabilities of the tools we posses?...
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ABRITES TOYOTA/LEXUS/SCION KEY PROGRAMMING FUNCTIONALITY
Understanding Toyota’s key programming functions is not an easy task. To get started, we need to base our knowledge on a solid foundation. To do that, let’s go back in time, as with most OBD,...
AMS - TECHNOLOGY HAS ONE DIRECTION - FORWARD.
With all the excitement around Formula 1 and the season pointing to another Lewis Hamilton victory it got me thinking… A long time time ago, when Formula 1 was actually dangerous, the drivers literally...
RENAULT FUNCTIONALITIES – C’EST MAGNIFIQUE!
You can say whatever you like about Carlos Ghosn, he escaped Japan in a sound equipment crate (allegedly), he pocketed a huge chunk of cash from Nissan (allegedly), he is wanted by Interpol under a Red...
SPS – WHY, WHERE, WHAT?
Ever since April of 2019 when the SPS was first introduced we never really got into the reasons behind the need for it, nor did we discuss the benefits, for that matter. Well, today is the day...
MERCEDES-BENZ CODING USING AVDI - FOCUS ON FAST CODING
This week I wanted to tell you about a function we have been developing slowly over the past two years or so. Namely, the SCN coding abilities of AVDI when talking about Mercedes. The first thing I...