RT Bear Kilpatrick
@bear-xiong.bsky.social
Just a bear. LGBTQ+ being. Cars, music, retrotech, alternative. Makes stories, poems, and questionable life choices. Help me learn Mandarin!
I'm going to make the Ampera work and consider it a sacrificial anode.
It's already well on the way.
It's already well on the way.
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I'm going to make the Ampera work and consider it a sacrificial anode.
It's already well on the way.
It's already well on the way.
If I still had cars to test, I would eat the £3K loss of this vehicular turd and scrap the damn thing.
No energy/strength for fixing things like this and if it weren't for this thing being a rotten heap of damaged "repaired" junk, I wouldn't have needed to move Mazda before renewing every pipe :(
No energy/strength for fixing things like this and if it weren't for this thing being a rotten heap of damaged "repaired" junk, I wouldn't have needed to move Mazda before renewing every pipe :(
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If I still had cars to test, I would eat the £3K loss of this vehicular turd and scrap the damn thing.
No energy/strength for fixing things like this and if it weren't for this thing being a rotten heap of damaged "repaired" junk, I wouldn't have needed to move Mazda before renewing every pipe :(
No energy/strength for fixing things like this and if it weren't for this thing being a rotten heap of damaged "repaired" junk, I wouldn't have needed to move Mazda before renewing every pipe :(
There's no magic money tree, there is a money ecosystem.
Remember the water cycle? Rain, oceans, heat, steam, clouds?
Earn, tax, spend what you earn - loads or not, enjoy government or private services, more people are paid, more tax. Rain, oceans, steam, clouds.
Musk et al? Infinite bottles.
Remember the water cycle? Rain, oceans, heat, steam, clouds?
Earn, tax, spend what you earn - loads or not, enjoy government or private services, more people are paid, more tax. Rain, oceans, steam, clouds.
Musk et al? Infinite bottles.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
There's no magic money tree, there is a money ecosystem.
Remember the water cycle? Rain, oceans, heat, steam, clouds?
Earn, tax, spend what you earn - loads or not, enjoy government or private services, more people are paid, more tax. Rain, oceans, steam, clouds.
Musk et al? Infinite bottles.
Remember the water cycle? Rain, oceans, heat, steam, clouds?
Earn, tax, spend what you earn - loads or not, enjoy government or private services, more people are paid, more tax. Rain, oceans, steam, clouds.
Musk et al? Infinite bottles.
A car with an I6 I'd like to own:
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A car with an I6 I'd like to own:
The Application of The Holy Grease is a closely-guarded ritual not for minors or outsiders.
November 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Application of The Holy Grease is a closely-guarded ritual not for minors or outsiders.
So, that's actually worse than when I started and I have no idea where it's coming from other than "everywhere" and either the fuel line I researched over and over before buying is actually wrong, the only clamps that fit are wrong, or lines under the car hated being moved so much they're fountains.
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
So, that's actually worse than when I started and I have no idea where it's coming from other than "everywhere" and either the fuel line I researched over and over before buying is actually wrong, the only clamps that fit are wrong, or lines under the car hated being moved so much they're fountains.
Oh, and one Sinclair.
November 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Oh, and one Sinclair.
I wish I'd bought one of these the moment I moved in. I would probably have changed cars far less often and been less stressed!
(I had one before, but it was stolen in 2018 when someone said they'd store it for me. And eh - the new one is SO much better)
(I had one before, but it was stolen in 2018 when someone said they'd store it for me. And eh - the new one is SO much better)
November 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I wish I'd bought one of these the moment I moved in. I would probably have changed cars far less often and been less stressed!
(I had one before, but it was stolen in 2018 when someone said they'd store it for me. And eh - the new one is SO much better)
(I had one before, but it was stolen in 2018 when someone said they'd store it for me. And eh - the new one is SO much better)
I have managed to contort my hands and wrists enough to ensure all the fuel lines are in place and clipped so when the battery has charged, I'll find out if the petrol leak was a bad connection, an error of mine leaving the charcoal canister disconnected because it's a PITA, or the main pipes leak.
November 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I have managed to contort my hands and wrists enough to ensure all the fuel lines are in place and clipped so when the battery has charged, I'll find out if the petrol leak was a bad connection, an error of mine leaving the charcoal canister disconnected because it's a PITA, or the main pipes leak.
Seriously, who designs service items like this. Let me hurt them. Please.
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Seriously, who designs service items like this. Let me hurt them. Please.
Task fail. Day wasted. Everything stinks of petrol.
I wouldn't mind, the Mazda is long-term resto, but I just want a sensible daily driver and the Ampera cost £3K and broke in a fortnight. And I can't fix it. Or, it seems, get the Mazda off the lift without fixing the fuel lines properly. More ££s
I wouldn't mind, the Mazda is long-term resto, but I just want a sensible daily driver and the Ampera cost £3K and broke in a fortnight. And I can't fix it. Or, it seems, get the Mazda off the lift without fixing the fuel lines properly. More ££s
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Task fail. Day wasted. Everything stinks of petrol.
I wouldn't mind, the Mazda is long-term resto, but I just want a sensible daily driver and the Ampera cost £3K and broke in a fortnight. And I can't fix it. Or, it seems, get the Mazda off the lift without fixing the fuel lines properly. More ££s
I wouldn't mind, the Mazda is long-term resto, but I just want a sensible daily driver and the Ampera cost £3K and broke in a fortnight. And I can't fix it. Or, it seems, get the Mazda off the lift without fixing the fuel lines properly. More ££s
Move three cars, put some wheels on one.
Now too fatigued to want to do more. But the Mazda enforced a rest, I guess that time with me faffing and it on the ramp and no trickle charger did drain the battery a touch. I should update the alarm system.
Need to fix Ampera and get it MOTd. Ugh.
Now too fatigued to want to do more. But the Mazda enforced a rest, I guess that time with me faffing and it on the ramp and no trickle charger did drain the battery a touch. I should update the alarm system.
Need to fix Ampera and get it MOTd. Ugh.
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Move three cars, put some wheels on one.
Now too fatigued to want to do more. But the Mazda enforced a rest, I guess that time with me faffing and it on the ramp and no trickle charger did drain the battery a touch. I should update the alarm system.
Need to fix Ampera and get it MOTd. Ugh.
Now too fatigued to want to do more. But the Mazda enforced a rest, I guess that time with me faffing and it on the ramp and no trickle charger did drain the battery a touch. I should update the alarm system.
Need to fix Ampera and get it MOTd. Ugh.
The fuel filter is in, though loose until I get the new bracket from Japan. The main hoses are replaced (at this end) and the pipes are in - one vent pipe to argue with and the tank balance pipe feels crusty but NLA, so I hope it doesn't leak.
Horrible job. Needlessly so. #MazdaRX7
Horrible job. Needlessly so. #MazdaRX7
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The fuel filter is in, though loose until I get the new bracket from Japan. The main hoses are replaced (at this end) and the pipes are in - one vent pipe to argue with and the tank balance pipe feels crusty but NLA, so I hope it doesn't leak.
Horrible job. Needlessly so. #MazdaRX7
Horrible job. Needlessly so. #MazdaRX7
"A leg? No... haven't seen it"
November 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"A leg? No... haven't seen it"
Hang on what?
Found it on MAME.
Found it on MAME.
November 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Hang on what?
Found it on MAME.
Found it on MAME.
Say goodnight to Indy, she is tired and wants me to stay sitting under her favourite and very worn out blanket
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Say goodnight to Indy, she is tired and wants me to stay sitting under her favourite and very worn out blanket
Post your getaway vehicle
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Post your getaway vehicle
One day, I will meet the engineer that located the RX-7 fuel filter and chose the bolt location and fasteners, and I will dump some petrol on them while covering their arms in rust and scratches while they solve a Rubik's cube blind in a locked room full of bees.
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
One day, I will meet the engineer that located the RX-7 fuel filter and chose the bolt location and fasteners, and I will dump some petrol on them while covering their arms in rust and scratches while they solve a Rubik's cube blind in a locked room full of bees.
That's... 20 of mine.
Eesh.
Eesh.
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
That's... 20 of mine.
Eesh.
Eesh.
I'll leave this here as well...
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I'll leave this here as well...
Scenes at Labour's policy thinktank today:
November 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Scenes at Labour's policy thinktank today:
流螢！
But they are... obsolete, failing.
We all dwell within the Grave of the Fireflies.
*sighs*
Cheer up, have a sweet.
But they are... obsolete, failing.
We all dwell within the Grave of the Fireflies.
*sighs*
Cheer up, have a sweet.
November 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
流螢！
But they are... obsolete, failing.
We all dwell within the Grave of the Fireflies.
*sighs*
Cheer up, have a sweet.
But they are... obsolete, failing.
We all dwell within the Grave of the Fireflies.
*sighs*
Cheer up, have a sweet.
All the time I've been background-sulking that every time a Spectrum Next kickstarter happens 5% reach Speccy enthusiasts and 95% show up on eBay at 100% markup because all the slots were taken by flippers...
I was unaware of open-source Nexts like the #XberryPi - and it is very cool. Looks funny.
I was unaware of open-source Nexts like the #XberryPi - and it is very cool. Looks funny.
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
All the time I've been background-sulking that every time a Spectrum Next kickstarter happens 5% reach Speccy enthusiasts and 95% show up on eBay at 100% markup because all the slots were taken by flippers...
I was unaware of open-source Nexts like the #XberryPi - and it is very cool. Looks funny.
I was unaware of open-source Nexts like the #XberryPi - and it is very cool. Looks funny.