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FAST PROJECTS

A couple of Duracells should do it, right?
MIDGE’S AUDI TT 225

Guess who’s back, back again, Shady’s back, tell a friend…

Yeah, yeah, I know it’s been a while. battery (that I stupidly left connected) was Still, I will admit that none of this is the
And I’ve read all the piss-taking comments knackered. So, my irst job was to get my main reason I laid out 200-odd big ones.
in the opening projects page about my mitts on a new one, and I’m rather excited To be totally honest, I’m just an incurable
cars being AWOL (cheers for that Jules). about what I ended up choosing. gadget freak.
But yes, it’s true that I haven’t had a lot Nope, this isn’t just a battery. Shit, it Due to the fact this particular item is
of time over the last few months (you isn’t even a Marks & Sparks battery. This compatible with the NorthStar ACE app,
mean the past year – Jules) to spend on my friends, is an absolute whopper of a I simply couldn’t help myself. And yes,
my little VAG turbos. deep-cycle NorthStar battery. you did read that correctly; this battery
The TT especially has been taking up If there’s any fellow audio nuts out actually Bluetooths to my phone to let me
my mum’s drive for what seems like an there, they’ll already know why I’m almost know if it’s running low, or if there’s any
age now. In fact, an email from Adrian aroused about what seems like such a other problems.
Flux Insurance to say my renewal was due, trivial item. The US brand is one of the In theory, even with my atrocious
actually reminded me I own one. So, as biggest names in the business and you’ll memory, I should never get caught out
they did me their usual cracking deal for see these used on plenty of the top builds with a lat again.
the next 12 months, I thought it was high all over the world. The best bit of course, is that now the
time I pulled it out, stuck some tax on it, So, what with the guys at the Battery car actually works. I’ve spent a couple of
bought the old girl a bunch of lowers (my Megastore being their UK importer, I days blasting it around this week and I’ve
mother, not the car), and actually started thought, “Only the best for my baby” and even started to remember why I built the
using the bugger. ordered the biggest one that would it, thing in the irst place.
Of course, it goes without saying that an AGM unit that cranks over 770amps. It may even get promoted to daily
this wasn’t all plain sailing. It never is For people who are far less geeky than I duties when the weather clears up. Maybe
when you neglected your motor for far am, that’s what electrical engineers refer 2020 is the year that I inally get this car
longer than you should. Inevitably the to as a bastard load of grunt! inished? You never know...

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