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[Ohdearme]

Mrs ODM is become increasingly less subtle about what she thinks of the out of MOT Audi on my drive (just needs bonnet lifting, new battery and cable fitting).

I take from this that she considers it a skip.
 

She’s not 100% angry as only dry recycling placed in the vehicle,

A considerate strop that I take as a warning shot…

@bangernomics when’s your lad back to make me a risible offer.

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, Ohdearme said:

Mrs ODM is become increasingly less subtle about what she thinks of the out of MOT Audi on my drive (just needs bonnet lifting, new battery and cable fitting).

I take from this that she considers it a skip.
 

She’s not 100% angry as only dry recycling placed in the vehicle,

A considerate strop that I take as a warning shot…

@bangernomics when’s your lad back to make me a risible offer.

Fucking hell that's heartbreaking.

[reb]

Just ordered a lithium jump pack as a temporary* alternative to figuring out the battery drain issue on the v70.

It's a Noco which seems to be a real brand, it's the 1500A model. Probably overkill, but better than something unsuitable. 

[Ohdearme]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Fucking hell that's heartbreaking.

It’s not as bad as it looks, I’ve cleared it out as the bin men have been and I had need of the cardboard for parcels (it was piled in my office and she’s clearly had enough and thrown it in the car - weirdly the boot was empty and could have gone in there…).

It now looks like this…

There’s every chance I may get to it myself and fit the new bonnet cable I ordered (£100 for new oem) and replace the battery but currently my sister in law is in a hospice so every day is a 40 mile round trip to the hospice then eat and sleep and not much else being done.

It’s not being neglected, just needs fixing - it’s had the rear brake light fixed, the roof restored and all the bits to make it go are here, it’s a time thing right now.

Whilst tidying today, I did also sneak the period Audi head unit I bought in too. I have a humble cassette to iPhone adapter for the music once I get it going.

 
 

it’s in for cosmetic effect and plugged in, but I’ll need to take it out again as one of the cables for the flaps has come loose and needs a tinker/knuckle skin removal job doing.

[beko1987]

Quick @LightBulbFun give me a block of vrn's to run before the api key runs out 😂

Nice of them to email tbh, I wasn't expecting it. 

[Split_Pin]

18 minutes ago, Ohdearme said:

It’s not as bad as it looks, I’ve cleared it out as the bin men have been and I had need of the cardboard for parcels (it was piled in my office and she’s clearly had enough and thrown it in the car - weirdly the boot was empty and could have gone in there…).

It now looks like this…

There’s every chance I may get to it myself and fit the new bonnet cable I ordered (£100 for new oem) and replace the battery but currently my sister in law is in a hospice so every day is a 40 mile round trip to the hospice then eat and sleep and not much else being done.

It’s not being neglected, just needs fixing - it’s had the rear brake light fixed, the roof restored and all the bits to make it go are here, it’s a time thing right now.

Whilst tidying today, I did also sneak the period Audi head unit I bought in too. I have a humble cassette to iPhone adapter for the music once I get it going.

 
 

it’s in for cosmetic effect and plugged in, but I’ll need to take it out again as one of the cables for the flaps has come loose and needs a tinker/knuckle skin removal job doing.

Sorry to hear about your sister in law man.

Radio looks good.

[LightBulbFun]

10 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Quick @LightBulbFun give me a block of vrn's to run before the api key runs out 😂

Nice of them to email tbh, I wasn't expecting it. 

funnily enough I was just thinking about this the other day, in that I was wondering if could you run every registration mark between REV1R to REV999R? it would be interesting to know if any other REV-R's of any sort of vehicle survive at all?  

the only other REV-R I have ever actually seen is REV690R this Ford Capri 

[Ohdearme]

26 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Sorry to hear about your sister in law man.

Radio looks good.

Thanks.

Radio looks good but  - No juice in battery so hopefully it works. 🤣

 

[Ohdearme]

Just now, Ohdearme said:

Thanks.

Radio looks good but  - No juice in battery so hopefully it works. 🤣

 

You know what, fuck it I’m off outside to lie under it and try and fix it.

[Ohdearme]

30 minutes ago, Ohdearme said:

You know what, fuck it I’m off outside to lie under it and try and fix it.

And here comes the rain… tits.

 

 

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, LightBulbFun said:

funnily enough I was just thinking about this the other day, in that I was wondering if could you run every registration mark between REV1R to REV999R? it would be interesting to know if any other REV-R's of any sort of vehicle survive at all?  

the only other REV-R I have ever actually seen is REV690R this Ford Capri 

Possibly... Although I've not got time to do those all now 😂 will try and do 30 to see what happens before I'm off on Friday and all next week

And I can still only do batches of 30 which is mildly annoying, need to automate that part🤔

[IronStar]

4 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Possibly... Although I've not got time to do those all now 😂 will try and do 30 to see what happens before I'm off on Friday and all next week

And I can still only do batches of 30 which is mildly annoying, need to automate that part🤔

#!/bin/bash

# API endpoint and key
API_ENDPOINT="https://driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/vehicle-enquiry/v1/vehicles"
API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"

# Function to call the DVLA API for a list of license plates
function call_dvla_api {
    local license_plates=("$@")
    for plate in "${license_plates[@]}"; do
        response=$(curl -s -X POST "$API_ENDPOINT" \
            -H "x-api-key: $API_KEY" \
            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
            -d "{\"registrationNumber\": \"$plate\"}")
        echo "Response for $plate: $response"
    done
}

# Function to generate range of license plates
function generate_plate_range {
    local start_plate="$1"
    local end_plate="$2"
    local start_number=$(echo $start_plate | grep -o '[0-9]\+')
    local end_number=$(echo $end_plate | grep -o '[0-9]\+')
    local prefix=$(echo $start_plate | grep -o '^[^0-9]\+')
    local suffix=$(echo $start_plate | grep -o '[^0-9]\+$')

    plates=()
    for ((i=start_number; i<=end_number; i++)); do
        plates+=("${prefix}${i}${suffix}")
    done
    echo "${plates[@]}"
}

# Main function
function main {
    # Check if a range is provided
    if [[ "$1" =~ .*-.+ ]]; then
        IFS="-" read -r start_plate end_plate <<< "$1"
        license_plates=($(generate_plate_range "$start_plate" "$end_plate"))
    else
        # Read the file containing license plates
        license_plates=($(cat "$1"))
    fi

    # Split the list into batches of 30 and make API calls
    batch_size=30
    for ((i=0; i<${#license_plates[@]}; i+=batch_size)); do
        batch=("${license_plates[@]:i:batch_size}")
        call_dvla_api "${batch[@]}"
        echo "Waiting for next batch..."
        sleep 10  # Add a delay between batches if necessary
    done
}

# Execute the main function with provided arguments
main "$@"

You can use it with a file
 

./dvla_vehicle_enquiry.sh license_plates.txt

Or with a range
 

./dvla_vehicle_enquiry.sh "REV1R-REV999R"

 

[beko1987]

That's bloody impressive, but I don't know how to do it by the cli. I use Alteryx to pull the data, but the dvla api seems limited to 30 at a time (I tried to chuck 100 at it and it errored after the 30th one). 

I need to have an excel full of vrm's (or a +1 formula 🤔) , then a way to batch that, push that through and parse/store the answer then lob the next through. Repeat until done then spit out one single file. 

What technology would that use to do it that way? 

[grogee]

3 hours ago, reb said:

Just ordered a lithium jump pack as a temporary* alternative to figuring out the battery drain issue on the v70.

It's a Noco which seems to be a real brand, it's the 1500A model. Probably overkill, but better than something unsuitable. 

Does it have a tow bar? I found a current drain on something to do with a towbar feed, pulled the fuse and it's fine (she never used towbar anyway) 

[IronStar]

9 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

That's bloody impressive, but I don't know how to do it by the cli. I use Alteryx to pull the data, but the dvla api seems limited to 30 at a time (I tried to chuck 100 at it and it errored after the 30th one). 

I need to have an excel full of vrm's (or a +1 formula 🤔) , then a way to batch that, push that through and parse/store the answer then lob the next through. Repeat until done then spit out one single file. 

What technology would that use to do it that way? 

I have no idea, CLI is the way for any automation. Sorry

This is compatible with any Linux or Mac system, and I can also parse the data into a CSV if you tell me what do you want to pull, and how you want it sorted. A row out of the existing sheet would be enough to add that as well, and just give you an output CSV as a result. 
The only change this needs is to replace API key at the beginning of the script with your API key.

I can also pull the data for you, but I'd need your API key as I'm not UK resident and can't register. 

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, IronStar said:

I have no idea, CLI is the way for any automation. Sorry

This is compatible with any Linux or Mac system, and I can also parse the data into a CSV if you tell me what do you want to pull, and how you want it sorted. A row out of the existing sheet would be enough to add that as well, and just give you an output CSV as a result. 
The only change this needs is to replace API key at the beginning of the script with your API key.

I can also pull the data for you, but I'd need your API key as I'm not UK resident and can't register. 

I can give you my api key (I only set it up for this purpose so if it gets banned I'm not fussed and it's got a silly amount of requests anyway) 

I'll pm it to you tomorrow. It's great fun! All comes back as one long string

[Ghosty]

6 hours ago, reb said:

It's a Noco which seems to be a real brand, it's the 1500A model.

I have the 1250a one. Can confirm, they're bloody good. They work as a USB-C power bank too.

[richardmorris]

[richardmorris]

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Do you work with the cars, or are they in the distance from your workplace? With the owners permission, there's a cracking YouTube opportunity right there, even if it's just walk-around videos with no dialogue, ala Flexiny. 

[IronStar]

Another school shooting in this part of the world.

At least 3 people were killed in Sanski Most in Bosnia. Only English language source with any details I found rn:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-bosnia-school-shooting-gunman-33506880

What the fuck is going on. 

[richardmorris]

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Do you work with the cars, or are they in the distance from your workplace? With the owners permission, there's a cracking YouTube opportunity right there, even if it's just walk-around videos with no dialogue, ala Flexiny. 

It's just what I see gazing out of the window when I'm supposed to be working!

[richardmorris]

57 minutes ago, IronStar said:

Another school shooting in this part of the world.

At least 3 people were killed in Sanski Most in Bosnia. Only English language source with any details I found rn:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-bosnia-school-shooting-gunman-33506880

What the fuck is going on. 

Full moon?

[IronStar]

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

Full moon?

Full moon didn't previously cause school shootings in Europe 

[richardmorris]

 

The first "motorcar" apparently. An 1886 Benz patent motorwagen.

[richardmorris]

17 minutes ago, IronStar said:

Full moon didn't previously cause school shootings in Europe 

people with a grudge don't need much of a push.

Their bodies have been transported to the Sanski Most Health Centre, according to local reports. Unconfirmed reports have named Vukalić is understood to have suffered a self-inflicted injury to his chest but that he survived the attempt on his own life. It is understood he was in a dispute with school management.

[reb]

Installing tint is one of those things that you can understand how not to fuck it up...

...then fuck it up anyway!

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, reb said:

Installing tint is one of those things that you can understand how not to fuck it up...

...then fuck it up anyway!

Add some stickers of black clouds and a sinister castle and you'll have a great Halloween scene!

[Popsicle]

4 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Add some stickers of black clouds and a sinister castle and you'll have a great Halloween scene!

FFS that comment made me snort tea all over the keyboard and monitor 🤣.

@reb I've tried so many times to tint windows and it always goes to shit, yours looks far better than any I've ever done, there must be some secret black magic art to it that just completely escapes me.