Dave Fleet wrote:

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RustyRuss wrote:

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Come on boys put us out of our misery! Is Project Binky dead?

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 Yeah, it's toast.

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 Do you have inside information then Dave?

Last I saw, the chaps were announcing commercial release of switches that have been designed so that can be used in Binky. Can't see why you'd do that if you were abandoning a decade's work.

As GRC suggests, Binky is not (and has never been) a social media click-gathering exercise. If you want fast-movin' car shows, perhaps some episodes of Overhaulin' episodes would be more your cup of tea?

I saw it on Xwitter, on the BOM account. I'll have a look when I get on my PC and see if I can post a link; Can never seem to find anything on the mobile site. Incidentally, I notice that Edd China's YouTube channel has gone quiet save for some clips from old Wheeler Dealers episodes. I'd guess that small scale social media content production messes with your head eventually and all of the decent ones need to step away for bit from time to time to do something real, away from the toxic brain farts of keyboard warriors. Anyway, I'll see if I can find a link.

Kirk wrote:

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Thought I'd finally lost the plot, but then:

Richard Brunning on X: "I'm so bloody excited. After months of work, we'll soon be launching a range of super high quality automotive switches. It's all Nik's fault TBH with you. Not being able to find what he wanted led us down the path of getting our own made..." / X (twitter.com)

 

*Dunno why I can't paste links properly. I'm sure you can figure it out.

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 Kirk,

Thanks for the link! I checked both Richards and BOMs xtwitter accounts before and didn't see it. I don't know why.

BTW the link worked fine for me, all blue and clicky!

GRC

It's funny, I was browsing around the site earlier today and found all sorts of features that I didn't notice before like post count rankings by user - and came across the thread that led to you becoming a moderator. That was to help separate the spam from genuine user contributions (of which there were many). There was this chap called "Rich" who seemed to take an interest in what went on here...

I also keep an eye on what 'Sarah 'n tuned' posts on YT regarding her (mostly Toyota) builds. She's been commenting recently that there is a huge pressure on content creators to regularly churn out stuff and feed the "like, comment and subscribe" algorithm. I fear that this will ultimately result in a race to the bottom; anyone doing something genuinely interesting will stay away, earn their money elsewhere and preserve their sanity.

Anyway, keep up the good work, GRC. We may be circling the plug hole but at least it's a minimal spam plug hole!

-- Edited by Kirk on Thursday 21st of December 2023 01:18:48 PM

Twixxter:

https://x.com/richardbrunning/status/1738221748309602734?s=20

How hard would it be just to post a 5 minute update video, maybe once a month keeping us updated on progress and/or lack there of.

January? Dull month usually. Episode 39 to look forward to. So much better than December.

Well, Binky's switches have arrived

 

 https://x.com/richardbrunning/status/1743217574093922813?s=20

 

-- Edited by Forsh on Friday 5th of January 2024 02:15:28 PM

Kirk wrote:

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January? Dull month usually. Episode 39 to look forward to. So much better than December.

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Kirk wrote:

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Ah, but WHICH January?

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 Kirk,

       Getting existential on us? "Next" January, of course!

        "Yesterday has gone forever, but tomorrow never comes." ― Robert Ashby

-- Edited by GrayRaceCat on Wednesday 7th of February 2024 05:37:36 AM

So that's pretty clear. Expect an episode of Escargot in March or thereabouts. :D

its like a smart blonde, you hear about them, but never seem to find them

bmwmaniac wrote:

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Regrets - We've Had a Few...




What a rollercoaster of a last 18 months. If we had our time again, well...
If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through. It's been a turgid time at our secret volcano lair; illness, stubbornness, Elliot Ness and others have seen what should have been the culmination of ten years effort pay off in a satisfactory way have actually left us in quite a state in many different ways. The whole team has been dumped on in one way or another and we have all had to work through our own issues while dealing with the most frustrating and soul-destroying part of the build.
I know many of you have lost faith and truth be told it's been very hard at times for us not to as well; demons come in many different guises... We are not ones to air our troubles publicly.
However, we refuse to dwell on the negatives anymore, we've got loads of new content in the editing phase, we've got tonnes of footage for Binky Episode 39 in the can and we're shooting more every day. The M50 Celica video is just being polished, the 100-year-old Dodge is going to be an absolute hoot over two videos, we've got a beautiful replica Jaguar C Type BOM Classics that just needs a few more tracking shots to complete the shoot and more in the planning. Ben is taking care of most of this in his spare time.
Kicking and screaming the mini is being finished. Whether is bloody well likes it or not and that is our sole focus, after all that's our bread and butter. The payoff will be awesome - I have no doubt. (Narrator: He has doubts...)
Always ones to look forward, we'd very much like to offer you - our long suffering Patrons - the opportunity to give us a steer on what you'd like to see next. We need something to look forward to apart from the road trip to Ireland to get the Mini mapped on the Dyno...
The Escargot is going to take up a fair amount of our efforts in the new year, but the build bay will be empty so we have a number of projects in the shed that are due some attention. We have the MG X Power SVR that is going to be amazing, but very expensive as parts are hard to find. We have the Peugeot 205 Rally car with our custom built 1600 16v engine that we'd like to re-build with custom suspension and a host of modern improvements and turn it into a proper lightweight 1600 class winning car. We have an Opel Ascona shell sitting upstairs that we don't really know what to do with yet - anything is possible. We have a Ford Anglia 105E that's ripe for a nice restomod and we have an extremely rare 1967 (half year) Datsun 2000 Roadster that needs a total restoration. Also it needs an engine, oh, and a gearbox, and a back axle...
So if there's anything in the above list of stuff we already have in the shed that you'd like to see in the build studio, please let us know. None of them will ever match Binky for complexity or sheer WTFery, but each has its own areas that we have proper BOM ideas about. And none of them will take 10+ years!
I know we've been the worst content creators in the history of content creators recently creating barely any content worthy of your consideration so for that, we humbly apologise. In reality, and I mean this sincerely, it's only those of you who have kept the faith that have allowed us to do the same no matter how dark it’s been in the our shed.
Thank you, as always.
Cheers,
Nik, Richard and Ben.


So apart from the vintage car belonging to someone else and switches made by a third party has anything actually happened in the fast-paced hyper-successful world of Bad Obsession Motorsport?

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:)

I reckon they'll invite us all(!) down for the full hospitality experience (=cup of tea) and test drive when the dash is in. Fingers crossed, eh? 

Yes. It's very good. It shows clips from all the playlists we all love.
It's a fantastic displacement activity. Who could ask for anything more?

GrayRaceCat wrote:

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Dave Fleet wrote:

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So apart from the vintage car belonging to someone else and switches made by a third party has anything actually happened in the fast-paced hyper-successful world of Bad Obsession Motorsport?

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 Dave,

   An honest question.  Why do you think Nik and Richard owe you anything?

Regards,

GRC

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 GRC, They don't owe me anything since I stopped funding them through Patreon. Their Facebook page suggests they've gone bust anyway.