Month: July 2025

Siemens WT44W162 iQ300/iQ500 dryer front door (WHL #109)

Here’s a super quick, simple, clean PSA: The bottom front cover of a Siemens WT44W162 that covers the fan and some air ducts…

(ha, second press photo directly from Siemens!)

…is held in by these clips:

Good fucking luck with that.

Of course there’s no such thing as a quick PSA on this blog.

First of all, there are nine breakable plastic clips that need to be depressed simultaneously in a careful manner, which will not happen on any unit that needs the front removed (mine’s mid-2016 vintage now, 429€ + 35€ shipping and installation). […]

20th July 2025 3rd August 2025 By Bzzz In No Comment

Europcar and the Mercedes-Benz account (#E26)

At the very beginning of this year, I had to rent a car for a week (*expensive cough*). So after a bit of consideration of pricing, locations, availability and rental models/conditions, I went with Europcar.

Not complaints here, worked out wonderfully. I opted for a “CCAE” vehicle, which in Europcar speak is a Cupra Born, VW ID3, Citroen DS3 or similar – a small-ish electric car that is suitable for medium distances of like 150 to 250km, so no luxury cruiser, but also not a city vehicle. A former colleague had a Born but I never rode with him, and the Europcar station in question had one listed. […]

6th July 2025 6th July 2025 By Bzzz In No Comment