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Sentinel: Solving the A8's 'Storage Sink' Problem
April 2026 — on building a survival loop for a car that spends its summers in a greenhouse, and why ‘propping it up’ is an engineering challenge
Two snowboards, one Audi A8, no roof rack: the towball carrier solution
February 2022 — on not accepting that “luxury sedan” and “ski trip” are mutually exclusive
The Audi A8 is not obviously a ski car. No roof rack options, no factory ski bag slot, seats that cost enough to make you nervous about wet gear. The commercial answer to this problem is “buy an estate” or “get a roof box,” neither of which I was prepared to accept without at least trying to solve it properly first.
My Porsche kept spitting out second gear — so I rebuilt the gearbox
November 2021 — on not ignoring what a gearbox is trying to tell you
It starts subtle. You’re lifting off the throttle coming out of a fast corner, already in second, and the lever just… moves. Not violently. Just a gentle migration toward neutral. You push it back. You wonder if you imagined it.