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Code not working?

This should be working but I get, "Bummer: Try again!", the error which is not helping me debug anything. Treehouse please help me and fix your horrible feedback. These are the things that are the reason I may quit treehouse.

racecar.py
class RaceCar:
    laps = 0
    def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, **kwargs):
        self.color = color
        self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining
        for key, value in kwargs.items():
            setattr(self, key, value)
    def run_lap(self, length):
        self.fuel_remaining = self.fuel_remaining - (length * 0.125)
        self.laps = self.laps + 1

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 Points

You appear to be indenting with a mix of spaces and tabs:

  File ā€œ<string>ā€, line 9
    def run_lap(self, length):
                             ^
TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation

Yeah, that was it.