Can't solve Task 2 of 3, final code challenge, Object-Oriented Python/Instant Objects (RaceCar class exercise)

Unfortunately, with that alteration made, I still get 'bummer, try again.' Thanks anyway.

In your init method, you need to put self.laps = laps That's how I got it to work

Thanks, but you're critiquing Gerald's code, not mine. I always had a comma after laps=0. Doesn't work, and the 'bummer' tip gives no hints as to what's going wrong.

this should work

''' class RaceCar:

def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, laps=0, **kwargs):
    self.color = color
    self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining
    self.laps = laps

    for key, value in kwargs.items():
        setattr(self, key, value)

def run_lap(self, length):
    self.fuel_remaining -= (length * .125)
    self.laps += 1

'''

You do not call self on a method variable.

class RaceCar:

    def __init__(self,color,fuel_remaining, laps=0, **kwargs):
        self.color = color
        self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining

        for (k,v) in kwargs.items():
            setattr(self,k,v)
    def run_lap(self,length):
        self.fuel_remaining -= length*0.125
        self.laps += 1

I encountered the same error as Gordon. It came down to the order in which I listed my arguments to the init method and the order I assigned them to the attribute on the instance using "self".

The following code fails:

class RaceCar:

def __init__(self, color, laps=0, fuel_remaining, **kwargs):
    self.color = color
    self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining
    self.laps = laps

    for key, value in kwargs.items():
        setattr(self, key, value)

def run_lap(self, length):
    self.laps += 1
    self.fuel_remaining -= length * 0.125

The following code passes:

class RaceCar:

def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, laps = 0, **kwargs):
    self.color = color
    self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining
    self.laps = laps

    for key, value in kwargs.items():
        setattr(self, key, value)

def run_lap(self, length):
    self.laps += 1
    self.fuel_remaining -= length * 0.125

IF YOU ARE COPYING AND PASTING THESE SOLUTIONS STOP AND READ. I got fed up with the problem because I thought I was doing it wrong so I started copying and pasting these solutions. Majority of the solutions above are correct. This was not a code issue for me, this was a website issue. Go through your code and backspace each line from the front of the line to the left side of the screen. Then hit 4 spaces (equals 1 tab) to push the code back over. Some spots in your code will require 8 spaces. I found that there was some weird spacing that I could not see that was preventing this from being correct even though my code was correct. I knew the code was right because I ran it on my computer so it had to be an issue with Treehouse.

Hmm, the below code passed. It seems that the exercise was happier when laps was defined outside of init

Thanks for the contributions, guys.

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 -= (length * .125)
        self.laps += 1