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that'd be 'refurb' kits obviously

My receiver/dryer and parts of the condenser were leaking, tested with the UV dye That was my second condensor too! I'll be buying a brand new one next

Does anybody know of a company who are able to safely sand/bead blast and then power-coat my UK calipers in the north west? I understand that powder-coating calipers has to be done very carefully so as not to screw them up. Any recommendations? I'd really probably prefer somewhere where I could take the car and have the brake refub kits fitted too.

Chris Wilson comes highly recommended, but is usually very busy. Search for username "Chris Wilson", his contact details are in his signature.

I've tried the 'id dynamics' Ez Charge stuff from Halfords, two cans of it, and it failed to stop the slow leak I have. Each time I would get a day or two of cold air.

Just go to advanced search and enter TimH as the user name. I've just done a quick look for you and it appears he's had a couple of run-of-the-mill problems, and has asked the right questions and received good advice and had them all corrected promptly. So I'd say it seems as though you're looking to buy off someone who has paid his car good careful attention.

It's my only and everything car. I did an office move in it last week - moved seven computers, screens, laser printers, two servers, UPSs etc. etc. I managed to get five computers, two LCD screens and a laser printer and lots of cables in the car all at once on Saturday

What does nasp mean dude? I know it means na but what's the sp? I noticed you saying it yesterday.

god damn it I thought my 285mm was the biggest out there

mine's going in to have the geometry setup by a mkiv suspension expert tomorrow I'll let you know how I get on.

Insert your jack from the side, just behind the front wheels, and jack up the big crossmember. You will no doubt need to drive onto some planks, but other than that it's easy.

Pretty smart looking

No, what are they like? The tax disc - well it was either Guernsey, Isle of Wight, or Isle of Man, but it was basically a printed peice of white paper! So what are the aussie notes like?

You mean the one nearest the front? I don't like the look of it and don't do it. The one further back seems meaty and solid so I use that, but I do need to drive onto a couple of planks of wood.

I thought that

I would get the Irish dosh checked out. I was chatting about crime with a customer who does printing and he was telling me how he bought the company from the guy who is currently one of the workshop guys - he got sent down for 'printing' the silver line on fake Irish notes. Maybe the Irish notes are easier to fake? Have you seen the tax discs they have in Guernsey?

'tis quite funny

and of course, don't drive the car at all until it's fixed. Certainly don't put your head in the engine bay with the motor running

Probably need a Memory Stick for one of those. Anywhere will do them, I've heard Amazon.co.uk do good prices. Also try scan.co.uk and aria.co.uk

The autotrader advert should have said trade or private. Not sure how that stands up overall, but worth cheking all the same.

Just tell the silly tart to go and do some washing or ironing or something

Hinges work loose on many others as well! VAIOs are common for plastic to crack & stretch around the hinges. At the end of the day it's going to be a personal choice, with everyone having different ideas and experiences. I'd agree the HP nx9xxx are a good no-frills business laptop, but one I bought for a customer required me to dismantle the CDRW tray and seat it properly, the other one has had it's RJ45 socket damaged (but I doubt that to be a weakness of the machine). Acer are reasonably well built and hard-ish wearing. Some of the older P4 Tosh Satellites are notorious for dead motherboard. You just can't generalise on a whole brand like that, but then you can't recommend a specific model either because they're outphased so quickly. The T42 Thinkpad is still a solid choice though, or Z-series if you want widescreen. Not cheap but then quality costs. I bought my T41 from eBay for £500 and have since upgraded it to Bluetooth and a faster 1.7GHz/2mb processor (over the 1.6/1mb that it came with)

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The trick with AOL is to set the router for the unusual MTU size isn't it? Or is that another provider? Try googling for 'AOL MTU' And as Geoff says, VCI/VPI is 0/38 for all BT-supplied DSL in the UK. Encalsulation is VC-type or VC-Mux, PPP-over-ATM (PPPoA)

If it needs a VIC then it was Cat C, which is worse than Cat D. So it was a fairly significant smash. Better be cheap!!