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In case nobody knows what this is. It's a very small (VCR cassette sized) DVB-C (Cable TV) receiver which runs Linux (you'd never know that until you telnet into it), and receives all digital channels except for Pay Per View. All comedy, Sports, Sky movies, etc. No cards needed. It emulates the card in software, so it'll never get nuked with a MOSC attack like the modified NTL cards do (MOSCs). The best box out there. Plug'n'Play Oh and it streams over your LAN too, so you could watch stuff on your PC. Also you can mount your computer's hard disk (NFS or SMB/CIFS shares) over the network and it can record the mpeg stream directly to disk.

What oil was that? I should probably do mine.

It's not just the imports who rape our benefits system. You should see most of our neighbours around here. No fucker works. They're all on disability or other benefits. Although it's annoying to see people come into the country only to be put on benefits, it's just as annoying to see these scumbag white trash breed more benefit takers & social terrorists.

Auto boxes can be had for £100 - £200. Turbos can be had fairly cheap but UK ones would be harder to come buy, and the labour element is big I think. Can't see much going wrong with the engine except for leaky valve stem seals which is pretty common by about 80,000 miles anyway, and just means a little bit of smoke on startup and the need to top up oil every now and then.

If condition looks OK then go for it.. is it the £3k one on autotrader? I've been tempted to buy it myself. I'd be looking at the intercooler and radiator and for any signs of rust. Call me cynical but I reckon a lot of cars for sale have done double their stated mileage. At least some of the 100k+ cars will be genuine mileage

I remember when I used to push the accelerator all the way down all the time. They were risky days.

Dreambox DM500-C, running Neutrino like the D-Boxs do (better EPG than Enigma). All keys/cams loaded and working, £90 + £10 postage.

What tyres were they?

What tyres were they?

d'oh. I couldn't believe it when the first couple of post didn't say "PM'd", then there was you I knew I shouldn't have had my power nap.

To check battery current drain whilst the car is off you'd need to stick a multimeter set to amps (ammeter) in-line (series) with one of the battery cables. Duff starter contacts will be intermittant. I put up with mine for a few months before I decided I'd had enough.

Groovy. Van Halen on the soundtrack too.

The RSR baffle caused my UK car's boost to drop from 18.2psi to 13psi.. It also makes the tailpipe look stupid. Did I mention the Greddy PE-II that I got from Chris Wilson is lovely with no cats? It has about the same restrictive properties as the baffled RSR though, and looks huge. I like it though.

Yeah So we're up at the very top of a mountain, and if I go to the front of the house, I'm getting a 3.6mbps HSDPA connection through Vodafone. How cool is that! He pays 39euro/month for unlimited usage, and that includes a mobile phone as well.

We got there 2hrs and 2mins before and to be honest there was very little waiting around. We had time for some sausage, eggs & beans on toast, plane left early and arrived in Granada 25 minutes early I'll stick with 2hrs in future, but I'm still saying you don't have to get there two hours earlier. I suppose the fact that there was five of us kind of means it's better to be early, but if like Homer it was just me, I'd time it a little closer. Thanks for your answers anyway guys. Weather here is lovely BTW

I bet more than half of the j-spec turbos came with them too, and any 6spd na szrs.

Super pictures! I'm hoping to take some pictures of nice cars at Guadix circuit in Spain next week. Amanda's stepdad is being given a Gallardo to use for doing his stuff running the race school for the weekend.

another trader! when did they join up?

MVP do them for reasonable money.

eh? What does racelogic traction control have to do with a limited slip diff? Many J-Spec cars do have the LSD, just not all. And what is the 25%, 100% stuff?

I'm pretty sure rar passwords can't be decrypted and you have to use brute force (dictionary, random words) attack. Can take a long time and possibly not work at all. I'm only going from memory though. Brute force can work really well if the password is a simple word or name though.

I actually had that sort of time in mind myself. I was hoping to get there for about 4:45, but she's having none of it 2hrs it is, and I bet it'll be 2hrs 20 as well. She sets the alarm clock too early every night, and hits the fucking snooze button for 15-20 minutes every morning. arrrgh

I'm not suggesting we get there as checkin closes, but I don't think we necessarily have to aim for the 2hr thing, and end up getting there 2-3hrs before.

Amanda's in a mood because she thinks I'm being awkward by disagreeing with her OTT times. We have a flight from Liverpool Airport (Ryanair) at 6am. We're parking the car at the Marriot and using their shuttle service (minibus) to get to the airport about 7 minutes away. It'll take us 25 minutes (good) to 35 minutes (bad) to get to the Marriot. I think she's suggesting leaving the house at 2am She says we have to get there two hours before. This is the arguing point. The Ryanair Travel Itinerary says : ALL airport check-in desks open 2 hours prior to the scheduled flight departure time and close strictly 40 minutes prior to the scheduled flight departure time. So, to me that is saying that 2hrs is the earliest that you can check-in, up to the latest of 40minutes before (5:20am). So I reckon she's wrong and I'm right, but everybody is agreeing with her "You gotta get there two hours before" (they all say). WTF am I missing? Not that I'm really bothered, but I just don't do this stressing out stuff and think we've got plenty of time..