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Ibrar, Sent you an email but I guess it didn't reach you. Could you let me know condition (preferably photos) of the NA exhaust parts please? How rusty are they?

How do you start one? (a poll, not a lob!)

Galilean thermometer? My default present idea.

With super nanny, it's an Authority thing! Oooo, the naughty step!

Super Nanny's OK by me!

Duffers: your avatar is strangely "drawing me in". It gives me a headache to look at her, but I can't help doing it.

Code 42 will almost certainly be a dodgy speedo conversion from kph to mph, or a fault on the odometer circuit board. This shouldn't cause your idle problem. Reset the ECU as described above (can't remember the fuse to pull: best do a search), then when you've put the fuse back and started her up, blip the accelerator and let the revs fall back to let her catch the idle. Do this 2 or 3 times, then just drive normally. My supe sometimes has a very low idle (500rpm) for no apparent reason. Mine doesn't get to the point of stalling though, and most of the time the idle is fine (700rpm).

Hooooraaaaayyyy! The Beast lives! How did it feel Rosie?

Hi Paul, Would like the dash piece that surrounds the ashtray if it's not scratched up. If you have a picture of it, could you email it please?

I've not heard the standard ICE setup, but I believe that you're much better off with aftermarket stuff. The amp especially is well worth replacing IMO.

Congratulations!

Why is she wearing a teatowel over her shoulders? (Very nice, though!) BTW Charlotte: nice festive avatar! Maybe I can put festive pants onto Duffman!

I know a chap who bought a Range Rover from a garage. About 2 months afterwards, the engine blew up, and he managed to get the garage to source and fit a replacement lump at no cost to him due to the warranty. He must have had a crystal ball or something..... ... but these situations are rare. Realistically, what do you expect to use the warrenty for? If it's minor things like a broken aerial or broken speed converter, these would be less £££ to get fixed yourself or at a garage of your choice than the cost of the warranty (via over-inflated price). Unless you reckon the engine or turbos are going to blow up soon, it's probably not worth the warranty.

Absolutely agree! Most people think of nuclear power as "Frankenstein science", because they don't understand it.

On the whole, I agree with Alex. Nuclear power isn't a 100% perfect solution. However, a 100% perfect solution doesn't exist, and never will. Wind/solar/wave would probably be best, but wouldn't currently be able to supply all our energy needs. I do get exasperated by people who complain about the blight on the landscape of wind farms. Again, they're not ideal, but they're probably better than the alternatives: you can either 1) keep using fossil fuels until the greenhouse effect REALLY takes hold or until the exponential rise in its price as supplies run out puts it beyond everyone's reach; or 2) enjoy the effects of gamma radiation near whichever sites are chosen to inter nuclear waste, be this remote parts of the land, the sea, etc; or 3) get a view of a bloody great windmill outside your house. I know which I'd choose. Disposing of the waste is the trickiest thing about nuclear, but as Alex said, it could be used as an interim measure. As long as we don't generate shed-loads of it, I reckon it could be interred relatively safely. Modern nuclear power stations with inhibitor material suspended above the reactor are pretty safe. If anything goes wrong, including all the power to the building itself is cut, then the inhibitor falls into the reactor, which has the same effect as smothering a fire with a very large fire blanket. Older reactors had the inhibitor below the reactor chamber: great, as long as you've still got the electrical power to push the inhibitor up into the chamber! Some really good ideas here. I do like the one about subsidies for homes having solar panels installed. Not popular with the energy companies, but they can take a flying f**k: there's more important issues here. I've got a few pie-in-the-sky ideas about electricity generation. However, watch this space in a few years' time about wave power. I've got a friend who's working on some VERY clever technology.

Does it come with installation instructions?

Rallure, just out of interest, what was your previous supra? NA/TT, stock/BPU?

It's possible mine is doing this. There is a VERY gradual loss over time. I 've had the car just over a year, and I've topped the coolant up 2 or 3 times, which is not something that worries me too much. I can't see any obvious leakage points.

Feel for you. It's not nice. Still, at least you should get back the £350 excess. I had someone run into the back of me recently, AND he's denying responsibility. No independent witnesses. I'm looking at a £500 excess if he pulls it off.

[hijack] Smudger: how do you know if your MAF sensor needs replacing? Do you get worse-than-normal fuel economy or something? [/hijack]

I'm interested in the exhaust too. (if it's no good for "impervious")

Thanks for the info Mark. Sounds like your GT4 (ST205) is later than the one I'm talking about, but the signs are good that they use the same aerial. Anyone else?

Does anyone know if the Celica (2.0 GT '93 model, with the pop-up headlights) has the same aerial motor and mast unit as the supra? I've tried to look for a celica owners' club to ask there, but could only find GT4OC, and couldn't see a search button anywhere! TIA Steve

Near the top it says "Toyota Supra 3.0 TWIN-TURBO **Auto**, UK-CAR", as well as gearbox=manual.