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Yes, this will be on post-manufacturer warranties, so for most manufacturers it will be on 3 to 10 year old cars. Since the youngest MGR products are now 8 years since manufacture, give it a year for the survey to have started recording the MGR sample will be cars 7-10 years old. The fact is though ...

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I was running on Zero 1 (Hornby's original dcc system, but about 10 - 15 yrs too early), We had that. Dad refuses to go digital now because of all his old style Hornby locos which he was told are impossible to convert. Makes a problem for me as whenever I visit I have to do all his wiring for him -...

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11.5 wks, so you're just over the average healing time for a scaph fracture. Given the risk of scaph waist fractures to lead to necrosis of the scaph nearest to your arm I'd seriously avoid driving until given all clear by the docs. As I say, I am waiting for the appointment next week before I make...

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Thanks, I've not got an auto I'm happy to say.

I'll wait and see what the fracture clinic say before I do drive. If the healing has gone to plan then I'll not have to worry about the effect of driving on my wrist, just the effect of the wrist on my driving.

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Hi, I managed to injure my wrist (on Friday 13th of May incidentally), and have a waist fracture of my scaphoid. The fracture is not displaced (i.e.) still in the correct line so I was put in a cast. At 5 1/2 weeks I went back for an X-ray and it was healing but the fracture line was still visible s...

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I'd cut the clamp off and get rid of the car asap - even if he has to use one of those car buying companies.

Dispose of the clamp and theres no evidence of criminal damage (they can't prove something is damaged if they cant see it). It would never get past the CPS to a persecution.

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Ive just got a Samsung Galaxy S2. Is awesome. Its very light, its the thinnest smartphone in the world, and the most powerful (Sorry Motorola, your Atrix ad is wrong..). It will play full HD MKV files without conversion and can be connected to your TV via HDMI and play them at full resolution. I'm ...

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It can't be JUST because he's an Irish Catholic. There have been many Irish and hundreds of catholic players in Scottish football over the years who haven't had this kind of attention. Also, I'd suspect that this is down to an extreme few rather than being a hate campaign by 1/2 of Scotland. Sectari...

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Funny this thread popped up, I was looking on the *tut tut not allowed!* www yesterday (bored tbf) and realised the garage was in my old home town of Cheadle Staffordshire, in a unit next to my sister in laws dad's garage. The *tut tut not allowed!* sign is still on streetview. I found this odd, bu...

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I have to say the gender thing seems to have been given alot more weight than would seem to be creditable. For example, I know a female friend who's gone to insure the same car as me and has been quoted alot less. Now I wouldn't mind so much if everything else was equal and the woman had a lower pre...

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harkins77 wrote:What is this dig up really old thread month or something??

Its a debate thread, they never close.

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I thought rovergroup and roverpower were offshoots from the great 'no-mod status' argumnet on here about three years ago.. Roverpower came about because Andy, the guy who started Metropower, sold his Metro and moved on to a 200Vi. So he sold MP off to someone who would run it and then started a new...

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Anyone remember the old Rovertorque mail group on yahoo? I think I was on that for a couple of years; '96-98 or something - it was a long time ago.

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As above, buying a 4WD vehicle for the tiny amount of snow we get in this country is total overkill. So many people jump into saying they need a 4x4 because of the snow as though they think its some kind of justification. You're right its not needed, but in alot of cases I think its more of an excu...

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Buy a set of snow tyres and be done with it? Should be more than enough to cope with pretty much anything the weather over here will throw at you. I'd agree with that, unless you are venturing on uncleared roads in a National Park, fwd and winter tyres is enough. AWD is not a miracle, saw just as m...

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Car every time. Especially if you consider a 4wd car, the only thing a 4x4 has over it is ground clearance - which you don't need in snow. In fact, high centre of gravity is probably a bigger disadvantage than the 4x4 system is an advantage. Tyres are where you get the grip from, so probably a 2nd s...

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Perhaps VBH ? No, the stig can actually drive :P Lol. the person I was watching it with on Sunday suggested VBH, first thing I said was its a man (or very flat chested). You certainly couldn't disguise VBH's bosom that well. Agree on Tiff being a great driver, if you watched original Top Gear he'd ...

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some force or other used to have an Esprit V8 police car in the 90s

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yeah, remember all these roads in my truck, but love to do them in the car. Love the roads in Scotland in the Lowlands and Highlands as not much traffic and well open. Also the road from Ponteland(NEWCASTLE) to the Borders via Otterburn and Kielder Water, last time i used this road was in the ZT an...

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When servicing doing a coolant change or changing a rad or water-pump. If the valve is blocked then someone may think that the system is bled when it isn't, which then overheats the most vulnerable part - the head. Although, I'm more meaning that it causing bleeding problems can lead to an incorrect...

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I've always said, but seem to be argued with every time even on Rover forums, that the K-series HGF is caused by another factor. They never just go on their own, they might not take that much to go, but there has to be something. pre-2000 Rovers I'm fairly sure all had steel Llanelli Radiators which...

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I only had a fast car before because I live within walking or cycling range of work. We have work cars when we need them for work so I don't really need a car except for the weekly shop and visiting friends. I don't think that, in my current situation, I would need a cheaper to run car. The cost of ...

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shen wrote:On another note, I can see why you'd have it lowered that much, as you're often likely to push the absolute limits of it's handling capability as a daily drive.

Some people just like a stiff ride

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OK then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4deqBVIZbs

Only really makes sense if you were on MP at the time.

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Limecat wrote:OMFG!

It's the Internet. I am one of the most hated people on car forums as my honesty tends to rub people up the wrong way.

A floating IP and endless email addresses also helps you.

Your youtube pisstake of metropower still makes me laugh. In fact I'm going to watch it again.

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Phone Consumer Direct, 08454 040506

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tbh, I think it would be a good thing for the country to have a proper high speed network linking London, Brum, Manc and Leeds. Get up towards 200mph on service trains so there is no real point to flying such short distances. Existing WCML and ECML north of those cities could go up to 140mph with si...

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How demanding is the Nurburgring to someone that ain't done any other track laps? Depends how busy it is. tbh the first couple of laps you spend looking as much in your mirror as infront. The technique I found on my first ever lap to work was just to stick to the right then every time I wanted to c...

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I'd say 216GTi twincam too. Only thing there is they are getting a bit on the rare side.

vvc Metros with torsen diffs work very well on track I can tell you that.

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Cherished plates are transferrable, plates allocated by the DVLA are not.

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I'll consider a whole D16a9 engine if there is one for sale and the seller doesn't want to split.

Thanks.

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My Dad is just starting out building a new layout, he used to work for BR/BREL/ABB and has models of all the trains he was involved in during that time. He also used to have layouts before work took over his life so now he is retired and moved to a house where one room is going to be his hobby (trai...

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BrackenFox wrote:
Let's just all agree and gang up on the Audi drivers instead.

After my first non-local drive in ages the other day I might just have to agree with you on that one.

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The mini-me conversion is where the SOHC engine has the head swapped to one of the SOHC VTEC heads from a Honda Civic. I think the highest power SOHC VTEC engine was 130PS, same as the DOHC D16. Basically you change the head, ECU and wiring loom to get another 15bhp, which is easier than changing th...

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matt077 wrote: i dont know who is worst, a subaru driver or a bmw driver?

Oi!

Definitely BMW drivers. I'm very polite and conscientious when driving my subaru (which incidentally I detest the term 'scooby').

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