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by Matty
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:39 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Confessions of a younger driver.....
Replies: 18
Views: 442

Re: Confessions of a younger driver.....

Mik, the story did not deliver on the title :cry:
by Matty
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:00 pm
Forum: Moaning
Topic: FPN advice
Replies: 67
Views: 1820

Re: FPN advice

I think the take away from all of this is just to avoid London altogether.

You don't get these issues in a small village in the north of Scotland.
by Matty
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:03 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20053
Views: 2290343

Re: Your fleet running reports

You know they do proper Smart cabriolets, right? No need to smash the roof to make one ;)

But yeah, seems to be a known but rare problem. Same thing happens with the big glass boot on the VW up - randomly likes to go pop. Pressure and temperature variations, I think?
by Matty
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The ebay thread
Replies: 2930
Views: 378221

Re: The ebay thread

by Matty
Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: The Movie Thread
Replies: 2214
Views: 432981

Re: The Movie Thread

Spaceman, so shit I gave up after 30 minutes and I'm a bit of a Sandler fanboy. Ferrari, 30 mins in and not great so far. The crash special effects are on par with the PS2 Burnout games :lol: Edit - also shit, given up and on YouTube now. I had to do it in 3 sittings. I love space films....but this...
by Matty
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:45 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Lotus Emira
Replies: 419
Views: 42172

Re: Lotus Emira

As is typical for Lotus, seems lots of the LE suffered from usual QA gremilins, typically software or electrical but nothing major. Suspect most should have been resolved by now.

Prices have flattened off too (as has the car market as a whole, though).
by Matty
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:39 pm
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Home CCTV
Replies: 111
Views: 46356

Re: Home CCTV

Thanks - Hikvision have a massive array of cameras with overlapping functions so trying to pick one out if a nightmare. AcuSense? Colourvu? I'll have a look at the ones you've purchased.
by Matty
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:49 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Lotus Emira
Replies: 419
Views: 42172

Re: Lotus Emira

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/16354503

i4's have landed. Not sure I'd want to go near some of the early ones, given the stories that have been circiling about cooling issues.
by Matty
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:26 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Today’s want
Replies: 2395
Views: 306670

Re: Today’s want

Is this a Want? I'm not sure. Ferrari having an identity crisis:

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/199 ... i-348-ts-7
by Matty
Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:13 pm
Forum: General
Topic: OV9 Political Party
Replies: 41
Views: 634

Re: OV9 Political Party

Can't believe no ones mentioned getting rid of road tax and dropping it on fuel.
PaulJ wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:30 pm All speed humps to be recycled and used to fill potholes.
Fuck yes, I'd rather have speed cameras than humps.
by Matty
Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:32 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Mesh wifi
Replies: 18
Views: 307

Re: Mesh wifi

Is cabling an option at all? Running some Cat5/6 through, especially now while I suspect you're renovating/decorating anyway pays off, especially as you can use it for so many things now (IoT, CCTV, video signals, etc)
by Matty
Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:55 pm
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Mesh wifi
Replies: 18
Views: 307

Re: Mesh wifi

I mean, lets not get carried away though - WiFi 5 is more than enough for home use, WiFi 6, 6E, 7 and so on are just massive overkill unless you're planning to move multiple GB of data over the house. It'll be fine to view a 4K movie or browse a bit of FB ;) Obviously if you're buying new there's no...
by Matty
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:16 pm
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Mesh wifi
Replies: 18
Views: 307

Re: Mesh wifi

I’ll investigate that. I don’t want it to require an IT specialist to make it work though 😄 The range isn't really better with newer kit, just throughput...although you'll get better speeds along that same distance. It's more about the construction/antennas for range. Difficulty with WiFi is a lot ...
by Matty
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: I have been a voyeur, not a stalker
Replies: 66
Views: 1198

Re: I have been a voyeur, not a stalker

Indeed, that's a great car. Back in my day we had to have a Panda 750cc with a choke and 34bhp and be happy about it! ;)
by Matty
Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:12 pm
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Home CCTV
Replies: 111
Views: 46356

Re: Home CCTV

There is an utterly baffling range of cameras out there. This was simply the top of my shortlist at the point where I lost the will to live and decided to just buy *something*. It's due to arrive later today. Review to follow eventually. How did you find this in the end? I need something to connect...
by Matty
Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:50 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20053
Views: 2290343

Re: Up GTi door seal leak.

As feared our door seal leak has been fixed using the expensive method, and we pick up an orange new/pre-registered Abarth 595 Turismo on Friday. We got £9300 trade-in which I suppose is good for a 5 and a half year old car that cost about £16k new. Sad times, but still a reasonable price....didn't...
by Matty
Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20053
Views: 2290343

Re: Your fleet running reports

Jobbo wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:29 pm
Jimny has now moved in too. And I found there are sockets in the carport - hiding on the backs of the rear pillars. I’ll drive them in forwards and stick them on the CTEKs at some point.
I read that as Jimmy and got all kinds of confused.
by Matty
Sun Mar 03, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Interesting custom wheel thread
Replies: 33
Views: 820

Re: Interesting custom wheel thread

I like them, but not more than the OEM ones....although I guess they're lighter? He didn't weight them though :? which you'd think would be the point.
by Matty
Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:22 am
Forum: Moaning
Topic: Slow texters
Replies: 14
Views: 295

Re: Slow texters

jamcg wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2024 2:03 pm I’m the same as Matty.... I’m not that old though
:!:
by Matty
Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: Moaning
Topic: Slow texters
Replies: 14
Views: 295

Re: Slow texters

I just forget. I'm in loads of different groups as well as invdividual chats, so opening up WA after a few hours has a bunch of alerts. Problem is I sometimes read them, think "I reply to that later" then just...forget to. That's old age for you.