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I believe 3G and or vodafone already offer broadband speed connections to mobile devices. 3g/vodafone Mobile PC card connected to the carputer would offer broadband to the in car setup, if this connction were shared via an addition of an rj45 connection to the carputer, you could in theory connect the xbox to the net and enjoy online gaming via the mobile connection, though how good this would be for bandwidth intensive games (only 256k upload I think on mobile broadband) I dont know - for simpler stuff it should in theory work. But to purchase the kit and use it online for long periods of time, you'll need deep pockets. And it will still only work when you have decent coverage from the chosen network.

Id stick with a ps2/3 or xbox 360 and use a standard controller. Much less possibility of damage or misconstrued gestures

Im in! Beavis Digsy Lomoto Jacko M13KYF Jonathan73? Chesterfield

Hmmm yes - back to square one. The mind boggles. What a surprise the government introducing this little change to clobber even more out of folk.

Sorry folks, I thought this had been sorted - Ill try and adjust them this afternoon.

Cant you trade yours in? I know some companies will take an existing house in part payment. Im fairly sure a solicitor will be able to draw up a similar agreement for an individual selling/buying a property. Im not certain if that classes as a sale and is then subject to the same fees however. There may be another very long winded and convoluted way round the process that would avoid the tax I reckon. You can place a property in trust to an individual that would decree that if you live for another 7 years then the property becomes theirs, this is how many houses avoid inheritance tax and Im sure could be used to avoid stamp duty too - but obviously requires a fair ammount of trust on the "buyers" side, and a solicitor may be able to sort a contract to ensure it works. Where there is a will there is a way.

Signature issue resolved....

They are there for me too. Should be there for everyone as its not an option that can be set by profile. As they are on the bottom right, on topics that have been stretched by wide pictures or wide quotes, they may be off the screen to the right...

Ill come along to Buxton, I dont "think" we have anything booked for a while at weekends, but I will have to double check any dates with the gaffer.

You cant link directly to forza images, they have to be copied to photobucket or similar first

Thats the clicky axles. Mine does it too, I may get it sorted eventually, Under warranty preferably, but to be honest I am paranoid about my loacl dealership, and the alternative just closed (dixons Worksop). So may just buy the parts and have it done at the garage our family have been taking cars to, including the company cars, for years.

Bit of a bummer as I was going to use Nissan Worksop for sevicing etc from now on, as Chesterfield has hardly any room and they cram the cars in - door dings just waiting to happen. Looks like a long drive for me to find another. I seriously dont want to risk it at the tiny place. I beleive the next service is the last one anyway, so may not bother with a Nissan dealership anyway to be honest. Its not like Im looking to sell any time soon, and the difference having the last service from a Nissan dealership Vs another reputable garage will be minimal compared with the overall depreciation anyway. Still its a bit of a sad loss, as I did find the Nissan dealership at Worksop to be far more personable than the one here in Chesterfield. Unfortunately the arrogance of the top brass seems to filter down to the staff at the branches.

I take it thats out of warranty? Even so, that sounds VERY steep, especially if they are going to do it just by rotating the axles first of all. Try another dealer would be my first thought.

fixed.

Sadly no known cure just yet - or at least my knowledge of sql needs improving. Its to do with the coding of the recent topics modification being done for sql4 and the board now residing on sql5, the modification has yet to be rewriten to work corectly with sql5. Once it is, the error will be fixed. I suppose the simplest way is to remove the recent topics link full stop until a working one can be added - probably better to have no link rather than a link that doesnt work. Sorry guys

Or you can fit the Volks of your choice Or a whole host of others!

I wonder what Ill be doing later.

Far too busy to bother myself with that trivial button. Ill get my coat... Thanks for the answers, something to remember if and when I can justify upgrading the ICE.

- couldnt resist

Sounds great! Although Im more comfortable with doing cosmetic mods rather than mechanical, (and it takes me all my time to get round to doing anything on the cosmetic side). Im still keen to read about projects like this its great to get an insight into how these things are undertaken etc. Im sure there are others that lik to read about these projects too. Dont forget you have your own TDI blog area where you can administer the posts...

Ditto the above - we had a virus on our network of XP machines that cost me a massive ammount of time the day we were due to go on holiday - all because one pc was not updated. As previously stated though using the same XP home key on 2 machines is illegal, so for obvious reasons cannot be endorsed or condoned by this forum. There are however I believe educational versions that will allow install on two machines (Microsoft assumes one at home and your laptop for university etc). I do not know the cost of these, however a cheaper way to purchase a legitimate license is to get an oem one with a hardware upgrade from a PC supplier. We saved £100 per MS office license when we bought them with hardware (a £3 mouse with each PC was enough to satisfy the rule). That may be one pottential avenue you could research, any local PC supplier should be able to advise

It was brilliant last time, if the dates dont clash with our holidays, then myself and Tracy will certainly come along PS Steve Ive not forgotten your DVD of photos, they will be on the way!

I would have to question if a powerful magnet costing pennies could make all that difference, why manufacturers dont fit them as standard? Perhaps the desire not to feel ripped off casues people to beleive it cuts fuel consumption - sounds like technological placebo to me, sorry

Great - thanks for the answers

Does anyone know if it is physically posible to use the steering wheel controls with an aftermarket head unit? Not that I have one yet, but its just a point that was raised by the other half when I was hanging my nose over some units at JAE. The only way I thought of, and Im probably going about it all wrong, was that some units come with a remote control. If the remote control was mounted somewhere indescrete, and the wires from the controls on the steering wheel were extended and wired into the relevant microswitches in the remote control - that would work, but I think that would be extremely messy. Any other opinions?