Chesterfield

Yay - I was thinking that video was going to end before the last row (myself and another couple of cars). But nope - there I am - centre of the last row through.

Just checked - I took 757 photos. A little trigger happy!

I think Ive managed approx 300-400 photos today. (you cant tell Ive got a new camera can you). Also 20 minutes of video from the mornings track time. Give me a little time and Ill post em up

Over a tenth of a million posts on the site in total, and that doesnt include deleted test posts etc, so I guess some folk must like what we have here.

Actually things are looking up - 2 out of the three memory cards turned up - although they were all despatched same day - and fortunately its the two "better" ones. 2GB extreme III. Just got to sort a tripod tomorrow morning - but if someone wants to stick one of those in the car it may help as I may have a little too much on to tomorrow to find time, that would be much appreciated.

20 would be plenty for everyone I should think.

If people are OK with it in B&W, Ive got a laser sat here doing not a lot. Probably look the business in colour to be honest. Havent got one of those in the office, no need for us.

They havent come across me before. We ordered a couple of FR's, and will be looking for more company vehicles in the very near future. Seat have a choice if they wish to retain any possibility of me buying any more fleet vehicles from them, ever. Im currently giving myself 50/50 on having this replaced. Failing that, any squeak, rattle, knock, missaligned panel or tiny issue what so ever and its going back in. I have plenty of time to make myself a royal pain in the arse for its entire 3 year warranty.

Update... Brake pads turned up - UPS had deliverd them to the wrong address. And here is the funny bit.... They couldnt deliver them to the bakers, or the leisure centre... oh no.... The place they delivered them too was a motor factors 400 yards away - who just happen to stock ebc pads, thousands of them. And they had an ebc delivery that day. Half hour stock check later, they find they have an extra set and hand mine over. Not so happy ending on the Altea. Its having its dashboard removed to find/fix the fault. Ive expressed my dissatisfaction with this and have advised that although they should continue with the work, I will be writing to head office demanding a replacement vehicle. Any other product on the face of the planet would be exchanged should it develop a fault of this nature. Not ripped apart. Sale of goods act and smal print examination here we come. I also have the distinct advantage that some good friends also ordered an Altea which arrived with faulty ECU. They couldnt fix within a week so ordered a replacement vehicle, so setting a precedence. I feel a coming on.

Top idea - my heads that busy I didnt think of that.

Guys - the proverbial has hit the fan at work and I cant look at this right now - sorry to let you down but can someone else get this sorted for us? Transparent text boxes over the image in word is probably the way to go. Also the image can be resized by 50% before putting into word without losing quality (you could print it A3 now full size). Ta, Chris.

That was my idea but Adobe is having none of it. Ill try word and see what happens - may have to stick with the1.5mb version for now.

Im looking forward to a good day at Silverstone on Sunday as Im ready from a break! 1. Altea with Seat for a week now and they still havent found the fault. Had an update that they have now narrowed it down to two circuits causing the batery drain. Which would be great if thats the problem I took it in for. The issue was it blew several circuits. Which strangely enough included the sensors for the doors that activate the interior lights - perhaps thats the battery drain.. "oh, err, we'll get back to you sir..." 2. Brake pads that I want for driving round europe UPS have managed to deliver, but certainly not to me, and to somone with a surname that doesnt match anyone in our building.. 3. High vis jackets needed for europe trip, bought from ebay over a week ago - not delivered, no response from seller - only a couple of quid, but not really the point. 4. Memory cards for new camera, 6GB worth in total. Ordered seveal days ago, 3-5 day delivery so should be here for Sundays show in order for me to take LOTS of pics and get some good shots for us. Email yesterday states despatched only yesterday - 3-5 days means not here for Sunday - so limited to 1GB card for the day. Fed up - annoyed and generally in a bad mood. On the plus side, it is the weekend. Though that means Ive 5 working days left to sort out all the stuff I need to do in the office before my break.

Hmm yes - just trying to get it in a form thats not going to cause massive bandwidth issues.

Got the form, sorting it out to host now.

Holy cow!

email sent, let me know if you get it ok Nope not arrived. Strange. Ill pm you my work email.

Whats all this then.... I dont drive the Altea! Well not since last week when it threw a fit and blew half the electrics. Im in a lovely Ibiza! The missus does the daily drive in the Z as its much shorter, and she has a better parking space Unless she has an after work appointment that requires her parking somewhere remotely dodgy, and Ill have it for the day.

Point them in the direction of this thread and examples of the leather they can have fitted for £500. Which Im sure is less than they will be spending to get a GT spec.

Apparently she hasnt worn makeup since the age of 21. No big surprise, it must have been costing a bloody fortune to cover that up. I reckon if you can dig out Boots share prices from the time, you'll see the dip.

Doing a search on google, it looks as though this technology is available, but the whole thing sounds rather dubious to me. A phone can obviously be located by triangulating its position, but would this not require access to raw data from phone masts? Who is going to give joe public access to that? Also, do the masts even record the data that would allow a phone to be triangulated? Very curious to see whether this is true or not, and I would certainly be interested in such technology, or paying to access such technology, as every now and then I would like to check up on people throwing sickies from work

email the large version to me and Ill host it for download. chesterfield@350z-uk.com

Yup I cant bear getting up at the ungodly hour I would need to in order to make it for that time if I were setting off from here - so you'll find me having a few beers at the Holiday Inn on Saturday night.

It will though, they want to aim for a minimum profit level on the deal overall. If they can get £1k of that from the finance deal, they can afford to give more away on the values of the cars. If the finance is a no go, they want to make more money out of the cars themselves. When buying the two cars we did for the office, we screwed a great deal out of the dealers on the price for two new cars, (knocked a Seat Altea FR with loads of options down from £19200ish to £15700 ish). Strangely enough when I then started to try and get a higher part ex value or little other extras I almost got chucked out

But what dan says is true, they seem to take longer to shift in Non GT form, unless of course you are selling to someone who knows all the above, like members of this forum etc. If I had known when buying my first Z that I could have a leather re-trim like yours Val for as little as £500 and stuck a normal double Din unit in for another couple of hundred or so, I would certainly have passed on the GT pack and saved myself some dosh. But thats why I went for GT over non GT, as I didnt know at the time. Hence why I suppose the GTs will shift quicker off a forecourt.