Chesterfield

I rest my case. Im hoping to get one too maybe wait until Im back from hols though.

There are a lot of familes that cant afford an Xbox 360 now - and quite a lot of kids who come from less afluent families count for a fair proportion of gamers I reckon. Therefore they may only be able to justify a purchase like this for their children at Christmas - and last Christmas they were like rocking horse crap, and mega expensive. This year I reckon there will be special offers on, and with no PS3 to compete or "tempt" these kids to wait - Microsoft could clean up.

If only they made Cadburys bars that big! Looks good!

Excellent contribution there! Many thanks for this - Ill be adding them in!

Mrs Chesterfield is a member - but as I hog the laptop in the evenings, she doesnt get on here much.

I think this will hit sony hard in the European markets. People wanting a "next generation" console come christmas will simply make do with an xbox instead, and many will then not be able to justify a ps3 when it comes out in March.

I thought he was a great tv personality. Sure his style was never going to win any bbc documentary awards but his personality attracted many people that would have otherwise have not tuned in to a nature program. His work relocating crocs in Oz was very honourable, and he had bought land invarious countries to set aside as nature reserves and educational sites. Thre was certainly more to him than the "crikey" we all saw on telly. A really great bloke and certainly someone who made a difference in the world - he wil be sadly missed. By Steve - at least he went out doing something he enjoyed rather than being hit by a bus or something else that would belittle his character.

As long as the insurance are happy, and the dealers are hapy to release it - then I suppose its OK. Its very strange to be told that they wouldnt do it over the desk at the DVLA, thats generally all they do very strange. I always go direct to the DVLA office to sort any reg transfers over - as it removes any delay, and also they sometimes have a member of staff wandering round talking to people queuing up making sure that they have all the rights docs and have everything completed before they get to the front of the queue to be dissapointed and have to start again. Just dont go near the beginning of a month as you will be in a queue of loads of truckers sorting the tax, and you will be waiting ages...

It depends which number you have your insurance sorted under. We had a similar issue with ours. What they usually mean is that they have posted the stuff off to the DVLA to swicth the plates over and they wont have received the docs back in time. What we did was get the V5 from the dealer with our details completed as new owner, along with the retention certificate for the registration (V70?) and the current tax disc from the car we took the whole lot over to a DVLA office and sorted it at the counter. Obviously we had to drive over in another car, but we got all the documents sorted at the desk rather than waiting for them to be returned in the post. I dont beleive you need the V5 in your possesion when driving the car, but the changes do need to be logged at the DVLA - so you will need to take it to the DVLA office to get it changed, and they can issue with a correct tax disc over the counter - its just getting to the desk that may be an issue. The nearest one to me is Sheffield, so its not that far away. If the dealer has still got the documents on his desk, then you may be able to sort it (there is a chance that they have forgot to post them and are only getting round to it today - hence the call). If they have already sent off the docs in the post, then you are stuffed Im afraid, and you will have to wait. Also if your insurance is all set up under the cherished reg, then picking it up before the changes have gone through at the DVLA would not be a good idea - certainly temoting fate to have a bump while you are waiting for the V5, and then the insurance would no doubt wriggle out of any claim.

No problem - Ill delete it now.

Hi - just to let you know I have reset the password on this account for you now - Dont know what the problem was as everything looked ok. Check your PM's in H5 take two and hopefuly it will work. If it does, let us know and we can remove the extra account created. Thanks, Chris.

There are some good dealers! Ive had a pleasent experience at Gordon Lambs with my first service, and Im sure there are plenty of others that offer a decent service. It is just a shame that people always have to assume the service will be crap, and then be surprised when its good. It should be the other way around... People should be able to walk into a dealers expecting good service, and be dissapointed when its not. To be fair it is the same for any manufacturer, and it seems the various manufacturers are more interested in selling big numbers of cars, and out selling the other brands - quality of service seems to fall further and further down the priority list every year.

Sorry guys - cant make the 15th. Im away on holiday. Ill be sure to join up with the next one though!

Ive only done the horizontal bars, but Im starting to think that doing the vertical too gives a more "aggressive" look...

That looks awsome. A red nismo! I may go as far as saying that is probably the rarest combination on the roads. Very nice indeed! Not jealous at all....

Unfortnately its an ongoing thing, spammers are now going to measures such as registering spoof accounts on forums to try and push whatever products they wish. They use robots to work around the visual confirmation section of signup. There are some additions that can be made to try and prevent these. However for now, these accounts will be deleted. If any others are found, please feel free to notify and admin/mod and they can be removed. Thanks, Chris.

Ill look into it....

Yes - this can be added - I shall see if I can get it done over the weekend for us. Cheers, Chris.

Well, you are like the old married couple of the forum....

Ahh - I see what you are saying Dorian, Ill see what can be done. captint, I still dont quite unerstand what you are suggesting - our search function does allow you to search for evey thread containing specific words - for example "exhaust".

To stick on the inside, or the outside?

Our search function does search the title of the thread though... Im confused. (I know it doesnt take much)...

Hey what do we expect, they only make the damn thing.

Actually there is some confusion as to whether the 06 model can play mp3-cd's Anyone with an 06 model confirm? Im pretty sure my 05 doesn't.

Liam, have you ever replied telling any of the mods what colour and placement you would like? I think we even bought a batch of yellow!