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Their not currently recruiting, they are in fact cutting jobs. I got a position on the waiting list for the next intake, but Cheshire Constabulary are not having one for a long long time! Best try North Wales She'll consider any area in The U.K, (except London) but she is looking at other career options too. If she can't find anything suitable then I fear she'll do a PhD next Pete

My daughter is considering The Police force once she gets her MA next year, she already has an BSc hons. Looks to be a good career and the only people they seem to be taking on are graduates. Pete

Well, the thing is if they're based on career average then you're going to loose out big time. I don't have any problem with this but I don't thing it's fair to advertise a job with one set of pension rules then change them at a later date, new teachers will be aware of the pension rules, fair enough, but to change the rules after you've done 20 or 30 years is blatantly unfair and I'd apply that to any work pension, private or public. People who think that a career average isn't that bad should bear in mind that the salary of a classroom teacher in 1976 was £2.5k a year, just imagine how much a few years of that sort of salary is going to drag your pension down Pete

Those are the ones that catch the unwary out. Pete

FAIL....again Pete

The Interceptor for me . Pete

If you think that's bad then this is next up. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... month.html Just in The States for now, but expect it here soon. Pete

Yeah, we need more young people to pay for the pensions of older people and then we'll need even more young people when the youngsters of today get old and so on. Within about 4 generations we'll have a population of 100 million, 6 generations 140 million, just not sustainable. Last year alone the population increased by 470,000 Pete

The thing about pension funds is that the money doesn't sit there in the bank, it gets invested. Bad investments and the recent financial crash meant that pension pots shrunk by huge amounts. This is just one of the factors involved. Pete

The problem is that if you starting paying into the teachers pension scheme before 2007 then the pension is based on 1/80 and not 1/60, makes a 5K per year difference for a teacher with 40 years service on 30k. I sourced this info from the teachers pension page so I'm sure its right. My ex is on about 50k so despite earning about 10k a year more than me (when i was working) her pension will be about 2k less than mine and we both paid in roughly 7%. Pete

My ex wife is a head teacher so I know just how many hours teachers put in. She's over 50 so she won't have to switch to a career average pension but she will have to work till she's 66 as her birthday is a couple of months past the cutoff date for retiring at 65 (April 2020). Incidentally, Caroline is just 4 years older than my ex but will get her state pension next year! Teachers pensions as they stand now are already poor compared with industry they are based on 1/80ths mine is based on 1/60ths. I don't have any problems with them going on strike, but I really don't think a one day strike is going to make a lot of difference, its really up to the teaching unions to come to an agreement with the Government on a way forward. Pete

"What are you chuckling about" says Caroline from across the room Pete

Yeah, they're all like that. FYI, there's only one reversing light, Nissan decided to save us all a few bob Pete

A common problem, read this thread for more advice viewtopic.php?f=9&t=44982&p=663185&hilit=fairlady+insurance#p663185 Pete

Yuk, looks like its got a cheapo body kit fitted, the rear end is a disaster and this from the same company that makes the beautiful DB9. Pete

Doesn't have a cambelt to change Pete

This worked perfectly for me on both 55 and 08 Zed's. The procedure also works in reverse, if the anti-hijack is enabled pressing both the buttons will remove it. I know from previous posts that this procedure simply wont work for some owners, imports for sure but some U.K cars don't seem to want to play ball. Possibly it's an undocumented improvement and just won't work on earlier cars Pete gutted i think mine doesnt work, anti-hijack really annoys me lol There's several threads about this including this one viewtopic.php?f=35&t=10931 At a guess I'd say that the change was made when the GT4 came out in 2005. Pete

I remember some years ago I used to buy loads of motoring magazines including Motor, Autocar, etc. Although the exact details escape me I do recall an article in one of them in which 2 identical cars were driven across France, one was given the brief to drive sensibly, stick to the speed limits, etc, the other one was to drive in a spirited manner. Over 300 or so miles only 15 minutes separated them at their destination. At the Wales II meet last year, together with Darren who was acting as rear gunner, I got stuck behind 2 slowish moving vehicles while the other Zed's roared away into the distance, I didn't see any of them after mile one till I arrived back at the hotel, they'd been there for a whopping 2 minutes and TBH I just plodded along for 60 miles or so. Colin was leading the main bunch so they wouldn't have been hanging around Pete

This worked perfectly for me on both 55 and 08 Zed's. The procedure also works in reverse, if the anti-hijack is enabled pressing both the buttons will remove it. I know from previous posts that this procedure simply wont work for some owners, imports for sure but some U.K cars don't seem to want to play ball. Possibly it's an undocumented improvement and just won't work on earlier cars Pete

Living close to both the now closed RAF Sealand and the old De Havilland (Now Airbus) sight at Broughton, Chester we used to see Vulcans close up quite regularly back in the 70's and 80's. I don't think they ever landed but what an awesome sight they were as they flew over at a couple of hundred feet. Definitely the best of the V Bombers Just looked up the Vulcan on Wikipedia and was pleasantly surprised to see that 20 or so are in museums and apart from the one that's airworthy another is capable of moving under its own power Pete

Yeah, I've read that before, very sobering. I'm not going to read it all again, but somewhere along the line he mentions that some of the evidence that the police presented against him came from the posts he made on a forum. I'm pretty sure that the police have more important things to scan on the internet than car forums (with some exceptions) but if you're in a fatal accident and they spot an owners club badge then rash postings could come back to haunt you, plus there's always the possibility that another forum member could take umbrage with comments and tip off the police . Pete

Welcome to the forum Now where have I heard that before Pete

Not yet - I was offered when I went to view on Saturday but daft as it sounds I knew I'd get a bit too nervous with the dealer in the car so I'm going back with my Dad tomorrow who knows far more about engines than I do so will go for a spin with him. Bless him, he's even going to get his ears syringed in the morning so he can hear properly Any tips or pointers for us? Cheers, S. Yeah, some simple things, check that the boot stays open on its own, those spoilers weigh a lot and even with the balance weight removed can easily decapitate you If it won't stay up you'll need to re gas the struts. Make sure it has a couple of keys, Nissan charge the earth to replace them and check that the wheel locking nuts key is present and of course check the electric windows are working. When you've been for your drive report any knocks, bangs, squeeks and other noises for the experts here to diagnose...most are very easily fixed Pete

Yes, they are, both facelift and pre facelift, mine had a couple of claw marks when I bought it new. It seems that while it was sitting in the showroom (for 12 months) they failed to lock the doors, god knows how many people got in and out of it . With regards to The Nismo kit, take a look at the rear spoiler, it's fairly easy to spot replicas, even good ones as they have imperfections and from certain angles you can see they are not that smooth. Pete

Am I just imagining it or are these wheels scratched Pete