Adrian@TORQEN

Meanwhile... The reaction to the announcement of the iPhone 5 may have been muted, with many of the new features widely trailed in advance, but that didn’t stop pre-orders breaking records. More than two million pre-orders were placed in the 24 hours following its availability, according to Apple. ‘iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal,’ said Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. ‘iPhone 5 is the best iPhone yet, the most beautiful product we’ve ever made, and we hope customers love it as much as we do.’ Apple began taking pre-orders on Friday, but within an hour had sold out of its initial allocation and shifted despatch estimates back by a week. The company’s UK website is currently showing delivery estimates of 2-3 weeks. The iPhone 5 goes on sale in Apple retail stores on Friday and long queues are expected. In addition to those lining up in the hope of bagging a new iPhone, Apple’s retail launches have attracted so much media attention that they’ve become a magnet for publicity-seekers and those who want to promote their business or website. and Excitement over the iPhone 5’s imminent arrival is driving Apple’s stock to new heights. Shares of the company rose past $700 in after-hours trading Monday after closing at $699.80. Apple’s journey to a $1 trillion valuation seems to be getting shorter by the day.

And the pile of junk coming off the car

Front Eibach ARB and MeisterR arms fitted, coilovers going in next. Should I get the uprated ARB links?

http://www.dpreview.com/products/canon/slrs/canon_eosm http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canon-eos-m/3

Cosworth polished looks the nuts! Added on my list, although I just polished my plenum! http://www.sumopower.com/product/vq35de ... h-20005779

Faith in humans status: RESTORED.

Well, because I'm nice to the forum, returning something back to the community, ONE MONTH EARLY Luke

WASSO, come forward!

Berk Technology Brushed Aluminium Intake - BRAND NEW, UNUSED - £100.00 delivered Specs: http://www.berktechnology.com/product/n ... ction-tube

Hi Colin, It's been sat in the loft for a few months, only used once, money wasted since I'm getting my car wrapped. Needs to find a new home where can be put to work Adrian

DAS-6 PRO Dual Action Polisher - Used only once - £80.00 delivered Purchased from here: http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing ... d_673.html

As request, thread renamed!

Looking on the internet for some ideas, found some nice photos which I thought it's worth sharing. Feel free to add yours to this gallery!

Got the Nexus, I simply love it, really nice piece of hardware! Won't have much time to spend on it today as we're going out soon but as soon as I'm back, rooting the device, installing Torque and Navigon and we're good to start the disassembly, getting it ready to fit into the dashboard. Surprisingly, extremely responsive touch screen and very, very fast!

Think I'm going to upgrade from Cookie's tablet to a Google Nexus 7. Doing a bit of research at the moment. Edit: On my way to collect from Totenham Hale!

Apple made it official—the company said on Friday that it has been "completely blown away" by iPhone 5 pre-orders. Announced during a media event on Wednesday, Apple sold out of its initial inventory for the device in only one hour Friday morning when it went on sale at midnight. In a statement issued to AllThingsD, an Apple spokesperson said, "Pre-orders for iPhone 5 have been incredible. We’ve been completely blown away by the customer response." There's more to that statement than it being simply PR-speak making a big deal about selling out of its pre-order stock. Apple keeps a tight rein on all official communications, and what this statement really means is, "Yes, we sold out in just an hour, but we made a ton of these things ahead of time. No, seriously, it was a lot—more than we've ever made for another iPhone rollout—and our quarterly results are going to reflect that." Apple can't just come out and say that, however. Well, it could, but that's not what Apple does. Nonetheless, the message will be loud and clear for analysts and investors alike. This way Apple gets to deliver its message without actually saying it. This is especially important because Apple has seen earlier declines in iPhone sales ahead of product refreshes as leaks have proliferated and consumers have paid attention to Apple's scheduling. By making a lot of iPhone 5s for the official launch on Friday, September 21st—and selling them—the company will book this initial wave of sales during its fiscal fourth quarter. In comparison, last year's iPhone 4S was announced on October 4th, and all of the initial wave went into the December quarter. Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer and Apple CEO Tim Cook at that time blamed a sales shortfall in the third quarter on rumors and leaks. By moving the launch date back three weeks and building a ton of the new models ahead of time, Apple has sort of solved that particular issue, at least for the last quarter before said refresh.

The guys from next door to RT-P dropped one of my susspension arms on your bonnet while replacing them with the MeisterR kit... Don't worry they've sticked some Halfords logo on the scratch, you can't notice it anymore, unless you look very close, say less then 30 yards... Now, the one on the door must be from the black van reversing while trying the rear sensors yesterday, did you notice the guy working on it while you were there, Pete? It's not massive, but the door doesn't shut properly now... Sorry bud!

Seen your car today, Peter, it's got a massive dent on the passenger door and a 23cm scratch on the bonnet!

Got the tracking number from the Blitz spoiler, arriving sometime next week, perfectly timed with the ongoing body work. I really need some advice from you guys on the interior bit. Do I go rub it and then spray it in the matching turquoise, similar to what Keyser did with the green? Do I live it as it is? Do I go CF? (bloody expensive), do I wrap it?...

A lot more work to do, but can't wait to start the wrapping bit, we ordered a sample of a square meter turquoise blue and it looks craaaaaaaazy on the car! I simply LOVE this colour!

Front bumper repaired and the headlights washers removed and smoothed Front strutbar mounts power coated in red as the callipers: