Iwantone

Has nobody been able to source just the ball joint and devise a method for changing it?

Steve

I drove past the gala in my 350z a couple of times, didn't see it. I have seen one at Bridlington a couple of times tho, cold be the same one

The number plate was very distinctive.

Steve

Yes, a beautiful 370Z in an ivory/cream colour at Flamborough on the Yorkshire Coast.

Anyone on here?

Steve

Wouldn't it be seen as "changing" something of value on the car after a deal had been agreed on the car as seen. Almost like swapping the wheels or removing the jack?

Steve

Now I haven't a clue what the gun laws are in Norway, but let's not forget what happened there almost exactly 1 year ago.....

Steve

In one of my other hobbies, I've had lots of dealings with Americans. I've quizzed them about their gun laws. I've always found it surprising that not a single one of them has admitted to owning a gun or wanting one.

The other area where the authorities fail to target the offenders is with speeding. I pass over countless speed humps every day. If an area has a speeding problem, surely the technology exists to stop it without using the shotgun approach on the law abiders.

Mark my words, Ladies and Gentlemen, minimum pricing for alchohol will come to England soon. You law abiding citizens who enjoy a responsible drink in the comfort of your homes will pay the price for the bingers. Our politicians seem to lack vision.

One other area where this approach happened was with "dangerous" dogs. In my experience, dogs are not naturally dangerous but can easily be made so by malicious owners and I don't think it matters that much what breed it is.

Steve

Being an MP, surely he can claim the money back on expenses! Or has all that stopped now?

Steve

Okay, it sounds like it's akin to removing the brace across the front suspension tops in the engine bay. Unwise, but not lethal.

Steve

Shouldn't the MOT man have had something to say about this, after all, the car's structure is compromised?

Steve

Yes Kyle, they will raise womens insurance, but by their rhetoric you cant discriminate on gender then why stop there? We should all be paying £5000 per year insurance regardless of age, location, car, job etc. The whole thing is a farce.

 

...and just to prove the point, a couple of online quotes and a phone call to Diamond and lo and behold their quote drops by over £200. Am I the only one that feels like insurance companies are just out to rip consumers off by massively overcharging and hoping to 'get away with it' by not being challenged. I mean we live in the UK, I am not in a Marrakech market haggling for a piece of tourist tat.

Not quite n the same subject, but I guess that it is still insurance.

I recently had my reminder come for me and my wife's combined AA breakdown cover. It was a very nice letter thanking us for two year's membership and putting us onto a special loyalty deal. It said nothing about the premium rising from £68 to £98. I understand rising costs and inflation, but not that amount.

A moaning phone call telling them that it was not on and would not be renewed and the new offer was £71.99. We were now haggling so I told the guy to make it a round £70 and we had a deal. £70 was the sum paid. The AA is not the organisation it was when it was founded, saluting motorcyclists and all. It's a hard nosed business who will lift your leg given half a chance.

Steve

I blow my tyres up with my mouth....

Not sent from my iPhone, 'cos I've not got one!

Steve

I don't think that you will, but if you come near to J31 M1, let me know.

Steve

This pic shows a schematic view of an anti-roll bar assembly for a heavy truck that came into our office a few days ago from a major truck building company. I didn't see it at first, my colleague had to point it out to me, but its a good 'un. In the words of Rolf Harris, "can you tell what it is yet?"

Steve

Quality Buster!!! I hate things that are not what they appear to be, and your old wheel centres certainly fitted into that category.

Steve

Also be aware that the drink driving limit is a mere 50 units whereas it's 80 here!

Go to one of the World War 2 cemeteries, very humbling experience.

Steve

The car in the photo has now been officially "written off" so there will not be any work for the Dent Removal Man there.....

Steve

From what I've seen in the pics and been told by pm, i reckon that you could have been easily killed if struck by one of those irregularly shaped hailstones.

Having looked at the lady's car, is it the opinion of the experts here that the hailstone dent specialists could get the panels straight again?

Steve

Here's a few pics of the storm's effects.

http://www.tortoisetrustforum.org/viewt ... f=3&t=8191

Steve

at 07:40 this morning. Anyone on here?

Steve

Wherever you go for your new battery, Mrs. Twobears, make sure that both the amp hours and cold cranking amps match or exceed the one you have now. The cheap batteries that look a good buy almost always fail this test.

Steve

I work in the heavy trucks component supply chain. I run the engineering function for a company that manufactures stabiliser bars (anti-roll bars) for trucks. You need a pretty wide skills set, forging, bending, heat treatment, design, tooling, machining, stress calculations, gaining custonmer approvals, job lot really.

Steve

I posted a thread about these sorts of schemes a few years ago when I was looking at getting some sort of Audi/BMW estate for the family.

 

But, if I'm honest, I just don't 'get' it.

 

I work in Finance so I understand how the contracts work, I'm just yet to see one that I can actually see a benefit to??

 

From what I can see, they all consist of you driving around in a car you couldn't normally afford to purchase, so you rent it for three years and then give it back........meaning that when you give it back you have nothing to show for it apart from spending over £10k in rent

I agree total with you. It depends upon whether you have a buy it or rent it mentality. Personally, I like to own something when I've paid my hard earned cash.

Steve

Iwantone - I'd presume they could recycle the core waste of the aluminium cut spacer providing a return in costs?

This would certainly be the case, even aluminium drinks cans are interesting to the recycling industry, but there must be something that could be made from that piece of shiny plate.

Maybe something like this:

20mm at the front and 25mm at the back?

 

That could be an inspired idea! There is no rule that says it must be parallel.

 

Steve

 

An idea that has already been produced by Altered Atmosphere. It's not popular unsure why but the Motordyne Spacer seems to steel the market share on spacers.

Okay, I didn't know that, Wasso.

The idea must be to find something that you can profitably make from the big piece of sheet aluminium that is inevitably cut from the inside of the spacer. Alternatively, find a method of joining the sheet and fabricate it from maybe 4 pieces. After all, it spends it's working life in compression only.

Steve

20mm at the front and 25mm at the back?

That could be an inspired idea! There is no rule that says it must be parallel.

Steve