Stutopia

IP Board is the future...

The DCS store is fantastic, thanks for the tip Dan (not that my credit card will thank you ) you can do £150 in there in the blink of an eye I've got an old case, but it's storing an old camera - can't bear to chuck away something that works. I'm gonna need a suitcase just for toys at this rate...

Sweet, two birds with one stone. What do you store it in?

Got my GoPro for Florida road trip next month so now I need to spend the same again on accessories What I am after is suggestions for any/all of the following: - A big pole (ooo err) to stick it on. This must be telescopic and solid, I don't want to be fishing my unit out of a 'gator infested swamp. Or getting too close to Gentle Ben. - A proper suction mount. As as above, must REALLY stick on to stuff like airboats, Camaros or highly polished skulls. - A polarising filter that stays on and cuts glare and gives nice blue skies. - Anyone bought the battery extender? Any better than just buying a few spare batteries? - A shortish "grip" to hold it steady, but close to my face so I can see what I'm shooting. - A rugged carry case. - Anything else you have got/used that you find invaluable. If you could put a link in too, I'd get all moist. Thanks.

You're right, it was time for a change.

God only knows, non-petrolheads aren't easy to understand

If you could grab a Win 7 disc off a mate, you could install it on VirtualBox/Parallels WITHOUT using their licence key, this would give you 30 days of access before it demanded you pay for it. Edie - scratch that, you don't even need to borrow a disc to run a 90 day trial http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-8-1-enterprise

The scooby is out for reasons unknown, possibly snobbishness. The Focus is low on the list, really just on there as I fancy a test drive. If I was a betting man I'd say Mazda or Seat at this stage... Thanks all for your comments, no progress on this as my mate's sunning himself in Budapest.

Nah den dee 'ows dar? along mate, get some pics up of the beast.

I was just about to pull the trigger on the GoPro site but they're about £90 cheaper at Currys, so I'll go old skool and visit an actual shop tomorrow. Feel like a caveman...

Oooh, sweet, I can choose. Thanks Dan.

Just about to pull the trigger on GoPro but I see loads of footage with pronounced barrel distortion. I know you can deal with it in post production, but can you avoid it by some setting when you actually shoot?

Due to an unplanned modification to my spat, via an unfriendly gate post, I thought I'd turn my hand to painting. It needs a proper respray so I figured I had something to practice on before I have a go at some of the larger stone chips. The two foot inspection just about passed Then just a little snap from the work car park because she looked so nice nestled in there..

Which one is it? The link shows me three cars? None at £5k

Love to read the insurance claim if there was any damage. "I was driving along, slowed down for an elephant, then it just scratched its nuts on the offside wing. There's some tusk damage too."

Only just seen this, feel your pain mate. My Pioneer install by a pro was good, slight issue with the balance being the wrong way round, but they sorted that. After I fitted a reverse cam I ran the cabling past the my new amp (in the OEM space) and along the passenger door trim and round the footwell to the HU. Suffered from alternator whine immediately. After some trim removal and taping wires as far apart from each other as possible and earthing to a bolt somewhere else in the boot it just went away. If it's not the earth, which it probably is, it could be cross talk from another wire if the wiring has been done too or even behind the HU. Wish I'd known to try earthing it somewhere else to begin with, no one thing seemed to cure mine, just persistent tinkering. I'm hoping it doesn't come back in the winter when she sits at a higher RPM idle, once I'm going the exhaust hides a multitude of squeaks, whines and rattles. As for getting the centre console back in snuggly, mine was a real PITA this weekend when I changed the iPhone cabling. There's a bird's nest back there and it just wouldn't cram in. In the end I cable tied some of the bigger lumps out the way behind the plastic bits which are behind the HU (wish I'd taken a pic now) and shoved some boxes off to the side, just fitted back in after that. I'm loathe to take it out ever again!

Stick a link to the build in your signature. Might just be me but I tend to click on them there, rather than browse the builds sub-forum. Keep going mate, one day you'll get to page 6 like me!!!!

Just caught up on this one, after your subtle hint in the compression test thread. Cool build love the '70 rear bumper. Skillz doing that all yourself.

I saw this in the "paper" to day and had to share it, just buffing out some scratches on the bonnet with an er... elephant Got any animal v car pics you want to share

Result. "I had no idea..." Whatevs, get the cash out.

Can I get one of each of the NISMO tees please!

You gotta look after her as best you can mate. I imagine it's easy to give you a hard time as you're there and these other ******* aren't. I don't know you or her, but I bet you know what your Mum would do if the boot was on the other foot, she'd look out for you. Doesn't sound like your fault at all and she probably knows that, but it'll be hard for her to admit that to herself, let alone you. I think it's irrelevant who is parent and who is child, you're all family and you need to stick together if you can. I imagine she will be finding it difficult (and probably embarrassing) leaning on you for financial support, parents never really expect things to go that way, but sometimes they can. I've got a little experience of this myself the last year, but while ever I'm working I'll do what I can. However, there's no point in letting it go on as it is, you need to talk it out calmly, but sounds like a conversation about "living within your means" is necessary, it's not palatable and it will be painful and ultimately she'll already know that, but unless your financially set to keep picking up the pieces, something needs to change. Don't lose your rag, though I'm sure you'll be tested. Good luck bud, it's not gonna be easy but sometimes you just gotta suck it up and do tough things. Life can swing round pretty quickly and you never know what's around the corner.

Wow, an iconic Zed for sale. Wish I had the brains to look after such a beauty, good luck with the sale.

I'm still up for a few and still large. Though it's mostly power