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i hate cliches, but have to say this is very true advice. gave up and found my wife. even tried pretending to give up just to see if i could trick the system but that didn;t work, it was oly when i actually got to a point of thinking its never going to happen. it happened. go out have fun, get some hobbies that gets you interacting with the opposite sex. car forums are never going to get you laid.

I've been to cougar town, and it was gooooooooooooooooooood wouldn't live there, but visiting was fun

its very difficult to diagnose a car problem over the internet, but it sounds like its running rough, almost like its missfiring. although i can;t see that being the issue. or it could be a dodgy throttle body. if the butterfly valve is moved on the zed it can throw a hissy fit. might give you the rough running. you can perform a TB reset. that or they might have unplugged something or not put something back properly. i;d check the connector to the maf see if thats damaged. other optiion could be a dodgy spark, if they changed and put the wrong plugs in. what fuela re you runinng it on? it should be 98ron fuel what oil did they use? it should be fully synthetic 5w30

Originally my wife and I went to the same college, even hung out in the same circle of friends, i.e there were friendhip overlaps. she's even in theend of year photo, 4 people away from me. and taking all that into account. i don't remember her at all from college. so i suppose we offical met up when she got in contact with me via myspace. i think she was a friend of a friend, she remembered me from college, and had seen i was just qualifiying as teacher, and she was due to start training. we got chatting over the web and it ended up she invited me out for a celebration drink when i qualified. went from there really. i think it was 6 months later we were engaged and 12 months after that we were married. now been happily married for 4 years today (its our anniversary today) with reference to dating and finding women, i used to see pubs and clubs as places you'd pick up someone for a fling or a one nighter, but never someone serious. and i fould i had the best luck when i wasn't even looking. and therefore not trying.

what oil are they using? treacle?

She was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar When I met her. I picked her out I shook you up And turned her around Turned her into someone new. Now five years later on she's got the world at her feet Success has been so easy for her. But don't forget it's me who putherou where she is now And I can put her back down too. Don't Don't you want me? - You know I can't believe it .....

its one thing have a picture in your head its another pulling it togehter in reality. been busy working on the engine yesterday, i'll upload pics later.

my engineering degree saw to it that i did project management, competitive manufacturing, and Total quality management. so don;t have a full on business degree, but i have a good idea of how things work, and the rest i've picked up on the way or from talking to more knowledgable people. I started my business as a hobby, and as soon as it stops being fun i'll close it. i wanted a new challenge and to learn new things. since then i've improved my PS skills, learnt how to keep books. desinged a website and dealt with lots of people. and its been good.

I have to be frank about your beans comment it doesnt go with the egg

oh that car; sorry mate didn't realise, good luck with that

If you'd like to give me a bell some time i don't mind sitting down withyo you on the phone and going through some business setup things. might give you a good idea and some starting points. Some very knowledgable people i would reccomend trying to have a chat to, would be sarnie and tarmac. tarmac set his business upabout 12 months ago and is making good progress. and as i've found sarnie has indepth knowledge of most things financially orientated and gives an honest and frank answer. I would say have a chat with a range of traders on here; alot will have advice and things to watch and what some of the common pitfalls are. if you pm me i'll send you my mobile number, or discuss via pm. might give you some starting points and some ideas of things to ask others for advice.

you do seem a bit of a worrier.

need to go buy it first lol. is it any good?

thanks jay, lets just hope it fits lol. not tested it yet, should be fine. and hopefully it all pulls together with everything else.

could be I work in counter intelligence...or maybe not.. who knows

good work

my computer has/had a BIOS issue, i managed to eventually find the bios update, but i'm not 100% sure its right. so i chickened out of doing it. and just put up with the odd crash and restart. but since 8 has gone on it seems far more stable than before.

well its off for fitting tomorrow

I'm the same, but down south where i am we don;t seem to get hit as bad as the rest of the country. I've been able to get into work, when colleagues from the same area in FWD apparently haven't

no i klnow what you mean, it becomes a case of having 3 sets of wheels and somewhere dry to swap them over. those winter tyres you have will make a big difference even if it snows you'll be a lot better off than anyone on summer tyres.

well done for stepping out on your own; it can be a big decision. good luck and i hope it goes well

what? you didn't have one already? i didn;t realise! lol glad you found one at last, looks very tidy

some on here had aplay around with nankang winter tyres and the consensus seemed to be even bad winter tyres are better than good summer tyres when the weather gets bad. but to be honest your looking at 2 weeks of the year. for the uk most of the winter is cold and wet. so you want a tyre for cold and wet, but then a third set for 2 weeks which are snow optimised. thats the problem in the UK they only do half the job, they grit most of the roads but not all of them, which means you can;t really run snow socks as you'll be putting them on and taking them off all the time. they should do the same as the scandinavians. have a cut off date. and then everyone swaps to their winter tyres. and they don't grit the roads, but just snow plow them when needed. would save the country millions in grit each year