rtbiscuit

there is another new vinyl that i've seen that feels soft like velvet, but is hard as nails, you can drag a key across it and it won't scratch. you can also paint ontop of it. so technically you could wrap the car in it, then paint it, and then change the colour at a later date by peeling off. maybe not for whole cars, but the posibilities for wheels is what i'm looking at.

with regards to the pedal staying depressed; sounds like clutch master cylinder or slave cylinder to me.

can't say i've seen holes ripped in to wraps by stones, not saying it won't but the vinyl is pretty resiliant. but a clear wrap on top is definetly an option. no different to whats on offer to put on painted cars, things like armourfend etc are just thick vinyls.

i got the feeling that win mob 8 is one to look at in the future but not until its been out for a while.

not all vinyl are wither solid colour or matte, there are vinyls out there with a flip paint effect and others that are metallic with flecks in them. what is more interesting is that there are new films being produced that can now be painted, buffed and polished so you can even remove scratches from them. I'm hoping to get some soon to see what the matches is like for my XKR. so technically you could buy a new bumper, order the vinyl in your paint code and have it wrapped instead of sprayed. they also reckon this new vinyl has the same longevity as paint.

still need down force on a scrable wagon

love the mini

A vodafone rep actually told me there was a problem with the Desire getting a decent 3G signal! Dont know how true that is though Either way its going next month so i have a decision to make, i actually dont like vodafone either......terrible customer service i'm with O2 have been for years customer services is really good and all call centers are UK based. they have a new tarriff of £37 a month for unlimited calles and text and 1 gb data allowance. for abit more there is a 2gb data allowance. on that tarriff for 24 months the one X is free or the S3 is £90 i think. used to love orange, but they went down the pan when they shifted everything abroad. without being rude i tend to end contracts or avoid businesses who move their call centers abroad.

he's such a crap flicker

Am I really the only one here who doesn't pootle i own a jag so everywhere is pootling its the old man in me

whats 3G

does your's drop out lots as well? i find it looses signal alot of the time, i've not minded it, i like the software setup, but like you say connectivity was/is a little tempremental

really? can;t get golf clubs in the back of the jag (not that i ahve any to try with. .... just trying to think of a car with a purpose built golf club boot?... i'm sure i've seen one.... a car with a sticker in its boot specifically for golfers.... who would have one of them.... oh i remember.... a 350Z i can't knock the auto box its been a life saver with my left knee being FUBAR, day to day driving was really starting to struggle with heavy traffic. only thing i would have differently is flappy paddles for fast road driving. as the auto does make you feel a little detatched from the experience of driving.

my standard desire is now 24 months old and its been fine, think i had to reboot it twice in that time cos it froze. only issue i have is that i don't have enough space on the phone (plenty on SD) but some software anly wants to be on the phone and can;t transfer to SD so for me the only upgrade reason is more phone memory if it wasn't for that i'd probably keep the desire and swap to giffgaff.

the XKR does most of its gear changes at about 2-2.5k and regardless of speed seems to always be at about 2-2.5k rpm unless in sports mode then it goes all the way up to 4-5k rpm. 70mph see's it in 5th gear at about just over 2k rpm 30mph sees me probaly in 4th or 5th at just about 1k rpm basically tick over

http://taxi.ba.com/ its quiet funny

maximum speed with lowest possible tickover. if its a straight flat piece of road drop it in 6th to be honest its choosing the right gear for the road conditions.

sorry SMD but its like trying to convince me drinking my own wee is good for my health... it may well be, and others may well use this. but i have no interest in it; even if it is good for you.

I think it might have been this fat bird that did it

if the OP was doi ng the work himself it is a salvagable car, if your paying someone else to repair it then the fact that he's not repairing it will mean its not economical. that will be bought by a bodyshop who'll do all the work and punt it for a profit.

i had no end of trouble with my wifes itunes when she bought an Imac, she wanted her music off her old computer on to the new one, but as itunes seems to register your device to itunes and all your tracks to one device it won;t let you trnasfer them very easily. (her itunes was bigger than her device, and she only decided she wanted it after i had partially dismantled her old PC so was trying to pull it off the hard drive. i don't like the layout, i don't like the format, i don;t like the way the software embeds itself so deep in your CPU. i didn't used to like the fact that it only wrote music in apple format (this has now been changed) which meant you could only play stuff from itunes on apple devices. Itunes and apple stuff is fine for people who have no interest in computers, but if you want to do anything outside the apple parameters its incredibly frustating stuff ti work with.

i have some parts due out in the next week or so just waiting on the finish. its not as easy as it looks the films are very temperature sensitive and if you don;t get the release agent right can be temepremental, same with the timings. allowing correct soak time with rinse time. also be aware that these times change with the water temperature. what paint are you using? fims can be temerpmental with 1k paints. 2k are better, also if oging 1k there is a time limit on how long you can leave it between painting and dipping. best of luck look forward to seeing your efforts

i spent the last 2 hours doing some excersise.