Dicky

All of that is EGGtremly confusing. In fact my heads SCRAMBLED trying to read that. You've completely FRIED my brain..... Oh wait, it was a joke.... Did you POACH it off a joke website? I take my hat off to an obvious EGGspert

I was told by a Powerflow tech the other day that you run an increased risk of failing an MOT with high flow cats fitted. Is this true?

Apologies SteveW its no YOKE. Ive been a victim myself

I would find it EGGciting if we could EGGsterminate and totally EGGliminate them by some suitable EGGxecution method, possibly EGGlectricution.

Denton Burn

Thanks Steve (yep got all the st st 304 line) and Lexx for your time and advice. I'll investigate your recommendations further

Making initial enquiries about a new exhaust. A main dealer oem cat back would cost approx £823 inc vat (not fitted) and a Powerflow st st about £550 fitted. Anyone had a standard powerflow system fitted and can give me some feed back (noise level, quality of work etc) and has anyone from Geordie land had one fitted at Tyre Spot (Im looking at the Scotswood Road branch). Can you recommend them or another branch.

Doesn’t sound like big ends to me, especially if your oil pressure’s ok. Have you tried running the engine on tick over and listening with a sounding stick (a long screwdriver/other placed on the engine casting with the handle against your ear. You can listen to internal engine sounds that way and would hear anything going wrong internally. I noticed a rattle on mine recently after a journey. Noticed it when I got to open the garage door. Switched off straight away and called the RAC next morning but when they arrived and we started it up the noise had gone! Best of luck with it, and as others have said don’t listen to a exhaust mechanic, bloody hell I don’t know much about cars but could hold down a job fitting exhausts, no prob’s

One of my mates has a 2ooo 330d sport and he loves it. He’s had it from new and had little or no problems with it. Its comfortable, fast and does umpty dumpty miles per gallon. It still rides like new and he would'nt swap it for anything. Ive got to admit I like it to even though its getting on a bit long in the tooth. Yours looks great, tell them to get it and enjoy it cos lifes short

I’ve thought about this problem myself and at first favoured using a bit of tongue, by running it along the top edge of the window. Unfortunately this method I’ve decided could be a little problematic. First you could form an even stronger attachment than you already have for your car, at least until spring arrives that is. It could also be a bit a bit of a bind if some opportunist bum bandit happens along. Imagine your standing there looking very alluring, bent slightly forward in what he might consider a provocative pose . Imagine it, how do you say STOP or NO those words usually required in any rape case to indicate lack of consent. A bit of a sticky wicket me thinks. Or what if one of your local mugger’s walks past and decides not to ask politely if he could borrow a couple of quid and your phone so he can call in his daily fix order! What the hell could you do stuck to your door window like that! I’m now convinced that a bit of tongue can land you in more trouble that enough and will stick to my second idea of peeing on the frozen window instead!!

Now aint that strange. It looks just like mine too !! HOW DO THOSE JAPs DO IT

I'd like to convert my reflectors to DRL but dont like to see individual led's, I also find they look a bit naff (hate the xmas tree effect on audies and othe recent models. Anyone used cold cathode fluorescent tubes before? Can you get 12v versions and do they strike up instantly unlike a normal fluorescent tube? models.

I got my stealer to price match that of another stealer. I supplied the plugs and they charged £75.60 to fit them. The prices quoted from other dealers ranged :- £75.60, £94.8, £117, and £122.81 all inclusive of VAT. Your quoted price seem very high

Not really. The 9v is measured with no current demand from the battery. If the batt is dead it will generally still show a decent voltage but if you take even 1A from it you would probably see the displayed voltage drop. I would have thought you should be able to take grat chunks of current from a good batt with not much drop in displayed voltage NEW BATTERY.

Without a doubt ABBEY. Many motorists these days shoot themselves in the foot when it comes to main dealer service history. We insist on it when buying even though we know it very rarely amounts to much, me included. BUT NO MORE. We all know the majority of them are below par with several layers of people between you and the guy doing the work. Better to deal face to face cos he has to face your wrath if things aren’t as they should be, not some dolly bird with BIG EYES (or similar ) to distract your attention.

Cheers young man , many thanks. I can relax now and enjoy!

I bought a cover from ebay and it wouldn’t fit. Unfortunately left it to long to try it on and unable to return it. Another big prob is most aren’t suitable for seats with air bags

Can you confirm that with the engine running, you turn the mirrors inboard using the armrest switch, then turn off the engine and remove the key, that the mirrors move out again? The reason I want to know is that Ive had problems with the installation (not cookies circuit) traced back to bad connections on the larger of the two white plugs on the armrest control unit. Im just wondering if this is normal or if Ive still got problems.

Fitted red stuff pads about 2 wks ago, using the adhesive shims supplied and copper slip and mine are squeeking. Hope that further running in will cure the problem. I can also add that fitted the same pads/shims/copper slip on the last pad change with no squeeking at all.

Its rough and ready, but if its just to put the oil in the diff why not an empty plastic bottle with a bit of plastic tube taped in the top. You might loose a few drops but its a cheap fix.

Anyone know which one(s) is known to work Of the ones I found I was going to hand my hat on this one "TSB 04-040 Window Glass Doesn't Drop When Door Opens" found here http://www.350z-tech.com/wiki/index.php ... Door_Opens (not sure how to copy a link so just copied the web site bar at the top of the screen) Hope it helps

SORTED. Not due to cookies cct and didn’t need a reset, but due to a crap connector on the driver’s side window control unit PS: With regard to the window reset procedure. I found 6 published versions during my search including posts on this site, the Guides section and other places. All have differences some say the door has to be opened others that it should be closed, some say wind the window up first others down, some say 5 second pause top and bottom others no mention of times. Glad I didn’t have to use it cos it was all to confusing

Either everyone’s as stumped as me or bored with this problem (seems to be a pretty common problem from what Ive read) Been searching everywhere for most of the evening and found several procedures, all with little nuances but basically much the same. Wont bother with the worksop manual version cos I don’t understand the afore mentioned caution statement. By the way, some procedures say do the reset with the door open others with it closed. Anyone know which is right Cheers Dicky Edit: Just had a brain wave the last comment in the Caution section (blue) might be trying to say "DONT OPERATE THE DOOR SWITCH" ?

Got a problem on the drivers side window. When the door is opened the window drops about 60mm (instead 10mm) and doesnt lift again when the door is closed. Its a problem thats come about after fitting Cookies folding mirror cct. Dont believe its got anything to do with Cookies cct and more likley to be something Ive done when disconnecting the battery. Ive read the "Reset Procedure" in the workshop manual (below) and in the "Guides" section but was wondering if anyone can advise what the manual is trying to say in the last bit of the "Caution" below (highlighted). It doesnt make sense? Can you also confirm if by "Manual" lowering and raising of the window they mean keeping the up/down switch operated and not a quick flick operation for it to go up automatically? Resetting After installing each component to vehicle, follow the steps below. 1. Raise glass to the top position. 2. While pressing and holding reset switch, lower glass to the bottom position. 3. Release reset switch, and check reset switch returns to the original position, and then raise the glass to the top position. CAUTION: Do not operate the glass automatically to raise the glass to the top position. Do not operate the door switch is turning on.