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Run more cables than you think you'll need: I can promise you at least one will have a break in it, or get a nick in it, or not be long enough etc.

I've never measured a set of new tyres, so no idea if that's common or not. If they look new, I wouldn't be worried about differences like that. Not all new tyres are 8mm. I wouldn't be surprised if this was standard for your tyres (what are they btw?).

Always, always, always go cabled if you possibly can. Wireless is fine, but it suffers from so many potential issues wrt streaming large files that it's not always a good idea to rely on it.

Most MAMILs don't.

If you like a brick on wheels, sure. It's purposeful, but it's not pretty. In fairness, GT-Rs never have been. They don't need to be.

Look in the bottom of the cabinet They're long ones, so they'll sit there ready for when/if I need to connect something temporarily to the switch in that cupboard. Good spot though sir!

Worse than that, I had a VXR220 over an Elise! You're absolutely right though, I go for experience over looks. Always have done, no idea why.

Not at all. I'm saying a 1 series hatch is better looking than an R35.

Bear in mind this isn't the finished article, I still have lots more work to do! Yeah, needs a huge amount of tidying up with some more trunking etc, but you get the gist. Means I can add a printer or server or whatever anywhere in the house, no drama at all. The big box you see is my current NAS.

Cable ties are your friend I'm fortunate that I have a server cupboard that I can hide everything in, so it doesn't have to be super-neat. I have cables coming from the faceplates, but they have units in front of them (TV unit, or a dresser in the bedroom etc) so you can't see that either. Oh, and definitely colour code your cables, makes life a hell of a lot easier! Let me get some pics and upload them for you, two secs.

I'm glad we agree Seriously though, the hatch isn't that ugly. It's just not as pretty as the coupe. It's better looking than the R35...

Bought a spare key today. Just a valet one as I only need it for emergencies, but I was somewhat surprised when it turned up as a single piece of solid... Plastic? Yup, spare keys of that era are now made of grey plastic. They still have a small transponder in so do indeed start the car (but not turn off the alarm, sorry neighbours ), but not exactly what I expected. Still, only £40 instead of £140 for the full remote doobry. A set of ARBs shall likely be on the car shortly after I return from LM, I feel the need to start tinkering

Absolutely. The main thing is you're okay, and he may well not do it again. Hopefully... Did you have a big rant-off right in his face? I think I would have

I think I escaped lightly '90s FTMFW.

I was born in 1979. Just to make you feel old

Did he seem sorry at all? Or realise his mistake?

I go to the gym only so I can eat more.

Measure the gap, then buy a plate to fit?

Did you have a sensible word with the guy before running to the bosses?

Sometimes the experience is more important than the looks. Actually, scratch that, it's always more important.

Tyres. /predictable

Hatch is lighter than the coupe, so quicker

Bearing in mind you can run anything over Ethernet with the right connector, that means HDMI or USB or whatever are already covered. So even if you run it and just leave it coiled up ready for the future, do it! I've just done mine, hence the modicum of knowledge.

Cat6 is overkill, cat5e is plenty and 1/3 of the price. It'll do 1080p/5.1 without breaking sweat. Make sure it's shielded cable, then run at least 4 cables to every place you want it. Try to put 8 ports in each room, in opposite corners unless you have definite plans for a particular wall. You don't need a standard router, you need a proper patch panel with a rack mount router: I use a Netgear GS724T, which plugs into the patch panels I've got (you'll probably need at least two of those) which sit in a wall mounted rack.

Weight?