General Discussions - Non 300ZX

From Indian_zx's thread it appears that there are a few people that understand boilers and plumbing systems on here! Which is alot more than can be said for me! Basically I want to replace the nasty bathroom thats in my house. Its a 3 bed semi, it has gas central heating/hot water at the moment. Its an old Baxi conventional boiler that has a hot water tank in the bathroom and two header tanks in the loft, a big one (im not entirely sure what for, cold water of course, but is that to supply the hot water tank with cold or the cold water taps in the house?) and a small one for the heating system. (I think) Now it all works fine, its just pretty old and inefficient…

With a few similar threads recently about dealerships closed down in the US I was surprised when driving recently through my old town where I grew up (late 70`s) to see what was the main Rover dealership in the day closed down and looking a bit sad. But a double look prompted me to go back and take a few pics, an amazing frozen in time situation, how does this happen? and for those not old enough to know the last pic is of a Marina, looked as brand new condition through the glass but dusty, a bit of an icon of the day. Jeff TT

Just finished my first triathlon today. quite pleased with myself, 1/4 mile swim, 17 mile bike 4 mile run - 1 hour 42 mins not exactly the fastest time (1hour 15) but not to bad considering ive only been training for 10 weeks

Anyone else seen this? I watched it tonight, and it's nothing like the trailer, there's only about 10 minutes of driving in it (?), an hour of cheesy electro music whilst you have to watch two people who hardly speak for the first half hour, gaze lovingly into each others eyes, and about 20 minutes of violence, but the violence bits where Ok, if your into that, which fortunately I am... Anyways, I was expecting car chases and, believe it or not, driving. It's something to watch, but basically has bugger all to do with driving, apart from they talk about it sometimes, the guy has an indestructible car, and about 7 reverse gears during the one short car chase... Rant over, …

This is the best BT can offer me in 2011, the exchange is only 3 miles away, I live in a rural setting, the village is less than 2 miles long and 2 miles wide, not really a high traffic area.......... BT visited a few weeks ago to change the line pair over from a near by connection box due to a hum on the line defo seems slower than before with the hum! that said the engineer mentioned that the overhead copper cables were approx 30 years old and no amount of new technology in the exchange can circumvent that. Jeff TT

Fantastic !! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180726587776?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp5197.m570.l1313%26_nkw%3D180726587776%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1 Alan..........

I've recently been to look at a vauxhall omega. http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/vauxhall-omega-2000/88124987 was a nice car new brakes new exhaust stacks of receipts pleasant people too. Just one problem the car pulls to the left and I've read up and its a common probelm. Has anyone had or could offer any good advice i would be grateful. It seems the garage we bought the saab from dont seem to have much in and the consensus is that they are after more money so were a bit stuck.

i remember when we used to do a lot of plumbing we used to always tell ur customers to try their heating systems a month or so before the coldweather set in, that way if something didnt work (sometimes things seize) you wouldnt be left in the cold for days waiting for an enigineer to come out and carry out any repairs, also gives you time to save up for any repairs that ,ay need dong if you are short of cash also it would give you time to join the gas board plans that are run by british gas that are only a few quid a week and will cover costs of quite a few hundred pounds, cheap way of repairing ya central heating system if its gone wrong so get it fired up for …

I found this on e bay,rare old car this,i remember seeing one at the Brum motor show in the 90,s.It was really out there when it came out.Be a nice investment for someone.Id hate to try and get parts for it though. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180725097141&category=9834&_trksid=p5197.c0.m619

I want to go to eindhoven in holland in febuary, but everytime i try to get a price it's coming back with nearly £600 with stops here and there, allthough eindhoven has an airport I think its small so therefore hard to find a flight from the uk, so i think rotterdam would be the next best place, but how the hell do i find a cheep way of getting there????

anybody on here practice martial arts? I'm looking for something that will help with fitness aswell as self defence and a bit of mind strengthening, I'm feeling quite stressed out at the moment and need to increase self asteam.

...... that this is a great forum and really helpful! Some of you may have seen i have a scooby im trying to sell at the mo and i have been having a few problems so have been on scoobynet a bit trying to get answers. Not to much use to be honest! think i managed to find the fault but not much help from scoobynet. Much better on here and a lot more helpful. Just thought i would mention it. :thumbup1:

Time to change the daily car so VW Tiguan 2.0tdi SE or Qashqai 1.6dci Ntec + Anybody have either of these?

at my brothers house, its a old worchester boilder and doesnt continue heating up the water. im guessing were gonna need a new boiler but been gettings quotes of 700 for powerflush and labour and 600 for the mayne? boiler,is this a fair price? he lives in Luton.

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I've got 18" Volk Racing CV Pro's on my shortie' at the moment with 9" up front and 10" on the rear. Now these Volks are 'really' lightweight 1 piece rims. The problem is that despite the rear rims fitting perfectly (currently with 275 Pirellis) the front rims (235 Pirellis) require 25mm spacers in order for them to sit flush with the arches due to their offset of ET +45. They are 3 piece but I plan to re-paint them in matching white enamel so they shouldn't look too out of place The 3 piece rims are off an S14 drift car and as such one of the rims is a bit battered. T…

.......... On how to write a good CV? Im looking to change my job as i could do with earning a bit more! Any help be greatful Thanks

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My Mrs is getting rid of her Cayenne as she is having to put between £150-200pw in it in petrol. She is thinking about getting a diesel A3 quattro.. cut a long story short they are rare as hens teath a year or two old and there is a 6 month waiting list on new ones. She is after something good to use in the snow to get to her Horses and will get some snow socks anyhows. But will the quattro be worth getting over a normal 2wd one as it does not have a diff lock anyhows?. My 911 is 4wd without diff lock and it sucks in the snow. There are loads of nice diesel A3s about nearly new with all the bits on except quattro. So is it worth holding on for one to com…

Wanting to change the Mini for something else, was going to go for an E46 M3 but the other half doesn't like them :( Running a highly modded Z32 means I do need to have her 'blessing' for the family car.. Now looking at classic mustangs so I can scratch the muscle car itch, and I'm onto a winner as classic muscle cars are popular with the wife! Anyone know much about them? Looking at 65-70 Mustang, or maybe early shape camaro's. Challengers etc are nice but far too big. I like the styling and I want a big rumbly v8 Thoughts?

I purchased a leather recliner chair and footstool on eBay lastnight from a person in Bearwood,Bournemouth, BH11 9TY,I was going to get APC to collect and deliver to me,BUT,turns out the seller is working all day, every day at the times APC operate,so,I need the chair picking up some evening this week and somebody good enough to let me get APC to collect from their address the next day or so?Its a light weight chair an will fit in a hatchback with rearseat folded.Can anyone help,Please?My mobile no is 07909727099

Trying to sell on eBay has proved to be more trouble than it's worth. The winning bid was from an account created the day the auction ended with the username just all letters and numbers like someone had mashed the keyboard with their hand. Couldn't contact them so I assume it was fraudulent. Offer the next highest bidder second chance, they fuss about for about a week and say 'Oh sorry no, bought another now'. So I'm stuck with something I can't sell... urgh...Anyone dealt with Car Buyers Wales in the past? I'm sure they'll offer me about a third of that when I take it into them but I just want shot of it to be honest.

anyone her into cameras?? i hav ejust got a panasonic lumix g2 and want to take photos of a group but ionly have one subject in focus ...if you know what i mean ....main subject sharp in front and behind blurred..how is that done ?

just wondering how many of us use their mobiles to get on the site?

Heres a picture of a happy Microwave Found the group on facebook and it made my day better :) Thought i'd share the smiles :p