General Discussions - Non 300ZX

just realised I wasnt green lol, so renewed.:-) Mark

If you are a lot brighter than me you might be able to help with this. As I live in a thatched cottage I am having terrible trouble getting planning for a new summerhouse. The long and short of it is that for my application they have refused roof shingles and so I am getting quotes for the following. A clay tiled roof and a thatched roof, the Thatcher has told me that he charges £9 per square foot and that you need to allow an extra foot for the over hang and an extra foot for the ridge. My question is this If you are trying to work out the cost for doing a roof 8M X 4M taking into account the extra for the pitch, ridge and overhang (plans here but of 6M…

Just finishing off working on the zed last week when an elderly neighbour that i,ve spoke to a few times popped his head into my tent and said i heard your compressor going , do you want a air spanner ? so i,m thinking what,s an air spanner , i ask him do you mean an air ratchet ?, he says yeah i think , it,s in a case with sockets i,ll never use do you want it , ok i said and thanks very much so he goes home and brings back a brand new impact gun in a case with sockets extensions and stuff .:thumbup1::thumbup1: What a nice thing to happen out of the blue and a nice bloke as well . Anyone else had owt nice happen ?

so lets do a random poll!

Hi guyz, My son has loaded his laptop up with many programs/files, ranging from xbox things to school projects, and now running very slow, so i got him an external hard drive to transfer all the programs/files to, and speed the laptop up after a defrag and disc clean. The only thing is.... how do i transfer these programs/files to the hard drive to his laptop? I tried clicking on the shortcut on desktop and then selecting "send to" and sending to the external hard drive, but after connecting the E.H. it will not open/operate. Can anyone give me a puter illiterate guide on how to send these items to an E.H. and remove them from the laptop and still operate as nor…

My girlfriend yesterday ordered a samsung phone off the car phone warehouse website which usually costs £80 but was advertised as £8, touch screen and everything pay as you go. They took her money but today they sent an E-mail to say they had cancelled her order and refunded her money as it had been a mistake and wrongly priced. Where does she stand on this ? Are they obliged to send the phone ? Any help would be appreciated.

Im heading up to Notts/Lincoln tomorrow with a van to pick up an engine and seats. Ive got a bigger van than i need so if anyone needs anything picking up on route or around that area i can bring it back down to Cambridge and might be easier for you then. Thought i would offer :) Marty

Was chatting to a guy in my local car shop regarding decat for the zed and he said vosa is fining anybody 6k if you have a decat on your car wether you play dumb or not, got one on my scoob and was going to get one for the zed but can nt afford 12k fine lol. Mark

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i know how you like the old TR's...

Hi Andy, I sent my digital clock off for fixing (hopefully) to the club address a few days ago, just wondered if youd got it through yet? Thanks Brillo

can someone recomend some products and tips on how to clean my car properly? some black paint is starting to fade, i know its never gonna be the same but id like decent budget cleaning kit to clean my car with. thanks.

hey guys, i dunno how many of you have seen the xtranormal cartoons, but some of them are great :-) im trying to find one o saw a long time ago about some ricer claiming his skyline was about a billion horses, he gets asked what turbos hes running to make those horses and he riplies "twin" lol. any ideas where i could find it again??? cheers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12606610 Pfft! Might as well start driving like the corsa chavs round here then hadn't I?! ARRRRRGGGHHH what the actual f**k?

Morning all, can anyone tell me what either or both of these bikes are (make/model)? Sorry for the smallness of the photo. TIA Dave

Wow check out this compilation: http://devour.com/video/people-are-awesome/?ref=nf :punk::clap::thumbup:

the isle of wight yup that one i know its not very big and i know its an expensive crossing but i see it everyday and ive never been there. just wonder if its worth hoofing teh zed over there and charging down that coastal road round the island? or is it full of 40 limits speed traps and bumps and other hatefull driving spoilers

just a couple, more to come :-)

still thinking of a 911 996, prob a carrera not a turbo, was really thinking of a cabrio for roof down weather in the summer but the guys at work all say no way dont do it, :cursing: i like the coupe but i much prefer the cabrio, hairdresser as im told lol!! i have thought of the sl merc but the porsche ownership clinches it for me so what do you guys think given the choice coupe or cabrio p.s spoke to a guy called carl at hartech porsche very helpfull fella told me not to spend more than 16k on a cabrio

Ok folks it is something i have looked into in the past and just wanted to get my figures right so if i miss anything please let me know. So the costs of importing a used car is below what i believe it all is price of the car any admin fees to make the transaction shipping cost had a quote of £500 from Japan MOT test Tax and is that it? From what i read VAT and import tax wouldnt have to be paid on a old used car. anything ive missed? Marty

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Where is best place to hire a van? ive been searching around as i need a van for saturday however the firms ive tried either said its a minimum of 2 days or they are not open sunday to return the van and i would then be charged 2 days. Cheapest ive got is £80 so far for saturday to monday. I need to pick it up near Cambridge or have it delivered to me :) Cheers folks Marty

anyone used these for polishing, ive bought 6 for £2 from asda and they are thick and soft, great for drying cars after a wash or for applying or rubbing polish and wax on cars gonna get another 6 this weekend

brought the car home today, im well chuffed, only drove it up the road but atleast its home now, few little jobs to soret but its road worthy and i cant stop looking out the window at it lol