General Discussions - Non 300ZX

Hi all, A bit of an odd question from my corner of this mad world today. The battery in my wife's MX5 has "just" not enough power to start it up after sitting for a couple of weeks in the cold. It's got about 11.8V across the terminals which I guess isn't quite enough to get the engine going. I've got a very old battery charger but I'm not sure if it works properly. It doesn't have any LED's or meters to show it is working. I've just plugged it into the mains and the output is about DC0.23V regardless of whether it's set to "Low" or "High". Does this sound right? I was under the impression that (car)battery chargers put out a lot more than that. Also, I can't get any…

Not sure if anyone knows my rights as to an officer visiting a house? im in the final stages of a 4 story town house renovation with a basement extension all the way under the garden. It's a high spec build and with the internal design and the rear basement construction altering from submitted plan there may have been a couple of alterations to the house without listed buildings consent :x: Now i REALLY don't want them to come around and am trying to send them photo's of what they want to see. I can't really go into it much more as it's a clients house but what can i say no to?

is it possible to actually make a solar panel yourself from scratch?

Was out shopping yesterday, found Clarksons hot metal in a shop. Now I have the car and the DVD. Only taken 18 months to get the dvd:hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper:

my best mate applied for this last month and got the job, he told me more vacancies are out now!! i thought of alot of you guys here i know its far but worth a try. https://www.amris.com/serco/requirement_display.php?refSearch=&requirementid=3149 goodluck.

Just doing a bit of research into healthy eating and just did a bit of a search on some of the Subway sandwiches. Now, Subway promote their brand on the fact that they are more of a healthy alternative to say, McDonalds or Burger King. Whilst it may apply to a few of their sandwiches, a lot actually contain MORE calories than a Big Mac meal! I love the Meatball Marinara for instance, sure, I knew it wasn't a healthy option but had no idea that a foot long one contained nearly 1000 calories! That's insane! It's not the most unhealthy sandwich though, that crown goes to the Chicken and bacon sandwich with a whopping 640 calories! That's over 1200 calories in a foo…

Ive just renewed my insurance I was paying £1400 with 'ibuyeco' and they wanted £2090 for renewal, ive had no bumps or changes in the last year whatsoever. So i cancelled the renewal today and got a quote from admiral for £585 Thats a saving of £1505! GENIUS!

Needing some wiper blades from the new Lexus IS model. I have a feeling that Lexus may ask for a VIN or reg mark. Just wondering if anyone works in a Lexus or Toyota dealership and would be able to get round that system. Thanks.

Just been reading Dannyzx thread re his puppy and Stellaz dog. Every once a while, we put up pics of our pets, dogs. cats or anything. Lets see who has what. This is Cossie, total nutter.

I'm trying to connect to my mates network,my laptop can see the network but won't connect, says acquiring network address but nothing happens. Idiots guide to this problem please. Correct key typed in. cheers Paul

I always wondered if digital cameras would ever catch up with professional film cameras and I just found this interesting link:- http://www.clarkvision.com/imagedetail/film.vs.digital.1.html

i know its a re-post but ive been searching as i want one myself and this turned up again:rofl::rofl::rofl: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NHgD2_MlGiM&feature=related

After righting off my vectra last wednesday in the OH so cold period of the UK's colourful history, yesterday was the day that I bought a juggernaught of a car... 1998 - 104K miles, 3.2 ltr V8. Leather Upholstery in absolutely immaculate condition, walnut dash, 240hp...this will be increased with a remap..... Now please consider that I'm 33 yrs old before guessing...... IT'S A JAGUAR XJ Sport in wine red..... HOW COOL IS THAT.... Now all I need is a PIPE, and a Trilby Hat and I'm sorted.......

and very nice it is too http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/847264.htm

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TRhvUJIwbV0

Got my 12 year old son the Tenacious D Dvd and an electric guitar for Christmas:mac1: He has been looking on youtube for tips on the songs and he came across this drum cover of the Metal:bow::bow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9vPVemNVfQ

Prob a Repost but thought i would Share :D 800hp F1 engine in a Renault Espace XD [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE]

Apparently I am Mr Scott, or Scotty ! Your results: You are Mr. Scott You are a fun-loving foreigner with an amazing ability to get any job done on time. Often described as a "Miracle Worker". If a give hur anymore she`ll blow captin !! Beam me up !! http://www.seabreezecomputers.com/startrek/ Alan...........

Um, not a fish or frog or anything - but a friggin tonne of ice! Swear to you, this past week has been the coldest weather I have ever ever felt in my whole life! 6 months in Uk, 6 months back home in Southern Africa - sounds good to me! Skip winter all together :D if only...... :rolleyes:

made the plunge now to change all products to buav approved. Obviously Body shop products are good but bloody expensive - and I couldnt get mouthwash etc anywhere until now.... Co-op - all their own branded stuff toothpaste etc is all buav stamped - I believe a lot of tesco and the like are the same but they do not carry the animal testing mark. so thats it - out with colgate etc now....

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Hi, I just wanted to double check if there's any reason I couldn't charge a battery through a cigerette lighter from my second car while I'm driving? I'm looking at just rigging up a cigerette plug to 2 crocodile clips and have them clipped onto the battery. Would that be ok? Vijay

well as i posted here before me and my girlfriend got engaged at xmas. we are going to do it abroad and have chose the cape verde as our location. going to the island of sal, we will be at the riu garopa hotel but the rest of our guests will be between the riu garopa and riu funana since the are both together it doesnt matter which they choose. just wondering if anyone has been to these or cape verde?

whats your opinion on this??:)