sonix

And where exactly would you get the oil that runs your precious zed from? :)

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Hi Viniboy, Just wanted to say that i (indirectly) know two people (so far) who have been confirmed dead because of the London explosions. Neither of them were White English. In fact it wouldn't suprise me if a huge majority of the dead are not White English (we'll have to wait and see). So your implication that this was an attack on the White English is factually incorrect. The multi-cultural fabric of cities like London are a strength, nto a weakness. it's no coincidence that cities like London and New York have a history of immigration and are also some of the richest cities in the world. The rascist comments in this thread along the lines of 'kick em all out' is so full of holes, I wonder how grown up logical people can even think these things. For starters, a 'White England' would be impossible to do as so many cultures are fused in the very fabric of britain, for decades, if not centuries. How many people can say that their ancestory is purely White English (only ginger people according to recent research). Anyway, the multicultural communities are the strengths of cities like london and new york, not their weakness. Who are 'they'? Muslims come from all countries and races. If you ban all forms of Islam, then why shouldn't islamic countries band the export of their fuel to England? And to be honest, isn't this what all this is really about, not religion, but oil? Would we really be in this situation if the Islamic countries in the Middle East didn't have oil? ...basically I could go on for ages ...that kind of mentality is devoid of any logic and humanity, and full of hypocrisy. I think people indulging in hate and xenophobia and are avoiding the REAL issues of why there is so much hate, what are the CAUSES, and how do we stop it?

I've been with bulldog for a few years now... Terrible customer service, and an absolute nightmare during the initial connection, takes ages several of my friends actually gave up trying to connect to them. but once you're connected they're okay. BUT since they've gone Cable & Wireless don't you have to subscribe the their phone service as well?

Clearly this is true, but isn't that exactly what people in places like Iraq, Afghan Palestine etc. would say?

Just wanted to say I've been in shock at today's events. I live VERY close to where these horrific things have happened. My sister is in hospital right now helping the injured. If it was a few months ago, it would've been me on that very train heading to tavistock sq to exactly the place where the bus blew up. Very scary. Without a doubt there are people I know that were using the trains at those very stations when the explosions happened. I've got friends right now on the streets of london trying to work out how to get home. The school were my newphews and nieces go to has been closed and turned into an emergeny help centre. Apprantly it was full of crying kids that were worried about their parents. I never thought it would actually happen in London. But after all that, views such as the one below, predujice and intolerance are the causes of such horrific events. tvrdb03's words below could welll be what people in Iraq, Afghanisitan etc. are saying, stay out of our country etc dont steal out oil etc.. I just wish people would show some compassion and logic. The world could be a better place. Damm, i sound like a hippy.

Sorry, don't see the logic in 'Tax payer' getting a burden. 1) Tax payer pays money towards running the country. 2) Thousands of new jobs and houses created and the london 'fixed up'. Result: more vibrat economy and therfore more money for the country. 3) Thousands of people come to the country to spend millions. Result: money coming in to the country. 4) London's profile raised even higher internationally, tourism is given a boost (possibly for many years), which means more money for the country. 5) Sport given a much needed boost. 6) We can actually got to the Olympic Events with ease!!! :D Which ever way you look at it, the country gets more money as a result. Which means richer country, which means less tax / better services (in theory :D ). Why do people have to look at things so negatively, nothing this exciting and internationally huge has happened in London (and possibly the UK) in years, and definately not in my lifetime. Enjoy it!

If Machester and the Commonwealth games is anything to go by, I'll have much nicer roads to drive on instead of the pot-hole ridden cr*p we got now. :D :D p.s. i don't understand the negativity about the olympics coming here. Surely it's a desiriable thing as all the major cities in the world seem to want it? Or do they all just want to throw money into black hole?

Thanks for that, I think I'll try the Tesco petrol from now on. sonix.

Hi All, After reading advice on the forum I've been using only Optimax on my zed since I got it. It seems to work fine and has cured the fuel smell that I used to get, (I assume). I've noticed that Tesco is now selling Super unleaded with 99 octane. Should I swap? Would it make a difference in performance / MPG?

Hi I subscribed a couple of days ago, could u send me internal stickers and membership no. plz. I have PM'd you my name/ address. Cheers.

Just paid up! Can i have some internal stickers plz!

Thanks for the help, changed the fuse (was a bugger to get to) and lights work fine. Unfortunately I now have another problem... but that's for another thread. Thanks Again.

Thanks I'll check the fusebox in the footwell, but CaseyJ, I'm not too sure which wire you mean, can you clarify, i'll try and check all the wires anyway. Thanks

Hi After fitting the speedo chrome dial rings, I had to re-attach a switch that was put on my cluster to operate the rear foglight (attached for SVA purposes). But as I was trying to get the order of the wires right, all my lights stopped working expect for the main beam. :headvswal The side lights, rear lights, instrument lights, front fogs, headlights all are gone. It just switches on the main beam when I turn on the headlights. I've looked at the fuses under the bonnet and they seem fine, could it be one of the relays? If so where do i get them? Is there anything else i can check? Thanks in advance. sonix

HeXaKing, which company in Chadwell heath? I actually work around there, would appreciate details.. Sonix.

Can anyone help me find a decent place to get an Alarm fitted in or around London? I know Bob does them in Chester, but thats a little too far for me. I think I'd go with the TOAD Ai606 (?), with pager, as I seem to recall that it's quite highly recomended. Cheers in advance.

Thanks for all the advice, will probably go down to Ztech for a once-over when I get some plates (still waiting on DVLA). sonix.

Hi All, After nearly a year of waiting (where everything that could possibly go wrong in the import process, did go wrong) my 300zx import has arrived! :hyper: ... and it's a beaut! It's a 1996 black NA, it passed the MOT/SVA but the company (SVA UK) told me that there is a problem in the compression in on of the cylinders, could this just be because the car had not been driven in about nine months? Is there any good mechanics in (or around) London I can take it to to have a look (and for a service). Thanks sonix. p.s. anyone thinking of importing a Z: make sure you're not in a rush, as it could take ages...

Hmmm.. interesting stuff about religion, that's a whole other subject. I don't think intellect is neccasarily equated with atheism or vice-versa. Personally, i'n not very religious, but in my experience there are people of all intellects who are religous and not religious. The whole point of religion (in my view) is that it's about faith, therefore you should not be able to prove or dis-prove it. I agree that there has been barbaric acts committed in the name of religion, but i get this feeling that if we didn't have religion, then we'd still have those barbaric acts, just for a different reasons (e.g. elitism / rascism / territory / greed). plus there are many other ways a small group of people try to control the masses... But like is said that's a whole other subject.

Hi Goit, I won't got into too much detail into your replies, but generally it seems to reflect your personal opinions and examples of failure of systems (e.g. the face-paint incident). I think we both seem to agree that any form of rascism is bad (be it on whites/blacks/ muslims and non-muslims). However, I would still disagree on voting BNP as a 'protest' point, but as this is my opinion, let's just agree to disagree. But I would like to speak a bit about legislation and the law. Even though I did say that people should abide by the law of the land, there should be some common sense applied. After all this is a 'free' country, so that's why we allow Sikh policemen to wear turbans, for Blind people to have dogs where other people's pet's may not be allowed, to allow disabled people to park in accesible places, to allow people to smoke and drink even though it's bad for them, to allow people to live their life how they want and express their religion, as long as it doesn't intefere with others, to keep Sunday as a day of rest etc. And on the same note, if we have Christian schools for the Christians in the country, then is it too much to ask for Muslim schools for muslims? That's the whole point of having a 'free' country right? I believe we should allow parents to teach their children how they see fit, but PERSONALLY i'm not sure if this is a good idea as i'm not sure that segragated schools preapre children for their adult life, where they will have to mix with different cultures. Also, the main cause of rascism is fear of other cultures which comes from not understanding them, this isn't really helped by segragated schools. but end of the day a Christian parent should have the right to send their children to a Christian school (and same for muslims). In conclusion, you can't fight rascism with rascism, and there should be come common sense and consideration when it comes to making laws etc.

Goit, To reply to your points: 1. I hope people bear this in mind, it seems to get lost in the media quite often. 2. This may be true, and if it is, then of course it should be legislated and controlled, but as I said before, end of the day, these are people (like everyone else) who want a better life and I am sure are prepared to work hard for it; this is again easily forgotten as they tend to be spoken of as some sort of social parasites. 3. The housing shortage / explosion in price has effected us all, but I doubt the country is physically running out of space. 4. The Health industry is an exmaple i used, other industrys could be labour-based jobs. But if there are intelligent, professoinal, useful people that want to come over and contribute to the society, then we should train them and encourage them, but to keep thing's fair, surely we should extend the same courtesy to their friends and family? 5. Good, luck, it is a beautiful multi-cultural and tolerant country, i know some people who are considering moving there. 6. Most arab's feel the USA has too much political and military influence, the facts will probably differ with every person you ask, but the main point is, this is the main reason (along with Israel) why Islamic terrorism started. Look up the origins of Al-Qeada for details. 7. Like is said, people should live by the law of the country, but considering there are about 2 million muslims in the country, they should be represented by the law as well. 8 & 9. This point is largely about integration. I admit that some cultures will obviously integrate more easily then others, but that doesn't mean we can't live side by side. Didn't muslims/christians/jews live side by side in hundreds of years of peace in the middle east? Also, muslims were'nt considered that bad even in this country before the tragedy of 9/11, and there didn't seem to be a problem living side by side. Also the Chinese have suffered just as much rascism as anyone else (i know for a fact that this still goes on as i've seen it a few times, and have been tols by Chinese friends). But, they have kept their language and culture (even though they are a very small percent of the population), and that's pretty much what muslims want to do (but this may mean changing some legislation). 10. The BNP should definately not be denied any democratic rights. All i'm saying is that the BNP has a very violent rascist history (i've seen some with my own eyes), and in MY opinion the poeple responsible are still members. If they start preeching multi-culturalism and this is reflected in their policies, and the started getting members of different cultures etc. then i would have no problem with them. But they can't do that because they'd lose their white rascist supporters (after all they need to be represented as well). If the BNP were openly rascist, and somehow won a General election, then I would not want to live in a right-wing country and i would be happy move to another country (like Canada). But can you imagine if every non-white felt like that and took their money, businesses and skills with them, where would that leave the UK? Basically, I believe in free speech, and don't like hypocrisy. Also there are b*stards in every culture and creed, we shouldn't judge everyone by them.

Nelson, just to clarify, what I meant was the biggest Oil-producing coutries are in the USA's pockets, such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE etc. and now Iraq as well. The one's that they do not control are the 'enemy'. Imagine a world where the USA did not try and control the middle east, and did not support (or ignore) every illegal Israeli action, then there would be no Ismalic terrorists, and people would go back to worrying about Russians and Aliens/Comets from outer space. As for the middle east cultures, people have a right to live how they want in their own countries, and all those points u raised have got counter-arguments. suicide bombing - Suicide is illegal in Islam as well I believe, also you could argue that if you had an army next door with littetaly state-of-the-art military techology killing your family, would you give up your life to try and stop them? "oppression of women" - I've heard that the right's given to women by Islam hundreds of years ago, were WAY ahead of any western culture, e.g. A wife owns all of her possesion AND here husband's, not vice-versa. talk to Middle-east women and see what THEY think. "genocide" - nearly all races and religions are guilty of this, just nature humanity methinks. "corruption" - Again this is everywhere, especailly the poorer countires as they are more desperate. "murder" - ? do you mean capital punishement like the USA or Crime? "genital mutilation" - if you're talking about Jewish/Islamiic Male Circumcision? some argue that this is hygenic. If you're talking about Female Circumcision, then I agree this is barbaric, and should be phased out (still common in India I beleive). Aslo what about the things that we got from the east? like most foods and spices, and Maths / Physics / Astology, there's loadsa stuff, check out some history sites. Also, I stick by my comment that people should abide by the laws of the land or leave. Good hews that the BNP are not doing that well in the elections anyway...

There's lot's issues being raised here, but i'll put in my 50 cents worth: Firstly, Asylum seekers: Why are we afraid of them? cause they'lll take our jobs? Well unemployment is the lowest is been for ages and there are so many jobs out there that we're not willing to do. ...Are we afraid they'll use up our resources? ... well what do you think we're doing when we turn the ignition key? where does all that petrol come from? Don't get me wrong, there has to be control, otherwise there will be chaos, but they are just people who want a better life for themselves and their families? Wouldn't you want the same? Also there is a clear need for workers, especially in the Health industry, did you know that about a quarter of doctors and half of all nurses are not UK-born? As for Saudi's hating western people, just imagine if the USA took over the British government, corrupted it, and exploited it to rob it's natural resources and if you didn't like it, they'd find an excuse to bomb you.. then i think then you might have a chip on your shoulder as well. As for muslim's wanting to take over the UK, i'm pretty sure that they're not supposed to by islamic law, they should adhere to the law of the land, if they don't want to, then by all means they should leave, but there will always be those radicals that have their own extreme views, just like any society. Conversely , if you go to a country with Islamic laws, then you should abide by them or leave. Culture: it's a melting pot. English culture is a mix of anglo-saxon, roman, christian, pagan, latin and god knows how many other things. There are also many things that got borrowed from the middle/far east (tea anyone?). British culture is not being threatened, if anything it's learning and growing. As for the BNP, I still recall all the stories of them beating up Black/Asian people and smashing their businesses. ...And didn't their Party political message get banned from channel Five because they were interviewing a woman who's daughter got raped by Asians, i mean how dumb do they think we are? do they seriously expect us to forget the tens of thousands of rapes commited by white people in the same year? Anyway, basically my point is this, BNP are rascist no matter how they try and gloss it... i don't want to sound like a hippy or nothing, but it seems to me it's more important then ever to show some common sense and compassion towards other people, all you have to do is use your brain.

I think you may have missed my point, there's nothing British about a 300zx... I know that that's a weak point, but BNP still represent a white supremist attitude (although they may not freely admit it), which is completely out-dated. This is a multi-cultural country, just look at trade, technology, food, music, cars, bikes, TV, films, sport (even David Beckham has Jewish roots I believe) etc.. what would any of these things be like if we started discriminating? I believe people who are voting BNP as a 'protest' vote are kidding themselves, there are other ways to make a protest (spoiling your polling cards for one). If you're gonna vote BNP, then be honest and vote because you're rascist. But remember what the logical conclusion to being rascist actually leads to.