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no truck with you or your wife Vin and i agree upside down is a little ott...but for the sake of free parking which must be worth hundreds in a place like london etc...if the only thing you have to do is actually put it the right way up i guess its a fair cop...the same applies to pay and display tickets IIRC ...the only blue badge things i really get hacked off with is the brigade who think they can park in the residents bays as well as on the double yellows...err dont think so i mean how much parking do you want the rest of us to give up...and why have a blue badge parking bays 15 feet from the front door of a shop when there is 100,000 square feet mall behind it...!!?....i mean would the extra 20-50 yards to park up make any difference....? outside my office there are on any given day about 30 disabled badge cars parked up on the double yellows etc...yet take a wander into the high street you wont see anyone with crutches, sticks, zimmers or even wheelchairs....there are so many blue badge holders down here there is even road rage outside a lot as they argue over the double yellow line spaces...or park in the bus lanes and have a go at the dismayed bus drivers who toot their horns to move them on..!....there are too many swinging it with the badges that is for sure....but i'm not surprised seeing as no-where is free to park anymore so who can blame folks who want to park for free if all they have to do is flam the authorities a little....anyway its just a general rant nothing personal...had to get it off my chest cheers

thanks for the post Rich, i may get away with it on the basis i parked up only to buy some chips and not a trifle as the law indicates....puddings eh?

did anyone else see that prog with Trev Mcdonald on ITV about the problems with yellow lines and road signs about a week back? ....one bit esp got my interest it was about the T-bar req at the end of single and double yellow lines to make them legal or so the prog said.....well...i was doing a bit of boning up on parking issues because i dispute a ticket issued in a badly painted loading bay i had parked in and i found this interesting nugget.... law dont you just love it.....!!

well how about making the new posts click only show advice, help and club news etc....then the general (banter) stuff could be filtered off...maybe..?

i bought one for £20 about 3 years ago...broke down first time 2 weeks back...i spent 6 hours with it in the pouring rain out the back...cos i hate just chucking stuff away...and i'm electro mech trained...few dont know why you bother from the wife....but persevered and fixed it anyway for no money...very satisfied...almost enjoyed doing it...:)

:rofl: still sounds like prop to me.....other favs IIRC are flat spots on tyres...brakes sticking or warped http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=58070&highlight=propshaft some more info here

:rofl: true my garage told me they had spoke with DVLA when the switch over began because of similar problems and yep the whole thing is fooked best guess till around March next year....what is it with this govt and computer systems...i bet even Amstrad or Tiny could have done better

sounds like the PTU has a dry joint always seem to cut power when the car heats up as the dry joint leg expands and moves away from the contact....there was link to the Aus 300zx club on how to DIY fix...but its dead link now....anyone copied it off ? :( a series 2 PTU was made to overcome the series one shortcomings PTU = power transistor unit http://www.300zx.org.uk/terminology.htm for other abbrv's HTH

yeah...my family motor had computerised mot few weeks back...apparently they (DVLA) will warn you by post when its running out....and if you dont renew or SORN it by the date then £80 fine...or sommit

http://www.entitledto.co.uk use if for work its a very good calc....only critisism is the amounts quoted for any award are over 12 months unlike the Inland Rev website which pro-rata's the award into the months remaining till April....still should work out to the same if you divide into a monthly figure for both HTH

yeah found this posted by Gio

IIRC its on a sticker inside the drivers door.....cant tell you mine as J-Spec wheels

IPA used to sold by any chemists (by the 1/4 or 1/2 litre)....just dont look to scruffy when buying it or you will be refused and marked down as a wino.... :mac1: not that you could ever drink it neat mind...maximum alco drink by vol you could swallow is probably @65%...Sangsters white lion rum etc :duffer: chris

...cos they are twits i reckon...or they are referring to an n/a or Z31

i seen the black graphic one stuck in Brighton traffic last week...was gonna tap on his window and say hello...but it was peeing down...think it was the same one up for sale at sayers common bootfair earlier this year

the only embarrasment is when you see my tail pipes....see you when you eventually get to 100.... :rofl: ;) ;)

funny how only the manwell guys posted (chunk excptd)...as if they have something to confess...i guess the auto owners are deep down contented...:D

yep i was thinking the job cost @ £200 from what i heard BTW hello and welcome Lubas...whereabouts you based and what spec zed do you have?

err....IIRC its a bloody hard job to DIY so your best off getting supply and fit from a trader...not sure on price...send Topless a PM

vibrations at @ 40-50mph mostly are propshaft bearings...but similar vibes could be warped discs or sticking calipers IIRC

yep....lack of garage is a bit of a killer when it comes to classic tried Bennets (try yell.com for the phone number) insurance brokers...they used to get imports covered with Club Norwich union....this is not the quote me happy outfit but a spin off syndicate

yeah...great show....tuned in half hoping to see a zed with smithy's place stickers all over it was gonna go blasting past Jezza and the crew...:D what do reckon paul...do the east west road in what time?

they get rusted up with gunk and pinhole....thereby dropping water into the passenger footwell....basically they give you hot air in the cabin to keep you toasty on cold days...if it happens you need to bypass the matrix or you are off the road till you fit a new one

...you heard it here first :hyper: (i am guessing of course but seeing as he was defeated earlier on today its game over i reckon)

http://www.innisandgunn.com/innisandgunn.html heard about this stuff on the radio...the tasters were raving about it...thought..ho hum..go and buy some (only ava in Sainsbury's apparently)...sounds interesting...beer brewed in old whisky barrels it is unreal...fantastic drink...may even cause me to give up Guiniess :x: go get some today...chill in fridge for a bit then feast.... :bow: anyone else tried this stuff yet...?