GamithUK

Nah - just get a broom and do the far side rather than nearside of the wheel. The real problem would be getting between the 'spokes' - I would recommend stopping and doing it properly. ttfn

Umm - I know this will sound wrong, but if getting the car dirty after cleaning it is an issue you could try putting it in the garage.... just saying is all :-) ttfn

hmm - source code shows: <embed src="http://www.liveleak.com/e/ab4_1342119727" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" width="450" height="370"></embed> So I would imagine it's the flash object that the iPhone doesn't like - can any other iPhone users see the video? ttfn

Nice - does the software support multiple cores? if so that could make a large difference to rendering times, as would more memory and a faster processor naturally. The first time I came across this sort of software it was on an Atari STe, and they were talking about taking days to render a short clip, so I suspect that nowadays you should be able to do a much better job in a lot less time. What's the low end system you have so far? ttfn

Tyre 'explosion' - I suspect they means burst. That does not go well does it? Still it doesn't look as though anyone is killed or injured so it could have been worse. ttfn

Somehow I don't imagine they'll be inviting him back....

It was running at the time (mast not up) - which is a shame since that would be one heck of a dash cam :-) ttfn

Fascinating stuff - when one of those outbursts is in our direction there can be all sorts of issues - satellites being knocked out and currents induced in electricity grids that can shut them down.

Mirrors, mirrors, get your mirrors here.. Good luck with those 4 links.. The last one is a breakers and the NS mirror is visible, though because of the 'dent' on the OS/Front it may not be usable. ttfn

Only one way to find out! ttfn

I can imagine the cyclist now 'oy - you bent my wheel! how am I supposed to get home?' :-)

Oh yeah, silly me - well, never mind, at least I found something, even if the cellar step rug is proving elusive.

This one gives you a beer cellar

Well I have found these - not the same but similar (go to number 15) Who knows, someone somewhere must make them.

Looks as though the guy at the till must have gone under. That wouldn't have happened with a Scenic you know - the glass panel would have stopped it. ttfn

And what about the male OAPs I wonder? ttfn

Totally wrong even on the most basic level - when tyres are made they inevitably end up with different densities of rubber in the mix - so they will be unblanced. It might be true that you don't feel unbalanced tyres through the steering so much, but they will still be putting undue stress on components by being unbalanced. And if you were to move a tyre from the rear to the front you would know about it. If I was told that I would not use them again since they do not care about training their staff - and for someone to say that it's indicative of the rest of the organisations views, so chances are other parts of their business are similarly ignorant - which means they will not be doing the professional job you are paying them to do. It's a shame that people are so scared of being sued that you can't have a register of garages to avoid due to this sort of thing. ttfn

Well done by everyone, but I can't help but feel that she might have felt a little pressured to say yes. ttfn

The battery lasts 53 minutes, though it was showing full bars it may not have been fully charged, but that's what I got on mine anyway.

That looks very acceptable. How long can you record on (say) a 32gig card without overwriting, and how long does battery last? I don't know about the battery (since I have mine wired into the car) but I'll run it tonight and see. 5 minutes of video is 470Mb, say 500Mb, so 10 mins = 1Gb, 32Gb = 32x 10mins = 5hrs 20mins ttfn

Well by definition if you're hit in the rear then they were too close - and i was going to say 'as long as you don't suddenly brake' but of course you SHOULD be able to suddenly brake and not be hit by the person behind, after all the person behind can't see what you can see and you may have a very good reason for slamming the brakes on. So if your front-pointing camera shows you slamming your brakes on and then you get hit in the back it's still valid evidence of the person behind being too close. Similarly for side collisions - unless you are doing something really stupid a camera can show that it was someone elses' fault the accident happened - if of course it was an accident.. there have been people deliberately causing accidents to scam insurance companies. At the moment of course it's a personal choice to have a camera in your car - but I do seriously wonder how long it will be before car manufacturers, insurance companies and the police start insisting on them being installed as a matter of course - and if they do they will probably end up being an MoT item as well. Carry on citizen. ttfn

Since air should only be in the one that popped out you can do just that one - obviously there is nothing stopping you from doing the others, but it doesn't sound as though you need to. I remember when I was young and foolish just getting a long piece of tubing and feeding it from each caliper to the brake fluid reservoir, pressing the brake pedal and watching for the bubbles to stop before closing the bleed valve, rather wasteful of fluid, but the real problem was that the aerated fluid didn't have a chance to de-aerate before being used again. ho hum.

Not really, no - I spend must of my life behind a keyboard rather than in a parts shop or under a vehicle. :-) When I was 19 however it was a totally different story, keeping a Hunter and then Citroen GS's on the road meant a lot of time spent fixing replacement bits to my car. ttfn

Yep - it was also the 'have I been scammed' test, though after getting it looked over at Renault and getting it geo-checked at a well known establishment I was at least confident that it wasn't a cut'n'shut or accident write-off. Every MoT is a little worrying though, normally it's a make or break as to how much to spend on a replacement or repairs. I feel that so far I'm being lucky in that the car had one previous owner that looked after it, so hopefully it's really only the autobox I need to worry about, and that I can live with. If you wanted to expand your services then I could really do with a trust-worthy autobox repair place :-) I always thought it was to stop it rotating loose, I'm sure they used to use castle nuts & split pins. ttfn

Ok - MoT time.... Remembered when I still had a little over a week to go, so took a day off and booked it into MoTStop in Watford (which I would recommended for anyone interested - they just do MoTs) which happens to have a GSF right next door. It passed first time - not even an advisory on anything. There was a word of advice over a non-failure item, which is a stabiliser bar for the rear suspension - basically it just holds up a part of the rear ABS system, it's not structural or anything. The bar was rusted through in places. A new part was obtained same day for £20 from the local Renault dealer and has been hanging around til today when a combination of no rain and no work meant I was able to fit it. Or at least I could fit it on the side where the 19mm nut would undo - on the other side the bolt it was attached to started rotating with the nut :-( So.. long story short I ended up taking a fair bit of the offside rear internal trim off the car to get at the head of the bolt - after that saga was successful it was easy to take off the old bar, swap over the plastic fitting for the ABS thing and then re-fit. Didn't need my ramps either. So at the moment, aside from the autobox occasional going into limp mode the scenic has been good - not the most exciting car in the world, but it does the job it's been bought to do. ttfn