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by sirwiggum
Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:24 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Cheap clio for breaking
Replies: 143
Views: 41454

Re: Cheap clio for breaking

Mercs used to be well built until the accountants of DaimlerChrysler got involved in the 90s and told them that they were over engineered. Since then quality and reliability took a drop. Lot of rusty shabby 90s/2000s Mercs about. Peugeot used to be the French Mercedes (504 etc) until les beancountre...
by sirwiggum
Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:22 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What wouid you do?
Replies: 22
Views: 8072

Re: What wouid you do?

At the very least advise the owner.

We bought a car once looked good and a bargain, later found that behind the bumper was bent in and it had actually been in a heavy rear ender. The wheeler dealer seller had put a new bootlid on (with the original stickers and plate) and sold it on.
by sirwiggum
Mon Jul 09, 2012 4:49 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: £1000 dials changed... £8 part failed...
Replies: 26
Views: 7338

Re: £1000 dials changed... £8 part failed...

Does seem to be that modern cars last the lifespan of a fleet vehicle, then fall apart.
Particularly "fleety" manufacturers like Vauxhall, Ford...

After all theres no profit in everlasting cars? (Well maybe from parts)
by sirwiggum
Mon Jul 09, 2012 4:38 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Today I saw my first....
Replies: 92
Views: 35675

Re: Today I saw my first....

Did you see his review? He slated it. Back when car programmes were generally nice and the Escort was a huge seller. I had the 92 Orion based on the mk5 Escort, just before the mk 5a / mk 6 whatever its called oval grille improvement drive. Absolute lemon. Some agreement in S. America meant VW could...
by sirwiggum
Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:04 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Today I saw my first....
Replies: 92
Views: 35675

Re: Today I saw my first....

Good call, but up close it really did put me in mind of an old mk5 Escort.

Wonder does it drive like one?
by sirwiggum
Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:38 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Network Q
Replies: 11
Views: 4098

Re: Network Q

Cash Convertors sell Sky HD boxes for £50 with a 6 month warranty. Mine has been fairly reliable. Infinitely better than the Virgin Media boxes. Our TV is a Sony Bravia. HD content does look good, but SD doesn't look too bad on it. Maybe it upscales a bit. Certainly compared to Virgin Media's SD out...
by sirwiggum
Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:01 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Network Q
Replies: 11
Views: 4098

Re: Network Q

HD charges are a bit of a scandal. A bit like charging in the 60s for going from 405 line to 625 line. (For the last 5 years of RTE 405 broadcasting the output was effectively a feed from a 405 camera pointed at a 625 monitor! ) Though most of the terrestrial HD channels you can get for free? (BBC, ...
by sirwiggum
Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:03 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Today I saw my first....
Replies: 92
Views: 35675

Re: Today I saw my first....

My son works for a Volvo dealership who are also Renault dealers, apparently they are obliged to sell the Dacia alongside the Renaults. I think that's how they're going to sell the Duster and Sandero in the UK. Saves them setting up a new dealer network. They stripped back a chunk of the Renault ra...
by sirwiggum
Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:00 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Network Q
Replies: 11
Views: 4098

Re: Network Q

Thanks Highlander. Been a few years now since I did the CCNA before I went into admin software, its all coming back to me. Switches at layer 2, Routers at the layer 3 IP level. I'll check that out the Devolo powerline adaptor, sounds like it would be just the ticket. I remember my friends dad worked...
by sirwiggum
Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:57 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Network Q
Replies: 11
Views: 4098

Re: Network Q

Thanks Highlander for your answer. I might investigate the leccy adaptors then. Any you recommend? Last I used a hub was a few years ago, we put a hub in that was lying about in the lab for 2 servers that were an Oracle RAC pool. Switches are that cheap now? Didnt realise that Wifi was weakest link....
by sirwiggum
Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Today I saw my first....
Replies: 92
Views: 35675

Re: Today I saw my first....

Explains why the Renault F1 car had a Lada sponsor.

So they have Lada *and* Dacia as Eastern European subbrands.
They seem to be pushing Dacia as the budget brand in the UK now.
by sirwiggum
Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:21 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Network Q
Replies: 11
Views: 4098

Re: Network Q

There is a phone extension to upstairs and I was thinking of putting it there and running the cable through the ceiling and down the wall.

However the box of the extension the 4 wires are so fiddly and kept coming out I threw it at the wall.
by sirwiggum
Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:20 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: So glad I didn't get a C5...
Replies: 47
Views: 12777

Re: So glad I didn't get a C5...

Ring... C5... Ring... C5.... Fancy a life of no sex do ya? you'll have more chance of getting f*cked if you go for the C5. :supafrisk: :lol: :lol: Is that because the C5 gives the air of an international man of mystery? I actually sold my Xantia and got the GTV because I thought it was too family l...
by sirwiggum
Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:52 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: £1000 dials changed... £8 part failed...
Replies: 26
Views: 7338

Re: £1000 dials changed... £8 part failed...

I have a pal works in a local Audi garage. Other than that he's a good guy.
I asked him about the recall to A3s,A4s, and Q7s.
He asked what recall?

The accidental fitting of a big magnet behind the bumper, I reply :D

(Same applies to those bloody bmws, like swarming flies around the back bumper)
by sirwiggum
Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:50 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Network Q
Replies: 11
Views: 4098

Network Q

A question, not the used Vauxhalls. We have our Broadband going straight into a wireless router beside the phone in the hall. Our TV, Bluray player, Raspberry Pi all have Ethernet ports. The option is to either: A: Run an ethernet cable from the router to a 4 port hub behind the TV B: Electric ether...