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At long last, 2 and a half years later than planned and 3 attempts later...I have now passed my Officer Of the Watch Oral Exam!! To say I'm relieved, happy, and somewhat exhausted is an understatement!!

Take your contract in tomorrow and ask the manager to show you where it states you need to give 1 months notice, because it doesn't!!

I do like that I finally signed my contract was expected to start on Thursday but now I start on Wednesday so extra day of pay for me. Good stuff Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

Congratulations Sean

Never mind taking pics, you better get some fuel in it!

Agree with everyone, that's a weeks notice. If Vauxhall garages stipulated all staff had to drive a Vauxhall: every garage would largely devoid of staff apart the odd misguided Corsa owning apprentice. When Brandy and I walk besides the river, alongside the Wimborne Vauxhall dealership, judging by the staff parking area, BMW, Ford and VW are the chosen staff brands.

Must have been murder on the knees [emoji38] Sent from my SM-G930F

oh i will do. lol

2 of us have ford focus, 1 a bmw, 1 a vw, and 1 a vauxhall corsa which is one of the affected ones that alledgly catches fire. lol

I like that Pretzel has found a new use for Twigs...

Watch for the nightwalkers and wildlings Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

congratulations

Just got these beauty's today

By driving, I'd imagine... They can't put it in your contract that you must own a Vauxhall. Well, they could, but given that the mechanics know how bad the cars are, they know that none of them would acquiesce!

Your right. It is one week notice. Also unless you need their reference or something you can just bounce Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

dont like being told by my manager that my contract states i need to give 1 months notice to leave( even after only working there for 9 weeks) i read it and from what i figured out i should be 1 week. am i reading it wrong? im taking the 1 week notice from the probationary period section.

Ooh, Christmas is coming early for you then!

Collected the Gloss Black center console, door trim and 6sp focus gear knob and found out the ST's arriving tomorrow 😆😆 Watch this space of piccies

I love Christmas and looking forward to Santa's arrival on the day as kids are very excited but I'm working tonight and he was there all weekend scratching himself; could have done all the hammering then rather than when I was asleep 🙍

I do like that Brandy didn't seem to mind, not having a chicken for her tea and had yet another bowl of fresh tripe with another piece cow femur, exactly the same as she had for breakfast. You can always pop in on your way back for a cuppa, a mince pie and a stroke of Brandy

Humbug 🤔 Sent from my SM-G930F

Tis the season to be jolly fa la la la la la la la la......

I'm up your way at the weekend. Visiting the SB lads in Poole for a training exercise. Should be fun. Sent from my SM-G930F

If the engines are exactly the same code then it will be a straight swap, easy enough really.

A bus? I think he needs a train!

That would give some children nightmares, I'd bet!

Update time, bit overdue lol. originally I was going to buy this car at the end of the options plan but decided to get another one and mod it from the start and keep this one. Pretty much all the parts have been swapped over. Lowering springs need fitting, really miss these, even with the 2016 suspension revisions I still prefer the ride on the Mountune springs. Took adavatage of Mountune Xmas offers and bought the sportscat and Mtune with mr230 map, bottled buying the bigger cooler and rear hard pipe, will get them after Xmas. Only difference between the 2 cars spec is this has the rear camera. Not taken many pics, these are some I found from the Goodwood hot hatch Sunday a few weeks ago. These are from having it detailed (SL Restorations )and the front end covered in paint protection film (race by design) it's been coated in Gtechniq crystal serum, G1 on the glass and C5 on the wheels, exhaust and callipers. Really impressed with the crystal serum,the car stays cleaner longer, is easier to clear and there's no swirls or other fine scratches. Had the Xpel film also applied to the end of the skirts near the rear wheel and on the boot lip, around the front foglights they fitted some Matt black vinyl. finally fitted the Mountune spoiler extensions, had thought about selling as they are rare now but I do like them. Although I do like the other trim in gloss black I couldn't be bothered doing it on this one, it's a pia when it chips. Front and side splitters will go on soon. not the best pics but I've not taken many atall Sent a couple of bits off to paintmodz and got this lot back So far I've fitted the fusebox lid, airbox lid, airbox snorkel, battery top cover, battery front cover, bonnet latch bracket, header tank cover, will take the bumper off again to fit the slam panel and eyebrows when I either get a Mountune stencil for the cooler or get the bigger cooler. you can also see the Mountune coolant hoses. had the sat nav screen painted gloss black to go with the headunit, airbag light panel, centre console, side vents and door handles, need to find a steering wheel trim to finish it off. MR230 gel inlay to.

Hi all, My fiesta mk6 53 plate leaks in the boot.... or did leak now it's leak free. I too thought it was coming in through the drivers side light pod... I too thought it was coming in through the flimsey high brake light seal... I too thought it was coming in through the vent behind the rear bumper on drivers side.... I even thought it was coming in through the seal around the rear hatch window.... The leak is from under the drivers side light pod, but not the pod itself. To get to it you need to remove the plastic trim which runs across the boot near the catch. Then remove the plastic upright on right side to gain access to rear of bodywork beneath the light pod. Push the wheel arch carpet cover out of the way, grab a mirror and a torch and look up through the larger square hole the leak is coming from between two metal panels with a lack of seam sealer.... I used bathroom sealant to seal over all the joints running beneath the light pod and down the back panel. Now i know I've solved the problem, I've ordered a tube of Sikaflex marine strength sealant from ebay to fix permanently.... just as soon as I've removed the cheap bathroom sealant. Hope this helps anyone

Would love to Fella however the exercise is bound to be full on effort. Nieces husband is a Major at Hamworthy and conferred with me when planning the whole thing. He felt putting me and the dogs through our paces would be a nice work out plus being ex armed response gives me a chance to have a cheeky cabby with some of their more 'exotic' weapons. They've exercised with the MoD police dog handlers before but don't seem too impressed with them and like the idea of utilising dogs that do the full range of taskings on a daily basis rather than once in a blue moon. Sent from my SM-G930F

Just realized how did you go to Vauxhall garage in a Ford?? Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

Centre Punch

Im in work at 23:00 though 😧 Seems he's in competition with me as hasn't put up any in last 10 years now suddenly started. I have the outside lights and tree inside controlable via my phone across the internet thanks to some efergy wifi socket adaptors 😁 #likeaboss I know how much the bills going to be as it calculates the unit cost and measures consumption aswell 😈 can switchswitch on/off from anywhere in the world using app on phone.

The piece of foam belongs on top of the radiator / fan housing. The piece of foam has a self adhesive backing. Unfortunately as a result of heat the piece of foam often comes loose from the radiator / fan housing. A simple solution for this problem is re-installing the piece of foam at the correct location using a contact adhesive.

You might find this useful, or not

When the mileage and trip work out perfectly...

Thanks and it is midnight sky ☺

Hi all, I have a 2003 Fiesta 1.4 Duratec petrol which has dropped a piston ring, I have a replacement engine here and plan on swapping myself. Could anyone give me a guide on swapping the engines or link possibly? And can i just swap engines they plug and play? no coding etc? Any help is much appreciated thanks Anthony

They look great bud! - Midnight Sky Metallic, best colour too :p I wondered what gun metal would look like with this colour, now i know so i might end up doing the same thing!

The answer is yes a head unit can coaster a disc. When one of the last Gen consoles came out, either PS3 or 360. They liked to much on a few discs. As you've stated don't worry about it, CDs are prehistoric. Now find a decent car with an 8 Track in it

A lot of people faced with this persistent design flaw, upgrade the the little white cross piece with this, having had it fail at the most inconvenient of times/or places once too often. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-FORD-Focus-C-Max-2004-2011-Bonnet-Lock-Catch-Cable-Clip-UPGRADE-PART/252245489448?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D38661%26meid%3Db6ce97ab4720414589174bcf4362083f%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D162001866882 However, in doing so, you've effectively removed the anti-tamper part of it.

As above, it won't actually matter. They seem to break a lot so quite a few are missing these days. I doubt you'd notice any real world difference on a 1.25 tbh, just a bit more induction noise lol.

I don't like discovering my current Xerox printer can't handle cardstock any heavier than 216gsm My previous Tektronix, HP and Epson could all do 250-300gms from their manual load trays. If anything the paper path on the HP was lot more curvy than the Xerox, with quite a tight U bend between the image drum and the fuser Added to which no-one makes 216gsm cardstock, or I can't find anyone who does: so I've got to drop down to a flimsier 200gsm

It's a terrible design tbh. They can snap but mine did exact my the same and worked again after. The grill pushes it backwards to hold it altogether, even 1mm pulling forwards and it disconnects which is why I gave up trying to fit the aftermarket grill that kept pulling it out lol.

Pop into you local Ford dealership parts department with your pic. They will be able to get it up on the computer and give you the correct part number. Either buy it from them if its cheap enough or take the part number and look online. You need it because its the cold air feed for your air filter, without it the car is sucking in all the hot air from the engine bay and it will not perform as well as it should.

Manufacturers put them on for a reason, and I definitely ain't cosmetic reasons. Plus it stops all the crap coming of the road wheels and hitting the floor pan.

The Mk2 V70's used to be famous for it, mine chewed up almost every CD I put in it, just by playing it...

I do like taking Brandy for her extended Sunday walk this morning in bright sunshine and remarkable warmth for early December, it was 17°C on the garage wall! Although as we emerged from Delph Woods, to descend towards Wimborne, we entered a surreal landscape with dense low lying fog at dog level and bright clear sunshine above. Until 9:30am, you couldn't actually see where the river edge was, or indeed where your dog was (spaniel sized and below), unless they bounced upwards and out of the fog For Brandy it must have been like walking through a cloud, I don't think dogs have the infrared spectrum available to them like cats and birds do. It had all vapourised by the time we got Sturminster Marshall, and quite suddenly too. The feisty bear is demonstrating the facial expression of when you discover the gift of a car for Xmas from your nearest and dearest: is in fact a Corsa

could be anything really, needs a code reader on it to see whats playing up, normally its the turbo recirc valve or upstream hego sensor. youwont be able to diagnose until you have the dtc's.

When you have a 23 year old car you don't want to put non standard parts on it,you want to keep it original. thanks anyway.

So made an impulse buy today. Just couldn't help it