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Wishing everybody a happy New Year from Scotland! Lets hope 2017 is a good year, and if it isn't... Well, it is only 366 days until 2018!!

Happy New Year all🎉 I hope the next 365 days are as good as the last 365 were.

Happy New Year to you all!

Probably he was just thought it was worth adding for people who may read it differently, I.e it's not advisable to do could be read as it can be done when it's not really an option.

That sounds just like my job!

My resolution is to be less of an annoying, miserable bast... Ah who am I kidding! But seriously - I want to find some sort of 'work' this year, something to give me a reason to get up and support myself, I don't even mind if it's one of those made up jobs they do just to humour useless people, I just really hate living off handouts that I haven't earnt, being in a constant state of existential crisis with nothing to take my mind off it or get me motivated.

Get ready for a Monster (excuse the pun) headache when you stop Lenny. I would taper off if i were you as going cold turkey when on your other shifts from all that caffeine will be a shock to your system. The bad head is inevitable! My resolution was going to be to get a six pack by my 40th in August. Might just keep my top on instead and carry on enjoying eating crap!

Happy New Year to all members

Umm... You too...

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No need to swear, that's bad attitude cheerio, I'll know if I get a reply you haven't deleted your account lol

I have to come the realisation that although expensive but if you keep thinking about insurance you will never buy any car you like. I just say to hell with it Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

Service history, the DV6 engine has a HUGE number of issues.

I have the 1 litre ecobost titanium model. I do just under 5000 miles a year all in town and it returns around 40 mpg. If I was to part with it for any reason I'd want to replace it with exactly the same model.

My car is faster than yours though Ian so its worth paying the extra £38 a year! Im not old enough for Saga yet!

I totally understand where your coming from mate, I was in your position in 2012 I took up an internship which was full 40hr week and you get an extra €50 benefit. I done it for 9 months as there wasn't any other work available at the time. and over here if your unemployed we use the term "I'm a freelancer" works quite well 😁 "freelance mechanics" "freelance general operative" im also a freelance Gynaecologist 😉 #ShowUsYourGhi

I don't make resolution as i don't stick to them

That rules me out then!

I'm back to work on Tuesday, I was dreading the thoughts of returning to normal and well having read your post it doesnt make me feel any bit different about it😅 I suppose making money isint much fun when providing for a wife and three children there's no excitement of "😯what can I spent my next wage on"😅😭

mine doesnt creak either on my 2013 focus, when i worked at ford garage for 13yrs i only recall having a hand full of customers having creaking suspension bushes. and it was just a case of lubricating,

And a Happy New Year to you from England and to all Scottish Ford owners.

They tried to pull him over, he just accelerated hard and left them high n dry on a pile of plasterboard lol

Converting a NASP engine into a Turbo engine is not simple and will cost a lot of money. As said there are ways you can get a bit more power out if it but again to get any decent performance gains you will still be spending a lot of money for a small increase. Turbo cars are much easier to tune and get extra power out at relative cost. The money you would spend making it a turbo you could easily buy a better standard turbo car and then tune that up in time to get more power.

welcome andy

Hi Welcome

Not anywhere near your pipe though lol

Welcome to the site Andy!

I think you're misunderstanding what I mean, yes I believe that perhaps that is such the cause, but no I don't believe that me wasting my time greasing up parts on a 20k car every 6 months is the solution - I've already searched and found others have had the problem and went through the process of getting it sorted via lubrication exactly as I have, and the issue returned, they ended up having parts replaced, this is what i'm aiming for. I'm not wasting my time nor money lubricating parts of my car every year when I can get it fixed under warranty. I don't think you have anything further to add to this topic at this time so please stop responding.

I also like receiving my FOC pack after paying the renewal fee! I can finally get some FOC stickers on the MK1 and start promoting it around Moray.

I use afermarket HID lights in combination with projector headlights for about 12 Years now without any major problems. I used them on my focus MK1, Focus MK2 and Focus MK3. The only problems I ever had in 12 Years were 2x a defective HID ballast and 2X a defective HID bulb. I currently use a set of 35 Watt 4300K aftermarket HID lights in combination with a set of aftermarket Sky-Wing headlights. These headlights have H7 projectors which are prepared for H7 HID bulbs. These headlights are not cheap but in my opinion definetely worth every penny. The light output and beam pattern of these projector headlights can be compared with OEM HID lights. My headlight setup is fully legal. I live in the Netherlands and the Dutch law does not require automatic headlight height adjustment or headlight washers. The only regulation is that the beam pattern must comply to the applicable standard and the lights are not allowed to blind other traffic. Correctly installed/adjusted projector headlights with HID bulbs fully comply to these regulations. About 99% of all aftermarket HID bulbs and ballasts that are sold in Europe and the UK are made in Asia. These are often just Chinese or Korean products that ere rebranded with a European/UK brand name. Because of this I decided to buy my HID ballasts and bulbs from Ebay instead of an expensive European seller. I only use H7 HID bulbs with a metal base. These are generally higher quality and easier to install than the H7 HID bulbs with a plastic base. I always have 2 spare ballasts and 2 spare H7 HID bulbs on stock. This way I can replace a defective ballast or bulb immediately.

That's true. She wasn't very enthusiastic about her tea (chicken necks) tonight, which she usually eats in around 30 seconds (averaging 5 seconds per neck). She looked at them for a good hour, re-arranged them in her bowl and on the floor, before eating just one and a half. However, she was a bit more sprightly on her 9pm stroll round the block, than she has been all day.

Anyone happen to know what happened to Spong the mincer company? My No.25 mincer needs new feet pads. Whilst I've tried using shaped pieces of rubber and leather, but they don't hold the mincer tight enough to the worktop as the actual feet do. Each time I go to mince something firm (like cartlidge ), the mincer moves. The feet pads are humped like a belgian bun on a plate: rather than just flat pieces. Apart numerous ebay listings for other spong mincers, Google doesn't seem to know

" 1980 With falling sales of mechanical kitchen equipment, the hardware section of the company was sold off to Salter Housewares Ltd. Salter Housewares Ltd continued production of some key Spong products, such as the mincer and coffee grinder, but these were eventually phased out and production has now ceased. " In that case, the chances of getting some new feet pads are non-existent. Even an old packet "new" feet pads, from a Spong collector would be getting on for 40 years old and rather brittle, like my old ones were before they disintegrated I'll have to make some from scratch, perhaps with one of those silicone dental kits, or get a 3D printer and print a mould. From which I can then cast some feet

Wonderful I've just opened the fridge to get some cream for my coffee and the butter drawer fell of the door and broke on the tiled floor. Whilst I can epoxy it back together, it's going to need some additional fabricated ABS pieces for reinforcement, as it's fractured through the slot that slides on to the door piece Fortunately Brandy missed the opportunity to grab the spare cheese ( two Bries, a Camembert and a Red Leicester) that dropped in front of her along with all the butter.

Not at all intending to be rude here but I don't believe your theory one bit. My fiesta was 10 years old and didn't do this, someone I work with has a mk3 focus his doesn't do it, my uncle a mk2.5 his doesnt do it, another family relative has a mk1.5 focus yet his doesnt do it either. Like I said before it went in and was lubricated by Sandicliffe and it lasted a day. I shouldn't be going out of my way to lubricate it myself on a car which was 20k brand new. When it comes to things like this im an insistent person, I want it sorting and will do what I can to make sure they sort it.

nothing you've turned will effect the car that way what youre experiencing is crabbing if you removed the gearbox you may have disturbed the subframe and steering geometry assuming its,all back together correctly and the gearbox mounts tight it may be out of alignment 4 wherl alignment will be necessary

Im looking at trying to get a iPad mini 4 but some sites online give you a mixed specs on them. Is it a AC/5GHz as i want it fast and also what is the best place to get one from,had the larger one but to big so sold it. I have a cheap Android one but i want the iPad to pair up with PC and iPhone. Also is the 4 Mini the latest iPad in the 7.9 size as there is a lot of talk about the air pro 2 but its 9.7 size,what is the latest Mini and best.

Strange that hard to get iPad 4 mini,Argos all sold out. Ok all on hold as all sold out unless you order,going for Air 2 32gb,order online but none in shops.

Yes not a car but our Dryer,its a new Dryer say 6 months old and a condenser one but every now and then i get a F-06 code and 3 red lights on and stops. Filters all clean etc,i have found washers with this code and says door lock but the door don't lock as its a dryer so you can stop it by opening the door. Its under warranty but just a dam hassle as its hit and miss,just thought i would ask on here see if any washer people or a fault that others have had.

If you compare the thickness of Haynes Washing Machine Repair manual between editions, The earlier editions are somewhat thicker, when there was more diversity between manufacturers, and few shared components. Each subsequent edition has got slimmer. The current edition is about a third as thick, as a handful of manufacturers make all the brands, and share their components Miele are about the best in the whole large kitchen appliance class, not just washing machines/dryers. Although they are probably priced beyond what most people are willing to spend

There will a header (sometimes just bare pins: sometime a socket) on the washing machine's control PCB, that you could if you desired, connect to and run diagnostic software. But the expense, unless you're an appliance engineer with numerous washing machines in need of probing; it wouldn't really be worth it.

Lol, it's the best way tbh. :biggrin: I get to spell my name right (something that's apparently impossible for anyone else) and the postal service and DVLA can't lose it! Plus you get the new V5 in 2 or 3 days usually, might be a bit longer at this time of year though. Just have to be careful that you make sure you're the seller lol, otherwise it doesn't let you do it.

Nah! Too easy

Was looking for something on Google Street view and come across this fine example of parking: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3496765,1.4276693,3a,89.9y,237.57h,79.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBnQdfhDuJpIJh2RKx3ZXcg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Bmw drivers. 🤒🤒 Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

He has actually taken up FOUR spaces there... Quite an achievement!!

A typical display of BellPiecery by white van man.

So true Ken and I always believe signs over my sat nav especially when I know it's wrong, thought TomTom's were 'supposed' to be good?

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