coldel

There is usually an excess of energy available at night, things like wind turbines run day and night whilst we sleep. It just means people need to charge overnight. But then that leads to infrastructure discussions which clearly if you drive around London the charging infrastructure is absent, in that 90% of people cannot charge from home due to lack of driveway access. And as above, its the sales of new cars that the ban reflects, not banning people driving petrol cars.

Sim, you sound like a decent chap and I hope you take this the right way - I am not on the mod group anymore but to replay back the general consensus of the team and how the forum is run. The 100 post limit is not a box ticking exercise. Its there to ensure that members that actively post, contribute to and support other members of this car enthusiasts group consistently are rightly rewarded with the capability to sell their car towards a highly targeted audience. Have a look at the posts in the Zed for Sale section and see people selling are not just over the 100 post limit, they are well past it at 300 posts and above, many people in to the thousands. The limit is set at 100 to stop people misusing this opportunity but also the team will be watching for spamming which is where a member effectively puts up dozens of posts in a short period of time to get towards 100 - they will knock post counts down if they feel you are just trawling the site in a short space of time to just get your count up which is probably what you are seeing with your post count going down. Hope this helps, focus on normal posting practices, put a few considered posts up each day on recent posts instead of just spamming old ones. If you reach 100 in a couple of weeks and car is still for sale, then bingo try selling again.

Just to clarify Sim posts in the welcome section do not count towards your post count no. Plenty of forums have rules around posting stuff for sale...I had a look on one the other day and couldn't even look at the for sale sub forum without first making a set of posts. Each forum has its own rules - it's a simple value exchange, the forum is free to use, people sign up here who potentially could be buying a car, the value exchange is that people actively participate towards the forum with posts over a period of time. If everyone sat lurking (I believe that is the phrase!) there would be no forum. Additionally these cars are generally a reasonable investment of cash for someone...being able to look at the history and good upkeep is a great benefit too.

I believe it was approved in error and subsequently taken down.

My knob is straight...took a little fiddle but all good! Also drove it for the first time with it and really makes a difference, better throw, feels easier to shift very happy.

Oh I will be fiddling also...probably a bit of swearing when I cannot get my knob straight. I hope the neighbours don't hear.

I will have a go at getting my knob straight tonight after work...lets see if I can correct it by hand...

Arf Arf! Yeah it screws on a few degrees too far, will drop something in there to reduce rotation and get it straight...but don't start, it will just be never ending getting it perfectly level!

Can’t help myself mate!

Decided to revamp the gear knob. So ordered a custom alu jobbie weighing in at 300gms with a gt-four design on top. Also decided the leather gear gaiter looked tired so ordered some suede material a rubber washer some superglue got the scissors out and set about making my own one. Looks OK in the dark let's see how it looks in the morning!

Heat it up and form it back into shape

Followed it in Coventry...looks are good, sound is even better

Another good job done today. One of the top mounts failed on the front of the car losing around 4mm in ride height on one side! Anyway both replaced and car back into happy mode once more...

Given the difference is going to be four figures think of it like this. If I said to you I would pay you £1500 to write a car ad, then hang around whilst a couple of people look at it, then fill out some very simple forms...total time required on your part a few hours...would you see that as a hassle or snap my hand off for easy money?

0 points bags you top place in 0th that's where you are going wrong mate

That said looks like I am now top of the league haha!

Just added myself but it says I am on 0 points...maybe it does back credit the scores?!

Member seems to have signed up in 2013, made a number of posts but all in the areas that do not contribute to the post count. Whats the internet slang for it, a 'lurker' ?

Cheers matey, spoke with PB and they suggested measuring it up and they were going to check against the ones they have in stock. Not sure on their new site! You now have to spend £35 or more for free postage, and instead added a loyalty points scheme.

Cheers Paul, its this one that came with it, you can zoom in on the image https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Worx-Wa4036-Hydroshot-Soap-Bottle-Accessory-Simple-attachment-Cleaning-Car-Wash/323391764998

See, Dan is solely responsible for this early Christmas activity - I knew he would be in the mix somewhere

I bought one of these https://www.worx.com/en_GB/lawn-garden/hydroshot-portable-power-cleaners/20v-max-li-ion-hydroshot-wg629e-1.html as I have no driveway, often cannot park outside the house etc. The foam bottle is a bit pants though, I am not sure what replacement would fit the connector, any knowledgeable person take a look and let me know of any thing aftermarket that might fit?

If people historically didn't buy them as early as September they wouldn't be there - the public only have themselves to blame

To be clear, from the actual highway code: Rule 268 Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your left to overtake. In congested conditions, where adjacent lanes of traffic are moving at similar speeds, traffic in left-hand lanes may sometimes be moving faster than traffic to the right. In these conditions you may keep up with the traffic in your lane even if this means passing traffic in the lane to your right. Do not weave in and out of lanes to overtake. It is not illegal to undertake if the traffic if your lane is moving faster than that in the lane to your right. Because of this countries moronic obsession with getting into the middle or right lanes whenever possible (undertaking would not be a problem in the UK if many drivers were re-educated about driving carriageways), often the congestion is always in the middle and right lanes and the inside lane is clear, the few cars that are in the left lane cruising along can pass inside at below the speed limit no problem.

Knowing Darren he could have fitted it there and then using rudimentary tools out the back of his car!