marzman

Who was the guy on here years ago, i think maybe the first to reach 100k? He did a full write up of what it had cost him to own it to that point, and detailed everything that had been changed. I think he was a doctor if i remember rightly. Could be his.

Having just googled, people are leaning towards replacement of the valve as opposed to cleaning. http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/16791/P0407/001031

Clean the EGR valve and then clear the code, see if that sorts it.

+1 on that. Get yourself registered on quidco and search for the top referring sellers. An amazing site, i've earned over £200 in cashback this year as literally everything i buy is bought after clicking through from their site first.

For us, we split the fixed household bills down the middle, and both only pay enough into the joint account to cover them. We then have our own accounts for our own money. I'm earn about 2.5x more than her. I pickup the tab on all activities, should that be going on holiday, going for a meal or to the cinema etc, and it's my job to save up too. I also buy all the food. Essentially if it's something for 'us', I pay for it. If it's something for her, she pays for it. We're very happy.

Worth a look on the Dell Outlet (return to base, repackaged and resold for cheaper). http://outlet.euro.dell.com/Online/InventorySearch.aspx?brandId=7&c=uk&cs=ukdfh1&l=en&s=dfh Personally I only ever buy Dell laptops, i find them to be well made/long lasting. Friends and family have tried other models such as Fujitsu, Samsung etc and all have developed faults.

For me it's the people who sit in a traffic queue with their foot on the brake, blinding the car behind. My policy this year if people do that to me is to put my full beams on to annoy them back.

Happy birthday Wilf.

Is DJRM still a member on here? Not seen him in a while but he used to do canvas prints. He did one of my first zed on track which was excellent quality and value.

The lines themselves are easy to make and fit. It's often the extra effort of having to drop the fuel tank or diff if your lines go underneath these items. I had 1 front to back line done on an E46 beemer the other year which cost me £280, and then last year on the Range Rover Sport i had the same job at the same garage and it only cost me £80. Your main costs are coming from a garage charging £65+vat an hour though. Sod that for a game of soldiers.

+1

A few bits and bobs arrived today. When unwrapped looks like. 4x spacers, which i will be having the inner faced milled to the correct bore size, body filler and spatulas, and a feeler guage. Also bought this week - a Poly grinding disk for rust/paint removal, a new random orbital sander, and a cheapo outdoor car cover from Aldi, to cover the car whilst working on any part-finished jobs.

Ebola-aids people keep telling me.

Oh yeh, also, went to the docs today and they still dont think it's a hernia. They think just torn muscle. They couldnt explain the lump on my leg though

So i didnt win the auction for this one. I bid £5k, but it went for just under £7k. I was hoping it would make over 8 as a good indicator for mine, but sadly not.

Looks like the guy has deleted the topic seeing as you've called him out on it.

Everyone that sees mine tells my how ugly and stupid it is, but that it is seriously cool. That article pretty much sums it up, that it doesnt make sense, but you still want one.

Sorry mate only just seen this. Both of my e46's had a fault with the airbag light coming on. Apparently there's no DIY fix and you're looking at over a grand to sort it (and its an MOT failure). Also, both of mine had multiple suspension issues... i replaced about 6 bushes across both cars, over 3-4 garage visits. My first one was only a 60k miler, but the second was 130k ish.

http://www.3dtuning.com/en-US/

Man, i just cant help myself... i've bought ANOTHER G-Wagen! At least this one was only 0.99p

Well not having the best of weekends really My mate came round to give me a lift with the wheels seeing as i'm crippled, and they dont fit. The centre bore on the G is larger than the centre bore on the wheels, so they wont go on. New plan is to see if i can find (or have made) some spacers which will reduce that cenre bore size. Any tips on where to get this done anyone? That said, we did at least get the 1 wheel bolted on which looked great, before taking it off again (sorry no pics). So i cracked on with the tear down instead. The headlining, seatbelts, carpets, and all interior trim with the exception of the front cab is now out of the car (and labeled up). Also removed some of the exterior side strips although the front wing pieces wont budge. Managed to snap 2 drill bits trying to drill out the screws. Side trim removed. Delighted to see there was no rust under these, as have seen quite a few online that have rusted through here. This is the only bad spot of rust on the car - lower rear corner. And lastly a gratuitous shot of my sockets. Wont be to many people's taste's (and no, they dont make me a tart ), but i like them.

So anyway back on topic, i'm bidding on something rather interesting on eBay... another G-Wagen! It's a 1983 LWB, but has been restored pretty much to the standard i'm aiming for so this is a real acid test. Depending on how much this goes for may dictate how much im willing to put into my resto. It's got the front end conversion, LED rear lights, new wheels, black respray, and a few other odds and sods, but somehow it doesnt look right. It needs some side steps and the wheel/arch gap needs closing (bigger tyres perhaps). Anyway, i've put a speculative £5k bid on it, but also asked the seller if he has any advice for me on the build, and he's given me his number so we can have a chat! Im not expecting to win it for that, but if i do i'll probably just use this one for my base instead of my current one.

My opinion... I would keep it to yourself that you've got everything that you want. Perhaps not all of your family and friends are as lucky as you and will resent you for treating their present to you so nonchalantly. If you genuinely want to do something good and give it to charity, just ask for birthday money and give it yourself behind closed doors. A few years ago I was in a reasonably similar position, and i remember telling my Gran that there was nothing I wanted, and that nobody should buy me anything. She told me that even though it's my birthday it's not all about me - people enjoy giving gifts just as much as receiving them, and by telling people not to bother, you're taking that joy of giving to you away from them.

Anyone noticed the improvements in the latest update? Amongst other things, finally we now have DLNA server support, which i've been waiting for since day one! Now that i can finally watch my movies through it, i decided to setup the rest of the features. When i first got it last December there was no support for Virgin Media TV, but there is nowadays so i've hooked up my cable box to go through the XBONE, and it now autoplays tv when i say 'Xbox On.' I can do all the other funky stuff too such as telling it to watch Sky One etc. Impressively, i can choose to watch any of my movies from my DLNA server, navigating between folders and picking which film, all by talking to it! Pretty cool.