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AF are a broker, nothing they can do if their insurers list considers you a higher risk and wants to charge more.

Should be, BT is BT (up to a point I know, but neither a WinPhone nor the 370 is that old that there should be problems). What happens when you try and pair it? Does it pair up with other phones okay?

Could be a failing clutch switch.

No such thing as a dumb question mate, always happy to help when people are prepared to listen

Sounds like a geo issue to me, but could also be tyres. And without being funny, I wouldn't rule out driver error either, but the first two are easier to check Also, if you only changed the rear bushes then that end is a lot stiffer now, which is more likely to make the back end snap compared with the front.

Which driver? Both are horrendous at it!

Any old kind really, 10mm is massive overkill though, 3mm would be fine.

Nope, can offset by as much as you want Think you mean steel plate rather than bar though?

Failing MAF

Yeah, if it's at different heights then my cunning plan won't work. Soz. Bolt strength is marked down as tensile strength, so how resistant it is to being pulled along it's length. I'd be more worried about it slipping and snapping than stretching.

I hope Labour send Dianne Abbott :lol:

Theresa you silly, silly woman. Why on earth would she agree to that?

Good call, I meant steel and have no idea why I wrote ally. DON'T USE ALLY!

Right, you want two flat bits of steel, then just cut and bend the ends to lip over where the front bolts go through. You then drill a couple of holes in it (blue) to mount the side mounts (you'll might want different ones that have more flat metal on the base to be able to drill holes exactly where you need them), and then you can have the seat right up against the tunnel if you want. Or you can drill new holes in the runners if you want to fit those, just going to take a bit of fiddling to get to where you want. I would be very careful about using any kind of spacer tube, as you make the bolts much more likely to sheer off like that if you had an accident. Keeping every flat and bolted together is far preferable. To my eyes though it looks like those seats and that frame won't ever be compatible, but without actually looking at it in the flesh (or a video?) it's hard to say for certain. One question though, does the outside holes where the frame bolts down match the inside holes in terms of height? I can't remember if it does on a 350, as if it does this is all for nothing as you'd need to space everything up again which we're trying to avoid...

That M2 mount looks as far over as you'll get it without doing a custom mount for it. That said, that may well be far easier and cheaper to do than you think, let me go get a drawing of this one. Definitely this time!

Oooh hang on no you can't do that because of the mount you've used.

Even easier, just get a flat piece of ally about 3" wide, drill holes in it then bolt that down to the frame. You then put holes in that sitting closer to the tunnel, and mount the seat to the new piece of ally. Let me go do a drawing.

No new updates, but the car just ticked over 120k miles yesterday so I thought I'd give this thread a once over to see how far I've come in 17 months and 21k miles... As you can see, I'm clearly a man of my word.

No way to mess anything up doing the pedal dances, I think Davey was referring to the cleaning of the intake system. That's not something I'd be attempting before a Euro trip, rather I'd be putting up with high fuel usage and sorting when I got back. Worst case it's running rich, but unlikely to be to the point of bore wash.

How are you measuring the mpg? Actual maths following a fill up, or from the OBC? No harm in disconnecting the battery for an hour to reset everything, then seeing what happens.

But that's an ace post, I love The Oatmeal very much.

I get angry because I don't like stupid people.

So if you don't go guarantor, and she doesn't move in, what's her plans? If she cannot afford to move out on her own as she's a bad credit risk, then how can she afford to support three kids whilst the courts sort out payments from Dad? If he just gives up and goes bankrupt then there's no money coming in from him, are you ultimately going to end up supporting the kids instead? Noble in theory, but that's going to get pricey in the long run. She simply hasn't thought any of this through. If she wants to leave him fine, but sit down and tell him and make rational decisions together for the sake of the kids. They're the important ones, not her.

NO NO NO NO NO Never go guarantor unless you're 100% prepared to lose the money. Ever. She's being a total idiot about the whole thing and just burying her head in the sand, which is never going to end well. By all means leave your husband, but the kids stay with him if you're too cowardly to confront: The kids should remain in the family home for their stability. Honestly, stay well clear of this. You're going to massively regret it otherwise, I can see it happening now. This has clusterf*ck written all over it.

I'd love to tick the Bugatti Circuit at La Sarthe off the list.