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Cheers Guys Damage is purely cosmetic but he`s dented and scraped it about a foot long from the top of the rear wheel arch! Probably the worst bit he could have hit!! Going to the body shop to be assessed tonight! I`m just happy he immediately admitted liability and its all coming off his insurance!

What a start to Monday. Sitting stationary in traffic on the A4 when some nobber in a Mondeo decided to do a `Dukes of Hazzard` move onto oncoming traffic to get to a right turn filter road. Clearly ran out of space and scraped up the O/S rear quarter of the Sup........B*****D Pulled over and he admitted blame but what really pisses me off is that in him trying to save 20 seconds of his precious time I now have to go through an insurance claim, body shop repairs, courtesy cars etc Gutted !!!!!

This works on a turbo but might not on a NA? As your driving along slow speeds etc, (overdrive on) if you want to boot it and get kick down and loads of oomph, quickly `blip` the throttle and then plant it. On the turbo the tubs quickly spool up at the same time the box kicks down! Certain to put a smile on your face!

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Hi Dash When you depress the pedal to the floor there is a solenoid switch that clicks telling the box your looking for maximum `ooommpphh`. If the box can kick down it will, otherwise it will carry on building speed in that gear. However, I have found a better way to get the baby shifting. Rather than planting you foot and waiting for the kick down try driving along (with overdrive on), litterally just `blip` the accelerator, and then plant it! She will launch like a bullet from a gun! NB only try this in the dry!!

Too right!!! If anyone is passing the McAfee building (next to Sara Lee) give the throttle a blip then I know its time to pack up and get my arse down to McDonalds !!!!!

Will see you all at 19:30. Good for me I only work about 800 yards up the road. Not so good for me, I am sat here for the next couple of hours waiting for you all to arrive so I have no excuse not to catch up on some work!

This is another argument to go DLP! If the plasma or LCD screen goes pop then kiss goodbye to it! Not nice after spending hard earned cash on it, plus the stores are charging premiums for extended warranties as they expect the units not to last. With DLP your main worry is the bulb, (same old 60,000 hours expected life) however if it does go pop £300 and your back up and running for another 60,000 hours. Other advantages are the greater screen size, plus no screen burn. I have seen so many plasmas with screen burn that I went straight off them. Whats the point in concerning yourself with HD definition if you have other images burnt into the background of your screen! I appreciate that you need the room to house a DLP but if your looking for a large HD screen that will be round long enough to watch HD when its widely available I would seriously consider DLP.

If possible use both. The hardware firewall in simple terms allows or blocks open ports. ie if you think of your computer as a house with a fence round it then the fence is the firewall. Every fence has a gate and it is this the open port, nothing else can get in or out unless it goes through this open gate! The software firewall in turn is looking to protect your PC against any malicious activity on the PC itself that has come through the firewall. The common myth is that if you have a hardware firewall then you are protected against viruses, worms, trojans, spam and spyware. This is not true.

I bought this one mid last year and would definately recommend it. http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/650_231134.html If you have the space, and can be sat far enough away to appreciate it I dont think you can buy any better for the money. I spent a long time evaluating the options, plasma, LCD, DLP etc and could not fault the Samsung. Connections are also excellent I have dvd, playstation, video, sky and a multi-media wireless PC plugged directly into it.

I have a similar problem although I have not had time to get itfully checked out. Basically as soon as I start to hit boost I get a loud `whine` that you can hold if you keep the revs constant, as soon as you give it a bit more gas the whine stops? Is this something similar to what you have experienced? I have posted threads in the past on the forum and it has been into a well respected garage for this problem but still no joy on its diagnosis. Some suspect pipes where changed but it has not made any difference to the noise?

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I had exactly the same problem. Tried everything to fix it for a temporary job, absolutely nothing worked! Save yourself some time and dont try to bodge it! Had to order a new one from Toyota, when I picked it up the guy on the counter `laughingly` explained this is the second most expensive radiator you can buy from Toyota! Cheers!!! Word of caution, dont buy a Land Cruiser with a busted Rad !!! He He .......

Cheers D I think you may have mentioned them to me ages ago. Thanks again. See you at the meet on the 4th. Although I would appreciate other peoples recommendations so I can build up a picture of a few garages that I can take her to.

Advice please. Can anyone recommend a `Supra friendly` garage within a reasonable proximity to Reading? (within approx a 10/15 mile radius). There seems to be an ever growing number of Sup`s in Berkshire and I was wondering if anyone has had any good experiences with any local garages they would recommend? For major work I would usually use `Phoenix` (who in the past have been excellent) but unfortunately its a bit of hike to get the car there for servicing or simple repair work. Suggestions on this link or PM`s welcome.

Hi Geoff From what I saw of your car its a nice looking motor! I know its not exactly on your doorstep but there is a mini Berkshire meet looking to go ahead on the 4th Jan in Windsor. If you get the opportunity you might want to have a look at the thread, the more the merrier!!

I know there are lots of suggestions about meeting points already but it would be a good idea to find a meeting point with plenty of parking and easy for everyone to find. If people come off the M4 there are loads of large car parks along the A4 into Slough. For instance, Currys car park (next to PC World) springs to mind, easy to find and loads of parking? Any thoughts?

From a personal perspective Windsor or Reading would be the destinations of choice. 1.dark stranger 2.Ray (slough / windsor) 3.Rush (meet in slough/cruise to windsor) 4.terribleturner + How_supra 5.Homer (Anywhere M4 ish!) 6.MKIVDreamer (anywhere) 7.Stonkin 8.VIL (Windsor or Reading)

Yep Windsor is OK for me too. Not much space to get the castle in the backround though! Your lucky if you find a single space on the main road let alone a street full! We could meet in the car park on the river next to `Browns` as there are usually spaces! (I think its a flat £3.00 to park there after 6:00pm) NB, does anyone know if the Red Supra that is always parked just up from `Browns` is a club member?

If its in the evening I`m in! Cant do anytime during work hours! Reading is a great location!!!! but Slough is also good for me as I work there!

If your worried why not get an RCD socket to plug them into.

Hi Passed you on the outside lane before you took a sliproad off the M25 (cant rememeber which junction).

Many years ago I used to work for Mercedes (no comments please) and took one of these in as a PX. Smoked around in it for a few weeks but have to say I did`nt like it at all. Reverse dog-leg gear box keeps making you look down to see what gear your in and even if your lucky enough to find the right gear your stuck on the wrong side of car so overtaking is a nightmare! IMO - If you drive a Sup then you will hate the BM!

Not me, but is seems the Silver Sup is becoming almost common in this part of the world!!!