Carl

Mine look perfect as in they have no cracks, breaks etc. I just wondered if the fact that they have been compressed once means they loose there ability to seal when re-used. Like Chris says, its a lot of work to remove again if they do leak but at the same time they are rediculously expensive to replace new if its not needed.

does anyone sell these cheaper than toyota?

I will be putting my two turbos back together shortly. They have a couple of exhaust type steel gaskets. Can i re-use these these as i dont want toi buy more unnecessarily due to there high price. Carl

i just realised that todays increase is just a fuel levy so the vat increase comes next Tuesday to give us a double whammy. then probably another fuel increase in Aprill along with predicted crude price increases, we could be looking at £1.50 by summer.

Is it just me or has knowone noticed the increase in petrol prices lately. I understand the new VAT rate was going to increase from today but it has already raised around 5p per litre in the last 2 weeks around gloucestershire before the additional VAT 3.5p went on today. How much more must we take in increases before something has to happen. Carl

you should of seen my turbo blades after i removed them. Id say about a third of some of the blades were missing yet the car ran fine and pulled like a train at 1.2bar. hopefully itll pull like two trains when I put the replacement ones in.

Nintendo Wii is good excercise and you never feel the hits even when boxing..

well mines be in the garage for 6 months now while I wait for my head to come back with new stem seals fitted. I dont intend driving it to the better weather hence not being in any hurry.

I toyed for ages whether to go for the 320 or 330 d but in the end I decided that the main reason for me buying was for economy. for that reason it had to be the 320d and I have no regrets. ITs probably the best diesel I have ever owned and is both fast & comfortable. I have a 2003 6 speed and its like new with no rust or mechanical issues. I opted for the SE model as you get the extras, like electric windows all round, lots of buttons for climate control, reversing sensors and central dimming mirror & a CD player or multi changer. Carl

From the makers of 'Taken' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSYVPYglfnc&feature=related Carl

Thanks for the offer Dunk. Can't make it today but perhaps next weekend or something would be good if that's convenient for you.

I recently bought a BMW 3 series which is in pretty good nick for a 6 year old car but who ever previously owned it must have left it under a tree and there are about 5 patches where birds muck has eaten into the laquer. is there any way to remove these marks without respraying the bonnet. I tried a bit of T-cut but this did not remove them completely. Any help appreciated. Carl

Im after some valeting clay and fluids to clean my car at the weekend. Are there any traders or valeters on here that can sell me some? Carl

Mine had only done about 75K when it started smoking. Think its age more than miles.. Too many short journeys...

This is what Im starting to think although should this really be the case. I know the I-phone does everything under the sun but surely the most basic function of signal quality should be as good if not better than a standard mobile or is it a case of too much interfearence from all the data streams and info to & from the phone? To me it seems making a mobile do everything it was never designed to do is making great progress but its fundamental & original purpose has seen little or no improvement since its conception...to make a phone call..

I have owned my I-Phone 3GS for 11 months and the signal strength is probably the worse of any mobile I have ever owned. I have now sent it back for repair as I spend a good 60% of the time without signal. Does anyone else have similarly poor signal from there I-Phone. I am on O2. Interestingly enough the loan phone I have is a cheap £20 Nokia that makes calls & texts and its the clearest, strongest signal I have ever had.

Any videos?

My turbos looked like that when I removed them although I never felt any real boost issues other than it was a bit later getting to full boost.

Sounds like the prefect child, I hope Im as lucky. Carl

Nice pics, hope its been fun. I have one on the way in about 5 months. Carl

I dont know about the 330d but the 320d has two main problems. Swirl flaps in the inlet manifold can become detached and land in your engine, slightly bad news, although BMW kindly modified them from 2004 onwards. The other problem is the engine crankcase breather filter. This can become blocked and starve oil to the turbo causing premature turbo failure, also not good. It would seem that good service history is key if buying one of the diesel engines. If you do buy a pre 2004 320d then you can remove the flaps, thus removing problem or else change the inlet for the updated version, about £280. Carl

I enjoyed the film. I went expecting corny 80's action and it delivered. I never like the soul searching for an excuse to go shoot everyone but it put a smile on my face in places. It has a little slow bit for about 20mins in the middle but apart from that its quite good. you know what to exect when you go so if you dont like Rambo style plot, dont bother with expendables. For me, bring on expendables 2..

Surely something like that would be stuck in the tyre or at very least bent over from the car weight. This doesnt look like it was touched unless youi mean there were more than one like this?

Whenever i see the 928 it reminds me of the scene in the film, 'weird science'(1985) when the two guys get a 928 to pick kelly Lebrock up in. they consequently wheelspin off with that georgous V8 engine and i was smitten ever since. I never bought one & never likely to now but it always has a soft spot in my memories. http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=M01aUAXTwTg&feature=related Maybe i was decieved by weird science but it still sounded good. Carl

Im with Spencer, she's definately HPOA, & she knows it.