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I got an HKS SSQV BOV from Nik on here - came with pretty comprehensive fitting instructions and was v easy to do. Don't think I've got a VVTi though!

A Plan have always done me proud too.

I'd go the combi route. Why spend money heating a whole cylinder of hot water when it might not even get used and just cool down again? I had a combi in my old house which was great. No tanks in loft, hot water cylinder etc and it just came on as you need it. I had no problem with running heating, shower and washing m/c at the same time but I did over spec the boiler. We basically figured out how big it need to be then went for the next model up. It was only a matter of £20 or so more and I always believe in oversizing things like that so you have extra capacity should it bee needed in the future and so it doesn't have to work so hard for the system as it stands. If you're worried about the pressure in the pipes is there a way of pressure testing them first?

Mercurial genius!

I bought a 1 tonne bag for about £70 in January. And yes, it really doesn't go far when spread out - I should have got 2!

Heading up the A4260 towards Banbury. Very shiney and sounding great!

[ATTACH=CONFIG]147955[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]147956[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]147957[/ATTACH] A couple of different crops and versions for you. I just got rid of the distracting light corner in the first. Easier and I think it works as an image that way. The second one looks out of focus because the camera has focussed on the wheel which is very close to the camera. Once it's done that it needs a very small aperture to get everything else in focus which it obviously hasn't done. It's not that the picture's out of focus it's just focused in one place and not another due to the depth of field caused by having a large aperture for the shot. IMO sharpening it to make the out of focus bit sharper will mean that the bit that is in focus will look over sharpened so I've just knocked back the out of focus bit by making it more blurred and darker. A bit clumsily granted but it gives you an idea of a different approach. Similarly the last ones just been cropped in a bit tighter to put the attention on the car and remove the background distractions.

Sorry, forgot to put on my post that Hotel West End had some fab deals on when we stayed so it was only £200 per night! Keep an eye out if they do similar soon! We then spent more on eating and drinking too but still got ripped off for wine in the Lido!

I took the Mrs to http://www.hotel-west-end.com/ for our first anniversary. Brilliant hotel, walking distance to everything, just off the Champs Elysees so quiet streets. (There was a hotel round the corner that had all kinds of auto stars to gawp at as well - kept me happy pointing out all the Ferraris, Porsches, Veyron etc to the Mrs )

I've done it twice on a mountain bike with knobbly tyres which was, on hindsight, just silly. I should have just changed to skinny road tyres then I could use the bike I'm used to but have much less rolling resistance. If you have a bike now just make sure you put road tyres on it. If not get one for how you plan to use it after the London/Brighton but make sure you have skinny tyres for the ride itself. My Mrs trained for a triathlon on her mountain bike with knobbly tyres then switched to skinny tyres for the final week of training and the race. She was surprised how much of a difference it made - reckoned it knocked at least 10% off her time.

Just for giggles... Happy holidays everyone!

My TT was my first ever high powered RWD car and I think I took it fairly easy but still lost the back end once (albeit on black ice) and put it in a hedge. Insurance paid up and all fixed but it taught me a big lesson with regards to respecting the car. I drove the same bit of road the other day and found that the second turbo cut in in exactly the place where I lost control. I drive much more carefully now in any kind of potentially slippery conditions be it wet, ice or even leaves/mud on the road. I don't want to be one of the 'crashed the supe' threads on here!!!!

Great story - unfortunately fake. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2067810/Is-Rossie-Brovent-suing-ex-boyfriend-inking-flies-buzzing-excrement-back.html

Vitamin E oil helps minimise scars so could be a pretty cheap try. Just buy a bottle of capsules from Holland & BArrett (or similar), puncture the capsule and squeeze the oil out as necessary. Also good for spots apparently!

Avoiding the obvious relationship issues that have been comprehensively commented on above I'd try A-Plan specialist insurance in Thatcham. :-)