francis

Wireless router should do it, although I've never been a big fan of wireless when I can avoid it. Works pretty flawlessly, 360 live is great and you should be able to register for a 1 month free trial gold membership

Yep believe so That's your main beam, the side projector is your foglight and the centre if the full beam. Regards, Francis

What's your Xbox Live username Chris?

Just wondering if any of you guys are playing PGR3 on 360. If you're interested in a race, my username is "packeted". Cya on there! Regards, Francis

If I'm there I'll bring my Nikon D200, will keep an eye on the post

If you're doing a buy to let make sure you do proper calculations before hand and don't get sucked in to the idea of owning an investment property, unless you can afford it if things go wrong or unexpected costs come up! Void periods can be a pain in the arse, it all depends on the desirability of the property, the market and your price point, but I'd factor in for a void period of at least a month inbetween lets, of course it might so happen you line someone up before your last tenant has moved out but this is likely to be a bonus rather than a standard. Factor in service charges, maintainence costs (eg boiler, washing machine, leaks, etc) and importantly any the costs of an estate agent. Whilst you may be able to find tenants through friends or through loot, certainly in London, if you want to attract higher rents (eg. investment bankers who probably don't bother with loot) you'll be going through an estate agent. Foxtons charge 11%+VAT for their unmanaged service (probably at the high end) and most charge this up front so you effectively loose your first month's rent and a bit. If you're using an estate agent you can probably do the inventory and contract yourself which will probably avoid their own extortionate fees. Standard shorthold contracts can be found on the net easily enough (£10 or something like that), an inventory anyone can do with a pen, paper and a bit of time. Also, if you're worried your tenants might mess you about there are insurance policies out there which will cover any missed rent - useful but obviously come at a premium, depends how much your trust your tenants

http://www.hometrack.com and also http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/uk_house_prices/html/houses.stm

http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showpost.php?p=677448&postcount=181

I think it says late Feb, I thought it was today too! If I'm free I'd be up for taking the pro camera along and trying to get a few good shots! I'll bring the supe too, if Dale is there there'll be two red UK specs HID's on mine too..

Sounds interesting, who's doing the camera work?

Hi there guys It occurs to me that Supe's are now getting old and many of the parts on the cars will have seen many cold winters and high milage. The radiator cap is prime example of a part that should be replaced when a car comes of age, but it's not necessarily part of a service schedule. My question is - on a car that's now over ten years old with 100k+ miles on the clock, what parts would be worth replacing to ensure the car runs as it should and is not prone to adverse events like overheating due to rad cap failure? One item I can think of is the fuel pump.... presumably failure can lead to the car running lean which can lead to other bad things - should it be replaced or will these outlive the car? Intercoolers are obviously another part for replacement (CW SMIC on the way ).... Any other suggestions? Cheers, Francis

Absolutely, everyone should replace their rad caps on cars of this age, mine was obviously leaking too, since replacing it the coolant is always to the top of the rad and the reservoir to the max. REPLACE IT!

Do these clear UK brakes?

Did exactly the same thing to mine, it's a superb mod even for a UK spec car with weathered lights...

It's a terrible phone, I'm trying to get rid of mine at the moment, always lets me down when I most need it - don't bother

May be interested in selling my GF 5900FX 128MB for an upgrade... let me know if this is of any interest.

I know this is going in completely the opposite direction but have you considered a Toyota Prius? It'd be practical, comfortable and extremely cheap to run! It's kinda cool because it's more of an environmental choice than a style one, you see them parked outside houses worth £10m around here! With all the money you save you could have a rediculously fast Supra or start thinking about something Italian

Pretty informative article CW you have an email!

http://www.goldtrack.co.uk tempted, bit of a trek for me though

Hi there mate Sounds like you're in a similar situation to how I was. In all honesty I had to have a manual, and being the same age as you I was also after a UK spec... at the time there were virtually no UK TT's around, let alone manual ones, the first one I came across turned out a minter so I snapped it up at 11k. At the moment you're spoilt for choice, there's a low milage one for 13.5k or Zed's black one for 9.5! All that said, auto boxes are very highly regarded on here, I've never driven one so I couldn't comment, but I love the 6spd box - like others have said a bit agricultural but very solid and has a nice feel to it. Also, try running through a few quotes on Jspec Supras as the difference might not be as big as you think, there are a few young owners with Jspec cars on here.

This is an absolute steal for someone, it's perfect. The only thing I'd change is the TRD badge on the back for a Toyota one, but only cause I'm a bit anal! Put it this way, I purchased my UK TT6 with 95k miles 8 months ago for 11k... in red and with less new bits (IC & rad)... most people on here would say that black is more desirable (although I personally wanted red).. so all in all a fantastic buy, snap her up!

Thanks, just read the FAQ, sounds about right to me. Any benefit to the uprated rad caps? Or will they put extra strain on an old rad?

Haha lets hope not All that said, I don't think the car's been running better...that idle problem hasn't occured since I fitted the other MAF, good suggestion

Will do, will be ordering the Toyota 4life Red coolant tomorrow, hopefully I can pick this up and get it sorted ASAP. Surprised it's like this because it certainly hasn't been leaking, there's no other way coolant could have been getting used up is there?

Just looking at the service invoice and 5.5l Toyota long life coolant was used - is this interchangable with coolant from Halfords or should I stick to this stuff for the top up?