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  1. mate had his subaru stolen and used in a shop burglary the other night,ripped out all the steering column and just bypassed the factory immobizer making it basically useless, got me thinking does my e39 with chipped key actually give me any safety at all or is an aftermarket alarm the only real safe deterrent, has anyone ever tested their immobilzer works or is bypassing it pretty easy
  2. the apple searches don't include the flash videos on youtube hence the difference,you can get round the appletv if you jailbreak it and install xbmc which is probably a must have anyway,lets you play any format video not just the apple approved or converted ones ,divx,mkv,xvid etc etc among a hugh range of features especially streaming from any pc or xbox or phone in the house live. xbmc has plugins for the full youtube including flash has plugins for tvnz on demand and tv3 on demand cant do isky yet but things are underway as its constantly being worked on as a worldwide project,all for free you can run xbmc on your ipad or iphone as well the reason they didnt want flash on there is because adobe patch it at least once a month,flash 6 got up to point 31 and now flash 7 is up to 4 already,who would in there right mind want something as badly written,hackable and flakey as that on there machines,the question is more why do consumers let them dictate this crap on their pcs without ever questioning it,try managing a suite of desktops for an office or school and see how many times there are flash and java updates, are ipads and iphones 99.9% virus free despite being owned and therefore targeted by millions,be thankfull for that,androids are now starting to have real permissions and virus problems and i suspect its going to get a lot worse
  3. are these the same for dual vanos as single for 525i best place to get one at reasonable cost
  4. http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/bump/id305479724?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?...umpga&hl=en works incredibly well between the two as well makes bluetooth irrelevant
  5. probably need a bit more of an explanation,does it just cut out dead like a light switch turns off or is it hesitating ,stalling,going rough and then dieing. I take it the temp gauge is normal and youve checked oil and water and gas are all ok. does it start normally straight after its stopped or does it takes a lot of goes to get it running,does the battery struggle to start it or does it turn over fine. maybe check the battery leads are on tight ?
  6. mine was lowered too and doing the same too tyres,especially one rear,John Bates did alignment no problems and it was excessive toe in that was causing the inside wear
  7. people do that every night on the motorway gridlocked
  8. Subara upper engine cleaner is the bomb google it plenty of very satisfied customers
  9. is it just me or do I smell a rat didnt target start its first episode with a similar story to hook viewers, Im not saying this guy didnt do that stuff because apparantly hes been charged but can't help thinking someone knew he probably would and was baited and setup to make good tv viewing, its all just a little too hard to believe they happened on this guy and shouldn't it have just been given to the police rather than shown on tv to promote ratings
  10. after sucessfully butchering one side open to replace the adjuster clips ,what a pain in the a$$ job that is I have now managed to overbake the other side in the oven to a nice white bubbled lens DOH swear swear please one with good clips as too frazzled to try again
  11. Just failed a warrant, wheres the best place to buy new or can i just get the bush and balljoint redone somewhere,
  12. That was an tense race ,was on edge of my seat more than once with some of those passes Is ross brawn a genius he just keeps rising to the top again and again
  13. Got a golf 16v that at first wouldn't idle but now won't even start,earth pin of ecu has 7v and I suspect ECU is a bit sick. Is there anyplace I can send it for checking or repair
  14. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/god_bless_..._2011/trailers/
  15. got latest email from them and now with a simple firmware update their adapter now supports android as well as iphone, you do need to buy their cable to be able to charge and play but play works with any cable and of course bluetooth always did anyway. http://gromaudio.com/store/usb_adapters/bm..._the_radio.html great units and well priced on ebay if you cant afford the whole android replacement dynavin
  16. discussing this with a merc expert ,apparantly they have now 2 batteries,one just for starting,engine stops if you stop moving for more than .7seconds and across the board accounts for 25% fuel saving they always told us starting a car was bad even at railway lines and produced more wear than idiling,less oil being circulated etc. and I still cant get my head around how a car can start and move off at the instant you put your foot down,there has to be a delay and a noise, unless its like toyota that starts off on electric and once moving the petrol motor fires and cuts in no car starts effortlessly everytime in every instance of heat and cold conditions with a few kays on the clock and settles into an even instant idle and supplies instant acceleration,and rengages clutches or does the starter motor actually move the car forward until power cuts in maybe nana and grandad wouldnt notice but i'm picking leadfoot does
  17. I'm curious about this autostart/stop which i keep reading about. I get the idea of why but how does it work in real life,it sounds like it would feel odd to feel an engine stop while your sitting in it at the lights and how does it react when lights go green.obviously nobody would be wanting a wait while it restarted and then reengaged drive,how does this system actually work in the real world,how does it feel,is it a compromise or would you never even know it was happening,i find it hard to imagine how it could work smoothly but maybe there some magic im missing anyone who got/ tried it comments please
  18. http://s1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/k...mview=slideshow
  19. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmlAW_1hgT8
  20. it all depends on the insurer and the policy lots just give you credit now at noel leemings for example,did you have it listed as a specific item on the policy with a value like you have to for high end cameras,jewelry etc sounds like you should in future as most have a general limit and things of greater value have to be specified like musical instruments
  21. depends on the raid type, Please say you do know? probably not without putting the pair back in a working config setup exactly the same and even plugging them into a new motherboard is still extremely risky, if you dont know the type of raid it was(probably either 1 or 0), then DON"T go sticking it in an enclosure ,you could damage the file structure, if it was raid 1 which is just mirroring your lucky then you have 2 identical drives and either will be ok on there own A broken screen shouldn't stop it booting you just need to plug in an external screen and access all the data if its really broke and can't be booted please don't go playing with raid drives unless you know what your doing or youll be sorry,find an expert Raid can be a PITA and should be backed up always fingers crossed it was raid 1 mirrored
  22. kwhelan

    Seems legit

    Its a german import ,4 wheel drive one owner has leather seat,nav option included
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