The Marangoni Fast Show-27th March, some pic's?

by Bandit, 15-02-2019, 01:50 PM

Thought i'd post a few pic's from Santa Pod that i took at the weekend?

Hello from South Wales

by riddick, 15-02-2019, 11:24 AM

Hi everyone,

I'm James, I live in Seven Sisters near Neath, I drive a Mazda 323F Bj model, it's only a 1.3 but it gets us around, also own a Suzuki Baleno but got poorly gearbox so off the road hence why got the Mazda.
I haven't done any mods to it due to fiancee learning to drive + can't really afford to except getting standard Mazda alloys (think from mx-5) and upgrading speakers.
I'm also member of Japcar-uk and be one going to japfest

Cheers

James

MacBook Air

by parthiban, 15-02-2019, 10:19 AM

Following from my previous thread decided to go for it and picked up an 11" MacBook Air over the weekend. Having thought I'd go for the base model, in store I went crazy and bought the upgraded spec for £1200 which any way you look at it is a fairly hefty chunk of cash (although bought a Sony ultraportable several years ago for £1500 so this is a comparative cost reduction :tongue_smilie

Only had it a few days, so just initial thoughts for the time being, but thought this thread could be useful for me to ask other mac users the questions that will inevitably rise as I get more used to Mac OS.

From my limited experience so far, these are my thoughts:

Pros:

- Looks stunning
- It's really quick, I'm sure the SSD is part of the reason but the OS doesn't hang anywhere - whether this lasts over time will be the real test
- Some really nice touches to the OS like how pdf creation is included, like how you just drag onto applications to install stuff and a few other things I can't remember at the mo
- Love how quickly it boots up (again is this the SSD?), seems to boot in about 20 seconds which is really fast. Even better is how from sleep it wakes instantly, not even a tiny lag, it is actually instant which is simply incredible
- Multitouch gestures on the trackpad are awesome, hope this gets ported to windows as it becomes so intuitive after using it for a bit. Especially like the swipe to "zoom" out and see all your open windows.

Cons:

Ok this is where I expect things to get a little controversial, but quite interested to hear what others thoughts are, especially those who have switched from PCs to Macs and sit in the "macs are much better than PCs" camp.

- For such a design conscious brand, why is that top bar still there, it looks prehistoric!
- No ethernet port, and you actually have to buy the adapter! Should really be in the box imho - don't mind the display port adapter not being there as it's not essential, but the ethernet port to me is quite vital.
- I haven't used it much yet, but I get this feeling while using it that it is a "barebones" OS........it's what I thought Linux (with ubuntu or whatever its called) would be like but didn't expect mac os to be like that

Some examples:
Can't maximise a window.......:confused:
Why don't programs close when you click the red cross?

It feels a lot like android sometimes, there's a lack of coherence in the OS - sometimes you can right click, sometimes you can't. Sometimes some features are available and sometimes they're not.

There's no need for the bar at the top and the dock at the bottom. They should be combined in some way like the bar in windows (this is especially important on an 11.6" screen where you really can't lose the space.

If a program is running but not with an open window, it shows up in the running apps - yet if you click on it it doesn't open the program, instead you have to click on it in the dock.

I've slowly been discovering that mac os appears to be very keyboard shortcut driven, and the more I start using these the more sense it makes (like closing programs) but it really doesn't make sense for a company that is so driven by it's UI. It seems they haven't decided whether they are the techy company they used to be, or lifestyle company they appear to be now.

I'm hoping to put windows on it too at some point just to see how it runs on identical hardware side by side.

If you switch from mac to PC, in my opinion the major thing you'll notice is that it can be slower, but going the other way I can't help but feel there's stuff missing. It's as though windows is slower and uses more resource because there's more stuff going on, every angle is covered whereas the mac just has less options, and therefore runs faster.

Please tell me if that's fair or not - either way I'm really glad I went for the mac as in terms of the occasional and holiday use I bought it for it's perfect, and gives me a chance to see hands on what mac OS is all about :biggrin:

TTE Rear Skirts for cheap?

by DaveEdin, 15-02-2019, 09:39 AM

I was nosing the LOC boards and Andy Cross (Lexus Parts Manager) has a couple of TTE Skirts going cheap at only about £96 inc VAT and delivery instead of £197 plus VAT and delivery.

Click Me

Thought it sounded like something people here might be interested in, so...

What on earth is going on with car insurance?

by parthiban, 15-02-2019, 08:07 AM

I know we complain about car insurance, but normally there's some logic behind it so it's sort of understandable. However, the renewal for the merc came in (my dad main driver, me additional) and it was £750 (perfectly reasonable).

However my dad was in a crash in the prius a while back, not his fault (not actually sure if it's settled yet, need to check but for the time being put it in as settled just to get some quotes online) and when I add this on it takes the quote from £750 to £1250! :ohmy:

Now to me that's just ridiculous, that's £500 extra (or 67%!) for someone else crashing into you!

I'm dreading to think what the premium if I have to put the claim through as unsettled!

Happy Birthday Spikes

by purplewitch, 15-02-2019, 01:20 AM

Happy Birthday, have a great day

The quick contactless wash!

by jimxms, 14-02-2019, 04:17 PM

Summer is on its way, and with it comes the annoyance of having a car that gets covered in dust and pollen immediately after you've just finished detailing it.

Under normal circumstances, someone as a.n.a.l as me would perform a complete wash of their car every few days using the two bucket method, followed by drying the car off with microfibre cloths and detailing sprays.

However....today I have experimented with a quicker way. Observe....


Step #1 (optional)



If you've got a snowfoam lance attachment to your pressure washer, snowfoam the entire car and leave it to loosen up as much dirt as possible before it starts drying (normally 5-10mins).



Step #2



Jet wash the entire car, paying particular attention to the areas that get the most dusty (lower parts of panels, rear bumper, boot...etc). Once this is done, you can also use the 'sheeting' method where you run a slow but steady stream of water over the car direct from the hose to produce large water droplets.



Step #3



Grab one of these bad boys. A 2200w leaf blower from Argos which blows at over 200kmph!



Step #4



Blow as much water off the car as you possibly can. The best thing about using a leaf blower on your car is that it can push water out of all those annoying areas where it normally drips from shortly after you've finished leathering off the car



Step #5



Stand back and admire the quick wash that didn't require any buckets of water, any sponges, any cloths or leathers.

Hello Hello Hello

by keith_gtir, 13-02-2019, 02:48 PM

Hi, thought I’d sign up & introduce myself.

I work with Modified Nationals, some of you may know me (or my car), I’ve been about for a few years now in this scene. I’ve got a wide-arched candy blue Pulsar GTiR. I used to co-own Borocruisers for many years, and I’ve also worked organising various shows such as petrolheadz, donny, ists & jts. You may also see me about with IgnitionShows.

Hope you don’t mind me posting on your forum, I dont plan to just spam. I try to be involved but I’ll also keep you all up to date with our latest news for 2011 and hope to see some of you this year. If anyone has any questions or want to sort any bookings please feel free to contact me.

Cheers
Keith

Where do you stick yours?

by James S, 13-02-2019, 10:22 AM

Magic trees that is! lol!
Is there somewhere out of sight that I can put my airfreshener? Also needs to be out of reach from the kids!

Opinions please :)

by DaveEdin, 12-02-2019, 06:29 PM

Well, as most of you will know I have a set of 18" Aero wheels taking up space in the garage. They're not on the car as they need a refurb and a couple of flat spots sorted out.

I was chatting about this with Ormi yesterday and he suggested since they're getting refurbed I should maybe go darker than the standard silver for the wheels.

I figured it was worth nosing at, so I fired up the old GIMP photo editor (just as good as photoshop and it's free, people!) and fiddled a bit with a pic I nicked off a car sales site.

I figured these were the 3 colours I might consider, but other suggestions are welcome and I'll even stick up a pic of any decent suggestions for consideration - neon pink and purple will be ignored though, Sam.

Standard


Anthracite


Bash's colour suggestion


Black


So.... the floor is open. What are your thoughts? Or do you have a totally different suggestion?