nice chris, ever though about having it featured in total vauxhall, im sure thede love to feature it. at pompreys(the vauxhall dealer i work at) we have a guy with a limited edition one(cant rememeber the name lol but its yellow with black wheels) hes almost part of the furneture now as he keeps crashing it, his latest one was the lower suspension arm balljoint which seperated from the tie rod at about 85 mph lol probably caued by the stress he has put on it crashing it before. his attitude to totaling it is' ill just buy another one' lol. oh and hes a french bloke and the rear windowhas a big sticker saying crazy frog, how correct that seems to be.

edit: just realised what wheels they are, team dynamics pro race (1.2s ?) my farorite wheel, if only i could aford a set for my corsa.

strobe the, but canon is better bit was about the salesmen not about the cameras, that statement was how the canon salesment at least have a working battery in the camera but the are crafty. i admit i am a fan of canon but im not a canon fanboy!!!


and as for the only good sony bit, the cameras may be good fine and reiable but i know from personal experiance and the experiances of people i know that sony are not the most relaiable brand alot of the time

this is why you shouldnt by sony stuff really lol bacause even their salesmen are idiots

the only good thing sony make is the playstation.

although canon are better they are very crafty, at the mph show there was a canon stand and having herd about dslrs from the likes of samh lol i draggged my dad there to prove to him how good dslrs are. the rep showed us the camera and some of it feature but before taking too many pics desided to change the lens to severl thousand pounds worth of l series is usm lens knowing that the kit lens isnt great. but still it convinced my dad especially as his entax point and shot couldnt take one not blurry picture in the halls at the nec and the 400d had no trouble

lol im a canon guy too, i mean i wouldnt say no if someone offered me a d3x

but to be honest there isnt much between canon and nikon really

heres one

rofl

Quote from mrodgers :

What you would be suggested in a photography forum to do is, pick the camera up in your hands and try it out to see if you like it.

Image quality wise, there is very little difference between Sony, Olympus, Pentax, Canon, Nikon, Fuji (do they still have a dSLR?) or any other when comparing the compatible models. I've seen outstanding shots from the Nikon D40 and terrible shots from a Nikon D700 ($500 compared to $3000+ cameras.) I have shots from my 2mp Fuji point and shoot that are miles better in quality than my coworker's $1500 worth (at the time he purchased) of XTi and equipment.

What it boils down to is, there are differences between comparable models, but the differences don't amount to much. Maybe camera X has great image quality up to ISO 1600 and camera B can be pushed to ISO 3200 with the same quality, but the biggest difference is in the person pushing the button. Thus, it really comes down to the ergonomics when deciding between like models. Just look at Don's previous posts of his rally photos. They are astounding and shot with a Rebel XT (300D?). I've seen (rich) people posting on photo forums with shots that come from $5000 cameras that are terrible. The camera really has very little to do with it.

very very true

tbh it depends what you are after, if you dont mind a limited new lens range (im sure mrodgers is correct about the sony/minolta bit though and alot of other minor manafacturers have older lens compatability wereas the larer makes tent to need adapters etc) then an 'other' make dslr is fine. wheather it be sony, olympus, pentax etc but if your are after a wide range of lenses it best to go for somehting like a canon or nikon, both makes are good, some swear by nikon some swear by canon and tbh there is not much in it.

as far as reviews go give dpreview.com a look, in my opinion there are the best review site about. on the canon front have a look at the 450d or the 1000d, the 450d especially is bound to reduce on price soon as the 500d is soon to be released although they are in hugley different price brackets

Last edited by james12s, Thu 28 May 2009, 13:09.

ah ok

Quote from Sponge :

I just checked LFS manual.. but can't find anything in there

afaik, when you run the same license on 2 computers and they both go online (internet) you risk getting your license banned or something (it's considered account sharing, which is illegal).

this would be correct for online, be the neither the OP or myself said anything about online

i think your find you can, dont quote me on this but i am sure the eula stats that you can run multple copies on multiple computers if usig it for a lan game

have a look at the lfs manual i think there is something on there

ah ok, the v8 is best anyway you just have to watch for slipped liners on. the rover v8 may not be that powerful really and quite small by american standards but its a great engine

how long do you spend driving the alfa, or should i say how much time can you spend driving it

alfas look great on your driveway but thats were they stay

here is one i took a while ago of my grandads thames 400e



i wish i had noticed that the far end of the badge was blured on the camera as i would have gone up a couple of stops on the f number

Last edited by james12s, Tue 26 May 2009, 19:38. Reason : epic typo

likes the discovery td5 or v8? im guessing v8

Quote from Migz :

I did my ict exam about a week or so ago, and it was insanely easy, although i dont think mine was anything like any of yours, they just gave us a bunch of questions to answer.

I remember one that was so easy everybody checked to make sure they werent given foundation at that question haha. The question was "What is an operating system?" "Hardware or Software?"

Although they were a bit cheeky, one question was to desribe what a hyperlink is, and then describe what a hotspot is, nobody knew what a hotspot was..... turns out it was bassicly the same as a hyperlink haha.

mine was a week ago, but didnt have those questions. edexcel higher

ive done the aqa(i think) short course (year 9)(coursework about some lancre festival if i remember correctly) and ive just done the full course edexcel(4 section coursework, multiedia, word proccessing, database and spreadsheet), what i hate is the coursework is very drawn out and so is the exam and if you answer the questions with a modicome of knowledge you get them wrong because they have no clue what they are on about

for example the insist that a network has to have a server, no, to have a domain you need a sever, but idf you said so in the exam you would get it wrong, that is why i hate gcse it

rofl great one

older bmw's are ok, good even but the new ones are absolute crap lol, my sisters got a 330ci (think its an E46) and its awful especcially the gearbox(tiptronic lump of shite lol)



as you can tell im not a bm lover lol

lol i cant eithier but i still have a car lo well 1 and a bit lol, if we ae doing bikes though i would add to that a raleigh chopper mk3(new one)first bike and a dual suspension mountain bike(cheapy one) still ahve both, only been riding a bike for about 4 years

adrian flux can give you an online quote for a standard car, you need to phone them about specialist

na woodruf hey is a british used term but it less common now, classics use woodruff keys all over the place lol

and dan that corsa is flame pink alright lol,

Last edited by james12s, Thu 21 May 2009, 21:19.

i came, i saw, i tryed, i ****ed it up lol me and the lx6 arnt great friends but i may try again next time

Quote from 5haz :

1994 1.4 Red Vauxhall Astra.

Cost me £150 off someone who was desperate to get rid of it, now I just need to pass me driving test.

are you sure its red not flame pink lol

lol thats a lotta cars, with me its quite simple

1987 3.5 v8 range rover classic -> my dad traded his old audi 80 for it and was gonne be rebuilt, when my dad got another car he said that the rangie was mine. it huge, sounds great and i love it but its a typical old range rover and rotton and is atm missing the roof,windscreeen,rear wings, bonnet, boot floor, rear top and bottom tailgate, one rear door and a few other bit lol but we still drive it for a laugh round the farm. its gonna be stripped and sold for spares.( it didnt come in the stripped down state that was use, were aiming to have a bit of fun with it in a very bare state soon, youlle know what i mean if youve seen a 4x4 is born)

and finally lol

1996 vauxhall corsa sport 1.4 16v in black(see sig) ->bought it about a month/ 6 weeks ago now and is gonna be my first car if all goes well, payed £500 for it. am gonna spend about £250 on it doing the cambelt and water pump then a full service plus discs and pads on the front and shoes on the rear, i also need to put a replacement bonnet release cable on it (come with the car) and the indicator stalk is a bit dodgy on the main beam(useual problem), the only other thing that i want to do is have a few, small, bit of paintwork sorted by a mate of mine,and have the wheel refurbed

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