Me fall out of love with the GTi?

[08micsta]

Are you reffering to the pic that says "GTI IS KING" ??

[Top Cat]

^^^^^^^^^^^^  Yes Sir . ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[08micsta]

Yes miss. I will do it 

In about 15 mins. Just researching bodykits for Hurdy. 

[Peskarik]

Mike, it is great you are back.
You are as much a part of this forum as the other guy, whether you own GTI or not! Moreover, you've been a member for quite some time now, you are a senior GTI lover. 
If someone again starts saying stupid things with respect to your choice of own wheels, let me know, I am on your side!   

[08micsta]

Thanks Pesky 

Did you sort that rattle out? Im begininning to think you should check the door cards. Ours has started rattling on the right hand side. Apply just a small amount of pressure to the door and its gone...

Maybe try there?

[Peskarik]

Mike, by the way, thank you for referencing me in your first posting.
So far I only been referenced in a book on Probability theory (it is sold on Amazon), but hearing my name here made me blush of pleasure.  :embarassed:

[R32UK]

Hey Mikey!! Im with you I quite like the little smart thingys!! Nearly stood on one the other day tho

Only joking of course

[Peskarik]

Thanks Pesky 

Did you sort that rattle out? Im begininning to think you should check the door cards. Ours has started rattling on the right hand side. Apply just a small amount of pressure to the door and its gone...

Maybe try there?

I did that already. I applied pressure everywhere. 
I may have a solution, but let me check first if I am right. 

[08micsta]

Its a pleasure Peskarik. Your advice was important to me.

Hey Mikey!! Im with you I quite like the little smart thingys!! Nearly stood on one the other day tho

Only joking of course

Nevermind stepping on one... My mate has a Smart car and when you drive it I was shocked at how nippy the thing was. But people treat you like cr@p on the road just cos they a half a metre longer than you  :embarassed:

Oh ya. The Smart car has fibreglass panels which as I proved to myself yesterday is another good reason for buying one cos I got hit by a bloody Renault Scenic yesterday.  
Was walking down the road. HEadphones in my ears and saw this lovely Mini Clubman coming towards me with a rather tasteful mother and her daughter so whilst staring and singing "I kissed a girl" out loud I started walking backwards (thinking that as I am very aware of the things around me that the pavement was clear) and as I turned around wham my knee connected with the Renault and went over the bonnet, school bag and all.  

Turns out the 7 seater black Renault had pulled out of a narrow hidden driveway and we both connected. I apologised profusely and gave the driver my card and told him that if there was any damage I would detail it out. Thank heavens the panels are also fibreglass so no dents  

Im getting good at this. I have screwed up a brand new Audi A4 on my bicycle and now walked into a moving Renault. NExt time will be a Porsche  

Mike

[Peskarik]

In the last year I lost two laptops and one portable hard-drive. Lost, I mean drives died on me pretty suddenly. One laptop was Sony Vaio, 6 months old. My girlfriend killed it with a skillful splash of red wine.  It was an accident so there was no point to get mad or blame, so I just  ,  her, and bought myself a new laptop. Sony was a total piece of crap anyway. I will never buy a VAIO again.

I have ASUS M51 now. Nice machine.

If I were to buy a laptop now I'd buy Lenovo W500 (T9400, 4GB 1066Mhz RAM, ATI FireGL V5700, 15.4" monitor with 1680x1050, spill proof keyboard, magnesium roll cage, 7 hours of battery life time, 2.8kg). That is one hellofa business machine! A bit pricey (2900 swiss frankies), but a real performer. And it looks business, too.

Now I have also learned to buy high-density USB drives with rubber around them (I have 16GB Corsair FlashVoyager) that I fill with "mission-critical" data and store somewhere safe and not close to electric devices. I also have a portable HD as redundancy, stored a bit closer to my work table.  Some things are stored in my phone (I have 8GB card in it).

I've learned that when sh!t hits the fan you can never have too much redundancy!

ALso, I am waiting for Intel to finally release their fantastic SSDs (I read www.anandtech.com regularly, a bit of tech fan). I don't care if it costs 800 bucks for 160GB, I get one. I NEED SPEED!