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    Daewoo Matiz ideal first car ?

    vw polo comes to mind, usual german build quality new or older reg 96onwards. Matiz is good aswell, dont know about reliabilty or price but if its on par with a polo my opinion is towards a polo, or jap- just my thoughts thou. i just got a 70k polo on a 98 a little old but nice with FSH...
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    super charger & turbo?

    Both are forced induction. essentially supercharger delivers power low end, it is driven off the engine abit like your p/s pump/alternator. but at higher speeds actually have a more negative impact, thats why they normally turn off at higher speeds on most bigger cars. Turbo charger works...
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    servis washing machine wont start-lights on

    Hi, I did try the search function but didn't find similar posts that described this exactly. My servis w/c has stopped working.... @ beginning of wash, it started taking in water, and then stopped, lights come on, there is a buzzing sound coming from it...sounds like the motor is shot? or...
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    need cooker extractor fan installed.

    sorry i dont quite get it? with work and everything i'd just rather have some1 do it at the mo, and pay them for there troubles. i dont mind hiring it.
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    need cooker extractor fan installed.

    Hi, I sold my other house and moved the range cooker to this house. Its need installing, gas engineers say the ywill do the gas pipe work but not the extractor fan. Is this an electricians field then, i presume coz of the wiring it is, but will they have a core drill for the extraction...
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    Need help cutting new grass!

    Hi, Had my garden turfed, and been watering it for the last few weeks. time has come to trim it now, but when i went over it with a normal electric mover it takes off loads, down to the soil. it is a little damp and grass is fallen over slightly. what do i do, coz its going yellow at the...
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    Running electric cable to shed in garden?`

    Thanks for all the replies, its been a great help. Thankyou
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    Running electric cable to shed in garden?`

    so to summarise, I will get 40mm waste pipe with straight couplers, a few bends, And i will run two along side each other, one for power and one for comms. oh and not to forget the draw string!
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    Running electric cable to shed in garden?`

    well the base is already in, so i guess the cable will enter through the side of the workshop, which is still very good point, so there will be a bend or two. i wanted to get advice on the main garden part as its getting levelled tomorrow, so ill run the duct upto the base and leave it...
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    Running electric cable to shed in garden?`

    Thank you both very much for your advice, i think i will go for a slightly larger duck and use the rope, as suggested this way the leccy can use whatever he deems suitable. Good idea breezer didn't think about the phone!! but why 40mm isn't that abit big? i like the push fit idea...
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    Running electric cable to shed in garden?`

    Hi, I've just had a concrete base installed at the rear of my garden for a workshop/shed , and am also getting the garden levelled and re-turffed this week. My question is i will want to have power/lighting in the workshop as i like to call it :D What do i need to install under the turf...
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    took some plaster and render off

    Hi, I'm re-tiling the bathroom and removed the existing tiles only to removed patches of plaster and render behind it. It would need smoothing before i can tile, i was just after some advice really. Can i just screw in some plaster boards and then tile on top of that? Or would i need...
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    is this possible

    Thats not bad, ill get some quotes see how they come in. Thanks for all Ya help :D
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    is this possible

    thanks for replying, the doors are threshold to the height of the floor inside i.e no step down. I think the foundation are deep enough as my neighbours (semi) doesn't have the path but the two building are the same height etc ... if that makes sense. A very long time ago the house...
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    is this possible

    Hi All been a while since i've posted but once again i need some advice. If you look at the pic below http://s193.photobucket.com/albums/z52/Gnzyza/?action=view&current=DSCF0018.jpg is it possible to drop that walkway around the house. my house is the only one thats semms to have it...
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    Synchromesh

    I would think its and engine out or partiallt out job on MR2, if it is you might aswell change the clutch at the same time.
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    Battery Problems or something more complex??

    How are you starting the car when it fails to start, push starting it or jump leads. Coz if it starts with jump leads that rules out your starter or solenoid, and then the first place to check would be battery or loose terminals. I reckon its a duff battery and needs replacing.
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    HOW DO I LOAD MUSIC VIDEOS ONTO MY MP3 PLAYER

    Hi, the key in the above being MP4 Player, so you need to convert your music vids to MP4 first not mpeg in the norm but MP4, its similar to MP3 but can handle Audio and Visual. I can recommend MPEAGABLE software to convert to MP4, its free. or theirs tons of other software that will do it- try...
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    Brighter boot light for Passat estate?

    you can put a brighter bulb in, get them from halfords.
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