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Picked the car up today and there were a couple of issues. There was a crack in the pipe that feeds the turbo water cooling jacket so that bit of pipe needed replacing - sadly only available as a complete unit with the connecting block and heat shield at over £100 😧 Also the cooling...

Heh, yeah, I know! Dodged a couple of big bullets over the last few months. I'll get the full details from the mechanic when I pick the car up on Friday, but essentially it was a minor leak in the cooling system which was hidden by the weak expansion tank pressure cap. Once I replaced the cap...

All fixed, not the head gasket thank god :)

Nothing wrong with your sustained connection speeds then. Very odd, Have you tried the OFCOM app? Do you have access to a PC or laptop with wireless? There's a really useful tool called inSSIDder which will show you a map of all the wifi networks in your area and you can see if yours is...

No, it shouldn't leak, sounds like you need a new expansion tank cap.

I'm confused, in your first post you said it's not really working in the bedroom? Do you mean the wifi connection is dropping out? You could try the checker app from OFCOM, it's a bit limited but does check the wifi for issues. http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/internet/broadband-speeds/ I...

Loved the last one, played it to death. Really looking forward to this one, although obviously it does ignore some of that paths which could have been taken at the end of the last game...... http://arstechnica.co.uk/gaming/2016/08/deus-ex-mankind-divided-review/ Problem is I don't have that...

Sounds like your wifi then, what happens if you run a speedtest from your iPad or phone when it's in the bedroom? If that's slower than when you run the same test from the same device in the lounge then it's your wifi not the broadband.

I loved my whiteline, made the car feel much pointier and hugely reduced understeer in slower corners. Was worth every penny. Stiffened the rear end up a treat: I'm sure a set of coilovers properly set up will give more benefit but as a cheap and easy mod to improve the handling I thought it...

Looks like it might not be the HG - there's a hole in one of the coolant pipes which is letting it suck air in. Once that's been sorted hopefully all will be well. Fingers crossed :)

Been a while since I updated, in the last month I've done another trackday at Combe which was really good, but sadly it seems to have broken the car. I had the expansion tank cap fail and blow water everywhere which was annoying, easily sorted with a new cap, but unfortunately it seems that...

Sounds like something is leaking.

Yeah watch out at Bedford - MSV run a "one strike and you're out" noise limit policy there, not sure about other TDOs.

Jesus Christ, that's ten minutes of my life I'm not getting back. Wonder what he'd do if he ever saw some genuinely bad driving rather than just everyday muppetry.

I've got an SE, prefer it to the 6S which I also have (for work). It's just personal preference at the end of the day, but the guts of a 6S in a smaller package with better battery life is pretty much the perfect device for me.

If it's a MAP then that's usually OK, so it might be unrelated.

Can be unreliable (bad weather affects the signal) and very expensive. Data limits tend to be very low on all but the most expensive packages. Have you seen there are government subsidies available for certain locations which can't get above 2Mb?

Yeah that sounds like it could be the issue, if it's running to atmosphere you're introducing an air leak into what's designed to be a closed loop system. I'm not sure about that specific engine but I know on a fair few cars it'll throw the fuel metering completely to c**k.

Get the codes read, but as long as the Forge is a recirculating dump valve and not an atmospheric one no reason it would chuck the EML on.

No MoT does not automatically invalidate insurance or tax. Perfectly fine to leave it parked on the road, just don't drive it except back to the MoT station for a pre-booked retest or to a garage for the required repairs. Given the numbers of uninsured cars out there never mind the number of...

Wouldn't worry, I had a bumper re-done years ago and after about six months it started to bubble up, told the insurance company and they sorted it out.

Very cool, but at that price I'd get a good example of the E60 M5 instead and still have a fighting fund left over for repairs. I can definitely see the appeal though!

Only thing I can think is some cars have multi-speed cooling fans for the radiator, it's not unknown for the control packs to fail so the fan loses one or more of the speeds. It's usually the slower speeds. If that happens then it's not until the engine temp gets high enough for the "oooh...

In terms of upgrades at the moment I'm thinking - nothing. That's very, very unusual for me! I'd want to get the engine forged before trying to get much more power out of it, and the car really doesn't need any more power at the moment - 275bhp in a Clio 200 is plenty. I think I could probably...

I've had the car back for just over a week now, but had forgotten to update. If anything it feels even better than before, I suspect the slave had been a bit unhappy for a little while as power takeup feels much more positive now than I remember. Could just be the placebo effect of course, but...

Yep the iPad Pro 9.7 surprised the market by being the the "new" Air really, same size, same weight, faster. iPad refresh cycle is generally much slower than the phones. TBH I can't see much that would make me want to upgrade from my Air 2 at this point. Maybe if they made an Air 3 at some...

AFAIK the PS4 is going to be the replacement for the PSS, it's a much more performance biased tyre than the PS3. SC6 is another good shout. AD08R is definitely a good tyre, but it also gets much better with temperature in my experience. If you want genuinely good grip from cold you probably...

PSS are known for having relatively soft sidewalls for really high performance tyre, but they've suffered more than most I've seen :) Pilot Sport Cup 2's could be your answer mate, assuming you can get them in your size. Dedicated track day tyre levels of grip with half-decent lifespan too...

They're owned by BT, but still a separate company. For now, at least.......

I was with them for about a decade, no complaints at all. I only switched because I got an incredible deal on Virgin. Just be aware that like most other ISPs they rely on the OpenReach network so there can be faults which they can do very little about, that's not unique to them by any means...