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Tell them to 'cough, go elsewhere.

www.pepipoo.com is a good place to start looking for help.

The advert can be seen here.

Surely it's on the old credit card statement? Or did that go in the bin? Can the card be deleted and re-added?

Here's the way mine runs:- Aerial goes through a CB filter (because the cops play hell with my TV) to a booster ('cos the signal's crap) and goes to RF IN on my CCTV From RF OUT on CCTV it goes to RF IN on my VCR From RF OUT on my VCR it goes to RF IN on my DVD recorder From RF OUT on my DVD recorder it goes to RF IN on my Digibox From RF OUT 1 on my Digibox it goes to the main TV From RF OUT 2 on my Digibox it goes upstairs to RF IN on a tvLINK T180 8-way booster (this is compatible with magic eyes, some amps require bypass kits) From the T180 it goes to the a load of SLx magic eyes, each on their own TV This gives me the following channels:- 0 Aiwa VCR (one room only - it's got its own VCR) 1 BBC1 2 BBC2 3 ITV1 Wales 4 S4C 5 Sky 6 VCR 7 DVDR 8 CCTV In this setup the 12V output from the Digibox is switched OFF, as the T180 will power the eyes itself. I would NOT recommend using the SLx8B amplifier. I had one of these, it overheated and the transformer melted its way through the case! T180 was purchased from CPC, you may be able to find it cheaper elsewhere though. As an aside, I picked up this little tip earlier. If you've been let down by one of the big high street electrical retailers, go in and find the Sky remote. Chances are they'll have magic eyes dotted around that pick up the signal and beam it back to the digibox hidden in the back room. Click SERVICES, 4, 0, 1, SELECT, enter the RF menu and switch the "2nd outlet power supply" OFF. This'll shut down all magic eyes and chances are nobody in the building will know how to switch them back on. Or change the RF output channel which'll require either resetting (if they have a TV hooked up with SCART) or a retune of every TV set on display (if they don't). For less chance of being caught, use a PDA with IR remote software instead of their Sky remote. Oops what have I started?!

Staff from at least three dealers are active on this forum. There's someone from Lexus Edinburgh who signs in as, erm, LexusEdinburgh! Chris.S (Chris Shipley) works at another dealership. I've seen a third, but can't remember who (sorry mate). Going from past topics (RX300 lurching & hesitancy is one of them I think) word certainly finds its way up the chain.

Would it be worth resetting the ECU first, to see if that clears it and it goes away for good? Remove EFI and ECTS fuses for 30 seconds (long fuse box under bonnet), reinsert them, leave the key in the "run" position for 6 minutes, turn off and then try starting the car, see if the CEL's gone (and stays gone). Or just clear the error using the OBD reader that gave you the code in the first place! Good luck!

I've seen cops doing 14mpg in an RX300, but that's 'cos they'd spent most of the time parked in the town centre with the engine running!

I dare you to ring an Insurance company to find out how much it'll be Just like the adverts... "Hi, is that Direct Line? I'm after some insurance, and I'd like you to Quote Me Happy?" "It's got 4 wheels"* *according to the advert that's pretty much all they need to know. With Caller ID and access to DVLA driver & vehicle records this is quite possible, but you can bet they don't do it.

This'd be a bargain to insure, then!

Adz's example above is a good one. Locating a fault is slightly fiddlier. Put a multimeter to the 10A range. Disconnect the battery (either cable, negative probably safer), put one meter probe (red in this case) to the disconnected battery cable and the other to the disconnected battery post. DO NOT START THE CAR OR YOU'LL BLOW THE METER! You'll now be showing a current draw, probably 100 milliamps or more, which is not good. Pull one of the fuses. If the meter drops significantly, there's your problem circuit. If not, put it back in and move to the next one. The ECTS and EFI fuses will show some change when pulled, this is normal as they're always running. Found your problem circuit? Now you can narrow the fault down as you know where to start looking. One method that's just come to mind for testing the boot light: set a camcorder (or camera phone with video record facility) recording, pop it in the boot and shut the lid. Now open it, stop the recording and play it back to see if the light went out. Oh, once you've finished with the meter, don't forget to unplug the red lead from the 10A socket and plug it back into the normal one, or you'll short out the next thing you try to read the voltage of!

Winner

Obstacle

I've pointed the current high bidder in the right direction :winky:

9 letters? Beginning with S? That narrows it down to just two!

Ouch!

Time to kick Hotmail into touch and get a Gmail account instead, methinks! My sister switched from Hotmail to Gmail after Hotmail decided to bounce mail from me back to me for no reason whatsoever (I checked the mail headers - there really was no reason other than that Hotmail is crap!). PM me if you need a Gmail invite.

Excellent!

You've fitted a four-post lift to the wheels?

A joke? Oh I see. Aha. Ahahahahahahahaha!

Wouldn't think gold leaf comes into it. Plastic parts look like gold paint. Metal parts can be electroplated, same as the gold badges you can get. See here for a demo of how the plating's done. The plating kit'll set you back £1500 and lets you plate car emblems, bath taps, golf clubs, Nokia 8800s, intercoolers, superchargers... ;-)

Viewed the source code of the page to dig out the background colour of the page, set the text colour to that colour. Posts alternate between colour #F5F9FD (lighter posts) and #EEF2F7 (darker posts).

For the full list, highlight the text between this line... 1) Stapler (on the desk) 2) Ruler (on the desk) 3) Keyboard (on the desk) 4) Monitor (on the desk) 5) Mug (on the desk) 6) Bin (next to the umbrella) 7) Umbrella (next to the bin) 8) Right-hand cupboard door (on the right-hand wall) 9) Briefcase (under the desk) 10) Swivel chair 11) Fists 12) Boss's own pen 13) Coat hook (on left-hand wall) 14) Left-hand wall ...and this line. Or just press CTRL-A - just like REVEAL on Teletext!