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Actually had me almost in tears watching this. When the guy hits the brakes the passenger looks like a cartoon character! Car sounds so so good too.

Register on parcel2go.com. You are presented with a selection of courier companies,of which Hermes is one of them. So far Hermes are have been the cheapest and parcels have always been delivered. I drop them of at a local shop as well so no waiting around at home. Insurance is optional although I've never used it but I do pay the little extra for signed delivery, it's a must if selling on Ebay.

I will follow up with a video when I can drag my son away from his Xbox long enough, but they are finally working as they should!

Pfff, can't believe it's been over a month Spend two weekends back to back to redo the wiring and just as I was ready to throw in the towel and set fire to the DRLs I got them to work. Completely baffled as to why they now work and not in the way I had them wired up, but I no longer care. It works. /End of thread If anyone is looking for these units... just don't!

I'm In Kidlington at least once a month so can WSCC courier to Peak District if anyone requires.

Just added it, good shout that man..!

Hi Rich, I'm afraid I don't have a copy of Ian's circuit - this is a new design by me, using a programmable ATTiny85 micro for more 'logical' operations. With a toggle switch, it will turn the indicator off IF (time since turned on > x AND time since brake release > y) OR switch is off. With a push button, it will turn the indicator off IF (time since turned on > x AND time since brake release > y) OR same direction button is pressed again OR opposite direction button is pressed. Very similar to the Westfield self-cancelling indicator, but with a brake input to inhibit the off, plus the option of using with a Lucas style toggle switch.

Julie, you make it sound like I'm running illegally, its not due for 10 days yet. Nice to meet you Chris and my mate does remember you putting him through his paces, lol.

You see when photography was an effort, you were careful as to what pictures you took and then like Dave said there was the excitement of seeing it swim into vision in the chemical bath. And that is why Dad (and later on me) used to take perhaps 72 pics of a whole holiday. The digital smart phone (and digi pics have their place) generation will have taken 72 pics of the bacon sandwich and pint at the Witherspoons in the airport before they've even got on the plane..!

As always the Oil Can Café was a great afternoon out. Three of us, me, Rickyboy100 and Mattycatty met up at Emley Moor TV mast for a blast down to the Carding Shed. The weather couldn't have been better and the cars were great to look at. We all thought the burgers were a bit pricey at £5 each. James pulled in a bit later in his Gulf liveried Westfield after declining the offer of parking in the top field.

Yup.Then washing and racks or lines of drying prints. Using infra red film used to be lots of fun - you really didn't know what you had till you got to work in the dark room. I miss the excitement of seeing an image appear in the developing tray.

Oh man... Technical Lego... I had so much of that stuff and the proper Lego where you had to make stuff and a complete model didn't come in 3 bits that just needed clipping together. I think it got given to a school when I moved out of the parents house. And I had Meccano as well. And a chemistry set. And a soldering iron and an old Avo 8 My path to geekdom was set very early on

To whet your appetite, Q:

Living in the Yorkshire Dales National Park you soon get used to the only predictable thing about the weather being that it's completely unpredictable. That being the case me and Our Lass usually do beer o'clock on a Friday after work has finished and plan the weekend with reference (albeit loosely) to the Met Office weather forecast. Today's forecast was for a cloud covering, little chance of rain, and reasonable-ish temperatures. Which loosely translated often means it's going to be cold and at some stage it will p*** down. So you can imagine my surprise when half six this morning I get up to find the sun is belting and there isn't a cloud in the sky. My thoughts turn straight away to how I can best use this fortunate situation. I could log into the aircraft booking system and see if the plane is free, I could climb on the bike and disappear for the day, maybe go off and do a bit of shooting. All manner of fun stuff is suddenly in prospect but then Jiminy Cricket pipes up and reminds me that all the grass needs cutting, the hedges need trimming etc etc etc................none of them are going to do themselves and the weather tomorrow may be such that I can't do them. So a plan begins to formulate. First up, walking gear on, dogs in the vehicle and me and Our Lass spend a lovely couple of hours up on the hills tiring the little darlings out. The significance of that little excercise will become clear a bit later Next it's out with the mower, strimmer and hedge trimmer and two or three hours later everything is looking tidy, the tools are away and it's about time for some scran. Now I hate going off and enjoying myself if I'm left feeling that work hasn't been done, or the dogs haven't had their walk out. I like to get things squared away so I can go off and enjoy whatever it is I'm doing without the nagging feeling that either of the above haven't first been sorted. But today they have. And the sun's still high in the sky and suddenly it's time for the Westy. I ask Our Lass where she'd like to go, and she says she doesn't mind, how about a cup of tea somewhere ? A684 it is then, through West Witton, left through West Burton and along the road towards Kettlewell. I aren't out to break eggs with a stick, so I'm happy to just cruise along, enjoying the road, the lovely weather, and the sound of the exhaust burbling along bouncing off the dry stone walls. The occasional tourist is dispatched with a down-change, a howl from the exhaust and that addictive thrust of torque before resuming a steady meander through the Dales lanes. I'm taken by how versatile such a single purpose vehicle is. It is quite capable of comfortably cruising along at 2,000 revs, even seeing off the roads bumps and bruises without discomfort, and then on the other hand throwing itself forward with a scream and becoming a different animal. A leisurely tea for two at Kilnsey Park watching the fly fishers landing their trout before heading back. At the gate we have to wait while a stream of about eight bimblers passed us by, unfortunately heading our way. The little Westy picked them all off in two's and three's with a rush and a howl before settling back and enjoying the ride home. Glorious sunshine, lovely roads and a barbie and a few beers when we got home. Life's hard sometimes innit ? Ever have one of those days ?

Sounds idyllic! However you, unlike me and mine, didn't get the sun burning down on your head in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty watching an almost endless stream of beautiful vehicles go screaming up the hillside at the Kop Hil Climb. I did! For those who are able to go, it's also on today (Sunday).

Ah well, I had a real mix of good and bad. Good was a cracking run over Hartside in Cumbria to the lakes, then kirkstone pass, whinlatter, honister pass, Windermere etc fantastic especially the twisties over Hartside. Then just as we decide to head back my expansion tank decides to explode! So the car wets itself in public which is a trifle embarrassing. Manage a bypass bodge to get us to a petrol station and then a further bodge involving a drinks bottle gets me the 100 mile drive home! I'll post pics up and more info in a separate thread, but still had a cracking run out

That's me signed up and paid for the mrs. I've told her to behave till then or she won't be coming! :-)

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