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Went through this one recently. Have had (and still got) a Pioneer plasma from 2011 which at the time, was supposed to be the best TV money could buy. Through work, I got to see quite a lot of TVs and was of the opinion that was a fair assessment - a great TV quality wise. New TV would have to be good to be worth the change so I did some research. Having kept an eye open I'd already pretty much concluded that OLED would be the ideal replacement for the plasma but to my genuine surprise, I ended up with a Samsung Q-LED. I honestly didn't expect to ever buy an LCD TV, but the things they have done to mitigate the problems of LCD are impressive. The final thing that did to for me was getting the lad at Currys to put the same material on an LG OLED and a Samsung Q90 right next to one another - the manufacturers don't like you doing that! The LG OLED had fantastic black performance but the screen was way more reflective than the Samsung, which somewhat offset that in most viewing situations, but the Samsung made an absolutely incredible job of processing some iffy source material - it looked rubbish on the LG OLED but amazing on the Samsung. Yes, I know it was post-processed....but I don't care, it looked great! The LG showed terrible contouring, the Samsung replaced it with a smooth graduated field of colour. HDR material looked good on both as did UHD. OLED slightly better for the absolute image purist still, but I don't watch most of my TV in perfect viewing conditions, so the Q-LED won out for me. A big bonus, I never have to worry about the potential for screen burn. Always ran the plasma a bit on the dim side to try and mitigate that risk. Would likely do the same with an OLED just in case. No such worries with the Q-LED, so I can spend hours playing on the console without worrying. Samsung & LG both make a good TV. Probably a good idea to get along to Currys or the like and have a play with the different 'smart' systems - see which you prefer. The Samsung one gets a bit of a blasting for the voice control, but the main system seems pretty good to me. Also, consider looking at a model from last year - you can usually get a better TV for the same budget as this years models that way. Won't have the absolute latest features/signal processing/etc but that isn't always a bad thing. Another factor in favour of the one I picked was the Samsung "one invisible connection" setup on their top models. There is a black brick that takes all the inputs then a thin (about 3mm) translucent cable that connects to the panel itself. This carries the signal and power for the panel so saves masses of cables behind the TV itself. This worked out great for me, as the old Pioneer had a similar external 'media box' setup, but with a Displayport and mains cable to the panel itself, so I just swapped out the boxes and wires. Can't hurt to wait for the sales, but you don't tend to see much of the higher end stuff. I kept a close eye on prices for a couple of months using PriceSpy, then saw a good offer on John Lewis with a £125 voucher refund so jumped on it.

Piece of plastic honeycomb. Enough to do a westy grille. £sold Pair of braided brake hoses, black coating, came from furore. Fitted on a car but never used in anger. All m10 x1.0. Please check pics to see if they are suitable. £sold Sytec pre pump filter 12mm tails. New never used. £sold posted. 2.0 EcoBoost standard thermostat. Free to any home. 2 x westfield exhaust bobbins. Sold 75mm throttle body. Believe it's one for a mustang. No Tps fitted. Has the mounts on it for a ford IACV or you'll need a blank plate. Also an 80mm silicon elbow to suit. SOLD Westfield cable clutch pedal 5pk belt. £free before they go in the bin. Just cover the post. All proceeds will enable me to buy a new pair of garage shoes as mine are worn out as you can see

I've just picked 4 of 195/50/15 PS3's from Lee Bennett- top geezer! All 4 are 2019 dates and have 7mm. This is the 'oldest' one He's been a pleasure to deal with. He gets them from a team who compete in the Ginetta Junior Championship. You can read the regs on tyres here and hence why they are avaiable with such little use! https://www.ginetta.com/uploads/downloads/2019-Ginetta-Junior-Regulations-Published-Copy.pdf I can't wait to get them on and see how much better they are than the T1R's

Alternator and wobbly headlamp sorted so good to come out to play again !

Just shows you how perceptions can be different. I did the exact comparison that chris did and for me the LG oled came out on top!. Only just though. The one connection on the samsung is very clever but not a major concern for my installation. At the time the q90 qled was 150 dearer than the LG aswell. Best thing to do as chris says is visit a big currys and view them at the same time as they generally have all the big rivals in one place and see which you prefer.

@Ian Tolfree (tolf) - WSCC AO Rep might be clued up on this 👍

He is a very good driver. No questions asked here. And he is been really good since... forever: an example: istambul 2006. (If you have never seen this race... take a brew, send it to the tv, have some paper roll on hand, you are likely to need it and enjoy...) The older he gets the more mature he becomes. Excellent driving skills and nowadays very smart in the cockpit. That simply can't be argued. BUT.. he is also a media star, and this is what most Hamilton's haters will use as supporting evidence. He is a driver. His life outside the track should be fairly irrelevant, and should not be judged for this. I personally hate him. Can't help... since all the McLaren-Alonso thing happened... but you will never hear me say a bad word about him... he is a proper driver.

I remember going to watch the British GP in 2006. Lewis was in GP2 (therefore all drivers had the same car) and he overtook 2 cars in one move into Beckett's... It was an epic overtake and the best move of the whole weekend! Some of his drives that season were a delight to watch as he ran rings around some quality young peddlers. If you go on YouTube (I'll have to find the link) there's a kart race he did in the wet where he made everyone else look daft! I agree it's difficult to compare drivers from different era's (my own favourite was Gilles Villeneuve) but he has never had it easy. His team mates have always been world class (Alonso, Button, Rosberg, Bottas) with almost no team orders and parity in the car which makes his achievements all the more impressive.