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[2007DBR9]

Hello again!

This place seems very quiet since I was here last, are there any familiar faces (names) still about?

Was the spam issue finally sorted??

[Elite_Deforce]

I'm still around! Steve upgraded the site as you can see, but the spam issue remains for now. I pop in every so often but I get discouraged when I see the amount of it around.

[2007DBR9]

Good to see you again mate!

Well if it is any encouragement, the place looks much better now.

Has anything newsworthy besides the spam issue happened since I have been away?

[Jammo]

I show up from time to time aswell, I havnt in the past week or so because of 2 reasons,,,,I got Forza4 and my landlord changed ISP so I had to wait a week for BT to change the line over!

[Steve]

I am trying to keep the spam down as much as possible. One or two spam posts every day which I can manage. I hope we can get the community posting again and membership back up. I can send an email to the larger registered membership base once I get a few items cleaned up on the site.

[2007DBR9]

Steve, on 16 November 2011 - 01:17 AM, said:

I am trying to keep the spam down as much as possible. One or two spam posts every day which I can manage. I hope we can get the community posting again and membership back up. I can send an email to the larger registered membership base once I get a few items cleaned up on the site.

That sounds good, it would be great to see this place get back to how it was. If there is anything at all I can do to help, let me know

[Cliffy]

I'm still here on and off! Good to see you mate!

[2007DBR9]

Good to see you too!

Looks like things are starting to pick up again which is nice. How is that Alfa treating you?

[Chris V.]

Steve, on 16 November 2011 - 01:17 AM, said:

I am trying to keep the spam down as much as possible. One or two spam posts every day which I can manage.

it's all teh time. I dont' even bother with warning, just ban the obvious spammers and delete the posts. I've left the posts of people/bots that merely have advertising in their sigs, but giant topics for pharmaceuticals or clothing? Gone instantly.

[Cliffy]

2007DBR9, on 05 December 2011 - 08:36 AM, said:

Good to see you too!

Looks like things are starting to pick up again which is nice. How is that Alfa treating you?

Got rid of the Alfa, as you probably saw in my latest thread. Was a great car, but too many potentials to go wrong, not to mention a cambelt interval reduced to 36,000-miles from 76,000-miles indicating that they were prone to failure. And as mine had like 80,000 on the clock with no record of having been changed, I believe I was about to luck out (I've NEVER changed a cambelt on any of my cars hehe). Garage wanted £400 to do the job too....;(

[2007DBR9]

Cliffy, on 06 December 2011 - 10:37 AM, said:

Got rid of the Alfa, as you probably saw in my latest thread. Was a great car, but too many potentials to go wrong, not to mention a cambelt interval reduced to 36,000-miles from 76,000-miles indicating that they were prone to failure. And as mine had like 80,000 on the clock with no record of having been changed, I believe I was about to luck out (I've NEVER changed a cambelt on any of my cars hehe). Garage wanted £400 to do the job too....;(

Yeah I saw that just after I posted here. That is fair enough, it is not worth paying nearly as much what you did on the car on repairs. What happened to it in the end? Did you manage to sell it?

A cambelt is a horrible job to do

[Cliffy]

2007DBR9, on 06 December 2011 - 12:05 PM, said:

Yeah I saw that just after I posted here. That is fair enough, it is not worth paying nearly as much what you did on the car on repairs. What happened to it in the end? Did you manage to sell it?

A cambelt is a horrible job to do

Yup, sold her for £595 I think. I actually saw it on Ebay a few months ago. Had what looked like battle scars from last years snow (broken front indicator lense) but other than that was okay. the bloke that bought if off me was going to use it to commute to work at Heathrow Airport everyday (about a 40-mile round trip at least)....Not sure what the cambelt would have said about that, but he didn't ask, lol.

Cambelts are a nightmare, especially if you don't have access to special tools and ramps etc, that's why I don't do them and would rather a car without one! I certainly wouldn't want to pay a garage to do it, given how much they can charge, and somewhere like Mr Clutch who seem to do it for a cheap fixed price, seem like cowboys, lol.

[mlfoy]

Has anything newsworthy besides the spam issue happened since I have been away?

Edited by Chris V., 25 December 2011 - 03:45 PM.
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[agentfrnd]

Yeah I saw that just after I posted here. That is fair enough, it is not worth paying nearly as much what you did on the car on repairs. What happened to it in the end? Did you manage to sell it?

Edited by Chris V., 05 January 2012 - 08:01 AM.
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