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I admit I’m looking at airflow as if it was a node of a supercomputer, but basic principle remains the same.

That’s the ones. The design I saw there was a plastic semicircular pair of clips for each of the cylinders on the bottom of the tank.

I’d definitely keep an eye on the airflow and would advise against pulling air in from the rear. It’s very strange if I am honest to go top to bottom with big components effectively blocking the air flow. If things start getting warm you might want to look at a heat pipe or a close look liquid cooler for the CPU that sits the radiator under an extraction fan up top. That or a passive heat sink with ducting up to a top exhaust fan. It looks like the GPU could be passive, so if it is that’s good as there are not massive fans messing up the flow. 👍 It’s a very nice build though and I’ll probably do something similar in an ATX format.

That would be a problem, but I do genuinely think the law should be updated. How many times does the country have to fall apart due to a few flakes of snow?

Just wanted to clarify that whilst the TMSC 7nm process is more efficient than the 10nm, it in itself doesn't determine the power use of the chip. Give or take the different methods for calculating it, the TDP is what matters. Why? Just because you can use a 7nm process, if you are to use a different core design that isn't as efficient, then you might need to cram in more transistors and burn the same or more energy for the same performance. Just look at the power used by the 7nm GPU vs a 14nm ARM chip (Obviously very different use cases, but you get the idea). That's a nice tidy build. Can't say I like the shark fin wifi aerial, but that's completely personal preference. For an ITX case it looks well thought out. One question, I can see the CPU cooler with the fan, and the fan behind the HDD, but where is the 2nd P12 fan? I only ask, because as it stands the airflow feels as if it would be a bit weird. I assume the CPU fan is pushing air through the heatsink to the back of the case, but which way is the fan behind the HDD pushing/pulling? Otherwise it will be interesting to see how the case works out for you as I'll look to replace a very old system in a full tower in the future. I'd have done it already it it wasn't for supply issues, but waiting for supply to improve on various parts, now means I might as well wait that small bit longer for the next gen memory and PCIe technologies to appear.

If you want locking nuts, get some McGuard or similar from anywhere or go to the dealer. If you don't just buy 4 of the correct non-locking nuts from a dealer. Locking wheel nuts are not particularly resistant to a determined theif, but as they are standard fit, I can imagine the case where an insurance company could have a problem if your wheels did get nicked and you didn't have them fitted.

It's nice to see, but TBH they should be standard in the UK and an option of a summer/winter set at cost. It would make new cars instantly safer in poor conditions we see a lot of the year and not noticably worse to anyone that isn't a rally driver in summer. Those that want the best in the conditions pay for it, which they're used to doing currently anyway. I can't see most people/fleets paying £180, but if they were standard I can't imagine too many typical buyers not accepting them. I really do think the law should change to state that all cars sold in the UK must come with tyres appropriate for the season in which they are sold or to be used. No point selling a car on summers coming up to winter and no point selling a car on winters coming up to summer.

Sounds like the default firewall rules were set up to be more secure and treat them as seperate networks rather than home users where it's all one. These things happen and hopefully a week later BT have posted an official software update to the affected routers.

I would go to your dealer and ask for a firmware/software update and get the issue logged. If that doesn't fix it then possibly a hardware issue, but if the slider is there and does nothing, my first thought is a firmware "bug/feature"

As mentioned, freedom members can advertise cars for sale on the forum. Should you be interested the subscriptions details can be found here https://www.briskoda.net/forums/subscriptions/ From a more general point of view, I would say don't scrap it as if it's safe and runs with an MOT it has a value, particularly at the moment. Private sale yes I'd definately declare it, but probably take off 25%-30% off the price of a similar car. If it was one of the big car buying sites, it's up to them to do their homework as they will deduct for every little dent. If they don't ask, I wouldn't volunteer the information as it's all on the records they can see. Obviously if they do ask it's different. The route that's best for you will likely depending on wether you just want a simple quick sale or the best price. You might be surprised by the demand for cheap simple run around cars at the moment, due to people avoiding public transport.

IMHO the **If you don't order it with towbar prep, then you can't tow type line, it a little less obvious than would be ideal and those selling the cars new/used should certainly be given training to make customers aware of this. That said, I seem to remember reading on here that some of the assistance systems rely on the correct electronics telling them when there is a trailer/caravan attached. If there is they can alter their behavior under emergency situations. Should that be accurate, then I could see a situation where the rules may say it's not an option to tow without it and at approval stage it doesn't have it so there is no approval. I guess it's one to keep an eye out for on all brands of vehicle.

Have you tried feeding them biscuits?

The old 8000s is a comparative leightweight and half the amp you have there at only 7.5kg . For curiosity, I weighed the new amp and it's 15kg give or take, so I guess must have picked up a complimentary subscription to the amplifiers by weight package somewhere along the line. Average = 3/4 of the amp you have As for hard to drive speakers sounding good, It's amazing what a good amp can do, particularly where there's high volumes or lots of low end bass to be dealt with. What did you go for in the end? I like the XLR inputs and as they're so much simpler to use than a phono pair, I'm somewhat surprised they never really took off outside of professional circiles. I guess the improvements of being balanced, were offset by manufacturers having the cost of making sure the kit was spot on too.

1) Don't be so rude... 2) I had to moderate a post, offering an activated version of VCDS-lite, which is paid for software. 3) You probably should have read the forum guidlines before posting.

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Would you like the title change to peer pressure? You may be able to edit it yourself by editing the first post if you’re quick enough.

Too late sadly, but FWIW I tried a few of the newer A3 models when it came out a few years ago before using one for long (6-8 hour round trip) journeys. For me the standard seats I found were poor, the sport seats much better, the super sport seats a bit too much for me. All of these came with zero lumbar adjustment as standard and if you wanted it you had to add the 4 way electric. In the end I settled on a manual sports seat (including the pull out leg support at the front) with the electric 4 way lumbar adjustment. That was much better than the seat in the MK2, mainly due to the better leg support and so reduced arse/back ache on longer journeys. The 4 way lumbar was better than the skoda mk2, only because it came further out and could be height adjusted, and you need both not just one to get comfortable. I seem to remember the passat also came with an ergo seat option (as I believe did some skoda in other markets), so if you're still looking at swapping seats these could be a good option to try and locate at a lower than Audi sports seats price.

What year/model type (mk 1/2/3) is your octavia? There are multiple options with different solutions 👍

Glad you got it sorted👍

I wouldn't leave the update.

Is your windows laptop on a work domain ? I would still suggest the Ethernet and the 1x1 will definitely cause issues with achievable WiFi speed which will make it slower than the big network at work can deliver. Ethernet cable and adapter if needed just rules out a potential issue for to a lot of money. If you can download, but it just won’t update, first step would be to try and download the offline windows update package. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 An example guide is here : https://www.itechguides.com/how-to-install-windows-10-2004-update-manually/ I do remember a version being stuck in loops during one upgrade, which required removal of drivers, then update then reinstall, but I honestly don’t remember more than that.

What version of Windows do you have on it? If it's windows 10... the office is out of date sounds like you basically need to do a major update via windows update to a newer version of windows 10 (It's free). The wifi on that laptop isn't one I personally like dealing with, the spec sheet specified "Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11b/g/n/ac (1x1) and Bluetooth® 4.2 Combo" The fact that it's a 1x1 also means it's not going to be as fast as it could be in ac mode, but that's not the end of the world, just a comment. If you have an ethernet port, then plug it into the router and let it do it that way. From what I can see you don't, so I suggest you buy something like this (Make sure it's USB 3 or C and it doesn't require a driver) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Network-Adapter-Syncwire-Gigabit-Ethernet/dp/B074CDL78M Plus an ethernet cable if you don't have one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/C2G-Booted-Unshielded-Network-Patch/dp/B001U3ZQH8 or https://www.amazon.co.uk/KabelDirekt-Ethernet-Connector-High-Speed-Shielding/dp/B01FHYOX0G Then plug it into the router and do the updates that way.

That is because I moderated the posts in question

Surely it would read There’s no place like ~/

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