Pluck up some courage & save a lot of money

Advantages: Money saved, job satisfaction, can be shared with friends
Disadvantages: Cost to set up, a job for the summer days

...strongly advise you to carry out a service just after a MOT. Thereby you have your vehicle professional checked over for the safety related items as part of the MOT leaving you the less important items to service a couple of days later. Doing this, will stop any chance of missing something important that can be safety related. Once you have the confidence to carry out regular repairs you can also save money carrying out DIY installations on various extras such as additional lighting, installing radio/cds upgrades & other useful accessories. Here is a list of some 20 basic tools you would need, all can easily purchased from an accessory shop such as Halfords or over the Internet. If you spread the cost with friends it can reduce the overall cost considerably. I haven?t however included a tool box to store them. 1: Support stands...

ScottishWestie 21.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of DIY installations

Meguiars Quick Detailer

Advantages: Easy to use and has pleasant aroma
Disadvantages: Price is a little steep

...Quik Detailer is the missing link between washes. Simply spray on and wipe off with a Meguiar's Supreme Shine Microfibre or a 100% cotton terry towel. Quik Detailer removes contaminants safely without scratching your paint. I was a bit sceptical about this product, but I had been convinced by a friend to try it. In a word "WOW" this product is amazing and so simple to use, wash and wax the car as normal and then when ever it rains or the car gets covered in dust just mist and wipe. Mist one panel at a time wipe on dry off its that simple, and the finish is outstanding as it states on the label the whole car can be done in about 15 minutes. I did mine in exactly 15 minutes and I have an average size saloon, the finish is like glass and the shine is blinding. And as a bonus it actually takes out light swirl marks...

Mcrae-69 11.09.2006 · Read review
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Wahl, what a close shave i had with these...

Advantages: Easy to use, lightweight and trims without tugging
Disadvantages: cutting edges can become a little warm after a while

...a month to help hide my baldness, but as I had previously used Wahl hair trimming products I decided to bite the bullet, so to speak, and invest in what I hoped would last for quite some time. That was nearly a year ago now and the yucky browny purple coloured hair trimmers are still going strong. This trimmer itself is great for shaving my head, plus, what I really found was a boon about it was it that it is brilliant for the finer details around the edges, such as side burns and the back of my neck, maybe even them tramlines as well, (although I don?t have any tram lines in what?s left of my hair). The electric cable is of a good length so you?re not stuck to that plug socket near the floor, forcing you to kneel down in a dodgy position until you?ve finished the job in hand. The three cutting guides are a good quality rigid plastic...

blissman70 06.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Wahl Wahl Detailer Professional Detailing Hair Trimmer

Great for installations!

Advantages: Price, Sound Quality, Quality Brand, Size.
Disadvantages: Harsh Mid Frequencies.

...I've just finished installing 2 pairs of these speakers with the JBL Control SB2 Sub Bass Speaker. The single cone Sub is designed to drive 2 pairs of top speakers in stereo. Having switched the system on for the first time today and got some music running through it I was primarily amazed at the projection of these little babies. They throw the sound really well and the overall sound I can describe in one word: Crisp! Without the Sub Bass unit these speakers extend down to 80hz which is a respectable figure for such a compact cabinet. I would imagine that, on their own these speakers would make ideal candidates for background music in bars, cafe's and restaurants. They would also make pretty tasty surround speakers in a Dolby setup and are a viable alternative for home hi-fi for those who want a more professional sound. Do not...

carlshwin 07.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of JBL Control 1

Every Detail picked up clearly

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...I have a boyfriend who lives a long coach journey away, so we like to keep in touch via webcam . The only problem with that is that my bedrooms pretty poorly lit, and the position of the light in relation to my PC meant that generally, I just showed up as a blur. So, as a gift, my boyfriend decided to surprise me with a new webcam in the post - The Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000. Installing the camera was easy - run the disk that comes with the camera, plug into your USB slot when prompted, follow the easy instuctions, a quick restart, and you've got yourself a shiny new webcam. Immediately I could see many advantages with this webcam over my old one - starting with something relatively simple - a nice long wire, and a heavy weighted base that made positioning of the camera and moving it around very easy. This was really useful for me...

Thehonesttruth 10.02.2009 · Read review
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Poor service from Homeserve

Advantages: Nice warm house cheaper gas bills
Disadvantages: Substandard overpriced installation

...for me. This is what he told me... The gas supply had been fed to the boiler using the old water pipes and various other little things. He would not fit a flueless gas fire and there was no way he was going to connect anything to old water pipes. He suggested I contact Corgi and get the installation checked and gave me all the contact details. CORGI This is the organisation that regulate gas fitting. You can fill in a complaint form on line so this is what I did. 2 weeks later I had no response so I phoned and was told that they had no record of my complaint. I am very computer literate so I knew that I hadn't made any mistakes in sending in the complaint so I was unwilling to go through the process again so I was promised that a form would be sent out to me. This did not arrive so I telephoned again. Many...

baeswoman 29.08.2007 (09.10.2007) · Read review
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Review of Central Heating Installation

Under Construction

Advantages: TBA
Disadvantages: TBA

...This review is being rewritten at the moment, and will reappear when I'm happy with it. I'm currently rewriting all of my old reviews to make them better and more in line with 'proper' reviews like you see on the liks of Pitchfork or Stylus, and naturally that's going to take a bit of work. Sorry for being massively inconvinient, but that's just how I roll, folks! I'll try to rewrite this review as quickly as possible, but for the moment I've written a basic guide to the album below which should hopefully serve as a place holder until my glorious full and proper review is created. Details by Frou Four, a duo made up of singer Imogen Heap and producer Guy Sigsworth. I give the album 4/5. The best songs you'll find here are "Let Go", "The Dumbing Down Of Love" and "Maddening Shroud". I recommend you avoid "Psychobabble" and "Flicks...

Seresecros 05.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of Details [ECD] - Frou Frou

Five Details...

Advantages: A little insight...
Disadvantages: Who Cares Exactly?

...I thought it was about time I did an All About Me. I've been ciaoing for over five years (most of it quite badly) and am gradually procedding through the coloured dots. I couldn't face the I was born on the 7th february 1981 in a hospital in Sunderland to 22-year-old parents stuff and I don't have a middle name, so I thought I'd sum it up in a little survey. My favourite number is 9 but I think five is plenty... + + + FIVE DETAILS ABOUT ME + + + 1. I have a lot of phobias, because I'm strange like that. I'm absolutely petrified of mushrooms. Ugh, I shuddered then just to prove it. I would love to tell you all just how and why I am scared but I really can't bring myself to discuss the awful fungi (hehe well that's a good start huh?). I am also scared of making phone calls. Not answering the phone, but making phone calls. It...

steffee 06.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of All About Me

Northern Gas Heating

Advantages: Knowledgable sales staff, good back up service, reliable, hard working installers, Professional, long guarantees
Disadvantages: None I can think of.

...without a reccomendation by some-one you know. Fortunately I was about to be very pleasantly suprised. I had put the enquiry onto a web page that sends your details to a few companies. Northern Gas were the second to contact me and were very professional in obtaining all the relevant information and dealing with the enquiry. A salesman visited us the next evening and was very thorough in obtaining as much information as he could before making any recommendations. As they do a wide range of products and installations they could advise which system would meet our needs the best instead of trying to sell me a "one size fits all" package. After spending a few hours making sure we understood everything we proceeded to talk MONEY. As mentioned they were not the cheapest but with all the back up and guarantees offered my mind was put at ease. It was also nice to...

1Tank1 16.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Central Heating Installation

Cheap and easy to install

Advantages: Very cheap and easy to install
Disadvantages: No manual, driver CD

...Introduction: Due to my Tesco Technika digital photo frame not being recognized by my PC issue (see my review of Technika SR08 for details), I have found out that the problem lies with my motherboard WinFast MCP61PM2MA ? 8EKRS2H, not the photo frame. Somehow the USB ports from the motherboard are all not good enough - design fault? The solution is to buy a USB 2.0 PCI card. I spotted this cheap one on Amazon Market Place at 0.99p from ExpressPro. Well, this is not the price to pay. The delivery is £3.85, cost more than the item however the total cost is only £4.84 delivered. It is still a bargain. Specification: USB 2.0 PCI card with four external USB ports and 1 internal USB port. Chipset is VIA VT6212L (Taiwan chip). The whole card is made in China. What is in the box? Just the PCI card - no manual, no driver CD...

volcano 21.08.2009 · Read review
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