Flexifoil Super 10

Advantages: Durable, great for exercise
Disadvantages: Expensive, boring in weak winds

...Well I bought this kite as I wanted to get into power kiting, which is a sport that uses powerful kites for jumping, traction, skidding, and surfing. This kite was on offer at £90 when I purchased it 6 months ago, but these offers have been around recently. They come in a large selection of colours but in offers they usually only have a few colours to choose from. Mine is in fluorescent yellow. The wingspan is about 10 foot, hence the name super 10. The Kite: The kite is provided in a fairly strong zipped fabric sleeve, which is about 1/3 of the kite's wingspan. The carbon wingspar is made of 3 rods which are connected using 2 brass connectors. The kite itself is made of chikira ripstop nylon which seems very light for its strength. The spar then needs to be threaded through one of the wingtip through to the other end. This is...

flystar 05.01.2007 · Read review
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My Polo 1.0

Advantages: It's a great little city/town/country car. Its fabulously economic.
Disadvantages: No power steering on this particular model.

...for what I would get next, couldn't find anything that was quite what I wanted. But one evening I picked up the local paper one night and spied something that looked just right. Pedro Mark 2. It was a 1999 1.0 purple Polo, almost identical to the one I lost. Another reliable little car hopefully, my last one had done 345,000 miles when it was finally put to rest! Remarkable! This one seemed better somehow, it was cleaner than my first one which had come to earn the nickname of the "Shedlo" because of the state of it. Rusty holes had come into contact with the inevitable Scottish rain, making them look like bleeding bullet wounds! It was a much newer one with better equipment AND it had alloys! Lovely. Any Polo owner will know, you get in and you've fallen in love. They really are great little cars. My friends have 3 or 4 year old...

eviec 04.10.2009 · Read review
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MOBIL SUPER S 10W-40 SEMI-SYNTHETIC ENGINE MOTOR OIL

Advantages: SMOOTHER AND QUIETER
Disadvantages: NOT CHEAP

...advertised all over F1 motor sport and have heard good things about this oil from family and friends, so I had no hesitation in picking up this product and paying the £19.99. Luckily I know how to change the oil in my car,so that saved paying for a mechanic in a garage. Since I have changed the engine oil I have noticed that the car runs smoother. SUMMARY Well after all my research into the different types of motor oil, I found that Halfords had the best range of engine oils and prices to match. I am very pleased with the high performance 'Mobil Super S 10w-40 semi synthetic oil' I picked at £19.99 (20% of all motor oil at Halfords) and have definitely noticed an improvement in my smoother/ quieter Citroen ZX . If you are looking to change your Car's engine oil I would have no hesitation in recommending Halfords for both the range in...

donovan74 26.06.2009 · Read review
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10/10 for the Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec Climate

Advantages: Big luggage compartment, Heated windscreen
Disadvantages: Nothing

...I bought my Ford Focus in August 2006. After many months of research I opted for the 1.6 zetec climate model. As a young mother with two small children I needed plenty of room in the back and a boot large enough to carry a pushchair as well as the weekly shop, I am happy to say that this car did not disappoint. Some other great features of this model are -The Heated front windscreen and mirrors which save me a lot of time in the mornings. -The CD player that comes as standard and can be controlled by a lever attached to the steering column, Sound quality is great and the speakers in the back are in the doors - so I can have the radio on without the speakers blaring down the babys ears. -The fuel consumption is a lot better than I expected for a car of it size. -The car is very stylish although very common...

tr1sha 20.11.2007 · Read review
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  Cosmic Corsa. 1.0 verses 1.2 model

Advantages: Good range of feature. Cheap running costs.
Disadvantages: Very common cars.

...This is the Second of the Corsa C Models we have owned. Our first car was a 2000 model 1.0 Club which served us well during the 2 years we owned it. The car was cheap to run, nice to drive, but was let down by the basic equipment Vauxhall gave us as Standard. Why Another Corsa. ****************** In January and Feburary I had 2 different new shape Fiesta as hire cars and I did rate the drive and comfort of the cars very highly. They were similar to drive as the excellant all round Focus model. You did feel a lot of bumps in the road but in general it was a very good car. The first Fiesta was a 1300 Finesse which was as slow as they come. You didnot change into second gear until 50 mph....well it felt that way!. The car was way to slow. The next Fiesta was a 1400 LX and was quicker if you revved it hard. The reason that a 1400...

bazza1603 26.04.2003 · Read review
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My Polo 1.0

Advantages: Strong, Sturdy Car & Little Big Car Feel
Disadvantages: None as Yet

...**The Story** I have recently invested in a S Reg 1999 VW Polo 1.0litre. I decided on Volkswagen after Id had a lot of trouble with my first car a Peugeot 106, eeevil things wont go there. Ive always heard that Volkswagens were reliable well built cars though I'd never really taken much notice of them. I needed a small car as Im only 18 and obviouslly petrol prices and more importantly Insurance premiums are a major influence...(If you and not mommy & daddy are paying to keep your car on the road) I looked at a range of Volkswagens and decided on the Polo. I had a look at a range of different mark Polos and decided on the Mk4. Not too dated like earlier mk's and containing more modern equipment too. I looked around and luckily almost immediately spotted a little Racing Green fellow on Autotrader. It was S Reg and had just 37...

ahughes1000 29.08.2006 · Read review
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VW Polo 1.0- Don't expect to much

Advantages: Nice looking car
Disadvantages: To many problems

...I bought this car because I could afford it, the insurance is cheap (1.0 litre engine) and it looks really nice. I got it in white, but of course there is any colour you want available. If you can afford it. Of course I could not afford a new one, so I got a second hand VW from a dealer for £5100. It looked new and did not seem to have any major problems, plus a 6 month warrantee. Features: The VW Polo I got came with a CD player/radio, ABS, power steering (adjustable steering wheel). It?s a 1 litre and goes about 97mph. The petrol usage is quite low, so this a good reason to buy this car. Probably about the only one, apart from its cute looks and nice interior. Feature which would be nice, but are not available: Unfortunately it does not come with central locking, alarm or electric windows. Pretty annoying I would say. Well...

watisiti 19.09.2009 · Read review
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Nissan Micra 1.0 AUTOMATIC

Advantages: Economical, easy parking, nippy and reliable car
Disadvantages: street cred, but lets not be vain

...My Mum's car, but she lets me use it from time to time - especially when I pester her. It is "P" Reg and bought 3 years ago from a main dealer who had traded the car in with one of its customers. Full service history provided and one careful owner. The car is automatic 1.0 litre model in the classic red by Nissan, a Micra Auto. Test drove and found the automatic a little strange not like traditional autos. The difference being that other autos when stopped and in drive will edge forward (particularly useful on a hill start), the Micra Auto does not edge forward in fact it behaves like a manual trasmission and will roll back on an incline. Why? CVT - Continuous Variable Transmission, a Nissan feature which uses a tapered shaft to drive the car and elimintes the judder as a normal automatic shifts through its gears. The CVT...

shakeshake 11.07.2006 · Read review
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SAMSUNG NP-NC10 Blue Netbook 1.6ghz Atom Processor

Advantages: Robust, Large Keyboard, Large Screen, Good Support.
Disadvantages: 1 Memory Slot, No Mobile Broadband Sim Slot, Specific keyboard key in unusual place.

...This netbook has to be one of my favourites, boasting a solid case, 10' screen and a fast bootup to Windows XP. Having played around with a few netbooks recently all boasting similar specifications, I can honestly say that I was not disappointed with this offering from Samsung. There are some negatives that let this review down slightly, so I will get these out of the way first. 1. The "\" key is located on the right side of the keyboard next to the "/" key. This takes some getting used to when swapping from a normal keyboard and you tend to select this by accident instead of the shift key. 2. There is no mobile broadband sim socket, so you have to buy one of the mobile broadband usb sticks which is fine but it would have been neater to simply keep a sim permanently in the netbook. 3. The BIOS on my netbook was out of date...

rlacey105 28.09.2009 · Read review
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Volkswagen VW Polo Mk5 6n2 1.0E (00-02)

Advantages: Build quality, styling, interior space, reliability.
Disadvantages: Price

...I wrote a review about this vehicle on this very website in 2004. Now I'm a bit older with a fair bit more vehicle experience I thought I would re write the article. As with any VW you pretty much know what you're going to get. They are solid, reliable, well built, comfortable and generally expensive compared to similar vehicles in the same class. However they also have low depreciation so any likely initial expendature will be made back when you sell the vehicle. I will focus this review on the 1.0E in this range however, you also have availible the S and the SE models which encorporate various extras such as Elec windows/air con etc. If you were interested in purchasing this polo I would highly reccomend buying an S or an SE version as the very limited spec on the E can become tiresome after a while. Looks: As with anything, this...

AshMcD 18.08.2009 · Read review
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