Advantages: Gives your car the dump valve sound without increasing insurance premiums
Disadvantages: Does nothing to increase your cars speed and the sound is always the same

...There are car enthusiasts who know everything about cars, then there are the rest of us!! For the purists out there you will never be able to compare or compete with a great turbo conversion and dump valve kit regardless of the cost. Well for the enthusiasts who perhaps lack a bit more technical knowledge, or budget we still want our car to turn heads. The SABER-EDV is a dump valve simulator. This product creates the Whoosh sound associated with turboed cars which have a dump valve fitted. It doesn't increase your cars speed, nor insurance premiums, it merely gives your car the sound of a dump valve to help create the illusion that your car uses a turbo. Obviously if you pop your bonnet you will soon realise your little 1.2 nova will not be packing a turbo, but for the un-initiated - will they even know what a turbo looks like... Read review

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Advantages: Nice mellow, deep blues/rock sound (Gary Moore, Jimmy Page)
Disadvantages: Won't get that Hendrix sound

...Epiphone are the same company as Gibson apart from the fact that Gibson guitars are made with the highest quality wood and components, and instead of being made in the USA they're made in poorer countries like Taiwan or Korea therefore being cheaper. The quality of Epiphone guitars, in the last few years, has increased. With the EPIPHONE Les Paul Std.'s the only main difference are the pickups - so if you buy some burstbuckers you should get a sound pretty much the same (quote from www.gibson.com - "BurstBuckers put the “edge” on replica Gibson sounds") The Epiphone Les Paul Standard comes with either a '50's Rounded or '60's slim taper neck profile where as Classic is only '60's slim. The difference between the '50's and the '60's neck is that the '50's neck is generally a rounder and chunkier neck than the '60's. The '60's... Read review

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Advantages: Small, fun to drive, cool looks, economical
Disadvantages: A bugger to park, look a bit cheap inside if you get a basic model.

...to the shape of the lid. In defense of this box, its not that small. At the moment I have 5 CD cases, numberous pens, a tube of glue, a tube of mirror ahesive, a pack of tissues (pocket sized), scrap pieces of paper (which old directions on them, must clear then out sometime...) and a small flat paper booklet of last years insurance. Now thats a lot of stuff. The good thing about it is that unlike the other open boxes, the stuff in this doesn't fly around the car when taking a corner, or does it run the risk of getting nicked as its covered up. On the stereo in this car the basic hardware is very good. It has extremely good bass and treble levels for standard equipment. Now my car originally came with a tape/radio player. I upgraded it to a cd player by buying a original Ford cd player off of ebay. This only cost me 120 pounds compared... Read review

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Advantages: Reasonable news coverage
Disadvantages: Far too much superficial nonsense

...The Evening Standard is London's Newspaper. The title is now owned by Associated Media who also own the Daily Mail and the Metro. Previously edited by Max Hastings who managed to keep the paper reasonly londoncentric and made an attempt at balance, the paper is now edited by Veronica Wadley, an erstwile crony of Paul Dacre. This means that not only is the Evening Standard reader now barraged with endless "celebrity" tittle tattle and diet plans, but that any attempt at reflecting the views of Londoners is out of the window. For example, Max Hastings was always an opponent of Ken Livingstone, but granted him fair coverage as Mayor. Veronica Wadley on the other hand has maintained a strong anti-livingstone campaign with Sun style coverage of his private life. Another casualty of war has been the cartoons. Once upon a time we... Read review

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Advantages: quality, power to insurance group ratio
Disadvantages: bit of an old man image

...I will have owned my 1998 Rover 214 Si for three weeks on Monday, and so far i have been loving it. I came accross it while trawling around second hand car garages looking for a 1.4 Ford Escort Osprey to replace my Fiesta Sapphire, which as it happens required a new engine. The brooklands green paint linked with a beige paisley patterned interior was a nice combination, if a little old manny. The curvy, rounded lines looked tidy, with the chrome grill and trim strips being nice details. Throw in the standard smoked rear light lenses, the discrete rear spoiler and deep front air scoop under the number plate and you've got a smart and sophisticated wee car. Standard equipment on the 200 is not bad, power steering, height adjustable steering wheel, drivers airbag, engine immobiliser, 60/40 split fold rear seats, tinted windows... Read review

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Advantages: A good back up
Disadvantages: none

...At www.tradingstandards.gov.uk, is instant online help for any queries, issues and difficulties that you may be receiving from services, retailers that is within your consumer rights. I personally had not heard of trading standards and was so afraid of it being complicated and worried that I would have hassles with solicitors, that I would always try my own methods of solving a purchase problem that is not at all satisfactory. However I assumed they might have an online service, which I found through google, which made the issue a little less daunting to deal with. The first time Courts had ripped me off. Please don't buy from them. After saving up for ages for a double bed, it was delivered but bumpy. They did send eventually after many calls and revisiting the store a person out to inspect. He saw the problem and said he would... Read review

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Advantages: Light, easy to play, classic design
Disadvantages: None

...In 1961, the Gibson Guitar Company began manufacturing the SG line of guitars. There have been many different types of SGs produced over the years, including an SG '61 Reissue. The Gibson SG Standard guitar is the shining star of this line of guitars, for a whole variety of reasons. Before I get into the specifics, I want to share a little personal story with you--it might explain why I value this guitar so highly. My first instrument was an original 1961 SG. I saved up my lawn mowing and bottle collecting money for a long time, and purchased one of these guitars for $125.00US, more years ago than I care to admit. My beautiful (and priceless, today!) SG was destroyed when I flipped my 1957 Chevrolet on the way to a gig when I was in high school. Since that time, I have owned literally hundreds of guitars, but I have always had an SG... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent for future, Great information, Good step up
Disadvantages: Compulsory for 14-16 year olds

...Over the last couple of years on Ciao, I have been studying my Standard Grades. So when randomly searching for catergories I was so glad Ciao added this. So when I disappeared for a while, this is what I would be doing. For all you English, Welsh, Irish and unknowing Scot's of the Scottish education system, this is for you. What Is A Standard Grade? The Scottish education system is quite bit different to others in the UK. It is basically the GCSE of Scotland. It is studied by 3rd and 4th years at High School with the ages from 14-16. They are usually 2 year course but I have seen them being condensed into one year course, then allowing an extra year for Higher (AS Level.) Now my best friend is from Yorkshire, so she was able to inform me about GSCE's and AS Levels which is handy. So it is the first certificated level of entry... Read review

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Advantages: Develops good feeling of self achievment
Disadvantages: Soon becomes a habit

...FUSCHIA STANDARDS Up until 2 years ago every minute of my life was taken up by fuschias. I grew them for show as well as pleasure and you could find a fuschia in every nook and cranny of my garden and greenhouse. Since my wife became housebound i just grow a few for pleasure because i have not enough time to justify their beauty. Growing a standard fuschia is an easy task for any gardener with a greenhouse or conservatory. For your first time attempt i would suggest `snowcap`. This is a semi double size flower with red petals and white sepals, or, perhaps `display` which is a single flower almost entirely pink. You can grow a quarter standard in one season but really they are better grown during the first season to flower the second. Just for interest a quarter standard is between 10 and 18" inches high not counting... Read review

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Advantages: quite comprehensive and easy to use
Disadvantages: too many clips

...First of all it offers a comprehensive collection of templates and stencils, Visio 2000 Standard Edition covers an array of charting types. In addition to being extremely flexible and intuitive, Visio 2000 Standard is not that expensive compareing with similar products The product's online help and printed documentation are both first-rate, offering details about features, tasks, and charts. When you launch the program, a dialog shows you the last four templates used. To access all the templates, you can click on the Choose Drawing Type option or begin a new project using the File menu. You are then given a complete selection of templates which conveniently displays graphical representations of each template. The collection of templates is extensive, including flowcharts, network diagrams, organization charts, maps... Read review

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