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  1. Stefan

    Photobucket Drama

    Nah, screw them. Deleted my account. Photobucket has been a pain in the arse for too long, being super slow, and a million ads (yes I do use ad blocker) but still.
  2. Stefan

    Mountain bike advise needed??.

    You most likely pulled the lever without a disc pad spacer in place, thus causing to pistons to move out further. Push them back with a wedge and install wheel again. YouTube is your friend. Push your bike gently and pull the lever, if it stops the wheel it's fine. If it drags, no braking power...
  3. Stefan

    Where to buy smart watch

    The smart watch craze/fad is already fading very hard, and will probably follow the same route as tablets. What exactly their appeal is/was I still don't get - reading a text message from your wrist? HRM Fitness watches is where it's at. At least they offer functionality, but unfortunately...
  4. Stefan

    What performance car and why

    +1 on the Porsche. Although the new Ford Focus RS really makes the GTR an overpriced car ito awd performance.
  5. Stefan

    One day, everyone will own a Devialet.

    This "upgrade" business seems just like a very easy income stream praying on the helpless audiophool who's on the never ending quest of upgrading his system too reach utopia. They know very well that the client will eventually have the itch to upgrade his system after having sleepless nights...
  6. Stefan

    Spiders, insects etc

    Fendona, last for months. (think I've posted this quite a few times already). Otherwise, if you're all for natural, I'll send you some geckos - they've been prolific the last few years now.
  7. Stefan

    Homeopathy?

    Yeah, we can go into details of horse diseases (which I know nothing about), but the gist of my post was that if people have alternative cures, whether for hay fever, being disgustingly fat (i.e. obese) or whatever illness, they'd be making a hell of a lot more money if it actually worked. Word...
  8. Stefan

    Homeopathy?

    So this Brom guy (Not a doctor) must be filthy rich today, seeing as he has the cure for hay fever, a condition that affect a significant portion of the population? I mean, he must be a billionaire. Same goes for the horse treatment, this must be front page news and the guy raking in millions...
  9. Stefan

    Homeopathy?

    Just make peace with modern medicine and that it is the only thing that works. The rest is placebo or pure nonsense. If you have a torn ACL you go see a orthopedic surgeon to fix your knee. Not some sugar dilution from some homeopathetic person. So why go to hocus pocus money thieves? Same goes...
  10. Stefan

    The Used (or New) car industry

    Yeah sorry, read your post then got distracted several times whilst typing. Anyway, Book value on my car is R150k. Garage offers R140k. Currently sells for R220-230k with similar mileage etc. Hence I can make the assumption that if they sold it themselves their GM = 30-40%. Doubt a valet clean...
  11. Stefan

    The Used (or New) car industry

    Find out what you car's book value is and look at what the same car with similar mileage etc sell for at a dealer. It also depends on where you trade your car in, for instance if you take your 3 series BMW to a Toyota or VW dealership, you'll get offered less than trading it in on another BMW at...
  12. Stefan

    The Used (or New) car industry

    That's operating at a gross margin of less than 14%. Not a lot at all, considering the rest of the second hand market probably operates at around 30-40% GM.
  13. Stefan

    VW 1.4 TSI makes me cry

    Those were actually decent engine. But a failed turbo isn't exactly minor. On the other hand, The 1.4Tdi Polo was rubbish. Polo GTi (132kW 1.4TSi) also notorious for engine failures. 110kW 1.4TSi engine even worse from what I've heard - so much so that they discontinued that range rather...
  14. Stefan

    VW 1.4 TSI makes me cry

    My Golf 7 1.4tsi started using oil after only 45000km. I had to do a oil test with them, which they had the audacity to charge me ~R700 for a car under warranty. Obviously didn't pay. Was told nothing is wrong. Did another test with the last service, and eventually they found the problem. Piston...
  15. Stefan

    Pet-peeves

    ^^^speaking of toilets. People (women vs men) who argue about the seat must be up or down? Had it not occur to anyone that there is a lid/seat cover. Close the damn lid you gross savages!
  16. Stefan

    "Avantgarde" duo/trio horn project?

    What happened to this forum project? Been out of the loop here, but still to date haven't seen a pic apart from one at Francois' place?
  17. Stefan

    Anyone going to the UK anytime soon?

    ^^yeah, leaving on Saturday - doubt I'll have time to shit.
  18. Stefan

    What do DJs do really?

    It takes years of practice (at least 4 hours per day), dedication on top of talent to master the double click.
  19. Stefan

    Springboks

    I'll just leave this here...
  20. Stefan

    Tannoy T225 any good???

    thanks for the feedback...and no, inbox is still empty. Which would mean that they're not as sought after. Nonetheless, I'd like to have a vintage setup in a study room someday, one day when I'm big. Thinking of my old Pioneer SA-6200 I had. What would be a fair price for these? If I don't take...
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