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Joey D · Nov 27, 2008

How legal are aftermarket HID's in the UK? I thought the EU had stricter laws regarding headlamps?

Slick Rick · Nov 27, 2008

Not very legal I dont think. I took my car in for an MOT yesterday and had to take them out. They say its because your 'impersonating' a police car with the blue lights and can fine you £60. Apart from that as long as their aligned properly they should be fine.

Mark T · Nov 27, 2008

It depends if there blue or just a very bright white. The new Audi and Mercedes seem to come with blinding white lights which are quite annoying if your on the receiving end.

Famine · Nov 27, 2008

Slick Rick
Not very legal I dont think. I took my car in for an MOT yesterday and had to take them out. They say its because your 'impersonating' a police car with the blue lights and can fine you £60. Apart from that as long as their aligned properly they should be fine.

It's actually part of the Vehicles (Construction and Use) regulations. You're not permitted to display any other light colour than white or orange to the front, or white, red or orange to the back or the sides. If the standard-fit headlights have a faint blue tinge then it's acceptable, but aftermarket ones are not.

You're also not allowed to have them flashing - though you can fit strobing kits and you can pass an MoT with the kit fitted, you absolutely must not operate them on public roads or publicly-accessible places (supermarket car parks - where the Road Traffic Act still applies, contrary to popular belief).

The former is merely a vehicle defect, usually sorted by a repair order, or 3pt/£60 fine. The latter is impersonating a police officer, which can carry a custodial sentence.

bergauk · Nov 27, 2008

Slick Rick
*snip*

I thought the Holy Rollers came in 20'' do they weigh alot? The K-Rads were probably smoother because the square tread pattern was right in the centre of the tyres.

*snipsnipsnip*

Well apparently they come in both 20" and 26". Which I'm glad they do, otherwise my bike might look a bit odd having a gnarly mountain tread in the rear and some smooth tire in the front. So I'm quite glad that they did.

V1P3R · Nov 27, 2008

Blue HIDs are incredibly irritating a little more than Audi headlights.

nk4e · Nov 27, 2008

V1P3R
Blue HIDs are incredibly irritating a little more than Audi headlights.

Especially, if you can't align them right to a point that they will blind the incoming drivers.

F1GTR · Nov 27, 2008

stumpydino
got this through the other day too with my name in it
lovely paper stock and pictures, sigur ros always has a nice attention to detail

Saw the live last week.

Amazing show.

And how did you get your name in it? Hmmm. If it was a deluxe version of () then I would've jumped at it haha.

Digital-Nitrate · Nov 28, 2008

While visiting over the Holidays I took advantage of some ridiculous pre-black Friday sales to update my in-laws twenty year old entertainment center and 28" CRT from this:

To this:

Panasonic TH-50PZ80U 50" 1080p VIERA Plasma

G11 PDP Panel
1,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
20,000:1 Native Contrast Ratio
480hz Sub-Field Drive
24p Playback
x.v. and Deep Color Technology
SD Memory Card Slot
3x HDMI 1.3
VIERA Link HDAVI Control
New Anti-Reflective Filter Screen

Panasonic SC-PT956 Wireless Multi-Room Surround Home Theater System

1000W/428W Amp
5.1 Audio Processor
Multi-Room Processing
Digital Synthesizer Tuner
5-disc DVD Player w/1080p Up-Conversion & 12-bit D/A Converter
Integrated Universal Dock for iPod w/OSD
1x HDMI
VIERA Link HDAVI Control
2x Tower Speakers
1x Center w/duel speaker drivers and bamboo diaphragms
2x Wireless Rear Speaker w/VIERA Link & Whisper-Mode Surround
1x 10" Kelton Dual Diameter Subwoofer

Pandigital PAN1202W02 12" Digital Photo Frame

XGA 1024x768 LCD Screen
512 MB Built In Memory
6-1 Memory card Reader
Bluetooth
Wi-Fi
2.0 USB
Mini USB
PC Plug & Play
Multiple Playback Modes
Photos (JPEG)
Videos (AVI)
Music (MP3)
Calendar
Clock
Alarm
Timer
Speakers
Headphone Jack

And to take advanatge of their new toy, I upgraded their Comcast Cable to include the HD Premium Package w/HD DVR:

Cisco RNG200 HD DVR

Dual Tuners
Dual 250 MHz DSP CPU Processors
Dolby Digital+, AAC Processors
DAVIC 1.2
DOCSIS 2.0
160GB Drive
M-Card (Multi-stream CableCARD)
USB 2.0
Ethernet
E-Sata
Picture-in-Picture

PS: I'm writing a book on how to get along with your in-laws.

Pako · Nov 28, 2008

They must think you are the best son-in-law ever!

My folks are looking for a new set also, don't think they'll be getting the same treatment though (even though they are worth it).

Digital-Nitrate · Nov 28, 2008

Pako
They must think you are the best son-in-law ever!

I'm working on it.

Seriously though... they did give away the most spectacular daughter ever, I think I still owe them a lot more.

Rue · Nov 28, 2008

I just can't stop buying games. Gah!

CyborgGT · Nov 28, 2008

^ it's to be expected from someone on a games board. Is LA as hard as I've been hearing?

Omnis · Nov 28, 2008

Digital-Nitrate
I'm working on it.

Seriously though... they did give away the most spectacular daughter ever, I think I still owe them a lot more.

You are the Cleveland (from Family Guy) of GTP.

nick09 · Nov 28, 2008

Well I did not buy these two games but I got them from my cousin.

The games themselves are so old that you need the dosbox emulator to run them! I'm keeping these for sure!👍

TB · Nov 28, 2008

Nicely done, D-N! To be perfectly honest, I don't even like my in-laws coming over for supper as they have usually annoyed me to no end by the time they leave. Complaining about the food for one reason or another, chewing out my kids for being kids, etc. Fortunately, my wife feels the same way. This summer, everyone was out on the deck eating and I was in the kitchen getting drinks. My wife came in to help me and locked the door so they couldn't come in until she realized our boys were out there, too.

Multi-thousand dollar gifts just aren't going to happen, especially since they can't manage their own money, are always commenting about not having enough for rent (SERIOUSLY?!?) and still go on more trips per year than I can count. I'll stick with my motto as it's worked well for me so far - don't spend what you don't have.

And in an effort to stay on topic, my latest purchase was fish food. Exciting, I know.

Rue · Nov 28, 2008

CyborgGT
^ it's to be expected from someone on a games board. Is LA as hard as I've been hearing?

Well, the rubber banding did sound frustrating but the proof is in the pudding as they say :dashes to 360:

nick09 · Nov 28, 2008

Got me one of these power cables after I found out the nearest power cable inside the case was not long enough for the new graphics card.

stumpydino · Nov 28, 2008

F1GTR
Saw the live last week. Amazing show.

And how did you get your name in it? Hmmm. If it was a deluxe version of () then I would've jumped at it haha.

man i so wanted to see them but the tickets sold out within a few hours at the nearest venue. fans who signed up for it back in june before it went to print got their name in as a kind of thankyou i guess

CyborgGT · Nov 28, 2008

Xbox w/Forza & 1-year warranty

Innertube

TDU (bought about a week ago)

Alex. · Nov 28, 2008

TDU is a brilliant game. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

CyborgGT · Nov 28, 2008

It's amazing, I can hardly put it down. It has the best driving roads I've ever seen in a video game.

tfujiwara · Nov 29, 2008

Revheadnz · Nov 29, 2008

Unfortunately I can only provide a placeholder pic atm since I can't find any fresh batteries in the house but here is an example of my latest purchase.

A set of BBS RS replicas (I'm pretty certain they're fakes, can't see any sign of BBS stamp on it), 4x114.3, 16x7, 24 offset, only 3 centre caps and some curb rash on one wheel. But otherwise pretty good.

Edit: Disregard previous writings. They are real. I found the BBS stamp. Happy happy.

Slicks · Nov 29, 2008

Not bought, per se...
But picked out.

Pako · Nov 29, 2008

In response to getting the new Q9550 Quad Core processor and the 780i Motherboard, I took this great opportunity to add another 120mm fan to the Coolermaster Hyper 212 to make even more massive. I had to get a different color other than blue making red the next obvious choice.

Right now, with a 25% overclock, I am maintaining high 50's under load and 40C 40C 37C 39C at idle. 65C is safe, with 70C starting to get warm. Might have to get after it again and see what this new mod on the cooler will do, not to mention the 45nm technology.

Along with that, I thought I would give Vista Ultimate one more shot, going 64-bit this time. So far so good. All the hardware works, SLI's compatible, and hopefully I will see 64-bit enable, quad core optimized benefits.

Rykon Zero · Nov 29, 2008

I have five dollars in my pocket. Can I buy your computer?

Pako · Nov 29, 2008

StigNumbers
I have five dollars in my pocket. Can I buy your computer?

I'm shaking my head in a particular motion. Can you guess which way I'm moving it?

V1P3R · Nov 29, 2008

tfujiwara

Nice! Now get ur ass on so we can do da T-hunt!

TB · Nov 29, 2008

I guess this is more of a heads up for anyone who wants to buy one too, rather than a recent purchase.

I'll be heading out to Radio Shack later today to grab a DS3 for $30.

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