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Interesting, the above agrees with I had been lead to believe, it was to do with the tight laws governing older vehicles. When do Japanese cars need the equiv' of an mot/ct, I assumed it was three years. I agree most greys imports are around ten nyears old, but there are awful lot of more recent ones on Ebay.

I posted a similar thing not so long ago. The problem was that water had got in behind the liner, causing the creases we had. We still have one left, and was old "it wasn't a problem" although the still haven't sorted it. Apparently the liner can be changed in a day, and we don't actually need to change it, but drop the level and have the foam pulled back up and the liner pulled tight over the top again. Also we were told th problem was partially created by lowering the level. I fe we hadn't, water pressure inside would have prevented the bulge!

I was always told to push the gun, not to pull it as well, which seems to work. Anf of course you should always seal a new bath or shower tray with the full weight it will take when used and take the weight out when the RTV has gone off fully.

Thanks Bob! Actually the Ducati has been easy in the end, Yamaha FZ750 headlight is the same, and as I did my apprenticship with Rolls-Royce, and specialised in parts sourcing, I even found a Fiat 124 clock repaird the Paso one, The speedo was accepted with a Kms mask. My Eunos/Mx5 was similar. Round headlights were available as there is a lhd equiv' but you have to make sure you underseal them! Speedos are alreay kms. Vehicles like the Mazda Bongo have a Ford eqiuv' ahick makes it easier, but as has been pointed out, the Japanese market only models, though huge value for money would seem to come with a free can of worms!!

You could look on Ebay.fr they aometimes even make them to order! A lot of companies use Ebay as cheap advertising

Many of the bargains listed on Ebay are Japanese imports. The way they work there is that hardly anyone drives a car over 2 years old, and so a trade has developed bringing low milage Japanese cars to the UK. There are differences some times (MR2s with smaller dia brake discs) but most are exactly as the UK without underseal and a different name. Now, what if you have a Mazda Eunos, Better than an MX5 as it has air con (in a soft top!), underseal it, great, headlighta are round, and there are left hand drive examples to get parts from, but has anyone tried to import into France any of the more obscure Jap' imports, where perhaps headlights are just simply not available?

Ooooops, sorry! I'm sure it's been covered, but it's the sap from pine, It cools on the inside of the chimmney, but can be easily ignited. So I just thought, "it's not worth the risk". I'd hazard a guess that the odd bit wouldn't create too much of a problem, but how much is "a little bit"?? I also have my doubts about these cleaning logs that one is supposed to burn every so often, but my nieghbour swears by them!

I can't think a little pine can hurt, but I've chosen not to use it at all. I usually just collect all the twigs and small bitd the wind blows off, and keep them in the dry to light the insert. I've heard pine cones make good fire lighters, but never tried it, but I have burnt my hands toasting bread or marshmallows!

Sapin is pine isn't it? Which I have benn told NEVER burn in an insert!

When I get home (Dec 13th) I'll post it. Hornbeam was the hottest, but I'll be blowed if I remember any others!

Some on the garden, some into jars, as it's brilliant at cleaning the "glass" of the insert type burners, without scratching, and some I use to soak up oil spills on the drive. We were also told by a local "expert"  that you should never clean it out totally, because some ash will make it easier to relight, he also gave me a list of temp outputs for different types of wood, which is very accurate.

How many on the forum are with Credit Agricole Britline? I am currently, after years of very happy banking (is there such a thing!!??) having no end of trouble with them. Failure to carry out requested actions, then failing to tell me they hadn't done it. Simply not responding to phone calls, answering letters or e mails, passing the job down an endless line of staff and in general wasting my time and money. I have got their mediators details, and have gone to my UK solicitor, but I would interested in finding out if any others have suffered from appalling service? No nmaes, no pack drill!!

Well as Bernie pulls the strings, my money is still on Ricard. and you have to ask yourself, which is cheaper, a ahole circuit and infrastructure, or just the grandstands? Bernie already owns/part owns Spa, Sao Paulo, Hungororing and Catalunya (funny, don't they hold GPs?!!) and Ricard is already setup to take the optic timimg loop, OBC nodes and has a purpose built studio, unlike any other track on the GP circuit

I'd have a monoxide detector anyway. It claims this unit converts monoxide to dioxide, and water, which means wet windows as well I suppose?!! I shall give the matter further thought.....................

The plot  thickens!! The fire shown above is LPG, but there are Calor & Butane versions. The bottle could actually be outside, and it is clearlt listed as not requiring a flue. http://www.socal.co.uk/At_Home/Portable_Gas_Heater/Provence_Living_Flame_Stove-_GREEN_-_Flueless_Calor_Gas_Heater__Fire_/3/17158 This even has the bottle inside, and is portable, so is this the answer? Has to be cheaper than an electric one surely?

Magny Cours is a really good circuit. I have driven it in several cars, and apart from the ridiculous hairpin, it was quite nice. What knackered it was Ligier, then Prost, upping sticks and leaving it as just a circuit. I enjoyed our annual visits for the GP, not the best place to work, but better than a lot of others during the season (Sao Paulo, eeekk!), and we got to stay in Sancerre (free wine with our evening meals). If it goes anywhere else, it will be Ricard, because Bernie owns it!!

Another plan down the pan!!! Thanks all

Not unlike this! [IMG]http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t215/f1steveuk/230206274.jpg[/IMG] This a UK one, but wont work (and has a flue)

I'm going to be in the UK until December (yuk) but wondered if anyone can give me a head start on this. I want to install a gas (fluless) fire in my hall. I want to run a small bore pipe up from the cellar, and have the fire in the hall, but want to find one that looks like a fire, not one of these "dalek" type things. Anyone got anything like this, or know who does them in France. Ta

Ours was booted up through the dish, and has never been connected to a phone line. The problem does sound more like dish alignment.

I have a list at home giving the woods that produce the best heat/burn rate. Oak is second best, Hornbeam is THE wood for slow burn and maximum heat. When I installed a pellet version of these in the UK, we put vermiculite (undoubtably spelt wrong!!) which made a hell of a difference, could this be put behind a wood burn insert??

I can only agree with Bob, I have yet to find anywhere better. We're in a little ton called Belves, nearer St Cyprien, but it's reallt no different. Although it does get cold in the winter, it's bareable, because it's a dry cold, not a UK damp cold! The only specific website I have found is http://www.dordogne-on-line.info/

My local garage sorted out my 550 by putting a tube in!

Depending how long you have been in the house, beware! Our first three tax habitation were sent to our old UK address, which is apprently quite common!

Still trying to track him down, he may be out on tour, he is quite good!