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Spoonman

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  1. Interesting story in today's Mail online. A British woman and her husband was sailing between India and Phuket and while she was alone on night watch she saw a airplane with flames coming out of it as well as two other aircraft above it. Someone cross checked their route and according to them they where close to one of the potential routes of 370. If I remember correctly they identified possible flight corridors (northern and southern). She have filed a report on what she saw. That would place the aircraft in the Bay of Bengal where the Oz firm said they picked up traces of aircraft metals. The only thing is why did she wait this long to come out with the story??

    A guy on an oil rig reported very similar. I heard he has passed away due to an accidental death.

    You "heard" he died accidentally? Where did you hear that - did the coffee maker tell you?

    You should really consider getting back on your meds!

    You should really consider purchasing a sense of humour so that you can detect sarcasm easier.

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  2. I'm pretty sure the swift does not come with leather seats, unless they are fitting to that new 'limited' model, but I don't think so. What you saw was probably fitted outside the dealer and put on display. My friend got some vinyl fitted to his seats for about 5K. They look just like leather actually. Good quality. I just got a can of scotchgard (can get it from homepro) and sprayed my seats to give them some protection.---water beads and runs off the seats now. High quality leather could run to 20-30K.

    It was 25K for leather seats on my wife's Jazz. Not sure is it was Honda's option or they sent the car to some aftermarket shop, but she picked it up from Honda fully loaded with leather. Still adding 20-30K to Swift's price will be less than the ugly Yaris.

    My personal preference - I don't like leather seats. Leather isn't for hot tropical countries unless you like sweaty itchy bum!

    A friend bought a swift and had leather seats done pre delivery. it was an extra 20k. They also did a leather insert into the door trims to match.

  3. http://www.themotorreport.com.au/59045/2015-nissan-navara-teased-ahead-of-june-unveiling

    2015 NISSAN NAVARA

    Nissan has handed down a telling teaser image of its next-generation Navara, scheduled to be unveiled on June 11.

    As expected, the new Navara will evolve the look of the current model while taking a number of styling cues from Nissan’s new Pathfinder, X-Trail and Qashqai SUVs.

    This first teaser offers little in the way of fine details, although it is clear that the familiar broad grille design and squared-off headlights will feature. New LED daytime lights can also be seen.

    The company remains tight-lipped on technical details, but the new Navara is expected to arrive with a lighter kerb weight than its predecessor, along with host of new safety and convenience technologies.

    New powertrains should also feature, including a Cummins diesel engine as previewed by the Frontier DieselRunner concept that featured a 2.8 litre four-cylinder Cummins unit.

    That Cummins diesel is similar to the one that powers the Foton Tunland ute, where it produces 120kW/360Nm and lists fuel use at 8.4 l/100km.

    The YD series engine in the current D40 Navara uses 9.3L/100km and produces from 103kW/356Nm to 140kW/450Nm, depending on its state of tune.

    A new global ladder-frame chassis will feature as a replacing the current model’s Titan chassis, and a more off-road capable 4WD SUV is expected to debut as a rival to Ford’s Everest and Holden’s Colorado 7 - among others.

    The dimensions of the new Navara are not expected to change dramatically, and this teaser clip hints at similar proportions to the current model.

    Nissan VP Andy Palmer has confirmed that the new generation Navara will built at Nissan’s new $360 million Thailand plant, with production expected to get underway later this year.

    The new Navara has been a long time coming: along with the current Hilux and Triton, Nissan’s pickup is one of the oldest serving models on the market.

    Each is around 10 years old and, importantly, all three will be replaced in the coming year to take on newer models like the Amarok, Ranger, BT-50 and Colorado.

  4. The difference between a taper tap and a plug tap is the difference of the lead in angle. provided there is enough "bottom" in the hole to allow the taper tap to cut a full thread I don't see what the issue is. in the case of the OP the hole does not have a bottom so if the tap was run all the way through it will be OK.

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  5. Hey guys, don't you understand that it is totally useless to talk about % without telling which brand ? They all are different and their details are BS.

    Also, I think it is useless to post info without photo.

    So I am still looking...

    the % is the same no matter what name is printed on the box.

    Whats the deal with digging up every tint thread ? . it is not really that hard to decide......for most.

    Stupid reply.

    The % on the box does not mean the same result for each brand.

    If it was not hard to decide why hundreds of threads hve been open on this topic ?

    As you see yoru reply has a great value <3

    So are you saying if both 3m and lumina sell a 60% tint it is not actually a 60% tint....... Why would they lie ?

    But if you want hard actual numbers I have 57% on my windscreen and 78% on thew rest. the brand is lumina.......

  6. Hey guys, don't you understand that it is totally useless to talk about % without telling which brand ? They all are different and their details are BS.

    Also, I think it is useless to post info without photo.

    So I am still looking...

    the % is the same no matter what name is printed on the box.

    Whats the deal with digging up every tint thread ? . it is not really that hard to decide......for most.

    The percent is not necessarily the same, and some films with similar percentages are significantly different in terms of visibility.

    Yeah. Lumina has a 59% and 3M has a 61%.......... A normal person would just call both 60%.

    visibility was not asked by the person I was answering.

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