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  1. Fair enough, still not sure those positions are as "needed" as the roles MOH can cover though.
  2. BBC Scottish football page has the story of Frank DeBoer being appointed Crystal Palace manager
  3. Well yeah, a young player is hardly going to cross the "meh divide"
  4. When he talked about a more expensive winger who'd be available later on in the season, I instantly assumed he was on about him
  5. I don't want dragged into any of this shite, but it's quite an eye opener seeing how many Rangers fans on here, and on Twitter, repeating this line about how their squad is "far better" this season. Nobody has a single clue how good Rangers will be this season
  6. Fairly sure he strolled the Scottish Championship, which is maybe indicative that he could cope in the top flight
  7. Sorry if it's not much help. You'll be cheaper at an independent.
  8. Theres a guy wanting us to sign a high profile striker, for £250k, but only after we've had him on trial.
  9. Theres a woman on it claiming we won't be signing Stevie May solely because "the way the chairman's handled things lately"... Not the the £400k asking price or £5k+pw wage, but the fact Scobbies been released.
  10. Yeah, its a 2003 Gold thing, a proper horror with handbrake shoes that rot onto the back plate. And I agree. Toyota, Lexus, Honda all shite on European cars from a distance. The VW/Audi 1.6TDi engines are some of the worst on the road
  11. No, Im saying a Lexus has just as many faults as any other car. If you want I can list every bad point of every car in existence though? For instance a £500 Skoda Fabia is likely to drive further without faults than a £80k Ferrari.. And theres four people who come into our garage with Lexus' every year, some saloons and one 2003 FX monstrosity. Last one was for a wheel bearing.
  12. I honestly don't know what price that would be, its not a common job. Have done 75% of that job on a Volvo, and it does take a hell of a long time to get in about those engines though, so imagine the labour would be pretty big. We usually just get heads reconditioned instead of buying new ones or second hand ones, but it can be dependent on exactly whats happened to them. It sounds like the Alternator belt has broken/come off, been sucked in behind the Crankshaft pulley and jammed it up, which has caused the timing to go out, and your valves to hit the pistons. The engine would turn if they're bent enough, but it wouldnt run. The "rough" feeling would be it pressing against the bent valves, probably feels like the engines about to lock up but just puses by the "tight spot". Its not uncommon on Volvos, sadly. Never seen it with a new belt tbh, but if it was faulty workmanship then it wouldve shown before now, unless you've only done ten miles? And the Camshaft wont have come out the head, its stronger than the valves which would break/bend before the Cams broke (unless something far more serious occurred). The cams will have to be removed to sort it though.
  13. Yes, better to buy a Lexus and the rotten rear calipers which cost a few hundred each and need replaced every few years Much like Hondas the VVT systems a bit cheap, yet costs a lot when it inevitably goes wrong.. Sadly I am yeah
  14. Double it. Not to mention the fact hes retired.
  15. How many of them belts have been broken? Timing chains can claim to be a part which never needs replaced, whereas belts are generally every 70k/5 years. Proper maintenance should see the chain last a lifetime, dependent on the guides. In the last seven years I've replaced far, far more belts than chains. Thing is I've replaced 10-15 chains which have stretched/guides broken (Type Rs/Mini/BMW/Corsa), and only one, maybe two, belts which have broken free. You listen to any older Mini/Corsa, and I'll guarantee that 7/10 have a rattling chain that gets ignored until the EML comes on.
  16. Chains aren't better than belts. Belts rarely break, its the pulleys that break free and drag the belt off with them, which is why you should always get tensioners/idlers replaced when replacing the timing belt. Its just as common for a chain guide (which is made of plastic (seems mad)) to break up, which slackens the chain and causes it skip teeth. Lack of oil changes can also cause chain problems, as a lot of their tensioners are oil pressurised (drop off in oil pressure = weak tensioner) Civic Type Rs/Minis/BMWs have a chain, and have massive problems with them. A timing belt kit, for a Audi engine, with everything renewed, is about half the price of a timing chain kit, with just the chain and tensioner, for a BMW the same age
  17. Theres no chance any Saints Fan will hand back a season ticket when Evil Emperor Broon has announced they'll get discounted entry to the European ties.
  18. Just Facebook stuff, headed by someone who's bitter his son wasn't picked up by Saints.
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