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I've got a dCi 80, it returns over 70mpg when I want it to, that's over 700 miles from a £52 fill up. It goes like stink for a diesel and surprises many a bigger car and more than enough smaller hot hatches to keep me in front, well happy and the other driver rubber necking at the side badges...

Bull$hit. You clearly know next to nothing about the subject. It's one thing flogging stuff, Dan, but you've a lot to learn about giving the customer what they want, as well as a lot to learn about the fundamentals of sound reinforcemment in ANY situation; studio, club or (it would seem by your...

I'm doing another install this/next weekend. Piece of pi$$. So is taking a house from 'not fit for human habitation' to 'on the market' 'Lectrics, gas, plumbing, plastering, carpentry, bricklaying ... Easy when you know how. That might be the case, but why bother trying to put other people...

Run your details through confused.com. you can sign up with a fake name and email, just use a postcode local to you. If you like the quote it pukes up, go direct to the insurer.

70 mpg .. £35 rent ..

Noted :) MDF rings aren't difficult to fit and the standard wires are fine for non amped drivers. Amps can be added later, the 17's can be adapted to another car down the line .. buy cheap you buy twice .. but whatever you do, pay heed to the db and sensitivity. Every pimply faced youth who's...

Oooh, that's interesting. .. Are you 23 27 or 28 years old ? Elabotate

Pioneer TSE-1302i' - Frequency response - 35 to 40,000 Hz - Sensitivity (1W/1m) - 88 dB <~~~ Bogus Pioneer TS A172C - Frequency response 35 - 25.000 Hz - Sensitivity (1W/1m) 91 dB <~~~ Cool The lower the sensitivity, the harder the amp has to work to produce the same wattage at 1 meter...

What ? In the footwell ? This is the real world, Dan, they want a decent sounding cheap replacement speaker, on a tight budget which can be done by someone on thier drive with a screwdriver. You still haven't answered my questions re: sensitivity and frequency response and that's because you...

So you agree: sensitivity is important ? good. Now lets move on to RMS (Root Mean Square) and dispense with all that MPO tosh. http://cbll.net/articles/pmpo gives a simple explanation why MPO is bunkum As soon as you hear some spotty oik in a shop say the words Music Power Output you know...

I'd say standard head units or sub £100 replacements so that'll be 25W to 50W per channel ? Therefore (as you work in car hi fi you will know) that the sensitivity rating of a driver unit is, in this instance, paramount (not irrelevant) when examining the spec of the speaker. Rough Guide...

I have mate. DanR hosed the thread. I've no axe to grind, so company connections, no formal training, but I've been bang into hi-fi for 25+ years and I trust my ears. Just make sure the sensitivity is 90db+ (easier for your amp to drive the speaker) and the frequency response is around 30Hz...

Frequency Response: 70Hz - 27kHz - gash, ok for mids. Sensitivity / Impedance: 86dB / 4 Ohm - 86db ? lol - gash

But, that's not what they want, is it ? At this price, the figures are more relevant. They want components. The ones they were looking at were gash. the ones I suggested will reproduce a bit of bass, the others won't. That's it. Saying I don't know what I'm talking about isn't helpful, I know...

Wanted to add this but was oot. Before this thread gets out of hand I'll suggest that someone who's involved with the group buy, buys or downloads a sound system test cd and takes it along to their local car audio place. Play a 30Hz test tone through various speaker units. If you can hear the...

Oh dear, look who's got the sh1tty end of the stick ! If a driver unit is advertised as capable of reproducing a 35Hz tone (speakers don't make tones)it will otherwise the trades description act kicks in. Go sue Pioneer/whoever if you have an issue with that. A driver unit which only goes down...

Alpine = 70Hz - 27kHz - ok for mid range I suppose - no bass frequencies reproduced & 86dB sensitivity = rubbish. SPL Dynamics SD 5.1 50Hz = 22 000kHz - again, no bass frequencies reproduced. Pioneer TS A172C 35Hz-25000Hz - Much better bass response...

Sunroof rattle Intermittent steering wheel creaking noise ? Front washer jets packed up immediately after unblocking the rear washer jet Have to mod the speaker apertures in the doors to get half decent drivers in them It's black so needs cleaning every 5 minutes Constant feeling something...

70Hz - 21kHz ? Not good. 70Hz is lower midrange, imo. Look for some drivers which go down to 30 - 35Hz as it makes a big difference to what you can hear. http://www.dynamicsounds.co.uk/pioneer-tsa172c-17cm-component-p-569.html Those sound ok and are good value. You will need to make an...

My VED is due this month .. £35 dCi FTW :rasp:

I make 'good progress' any my dCi 80 averages out at 70mpg over 3000 miles.

Wot he said ^^^^^^^^ As long as it was straight, drove straight and was cheap.

Cynical me asks: Is there any evidence that Jordan7 is a student and drives a Clio ? Could be anyone, even a BP/Ogilvy marketing twonk doing research on the cheap. The practise is widespread. There may be a case for doing the survey dozens of times and skewing the results.

My 1.5dCi is still in the £35/year bracket and it gets me around just fine. When it's chipped it'll embarrass even more cars than it does now. And it does 70mpg, it's also group 4 insurance ! The new ripoff taxes are making me reconsider what my second/weekend car will be given that it's...

Well, you're not looking at a ladder, you're facing a snake. You won't be passing go and you're probably facing a loss of more than £200. Essentially, you're about to be murdered up the parlour by Colonel Mustard, with a lead pipe. And then the insurance man will want his slice.

Awaiting 195/16 alloys/tyre package, lowering, poly bushes, chipping, and a full detail with some paint correction.

On the other hand, Clarkson has driven more cars in the last 3 months than you or I will do in our lives. It would be wrong to think he hasn't developed the ability to give a considered opinion on a car within a few hours or minutes of driving it and almost anyone would be on a hiding to nothing...

USB has a small overhead on the CPU, PCI doesn't, no brainer. Stick the belkin thingy on ebay ;)

Yes, but without the rummaging down the back of the PC bit ;) Deffo. Plug it in, set it up, forget about it.

Sounds like the USB wi-fi dongle is waking up and saying hello to the OS before the OS is ready for it. 2 options: 1, Get a male to female usb lead and plug the dongle in when the system has woken up and is ready for the dongle. 2. Buy a £9 PCI wi-fi card and be done with it. Less...