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Yes I did checked. Some of cities my car is ok (like in Bath or greater Manchester) but in Birmingham its £8 a day

Thanks for your response. Yes, address on logbook matches my address as well as drivers license. And, well, I have 2012 mazda 6 diesel, pretty sure its not exempt.

Hello everyone. A question for a fellow motorheads. Driving around england is getting tricky. Forgetting to pay when entering an clean air zone is very typical and unfortunate. Unfortunately I may have forgot to pay a CAZ charge when I was in Birmingham once in January, just passed through clean air zone on my route somewhere, and then again when going back. Now here and there are articles about the deadlines of penalty charge notices. I do know that the ones issued by police can date as far back as 6 months, making anything older than that - easy to challenge and dismiss. Londons council has legislation of 28 days deadline for charge notices, but birmingham has nothing about this topic. Are there anyone well versed with law and tell me, if council issued penalty notices that are 28 or more days after an offence are still valid. I havent got any notice but I feel like I'm sitting on cactus (in a sense I'm a bit worried as charge is £120) and I dont know if I'll get one now, or next week, or next year.

I left it in great condition, I suppose they expected me to mess up the place or something. I was 27 when I moved in and saw other tenants cause issues. The neighbor upstairs had ankle monitor, someone who lived in that flat before me was selling drugs... Heck knows, I was looking after the place and wood floors looked still good. But maybe they have certain standards. I do question those standards cause when I moved in place looked horrible (except flooring in bedroom) but oh well. At least I got it sorted now. Thanks everyone for advices and follow ups!

Ok peeps, here's what happened. They wanted to charge me for a wood flooring removal from bedroom. I emailed them saying that it was there when I moved in and I should not be charged for removal of something that I haven't brought in, and they agreed. OS I wont have to pay for it. Case solved!

Good question. I wallpapered the rooms since it was bare walls with crumbled paint, holes and cracked plaster. So I called them confirm that I only wallpaper so it would at least would not look like drug den. Once I moved in I actually called them several times of the things I can or cannot do, as well as people knocking on the door demanding money I owe, drugs that sell and even made a hole in bathroom window with a crossbow, oh, there was also knife "stab" like mark on the door which they promptly resolved by replacing the door (god I was anxious of who was living in that flat before me). they pretty much told me as long as I'm not taking any walls down and it just minor decoration to hide imperfections of the rooms it will be ok. And I had Inspectors coming over to check the flat, check electricity, gas etc. Noone ever said anything negative apart that they like the way flat looks like. oh and also, I paid rent full 30 days notice till 16 September, but moved out and handed in keys on 03 of September, being fair to them throughout.

it was council property so there was no deposit I had to pay at all.

Thanks for advices peeps. Honestly I did not even think taking them to court. This mainly caught me by surprise. I looked after the place. Smart meters was installed, rooms wallpapered, smart thermostats etc. I spent close to £2.5k on renovation as when I moved in, place looked terrible (except kitchen and bathroom). I did intended to live there for long time and I was in same area where my parents lived which made whole thing very convenient. But this just caught me by surprise. I was sure to remove everything and cant really comprehend what could possibly they charge £95 for. I'm still waiting for their response. Once I get something - I'll update the thread.

Hello. Just wanted to ask some opinions and advices. In 2015 I have moved in into council flat that was managed by ACIS group. I changed job and moved to Warwick now. The property was inspected before we moved and we got clear and honest advice from man that Acis have sent in to look at the property state. I had good carpets in hallway and room, yet he advised to get them out as we may get charged for removal later. Following his advice, we have removed EVERYTHING. I literally left the property in a state that was better than I have arrived. Now, nearly 3 months after vacating the flat, I get letter asking me to pay £95 of "Dwelling Clearance". Almost immediately I have sent email asking for explanation, list of things removed and photo evidence of things they had to remove, as on my end - I have the pictures of the state of flat we left at, literally taken 5-10 minutes before we left the flat and dropped keys at Acis agency. Anyone knows what's all about and if its even legal?

I repaired a fair bit of drones (mainly DJI and Hubsan) but may be able to advise about the matter

As motherboard for Ryzen 2700 I could recommend the MSI Tomahawk series or Asrock Steel legend B450 (which I use myself paired with ryzen 5 3600x). Other motherboard lige gigabyte and asus had some issues known with overheating VRM's due to poor quality alloy heatsinks (hard to believe that asus cheaped out on that). I have built hundreds of gaming computers as well as worked for long time in now forgotten repair shop in sheffield called ehallam. You more than welcome to contact me if you need any advice or answer

Hello everyone! I'm looking for some advice/personal experiences from fellow motorists regarding remaps of car engine to achieve higher performance and mpg. I have mazda 6 Takuya version 2012 2.2 turbo diesel and thinking about remap. I do care about my cars and was always getting filters, oils fluids etc replaced on time, my dad is also quite skilled auto mechanic who often helps me out if I dont know what I'm doing (I'm IT engineer myself so car questions are not my strongest side). I know now that remap prices goes £150-£250 depending on company. I also just had carbon cleaning done by really cool guy from Revive carbon clean company, and he suggested the remap might give a pleasant performance boost. What is other peoples opinions and personal experience on this matter? Thanks P.S. sorry for some grammar errors, english language is my second, but I'm trying my best!

Hi! I've got Mazda takuya 2.2 diesel 163bhp, year 2012. Anyone can suggest trustworthy and |reasonably priced place to remap the engine to get a bit more power, torque and economy? I can see prices vary £150-350. Thanks

Because everything was working on 240v and I am NOT a lightbulb, I turned the power off completely. Cut the wire that went to timeswitch. check which colours goes here and there. Connected positive and negative wires, as well as pridged positive to heatlinks connection 2, and connected call for heat cable to connector 3. Works wonders, I thought it will be a bit more difficult but everything works in a sense of automatic light switch-like. Thanks for answer tho!

Hello guys! just got a question here. So i have home heating system, Drayton Lifestyle LP111 timeswitch, Vaillant ecotec pro boiler and some chinese knock off wifi "smart"-ish thermostat. The "smartish" thermostat works as automatic switch (duh) when temperature drops below set temperature by 2 degrees it will turn the boiler on, simple deal, three cables in. Now, I won at work the Nest 3rd generation learning thermostat. It has thermostat which is a smart thingie with a round lcd screen, and something called "nest heat-link". I'm a bit lost here. SO cables that goes to thermostat, do they possibly come from timeswitch (which would make them 240v effectively frying the nest thermostat). Overall I'm a bit confused. I'm electrician and IT engineer of 17 years but this got me a bit confused. Anyones familiar with wiring diagrams of these things?. Thanks

Not really, it requires some reference numbers from V62 form and I dont have it, only dealers can send them out. Well, at least ive been told so, so i only filled in direct debit form that they will register in post office...

Hello peeps. I want to ask someone who knows their stuff, without any speculation, if i can drive my car or not. I bought a car from dealer yesterday, all paperwork sigbed, transferred my insurance etc. But road tax is expired, car was repossessed after failed finance, and only had V62 form, instead of V5C or V11. Now im anxious to drive it until it actually shows that it is taxed.

A bit strange to ask this in steel city xD but does anyone know place in sheffield who can cut my own metal in desired sizes? I got several damascus steel rods that i need cut into 1cm long discs (2.5cm diameter). Anyone has suggestions if there is any machining company or facility who would do that? Thanks

Hello people! SO I decided to go for a motorcycle riding. Gave up on car as I thought having a car as I travel alone all the time, was not worth keeping it. In two weeks I'm taking my CBT, and then planning to go either A2 or DAS, but I cant decide. I dont really like fast rides, loud engines and revving, I just want good commuter, powerfull enough to pull me through motorways. I set my eyes on Kawasaki Ninja 300, which is very good all rounder. A2 license is enough for it. Now I got enough money for DAS too, but price wise A2 may be around £200 cheaper than DAS. If I do not intend to go above 400cc (Ninja 300 is exactly 300cc and 35bhp perfect for A2), would it make more sense to go for A2? Any advice appreciated!

Hello people! So I'd like to ask if anyone knows the answer. I have full UK drivers licence for over 9 years already. I decided to migrate completely to motorcycle instead. Now, I do have full drivers licence, I'm 29, got 5 years of NCD on my insurances. I'm getting ready to go for a CBT and then buy 125cc motorcycle to get used to riding and motorcycle controls. The question is... Do I need the L sticker on motorcycle? as a lot of guides online say different things some say if you have other type of licence you only need CBT and you're OK without L sticker... I just want to be sure... Anyone knows anything about this?

Hello everyone! I'm huge fan of wild swimming. I've been living in Sheffield for 7 years and managed to find one spot - Slippery stones in Peak district. Are there anymore spots? Mind to share? Thanks in advance

Thanks for all the answers! Repeater worked, signal appeared and even 3D was supported but image was getting distorted when I tried to watch Hi res images. I removed the repeater and, somehow it works now. I use same 10M cable, same connector and it works well. Strange, for three days I was looking for solution and even tried different cable, but only after plugging in the HDMI repeater it started to work. Thanks anyway, problem solved now!

Hey people. Maybe someone will be able to help me. I have a high end gaming PC which I'm trying to set up with my projector (for long movie evenings). I have bough good quality Optoma projector which supports 1080p input. Now I have tried 10m cable on my old (demo) projector before buying Optoma, and it worked perfectly (cheap chinese projector, image quality horrible and only 800 lumens, but it worked), now when I connect new Optoma, it does not work, it works with chromestick or connected to laptop, but does not work on my PC. My graphics are Radeon Fury X, three DP and one HDMI ports. HDMI port definitely works as I used it with my telly before. Today I have bought HDMI signal repeater to test maybe just cable lenght is an issue. But if not, what should I try? Maybe DP to HDMI adapter and try same cable, I dont want to use 10m long analog input as signal would be horrible. Any ideas? Anyone else had similar issue? Any help appreciated!

Hello guys, I need help: I'm quite techy guy, have repaired a lot of computers but now stumbled on something I cant fix. I wanted to replace my own laptops motherboard as it had failed GPU, ordered brand new motherboard from manufacturer. Now I found out it needs battery port and m-sata ports soldered on (new or moved from old motherboard. Can anyone in sheffield do that?

Hello people It may sound childish, but I had been doing some research on nootropics. Basically it's medicaments and supplements that boosts IQ, memory and other cognitive functions because of missing element in brain while aging. Now this topic went to sci-fi as well with movie Limitless, where main protagonist took overpowered nootropic pill called NZT-48. But this film is based on real life nootropics as far as I understand. Has anyone here tried DMAE or other cognitive function boosters and has something to say? I have difficulties concentrating sometimes and memory is not as good as it was in college days. Opinions appreciated! Thanks