WAG300N : Do not buy one!

Well I have used this far a year now.
I had numerous setup issues / conflicts with our DECT phones , but the final straw came this week when I turned off the power to the house to do some DIY.

Router powers back up , but power light flashes and boot cycle repeats = DEAD ROUTER.
I had to get my trusty wired version out its box !

Trawl of internet shows that the firmware is corrupt Brilliant!

And because you cant hit the router itself via the web interface its a pain in the ar*e to fix.
Download an uploader program from linksys , then assign a fixed IP to your machine then attempt a remote firmware upgrade.
Eventually it worked , but no wireless WTF????
Then I turned it off , and the cycle repeated again , arghhhh.
Decided enoughs enough and its now been relegated to be sold on ebay.

Support from Linksys has been poor.
The unit itself obviosuly doesnt like be turned off
The wireless side is cr*p
and to top it all off its no longer N spec as they have changed the spec mid way through and it cant be upgraded!

All in All , a really bad product from Linksys
DO NOT BUY the WAG300N under any circumstances
(I have one going cheap if you must lol)


Learning my lesson , I went out and bought a reliable throughly benchmarked product.............
oops nope, I got dragged in by the shining display

Belkin N1 Vision ADSL Router

Heres the 6 possible screens and the unit itself :



So far so good , 2 minutes to install , no messing with channels to avoid DECT phones (go figure!) , throughput seems good , signal strength to laptop seems good downstairs (76%)

Will report how it goes but the display is cool as f*ck :-)

WiiFit finally arrives

Probably one of the hardest things to currently get for the Wii.
All initial stock sold out within minutes of release.
Any new stock which does become available is snapped up in minutes.

You can register for emails , but tbh thats too slow.

http://www.wiipreorder.co.uk/Wii-Fit.aspx

and open the alert page

The page refreshes every minute , the minute it pops up you rush to buy.....
Stock sells out in minutes , and often I have been away from my desk and missed stock.

I got mine from Game , DONT pay over the RRP for one , just be patient.


Game so far is really good , as ever excellently thought out.
The ski jumping is my favourite but the strength exercises are too bloody hard!

Not a substitute for real exercise but good nonetheless.

Buy One

new cleaning products

yeah , well its an evolving art , cleaning the car.
Surfing forums there tend to be knowledgeable members who know suggest new gear all the time.

So heres some new toys

Chemical Guys Ultra Plush dryer towel

supposed to replace the meguiars drying towel (I moved away from a traditional leather a long time ago!)

Poorboys Wheel Sealant

I used to use WD40 (dont ask!) , then moved to polish.
But apparantly you are supposed to polish then apply a 'sealant' like this

and finally the poor mans karcher :-)


Spray Foamer for Hose


I have now had a chance to use all three and they are superb.

Towel = one wipe and its dry
Sealant = smells great , and so far seems to really repel the brake dust
Foamer = a total laugh , love it , used with normal megs wash diluted 1:2 , lots of foam , and the 2nd bucket is now much cleaner when washing.

Recommend them all. But I warn you that cleanyourcar website is addictive :-)

golfgtiforum.co.uk Rolling Road Day @ Awesome 2

Another rolling road day organised by Joe on www.golfgtiforum.co.uk
A huge turnout with mostly MkV Golf GTI's and Edition 30's in various states of tune.



Put my car on again too , expected few more bhp than last time as more miles on car, but alas the higher temps and new software on Awesomes rolling road reduced them slightly but still came out at

250 flywheel / 230 wheels / 250 lbs/ft torque





well happy and a great basis for mods.

J

8400 miles

been a while , trying to run continuously on Tesco 99RON.
Car runs great , pulls 11-13 psi and MPG seems to have gone up a bit.
Car just seems to get stronger with more miles.

Another golfgtiforum.co.uk RR day at Awesome on Saturday.
Reckon I will put the car on again and see if theres even more horses after another couple of thousand miles.
At least 20 cars , mostly MkV GTI's and Ed30 in various states of tune , so should be good.



Just a pic of our cars nice and clean





Tried the new turtle wax ice polish and so far I'm impressed , VERY easy to use.

Currently playing Mario Kart Wii which is supreme and even better in online mode

J

Golf GTI Edition 30 MPG : whats possible...

1st pic is a normal fill up = 26 MPG / 280 miles
2nd pic is recent motorway trip = 36.5 MPG / 425 miles !

The difference?

Well the 1st pic is 'normal' mixed usage and represents a day to day mpg figure

The 2nd is going up and down the motorway at 70 mph , with a very light foot!
Nearly managed to travel up to Scotland and back on one tank of fuel.

Just shows you want the Golf 'could' do , but alas it was far too painful keeping it and 70 and not using the horses coming down slip roads lol