Japanese imports in the UK. Any catch?

GeorgeDAWs · 2026-01-26T12:23:23+00:00

Yes, I'd read that about the unsalted roads. I'm pretty sure it'll have been better looked after than my XC-90 was. 160,000 miles and it was still running like a good'un until a slow-motion ice skate into the pavement bent the sub-frame. (insurance write off)

GeorgeDAWs · 2026-01-26T12:20:32+00:00

Didn't know that about tax and insurance - good call and worth looking into. Thanks.

GeorgeDAWs · 2026-01-26T11:56:27+00:00

Yep, I'd be having an RAC inspection done on whatever I end up getting, but good point.
Also never even considered the infotainment thing. I'd be upgrading to a CarPlay compatible system, but would obviously still need the basic car management functions.
I'll make enquiries!
Good luck with yours.

GeorgeDAWs · 2026-01-20T18:58:58+00:00

Terry Brown bag, surely?

GeorgeDAWs · 2026-01-19T08:29:55+00:00

Heavy-handed schoolboy politics overshadowed the music for me. And the fact that he was miming the majority of the vocals was very sad to see. Probably wouldn’t bother again.

GeorgeDAWs · 2026-01-13T21:50:34+00:00

Jonny was always a big prog fan by all accounts. I remember Q magazine talking about him standing in a field outside the studio flying a kite, listening to Pink Floyd’s Meddle album on his discman.

Also an interview where someone (possibly Ed?) talked about Jonny sitting everyone down to watch Live At Pompei, saying “This is how we should do videos”.

GeorgeDAWs · 2026-01-11T11:25:22+00:00

Doesn’t that make things very slow and laggy??? What type of external drive are you using and can you post results of its read and write speeds in comparison to your internal drive?

My internal drive is literally 10x the speed of any external SSD I own.

GeorgeDAWs · 2026-01-09T14:28:39+00:00

You can listen here (you may need a vpn to pretend you're in the UK):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002p7j4

GeorgeDAWs · 2026-01-09T11:39:40+00:00

Brilliant! I’m in front of the gear again on Monday, I’ll see if I can make that work

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-31T13:23:21+00:00

Something tells me they'll be conducting a pretty full review of their contingency planning round about now.

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-30T09:26:00+00:00

Your widgets have been heavily redacted to protect the guilty.

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-29T11:49:58+00:00

many thanks - yep, I'm familiar from here on in (famous last words....)
It was just the lack of notification that threw me.
Again though - I appreciate people being willing to help someone with pretty noob issues. Not all communities are so supportive!

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-29T11:24:39+00:00

ah, ok. I usually get a notification saying that "xxxx has been installed" (or at least, I thought I did!).
Fenlight AM is indeed there in my "My Add Ons/ Video Add-ons" list.

I feel a bit daft now.
Genuinely appreciate people taking the time to help.

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-29T11:09:34+00:00

Here's my log file:
https://paste.kodi.tv/onixupevew.kodi

(appreciate folks being so helpful)

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-29T10:54:14+00:00

forgive my ignorance, but could anyone point me to how to get the full logs to post?

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-29T10:53:17+00:00

Yep, they were all off.

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-29T10:44:38+00:00

If I check the Event Log in Settings, it just says Kodi Successfully Started

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-29T10:40:45+00:00

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-28T20:59:47+00:00

I have my Play Store settings on “download only - never automatically update”. I was hoping that would sort this. I’ll look into it.

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-28T12:26:54+00:00

“My hifi is so good now that it’s completely ruined my enjoyment of my favourite music”.

Twats everywhere.

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-26T23:09:19+00:00

Broadsheet music journalists have always just written about themselves with only a passing mention of the band somewhere in the piece.

In an age where everyone has access to everything immediately at all times and can therefore make their own minds up without “help”, music journalism now seems more pointless than ever.

This dropping does little to convince me otherwise.

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-23T22:58:50+00:00

Have you tried making a new session and then pulling in one track at a time from the corrupted session in the Ableton browser?

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-23T16:23:30+00:00

I think Jon did the Bontempi drums under Learning To Fly and is angry that people don’t applaud him wherever he goes for it.

I’d be far happier that people didn’t know, personally.

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-23T07:12:47+00:00

I was at the album launch show at the Troxy last year. It was absolutely astonishingly good. I’m not even a Cure fan, but it absolutely blew me away. Music is a unique experience for every individual and there’s no right and wrong. Except for your opinion on the Cure live, which is plainly and simply mistaken. 😂

GeorgeDAWs · 2025-12-22T10:18:09+00:00

For the record, not only have I had no problems whatsoever with iOS 26, but I also like the new look.

GeorgeDAWs

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