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Fri 17 Mar 2006 08:35
XK8 - Tim Allcott
Now all I need is some help from the National Lottery this weekend. Sounds like just what I want!
Tim{P}
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Fri 17 Mar 2006 10:39
XK8 - artful dodger {P}
I want one. The only question I have is, who is going to buy it for me?


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Roger
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Fri 17 Mar 2006 11:06
XK8 - Adam {P}
No!!! You can't say how nice it looks when I can't even load the damn page!!!

What's going on!!!
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Fri 17 Mar 2006 11:18
XK8 - artful dodger {P}
Hi Adam. What do you mean you cannot load the page? I only use a dial-up ISP on this very old computer (Pentium III @ 500MHz) and the page loads within 10 seconds. I am not a computer boffin, but it sounds like you have either a very poor connection or another program is running in the background that is stopping the communication with the server.


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Roger
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Fri 17 Mar 2006 11:21
XK8 - Adam {P}
Hi Roger,

I think it's something to do with the rest of the site loading slow to do with a particular ad. (There's a thread about it very close to this one). Half the page loads and then it tries to load something perpetually without getting anywhere.

I want to look at the Jag!!!

(It's taken me 5 tries to get onto thie reply page!)
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Fri 17 Mar 2006 11:30
XK8 - artful dodger {P}
Hi Adam, in another thread there are other people experiencing problems at the moment. This reply might help you.

But having looked into this just now if you install the Firefox adblock extension, then add *.intellitxt.*, *.doubleclick.*, and *.tangozebra.* to the preferences, the site speeds right back up again. So it's the amount of stuff you have to download from the advertising sites that is damaging the revenue-raising capabilities of this site. Ironic, innit?

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Fri 17 Mar 2006 11:32
XK8 - Adam {P}
Thanks Roger. Looks like I'll have to switch browsers then as I'm on Opera!

Just when I'd got it the way I liked it too!

Thanks,

Adam.
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Sun 19 Mar 2006 00:41
XK8 - Number_Cruncher
>>...surprisingly, makes it better in a crash than steel because aluminium absorbs 30% more energy.

This surprises me too HJ. I'd be interested to see/read/hear how this is substantiated.

In particular, it will be interesting to see how these cars perform in real crashes. In comparing steel and aluminium, the concrete wall impacts typically used for type approval can flatter aluminium because aluminium can allow local penetrations with very little energy absorption.

Number_Cruncher
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