Sunday, March 15, 2009

Cannot recommend the Sylvania G-Meso Netbook


I’ve checked the statistics and it doesn’t look like I’ve lead anyone astray, thank goodness. Over the last month I’ve slowly come to the conclusion that it was wrong to recommend the Sylvania G-Meso Netbook. This unit has some serious problems in some key features. You can find better value elsewhere. More...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Car Repair: arrgggh, Chevy Malibu: Yuuumm!

2007 Land Rover LR3 photographed in USA.Image via Wikipedia

My Land Rover LR3 is in the shop for repair for a computer crashing problem (yes, oh the irony of that). Basically after driving awhile and perhaps tapping on the brakes all the idiot lights come on at once - transmission fault, brake fault and suspension fault. The suspension fault is actually the most worrisome. The LR3 suspension is a modern miracle. But when the computer is crashed the ride in the LR3 goes from “Modern Luxury Vehicle” down to “62 Rambler with no shock absorbers”. More...
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