Vauxmoore, the Nottingham Vauxhall specialists, have just had a new site from FCS Websites. The new site uses some jQuery trickery for the internal tab navigation, and Jamie’s awesome FormLord jQuery plugin for the contact form

Click the image to visit their new website.

Got a leather interior off eBay for £60, it’s not in brilliant condition but I will use the subframes off the original seats and give it a good clean up before it goes in.

Also got a bargain set of 18″ KEI Force 10 alloys off Migweb and bunged them on. It is sitting too high now and needs lowering. I don’t want to do just the springs, as the original shocks are in unknown condition. That means a matched kit, which will have to wait while I save some pennies!

I thought the ride would be harsh on 18s, but it is about the same. The tyres rumble a little more, but the ride and handling is much improved. I had the front end polybushed at the same time as the wheels went on, so that is probably helping too. The polybushes worked out about the same price as normal crap rubber ones, and will last for as long as I have the car.

Pics to follow when a) I have the interior installed and b) WordPress stops being stupid and not letting me upload stuff :/

Update: Turns out the Flash image uploader in WordPress 2.5 is shit, so I installed the “No Flash Uploader” plugin and now it is working again.

A new website has recently been put live for Custom Solutions, a Leicester based engraving and fabrication company. The site is powered by Expression Engine by EllisLabs, our first site using their content management system. Previous sites had used Code Igniter, another EllisLabs product, but Expression Engine made the deployment of the Custom Solutions site even quicker.

Clive can now update his own pages and products through the easy to use administration system, and has been adding new products already! The advantage of having a content managed site instead of having each page hand coded is that the whole site can now be backed up in one go, and each page is guaranteed to be consistent.

Have a look at Clive’s engraving and fabrication at Custom Solutions.

Bearing in mind Western governments have recently invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, shouldn’t petrol be super cheap now? :O

The common stereotype is that garages rip you off. Unfortunately, I have found this to be the case too. I know a fair bit about how cars work, how long things take and what parts cost. Therefore, I can spot when I am being scammed.

Having just started my new job, I was looking for an independent garage within walking distance of work. I don’t use main dealers as I have found them expensive and indifferent towards older cars like mine. I found Vauxmoore, just off Radford road, opposite the Horse and Groom pub. Chris the owner is polite, customer focused and extremely knowledgeable, especially on Vauxhalls having worked for them as a mechanic. Vauxmoore aim to give dealer quality service or better, at realistic prices.

I had a full service and some odds and sods sorted, including a petrol leak in the engine bay. They kept me up to date with progress during the day, and asked before carrying out any extra work. Parts were well priced, and labour charges matched the work done, not rounded up to an hour for each five minute task.

All in all, I am really happy with the care taken with my car, the price and the excellent service. Vauxmoore are my new garage

Vauxmoore
Universal Court
Radford Rd
Nottingham
NG7 7NQ

0115-970 0101

No website yet, but they are working on it!