Under bonnet sound deadening panel

[mole42]

I 100% sympathise with shipping costs across the planet.

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I wonder now if it might be cheaper to take the parcel as overside luggage on a direct flight than use the usual shipping agents.

Many, many years ago in the early dawn of the world, I was involved in the beginnings of the Apple Macintosh computer. We found that, because of the exchange rate of the pound sterling -vs- the US dollar, it was cheaper to book a return airfare from London to New York, buy an Apple Mac in the USA and bring it back to the UK as a carry-on. Some years later I discovered that it was much cheaper to bring a large colour monitor from the USA to England as excess baggage ($75) than by shipping it for $270.

Perhaps those days have returned?

[jbuckl]

Many, many years ago in the early dawn of the world, I was involved in the beginnings of the Apple Macintosh computer. We found that, because of the exchange rate of the pound sterling -vs- the US dollar, it was cheaper to book a return airfare from London to New York, buy an Apple Mac in the USA and bring it back to the UK as a carry-on. Some years later I discovered that it was much cheaper to bring a large colour monitor from the USA to England as excess baggage ($75) than by shipping it for $270.

Perhaps those days have returned?

Shopping in the USA was cheap for us until about 2015… almost parity now.

just before then it was $1.6 to £1

Lunch at work then was $ 4.50; now $ 14

last gallon of weed killer I bought at the builders merchants was £11.
Now it’s banned a gallon is £55

Car insurance went up 63% today, yes I tried shopping around… to no avail.

But don’t worry, inflation is now back under cuntrol

[mole42]

Just two days ago I tried to order some parts from the USA which aren't made this side of the Atlantic. The goods were $100 in total and I was quoted $70 for shipping and $40 for import duty and VAT - the tax is charged on the shipping fee as well. I didn't place the order.

[Chix]

There's supposed to be a sound deadening panel????

This is what's under my bonnet...

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[STypeR]

That should stop a bit of sound!

[Mike J]

I have run mine for 15 yrs without that panel, In my opinion there is no point to it.