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    #4862
    Jimdagym
    Registered Users Posts: 3,843 ✭✭✭Jimdagym


    eljono wrote: »
    Don't suppose anyone has a link to watch online?

    It's over.


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    #4863
    robbie_998
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭robbie_998


    Will the f1 be on tomorrow ?

    Bank holiday and in work so not expecting much to happen !


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    #4864
    pred racer
    Registered Users Posts: 4,385 ✭✭✭pred racer


    Jimdagym wrote: »
    It's over.

    Who won?


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    #4865
    MugMugs
    Registered Users Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    I'm really really really really really really really REALLY sorry! I just couldn't resist this one!
    Nissan doctor wrote: »


    Christ, I've never had to wait any more then a day or two for head work.


    Hehehehehehehe..... :D


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    #4866
    Fiona
    Registered Users Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭Fiona


    I got this great idea to do my mothers car for her today as a mothers day present. Lets just say i ran out of Tardis it is that bad. Now i am just bored and i wish i never started it! Ill put up some pics later. If i ever get it finished. Still though she is cooking bacon and cabbage for dinner!


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    #4867
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    Never ever ever ever ever ever buy/drive a new Avensis estate with a petrol engine. Currently in Switzerland and was given it as a rental. Never been so shocked than when the foot was put down in that yoke. Most gutless thing I have been in in my life. And most importantly it was the 2.0 version...:eek:


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    #4868
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Damn. A 2.0 petrol avensis estate was on my wishlist...

    OT, I'm as sick as a small hospital, got a lift home in the boot of an Octavia last night (seriously)


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    #4869
    MugMugs
    Registered Users Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Damn. A 2.0 petrol avensis estate was on my wishlist...

    Well it is a mode of transport not unknown to you! :p


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    #4870
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Those valvematic avensis are 150 odd bhp and would do 60 in under 9 seconds. Strange that you would find it so slow


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    #4871
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    166man wrote: »
    ......... Currently in Switzerland and was given it as a rental.............

    Do they give 18 year olds rental cars over there?


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    #4872
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Those valvematic avensis are 150 odd bhp and would do 60 in under 9 seconds. Strange that you would find it so slow

    Well we got the car and when I saw it was petrol I assumed it was just the 1.8. It was just so gutless, all noise and no go. Then I saw the key chain that it was a 2.0...:eek: It is one of those cases where diesel is the way to go and miles ahead of the petrol.

    @RJ, no they don't give 18 year old rentals here.


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    #4873
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Sorry, thought you were 18.


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    #4874
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Sorry, thought you were 18.

    I'm 19 and the old man is driving.. Still though I was really surprised at that Avensis. Stupid electronic handbrake too..


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    #4875
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hard to quantify how fast something is from the passenger seat in fairness.


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    #4876
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Hard to quantify how fast something is from the passenger seat in fairness.

    Not really. When you drop to second, foot to the floor and nothing happens it's not that hard really.


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    #4877
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Those valvematic avensis are 150 odd bhp and would do 60 in under 9 seconds. Strange that you would find it so slow
    166man wrote: »
    Not really. When you drop to second, foot to the floor and nothing happens it's not that hard really.

    It appears on paper the Avensis is faster than your passenger seat assessment alludes to it being.

    Of course alot depends on what speed one dropped to 2nd at.


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    #4878
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    RoverJames wrote: »
    It appears on paper the Avensis is faster than your passenger seat assessment alludes to it being.

    Of course alot depends on what speed one dropped to 2nd at.

    That's true that on-paper figures give a better idea of what a car is like than real world experience.

    Drop to second at around 40km/h, revs jump to 3k per min and foot to the floor. Nothing and I mean nothing just noise..


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    #4879
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    166man wrote: »
    That's true that on-paper figures give a better idea of what a car is like than real world experience.

    Drop to second at around 40km/h, revs jump to 3k per min and foot to the floor. Nothing and I mean nothing just noise..

    So at 6000rpm in 2nd it's doing 80km/h ?

    On paper figures are most definitely better than some real work experience :)


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    #4880
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    RoverJames wrote: »
    So at 6000rpm in 2nd it's doing 80km/h ?

    On paper figures are most definitely better than some real work experience :)

    I mean using common sense take those figures with a pinch of salt obviously. I can't remember the exact figures as the car wasn't driving today. I was just telling from experience that it was unbelievably disappointing. :)


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    #4881
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    I drove the previous generation with the 2.0 D-4 petrol engine, that was plenty powerful.


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    #4882
    dar83
    Registered Users Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭dar83


    Anyone buying an Avensis deserves what they get. :P


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    #4883
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    RoverJames wrote: »
    So at 6000rpm in 2nd it's doing 80km/h ?

    On paper figures are most definitely better than some real work experience :)

    He wasn't driving James, we get it. Leave it now please.


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    #4884
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Limerick man wrote: »
    He wasn't driving James, we get it. Leave it now please.

    It's 15 mins since he posted, I had left it :)


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    #4885
    Fiona
    Registered Users Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭Fiona


    A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:




    You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There a re six floors and the value of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!




    So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads:




    Floor 1 - These men Have Jobs




    She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads:




    Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.



    'That's nice,' she thinks, 'but I want more.'




    So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:



    Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking.




    'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.




    She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:



    Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help With Housework.



    'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly stand it!'



    Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:




    Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.




    She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign reads:




    Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. (scroll and keep reading!)


    PLEASE NOTE:

    To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opened a New Wives store just across the street.



    The first floor has wives that love sex.



    The second floor has wives that love sex and have money and like beer.



    The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited.


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    #4886
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    MugMugs wrote: »
    I'm really really really really really really really REALLY sorry! I just couldn't resist this one!




    Hehehehehehehe..... :D


    :o I can just imagine the eyes being thrown up to heaven by some people now:P


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    #4887
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    :o I can just imagine the eyes being thrown up to heaven by some people now:P

    Ah come on lads, try to keep this the one thread which is a bit friendly :)


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    #4888
    Fiona
    Registered Users Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭Fiona


    Anybody else in work today :(


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    #4889
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    mrs crilly wrote: »
    Any other suckers in work today :(

    Yes, it's awesome.


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    #4890
    robbie_998
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭robbie_998


    TestTransmission wrote: »
    Yes, it's awesome.

    Agree

    Had a great drive to work on the motorway with very few cars :)


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    #4891
    Fiona
    Registered Users Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭Fiona


    TestTransmission wrote: »
    Yes, it's awesome.

    Do I detect sarcasm :D
    robbie_998 wrote: »
    Agree

    Had a great drive to work on the motorway with very few cars :)

    It was entertaining to watch the drunk people on their way home.


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