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********Motors Chat - Round 8 ********

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    #9602
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    Wouldn't mind a DL reg car meself, lived in Letterkenny for a while and there were only a fistfull of boyracers. You can probably get yourself a bargain by buying something the Dub snobs won't even look at.


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    #9603
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »
    Wouldn't mind a DL reg car meself, lived in Letterkenny for a while and there were only a fistfull of boyracers. You can probably get yourself a bargain by buying something the Dub snobs won't even look at.

    Letterkenny and the roads around it are what I'm basing my Dub snobbery on!

    There's one roundabout there where you literally take your life in your hands :D


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    #9604
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    Stheno wrote: »
    Letterkenny and the roads around it are what I'm basing my Dub snobbery on!

    There's one roundabout there where you literally take your life in your hands :D

    Which one is that? I always thought the roundabouts there were grand.


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    #9605
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »
    Which one is that? I always thought the roundabouts there were grand.

    The one at the sweet factory if you are coming from Dunnes to go to the hospital :)


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    #9606
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    Stheno wrote: »
    The one at the sweet factory if you are coming from Dunnes to go to the hospital :)

    Never had bother with that one. Used to to use it every day


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    #9607
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »
    Never had bother with that one. Used to to use it every day

    Is mental now!


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    #9608
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    Stheno wrote: »
    Is mental now!

    Twas 2012 when I was up there last maybe tis worse now.


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    #9609
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »
    Twas 2012 when I was up there last maybe tis worse now.

    Ah yeah I'm talking the past years, it's one of those roundabouts now that is too busy on one junction so the rest stall, and you'd to dart out


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    #9610
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Since when is there 18 cent between a litre of petrol and diesel. Can't remember the exact numbers, but remembered there was 18 cent in it today.


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    #9611
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Few of the lads and I decided to go for a few games of pool in one of the pubs. Quite village, literally 2 cars in it as of 1 o clock this morning. One of the lads knew an old neighbour, and we offered him a lift home as we were going. Village is at a crossroads, and just as the 4 of us were going to get into the car, the unmarked garda car comes up a road and stops at the crossroad. They turned their heads left and obvs just seen the 4 of us getting in. So they drove up one side of me, blue lights and all. I hadn't even got a chance to get the key in the ignition they were there that fast. Ban Garda hops out from the passenger seat and to my window. Asks for licence, was I drinking and where I was off to. Told her the story, she was satisfied enough and off they went.

    Just goes to show how quick off the mark they were, seen the target and went for it. Didn't even go to look at the tax etc. Wasn't drinking anyway, but if she wanted could she have bagged me? Even though I was only after getting in? I've a funny feeling she could if she wanted, but sure she probably knew straight away by my breath and reactions that I was grand.

    Seem to have encountered the gardai a few times lately, hardly ever before that.


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    #9612
    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,931 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

    Just goes to show how quick off the mark they were, seen the target and went for it. Didn't even go to look at the tax etc. Wasn't drinking anyway, but if she wanted could she have bagged me? Even though I was only after getting in? I've a funny feeling she could if she wanted, but sure she probably knew straight away by my breath and reactions that I was grand.

    Seem to have encountered the gardai a few times lately, hardly ever before that.

    Yeah, you don't have to be driving to be charged with driving under the influence. Surprised they didn't bag you to fill a quota anyway.
    Road Traffic Act 2010 wrote:
    5.— (1) A person commits an offence if, when in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle in a public place with intent to drive or attempt to drive the vehicle (but not driving or attempting to drive it), he or she is under the influence of an intoxicant to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the vehicle.

    It's funny how they went for you, yet every night without fail where I live there's 40-100+ cars (depends on the night) sitting outside the pubs (there's about 13 pubs in the town), only about 5 cars are actually residents cars, and somehow they've all disappeared by the morning. Garda station is also in the town, there's never any checkpoints or visible presence come closing times.


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    #9613
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    Since when is there 18 cent between a litre of petrol and diesel. Can't remember the exact numbers, but remembered there was 18 cent in it today.

    Yo dawg, the government heard you liked tax so they maintain an extra 10c on a fuel that you use more of and pay higher vrt and motor tax on the vehicles that use it.

    Because, frankly, you deserve it for NOT scuttering cancer and lung irritants everywhere.

    How very dare you drive a car that doesn't sound like someone put spanners in the washing machine.


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    #9614
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Special Circumstances wrote:
    How very dare you drive a car that doesn't sound like someone put spanners in the washing machine.


    That literally is the best description of the focus' engine..... old skoool yo!


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    #9615
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    challengemaster wrote:
    It's funny how they went for you, yet every night without fail where I live there's 40-100+ cars (depends on the night) sitting outside the pubs (there's about 13 pubs in the town), only about 5 cars are actually residents cars, and somehow they've all disappeared by the morning. Garda station is also in the town, there's never any checkpoints or visible presence come closing times.


    A thing of right place, right time is all I'd say. They were on patrol of the general area, came into the village, came over to me, and when they were done with me they took off like a bullet out of the place.


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    #9616
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    So this is what I get for not being able to wash the car... classy :pac:

    Looks like I'll have to attack the car with the garden hose! That's only a weeks dirt fyi.

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    #9617
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    Stheno wrote: »
    Hmmm just worked out I'll spend about 160 on fuel next week

    Then I worked out expenses:)

    For a period there of 10 weeks I was in every county in Ireland at least three times....:D

    Was over 10000 miles during that time in my 156 and I was trying to keep up with my work colleague in his Mazda diesel.... Expenses certainly racked up...!


    :v Bless Alfa reliability...


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    #9618
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    That literally is the best description of the focus' engine..... old skoool yo!

    The old 1.3 Kent engine. Bag of spanners on a spin cycle


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    #9619
    GvidoR
    Registered Users Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Would anyone be interested in boards motors shirts and/or stickers? Perhaps I could whip something up. :D


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    #9620
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    OSI wrote: »
    We've had a sticker before alright. If we could guarantee interest we might convince them to do another run.

    They will not do another run of stickers as they didn't sell too many and the excess was sold to people on after hours iirc.


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    #9621
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,882 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    Could get ones that say

    Living life in the -fast- overtaking lane


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    #9622
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    frozenfrozen wrote: »
    Could get ones that say

    Living life in the -fast- overtaking lane

    Yeah, some keyboard warrior needs to go tell The Eagles they got the words of that song wrong. :pac:


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    #9623
    YbFocus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    They will not do another run of stickers as they didn't sell too many and the excess was sold to people on after hours iirc.

    The ad was there lately anyway and i ordered two and never seen a thing!


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    #9624
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    The stickers were large and ugly, that's why they didn't sell well. I wouldn't put one on my car.


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    #9625
    GvidoR
    Registered Users Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Here's a sticker everyone will agree on. :D

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    #9626
    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Gatso van inbound on n7 between j8 and j7. That's twice I've avoid them this evening. The first was a van driver swerving at me :D.

    Much gold on this punto^^ :pac:.


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    #9627
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users Posts: 7,289 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Stickers belong in 90's Football Albums not on cars


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    #9628
    GvidoR
    Registered Users Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    What's a football album?


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    #9629
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users Posts: 7,289 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    GvidoR wrote: »
    What's a football album?

    Before your time son.


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    #9630
    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Whaa? how young are you? :D There was one for italia '90, used to get the stickers in cerial.


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    #9631
    GvidoR
    Registered Users Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Well, you see... I have no interest in football. Hockey is where it's at. ;)

    Freshly set up (not finished) Longford rink.

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