Motors Chat - Round 8

dgt · 04-07-2015 3:07pm

GvidoR wrote: »

A trip just for a kebab?

Damn, now I want a kebab. They make really nice ones in Westport.

Pollard is the business for kebabs, I'm in there every chance I get

I once drove to Shannonbridge for a chicken burger, Newry for a tin of cat food, Delvin for a mars bar, Virginia for a bottle of club. Best one was Cork for a chicken burger

sure last week I went to Portadown for a small light switch

plenty more I can't remember!

Hopefully the 406 will pass its test on Thursday then its off to Tralee for a dustcap :cool:

Hal1 · 04-07-2015 3:09pm

dgt wrote: »

Then its off to Tralee for a dustcap :cool:

Don't forget the lovely girls competition is on soon

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dgt · 04-07-2015 3:11pm

The more scenery the better

04-07-2015 3:28pm

Speaking of kebabs, I've a few kebeab skewers on the BBQ and a few beers in the freezer as we speak. Making the most of the fineish weather here in Kerry while we have it. The drive down from Limerick yesterday was fun. Finally got to give the car a good rip over the mountains after getting the steering work done. Handles better than ever

Hal1 · 04-07-2015 3:34pm

We are lucky with the weather alright compared to England who got blitzed by thunderstorms last night.

I wouldn't be out driving in that.

04-07-2015 3:41pm

Hal1 wrote: »

We are lucky with the weather alright compared to England who got blitzed by thunderstorms last night.

I wouldn't be out driving in that.

Really? The last I heard they were been cooked alive over there. Their weather is a mad as ours

GvidoR · 04-07-2015 5:53pm

Wow, turns out there is a "Bus enthusiasts" sub-forum on boards.

I can't even...

04-07-2015 5:57pm

GvidoR wrote: »

Wow, turns out there is a "Bus enthusiasts" sub-forum on boards.

I can't even...

I know one or two (non boardsies). They'd be into trucks and all things HGV too. My cousin is slowly becoming one. He recently got a drivers job with bus eireann after spending years driving a taxi. Two years ago this man wouldn't know what a set of brake pads looked like. Now he can tell you every single detail of his bus. Not a bad interest to be fair.

Duke O Smiley · 04-07-2015 5:58pm

GvidoR wrote: »

Wow, turns out there is a "Bus enthusiasts" sub-forum on boards.

I can't even...

No different to a car enthusiasts forum, i.e - here.

GvidoR · 04-07-2015 6:00pm

Well yeah, to each their own, but that was under the Commuting forum so it just seemed like sub-forum for public transport enthusiasts. :P

James Bond Junior · 04-07-2015 6:02pm

Tractors is another one. Big business in ploughing/silage DVDs. They are strangely hypnotic from what I've seen. Each to their own.

Foxhole Norman · 04-07-2015 6:24pm

Totted up what I've spend on the 525 since I got it 9 months ago, including everything, cleaning equipment, tyres, repairs, fuel, tax, insurance, purchase price etc - €9,000 or so :pac:

GvidoR · 04-07-2015 6:25pm

Wow, that's quite a lot, I hope it treats you well.

James Bond Junior · 04-07-2015 6:25pm

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Totted up what I've spend on the 525 since I got it 9 months ago, including everything, cleaning equipment, tyres, repairs, fuel, tax, insurance, purchase price etc - €9,000 or so :pac:

Does it feel worth it to you?

04-07-2015 6:29pm

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Totted up what I've spend on the 525 since I got it 9 months ago, including everything, cleaning equipment, tyres, repairs, fuel, tax, insurance, purchase price etc - €9,000 or so :pac:

How ye keep track or how ye have the paitence to keep track of fuel costs is beyond me. I did it for a few weeks once and gave up. Painful

Foxhole Norman · 04-07-2015 6:33pm

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Does it feel worth it to you?

There not a doubt in my mind that I picked the right car

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

How ye keep track or how ye have the paitence to keep track of fuel costs is beyond me. I did it for a few weeks once and gave up. Painful

I took an average of 70 a week for 40 weeks, sometime it was around 100 or so though.

GvidoR · 04-07-2015 6:34pm

Punto so far:

Purchase price: €250
Bumper: €15
Hub caps: €5
Insurance: €25 (just a transfer fee)
Road tax: €101
Petrol: About €120

Total: About €516

James Bond Junior · 04-07-2015 6:40pm

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

There not a doubt in my mind that I picked the right car

I took an average of 70 a week for 40 weeks, sometime it was around 100 or so though.

That's all that matters. The old saying smiles for miles comes into my head when you say that and a 6 cylinder e39 is one of the best choices for that in my opinion.

Duke O Smiley · 04-07-2015 6:42pm

Corolla....€250

I lost track after that but 12k miles and 10 months late I can safely say I've had more than my moneys worth from it

Noccy_Mondy · 04-07-2015 6:45pm

GvidoR wrote:

Wow, turns out there is a "Bus enthusiasts" sub-forum on boards.

I wouldn't class myself as a bus enthusiast, but I'd have an interest in them myself. Not Dublin bus or any of that, but private operators.

Washed 2 of the uncles today, seeing as he is on holidays. A lwb transit and a Merc Vario 609d. Whatever about the transit, the merc sure as to god tests your speed at washing, half a side at a time (ladder needed for above the windows) Then I had to wash all the interior windows with windowlene, in the process removing all the profanities, penii etc which were drawn onto the windows (with fingers not markers!). Vacuum all the seats, and curtains, plug in all the belts sweep the floor, mop the floor, wipe the dash. And all that again for the transit, which is sooo much harder, seats here there everywhere, and that stupid pattern on the floor makes it impossible to make it look clean!!

04-07-2015 6:55pm

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Washed 2 of the uncles today

Jaysus you're a great nephew :pac:

Noccy_Mondy · 04-07-2015 6:58pm

Snotaul Goodman wrote:

Jaysus you're a great nephew

Ya they were in need of a wash. I says here jump into the barrel and I power washed them down :pac:

dgt · 04-07-2015 7:07pm

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Totted up what I've spend on the 525 since I got it 9 months ago, including everything, cleaning equipment, tyres, repairs, fuel, tax, insurance, purchase price etc - €9,000 or so :pac:

Holy moly!!!!

My 406, got about 3 weeks ago:

Car €295
Batch 1 (pads, discs, track rods, drop links, ball joints, rear arb bushes) £110
Batch 2 (rear drop links, control arms) €60
Rear wishbone bushes €40
Speakers £1
Service (fuel/oil) €30
Misc goodies £230
A tuner bolt €2
Fuel... €120 (far far less miles these days)

Some other service parts were kindly supplied by killianmanning

Now awaiting its NCT, so €55 down the toilet

Has other various bits added to it like the deflectors/radio surround/digital clock from the other 406 (How did no one notice that)

I'm too lazy to add that all up

Which reminds me, I have a feckin puncture to sort on that car! :mad:

GvidoR · 04-07-2015 7:10pm

€295, not bad, did it have NCT?

And only 1 pound for speakers? :eek:

dgt · 04-07-2015 7:16pm

GvidoR wrote: »

€295, not bad, did it have NCT?

And only 1 pound for speakers? :eek:

The other 406 was €295 aswell with 2 months NCT

No NCT on the replacement but its in on Thursday. Currently sitting about gathering dust

a very well minded car with a rake of new parts installed and minded over the years, same family owned since about 2000. Only blighted by lack of towbar, no rev counter and the worst aftermarket sunroof install evar. I'd love to find out who installed it and break it over their head :mad:

Yeah the speakers were Pioneer 200w buckos that looked expensive but when I check online prices they are worthless. So I gave a quid for them

davycc · 04-07-2015 7:31pm

YbFocus wrote: »

You'd look like an idiot with one of those stickers on a car lowered 40mm.
Actually you'd look an idiot with one of them regardless.

i picked up a recession busting piss golden shower saxo vtr with one of those stickers.:o peeled it off asap along with the 'made in france,modded in the uk'
and tons of sony stickers :pac:

Skylinehead · 04-07-2015 8:54pm

Skylinehead wrote: »

Mainly for Colm, but anyone else can pipe in - I need a windback tool for the Civic, think this works:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Laser-1314-Caliper-Piston-Re-wind/dp/B002V72SHS

But there's Draper cube things and the like for a tenner around. Any ideas as to whether they work?

Got one that might work....if I could get the bloody brake caliper bolts off. They turn (with effort) but not with any progress.

These two here (not my pics but same caliper):

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/brandenburger/P29-05-09_1029.jpg

Any ideas? I only have WD40 to loosen them up but like I say, they turn, just without getting anywhere. I'd say they could be sheared, but I've tried 4 bolts now. Do I need a clamp or something?

http://i.imgur.com/QlKjpSc.png

The bolts are circled, but the square bits turn as well.

EDIT: It's the rear pads.

Pov06 · 04-07-2015 9:01pm

Skylinehead wrote: »

Got one that might work....if I could get the bloody brake caliper bolts off. They turn (with effort) but not with any progress.

These two here (not my pics but same caliper):

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/brandenburger/P29-05-09_1029.jpg

Any ideas? I only have WD40 to loosen them up but like I say, they turn, just without getting anywhere. I'd say they could be sheared, but I've tried 4 bolts now. Do I need a clamp or something?

http://i.imgur.com/QlKjpSc.png

The bolts are circled, but the square bits turn as well.

EDIT: It's the rear pads.

Stupid question but did you use 2 spanners? If you only use 1 spanner for the caliper bolt then of course it will just spin.

Skylinehead · 04-07-2015 9:03pm

Pov06 wrote: »

Stupid question but did you use 2 spanners? If you only use 1 spanner for the caliper bolt then of course it will just spin.

Only had one 13mm wrench, but I had a pair of pliers on the other bit. Going to try find another wrench to do it properly.

Pov06 · 04-07-2015 9:15pm

Skylinehead wrote: »

Only had one 13mm wrench, but I had a pair of pliers on the other bit. Going to try find another wrench to do it properly.

What you need is a cheap adjustable wrench. They are a life savior at times :rolleyes:

Skylinehead · 04-07-2015 9:23pm

Pov06 wrote: »

What you need is a cheap adjustable wrench. They are a life savior at times :rolleyes:

I hear ya.....plenty of tools back home but I'm fairly limited up here. Even getting a flat bit of ground is an effort.

colm_mcm · 04-07-2015 9:42pm

Pliers will only round off the nut

bear1 · 04-07-2015 10:04pm

I'm not going to even bother counting what I've spent on the accord..

farna_boy · 04-07-2015 10:12pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

City East Plaza, northern Trust is there. It's near Halfords.

Sorry, final question. Is it on all day at City East Plaza or just for a while? I've seen the pictures on here before but I've never actually been to one of these before.

nd · 04-07-2015 10:49pm

Nope I think it's officially from 11 to 2 but I normally try to be there from about 12 (perhaps people do turn up at 11) and it goes on to about 1.30 or so depending on what turns up.

farna_boy · 04-07-2015 11:23pm

nd wrote: »

Nope I think it's officially from 11 to 2 but I normally try to be there from about 12 (perhaps people do turn up at 11) and it goes on to about 1.30 or so depending on what turns up.

That's great, thanks very much for the info.

Chris_Heilong · 05-07-2015 1:22am

Skylinehead wrote: »

Got one that might work....if I could get the bloody brake caliper bolts off. They turn (with effort) but not with any progress.

These two here (not my pics but same caliper):

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/brandenburger/P29-05-09_1029.jpg

Any ideas? I only have WD40 to loosen them up but like I say, they turn, just without getting anywhere. I'd say they could be sheared, but I've tried 4 bolts now. Do I need a clamp or something?

http://i.imgur.com/QlKjpSc.png

The bolts are circled, but the square bits turn as well.

EDIT: It's the rear pads.

A spanner and a socket set is all you need.

quadrifoglio verde · 05-07-2015 10:22am

davycc wrote: »

i picked up a recession busting piss golden shower saxo vtr with one of those stickers.:o peeled it off asap along with the 'made in france,modded in the uk'
and tons of sony stickers :pac:

The only one I'd have is snap off because it's French. That always makes me lol

Skylinehead · 05-07-2015 12:13pm

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

A spanner and a socket set is all you need

Yep, I'm going to get the necessaries now. Although I won't be doing anything in this rain.

colm_mcm · 05-07-2015 12:25pm

You might need to grind down the pads a bit to make them fit. Not all pads will just slot in.

GvidoR · 05-07-2015 2:36pm

Got a 3 tonne hydraulic jack. The difference between that and those Aldi 2 tonne jacks (and the ones that comes with the car ofcourse) is huge. Should've gotten one earlier.

colm_mcm · 05-07-2015 2:40pm

Don't forget that you still need to use axle stands if you're going under the car.

Voodoomelon · 05-07-2015 3:56pm

Anyone see this, its great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_GJGLy3EVE

GvidoR · 05-07-2015 4:38pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

Don't forget that you still need to use axle stands if you're going under the car.

That's pretty obvious, imo. Already have a pair of them.

bear1 · 05-07-2015 4:46pm

So I'm investigating my new problem and I wonder if anyone else can shed some opinions on this.
Car is sluggish up to about 2500 revs and then the power slowly starts to kick in. Just came back from a diagnostics and it came with just one error which was a fuel heater issue.
I'm starting to ponder if I'm suffering both a maf and egr issue at the same time.
Thoughts?
Its like the car doesn't want to rev

colm_mcm · 05-07-2015 4:48pm

GvidoR wrote: »

That's pretty obvious, imo. Already have a pair of them.

You'd be shocked at how many people don't use them.

05-07-2015 4:48pm

Probably already sold (not that I'm actually looking to buy it as such), but mooching through donedeal brought these up...

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagan-passat/9636960?offset=26

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-passat-estate/9598295?offset=7

and even from a dealer;

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-passat-1-9-litre-diesel/9176091?offset=1

I always thought Passat's commanded a bit more of a premium in regards to their purchase price? Or is there just something about those models I've linked to that make them less sought after in general? (I'm not a big VW fan, so they could always have been that cheap and cheerful, but I just always thought an 06 Passat would go for 7-8k for some reason).

Perhaps it's because they're estates I'm looking at?

toastedpickles · 05-07-2015 4:51pm

bear1 wrote: »

So I'm investigating my new problem and I wonder if anyone else can shed some opinions on this.
Car is sluggish up to about 2500 revs and then the power slowly starts to kick in. Just came back from a diagnostics and it came with just one error which was a fuel heater issue.
I'm starting to ponder if I'm suffering both a maf and egr issue at the same time.
Thoughts?
Its like the car doesn't want to rev

I'd start with looking at the vacuum lines, check for splits, cracks, tears and so on, then clean the maf and egr, and if it carries on like that i'd be saying bye bye if i were you dude, you've had nothing but trouble with that car

colm_mcm · 05-07-2015 4:51pm

810000 miles?

Foxhole Norman · 05-07-2015 4:52pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I always thought Passat's commanded a bit more of a premium in regards to their purchase price? Or is there just something about those models I've linked to that make them less sought after in general? (I'm not a big VW fan, so they could always have been that cheap and cheerful, but I just always thought an 06 Passat would go for 7-8k for some reason).

Perhaps it's because they're estates I'm looking at?

They might be Volkswagens and Passat's but they're still for the most part pretty basic spec 9 year old wagons with entry level engines.

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