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***Motors Chat Thread*** Round 1

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    #3062
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    You should have done German since Afrikaans is based on German, Dutch and English jou voken mooer :P

    With regard to your idea of motor meets photo threads, all the photos go up on the original thread for each meet.

    Yup, it sure is.

    But then they get lost, and another member, will be like... Oh theres such and such at that motor meet. Now I have to go and look for more pictures......:mad:


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    #3063
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Yup, it sure is.

    But then they get lost, and another member, will be like... Oh theres such and such at that motor meet. Now I have to go and look for more pictures......:mad:

    I see your point but I don't think everyone who put up photos is going to go to the trouble of doing it again when they're already there.


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    #3064
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    I see your point but I don't think everyone who put up photos is going to go to the trouble of doing it again when they're already there.

    Il take that as a.......no. :(


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    #3065
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Il take that as a.......no. :(

    You're more than welcome to do it yourself :D


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    #3066
    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    You're more than welcome to do it yourself :D

    +1
    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Il take that as a.......no. :(

    You're more than welcome to do this yourself man! Hahahaha.


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    #3067
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    +1



    You're more than welcome to do this yourself man! Hahahaha.

    I should have said nothing. :o


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    #3068
    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    I should have said nothing. :o

    I honestly don't know what you expected to happen:p


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    #3069
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    I honestly don't know what you expected to happen:p

    Well I imagined....

    1.) someone says, oh ya bubble wrap....fantastic idea. Ect.
    2.)set up this legendery thread.
    3.) I then sip my coffee and/or light my fag.
    4.) and the future is uncertan from 4 onwards.

    But obviously that didnt happen. :pac:


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    #3070
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users Posts: 9,662 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Starting to put together a homemade ball joint removal tool.

    Quick q, do most exhaust shops have most sizes of exhaust tubing in stock? I need 2¼" piping, is this a standard size?


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    #3071
    Fiona
    Registered Users Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭Fiona


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    Some heatwave in cork today. Sitting outside too damn hot lol!
    It's a shame I don't need to drive anywhere today :). Tesco is too damn close to drive, so no excuse to drive for some icecream :(. Maybe they have nicer icecream in the town 20 miles away...

    Nice ice cream in Clonakilty had 1 on sunday!


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    #3072
    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,931 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Heel and toe is a way of driving. You use the heel of your right foot to brake and the toe to accelerate. It minimizes the length of time between braking and getting back on the loud pedal ;)

    By the way, do NOT try it!

    Sorry to burst your bubble MM but you're wrong on this one :p

    Heel and toe is a downshifting technique used in driving, but you use the toe of your right foot to brake and the heel to blip the accelerator as your left foot clutches and you downshift coming into a corner, it allows a smoother downshift while braking that allows you to get right back on the power on exit and minimizes the chance of oversteer.

    It's nearly based on the principal of a clutch kick. Coming into a corner at high speed near the limits of traction, you downshift without matching revs and the car will jolt. This can cause the rear end to wobble or slide which needs correction and wastes time.

    Left foot braking is probably what you're thinking of.


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    #3073
    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    My silver indicator bulbs arrived this morning. No more silly orange bits on the car any more! Will pop them in later.


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    #3074
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    challengemaster wrote: »
    Sorry to burst your bubble MM but you're wrong on this one :p

    Heel and toe is a downshifting technique used in driving, but you use the toe of your right foot to brake and the heel to blip the accelerator as your left foot clutches and you downshift coming into a corner, it allows a smoother downshift while braking that allows you to get right back on the power on exit and minimizes the chance of oversteer.

    It's nearly based on the principal of a clutch kick. Coming into a corner at high speed near the limits of traction, you downshift without matching revs and the car will jolt. This can cause the rear end to wobble or slide which needs correction and wastes time.

    Left foot braking is probably what you're thinking of.

    I had a feeling I was wrong :D


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    #3075
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    My silver indicator bulbs arrived this morning. No more silly orange bits on the car any more! Will pop them in later.

    That's on my to do list aswell actually.


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    #3076
    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    TestTransmission wrote: »
    That's on my to do list aswell actually.

    I only bought them for the front and sides...forgot the rears:o

    The rear orange indicator bulbs don't stand out at all though, so it should be grand!


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    #3077
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users Posts: 9,662 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    My silver indicator bulbs arrived this morning. No more silly orange bits on the car any more! Will pop them in later.

    I got a set of Osram ones from Micks Garage, and whilst they are no longer orange, they're not clear either, they have an colour akin to oil sitting ontop of water. Not as obvious through the clear lens, but still not clear either.


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    #3078
    Cosmo K
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Cosmo K


    To all those Tdi lovers out there, would you please stop converting Volkswagen Corrado's to diesel!! Seriously, its disgusting, saw another one today, a classic sports coupe ruined!

    rant over/


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    #3079
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Cosmo K wrote: »
    To all those Tdi lovers out there, would you please stop converting Volkswagen Corrado's to diesel!! Seriously, its disgusting, saw another one today, a classic sports coupe ruined!

    rant over/

    I think it's a great idea, loads of tuning potential and great fuel economy


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    #3080
    Cosmo K
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Cosmo K


    colm_mcm wrote: »

    I think it's a great idea, loads of tuning potential and great fuel economy


    How do you tune a 1.6 turbo diesel from the late 80's?


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    #3081
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    The only one I've seen is 1.9

    Is it scirocco or corrado you're talking about?


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    #3082
    Cosmo K
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Cosmo K


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    The only one I've seen is 1.9

    Is it scirocco or corrado you're talking about?

    Corrados. I remember, I worked in a Volkswagen dealership in the early 90's, when the VR6 Corrado came out. What a car back then. 190bhp, and now, they put tractor engines in to them. Its just wrong imo.


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    #3083
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,811 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    al
    Cosmo K wrote: »
    Corrados. I remember, I worked in a Volkswagen dealership in the early 90's, when the VR6 Corrado came out. What a car back then. 190bhp, and now, they put tractor engines in to them. Its just wrong imo.

    I usually just tend to ignore people who call diesels tractor engines because as a general rule it means they don't have a clue what they're talking about. There are vw tdis out there with more bhp than the VR6 came with.


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    #3084
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Quazzie wrote: »
    al

    I usually just tend to ignore people who call diesels tractor engines because as a general rule it means they don't have a clue what they're talking about. There are vw tdis out there with more bhp than the VR6 came with.

    tractor%202.gif

    diesels are tractors! just because it has a turbo its not a performance car!


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    #3085
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,811 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    So a diesel can't be a performance car? Someone should tell Audi that all them LeMans they won don't count as they done it in a tractor.


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    #3086
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    I had my last cigarette at 1:00pm today. Time to get myself, my fitness and my life back on track again :)


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    #3087
    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,931 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    diesels are tractors! just because it has a turbo its not a performance car!

    Nobody said performance cars, but just because it's not a performance car doesn't mean it's a tractor. There's an in between loike :p Unless you feel that every non-performance petrol is also a tractor?

    Also let's not forget, the origins of Lamborghini was tractors ;)


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    #3088
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    challengemaster wrote: »
    Nobody said performance cars, but just because it's not a performance car doesn't mean it's a tractor. There's an in between loike :p Unless you feel that every non-performance petrol is also a tractor?

    Also let's not forget, the origins of Lamborghini was tractors ;)

    well we are talking not about proper Le mans stuff, but a WV TDI from a golf or passat!


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    #3089
    Fiona
    Registered Users Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭Fiona


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    I had my last cigarette at 1:00pm today. Time to get myself, my fitness and my life back on track again :)

    I am off the smokes (again!) 2 weeks and 3 days :)


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    #3090
    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,931 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    diesels are tractors! just because it has a turbo its not a performance car!

    Actually I just wanted to quote this for irony considering your old Skyline and WRX are both turbo cars :D


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    #3091
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    I am not a smoker myself, in fact I had cigarette in my mouth only twice, both times there was "something" in it... It did feck all to me so I never tried both of them anymore... Waste of money.
    Saying this I don't let to smoke anyone in my car. Even misses gets a very rare chance to have a smoke in my car. I had a pleasure to be cleaning mx5 for misses and amount of ash made me go Nerdrage!!!


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