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***Motors Chat Thread*** Round 1

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  • #502
    gollywog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭gollywog


    dar83 wrote: »
    gollywog wrote: »
    Realistically what sort of mpg is possible with these?? Mostly short journeys and some long...

    I get 25 normal daily driving, that's some city and some motorway. If you stay off boost you can get more out of it I'm sure, but why would you want to do that. ;)

    That's not too bad! Was looking at golf's when I was buying but ignored the petrol ones as i was dead set on a daysul! Problem is I was driving long journeys a few times a week that time but I'm not doin that any more... So is life I guess! :p


  • #503
    superstoner90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭superstoner90


    A friend of mine, got a 1.8D ford fiesta car, on NI reg.

    Its like 400 or somthing to change over the plates.

    What hes going to do is convert a 5 door fiesta into a van, by welding the back doors shut. Taking out the back seats, welding panels to the back windows. I thought you could only do this to a 3 door? :confused:


  • #504
    E39MSport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    Nah. Plenty of the commercials are converted 5 doors.


  • #505
    superstoner90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭superstoner90


    E39MSport wrote: »
    Nah. Plenty of the commercials are converted 5 doors.

    Really, oh dear :o

    So does that mean when he has it converted, he canchange over the plates as a commercial and pay the 50 euro, I think its 50 euro.

    Or must he change the plates first?


  • #506
    E39MSport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    afaik, make all the required changes first then get it inspected and hand over the shillings.


  • #507
    superstoner90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭superstoner90


    E39MSport wrote: »
    afaik, make all the required changes first then get it inspected and hand over the shillings.

    Right, but im just wondering can it be done that way?


  • #508
    E39MSport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    Not too sure man, don't want to mislead you.

    One of the super brains will chip in


  • #509
    superstoner90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭superstoner90


    E39MSport wrote: »
    Not too sure man, don't want to mislead you.

    One of the super brains will chip in

    Oh right no problemo.

    Could you tell me what afaik mean though?:o


  • #510
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    superstoner90 wrote: »
    ..........

    Could you tell me what afaik mean though?:o

    as far as I know


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  • #511
    superstoner90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭superstoner90


    RoverJames wrote: »
    as far as I know

    Thanks

    Im not uptodate with this cyber-lingo. :o


  • #512
    E39MSport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    Not being a pr1k here m8 but theres always google :)

    Like this 'define:afaik' (without quotes) in a google search will tell you the meaning.


  • #513
    superstoner90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭superstoner90


    E39MSport wrote: »
    Not being a pr1k here m8 but theres always google :)

    Like this 'define:afaik' (without quotes) in a google search will tell you the meaning.

    Ya I would have used google if I was on the laptop. ;)


  • #514
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,865 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    Same as an OPC so:P

    Yes, but €6 a week is a small price to pay for a 5 pot and a more capable chassis.


  • #515
    E39MSport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    Everything sounds small when its broken down to small chunks.

    Annualised figures are much more appropriate when it comes to money/spend and it's impact/hit on salary :)


  • #516
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    E39MSport wrote: »
    Everything sounds small when its broken down to small chunks.

    Annualised figures are much more appropriate when it comes to money/spend and it's impact/hit on salary :)

    A new BMW M5 is only €0.256 cent per minute for the next year though?


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  • #517
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    conzymaher wrote: »
    €0.256 cent ......?

    :confused:


  • #518
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,865 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    E39MSport wrote: »
    Everything sounds small when its broken down to small chunks.

    Annualised figures are much more appropriate when it comes to money/spend and it's impact/hit on salary :)

    Ok, a €300 tax hit once a year and similar economy. Plus a nicer sound.

    I'd say something if it was €60 per week but €6? It a pint and a packet of chili peanuts.


  • #519
    superstoner90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭superstoner90


    RoverJames wrote: »
    :confused:

    I was going to fix that. But I dident want to look like a nerd. :o


  • #520
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,865 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    RoverJames wrote: »
    :confused:

    There are too many minutes in a year:)


  • #521
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    conzymaher wrote: »
    A new BMW M5 is only €0.256 cent per minute for the next year though?

    You must have a LOT of time on your hands to be doing calculations like that!


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  • #522
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    .256 cent a minute is 1345 a year, €0.256 a minute is €134,500 a year, €0.256 cents is a :confused:


  • #523
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    You must have a LOT of time on your hands to be doing calculations like that!

    He's playing the procrastination game!

    Meanwhile across the country, I'm playing the how many warning lights can your car display at once game
    fQATp.jpg

    :pac:


  • #524
    E39MSport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    Ju is on the ball RJ. I'm almost 750cc of wine up. Missed that. Good and very quick spot.


  • #525
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    RJ doesnt miss a trick as always :pac:

    25.6 cents a minute of the € variety

    aka €0.256 a minute

    CM : I get this one a lot, any idea what it is?

    5c60b.jpg


  • #526
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    conzymaher wrote: »
    RJ doesnt miss a trick as always :pac:

    25.6 cents a minute of the € variety

    aka €0.256 a minute

    CM : I get this one a lot, any idea what it is?

    5c60b.jpg
    No idea what that is, I've never seen it come on :p


  • #527
    superstoner90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭superstoner90


    conzymaher wrote: »
    RJ doesnt miss a trick as always :pac:

    25.6 cents a minute of the € variety

    aka €0.256 a minute

    CM : I get this one a lot, any idea what it is?

    5c60b.jpg

    What did you do with him?

    Give us back conzymaher! :mad:


  • #528
    E39MSport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    conzymaher wrote: »
    RJ doesnt miss a trick as always :pac:

    25.6 cents a minute of the € variety

    aka €0.256 a minute

    CM : I get this one a lot, any idea what it is?

    5c60b.jpg

    It's the state of my wine bottle and no filling station in site.


  • #529
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Jemmy wrote: »
    Lads if anyone has a spacesaver wheel to fit an accord you wana offload gimme a shout :)


    Or know where I'd find a set of Dc5 wind deflectors either :)

    If 4x100 fits I'll sell mine.
    Wasn't really planning in selling, but I'm broke. :p

    Edit: not a space saver actually, just a steely.


  • #530
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    CianRyan wrote: »
    If 4x100 fits I'll sell mine.
    Wasn't really planning in selling, but I'm broke. :p

    Edit: not a space saver actually, just a steely.

    won't fit :)


  • #531
    E39MSport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    Night chaps


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  • #532
    superstoner90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭superstoner90


    E39MSport wrote: »
    Night chaps

    Byeeeeeee.


  • #533
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Yes, but €6 a week is a small price to pay for a 5 pot and a more capable chassis.

    What if you prefer the looks of opc and 240hp is more then enough for you? Plus tax is still cheaper by 340eu per year, which can be spent for extra heavy foot :)


  • #534
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    light frontal damage, 9.5k :rolleyes:

    Full-11510693.jpeg

    are people fecking for real?!

    Didn't we have this discussion a few months back? Light frontal damage = chassis legs in good order, engine still running, but needs all the cosmetic dohickeys, bumpers, bonnet, wings, front crossmember. It's repairable, and all the bits aren't structural - hence 'light'. It looks a lot worse than it is IMHO. You'd get that back on the road for (relatively speaking) very little money. Whether or not the valuation of the car as-is is fair is a different matter.


  • #535
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    E39MSport wrote: »
    Ju is on the ball RJ. I'm almost 750cc of wine up. Missed that. Good and very quick spot.

    I dare ya to equal the E39 M5's engine is wine :pac:


  • #536
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    RoverJames wrote: »

    won't fit :)

    Gahhh!!
    I need to find a new bloody job! :rolleyes:


  • #537
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Owen wrote: »
    Didn't we have this discussion a few months back? Light frontal damage = chassis legs in good order, engine still running, but needs all the cosmetic dohickeys, bumpers, bonnet, wings, front crossmember. It's repairable, and all the bits aren't structural - hence 'light'. It looks a lot worse than it is IMHO. You'd get that back on the road for (relatively speaking) very little money. Whether or not the valuation of the car as-is is fair is a different matter.

    Yeah, but for 9.5k you get one with no damage, nct and tax...


    Anyway, just back from 540km trip again. Fecking tired as a nun after gangbang. Nn lads


  • #538
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,660 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    challengemaster wrote: »
    He's playing the procrastination game!

    Meanwhile across the country, I'm playing the how many warning lights can your car display at once game
    fQATp.jpg

    :pac:

    ABS sensor/ABS unit?

    Been there, done that with lots of drilling out of 12 year old sensors.


  • #539
    dar83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭dar83


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    What if you prefer the looks of opc and 240hp is more then enough for you? Plus tax is still cheaper by 340eu per year, which can be spent for extra heavy foot :)

    If you prefer the looks then there's no helping you, plain and simple. You're a lost cause. :P

    You could probably get close to 240bhp from an ST with only a K&N air filter fitted. They regularly clock in the mid 230's stock on a dyno test. I've not tried that theory out myself so I cannot confirm (and I'd only 100% believe it when I see it), but apparently it's true.

    The less that a Euro a day saving on tax? Meh. If you're worried about paying the tax at all, Thelma fun car is not for you. Stick to a Daysul tractor engine. :P


  • #540
    omb0wyn5ehpij9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,095 ✭✭✭✭omb0wyn5ehpij9


    I'm surprised that I'm awake so early.....now do I go to C&C or stay on bed and be lazy?!


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  • #541
    superstoner90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭superstoner90


    BDJW wrote: »
    I'm surprised that I'm awake so early.....now do I go to C&C or stay on bed and be lazy?!

    Be lazy. ;)


  • #542
    gollywog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭gollywog


    I hate bank holiday weekends, I work in a pub :(


  • #543
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    dar83 wrote: »
    If you prefer the looks then there's no helping you, plain and simple. You're a lost cause. :P

    You could probably get close to 240bhp from an ST with only a K&N air filter fitted. They regularly clock in the mid 230's stock on a dyno test. I've not tried that theory out myself so I cannot confirm (and I'd only 100% believe it when I see it), but apparently it's true.

    The less that a Euro a day saving on tax? Meh. If you're worried about paying the tax at all, Thelma fun car is not for you. Stick to a Daysul tractor engine. :P

    ofc it sounds lovely " less then an euro extra ". this way we can say 740 is only " more then a euro a day then ST ", but in the end of the day you pay tax every 3 months ( i am poor, i cant afford to pay all in one ), so paying 186eu is way easyer on your finances, then paying 283eu.

    i havent dismissed it yet. to be honest i am at the stage where there are so many options and i did not decided that is going to be best bed. When you got money in pocket suddenly all the best choices you had in your mind are getting same minuses and there are good few new ones...
    feck, buying car can be fun and very damn annoying.


  • #544
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Anyone know of anyone that will do call out wheel aligning?
    And if they will, any idea on pricing?


  • #545
    superstoner90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭superstoner90


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Anyone know of anyone that will do call out wheel aligning?
    And if they will, any idea on pricing?

    Not a clue mate, but did you google it? You might get something.


  • #546
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Had a google but didn't see anything.
    Square Fit only charge €40 but AFAIK they don't do call out.
    If I had insurance it'd be so handy, they're literally about a 5 minute drive away.


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  • #547
    superstoner90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭superstoner90


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Had a google but didn't see anything.
    Square Fit only charge €40 but AFAIK they don't do call out.
    If I had insurance it'd be so handy, they're literally about a 5 minute drive away.

    Do you know anyone with comprehsive insurence, that would be cover to drive some one else car? That might work.


  • #548
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    superstoner90 wrote: »
    Do you know anyone with comprehsive insurence, that would be cover to drive some one else car? That might work.

    Both my parents but the car has to be insured under someone elses name AFAIK. No tax either and they'd have to drive past Tallaght Garda Station. Justa bit dodgy. :p


  • #549
    superstoner90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭superstoner90


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Both my parents but the car has to be insured under someone elses name AFAIK. No tax either and they'd have to drive past Tallaght Garda Station. Justa bit dodgy. :p

    Tis a conumdrum alright mate.

    You could ring a recovery lorrie?


  • #550
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Would probably cost more than it's worth.
    I'm half considering having a go myself, sure it's already out so if I don't do it right I'm in the same position as when I started... I think.


  • #551
    superstoner90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭superstoner90


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Would probably cost more than it's worth.
    I'm half considering having a go myself, sure it's already out so if I don't do it right I'm in the same position as when I started... I think.

    Ya, sure try it and see how it goes. I wish you luck.:)


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