General Motors Talk Thread

L-M

I think since HWIST is going down hill because of general motors talk and for various other reasons, I think this type of thread is long over due is it not?

Mods etc. opinions first, then talk away:D

DirtyOilBurner

Could anyone tell me how to upload images from py picture album into a thread? Iv done it before but cant seem to get it? Thanks

-Chris-

I'd say you're right, talking & OT bickering is ruining the "flow". I don't think this'll stop it though - as long as someone gives an opinion, someone else'll shoot it down.

Cookie_Monster

Limerick man wrote: »

HWIST

peasant

Limerick man wrote: »

I think since HWIST is going down hill

...says the man posting pics of tractors ....

Cookie_Monster

peasant wrote: »

...says the man posting pics of tractors ....

Ahh now i get it:D

Here's What I Saw Today

D'oh:o

robtri

ok what is HWIST???????????

zilog_jones

Thought this was a thread about GM...

Drummerboy08

Seen as its a general motors talk thread...

We got a BMW 330d Auto back off lease yesterday, quickest car i've driven in a long while.....Anyone fancy it??!:D

Gor a nice VECTRA back too... A 1.9CDTi SRi. Nice yoke to go too..

-Chris-

zilog_jones wrote: »

Thought this was a thread about GM...

LOL

peasant

Limerick man wrote: »

Mods etc. opinions first, then talk away:D

I think that if you read the thread thus far you will agree with me that a "general talk" thread is never going to work :pac:

Rovi

DirtyOilBurner wrote: »

Could anyone tell me how to upload images from py picture album into a thread? Iv done it before but cant seem to get it? Thanks

Here's our tutorial thread over in Shooting:
How to post pictures in thread.

Biro

From the other thread...

R.O.R wrote: »

This is pretty special. I deal with bog standard cars everyday so know something out of the ordinary (another 6 A4's and an A3 arrived at the same time). The thread title is "Here's what I saw today" - I saw this today and it's more than likely the only Irish S-Line A4 until Dirty Oil Burner imports his.

Apologies if you've seen one before - I haven't and I'd be surprised if AudiChris has seen an A4 with interior & exterior S-Line packs.

I'm sorry, but there's nothing special about an S-Line. I saw a Titanium Mondeo the other day, should I go back and take a pic of it and post it up? We'll have highline Golf's next...

-Chris-

I think there's a line there between remarkable/rare and droolworthy.

DirtyOilBurner

Is it a new model drummerboy? m sport? i use to have a 06 330d m sport auto thought it was a rocket untill my mate got a 335 and chipped it

robtri

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Seen as its a general motors talk thread...

We got a BMW 330d Auto back off lease yesterday, quickest car i've driven in a long while.....Anyone fancy it??!:D

Gor a nice VECTRA back too... A 1.9CDTi SRi. Nice yoke to go too..

both sound promising........ lets see in today market I think €2.50 should cover both of them

Biro

AudiChris wrote: »

I think there's a line there between remarkable/rare and droolworthy.

Definitely, but a model spec on a standard car, no matter how rare, is not worthy of a post in that thread. S-lines will be littering the place in another couple of years, it's only a trim level.
Something like the A3 you posted where the customer actually had to make a specific request for a colour not normally in that range is noteworthy, but a trim level on a car is not.

R.O.R

Biro wrote: »

From the other thread...



I'm sorry, but there's nothing special about an S-Line. I saw a Titanium Mondeo the other day, should I go back and take a pic of it and post it up? We'll have highline Golf's next...

Titanium Mondeo is a standard model in the line up - nothing special about that unless it's blue with a blue interior (been there, done that).

S-Line models are not available in Ireland hence the rarity.

Drummerboy08

DirtyOilBurner wrote: »

Is it a new model drummerboy? m sport? i use to have a 06 330d m sport auto thought it was a rocket untill my mate got a 335 and chipped it

No she's an SE. Seriously quick yoke to go! The manager was driving it yesterday without the traction control on... Needs new rear tyres now....:rolleyes:

DirtyOilBurner

http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/3-Series/BMW-330d/200908191864866/advert

??????

Cosmo K

I always wanted to say, how much I hate these stupid safety belt warning lights and beepers in modern cars. They drive you nuts! You only want to drive a car 20 meters on the forecourt, and the whloe thing starts beeping like a heart rate monitor in a hospital.

R.O.R

DirtyOilBurner wrote: »

http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/3-Series/BMW-330d/200908191864866/advert

??????

I suspected as much Drummerboy;)

Drummerboy08

Thats her alright.. Decent enough bus. If only i had the funds...:(

Cookie_Monster

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

If only i had the funds...:(

Just looking at the ad make me think the same:(

L-M

peasant wrote: »

...says the man posting pics of tractors ....

I was bringing the thread back on topic. First one i saw in that thread, so indeed it's rare :P Jaysus you'd get picked up on anything around here:P


Drummerboy, who's incharge of taking ye're pictures? Love to kick them up the arse:D

Owen

Cosmo K wrote: »

I always wanted to say, how much I hate these stupid safety belt warning lights and beepers in modern cars. They drive you nuts! You only want to drive a car 20 meters on the forecourt, and the whloe thing starts beeping like a heart rate monitor in a hospital.

Stupid warning sounds and lights. I drove a 5 Series last week, with low washer fluid, low petrol, no seat belt on (It was a drive across the forecourt), and there was a blown bulb. I **** you not, the car did this :

Bong. Bong. Badaling. Bong. Badalingbadalingbongbongbong.

I felt like getting some C4 and just blowing the damn thing up. Badaboom!

L-M

ned78 wrote: »

Stupid warning sounds and lights. I drove a 5 Series last week, with low washer fluid, low petrol, no seat belt on (It was a drive across the forecourt), and there was a blown bulb. I **** you not, the car did this :

Bong. Bong. Badaling. Bong. Badalingbadalingbongbongbong.

I felt like getting some C4 and just blowing the damn thing up. Badaboom!

Was in a Mondeo before with a lad who refused to put on his seatbelt with that beeping noise. Combined with the poxy indicator noise i nearly jumped out the window!!:P

R.O.R

Bloody toyota's are the worst. Doesn't give you a second's peace when you set off and just gets louder and louder, faster and faster.

By the time we get from the front of the building to the back and parked it's almost deafening.

Drummerboy08

Limerick man wrote: »

I was bringing the thread back on topic. First one i saw in that thread, so indeed it's rare :P Jaysus you'd get picked up on anything around here:P


Drummerboy, who's incharge of taking ye're pictures? Love to kick them up the arse:D

Why you say that Limerick man....;)

L-M

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Why you say that Limerick man....;)

Is it you?
*puts on big boot*

Drummerboy08

Limerick man wrote: »

Is it you?
*puts on big boot*

It depends*....

I may or may not have been sick for the last week.

What have you spotted?!

L-M

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

It depends*....

I may or may not have been sick for the last week.

What have you spotted?!

Well i'll leave you off, seening as ye're fleet and all:P

TheBazman

I know we had a thread a few days ago about a relatively cheap M5, but what about this low mileage DB9..90k
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1326302
I've noticed that this keeps getting refreshed in Carzone every couple of weeks at a lower price - punter must be under real pressure to liquidate his assets... now if only I can wait a few more months I'll be able to pick it up for a fiver!!

Drummerboy08

Limerick man wrote: »

Well i'll leave you off, seening as ye're fleet and all:P

Those yokes havent been valeted or anything yet. Just threw em through a wash before the pics were taken. I know they aint great, but they give people an idea of what they could be looking at, and its the price on most of these okes that will cause people to look.. That vectra is good value.

Anyhow. Enough about my pictures! I mean, someone elses pictures.......:D

Drummerboy08

TheBazman wrote: »

I know we had a thread a few days ago about a relatively cheap M5, but what about this low mileage DB9..90k
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1326302
I've noticed that this keeps getting refreshed in Carzone every couple of weeks at a lower price - punter must be under real pressure to liquidate his assets... now if only I can wait a few more months I'll be able to pick it up for a fiver!!

No you wont, its mine once it hits a tenner.

L-M

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Those yokes havent been valeted or anything yet. Just threw em through a wash before the pics were taken. I know they aint great, but they give people an idea of what they could be looking at, and its the price on most of these okes that will cause people to look.. That vectra is good value.

Anyhow. Enough about my pictures! I mean, someone elses pictures.......:D

Ya that Freelander is sickeningly cheap lol!

Drummerboy08

Limerick man wrote: »

Ya that Freelander is sickeningly cheap lol!

Only because its sickeningly sh*te...:pac: Its a dog to drive. Retro leather, that you slide off of when you take a corner. Shiny plastic dash, old interior.

Mint car for someone...;)

L-M

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Only because its sickeningly sh*te...:pac: Its a dog to drive. Retro leather, that you slide off of when you take a corner. Shiny plastic dash, old interior.

Mint car for someone...;)

I thought as much that it was a retro fit. The retro fits we usually get done are a very high qualilty. Generally as good as a manufacturers job. I like the Giverny Green too but i'm a bit odd

No comment on the engines:P

tdc

peasant wrote: »

...says the man posting pics of tractors ....

whats the story limerick man, youre dragging the thread down yourself and starting threads because you dont want it to go downhill??

L-M

tdc wrote: »

whats the story limerick man, youre dragging the thread down yourself and starting threads because you dont want it to go downhill??

Ugh, some one is being a pain in the arse today.

It was meant to get the thread back on the point of pictures. (Albeit in a humourous way). If you'll read the post before it (which you obviously don't read posts, because you will have seen that we moved on from defending Funxy and her cars a page or two before hand, and were now talking about an Audi R.O.R had seen, which is the first one i saw.

copacetic

R.O.R wrote: »

Titanium Mondeo is a standard model in the line up - nothing special about that unless it's blue with a blue interior (been there, done that).

S-Line models are not available in Ireland hence the rarity.

sline models are indeed available in Ireland.

Funxy

As i know my post will prob be deleted the other thread and things did movve on i just want 1 chance to defend myself here. And i hate this because im not a confrontational person at all and dont want to come across as such but it is sometimes hard to keep quiet when being talked about

tdc wrote: »

[*]then someone will start a thread on octane.ie saying "there talking about funxy on boards.ie again! lets go and start a big argument"
[*]then steve06 will post here jumping to her defence in the hope that he'll get another spin in her lambo if he stands up for her - sure he'd probably take a bullet for her if she let him drive the thing

.....

sorry for the rant, just saying what most of us are thinking

Just to let everyone who may be thinking the same know. I am a regualr on Octane. Indeed there was a thread started there last week when i was personally insulted twice by a boards poster. Not surprisingly some people came to my defence which is more then can be said for any mod on boards. Steve is a friend of mine who i actually met on boards.ie not on octane. He is a regular poster here and i am sure if someone was having a go at your friend you might stand up for them? I never even got a chance to defend myself last time around and i can't hold my tongue on this one.

Octane.ie is an enthusiasts site and 2 times in a year a thread has been started about people attacking others on boards.ie. I am sure as you and many other know it's not the most friendliest of places. I would still like to be a part of it but obviously over time it is becoming more apparent that octaners are not welcome here. Can't we just get over this already and talk about cars

R.O.R

copacetic wrote: »

sline models are indeed available in Ireland.

No, No they aren't.

DirtyOilBurner

Sorry ROR but they are im afraid, where did you buy yours?

copacetic

R.O.R wrote: »

No, No they aren't.

I'm sure Chris can post up, but I have the spec sheet for the A4 and A5 and they both have sline available here.

It's expensive at 6k or so for interior and exterior pack and not worth the cost here, but why try to make out you can't spec it? You see hundreds of old model A4s, A3s and A5s in sline on the roads and will see loads of the new models in sline also.

See A4 spec sheet below for proof, that apparently is needed:rolleyes:

http://www.audi.ie/etc/medialib/cms4imp/audi2/ie/pdf.Par.0017.File.pdf

Drummerboy08

Funxy wrote: »

As i know my post will prob be deleted the other thread and things did movve on i just want 1 chance to defend myself here. And i hate this because im not a confrontational person at all and dont want to come across as such but it is sometimes hard to keep quiet when being talked about




Just to let everyone who may be thinking the same know. I am a regualr on Octane. Indeed there was a thread started there last week when i was personally insulted twice by a boards poster. Not surprisingly some people came to my defence which is more then can be said for any mod on boards. Steve is a friend of mine who i actually met on boards.ie not on octane. He is a regular poster here and i am sure if someone was having a go at your friend you might stand up for them? I never even got a chance to defend myself last time around and i can't hold my tongue on this one.

Octane.ie is an enthusiasts site and 2 times in a year a thread has been started about people attacking others on boards.ie. I am sure as you and many other know it's not the most friendliest of places. I would still like to be a part of it but obviously over time it is becoming more apparent that octaners are not welcome here. Can't we just get over this already and talk about cars

+ on that. I dont really know whatr happened, but i know this much. That Lotus is a sweet looking car, belongs in the HWIST thread, and i think that its jealously on alot of peoples parts.

When it comes to motors, every man thinks he knows whats right, and more than likely they dont even work with them. There are alot people who work with cars on here, and know what they are talking about. There are also alot of people on here who like to think they know about cars, so when they are proved wrong, they go on the offensive.

It only seems to happen when it comes to cars, for some odd reason.

So, if your proven wrong, either accept it with good grace, or provide a link to support your argument. Dont go taking swipes like "well..well...your ma" kind of things.

Thats me done!

Drummerboy08

copacetic wrote: »

I'm sure Chris can post up, but I have the spec sheet for the A4 and A5 and they both have sline available here.

It's expensive at 6k or so for interior and exterior pack and not worth the cost here, but why try to make out you can't spec it? You see hundreds of old model A4s, A3s and A5s in sline on the roads and will see loads of the new models in sline also.

See A4 spec sheet below for proof, that apparently is needed:rolleyes:

http://www.audi.ie/etc/medialib/cms4imp/audi2/ie/pdf.Par.0017.File.pdf

I have Audi pricing in front of me now, and i cant see an Sline option.

It's Base, SE, and Sport as far as i can see. Is the sport the same thing? Other than that there aint no Sline on it. Unless its missing a page.

copacetic

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

I have Audi pricing in front of me now, and i cant see an Sline option.

It's Base, SE, and Sport as far as i can see. Is the sport the same thing? Other than that there aint no Sline on it. Unless its missing a page.

Have a look at the link, sline is just just a spec pack you can add to any base model. The way it's always been done in Ireland.

peasant

This thread is a mess, it ends here