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    #2822
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,439 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Yes. the one bit I couldn't figure out was the cubby hole over the dash which has a rubber mat with screws hidden underneath. Other than that it's all very straightforward.


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    #2823
    omb0wyn5ehpij9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,095 ✭✭✭✭omb0wyn5ehpij9


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Yes. the one bit I couldn't figure out was the cubby hole over the dash which has a rubber mat with screws hidden underneath. Other than that it's all very straightforward.

    Cool. I have to fit a xcarlink adaptor to one, so it involves stereo out and running the adaptor down behind and into the cubby hole below the stereo


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    #2824
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,439 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Yeah it's handy enough, just be careful you don't mark the plastics.


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    #2825
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Yeah it's handy enough, just be careful you don't mark the plastics.
    Ate best use a hammer and chisel


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    #2826
    omb0wyn5ehpij9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,095 ✭✭✭✭omb0wyn5ehpij9


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Yeah it's handy enough, just be careful you don't mark the plastics.

    I have dash removal tools so makes things a lot easier to remove and less chance of marking ;)


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    #2827
    vetstu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 428 ✭✭vetstu


    BDJW wrote: »
    Cool. I have to fit a xcarlink adaptor to one, so it involves stereo out and running the adaptor down behind and into the cubby hole below the stereo

    Them xcarlink ipod adapters are great, put one in the Auris last week. Ran it to the top glove box. Only cost me 30 quid on ebay. Radio controls now work the ipod.


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    #2828
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,226 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    OSI wrote: »
    True, but the first MINI wasn't released till 2001, Rover was already in a pretty poor state in 1994, so BMW would have had 7 years of pumping money into a hemorraging company, while spending millions on the development of the MINI.

    See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_Group#Corporate_history

    Aye but they bought the company for next to nothing (knowing very well what state it was in - the last remaining British mass manufacturer - cough :D) and they also sold Landrover for a tidy sum I would assume. Some cynicists say BMW never really had any plans with the Rover brand itself. They wanted the cream of the group

    The profits from MINI are huge and will probably continue for years, if not decades. There will be smaller cheaper FWD BMWs based on the MINI and BMW successfully sold the platform / engines to third parties as well.

    It isn't for nothing that BMW is the most profitable car company in private ownership in the world


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    #2829
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    @ -Corkie- Do you own a 07D A8? Living in Cork? Taxi?


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    #2830
    ongarite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,227 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Rant:
    What's with people parking their car next to yours in a virtually empty car park?

    I was in Blanchardstown on Monday, loads of spaces available. I pick a nice space with 2-3 car spaces free on all sides. No sooner had I parked the car when another car parks right up to my passenger door. The guy could barely squeeze out of his car he was so close.

    Rant over..


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    #2831
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    ongarite wrote: »
    What's with people parking their car next to yours in a virtually empty car park?

    It's something to do with herd mentality and security in numbers. It's mainly instinct, not logic.


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    #2832
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Another Octavia post:D

    I saw a 2010 MK1 Octavia today and I've see a couple of 08-09 ones before too even though the MK2 came out in 2005.

    On such a high selling car it couldn't be over stocked vehicles...especially not 5 odd years worth.

    Is the MK 1 still being officially sold/imported?


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    #2833
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    Another Octavia post:D

    I saw a 2010 MK1 Octavia today and I've see a couple of 08-09 ones before too even though the MK2 came out in 2005.

    On such a high selling car it couldn't be over stocked vehicles...especially not 5 odd years worth.

    Is the MK 1 still being officially sold/imported?

    They were available new up until early 09 I think so it's probably some left over stock


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    #2834
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    They made a model called the Octavia Tour.


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    #2835
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    Another Octavia post:D

    I saw a 2010 MK1 Octavia today and I've see a couple of 08-09 ones before too even though the MK2 came out in 2005.

    On such a high selling car it couldn't be over stocked vehicles...especially not 5 odd years worth.

    Is the MK 1 still being officially sold/imported?

    I remember reading about it before, possibly here.Was officially being sold until then, had a model name and all?

    edit:Feck ya EPM :p


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    #2836
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    Here you go

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Skoda/Octavia/TOUR-1.9/713271808918100/advert?channel=CARS


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    #2837
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,226 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    Tour is the best thing that ever happened to Irish taxi drivers. Especially those stripped out yellow ones :D


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    #2838
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtjxU8P8XG8


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    #2839
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,439 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    unkel wrote: »
    Tour is the best thing that ever happened to Irish taxi drivers. Especially those stripped out yellow ones :D

    Remember the yellow taxi fabia estates in some bizzare spec that used to be around dublin too


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    #2840
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,226 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    Yeah, thankfully I never got into any of them. I'd almost prefer to go into a 90s Toyota taxi over one of them. Well, almost :)


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    #2841
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    My vRS is gone up for sale online and it's described as an RS4:o

    Felt laaaaad


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    #2842
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    EPM wrote: »
    My vRS is gone up for sale online and it's described as an RS4:o

    Well he could have had it sold without the need for an embarrassing ad

    In other news I'm at home sick............feel sorry for me


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    #2843
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    johnos1984 wrote: »
    Well he could have had it sold without the need for an embarrassing ad

    In other news I'm at home sick............feel sorry for me

    Make him an offer then!


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    #2844
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    EPM wrote: »
    Make him an offer then!

    I thought I told you I did?


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    #2845
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    I thought you just got the price.


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    #2846
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,439 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    EPM wrote: »
    My vRS is gone up for sale online and it's described as an RS4:o

    Felt laaaaad


    What you getting instead?


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    #2847
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    EPM wrote: »
    I thought you just got the price.

    No I made an offer but it fell short by €1500


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    #2848
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    What you getting instead?

    Mazda 6 with the engine that doesn't eat itself.*




    *clings to the wooden desk


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    #2849
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    EPM wrote: »
    Mazda 6 with the engine that doesn't eat itself.*




    *clings to the wooden desk

    TheEternalOptimist.jpg


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    #2850
    Fiona
    Registered Users Posts: 2,356 ✭✭✭Fiona


    johnos1984 wrote: »
    In other news I'm at home sick............feel sorry for me

    Me too, you have my sympathy.


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    #2851
    dar83
    Registered Users Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭dar83


    mrs crilly wrote: »
    Me too, you have my sympathy.

    Get a (hospital) room!

    :p


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