***Motors Chat Thread*** Round 1

Foxhole Norman

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

ballinlough

Bam.

Ardennes1944

dont suppose you went to chriost ri no? youre about my age aint ya 21?

MetzgerMeister

I was in with the Nissan Doc today. A true gent

Marlow

So the US administration has agreed to archieve this before 2025:

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1078795_u-s-epa-gives-final-ruling-on-gas-mileage-standards54-5mpg-by-2025


Yet I come across this ad at the bottom of boards.ie


Erhmm .. DOH !!

/M

mik_da_man

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Myself. Live just 5 minutes from both the City, Douglas and Mahon.

Live in douglas myself...

Ardennes1944

at least ive 3 amigos so!

mik_da_man

Cork City meet so :P

Ardennes1944

3 would almost equal the amount that came to the last one!

mik_da_man

The one up in little island, or did I miss it?

Foxhole Norman

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

dont suppose you went to chriost ri no? youre about my age aint ya 21?

Nope, Douglas Com, and I'm only 18.

Ardennes1944

thats the one! are you the only blue st owner with big exhausts around cork? cos if you are i see you on my way to ucc a lot.
also, do you know who owns the red st with a black strip down the side just about above fuel cap level? saw it in douglas again last week, its unreal looking!

mik_da_man

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

thats the one! are you the only blue st owner with big exhausts around cork? cos if you are i see you on my way to ucc a lot.
also, do you know who owns the red st with a black strip down the side just about above fuel cap level? saw it in douglas again last week, its unreal looking!

Blue with big exhaust is me all right.
Few blues around the city but mine is the loudest :P

Yep I know the guy with the red one all right.
He keeps it spotless, it's an original type of stripe all right.
You wont see another one with that around.

Chavways

Marlow wrote: »

So the US administration has agreed to achieve this before 2025:

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1078795_u-s-epa-gives-final-ruling-on-gas-mileage-standards54-5mpg-by-2025


/M

Jesus, US cars struggle to get 15MPG never mind 55.That's an impossible task unless they want to forfeit their pickup trucks and we all know that's not going to happen.

Marlow

Chavways wrote: »

Jesus, US cars struggle to get 15MPG never mind 55.That's an impossible task unless they want to forfeit their pickup trucks and we all know that's not going to happen.

Gets better. Thos 54.5 MPG are US MPG. That's actually 65.5 UK MPG they're trying to archive.

Those 29 Highway MPG in the ad might be US MPG, but since it was on boards, lets asume it's UK MPG. So that's only 24 US MPG then

/M

Ardennes1944

Heading to Dublin airport tomorrow lads and parking in bewleys for the week. Route seems easy as pie from cork, nothing strange to look out for? Will be hitting dublin/m50 about 2 o clock, any traffic or road restrictions at the moment?Flying out of terminal 2. First time flying out of 'the big one'

Mister Jingles

Was on the M50 yesterday from Blanch to Tallaght and back and it was grand, same from Blanch to Ballymun earlier and it was grand as well. Terminal 2 was a fine terminal I thought when I flew out from it a few months ago. Not really much shops but its sufficient enough. Well planed and layed out.

Mr Simpson

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Heading to Dublin airport tomorrow lads and parking in bewleys for the week. Route seems easy as pie from cork, nothing strange to look out for? Will be hitting dublin/m50 about 2 o clock, any traffic or road restrictions at the moment?Flying out of terminal 2. First time flying out of 'the big one'

No problems at all on the m50 at the moment. Bewleys is well handy as well, just don't forget to pay your toll!!

Hal1

mmcn90 wrote: »

No problems at all on the m50 at the moment. Bewleys is well handy as well, just don't forget to pay your toll!!

You can prepay for up to 2 journeys.

MugMugs

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Is anyone else watching "Ireland's worst roads" on 3e at the moment.
They are making some good points but don't seam to understand that a speed limit is a LIMIT not a target:rolleyes:

That's most likely because they don't want to patronise their viewers

Stheno wrote: »

The schools are back, so the lunatics have taken over the road.

Drove in to work today and found the roads eerily quiet tbh.

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

I was in with the Nissan Doc today. A true gent

Did he try take you into the back room to show you his torque wrench? :pac:

MetzgerMeister

MugMugs wrote: »

Did he try take you into the back room to show you his torque wrench? :pac:

No, he just whipped it out there and then :eek:

Ardennes1944

Thanks lads appreciate it. Toll is prepaid, ain't making that mistake again!

Mr Simpson

So, woke up to a letter from Opel saying my car is subject to a safety recall :mad: A real pain, have to bring the car out to Airside and be without it for the day because there may be a problem with the brakes, 4 years later!

MugMugs

mmcn90 wrote: »

So, woke up to a letter from Opel saying my car is subject to a safety recall :mad: A real pain, have to bring the car out to Airside and be without it for the day because there may be a problem with the brakes, 4 years later!

Demand a free replacement.

Mr Simpson

I'm going to give them a call in a bit and try just that. Apparently there's a possibility of a fault with the Brake Pedal Bearings which could lead to complete loss of braking!!!

dar83

MugMugs wrote: »

Demand a free other marque replacement.

:pac:

Mr Simpson

Also, I love the fact I got a letter today, despite Vauxhall recalling for the same problem last september.

MetzgerMeister

OSI wrote: »

Don't be so surprised, there are a number of warranty extensions/goodwill gestures that VW UK are making that VW Ireland refuse to acknowledge.

That happens with more than VW Nearly any company that have warranty extensions or anything like that almost never extend it to Ireland.

Mr Simpson

OSI wrote: »

Don't be so surprised, there are a number of warranty extensions/goodwill gestures that VW UK are making that VW Ireland refuse to acknowledge.

Thats ridiculous! Apparently the problem is, that in cases of emergency braking, the bearings have cracked causing complete loss of braking. I would have thought that would be a pretty urgent fix.

Marty McFly

Stupid Irish weather wake up its sunny, think yeh lets give the car a good going over, wash the car all set to cleeanse, polish, wax give it the works nope here comes the clouds day ruined :mad:.

Big Nasty

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Why do they make battery connections so difficult to remove in some cars. I cannot for the life of me get the negative terminal off the Porsche. Battery is flat and my jump-start pack is dead too. Sigh

Thinly veiled 'I have a Porsche' post. :cool:







Kidding, kidding! :pac: