***Motors Chat Thread*** Round 1

BUBBLE WRAP

dgt wrote: »

Oh dear. It appears my 406 had went on fire at some stage in previous ownership.....! :eek:

Pics later...

Would that be the electrics?

BUBBLE WRAP

Oh, I'm trying my best to try and get my dad to buy this. He isnt having any of it though.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3541549

Mycroft H

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Oh, I'm trying my best to try and get my dad to buy this. He isnt having any of it though.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3541549

You'll need an oilfield too :P

BUBBLE WRAP

BX 19 wrote: »

You'll need an oilfield too :P

Thats what he said, But he is want a diesel. Hes looking a the Skoda octavio 1.6 D.

Mycroft H

A solid choice :P

Voodoomelon

Does anyone know where I can get an E65 front end kit for my supercharged E38? BMW magazine are interested in doing a piece on it.

BUBBLE WRAP

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Does anyone know where I can get an E65 front end kit for my supercharged E38? BMW magazine are interested in doing a piece on it.

Front and kit? are you referring to the front bumper and grill? just a bit confused.

challengemaster

Doing well for 21MPG outta that!

dgt

dgt wrote: »

Pics later...

Nows later.

In a rather funny mood, alas I shall continue...

I isolated the problem to the sunroof relay. Decided to trace the wires back from under the lining.

Was greeted with...


Off with the A pillar cover


All that black shadow is soot of some kind.

Got suspicious. Fusebox out again...


An array of melted plastics and assorted rust. Should have twigged when I had the speedo out and saw the crinkled, half burned plastic. Same with the vent, it was badly burned, I blamed cigarettes on it.

I'm very close to sorting this fúcker out. Maybe not an engine out but a dash out job. I ain't looking foreward to that

BUBBLE WRAP

Oh dear....

dgt

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Oh dear....

Exactly. A load of un-necessary work over what seems like a terrible bodge.

They just can't do anything right :rolleyes:

Toyotafanboi

secretly dgt, your really happy you get to take the dash out :pac: more power to you though, wish i had half the determination and drive you have, never mind the skill!

as for me. going to look at 2 wheeled transport of the cheap kind tomorrow.

kind of like the look of the red townsend bike in the first pic of this link
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/bicycles/3869301

or the last picture in this add of the silver rigid framed bike
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/bicycles/3732701

dont know anything about bikes except that i want a rigid frame one that isn't a girls bike, that can take punishment and costs 60 euro and fits in the back of a starlet

Mycroft H

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

secretly dgt, your really happy you get to take the dash out :pac: more power to you though, wish i had half the determination and drive you have, never mind the skill!

as for me. going to look at 2 wheeled transport of the cheap kind tomorrow.

kind of like the look of the red townsend bike in the first pic of this link
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/bicycles/3869301

or the last picture in this add of the silver rigid framed bike
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/bicycles/3732701

dont know anything about bikes except that i want a rigid frame one that isn't a girls bike, that can take punishment and costs 60 euro and fits in the back of a starlet

Please don't buy anything with suspension. Make sure its your right size; ie. your legs should be extended fully pedaling, you're wasting energy otherwise.

Make sure all the cables are sound and not frayed, the chain isn't rusted to bits, the gear teeth look like they're not worn away and the hubs spin freely. Also check if all the gears change as they should.

Toyotafanboi

BX 19 wrote: »

Please don't buy anything with suspension. Make sure its your right size; ie. your legs should be extended fully pedaling, you're wasting energy otherwise.

Make sure all the cables are sound and not frayed, the chain isn't rusted to bits, the gear teeth look like they're not worn away and the hubs spin freely. Also check if all the gears change as they should.

Thanks very much for that
Just from being a child on my "suspension" bike i remember most of my pedalling energy was just wasted on bobbing up and down on the springs not really going anywhere, so i definitely want a rigid frame this time.

nice few tips there though, particularly the leg extension!

i know sub 100 quid isn't going to buy much good. just want something to nip to college on during the week and something that if it gets robbed on the weekend when im not there i wont be too sad. feck city center parking/ traffic etc. :pac:

Mycroft H

Also, pop over to the cycling forum for some better advice, we don't bite

Toyotafanboi

BX 19 wrote: »

Also, pop over to the cycling forum for some better advice, we don't bite

i'l post a biking bangernomics thread on whatever i buy over there, just for the giggles, im sure i'l have some mishaps, running maintainance to do etc .

Going out with €100 in cold hard cash with the intention of buying tomorrow to whoever answers the phone first between the rigid silver bike and the red townsend :cool: they both look like amateur bike dealers.

ShadowHearth

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

secretly dgt, your really happy you get to take the dash out :pac: more power to you though, wish i had half the determination and drive you have, never mind the skill!

as for me. going to look at 2 wheeled transport of the cheap kind tomorrow.

kind of like the look of the red townsend bike in the first pic of this link
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/bicycles/3869301

or the last picture in this add of the silver rigid framed bike
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/bicycles/3732701

dont know anything about bikes except that i want a rigid frame one that isn't a girls bike, that can take punishment and costs 60 euro and fits in the back of a starlet

Right , its a bit late and uncle shadowhearth is a wee bit drunk ( Lithuanian drunk, it's fecking rare, sort of ) .
Red is the color to go for, it's like a pussy magnet man. All fanmy in 3 counties around you are yours. True story man. I drive red and I have to fight to get pussy off my bonnet. True story man!!!

Toyotafanboi

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Right , its a bit late and uncle shadowhearth is a wee bit drunk ( Lithuanian drunk, it's fecking rare, sort of ) .
Red is the color to go for, it's like a pussy magnet man. All fanmy in 3 counties around you are yours. True story man. I drive red and I have to fight to get pussy off my bonnet. True story man!!!

yeah i thought the mudguards and the parcel shelf on the red one were what made it a fanny magnet, not the colour itself. i could give my missus a crossbar into town on it without wetting the ends of her trousers with mudguards like that :pac: and a basket full of roses and baguettes on the rear shelf!

ShadowHearth

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

yeah i thought the mudguards and the parcel shelf on the red one were what made it a fanny magnet, not the colour itself. i could give my missus a crossbar into town on it without wetting the ends of her trousers with mudguards like that :pac: and a basket full of roses and baguettes on the rear shelf!

Ah lad, you made a vital mistke. I have no rare shelf!!!!!!!!! Muhahahahaha!

dgt

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

secretly dgt, your really happy you get to take the dash out :pac: more power to you though, wish i had half the determination and drive you have, never mind the skill!

as for me. going to look at 2 wheeled transport of the cheap kind tomorrow.

kind of like the look of the red townsend bike in the first pic of this link
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/bicycles/3869301

or the last picture in this add of the silver rigid framed bike
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/bicycles/3732701

dont know anything about bikes except that i want a rigid frame one that isn't a girls bike, that can take punishment and costs 60 euro and fits in the back of a starlet

It looks to be a pig of a job to get the dash out, rack out according to haynes! but I just don't have the room to play with to see where the wires go...

Someday, I'm sure you'll have the skill to take on such a task. If there's a will theres a way. Remember I had no such skills or knowledge at one time

As for a bike, I was trying to go down that route myself but alas never got a bike cheap enough would have been perfect in the van

Also, as it is Saturday night, I am quite drunk though :pac:

ShadowHearth

Can we admit being drunk in this thread?! I am 89% sober.

Motor related: I like to drive.

conzy

Just bought some nice pressed plates from eirplates and a set of these on ebay



Hopefully collecting the car off the mechanic tomorrow, power steering and front suspension sorted

MetzgerMeister

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Can we admit being drunk in this thread?! I am 89% sober.

Motor related: I like to drive.

Your motor related part should have been "I'm in no fit state to drive" :P

They look class conzy, any idea if the same seller has the normal coloured ones for the wheels? Mine could do with a bit of sprucing up.

dgt

Stomach in a hoop

Was worth it though, to see the face of the people taking a shot of this stuff :pac:


Keeping it motors related, the 525i might atually run on that stuff....

Now time for a hot water bottle

MetzgerMeister

Is that stuff made from rice dgt?

Ardennes1944

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SET-OF-4-BMW-ALLOY-WHEEL-CENTRE-CAPS-BADGES-/170907280328?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27cade23c8

Ardennes1944

And maybe this if yours is msport or whatever http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-M-Tech-3D-Car-Badge-Logo-75-x-28mm-German-Flag-/120880272861?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1c250695dd#ht_751wt_1019

MetzgerMeister

Thanks Steve but I think the outer lip on those is too big. On mine, the logo stretches right out and there's no lip.

dgt

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Is that stuff made from rice dgt?

Haven't a clue... Tis a turkish drink it's bloody awful! can't even drink it with cola, turns it a funny coleur :eek:

Also, someone drew a crudemantary phallic shape on my passenger window at said house partay, haw haw haw :rolleyes:

Ardennes1944

These? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Wheel-Center-Caps-68mm-E36-E39-E46-E90-316-318-/330594515790?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4cf8f7fb4e#ht_2162wt_922