***Motors Chat Thread*** Round 1

gollywog

conzy wrote: »

Took the 325 for a spin today now with power steering and new droplinks! After a few days of driving a 307 1.6HDI i have re-fallen in love :pac:

Cant beat it when your getting bored of your car,
Borrow a "regular" car for a week, get back into your own and fall in love all over again!

mik_da_man

gollywog wrote: »

Cant beat it when your getting bored of your car,
Borrow a "regular" car for a week, get back into your own and fall in love all over again!

Sounds true!
Drove the gf's 1. 4 focus for a week when we were on hols. Getting back into the ST was great fun!

Jimbob 83

My car is feeling abit sluggish after 5-6 weeks, may need a remap tbh

MetzgerMeister

Jimbob 83 wrote: »

My car is feeling abit sluggish after 5-6 weeks, may need a remap tbh

Drive a 1.2 Polo for a few days then get back into the ST. Cheapest remap ever!

dar83

Or your 1.4 Octavia, if you still have it.

Jimbob 83

dar83 wrote: »

Or your 1.4 Octavia, if you still have it.

Brother actually started a new job there a week ago and his vectras gearbox went, forst night after asking me could he use it for afew days he took it to the local shop and left it outside the house with it's lights interior lights radio left on for 4 hours, first thing i need to do tomorrow on my 2 days off is to jump start it. Poor thing was lit up like a christmas tree.

Don't know if anyone here has a 1.4 VAG but they make such a sick/sad sounding noise when you get into them when battery is low/dead it's like a sick robotic whine

Need to get my act together over the next 2 days and clean it and get it sold tbh

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

gollywog wrote: »

I know all of us who post here are car enthusiasts, so obviously were more likely to be wary about tyres,
but your right, how can people be so carefree about driving around on tyres with almost zero thread left?
Its scary to think about. I noticed my sisters car had NO, and I mean NO thread left on her tyres a little while ago, and she drives her kids about in that car.
I Made her aware of it and she bought a good set of bridgestones.
Was so worried about her and the kids before that

my friends sister bought her first car all by herself recently..

micra automagic.

i only looked at the tyres on it.

all 4 different brands, two are "nvirjnefvjernfdvioe" and one triangle and one "一塊狗屎輪胎的" on it - not a joke,

they had about 2.0 - 2.5 mm left on them and she thought they were new cos they were shiny.........


theres a lot missing from our road education system.

slovakia/germany etc has a great system for learning about cars ......

gollywog

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

gollywog wrote: »

I know all of us who post here are car enthusiasts, so obviously were more likely to be wary about tyres,
but your right, how can people be so carefree about driving around on tyres with almost zero thread left?
Its scary to think about. I noticed my sisters car had NO, and I mean NO thread left on her tyres a little while ago, and she drives her kids about in that car.
I Made her aware of it and she bought a good set of bridgestones.
Was so worried about her and the kids before that

my friends sister bought her first car all by herself recently..

micra automagic.

i only looked at the tyres on it.

all 4 different brands, two are "nvirjnefvjernfdvioe" and one triangle and one "一塊狗屎輪胎的" on it - not a joke,

they had about 2.0 - 2.5 mm left on them and she thought they were new cos they were shiny.........


theres a lot missing from our road education system.

slovakia/germany etc has a great system for learning about cars ......

Yes exactly,
They just font know the difference sometimes, its a scary thought

BUBBLE WRAP

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

my friends sister bought her first car all by herself recently..

micra automagic.

i only looked at the tyres on it.

all 4 different brands, two are "nvirjnefvjernfdvioe" and one triangle and one "一塊狗屎輪胎的" on it - not a joke,

they had about 2.0 - 2.5 mm left on them and she thought they were new cos they were shiny.........


theres a lot missing from our road education system.

slovakia/germany etc has a great system for learning about cars ......

But that tyre dept isn't that bad, since the legal minimum tyre tread depth is 1.6 mm. Although them makes of tyres sound awful! :eek:

Alanstrainor

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

But that tyre dept isn't that bad, since the legal minimum tyre tread depth is 1.6 mm. Although them makes of tyres sound awful! :eek:

You have to be having a laugh, I swear this playing thick stuff gets on my nerves no end...

BUBBLE WRAP

Alanstrainor wrote: »

You have to be having a laugh, I swear this playing thick stuff gets on my nerves no end...

Playing think? I never pretend to be stupid. But you have to remember Alan, not everyone here is as intelligent as yourself and that comment just disappoints me.

EDIT: 1.6MM is the minimum legal tyre dept? What am I missing?

... under 3mm is an nct fail advisory. Time to replace really, New would have about 8mm.

Gary ITR

RoverJames wrote: »

... under 3mm is an nct fail advisory.

And under 1.6mm should be 'fail-shoot driver on sight'

BUBBLE WRAP

RoverJames wrote: »

... under 3mm is an nct fail advisory. Time to replace really, New would have about 8mm.

Oh ya, I know that, but I was talking about the legal tyre dept . I was up at the local mechanics recently and he was telling me about a chap that had 1mm tyre dept on the back and the wires were coming through the tyres on the front. He wanted to put the back tyre onto the front and get new tyres for the back. Which is just stupidity. So the mechanic would only sell him 4 new tyres. But it wont suprise you that this chap was a boy racer, it was a 2ltr petrol corsa, insured as a 1ltr. :rolleyes:

dgt

Man flu. Marvellous :mad:

L-M

dgt wrote: »

Man flu. Marvellous :mad:

I've a dose of something awful as well! It's going around apparently.

When you're talking 2.0 mm versus a kick in the face 1.6mm... We do realise how small .4 of mm is? lol

Nissan doctor

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

EDIT: 1.6MM is the minimum legal tyre dept? What am I missing?

3.0mm is the minimum safety limit for a tyre, 1.6mm is the legal minimum.

At 3.0mm tyres are down to working at somewhere in the region of 20-25% of designed operating limits.

Its gets blurred though as many premium brands at 3.0mm will still have as good or better traction then some cheap tyres with the full 8mm of thread.

BUBBLE WRAP

Limerick man wrote: »

When you're talking 2.0 mm versus a kick in the face 1.6mm... We do realise how small .4 of mm is? lol

Ya, I suppose.

Nissan doctor wrote: »

3.0mm is the minimum safety limit for a tyre, 1.6mm is the legal minimum.

At 3.0mm tyres are down to working at somewhere in the region of 20-25% of designed operating limits.

Its gets blurred though as many premium brands at 3.0mm will still have as good or better traction then some cheap tyres with the full 8mm of thread.

Ya, I'm trying to get my dad to start buying pirellis. If the minimum safety limit for a tyre is 3.0mm and if it has to be 3.0mm or more for the n.c.t. how come they don't make 3.0mm the legal tyre dept? I think it would make more sense....

It doesnt have to be 3mm for nct.

MetzgerMeister

I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as a 2ltr corsa.

L-M

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as a 2ltr corsa.

There are, redtops.

dar83

I wonder is that the same 2L Corsa that was up on DoneDeal a while back...

Nissan doctor

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as a 2ltr corsa.

Not from the factory, but there are quite a few 2.0 and 2.0T corsa's lurking about, especially in the UK.

BUBBLE WRAP

RoverJames wrote: »

It doesnt have to be 3mm for nct.

Oh dose it not?

BUBBLE WRAP

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Not from the factory, but there are quite a few 2.0 and 2.0T corsa's lurking about, especially in the UK.

is that the same story with the vauxall nova? Im unsu re about them.

L-M

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

is that the same story with the vauxall nova? Im unsu re about them.

Yup.

Nova's are the old Corsa (Just incase you didn't know).

MetzgerMeister

Limerick man wrote: »

There are, redtops.

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Not from the factory, but there are quite a few 2.0 and 2.0T corsa's lurking about, especially in the UK.

That's news to me

BUBBLE WRAP

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Oh dose it not?

Nope, below 3 but over 1.6 and they have on the sheet its a fail advisory.

dgt

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as a 2ltr corsa.

C20XELET installed, 1 litre on book

dgt

Limerick man wrote: »

I've a dose of something awful as well! It's going around apparently.

I suppose it was inevitable considering where I work... I have an appetite for destruction, co workers pestered with my sneezing and their ears bent listening to me whinging :pac:

And I ain't finished till 4... Starting at 7 isn't normally bad but add the flu and the day draggggggs by