***Motors Chat Thread*** Round 1

TestTransmission

166man wrote: »

Well well well what have we here, the old man's 166! What in the name of christ have they done with the original wheels? Still great to see it's still on the road..

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3347884

Always assumed you had a 166,what do you drive?

166man

TestTransmission wrote: »

Always assumed you had a 166,what do you drive?

Always wanted a 166... have to settle for a 156 instead! Agh it feels so weird seeing that car for sale again... It pains me to look at those wheels though..:eek:

L-M

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Question number 2: high number on number plate is a sign of import? For example 08 d Xxxxxx?

Our man in Havana wrote: »

Over 120000 would be an import.

The last reg issued for D in 08 was 69,800 odd. So anything after that would be guaranteed imported. in 08 ALOT of cars were imported so i'd imagine alot of cars previous to that 69,000 (esp. diesels) would be imports, too.

Ardennes1944

Ill be fitting an outer cv boot soon but very little grease came with it. Should it be filled with grease or just applied around the joint? Can i pack some normal grease in there?

ShadowHearth

Another one lads! ( I know you are sick of me! )

If you buy a uk car that is already here, how do you get on about vrting it and changing ownership? I know that of you buy car in uk, you got only 1 day to change plates etc.
Then again, insurance? Will i be able to put uk plate car on my insurance untill I sort out vrt?

MetzgerMeister

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Another one lads! ( I know you are sick of me! )

If you buy a uk car that is already here, how do you get on about vrting it and changing ownership? I know that of you buy car in uk, you got only 1 day to change plates etc.
Then again, insurance? Will i be able to put uk plate car on my insurance untill I sort out vrt?

I don't know how true this is but there was talk about it being illegal to sell an unregistered car here. Once you bought it, you had to VRT it etc. before you could legally sell it on.

You have to get the V5 cert I think, fill it out and go to your nearest NCT centre to VRT the car.

TestTransmission

Wish I hadn't just watched Fifth Gear roll testing a convertible,not pretty

Gone Drinking

TestTransmission wrote: »

Wish I hadn't just watched Fifth Gear roll testing a convertible,not pretty

Did they get coleslaw everywhere?

Ardennes1944

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Ill be fitting an outer cv boot soon but very little grease came with it. Should it be filled with grease or just applied around the joint? Can i pack some normal grease in there?

... just around the joint, no need for any more.

Ardennes1944

Thank you very much Sir

ronanc15

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Another one lads! ( I know you are sick of me! )

If you buy a uk car that is already here, how do you get on about vrting it and changing ownership? I know that of you buy car in uk, you got only 1 day to change plates etc.
Then again, insurance? Will i be able to put uk plate car on my insurance untill I sort out vrt?

Had to look into this myself recently:

In order to register an unregistered vehicle (or one previously registered outside the State) you must make an appointment with the NCTS within 7 days of its entry into the State to have a pre-registration examination of the vehicle carried out. You must complete the registration process and pay VRT at the NCTS Centre within 30 days of the arrival of the vehicle in the State.

E39MSport

My 8er is still up on blocks so to speak. He's having a go at the DK motors. But a new coil has brought it back to life along with a few other things.

I am sreiously tempted to keep it and sell the M5 :rolleyes:

I'm not a man for tearing up the tarmac and so the M is wasted on me a bit. When I last drove the 8er a few weeks ago I loved being in it and I knew that I would never forgive myself if I sold it.

I'm now leaning towards using the cash from the M5 to fix the paint up and buy parts to rebuild the rear suspension and do a few other things that I've wanted to do with it, maybe even that Engl exhaust.

That 406 is screaming keep me too which would tick the comfy/econo/bangernomic box for me when I couldn't be ar5ed with the Esty but needed a work horse.

E39MSport

You have 25 RF100A forms in the cupboard !

superstoner90

E39MSport wrote: »

You have 25 RF100A forms in the cupboard !

Emmmm What???

E39MSport

Tax forms (for taxing after change of ownership)

superstoner90

E39MSport wrote: »

Tax forms (for taxing after change of ownership)

Awwwww, I see.

166man

E39MSport wrote: »

Tax forms (for taxing after change of ownership)

Mind me asking how many cars you got E39? I know you have the M5 and 8-Series, you got much else?

E39MSport

Nothing worth mentioning. An Estima (with a 19" flip down screen) for the snappers and now also the 406.

I feel a yank tank coming on though

(edit: the original of the species E39 530D has left the building... along with the OH owner.... that car has since died I hear, couldn't live without me)

Tallon

I really think he went a bit overboard on the spoiler!

http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/05/11/meanwhile-in-dublin-port-now/

superstoner90

That should be in the skanger thread.

E39MSport

The brother is looking at 1.9tdi passats (PD I think) c. 2005. will have about 100-120k miles on it.

Is there anything to be worried about with them?

ShadowHearth

E39MSport wrote: »

The brother is looking at 1.9tdi passats (PD I think) c. 2005. will have about 100-120k miles on it.

Is there anything to be worried about with them?

Pretty much everything?

I have seen so many cheap passats lately. All of the new shaped ones are really damn cheap! Wouldn't that be the reason for all those problems? That injector issue?

Ardennes1944

Guys and Dolls, if you would be so kind as to answer the poll I have linked in my sig. please. its for my dissertation and I need 50 more respondents before Monday. 20 seconds max to do ti. Much Appreciated. Steven

sean1141

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Pretty much everything?

I have seen so many cheap passats lately. All of the new shaped ones are really damn cheap! Wouldn't that be the reason for all those problems? That injector issue?

the 1.9 did not give half as much trouble as the 2.0.

ShadowHearth

sean1141 wrote: »

the 1.9 did not give half as much trouble as the 2.0.

Is 1.9 unit came from old shape? How do tfsi ones?

sean1141

I'm not 100% sure but I think it is but with a different power output. 105bhp IIRC

I know very little about the petrol ones but the TFSI would be the turbo/boosted petrol engines.

tayto lover

I am looking for a 7 seater second hand as I have 5 grandkids and take them out a fair bit. I would like to be able to take them all out together.
Any suggestions and price estimates for say a 06, 07 or 08. It needs to be a good safe car. Thanks.

ShadowHearth

tayto lover wrote: »

I am looking for a 7 seater second hand as I have 5 grandkids and take them out a fair bit. I would like to be able to take them all out together.
Any suggestions and price estimates for say a 06, 07 or 08. It needs to be a good safe car. Thanks.

Sorry, but I really loled at a grandpa with 5 grandchildrena nd such username

Ardennes1944

he's also an Arsenal fan so be nice to him

CianRyan

Lads, changing shocks and springs, some you can do yourself?