***Motors Chat Thread*** Round 1

Our man in Havana

Unless you have the spring compressors it would not be easy.

Big Nasty

Our man in Havana wrote: »

Unless you have the spring compressors it would not be easy.

And a 'persuader'!

Ardennes1944

its pretty easy with spring clamps. mine cost me 14e on ebay

E39MSport

You'll need a good few pairs of jocks on stand by though - never fails to make me poop myself.

CianRyan

Nice one, lads.
Sounds like I might be able to do it with some help from someone that knows a bit more.

Thinking of having a look at these but I don't want to go to Galway for something that could be knackered.

Doesn't seem to be many options for my car, will probably take a trip to a fee breakers yards too.

ShadowHearth

i wonder how pissed of misses would get if i just buy this and tax it for a year :rolleyes:

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Jaguar/Xk/8/201213207483384/advert?channel=CARS

Jimdagym

ShadowHearth wrote: »

i wonder how pissed of misses would get if i just buy this and tax it for a year :rolleyes:

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Jaguar/Xk/8/201213207483384/advert?channel=CARS

There's a sure fire way to find out.

MetzgerMeister

ShadowHearth wrote: »

i wonder how pissed of misses would get if i just buy this and tax it for a year :rolleyes:

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Jaguar/Xk/8/201213207483384/advert?channel=CARS

Who cares?? You can get away from her REALLY fast!!!

Ardennes1944

please keep the poll taking going lads i need ye! siggy.....http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056637149#

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Really liking the FD2's in blue at the moment.... http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3786460.htm

ShadowHearth

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Who cares?? You can get away from her REALLY fast!!!

if i would get that for 4500eu+1700eu ( tax ), so thats 6200eu

get astra opc 7500eu+660eu ( tax ), so thats 8160eu


Hmmmm bargain?

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Most people here won't appreciate this, but I would love this http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3643781.htm 250cc 2 stroke.....can just hear it screaming now!!

TestTransmission

CianRyan wrote: »

Nice one, lads.
Sounds like I might be able to do it with some help from someone that knows a bit more.

Thinking of having a look at these but I don't want to go to Galway for something that could be knackered.

Doesn't seem to be many options for my car, will probably take a trip to a fee breakers yards too.

It's your first car, don't waste money on it.You'll only regret it when it comes to the time to change and you'll be cursing yourself for spending too much dosh on the almera

MetzgerMeister

ShadowHearth wrote: »

if i would get that for 4500eu+1700eu ( tax ), so thats 6200eu

get astra opc 7500eu+660eu ( tax ), so thats 8160eu


Hmmmm bargain?

Most definitely

ShadowHearth

BDJW wrote: »

Really liking the FD2's in blue at the moment.... http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3786460.htm

i raise you with this!

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3889380.htm

omb0wyn5ehpij9

ShadowHearth wrote: »

i raise you with this!

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3889380.htm

Pistonheads is giving me bad ideas! I never realised there were so many Nissan GTR's in England :eek:

ShadowHearth

BDJW wrote: »

Pistonheads is giving me bad ideas! I never realised there were so many Nissan GTR's in England :eek:

35k £ and tax is like what? 200£ per year max? *sigh

superstoner90

ShadowHearth wrote: »

35k £ and tax is like what? 200£ per year max? *sigh

What about this?

You would look well driving to the motors meet.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3524527.htm

CianRyan

TestTransmission wrote: »

CianRyan wrote: »

Nice one, lads.
Sounds like I might be able to do it with some help from someone that knows a bit more.

Thinking of having a look at these but I don't want to go to Galway for something that could be knackered.

Doesn't seem to be many options for my car, will probably take a trip to a fee breakers yards too.

It's your first car, don't waste money on it.You'll only regret it when it comes to the time to change and you'll be cursing yourself for spending too much dosh on the almera

Well I've spent less on the car than if I'd have bought a similar version on DD, even with the wheels for it.

It may be my first car but I don't intend on selling it for a fair few years, even if I do buy something nicer I've plans to turn it into a track day car so I'm quite happy to spend the money on it.
Iv never been the type to save money for a rainy day, I'd much rather having what I want when I want it.

Call me mad but that's me.
And remember, I bought the car for €200 so I'm hardly breaking th bank.

jenizzle

CianRyan wrote: »

It may be my first car but I don't intend on selling it for a fair few years...

That's what they all say.

"I'll keep it till it falls apart, tis great for spinnin' abou...

ooooh look, a RWD japanese guzzler..."

CianRyan

Oh have no doubt, by this time 2 years from now I intend on buying either an S13 or 180SX.
By the time that time that happens though, I'll be lumping an SR16VE N1 or similar in the Almera and taking out everything, install a roll cage and a bucket seat.

I've never seen the point in tracking nice cars that you want to stay clean so after the Almera gets it's scrapes in the road it can be trashed on the track.

Alanstrainor

Lads, where would I get some german style plates made up tomorrow in Dublin?

Gary ITR

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Lads, where would I get some german style plates made up tomorrow in Dublin?

Gp autobitz in Baldoyle do them

E39MSport

Chap coming to look at my M5 today. Hasn't moved in 6 weeks. If I get the right money for it I might let it go and cherish the 8er.

h3000

Carroll Shelby has sadly passed away at 89.

the Guardian wrote:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/12/carroll-shelby-dies-cobra-car?newsfeed=true

Carroll Shelby, designer of the Shelby Cobra and other sports cars that placed him in the pantheon of auto industry legends, has died at age 89, his company said on Friday.

He died on Thursday at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, according to the company, Carroll Shelby Licensing. The firm did not disclose the cause of death. A post on his Facebook page last month revealed he had been hospitalised for pneumonia.

Shelby was one of the few prominent designers to work with all three major American car companies, starting with Ford Motor Co in the 1960s. His last collaboration with Ford was on the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500.

Shelby's high-performance cars helped Detroit challenge the dominance of the Europeans in racing. Ralph Gilles, head of product design for Chrysler, said Shelby created cars that helped enthusiasts worldwide find "joy and self-actualisation."

"My name is Carroll Shelby and performance is my business," Shelby said in an early commercial for the Cobra.

He was born in Leesburg, Texas, in 1923. He started racing cars in the 1950s, and in 1959 he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, a marathon race held in France.

He was diagnosed with a serious heart condition in 1959 that forced him to quit racing. Shelby had a heart transplant in 1990 and a kidney transplant in 1996.

He drove one race with nitroglycerin pills under his tongue to prevent against a heart attack. He complained that he would have won if not for the pills.

He soon turned his attention toward designing. He approached Lee Iacocca, who was then at Ford, about building a lightweight AC roadster with a Ford engine. That car became the Cobra, a name that Shelby said came to him in a dream.

In 1962, the Cobra was introduced at the New York Auto Show and Shelby's company began making the cars in California later that year. In 1964, Ford asked Shelby to develop a high-performance Mustang. That same year the song Hey Little Cobra by the Rip Chords embedded the sports car in pop culture.

"Whether helping Ford dominate the 1960s racing scene or building some of the most famous Mustangs, his enthusiasm and passion for great automobiles over six decades has truly inspired everyone who worked with him," said Edsel Ford II, grandson of the No. 2 US automaker's founder Henry Ford.

He parted ways with Ford in the 1970s and headed to Chrysler, where he revamped the K car and worked on the initial design of the Dodge Viper. He also worked for General Motors Co's Oldsmobile division.

Shelby sued Ford in the 1990s over the use of the Cobra name. That suit was settled and by 2001, he was collaborating with the automaker again.

"From his personal influence on our Dodge GLH cars to his inspiration on the original Dodge Viper concept, we've lost a true automotive legend," said Gilles, who also leads Chrysler's performance brand, SRT, which unveiled the 2013 SRT Viper at the New York Auto Show this year.

Shelby is survived by three children six grandchildren, four great grandchildren and his wife, Cleo.

ShadowHearth

E39MSport wrote: »

Chap coming to look at my M5 today. Hasn't moved in 6 weeks. If I get the right money for it I might let it go and cherish the 8er.

Aww , let's hope everything goes well m8. Best of luck!

eringobragh

Hang over detailing is never a good idea!

Fiona

Nice early morning spin up the mountains with some nice company

Jimdagym

This is probably a how long is a piece of string question, but anyway......

Climate control in the 9-5, it feels really warm on everything other than "lo" which is cool enough, but not baltic. Would a re-gas get things right again, or could this be any number of things wrong. I see atlas do a regas for €75. I dont mind paying for it, but if its something else wrong, then I could better spend the money.
11 year old car btw.

Sounds like a regas would indeed sort it.