****Motors Chat Thread Round 4****

Gary ITR

CianRyan wrote: »

I was only thinking of that on the Luas home, hanging my head in shame of my torqueless engine.

Must pop the bonnet tomorrow and see if I can saw the engine at least.
The wheels seem grand, which is good as they were always meant for the Mazda.

Lesson learned for ya, cars can bite. Could have been worse though, mate of mine crashed his car in the mountains a few years back, his girlfriend wasn't too impressed after when she realised he was up there with his bit on the side

166man

Drove past Stheno's GTV today driving through Drumcondra, looks really well in person. Grey really suits it. Went for a wave but got the burn instead!



That was some accident alright Cian...

Chris_Heilong

I just put up the guide on buying a car from Japan, hope it gets a sticky. I tried to cover all bases but in the end it was down to my own experiences with importing. Have a read and any criticism welcome. Going to bed now.

toastedpickles

Got accepted in dit there now

Wehey!

CianRyan

Fair play, man. That's great news.

In the world of Cian, I just cycled into work, turns out I'm not in 'till 12:30. :eek:
And back I go...

Marcusm

ba_barabus wrote: »

Fiats product line for the coming years is just spin off's of the 500. I wouldn't mind if they had something better to offer but they won't.

Not that I dislike the 500, I love it

I like the 500 too, thought about getting one last year but it tapers at the shoulder so was a non runner. I quite like the 500L but as I cannot see any styling cues from the original 500, I think they'd have been better off marketing it in a different way. Fiat have always produced good small-medium sized cars but I think the link in this case does not help. It's more Focus sized (or bigger) but I think it will be dismissed because it is linked to a very small car.

YbFocus

OSI wrote: »

Rang a VW dealer on Tuesday to order some parts: "We don't have those in stock. We can order them, not sure when they'd be in, but it'd be a week at least."

Ordered the same parts, and more, on ecstuning.com. They left Ohio USA at 6PM local time on Tuesday evening, and landed on my desk at 10:30am this morning. Now that's service!

Holy Christ batman that's fast!

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

Holy Christ batman that's fast!

Holy express airmail batman! :pac: But yeah that is disgustingly quick, I may check those lads out

Stheno

166man wrote: »

Drove past Stheno's GTV today driving through Drumcondra, looks really well in person. Grey really suits it. Went for a wave but got the burn instead!

Had to think if I was in Drumcondra yesterday, I was indeed!

Didn't notice any waves

ba_barabus

Marcusm wrote: »

I like the 500 too, thought about getting one last year but it tapers at the shoulder so was a non runner. I quite like the 500L but as I cannot see any styling cues from the original 500, I think they'd have been better off marketing it in a different way. Fiat have always produced good small-medium sized cars but I think the link in this case does not help. It's more Focus sized (or bigger) but I think it will be dismissed because it is linked to a very small car.

Aye I know what you mean. Its a lot bigger but still linked to the smaller car. Its a family type MPV and as I've no kids I wouldn't even consider it.

CianRyan

Rang Asgard, they won't insure anything under 1992.
So I have two options, wait out two months with no car or cancel my policy, lose my no claims and insure through another company.

Fuxking Asgard.

Gary ITR

CianRyan wrote: »

Rang Asgard, they won't insure anything under 1992.
So I have two options, wait out two months with no car or cancel my policy, lose my no claims and insure through another company.

Fuxking Asgard.

Wait out the two months, try find another Almera on put yours back together, even if panels are the wrong colour just do it. One of the GXR crew just bought an Almera for €300, they can be had cheap

Hal1

Anyone know how to removed a tie rod end? I have it free from hub, but can't remove it from the arm.

Gary ITR

Hal1 wrote: »

Anyone know how to removed a tie rod end? I have it free from hub, but can't remove it from the arm.

Wind the lock not in towards the car then wind the end off.

Big vicegrips on the trackrod end to hold it

Hal1

I have a torch on it for about 20 minutes. It still won't budge. The vice grip is on tight enough but turning on the rod. I wonder if it's easier to disconnect the whole inner part and slap it in a vice.

power pants

CianRyan wrote: »

Rang Asgard, they won't insure anything under 1992.
So I have two options, wait out two months with no car or cancel my policy, lose my no claims and insure through another company.

Fuxking Asgard.

You will be very hard pushed to find anyone that will insure your car at that age. I rang a lot of companies a couple of months back and nobody was interested but AXA

Unless you buy another car and insure the 92 as a classic?

Scortho

Classic insurance is over 25 though isn't it?

power pants

no, depends on the company, some will do it at 17 years iirc

Scortho

power pants wrote: »

no, depends on the company, some will do it at 17 years iirc

For the car?
Or the age of the driver?
I thought the driver had to be over the age of 25 before any of the companies will give classic insurance

toastedpickles

So I might be stuck with the astra for the foreseeable future I'll know in a few hours if I am or not

If I am, any ideas what I can do with it? (apart from scrap it, sell it and other smartarse commments :pac:)

toastedpickles

OSI wrote: »

Burn it?








:pac:

What good is it to me then?? :pac:

I'll trade ya a burnt astra for that there m5

ba_barabus

toastedpickles wrote: »

If I am, any ideas what I can do with it? (apart from scrap it, sell it and other smartarse commments :pac:)

Customise it by DRIVING IT THROUGH HALFORDS

toastedpickles

ba_barabus wrote: »

Customise it by DRIVING IT THROUGH HALFORDS

God no!

YbFocus

19's and airbags lawd.,

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

19's and airbags lawd.,

I'll have to convert it to a 5 stud lawd

YbFocus

Actually just let dgt at it.

ba_barabus

YbFocus wrote: »

Actually just let dgt at it.

And let 166man polish it off for you

ba_barabus

@166Man..........EMPTY YOUR INBOX

toastedpickles

ba_barabus wrote: »

And let 166man polish it off for you

YbFocus wrote: »

Actually just let dgt at it.

Have done haha

Black_Knight

OSI wrote: »

Rang a VW dealer on Tuesday to order some parts: "We don't have those in stock. We can order them, not sure when they'd be in, but it'd be a week at least."

Ordered the same parts, and more, on ecstuning.com. They left Ohio USA at 6PM local time on Tuesday evening, and landed on my desk at 10:30am this morning. Now that's service!

Damn you! Between ebay.de and now this I could be broke in a week! Fog light kit for the CC, $400.... + $76 for the switch. Genuine chrome pedals $154. Damn it man! Im on a roller-coaster of emotions here :eek::mad: