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

Stheno

Mr Simpson wrote: »

Its crazy busy going into the City Centre. Its taken me 45 minutes by bus from Clontarf!!

pred racer wrote: »

I went to the airport this morning, was ok.

City Centre was a bit manic altogether.

pred racer

Stheno wrote: »

City Centre was a bit manic altogether.

And after all that my plane is an hr late, why dont they tell you this sh1t before you go through security??
I could have had a nice brekkie:mad:

Stheno

pred racer wrote: »

And after all that my plane is an hr late, why dont they tell you this sh1t before you go through security??
I could have had a nice brekkie:mad:

Can you not go upstairs to that bar and order one there? Assuming you are in terminal one?

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Stheno wrote: »

City Centre was a bit manic altogether.

Was fine heading out from town northbound via chapelizod
Quieter than normal even

pred racer

Stheno wrote: »

Can you not go upstairs to that bar and order one there? Assuming you are in terminal one?

No t2.... Which is a boil on the arsehole of humanity, whoever designed it should be shot! Its the worst terminal I ever travel through (and there are some ****e ones out there) :rolleyes:

Edit: even in t1 once you get to your gate(which is where they inform you of the delay, never before)
You cant go back to the resturant/shopping part.

I really despise being herded like a fcuking sheep

Supergurrier

So very cold

Dord

Usual crappy traffic heading down to the port this morning. Most of it was caused by dimwits pulling out and stopping in the yellow boxes.

YbFocus

What a crappy way to spend a weekend Lucky devil!

dgt

I'm raging I didn't get a pic of all the crap built up on my valves..... My father was dismantling the xud head, the carbon build up on the inlet valves was something else!!!! :eek: stem seals seem to be very soft.... Shims under the buckets :rolleyes:

So while that was being done I had to set up the turbo on the 2.8 and plumb it up

Each person working on the other persons engine :pac:

YbFocus

dgt wrote: »

I'm raging I didn't get a pic of all the crap built up on my valves..... My father was dismantling the xud head, the carbon build up on the inlet valves was something else!!!! :eek: stem seals seem to be very soft.... Shims under the buckets :rolleyes:

So while that was being done I had to set up the turbo on the 2.8 and plumb it up

Each person working on the other persons engine :pac:

There's always someone else to blame that way

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Brought an Accord in from the UK a few weeks ago and I have to go and pay The Man an extortionate amount of cash to clear it now. :mad:

Should I get pressed metal number plates for her or vinyl? I can't decide which would look better. Opinions? They car is gun metal grey if that makes any difference.

First world problems :cool:

Scortho

Definitely pressed metal

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Scortho wrote: »

Definitely pressed metal

+1
I dislike the vinyl plates, they age so quickly

YbFocus

deccurley wrote: »

Brought an Accord in from the UK a few weeks ago and I have to go and pay The Man an extortionate amount of cash to clear it now. :mad:

Should I get pressed metal number plates for her or vinyl? I can't decide which would look better. Opinions? They car is gun metal grey if that makes any difference.

First world problems :cool:

Deccurley here are your answers.......

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Unless its a classic avoid pressed metal plates, they look silly on a modern car.

Scortho wrote: »

Definitely pressed metal

Now that your mind is made up off you go

If this is going to a vote I'd be a vinyl man, I don't think pressed plates will look the part on an Accord.

tossy

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Unless its a classic avoid pressed metal plates, they look silly on a modern car.

What?? Pressed metal plates over the sh!tty plastic ones all day every day.The make a good car look so cheap and tacky.

Chris_Heilong

@Tossy,

I am sure this has been said before, but your link to what is felt spec is dead.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

@Tossy,

I am sure this has been said before, but your link to what is felt spec is dead.

Unfortunately felt spec is not

Gary ITR

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Nah I was on safety car duty. Some noise off the V8! I was a bit disappointed when I got back in the TT

I nearly gave you some work lol

Gary ITR

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Nah I was on safety car duty. Some noise off the V8! I was a bit disappointed when I got back in the TT

I nearly gave you some work lol

Gary ITR

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Nah I was on safety car duty. Some noise off the V8! I was a bit disappointed when I got back in the TT

I nearly gave you some work lol

YbFocus

We hear you Gary

Big Nasty

YbFocus wrote: »

We hear you Gary

Is there an echo in here, in here, in here?

YbFocus

Just noticed the Mpg reading in the M3, from the looks of it I'd think it was doing very little safety-ing

Ded_Zebra

Am I right in thinking budget 2014 happy days?

No change to tax or petrol :cool:

YbFocus

Yeah baby

Matt Simis

So back from my 680km trip, picked up a 2004 Subaru Outback (Scooby #2 for me, this is the 2005+ model outside Japan) powered by the 3.0litre flat 6 (EZ30). Got it very cheap (NZ $6000) as it has lots of mileage (at least by NZ standards, at 268k KM) and some paintwork scraps (though it is an Outback, thats the point). Also the drop links or front bushings are noisy. And the display is in Japanese. Car will do me for a few months till I get setup here.

Its got:
Full electric windows and seats, A/C, electric folding mirrors, cream leather interior, full display and sat nav (in Japanese..), boot mat, boot cover, 6CD Slot loader and MiniDisc player(!). Its 250bhp, tiptronic, naturally aspirated and got a decent 12.1KM/Litre (which is 8.2L/100km or 34.1mpg). Very smooth, nice sound, fast when punched.

Going to fix the drop links and get a set of Rota Grids plus decent tyres (4 Triangles on it right now!).

There is no motor tax here and (optional) Comp insurance was NZ $503.
I put photos in the photo thread:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87031651#post87031651

MetzgerMeister

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Am I right in thinking budget 2014 happy days?

No change to tax or petrol :cool:

For the first time in how many years????

tossy

Matt Simis wrote: »

So back from my 680km trip, picked up a 2004 Subaru Outback (Scooby #2 for me, this is the 2005+ model outside Japan) powered by the 3.0litre flat 6 (EZ30). Got it very cheap (NZ $6000) as it has lots of mileage (at least by NZ standards, at 268k KM) and some paintwork scraps (though it is an Outback, thats the point). Also the drop links or front bushings are noisy. And the display is in Japanese. Car will do me for a few months till I get setup here.

Its got:
Full electric windows and seats, A/C, electric folding mirrors, cream leather interior, full display and sat nav (in Japanese..), boot mat, boot cover, 6CD Slot loader and MiniDisc player(!). Its 250bhp, tiptronic, naturally aspirated and got a decent 12.1KM/Litre (which is 8.2L/100km or 34.1mpg). Very smooth, nice sound, fast when punched.

Going to fix the drop links and get a set of Rota Grids plus decent tyres (4 Triangles on it right now!).

There is no motor tax here and (optional) Comp insurance was NZ $503.
I put photos in the photo thread:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87031651#post87031651

Are you in NZ Alan?

Matt Simis

tossy wrote: »

Are you in NZ Alan?

Yeah I moved.

Ded_Zebra

Matt Simis wrote: »

Yeah I moved.

For ever and ever???