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

Esel

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Even if the vehicle was previously registered in the UK?

That could change things alright. I would check with the VRO in Rosslare though.

Stheno

Truckermal wrote: »

Nah just arsehole!!! I was told ill make the perfect BE driver as I am cranky and ignorant most of the time. .:D

I used commute from the bog via BE. We had a deadly driver who gave all the regulars his phone number, had a tv/video in the bus, and played movies every night on the way home.

If we were a couple of minutes late, we'd give him a quick ring and he'd wait for us.

Every year at Christmas he got about €400 from his passengers.

He's the only non cranky BE driver I ever met.

toastedpickles

Stheno wrote: »

I used commute from the bog via BE. We had a deadly driver who gave all the regulars his phone number, had a tv/video in the bus, and played movies every night on the way home.

If we were a couple of minutes late, we'd give him a quick ring and he'd wait for us.

Every year at Christmas he got about €400 from his passengers.

He's the only non cranky BE driver I ever met.

What bus was this

YbFocus

toastedpickles wrote: »

If i can do it the third time so can you!

Myself also

Stheno

toastedpickles wrote: »

What bus was this

The mountmellick to Dublin Bus

toastedpickles

Stheno wrote: »

The mountmellick to Dublin Bus

:eek: Mountmellick has a bus?!

challengemaster

Interslice wrote: »

It was worse and an actual pic. We're taking the gearbox out at the weekend. The shaft pinched and seized the bearing that the drive shaft run on coming out of the box. Either going to fit a scrappy box or get the bearing fitted somewhere.

:cool::eek:

Stheno

toastedpickles wrote: »

:eek: Mountmellick has a bus?!

Yah, only ran once a day specifically for commuters

toastedpickles

Stheno wrote: »

Yah, only ran once a day specifically for commuters

Blimey, you learn something new every day

pred racer

Stheno wrote: »

Yah, only ran once a day specifically for commuters

toastedpickles wrote: »

Blimey, you learn something new every day

Oh look, its gimpy and gimpyer back together again:)
I'm keeping an eye on ye tonight;)

More driving lessons with my son today, not going too bad.
He got to third gear (in a small field) and no kangaroo petrol:pac:

I'm a small bit dissapointed, I haven't had to grab for the 'jesus' brake yet!

toastedpickles

pred racer wrote: »

Oh look, its gimpy and gimpyer back together again:)
I'm keeping an eye on ye tonight;)

More driving lessons with my son today, not going too bad.
He got to third gear (in a small field) and no kangaroo petrol:pac:

I'm a small bit dissapointed, I haven't had to grab for the 'jesus' brake yet!

Good of you to join us gimpyest :pac:

Looks like you might have some competition there

pajor

YbFocus wrote: »

Myself also

Ditto.

dgt

New signs on the field across from me, land now preserved.... Locals will be upset, they all used to have a shnaky drive round it, myself in the 406 included :pac:

Need to find a new field.... Prefably oneI can go diffin in

CianRyan

And I never got a shot.
Well, find a new one.

toastedpickles

dgt wrote: »

New signs on the field across from me, land now preserved.... Locals will be upset, they all used to have a shnaky drive round it, myself in the 406 included :pac:

Need to find a new field.... Prefably oneI can go diffin in

CianRyan wrote: »

And I never got a shot.
Well, find a new one.

Field behind my house lads

CianRyan

Let's wait for Cleveland to get his truck and we can put my Mazda on the back and take it to the field. :pac:

toastedpickles

CianRyan wrote: »

Let's wait for Cleveland to get his truck and we can put my Mazda on the back and take it to the field. :pac:

We'l be waiting so! :pac:

Esel

toastedpickles wrote: »

Field behind my house lads

I remember when it was all fields...

Matt Simis

Got the front ARB droplinks replaced on my Outback (had to get a place to do it as I have no tools at all over here yet). So crazy how much a diff it makes to go from broken to new droplinks. You would think the front of the car was falling off before, nice and smooth and quiet now.

Also its pretty fast in Sports mode but stupidly lazy in normal mode (Auto box fail). Could have done with better normal driving mode tuning IMO. Desperately needs a noisier exhaust too, its ridiculous how quiet and boring it sounds.

PS: Was in front of a Ferrari 430 in the Terrace Tunnel (800m long, so long enough for noise)... sound was good.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

toastedpickles wrote: »

We'l be waiting so! :pac:

Feck off ye bollix!
I'm going to look at a GMC Sierra in mullingar on saturday. 5.7 v8 petrol and (I think) the extended bed so plenty of room for the mazda :P

Cleveland Hot Pocket

CianRyan wrote: »

Failed the first one, got the time wrong for the second and well... Third time lucky!

So that explains why you couldn't get the mazda insured. Pass the test and it should be different

Hey if I can pass on the second attempt (and anyone who has seen me drive should laugh at that one :P ) anyone can!

toastedpickles

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Feck off ye bollix!
I'm going to look at a GMC Sierra in mullingar on saturday. 5.7 v8 petrol and (I think) the extended bed so plenty of room for the mazda :P

Hue hue hue :pac:

I would join you but I have prior engagments

YbFocus

toastedpickles wrote: »

Hue hue hue :pac:

I would join you but I have prior engagments

Oh there's a lady on the scene

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

Oh there's ladies on the scene

you heard nothing

Alanstrainor

Lads this thread is going to ****e. More car talk and less rambling please.

toastedpickles

Fair point,

Well this morning I was in naas hospital car park when some genius tried to reverse her tank, I mean audi A8, and started getting a bit too close for my liking, beeped the horn at her and she got out and had a little hissy fit until I pointed out she was millimeters away from an insurance claim, she was about 5mm away from my bumper, like on the corner of the car, threw me some evils and drove off :rolleyes:

There seems to be an awful lot of this happening lately, especially to people on here

ba_barabus

I'm noticing a lot of Chrysler Lancia Y's in Svotland. They're growing on me. Has anyone ever rented one?

Cleveland Hot Pocket

toastedpickles wrote: »

Fair point,

Well this morning I was in naas hospital car park when some genius tried to reverse her tank, I mean audi A8, and started getting a bit too close for my liking, beeped the horn at her and she got out and had a little hissy fit until I pointed out she was millimeters away from an insurance claim, she was about 5mm away from my bumper, like on the corner of the car, threw me some evils and drove off :rolleyes:

There seems to be an awful lot of this happening lately, especially to people on here

Happened me in tesco newbridge the other day,
luckily I had the window down as did the idiot, so I "explained why he was wrong"

Dord

Had someone in a rental MPV pull out without indicating in front of me yesterday. That was a nasty situation waiting to happen. Thankfully I was able to stop quite quickly and avoid it.
It'd be one thing dealing with a private individual but i'd say a nightmare if you had an accident with a rental.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Dord wrote: »

Had someone in a rental MPV pull out without indicating in front of me yesterday. That was a nasty situation waiting to happen. Thankfully I was able to stop quite quickly and avoid it.
It'd be one thing dealing with a private individual but i'd say a nightmare if you had an accident with a rental.

It is added complication, but assuming you are not at fault it shouldn't make a difference I would imagine?