***** Motors Chat - Round 5*****

Alanstrainor

Continuation from motors chat round 4






1.This thread is for motoring topics which you feel are not worthy of starting a new thread for, banter from a meet or general motoring related chit chat.

2.No lonely hearts (This is not a personal dig at anyone, it's how we feel is the best way to describe what we want to avoid. )

3.Keep it clean.

4.The Motors charter applies.

Stheno

Quazzie wrote: »

My apologies if I came across a little crude, it certainly wasn't my intent, it was more in reference to your ratios than anything else.

Gosh no hassle, thinking back it's down to when that tyre got replaced and there was no wheel balancing done (which I'd normally have done but I was up to ninety as I was hours late for work)

No offence taken

The car was actually prone to drifting left and not liking any change in camber at all, so I probably described it wrong

Matt Simis

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Stheno, I'm guessing that your problem is something like balancing on the wheel or possibly a bad bearing

I concur and would add in a bad misalignment on that wheel but only that wheel, which would make it feel like its being "dragged".

Ded_Zebra

Matt Simis wrote: »

I concur and would add in a bad misalignment on that wheel but only that wheel, which would make it feel like its being "dragged".

Or if it followed a blow out it could be a buckled wheel or maybe a lump of tyre caught on something like the spring or a suspension arm/drop link etc on it's way past causing sh!tty alignment

Stheno

Thanks guys, I guess it's alignment it's intermittent on rough roads I feel it.

I'll get it checked in the next few days

Matts description is dead on it feels like the wheel is dragging.

dgt

Well that was a waste of money.... Meh!

There was a fatality yesterday on the roads across the local filling station. The accident happened here. It's a very straight road.....

pajor

Have just watched the Top Gear, where they buy the three Alfas for £1000 for the gagillionth time. Quality.

"This is the thing you have to remember. Alfa build a car to be as good as a car can be.. briefly!"

Supergurrier

Ahhh 3 days off and to try and not spend money !

toastedpickles

Supergurrier wrote: »

Ahhh 3 days off and to try and not spend money !

Resist the small shinys! Keep your eyes on the ultimate shiny!

Marty McFly

Footballers aren't the brightest of sparks. Poor Porsche

Ardennes1944

If i have an r53 cooper s by March i blame Alan :pac:

YbFocus

Here's a good one.. Long story short I'm locked out of the e60 and I have the keys
How these things happen to me is beyond a joke.

challengemaster

Ugly piece of shít anyway if you ask me.

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

Here's a good one.. Long story short I'm locked out of the e60 and I have the keys
How these things happen to me is beyond a joke.

How?? You just keep defy physics there, good man :pac:

YbFocus

toastedpickles wrote: »

How?? You just keep defy physics there, good man :pac:

You may or may not know that my Central Locking went lately, so back to using the key in the door.
Now that broke
Key coming from England on Tuesday!
Basically no way to get into the car, can get into the boot but e60 seats don't fold (it was an extra :rolleyes:)

When it happened I was like "you've got to be kidding me"

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

You may or may not know that my Central Locking went lately, so back to using the key in the door.
Now that broke
Key coming from England on Tuesday!
Basically no way to get into the car, can get into the boot but e60 seats don't fold (it was an extra :rolleyes:)

When it happened I was like "you've got to be kidding me"

Aw no way in fairness I'm a bit like that myself, if anything can go wrong it will and at the time you don't need it to

Stheno

I went sailing this morning @ 9am.

I'm still frozen solid

Sat in my car with the heat on full blast driving home, an it barely thawed me out.

Six layers of clothes on top and three on the bottom and I nearly died of the cold.

Alanstrainor

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

If i have an r53 cooper s by March i blame Alan :pac:

Jesus, we might be copyin' cars so. 325 to mini coopers. That said, the MX5 appeals to me more I think. But not set on anything yet.

pajor

YbFocus wrote: »

You may or may not know that my Central Locking went lately, so back to using the key in the door.
Now that broke
Key coming from England on Tuesday!
Basically no way to get into the car, can get into the boot but e60 seats don't fold (it was an extra :rolleyes:)

When it happened I was like "you've got to be kidding me"

Ouch. :eek:

Murphy was a bastard with his law.

Scortho

pajor wrote: »

Have just watched the Top Gear, where they buy the three Alfas for £1000 for the gagillionth time. Quality.

"This is the thing you have to remember. Alfa build a car to be as good as a car can be.. briefly!"

Rally cross on a budget is a favourite of mine!:)
alfas for 1000 pounds seems expensive. Myself and 166man drove a 156 v6 from ennis to dublin in record time and it was a lot cheaper than 1000 pounds!;)

YbFocus

Don't talk to me lads, looking at the bloody car with no way into it :rolleyes:
If the key doesn't fix the problem there'll have to be a window go in!

pajor

Scortho wrote: »

Rally cross on a budget is a favourite of mine!:)
alfas for 1000 pounds seems expensive. Myself and 166man drove a 156 v6 from ennis to dublin in record time and it was a lot cheaper than 1000 pounds!;)

Ah but this was a few years ago. Depreciation and all that. :pac:

Stheno

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Jesus, we might be copyin' cars so. 325 to mini coopers. That said, the MX5 appeals to me more I think. But not set on anything yet.

Weird. I've been have thinking of a cooper as my next car, love my alfas, but have run out of the ones I wanted to drive

challengemaster

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Jesus, we might be copyin' cars so. 325 to mini coopers. That said, the MX5 appeals to me more I think. But not set on anything yet.

I didn't realise you did your BSc in Hairdressing... :pac:

Stheno

challengemaster wrote: »

I didn't realise you did your BSc in Hairdressing... :pac:

Bmw Z cars are for hairdressers, not Minis

I'm also considering a 7 series, an SLK and an MG

Actually yesterday I saw what looked like an SLK but it was an AMG engine, anyone enlighten me as to what I saw?

challengemaster

Stheno wrote: »

Bmw Z cars are for hairdressers, not Minis

I'm also considering a 7 series, an SLK and an MG

Actually yesterday I saw what looked like an SLK but it was an AMG engine, anyone enlighten me as to what I saw?

SLK 32 AMG, 349 hp supercharged version of the 3.2 L V6. Only 4,333 were built in total, of which 979 were retained for Germany, 2,056 exported to the USA and 263 to the UK.

URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_SLK-Class"]wiki[/URL

pajor

Stheno wrote: »

Bmw Z cars are for hairdressers, not Minis

I'm also considering a 7 series, an SLK and an MG

Actually yesterday I saw what looked like an SLK but it was an AMG engine, anyone enlighten me as to what I saw?

7 Series. If it's worth doing, it's worth over doing.

Supergurrier

I wouldn't fit in a cooper and im sorry but they just look too girly

Stheno

challengemaster wrote: »

SLK 32 AMG, 349 hp supercharged version of the 3.2 L V6. Only 4,333 were built in total, of which 979 were retained for Germany, 2,056 exported to the USA and 263 to the UK.

URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_SLK-Class"]wiki[/URL

Wasn't that this thing had those flanges on the side like air flow gaps? It was a beautiful looking car.

pajor wrote: »

7 Series. If it's worth doing, it's worth over doing.

I like either very small coupes or big saloons

Big Nasty

Stheno wrote: »

I like either very small coupes or big saloons

You're doing it wrong, big coupes or big saloons.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

1.5 suzuki swift auto for the win !

toastedpickles

Lads does anyone know of a decent motor factors in or around cork city? a friend down there has a crap battery and needs a new one but has no idea where to go

Truckermal

Lovely S8 on love hate tonight. .

MuppetCheck

toastedpickles wrote: »

Lads does anyone know of a decent motor factors in or around cork city? a friend down there has a crap battery and needs a new one but has no idea where to go

Motorway near the kinsale Road roundabout are alright.

challengemaster

Dave147

toastedpickles wrote: »

Lads does anyone know of a decent motor factors in or around cork city? a friend down there has a crap battery and needs a new one but has no idea where to go

Michael O'Connors in Glanmire are good too, just across from the Garda station and next to Monkey Maze, not a rip off merchant

Ded_Zebra

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

1.5 suzuki swift auto for the win !

Did the BM finally sell?

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Did the BM finally sell?

tomorrow hopefully !

just expressing my opinion been the swift better then the mini !

power pants

I wonder if that A8 used in love hate tonight used to be mat simi's one? Looked amazing

think he confirmed his was black, this wasn't it was the dark green

Matt Simis

power pants wrote: »

I wonder if that A8 used in love hate tonight used to be mat simi's one? Looked amazing

think he confirmed his was black, this wasn't it was the dark green

Mine was also an S8
Dark Green gets extra points as the S8 that made the name for the car in Ronin was dark green (Cactus Green).

power pants

yeah I remembered it was an S8 after I had already edited the post about the colour and just thought id leave it and go to bed

Beauty of a car though

was referring to mat simis car not the one on love hate, it had no S8 badges at all on it

MetzgerMeister

No way it was an S8 in Love/Hate, not with that rattly diesel clatter off it!

Cleveland Hot Pocket

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

No way it was an S8 in Love/Hate, not with that rattly diesel clatter off it!

Maybe it was the unique S8 1.9 TDI ?

YbFocus

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Maybe it was the unique S8 1.9 TDI ? RS4

Cleveland Hot Pocket

YbFocus wrote: »

I was going to say that makes no sense, but it makes as much sense as what I said!

YbFocus

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

I was going to say that makes no sense, but it makes as much sense as what I said!

I was going for the badging you see around a good bit now, just lash them on

There's a 98 corsa near me that is a RS Motorsport M-power variant. I'd say it's an incredible machine. .

Matt Simis

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

No way it was an S8 in Love/Hate, not with that rattly diesel clatter off it!

Outside of a handful of LHD versions, there are no diesel D2 Audi's.. I dont watch L/H so didnt see but I assume it was a D2 (97 to 2002 model) Audi A/S8 based on whats been posted?
OSI is correct though, the VAG V8 petrols of that vintage do have a rattle that over a mic pickup prolly would sound kinda like a diesel.

MetzgerMeister

Matt Simis wrote: »

Outside of a handful of LHD versions, there are no diesel D2 Audi's.. I dont watch L/H so didnt see but I assume it was a D2 (97 to 2002 model) Audi A/S8 based on whats been posted?
OSI is correct though, the VAG V8 petrols of that vintage do have a rattle that over a mic pickup prolly would sound kinda like a diesel.

Seems you're right! According to Motorcheck, it's a petrol.

Marcusm

Supergurrier wrote: »

I wouldn't fit in a cooper and im sorry but they just look too girly

I'm 6'5" and 28 stone and fit in one very comfortaby (even for 300+ mid journeys).

dgt

Scortho wrote: »

Rally cross on a budget is a favourite of mine!:)
alfas for 1000 pounds seems expensive. Myself and 166man drove a 156 v6 from ennis to dublin in record time and it was a lot cheaper than 1000 pounds!;)

With the 406 as a backup/breakdown recovery yoke :pac:

A lot seems to be changing here, I'm not on much these days...!

Cleveland Hot Pocket

dgt wrote: »

With the 406 as a backup/breakdown recovery yoke :pac:

A lot seems to be changing here, I'm not on much these days...!

Such as?