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

YbFocus

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

My boot wont stay open unless its push all the way up, its a mazda 6 hatchback so it is a heavy boot lid but sometimes it wont stay up at all so one of the struts or both is fooked, will i be able to tell which one is ****ed if i take them off the car, ie, can they be compressed by hand?

Yep one should be more deaded than the other

MuppetCheck

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

My boot wont stay open unless its push all the way up, its a mazda 6 hatchback so it is a heavy boot lid but sometimes it wont stay up at all so one of the struts or both is fooked, will i be able to tell which one is ****ed if i take them off the car, ie, can they be compressed by hand?

Cheap and easy fix too.

pred racer

YbFocus wrote: »

What's the flight N.o or who you going with,
I'll track you for the crack tomorrow if I've nothing better to be doing! Although I think I going to ikea :rolleyes:

UA 172 dublin to Dulles

Scortho wrote: »

What's the rental?
Something interesting I hope

Whatever my boss rented for me, if its something nice it'll be by accident.

Scortho

pred racer wrote: »

UA 172 dublin to Dulles



Whatever my boss rented for me, if its something nice it'll be by accident.

Probably something like a dodge dart.
You should see how much itd be to upgrade:)

CianRyan

pred racer wrote: »

UA 172 dublin to Dulles



Whatever my boss rented for me, if its something nice it'll be by accident.

Bug them for something nicer at the desk.
If it's a big company you're training with it's worth chancing your arm and saying you're somewhat important.

Ardennes1944

YbFocus wrote: »

Yep one should be more deaded than the other

Thank YB, ill compress it hell

toastedpickles

CianRyan wrote: »

Bug them for something nicer at the desk.
If it's a big company you're training with it's worth chancing your arm and saying you're somewhat important.

Yeah just be like do you even know who I am?!

Because I certainly don't! :pac:

Collecting parts for le 9-5 tomorrow yay!

YbFocus

toastedpickles wrote: »

Yeah just be like do you even know who I am?!

Because I certainly don't! :pac:

Collecting parts for le 9-5 tomorrow yay!

I'll take that c6 In the yard! Means something very different over there

Edit: and pred you're getting ua127 not 172, unless you want to end up in Guam

Ardennes1944

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Thank YB, ill compress it hell

If one is dead, it's only a matter of time before the other one is killed to death. Best off to replace in 2's. They're not pricey are they?

toastedpickles

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

If one is dead, it's only a matter of time before the other one is killed to death. Best off to replace in 2's. They're not pricey are they?

Breakers yard perhaps? I nearly spent 60 quid on a set for my new car, and i can't justify that when i can get the same thing for three times less in a scrappers

toastedpickles

toastedpickles wrote: »

Breakers yard perhaps? I nearly spent 60 quid on a set for my new car, and i can't justify that when i can get the same thing for three times less in a scrappers

But you don't know how much life is left in the ones from the scrappy

Dord

Jaysus this is nice.



Merc C-Class (W204) lowered :cool:

Scortho

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

But you don't know how much life is left in the ones from the scrappy

You don't know how much life is left in anything from the scrappy, but if it's cheap to buy and cheap to fit then it's worth risking.

YbFocus

Dord wrote: »

Jaysus this is nice.



Merc C-Class (W204) lowered :cool:

My god I have just....WOW!

Voodoomelon

Looks fantastic.

Truckermal

I was driving home earlier and every time I planted the boot I was thinking about how quick the car revved up but it then dawned on me that my clutch was slipping..:(

Supergurrier

YbFocus wrote: »

My god I have just....WOW!

colm_mcm

Truckermal wrote: »

I was driving home earlier and every time I planted the boot I was thinking about how quick the car revved up but it then dawned on me that my clutch was slipping..:(

That's mountainous torque for ya

ba_barabus

Truckermal wrote: »

I was driving home earlier and every time I planted the boot I was thinking about how quick the car revved up but it then dawned on me that my clutch was slipping..:(

SCRAP IT

Supergurrier

clamping force fail mr clutch

Truckermal

colm_mcm wrote: »

That's mountainous torque for ya

Lol the clutch was always a bit iffy in it but was fine until now, not bad going as I have put up 30k miles on it since I got it off ya.

colm_mcm

To be fair, I've seen more meat on a butchers apron that there was on that clutch

Chris_Heilong

Supergurrier wrote: »

I dont usually like German stuff but I must admit that isd real nice.

Truckermal

colm_mcm wrote: »

To be fair, I've seen more meat on a butchers apron that there was on that clutch

I'll be calling for a refund so...:P

BTW the Civic is looking well I have passed you a few times lately I do be up around that parish every day now..

ba_barabus

YbFocus wrote: »

Had a friends one lately and found it perfectly fine on petrol, really suprised me actually!

What type of figures were you getting?

toastedpickles

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

But you don't know how much life is left in the ones from the scrappy

That is true, but i got my bonnet struts for the astra from a scrappy and they're as good as new it's all luck of the draw i suppose

YbFocus

ba_barabus wrote: »

What type of figures were you getting?

Didn't have it overly long like only 2 days but put 20 euro in it and have it a good caning by times.
I would reckon it was putting back 35mpg anyway. All country Road driving.

Edit: Other than that, it was a fantastic car to drive. It felt really planted and comunicated everything really well.
Dare I say it had something my e60 didn't

ba_barabus

YbFocus wrote: »

Didn't have it overly long like only 2 days but put 20 euro in it and have it a good caning by times.
I would reckon it was putting back 35mpg anyway. All country Road driving.

The one I drove was an auto. The worst I saw in my 318 was about 30mpg. The seller of the Lexus said 30mpg was average, dipping to 25 and highest of 35 on a run.

colm_mcm

Pease don't buy an automatic IS200, the gearbox is 80s style.

YbFocus

ba_barabus wrote: »

The one I drove was an auto. The worst I saw in my 318 was about 30mpg. The seller of the Lexus said 30mpg was average, dipping to 25 and highest of 35 on a run.

I'd definitely say them figures were right, It felt like more than 30mpg but thats not bad. This one was manual. I actually have a real thing for them since!

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