******Motors Chat - Round 6******

Bpmull

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Just had a tyre man recommend me a wanli to replace one of my proxes

Had them on the focus not two bad until they get to about 60% thread depth then **** enough. I wouldn't put them on anything and I didn't buy them either they came with the car and they were brand new so couldn't justify changing brand new tyres. Although I changed them at about 50%. Can't beat any of the Goodyears there great.

MetzgerMeister

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

No screws now :P :pac:

That was one of the reasons I got them. The plastic ones I had were way to heavy for double sided tape to hold them and my plate holders on.

Now they're stuck with tape and screwless

quadrifoglio verde

davycc wrote: »

Dont do it!!!! Step away from the Wanli:o tell him to stop chancing his arm:pac:

In fairness to him it is his job and he probably gets loads suckered into paying for a new tyre because sure it's only 60 euro more.
The toyos have decent thread on them, just getting a bit old for my liking at this stage.

GvidoR

Got new pair of shoes. :P

Bpmull

GvidoR wrote: »

Got new pair of shoes. :P

I was thinking of getting these next. I normally get Goodyear excellence but these are suppose to be good. Let us know how you get on with them.

ofcork

Got rear anti roll bar bushings changed today 36 euro fitted and sounding much better now.

Chris_Heilong

My Anti roll bar is on wrong, I really should fix it.

Bpmull

Hopefully I finish work early tomorrow and I finally get around to cleaning the golf. The amount of flies stuck to the front of it must be weighing it down at this stage what's the story with washing it with the warm weather is it ok once it's in a shaded area.

Noccy_Mondy

Bpmull wrote: »

Hopefully I finish work early tomorrow and I finally get around to cleaning the golf. The amount of flies stuck to the front of it must be weighing it down at this stage what's the story with washing it with the warm weather is it ok once it's in a shaded area.

Once it's out of the direct sun, you have some chance. Still have to work super fast though! Whenever it's warm and I need to wash the mondeo, it has to be done 1 panel at a time - wash then powerwash, or else it gets caked into it

Noccy_Mondy

Once your rear view mirror falls off, you can nearly be guaranteed that it will fall off again at some stage. Fact.

Chris_Heilong

I dont like the feeling when people are asking too many questions about my car. i was out polishing the new bumper. 5 blokes in their 30s-40s selling cookies. asking is that a camery? Is it 2.5 litre? And all them checking it out. i want to believe they are just into cars but i have heard a load of stories of large toyotas getting stolen and shipped to africa recently.

colm_mcm

Hang on. Selling cookies?

toastedpickles

colm_mcm wrote: »

Hang on. Selling cookies?

Men selling cookies?? Were they wearing scout uniforms too?

Take the wheels off, of the steering wheel, Or the battery!

Something that renders the car undriveable/stealable y'know?

Mycroft H

And now for something completely different.

Just bought what is possibly the cheekiest jeep in history; the Suzuki Jimny.

colm_mcm

Its a real mud plugger.

Mycroft H

colm_mcm wrote: »

Its a real mud plugger.

I shall be trying that out tomorrow

Pics to follow!

Kaiser D

Mycroft H wrote: »

And now for something completely different.

Just bought what is possibly the cheekiest jeep in history; the Suzuki Jimny.

Friend of my mother's just traded her's in off a new Clio.

99 with 33k on the clock, and its fairly rotten underneath.

Kaiser D

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

I dont like the feeling when people are asking too many questions about my car. i was out polishing the new bumper. 5 blokes in their 30s-40s selling cookies. asking is that a camery? Is it 2.5 litre? And all them checking it out. i want to believe they are just into cars but i have heard a load of stories of large toyotas getting stolen and shipped to africa recently.

colm_mcm wrote: »

Hang on. Selling cookies?

toastedpickles wrote: »

Men selling cookies?? Were they wearing scout uniforms too?

Take the wheels off, of the steering wheel, Or the battery!

Something that renders the car undriveable/stealable y'know?

I get those too.

They come around selling cookies and cupcakes.

They're nice actually.

(the cookies)

Mycroft H

Kaiser D wrote: »

Friend of my mother's just traded her's in off a new Clio.

99 with 33k on the clock, and its fairly rotten underneath.

Paint and a wee bit of surface rust on this one. Not much more.

Kaiser D

Mycroft H wrote: »

Paint and a wee bit of surface rust on this one. Not much more.

This one lived right by the sea all it's life.

Good luck with it, they're deadly little yokes.

Noccy_Mondy

Ok, I want the answer to this to be no, but I think it's going to be yes

When the car is in neutral and you press the clutch everything is fine, but when you take your foot off the clutch (slowly) you can hear a rattle and kind of shake. Is that a symptom of a failing dmf?

Gavman84

Sorry to say that does sound like dmf pressing or releasing clutch in neutral should do nothing.

Sobanek

Yes, that is the DMF failing. Same symptoms on a Volvo diesel.

We did squeeze another 15k kms out of it until it broke completely :pac:

Foxhole Norman

Kaiser D wrote: »

Friend of my mother's just traded her's in off a new Clio.

99 with 33k on the clock, and its fairly rotten underneath.

When I had my crash a few years back I hit an 03(I Think) Jimny with a 2011 Clio, I had only gotten up to about 15/20 after coming from a roundabout and T-boned it, it just seemed to crumple, frame bent in, door bent in. The Clio only suffered cosmetic damage. Not a car I'd like to be in in a crash.

YbFocus

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Ok, I want the answer to this to be no, but I think it's going to be yes

When the car is in neutral and you press the clutch everything is fine, but when you take your foot off the clutch (slowly) you can hear a rattle and kind of shake. Is that a symptom of a failing dmf?

Sounds more like your release bearing? Are you getting vibration through the clutch as you launch?

GvidoR

Anybody wants used 195/65/R15 tyres? I've got one Michelin and one Continental. :P

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

I dont know lads. The more I drive a 53 seater, 12 meter long bus the more it feels like a small hatchback car !

Noccy_Mondy

YbFocus wrote: »

Sounds more like your release bearing? Are you getting vibration through the clutch as you launch?

Just went out there to double check. Starting it from cold there seems to be damn all rattling etc only seems to get noisy after a long run, but it did vibrate a tad when I released, I'll check later when I go for a drive.

Foxhole Norman

Anyone know of a site that has a comprehensive list of Irish insurers/brokers?

dgt

Begrudgingly got a new tyre today. Nice new Semperit, looks well. Begrudging as the tyre it replaced was busted in a pothole

While we were there I saw this Merc E class on the ramps for tracking. Then I spotted the brakes: 8 pots at the front, 4 pots at the rear. I went over to have a gander and it was no other than an E55 AMG

Now for the sad part: it had sunny tyres at the back