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

ba_barabus

This is actually the thought that struck me first




I still like it mind.

Mycroft H

coolisin wrote: »

I was looking into Souhans in trim?!! I rang them once and never got back to them!
But Give us an oul recommendation there!

Souhans do excellent work. I'd be happy with them

Ardennes1944

YbFocus wrote: »

he works for a company that makes conveyors, production lines etc out of stainless etc. He's a welder by trade. His welds are perfect and after he polishes them you can't see the join. It's incredible. He's done custom stuff for me before on bikes too. I'll throw up a few pics later

+1
Mich auch!

Cleveland Hot Pocket

I've only ever heard positive reviews of souhans.
When I'm looking for some custom pipes that's more than likely where I'd go.

Chris_Heilong

Drove down to cork from Dublin, filled the car which is a 70 litre tank, done better than I thought, only 1 quarter gone when I arrived.


I had the back window open on the way home to facilitate the sideskirts so a little worse but not too bad. Only in the door now.


I also stopped off at Midway food court on the way back, bad news lads....Burger shack is closed.

Supergurrier

That's not bad i used to burn a 55 litre tank doing Galway-Midway-Galway in the ST

toastedpickles

I'd be terrified to see what mine would be like on a run to cork

Big Nasty

toastedpickles wrote: »

I'd be terrified to see what mine would be like on a run to cork

Used to go to Cork regular in the T/A for the GAScc car show. Would use 3/4's a tank going down alone. Worked out at about 15mpg at a steady 80mph.

toastedpickles

Big Nasty wrote: »

Used to go to Cork regular in the T/A for the GAScc car show. Would use 3/4's a tank going down alone. Worked out at about 15mpg at a steady 80mph.

Oh dear i'd say I'd get about 25/30

Foxhole Norman

I'd say I use about 1/40 of a tank getting to Cork City :pac:

pred racer

Supergurrier wrote: »

That's not bad i used to burn a 55 litre tank doing Galway-Midway,letting pred racer drive-Galway in the ST

Fyp

MuppetCheck

toastedpickles wrote: »

I'd be terrified to see what mine would be like on a run to cork

Is there something up with it? Couldn't be that bad on a cruise, I'd be expecting low-mid 30s in the 2.3.

Big Nasty

Big Nasty wrote: »

Used to go to Cork regular in the T/A for the GAScc car show. Would use 3/4's a tank going down alone. Worked out at about 15mpg at a steady 80mph.

Wonderful spectacle, very friendly folk too, I had a look one year

Dord

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

I also stopped off at Midway food court on the way back, bad news lads....Burger shack is closed.

Nooooo! :eek::(

Big Nasty

toastedpickles wrote: »

Oh dear i'd say I'd get about 25/30

735 would do 30mpg motorway. That said the 520 doesn't do any better.

However the 520 avgs 22mpg urban (95% of its driving) as opposed to 15mpg in the 7er.

Chris_Heilong

This is what all the fuss was about, I finally have side skirts.

GvidoR

Dord wrote: »

Nooooo! :eek::(

Did they make nice burgers?

Still no thread for the next meet, is there?

Supergurrier

Where do i send my CV ?

toastedpickles

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Is there something up with it? Couldn't be that bad on a cruise, I'd be expecting low-mid 30s in the 2.3.

Nope, it's better than it ever has been to be honest, it's interesting to see it go from what it was to what it is now

Big Nasty wrote: »

735 would do 30mpg motorway. That said the 520 doesn't do any better.

However the 520 avgs 22mpg urban (95% of its driving) as opposed to 15mpg in the 7er.

I'd say it wouldn't be too bad, it's something i may do sometime to see, From going from my house to monaghan and back it only used half a tank, so i'd say it was a similar distance

quadrifoglio verde

toastedpickles wrote: »

I'd be terrified to see what mine would be like on a run to cork

Would it get there :pac::P

toastedpickles

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Would it get there :pac::P

I'm sure it would, would yours? :P

quadrifoglio verde

toastedpickles wrote: »

I'm sure it would, would yours? :P

Its done 4000 miles in the last two months and has drank deck all oil....not bad for 150000 miles :cool:

I am unfortunately in diesel territory, averaging 2k miles a month:eek:

toastedpickles

It's worth it though

Chris_Heilong

So who do we ask to make a Midway meet thread?

Voodoomelon

So got to drive a 760i tonight, what an absolute hammer of a car. The sensation of endless power is dramatic; reaching ridiculous speed so quickly and not letting up at any point, in such a colossal car is dangerously addictive.

Noccy_Mondy

Answer me this, if you take a badge off a car, eg. on the boot, can it be re-applied?

GvidoR

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Answer me this, if you take a badge off a car, eg. on the boot, can it be re-applied?

Ofcourse it can, you'll just need some sort of adhesive.

Noccy_Mondy

GvidoR wrote: »

Ofcourse it can, you'll just need some sort of adhesive.

Was thinking it could, once it comes off in one piece!!

GvidoR

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Was thinking it could, once it comes off in one piece!!

Usually each letter comes off separately.

challengemaster

What kind of badge?

Usually the brand badges are held on with pins of some sort. If you mean model/engine ones, not that I'd ever want to re-badge a car, but I'd just buy new badges. DIY can very easily look crap with something like that.