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

toastedpickles

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

One of the better ideas so far :pac: Keep them coming!

A sign over your car with "random free stuff here!!!" and in tiny letters have "starting from only €10.99" :pac:

That'l definitely get them

punisher5112

Free booze may help or start giving away money.:pac:

Ded_Zebra

toastedpickles wrote: »

A sign over your car with "random free stuff here!!!" and in tiny letters have "starting from only €10.99" :pac:

That'l definitely get them

I know what will do it! Free toffee Crisps and packets of Tayto :cool:

toastedpickles

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

I know what will do it! Free toffee Crisps and packets of Tayto :cool:

There you go, job done

Simonigs1.0

So I am picking up my RCZ tomorrow evening once and for all. Can't wait!

Old diesel

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

I don't really mind the tolls. Its tax I've a problem with...

Ive a problem with the fact that everytime you go through a toll - the amount is not deducted from your next tax bill.

Would be more acceptable to have tolls imo - if you ended up getting all or some of it taken off road tax .

A rebate for any time your parked up at an airport or a railway station etc for more then a day would be nice too

Noccy_Mondy

Focus is on the road from tomorrow.... better not break down or something

toastedpickles

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Focus is on the road from tomorrow.... better not break down or something

my 900 is being started tomorrow it probably won't start but sure feck it, something else to do :pac:

MuppetCheck

Anyone looking for a 5x112 spacesaver? Have one used once for a couple of days around town. Have a full sized spare alloy now so rather than it wasting away it's free for whoever wants it.

Old diesel

Old diesel wrote: »

Ive a problem with the fact that everytime you go through a toll - the amount is not deducted from your next tax bill.

Would be more acceptable to have tolls imo - if you ended up getting all or some of it taken off road tax .

A rebate for any time your parked up at an airport or a railway station etc for more then a day would be nice too

Is the m50 toll not privately operated?
What would the logic be to offer rebates from motor tax?

Armaghmagic

My girlfriend is about to plump for a 2008 Astra SRi 1.9 CDTi 150bhp with 77,000 miles for €9,400. Anybody have any opinions on it?

colm_mcm

I drove one and couldn't believe it was 150bhp. Nothing else useful to add.

MuppetCheck

That's mad money for a 6 year old Astra, even if it is a decent engine and spec.

dgt

Armaghmagic wrote: »

My girlfriend is about to plump for a 2008 Astra SRi 1.9 CDTi 150bhp with 77,000 miles for €9,400. Anybody have any opinions on it?

I'm sure opinions will appear left right and centre, but no actual fact to back it up

Hopefully someone will come along who actually owns/had one/knows what their on about and give their version of events

ShadowHearth

Armaghmagic wrote: »

My girlfriend is about to plump for a 2008 Astra SRi 1.9 CDTi 150bhp with 77,000 miles for €9,400. Anybody have any opinions on it?

Wait what? 9400 eu for that? You can pick up OPC for 7k eu...

It does sound like mad money.

Bpmull

Was the 120 bhp version not the far more reliable version of the 1.9cdti engine. My parents had a 120 vectra for a few years and it gave no trouble although it was new. Afaik the 150 gave a good bit of injector trouble compared to the 120 bhp which had different injectors. They also gave a lot of dpf and egr trouble but then I suppose that's more done to the type of driving it does. Sorry I don't have any hard proof/ links to back up the injector claim though.

As with all them astra h's gearboxes are the major weak point. In many you'll here a kind of rough bearing noise in first quiet noticeable and then when you out it in 6th lift your foot off the accelerator and then put it down on the accelerator you will physically see the gear stick move heading for neutral although not actually going out of gear either of them would be signs the box could be on the way out.

Infairness all in there not the worst car 1.7 probably being the most reliable engine. But the 1.9 or 1.3 diesels are not particularly bad you could buy a lot worse.

joujoujou

Any safe place to park a car for an hour or two in D1?

And not too far away from here.

I have to be there Monday afternoon.

Armaghmagic

Well at the minute she is driving a 14 year old Civic and is doing drives from Cavan to Kildare twice a week so needs to ger something stronger so will still get the Astra I think.

Im looking a 2010/2011 Honda Accord 2.2 I-DTEC EX. Any views on those?

Ded_Zebra

joujoujou wrote: »

Any safe place to park a car for an hour or two in D1?

And not too far away from here.

I have to be there Monday afternoon.

Around there I would park in the Parnell centre car park. It's a bit tight but I parked there for 4 years and never had a problem

Here it is on maps

Supergurrier

Euro>>>Sterling exchange rate is pretty brutal atm

Ded_Zebra

Supergurrier wrote: »

Euro>>>Sterling exchange rate is pretty brutal atm

Yeah it is alright. I was pricing a VR4 Legnum from Belfast there the other week and was filled with the strong disappointment

bear1

Excuse my idiocy, but I was always of the thought that the weaker a currency is the more you can buy of it?
So if 1 pound last week cost 1.2e to buy and now 1.1 then you are getting more pounds for less euro no?
In that sense then buying cars from the UK should be cheaper now.
Or have I gotten that completely arse ways

advertsfox

Had to dodge a feckin wheelie bin on the N2 this morning, reports say it's been removed now - but how did it get there?!

https://twitter.com/aaroadwatch/status/508877087407898624

bear1

OSI wrote: »

The euro is getting weaker against the pound. So you're now getting less pound for your euro making things more expensive for us to buy from them.

Ah ok I thought the pound was getting weaker against the euro.
If I was thinking of buying a car from the UK then I'd be waiting after a certain vote if it's a yes then I can see the pound sliding against the euro.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

bear1 wrote: »

Ah ok I thought the pound was getting weaker against the euro.
If I was thinking of buying a car from the UK then I'd be waiting after a certain vote if it's a yes then I can see the pound sliding against the euro.

By all accounts it's looking like a close yes, but in that case I would suggest that they will be keeping the £, (or a scottish £, tied and indexed to the GBP£ - at least in the short to medium term)

bear1

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

By all accounts it's looking like a close yes, but in that case I would suggest that they will be keeping the £, (or a scottish £, tied and indexed to the GBP£ - at least in the short to medium term)

Quite possible, but I imagine that for a short time anyway the markets wont take to kindly to the pound.
As of right now 1e is 1.25gbp so the only real way of knowing is in 11 days time.

ShadowHearth

Got a phone call from one of the hotels I dropped CV off. Going to meet up on Wendsday. A chance to get proper full time job.

Chris_Heilong

OSI wrote: »

Good luck! Maybe you'll finally be able to afford a wing for the scooby

No, he does not want a spoiler, but I heard on another thread he would love to lower his car and get some over sized alloys yo.

Armaghmagic

Have this on another thread but just for those who go straight to this.......any recommendations on Car Sourcing companies??

Cleveland Hot Pocket

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057284749