*******Motors Chat - Round 7*******

ShadowHearth

ba_barabus wrote: »

What a **** day. Crashed my partners car at lunch time. Spun out on black ice on a bridge. Thought I was going over into a river at the time but stopped just short. Fceking roads aren't salted up north.

Jaysus m8, at least you are still in one piece and not wet.

Bpmull

Cold and icy in kilkenny tonight.

Sobanek

Cold and icy in Kildare too.

Combine that with RWD and a V12 and you get fun :pac:

Supergurrier

Im too busy getting drunk to give a ****e about the weather

dgt

Sobanek wrote: »

Cold and icy in Kildare too.

Combine that with RWD and a V12 and you get fun :pac:

Come back to me when you have it straight piped, hydro'd and welded

YbFocus

Got my engine Christmas present from my friend today, stripped it down and found what was wrong.
I'll do a bit in the something i did thread but i think a project thread may be in order for the birth of a drift car

Bpmull

Bpmull wrote: »

Cold and icy in kilkenny tonight. ...

Mild enough now in Cork, backroads are fine and all.

Simonigs1.0

Pretty bad here in south Dublin

Noccy_Mondy

Cold enough, but cloudy here, not freezing. Ice stretches on the back roads have actually started to melt in the past few hours.

Noccy_Mondy

Trying to book my NCT online, just to see if there is any close enough dates (rang 3 weeks ago, and they said they'd text a date back to me within 10 days, so far nada.) Couldn't be bothered looking for my log book with date of first registration, so I put in what I thought was the date, now they've "locked the registration" and please call X number. Ah bejaysus :mad:

YbFocus

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Trying to book my NCT online, just to see if there is any close enough dates (rang 3 weeks ago, and they said they'd text a date back to me within 10 days, so far nada.) Couldn't be bothered looking for my log book with date of first registration, so I put in what I thought was the date, now they've "locked the registration" and please call X number. Ah bejaysus :mad:

For future reference Noccy, the day and month your nct expires plus the year of production will give you the registration date

toastedpickles

Does it? That's really fcuked my head up trying to add that up

also I'll be getting the other saab in the coming week

Noccy_Mondy

YbFocus wrote: »

For future reference Noccy, the day and month your nct expires plus the year of production will give you the registration date

Ya that's what I put in. It's out the 31 of January, but nope...

Stheno

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Trying to book my NCT online, just to see if there is any close enough dates (rang 3 weeks ago, and they said they'd text a date back to me within 10 days, so far nada.) Couldn't be bothered looking for my log book with date of first registration, so I put in what I thought was the date, now they've "locked the registration" and please call X number. Ah bejaysus :mad:

There are a pile of appointments available in most of the dublin centres on Jan 12

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Ya that's what I put in. It's out the 32 of January, but nope...

eh?

YbFocus

toastedpickles wrote: »

Does it? That's really fcuked my head up trying to add that up

also I'll be getting the other saab in the coming week

Brilliant news on the saab!!
It's always worked for me as the nct runs off the registration date of the car!

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Ya that's what I put in. It's out the 32 of January, but nope...

The 32nd

Noccy_Mondy

Stheno wrote: »

There are a pile of appointments available in most of the dublin centres on Jan 12



eh?

Some of ye are too quick to spot things :P

I'll be dammed if I'm going all the way to Dublin to do the NCT!

Noccy_Mondy

Actually it's out the 30th, my bad

Stheno

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Some of ye are too quick to spot things :P

I'll be dammed if I'm going all the way to Dublin to do the NCT!

DUH should have checked location

I was just trying to be helpful, would you like me to check dates in Castlebar for you now?

Hmm there is no castlebar, where in the wesht do you do your nct?

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

Brilliant news on the saab!!
It's always worked for me as the nct runs off the registration date of the car!



The 32nd

Very much so I'm gona go have a chat with my mechanic tomorrow, and see what happens, a lot of people are saying its just condensation but I dunno anyways my car should it need it is going in for a rear crank oil seal anyways so the gearbox is coming out one way or another

Noccy_Mondy

Stheno wrote: »

DUH should have checked location

I was just trying to be helpful, would you like me to check dates in Castlebar for you now?

Thanks

No Castlerea would be the prefered one, if you don't mind.

Stheno

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Thanks

No Castlerea would be the prefered one, if you don't mind.

6th Jan at 8:40 am or 12th Jan at 8 or 8:30 am.

Ring asap in the morning

Noccy_Mondy

Stheno wrote: »

6th Jan at 8:40 am or 12th Jan at 8 or 8:30 am.

Ring asap in the morning

Either of them would be perfect! Cheers. Will try to get onto them early.

Stheno

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Either of them would be perfect! Cheers. Will try to get onto them early.

Good luck

YbFocus

toastedpickles wrote: »

Very much so I'm gona go have a chat with my mechanic tomorrow, and see what happens, a lot of people are saying its just condensation but I dunno anyways my car should it need it is going in for a rear crank oil seal anyways so the gearbox is coming out one way or another

Hmm and who said it first

The astra uses a drop of coolant, probably a couple of litres a month, can't find a leak but it appears fine.
I'll live and not worry until it really shows signs it's giving in.
I only done the head on that about 6 months ago though!

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

Hmm and who said it first

The astra uses a drop of coolant, probably a couple of litres a month, can't find a leak but it appears fine.
I'll live and not worry until it really shows signs it's giving in.
I only done the head on that about 6 months ago though!

I wonder :P

Mine has been behaving itself as of late, but when i was going up and down to work there last week or so, i was going through 5l bottles like no ones business, I would do the head myself, but I know absolutely 0 about it, and setting it up properly and so on, if anything i'd make it worse

Stheno

Anyone know if the motor tax office in Smithfield is open the next few days?

joujoujou

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

[...] Castlerea would be the prefered one, [...]

My favourite test centre.

Noccy_Mondy

joujoujou wrote: »

My favourite test centre.

Oh yeah? I find all the staff to be dícks....

Stheno

joujoujou wrote: »

My favourite test centre.

I have a love of Deansgrange dunno why

joujoujou

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Oh yeah? I find all the staff to be dícks....

Oh yeah. Never had any problem with them. :cool:

And funny thing - I had their "wows" recorded (dashcam footage) over my car's mods last time I NCT'd it. One tester called another to show him interior and boot. I LOLed when I watched a movie after the test.

Stheno wrote: »

I have a love of Deansgrange dunno why

Never been there.