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

rocky

From the NCT Fines thread

rocky wrote: »

My NCT is due April 2015, booked last night for next Monday Oct 20th.

Passed, NCT valid till Oct 2016 :cool:

Didn't give it an Italian tuneup or anything, in and out in 25 mins.

Foxhole Norman

Anyone have any idea how much it would cost to get a new key cut and coded to the car from BMW? Is there a better option for a new key?

rocky

For an E60, the key was 188 euro in Barry Motors Galway.
Autokey wanted 220

Easy to code to the car yourself.

rocky

Should I have got a second page with results, if you pass NCT? tester only gave the first page...

Foxhole Norman

rocky wrote: »

For an E60, the key was 188 euro in Barry Motors Galway.
Autokey wanted 220

Easy to code to the car yourself.

It'd be a diamond style key for an E39, mine only came with on remote key and another for the locks/ignition only.

YbFocus

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Anyone have any idea how much it would cost to get a new key cut and coded to the car from BMW? Is there a better option for a new key?

I got a key from bmw for 165 dead. They were the cheapest by far man

Edit: Mine is the old diamond type also, think they kept them for a while for the e60.

Dord

Ordered some new bulbs for the Panda from powerbulbs.com - Philips Xtremevision headlight and Silvervision Indicator. Should be a lot better than the stock ones.

Veloce

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Any 350z owners with a thing for detailing on here??

Stheno, just having a tim Hortons coffee, better than I remembered. No donuts to be seen though.

I do a bit on my own 350z. I have an Autoglym Concours kit. She does polish up very well.

ShaunieVW

Been giving a 2010 megane estate as a rental while my own id getting paint. What an awful awful awful car.

Fred Swanson

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nd

first time I've seen a Nurburgring sticker on a Galaxy.

GvidoR

Not exactly a Galaxy, but close enough...

CianRyan

Nothing beats sneaking out of the workshop of a Yorkie in the sun. :cool:

Donnelly117

CianRyan wrote: »

Nothing beats sneaking out of the workshop of a Yorkie in the sun. :cool:

Where did you find sun??? :O

dgt

Donnelly117 wrote: »

Where did you find sun??? :O

Its sunny here





And the wind would cut your balls in two

Fred Swanson

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Cleveland Hot Pocket

nd wrote: »

first time I've seen a Nurburgring sticker on a Galaxy.

Here's a ford galaxie at the nurburgring

dgt

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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The walk will do you good

dgt

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Here's a ford galaxie at the nurburgring

A real Galaxie

That other yoke is a Galaxative

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Saw a 142 new ford galaxy on the m50 the other day - can't believe they still sell that same model. Awful yoke altogether imo

CianRyan

Donnelly117 wrote: »

Where did you find sun??? :O

We had a bit in Tallaght at lunch time.
Sheltered from the wind on the balcony too.

Not a good start to the week for the boys in blue

ugglasdav

Seen this on saturday morning at half 7 in the morning on the m50, some clown in a combo van sitting feet away from a fairly big truck, he was either trying to save fuel or avoid toll as it was just before the toll, stayed this distance behind the truck the whole way through it

Cleveland Hot Pocket

avoiding toll like that won't work as there's cameras both directions now the last few years

wotzgoingon

ugglasdav wrote: »

Seen this on saturday morning at half 7 in the morning on the m50, some clown in a combo van sitting feet away from a fairly big truck, he was either trying to save fuel or avoid toll as it was just before the toll, stayed this distance behind the truck the whole way through it

I drive like that everyday.

Brian

ugglasdav wrote: »

Seen this on saturday morning at half 7 in the morning on the m50, some clown in a combo van sitting feet away from a fairly big truck, he was either trying to save fuel or avoid toll as it was just before the toll, stayed this distance behind the truck the whole way through it

http://i59.tinypic.com/2hfnmrt.jpg

Mythbusters did a segment on that driving style. It does improve your MPG quite a bit but it's incredibly dangerous. No vision and no reaction time.

Fat Nav

ugglasdav wrote: »

Seen this on saturday morning at half 7 in the morning on the m50, some clown in a combo van sitting feet away from a fairly big truck, he was either trying to save fuel or avoid toll as it was just before the toll, stayed this distance behind the truck the whole way through it

A few of those cranes tow a van behind them on a "A bar" so they can leave the crane on site and drive the van home

toastedpickles

Fat Nav wrote: »

A few of those cranes tow a van behind them on a "A bar" so they can leave the crane on site and drive the van home

Yeah i seen the same crane, he was towing the van along

Ded_Zebra

Transferred the insurance to the 166 this morning. Only €265 more than the Primera. I would consider that fairly good I love my 166. That's all I have to say about it


In other news, we (as in my family) have been plagued with mechanical issues recently. First it was the clutch master cylinder on the Punto, then the power steering pump on the 166, then today the CLK wouldn't start… 5l of petrol sorted it out though :pac::o. That means that I officially won the red light game. I was the last to drive it and it was running fine when I got it home :pac:

These problems came up all together after not having one problem with any of the cars since the clutch went on my Levin back in March. All 7 cars that are on the road had no problems in that time until now. Funny how things come in groups like that.

dgt

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Transferred the insurance to the 166 this morning. Only €265 more than the Primera. I would consider that fairly good I love my 166. That's all I have to say about it


In other news, we (as in my family) have been plagued with mechanical issues recently. First it was the clutch master cylinder on the Punto, then the power steering pump on the 166, then today the CLK wouldn't start… 5l of petrol sorted it out though :pac::o. That means that I officially won the red light game. I was the last to drive it and it was running fine when I got it home :pac:

These problems came up all together after not having one problem with any of the cars since the clutch went on my Levin back in March. All 7 cars that are on the road had no problems in that time until now. Funny how things come in groups like that.

Absolutely delighted you're delighted :D:D

Pity about that f*ckin pump though....