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

Dartz

dgt wrote: »

I found a wall of black smoke worked a treat....

You don't be up my neck of the woods, no?

Depends on if your neck of the woods involves the N3 near Blanchardstown.


It's rare for me to take it on the work commute. I needed to do something afterwards which meant I brought it out for a daytrip to the office. I also realised I left the engine cover in the boot after the weekend.

colm_mcm

Special Circumstances

RandomAccess wrote: »

Finally saw the new Nissan Pulsar in the metal and its a very handsome car.
I reckon they might sell quite a few of those.

General auris/ceed/i30 buzz about it. Looks fine, inoffensive. Handsome might be an exaggeration, but thank jeebus it's not another tiida. White suits it (genuinely, not in a hurhur white goods hurhur way), dark wine look very boring.

ba_barabus

Just had a lovely interaction with a delivery truck who had a narrow road blocked with the ramp. Asked him if he'd lift it and he told me to drive over it. I told him I couldn't as the car was too low and I'd damage my sills. Q torrent of abuse from him and another guy helping him. He was in the process of lifting it then decided when his other mate told him not to to lift it half way and leave it. Finally saw sense and after more f""cking let me pass.

I should point out the ramp was at an angle and not flat to the ground

Dartz

I'm sure that drift looked awesome to whoever that was on the slip road behind me, but I genuinely didn't mean to do it and was bricking it the entire time...

YbFocus

Dartz wrote: »

I'm sure that drift looked awesome to whoever that was on the slip road behind me, but I genuinely didn't mean to do it and was bricking it the entire time...

POOOWWWEEERRR

Chris_Heilong

NCT in a few hours lads:eek:

YbFocus

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

NCT in a few hours lads:eek:

Best of luck man, the 530's is next Wednesday!
She might just break 200,000 miles before it

joujoujou

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

NCT in a few hours lads:eek:

Fingers crossed.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Tried booking my NCT for the Z, finally (LOL)
First date was 18/1/2015

YbFocus

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Tried booking my NCT for the Z, finally (LOL)
First date was 18/1/2015

Ring them!

joujoujou

When it's due?

Cleveland Hot Pocket

YbFocus wrote: »

Ring them!

Nah, suits me grand lol.

joujoujou wrote: »

When it's due?

July 2013

joujoujou

Lol.

Dord

Ah well, better late than never.

Chris_Heilong

Well. i am waiting here now. As long as it fails ob something sesible i dont mind. i have a letter from toyota listing the xenons as standard so hope they read it.

CianRyan

Do xenons fail NCT?

Chris_Heilong

Passed.

YbFocus

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Passed.

Yay

toastedpickles

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Passed.

Excellent show

A round of port for everyone!

:pac:

Stheno

The floods around my area are dreadful

toastedpickles

toastedpickles wrote: »

Excellent show

A round of port for everyone!

:pac:

Jolly good!

Cubans for all too!

Simonigs1.0

Stheno wrote: »

The floods around my area are dreadful

Its been dreadful, work sites are pretty much flooded and I have a massive Landcruiser to hoon about them in.

dgt

Dartz wrote: »

I'm sure that drift looked awesome to whoever that was on the slip road behind me, but I genuinely didn't mean to do it and was bricking it the entire time...

You get used to it. You need a welded diff....

I encountered spilled diesel near a very wet roundabout yesterday. Trouser tingingly terrifying

punisher5112

CianRyan wrote: »

Do xenons fail NCT?

yes unless lights have washer jet and auto level lights.

I had to take mine out will miss the light difference.

davycc

Had a surreal experience today when I was walking up Ashbourne main street, heard a sexy supercharged engine humming away and when I turned to see where the music was coming from it was:

A beat up old e36 compact which was a shade of rusty silver :-)

Bizarre as fook but fairplay to the owner for thinking outside the box!

Chris_Heilong

CianRyan wrote: »

Do xenons fail NCT?

They will if they dont have auto leveling and washers unless you can prove that they came from factory without those, the rule has been in for a few years but it was from Feb this year that they started to enforce it.

You are also are not allowed have coilovers, after market seats or a non OEM steering wheel without a engineers report to say they are safe, dont know when they will start enforcing that but I have heard a few lads failing because of it.

Stheno

Simonigs1.0 wrote: »

Its been dreadful, work sites are pretty much flooded and I have a massive Landcruiser to hoon about them in.

I had a heart attack earlier when the low sprung car in front of me had water up to the bumpers

colm_mcm

Looking at watchdog now,the new 1.2 fiat 500s can't go up hills!

quadrifoglio verde

God help any poor bastard trying to get into DUNDRUM tonight for the early sale. Traffic all the way back to the 500 m sign on the m50 and only 10 spaces in the green car park.