********Motors Chat - Round 8 ********

jimgoose

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

You can put the car's registration into CarsIreland Advertising section here http://www.carsireland.ie/add.php

"Look Up Reg" will tell you.

By Jove that's handy, isn't it!

Foxhole Norman

jimgoose wrote: »

By Jove that's handy, isn't it!

Tis feckin' quare handy alright!

Gavman84

Doesnt have details for my car...All in order tho your honor!

Foxhole Norman

Can anyone recommend an auto electrician to take a look at Parking Sensors in Cork? I've replaced all the faulty ones but there's a wiring/earthing error that I'm not sure where to go with.

Bpmull

Thanks FN very handy trick there.

Damn loaner car still hasn't been taxed not even sure if I should follow it up or not as I will hopefully not have it too much longer Id be just worried about get a ticket on it.

Foxhole Norman

Bpmull wrote: »

Thanks FN very handy trick there.

Damn loaner car still hasn't been taxed not even sure if I should follow it up or not as I will hopefully not have it too much longer Id be just worried about get a ticket on it.

Why worry about a ticket on a loaner? It'll all come back to the dealer, not you!

Bpmull

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Why worry about a ticket on a loaner? It'll all come back to the dealer, not you!

But does a ticket from a traffic warden not just get stuck to the windscreen and go to no one or do they also send it to the registered owner.

Foxhole Norman

Bpmull wrote: »

But does a ticket from a traffic warden not just get stuck to the windscreen and go to no one or do they also send it to the registered owner.

Registered owner, sure if it went nowhere no one would pay them!

Mycroft H

Anybody in the know of any jobs going? Car related? Kinda getting sick of working nights

Bpmull

Mycroft H wrote: »

Anybody in the know of any jobs going? Car related? Kinda getting sick of working nights

Are nissan still doing interviews for all them apprenticeship jobs I wonder.

Bpmull

So I tried out this speed limiter again. I tried it last week and forgot it was on and then tried to accelerate hard of a roundabout and couldn't figure out why the speed wasn't increasing :pac:

Anyway tried it on a 50kmh stretch that's gaurds are always checking speed on as it has a steep downhill part anyway it worked well still allows you to slow doen and speed up just not over the set speed. Could be handy sometimes but not exactly a key feature like cruise control and a/c.

MuppetCheck

Bpmull wrote: »

So I tried out this speed limiter again. I tried it last week and forgot it was on and then tried to accelerate hard of a roundabout and couldn't figure out why the speed wasn't increasing :pac:

Anyway tried it on a 50kmh stretch that's gaurds are always checking speed on as it has a steep downhill part anyway it worked well still allows you to slow doen and speed up just not over the set speed. Could be handy sometimes but not exactly a key feature like cruise control and a/c.

Sounds like a dangerous feature tbh. If you had to speed up quickly to avoid a danger you're goosed.

JoeA3

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Sounds like a dangerous feature tbh. If you had to speed up quickly to avoid a danger you're goosed.

I think there's one like this in the MK7 Golf (I've never used it) but the accelerator has 2 stages. If you floor the accelerator and go past a noticeable "click", then if overrides the set limiter.

Bpmull

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Sounds like a dangerous feature tbh. If you had to speed up quickly to avoid a danger you're goosed.

If you floor it it's suppose to override it but on this car it seems a bit slow to do that or maybe I wasnt pushing the accelerator down enough I must try again and see how long it takes if I deliberately try to get it to override.

Kind of funny really as the megane 3 achieved the highest score ever In euro Ncap when it was tested in 2008 it got a full 37 out of 37 in crash tests never achieved before then.

Old diesel

How accurate is the features section on that cars Ireland thing - Corolla has ABS - Cars Ireland left that box unticked.

Im assuming its basing the spec on the 97/98 specs????

Bpmull

OSI wrote: »

I don't think they had the "Oh **** I'm not gonna brake in time, better floor it clear" test back then though.

I must try it again to see if you floor it how long does it take for the car to over rude the limiter and actually accelerate. My dads golf has it but the way he drive it's not a feature he'd ever want to use.

Foxhole Norman

Drivers side fog is blown again, any idea what might be causing it?

Supergurrier

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Drivers side fog is blown again, any idea what might be causing it?

No idea Lid :pac::pac:

Bpmull

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Drivers side fog is blown again, any idea what might be causing it?

Are they uprated bulbs like nightbreakers as they can blow quicker than normally bulbs maybe try a standard philips or Osram bulb and see how you get on or is the light coloured.

Alanstrainor

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Drivers side fog is blown again, any idea what might be causing it?

Is the connection loose/finicky? My drivers side headlight is like that. Must buy a replacement connector for it. It will appear as blown on the dash, but if you fiddle around with the housing it will come on and work for months.

MuppetCheck

JoeA3 wrote: »

I think there's one like this in the MK7 Golf (I've never used it) but the accelerator has 2 stages. If you floor the accelerator and go past a noticeable "click", then if overrides the set limiter.

I must try it later and see what happens.

Learned the other day that the cruise set up has changed on mine. Anytime the clutch was pressed it cancelled like on any VAG I've had before. Not now...you can change gear and everything now. Got some fright coming up to a roundabout the other day. The Opel I had caught me out like that too but nothing was mentioned after the last service.

eringobragh

The perils of MR2 ownership ...about as predictable as a woman's mood! :P...yet I keep coming back for more :cool: over-corrected snap oversteer off the Kirwan roundabout Galway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6nG_VQcXto

wotzgoingon

fúckin ****.

eringobragh

wotzgoingon wrote: »

fúckin ****.

Not sure how I managed it but I hurt my thumb trying to straighten the car...hence the fooken cnut

Was coasting along nicely before it decided to kick out on me

Foxhole Norman

Supergurrier wrote: »

No idea Lid :pac::pac:

Feck off you so bai :pac:

Bpmull wrote: »

Are they uprated bulbs like nightbreakers as they can blow quicker than normally bulbs maybe try a standard philips or Osram bulb and see how you get on or is the light coloured.

I only replaced both of them with Halford's generic ones, will put the spare passenger side in for now.

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Is the connection loose/finicky? My drivers side headlight is like that. Must buy a replacement connector for it. It will appear as blown on the dash, but if you fiddle around with the housing it will come on and work for months.

Connections are all solid. Funny enough, I don't get a blown lamp indicator for the fogs for some reason.

wotzgoingon

eringobragh wrote: »

Not sure how I managed it but I hurt my thumb trying to straighten the car...hence the fooken cnut

Was coasting along nicely before it decided to kick out on me

Have you a LSD in that car?

If it's a normal diff I don't know how it kicked like that.
You were also lucky traffic was light at the time as that road can be fairly busy at times.

eringobragh

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Have you a LSD in that car?

If it's a normal diff I don't know how it kicked like that.
You were also lucky traffic was light at the time as that road can be fairly busy at times.

no LSD just an open diff - I'm pretty sure there was gravel and wet conditions - but I asn't hoofing it - either way I'm sure the driver of the Golf was as worried as I was :pac:

Special Circumstances

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Sounds like a dangerous feature tbh. If you had to speed up quickly to avoid a danger you're goosed.

Shpeeeeed kiiiiillllsss WooOoooo!
So does the high rpms WooOoooo!
And the cee oh twoooOoooo!

Did I get a sufficient amount of doom and fear into that?

Stheno

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Shpeeeeed kiiiiillllsss WooOoooo!
So does the high rpms WooOoooo!
And the cee oh twoooOoooo!

Did I get a sufficient amount of doom and fear into that?

No :pac:

Special Circumstances

Stheno wrote: »

No :pac: