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

Noccy_Mondy

Family member is retiring after 40 years in social welfare. Supposedly George Clooney is in Ireland, and they got him to write her a card. Lovely card he wrote, poem and all on it, and best wishes. He even sprayed some of his aftershave on it! She was over the moon. Fair play to the chap!

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Sobanek wrote: »

What baffles me is who said a 4dr saloon can be a hearse???

This is Ireland. Rules are only for people who don't know the right people.

Sure it's a hearse? Not an "island car" or something? TBH 530d should have its own tax classification - I'd say the majority of them are owned by fiddlers and diddlers. 2.0 on log book...

Bpmull

Deleted User wrote: »

I know it's sheer laziness on my part, but I only just checked the oil in the car the other day (wednesday). Wasn't even planning on doing it. Was topping up the washer fluid when i decided to do it to kill a bit of time.


There was a slight little dribble of oil (if you could even describe it as that) at the very, very bottom of the dip stick. I'd say it covered about 3-4mm on the dipstick (way below the 'low' mark). I was shocked.

Car had shown no signs of needing anything. Wasn't over heating, no strange noises, bonnet area didn't even seem particularly warm after a drive.

I had 1 litre left of the 5 litre bottle of oil i had there, so I threw that in to it. The car (Mk1 Focus estate) takes about 4 litres in total. Haven't really been in the car since, but have a lengthy drive ahead of me tomorrow, so gonna fly over to Halfords and fire a bottle of their generic 5w30 into it (the 5w30 in it already is castrol, but i don't think mixing them really matters, does it?).


In fairness to the car, in the last six months it's done just above 13,000km I'd say, and not a whimper out of it. A fair ould goer!

After 13k km that's not too bad it's an older car there was always a chance of it burning a reasonable amount of oil and a litre ish over 13k is nothing to worry about. Althought ideally don't let it run below min next time. Your a brave man not to dip it for oil for so long

dgt

6am post on a Sunday? Were you coming home from the pub

Noccy_Mondy

dgt wrote:

6am post on a Sunday? Were you coming home from the pub

He was the designated driver again. Any more sick in the back of the megane to report bp? :P

GvidoR

Saw a Merc estate on DoneDeal taxed as a hearse a little while back. I have a feeling there will be more and more hearses driving around. :P

frozenfrozen

would a guard not laugh in your face at a checkpoint if you had hearse tax on a normal car?

joujoujou

frozenfrozen wrote: »

would a guard not laugh in your face at a checkpoint if you had hearse tax on a normal car?

If you have a coffin in a boot - no.

Bpmull

dgt wrote: »

6am post on a Sunday? Were you coming home from the pub

I wish

No was heading to work I start at 7am every morning to 7pm. I was also lucky enough to get to work Thursday, Friday sat, today and tomorrow that's one way to ruin a bank holiday weekend.

Colser

Could anyone here help with this problem please..Not my car btw..My friend has a 07 2l Mondeo and when he turns on the wipers they wont go off unless he pulls over and disconnects something (r11),hes heading to France next week so trying to sort it out before he goes (asked me to ask on here so sorry for the lack of details)

Noccy_Mondy

Is it a mk3 or mk4? Fault in the connection along the line somewhere I'd say.

Colser

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Is it a mk3 or mk4? Fault in the connection along the line somewhere I'd say.

Its a mk4..

wotzgoingon

Two nice whips.

http://s-chassis.com.au/blend-in-or-stand-out/

Interslice

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Two nice whips.

http://s-chassis.com.au/blend-in-or-stand-out/

Nice but the wheels are gack lookin, bar the rotas on the front of the S14.

Alanstrainor

Went for a blast up the hills this afternoon. Bloody gorgeous out. Enniskerry, up to Glencree and on to the Sally Gap and take the right towards Blessington. And then take the n81 for a short while before taking the back roads to Firhouse and off home.

Brakes are amazing, engine pulls like a train and sounds great. Not a bad Sunday afternoon.

And a quick pic from my phone:

Noccy_Mondy

Them coupes still have it for a 14 year old car!

Was that spoiler always on it?

quadrifoglio verde

Of all the places to pull in and take a photo on that road you chose the worst one for some scenery.

GvidoR

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Them coupes still have it for a 14 year old car!

I don't like the stereotype or whatever you want to call it, just because a car is xx years old, it's a miracle of some sort that it still looks good.

mhackett102

Hate having cars for sale on donedeal. Just put a car up and I already hate the idea of strangers in around the house and, more than likely, wanting the car for half of its asking price.

GvidoR

mhackett102 wrote: »

Hate having cars for sale on donedeal. Just put a car up and I already hate the idea of strangers in around the house and, more than likely, wanting the car for half of its asking price.

Meet them in a car park, bring the log book and a pen with you. You don't need to let them into the house.

Asmooh

got some new wheels 'yo

mhackett102

GvidoR wrote: »

Meet them in a car park, bring the log book and a pen with you. You don't need to let them into the house.

True. Anything I've ever sold on donedeal, I always let the buyer come to the house and there was never any problems. But with all these "horror stories" that you'd hear, it would really put you off even advertising online.

Something really puts me off meeting people in carparks. Maybe its because the last car I viewed was in an abandoned car park and the car was very dodgy.

GvidoR

mhackett102 wrote: »

True. Anything I've ever sold on donedeal, I always let the buyer come to the house and there was never any problems. But with all these "horror stories" that you'd hear, it would really put you off even advertising online.

Something really puts me off meeting people in carparks. Maybe its because the last car I viewed was in an abandoned car park and the car was very dodgy.

The only car I sold at the house was my Punto, because, well...

Duke O Smiley

Meet in a carpark, get the ****e kicked out of ye and your car taken.

I'll take my chances at home and with my hurl beside the front door

wotzgoingon

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Meet in a carpark, get the ****e kicked out of ye and your car taken.

I'll take my chances at home and with my hurl beside the front door

What no double barrel shotgun? :pac:

Bpmull

I hate selling cars on donedeal myself. But out of the 3 ive sold they were always first to see bought them no real real messers or chancers so I was lucky. Especially with the golf I literally couldn't of sold it too a nicer guy if I had tried he was sound out out a large deposit on the car let me keep it for a week to get sorted no messing around whatsoever. His biggest fear was that I would sell it to someone else he really loved the car.

Duke O Smiley

wotzgoingon wrote: »

What no double barrel shotgun? :pac:

We're talking north co. Dublin here....think more along the lines of a sawn off :pac:

mhackett102

Bpmull wrote: »

I hate selling cars on donedeal myself. But out of the 3 ive sold they were always first to see bought them no real real messers or chancers so I was lucky. Especially with the golf I literally couldn't of sold it too a nicer guy if I had tried he was sound out out a large deposit on the car let me keep it for a week to get sorted no messing around whatsoever. His biggest fear was that I would sell it to someone else he really loved the car.

My parents old car was sold to its second viewer. First guy was a complete waster, called us after asking how does the air-con work (he was gone test driving ANOTHER car and asked us how to work the controls!!). The second guy was from Kilkenny and bought it. Really nice guy and was a good to see it going to a good home.. Or we thought it was..

Seen it on donedeal 2 years after we sold it and it had no tax, no nct, in a shocking state and had lost 30k miles from when we sold it :pac:

Autosport

ba_barabus wrote: »

Anyone know if there is an Italian car run near Newry? I've been passed by some tasty cars on the M1

The NI Italian meet was on

quadrifoglio verde

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

We're talking north co. Dublin here....think more along the lines of a sawn off :pac:

Dont tar all of the northside with the finglas brush.