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

Big Nasty

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Every car I've had has been manual but the next will be auto. It depends on the engine and certain boxes go well with certain engines. I know in my current car which is manual, the auto version (despite being rubbish) is much more common.

When did you have that epiphany dude?

Duke O Smiley

wotzgoingon wrote: »

No you do not need another car insured to have classic insurance but you can only do a certain amount of miles a year.

Yeah, you do...

wotzgoingon

CianRyan wrote: »

When asking any of the classic insurance providers they all told me I need to be 25 and have a separate daily driver too.
My car's 25 years old, the same as I'll be in October.

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Yeah, you do...

No you don't I was looking to get classic insurance on a 1991 Toyota Carina E GTI. I always thought so as well from reading here, but I met a guy with a bettle one night and I was talking to him and he said he is insured on his car as classic with no other car, so I looked into it and found out you do not need to be insured on another car. I forget who I was going with but it was a resonable quote as well.

Also GvidoR I do not know how they monitor the mileage, i was going to give them a false reading if I was going with them so i could drive more often.

wotzgoingon

OSI wrote: »

Drag them both. 2 shifts in they'll be side by side. Manual 0-60s are rarely achievable unless you consider a clutch a luxury.

Any car i have owned I was always able to get the factory time 0-100

You change gear too slow.
Ever watch Jap racing video on youtube and watch how quick they press the clutch

wotzgoingon

Yes I agree with modern autos are quicker i.e. DSG but for the car in question e39 auto the manual is quicker.

Duke O Smiley

wotzgoingon wrote: »

No you don't I was looking to get classic insurance on a 1991 Toyota Carina E GTI. I always thought so as well from reading here, but I met a guy with a bettle one night and I was talking to him and he said he is insured on his car as classic with no other car, so I looked into it and found out you do not need to be insured on another car. I forget who I was going with but it was a resonable quote as well.

Also GvidoR I do not know how they monitor the mileage, i was going to give them a false reading if I was going with them so i could drive more often.

With Axa you do. I should know. The only other insurer to my knowledge is Carole Nash.

You agree a mileage limit with the insurer. They take the current mileage of the car. If the car is in an accident a few months down the line they'll check and see if you've gone over your limit. If you have, you weren't insured.

Repeat at renewal

Big Nasty

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Yes I agree with modern autos are quicker i.e. DSG but for the car in question e39 auto the manual is quicker.

The difference, if any, would be so small that you wouldn't notice it. Well you might notice it in a 1L Micra but in a 2.5? No way.

As already mentioned modern autos tend to be quicker but then again in reality you probably wouldn't notice the difference between them either.

Foxhole Norman

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Are all the auto 335's non SMG's?

SMG me hole! Just like LSD's in BMW cars, it's only given to M cars.

Big Nasty wrote: »

When did you have that epiphany dude?

When I decided on what my next car will be :pac:

Old diesel

Okay - if one wanted to buy a new or fairly new Transit Connect or Caddy van - to run as a PRIVATE vehicle.....

Am I right in thinking - the deal is

1) Private tax - fine

2) Insurance is commercial????

3) Doe test????

I know that VAT will have to be added on to the price for a sale to a private user (shrugs shoulders - it is what it is)

Anything else im overlooking????

thoughts on the new Transit Connect greatly appreciated if anyones driven/used one

Feet are getting itchy.....

CianRyan

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

SMG me hole! Just like LSD's in BMW cars, it's only given to M cars.

I've always felt this is bad form.

Foxhole Norman

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

SMG me hole! Just like LSD's in BMW cars, it's only given to M cars.

Thats what I said :pac:

Bpmull

@old diesel It has to be cvrt (doe) tested every year from one year old regardless of whether it's taxed privately or commercially so that's 111.16 euro a year.

I'm fairly sure commercial insurance is fine once it has social domestic and pleasure which they almost all have. But you can double check that apparently insuremyvan.ie are good although I've never used them myself.

wotzgoingon

You can always fit a LSD yourself. You can buy them torsen one's are fairly good.

Foxhole Norman

wotzgoingon wrote: »

You can always fit a LSD yourself. You can buy them torsen one's are fairly good.

Quaife are pretty much the be all and end all of aftermarket Diffs.

wotzgoingon

wotzgoingon wrote: »

You can always fit a LSD yourself. You can buy them torsen one's are fairly good.

I was thinking about a Quaife but I've already put 2 grand into getting the turbos done and considering I'm definitely changing in January 2017 (all going to plan) it's a waste of 2k ish.

wotzgoingon

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

I was thinking about a Quaife but I've already put 2 grand into getting the turbos done and considering I'm definitely changing in January 2017 (all going to plan) it's a waste of 2k ish.

That is true but if you were keeping the car you have it would be well worth it.

Foxhole Norman

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

I was thinking about a Quaife but I've already put 2 grand into getting the turbos done and considering I'm definitely changing in January 2017 (all going to plan) it's a waste of 2k ish.

One of the lads put one in his 335i as I was telling you a few weeks back, completely transformed it he said. Mind you, for you, if your getting rid in a year and a bit, probably not worth it.

As another boardsie (pink muffin man) told me, I'd be better off taking LSD than buying one :pac:

The kind of driving I do wouldn't be needing one. I do get the odd rear wheel slip but I don't track the car and I don't drive as though I'm on a track............much!

CianRyan

Year and a bit of LSD action, **** it I'd do it.

wotzgoingon

CianRyan wrote: »

Year and a bit of LSD action, **** it I'd do it.

Out of curiosity is there LSD's fitted to MX5's?

Special Circumstances

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Out of curiosity is there LSD's fitted to MX5's?

There was some 1.8 version back along that had one, when most of them were 1.6. IIRC.

CianRyan

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Out of curiosity is there LSD's fitted to MX5's?

Yep, all Jap's came with either a viscous or torsion LSD.
Most UK cars have open diffs.

Old diesel

Bpmull wrote: »

@old diesel It has to be cvrt (doe) tested every year from one year old regardless of whether it's taxed privately or commercially so that's 111.16 euro a year.

I'm fairly sure commercial insurance is fine once it has social domestic and pleasure which they almost all have. But you can double check that apparently insuremyvan.ie are good although I've never used them myself.

Cheers - thank you

On the insurance - im more wondering - is it just commercial insurance you can get???.

Don't really mind having commercial insurance - just that obviously - commercial means an extra loading on the policy.

Ah - im just thinking outloud - a nice 2015 Transit Connect rolled into the yard here yesterday - we ordered something from the guy who was driving it - and he arrived with the item.

Looked nice in the white.

Seems more interesting then a *normal* car to me

mhackett102

Agree with you there @old diesel.
It nearly looks better than some new cars out there today! Can be got as a 2 or 3 seater.
Apparently they have a great engine too.

Bpmull

If size isn't an issue old diesel you can get a specced up 95bhp transit courier for several thousand cheaper than a connect and they are essentially the same just a bit smaller in the back. I was in one late last year when my dad was testing driving them and they are very nice alot of kit on them too just make sure to get the model with the extras and the 95bhp engine not 75bhp.

Old diesel

Bpmull wrote: »

If size isn't an issue old diesel you can get a specced up 95bhp transit courier for several thousand cheaper than a connect and they are essentially the same just a bit smaller in the back. I was in one late last year when my dad was testing driving them and they are very nice alot of kit on them too just make sure to get the model with the extras and the 95bhp engine not 75bhp.

IF - IF - I was to buy - the van would hardly see a load a day in its life with me* - so size not an issue

I just like the look of them.

I may not end up buying anything - I get these crazy notions from time to time - 1.2 tsi Fabia before Christmas, Transit connect now - and in another month or 3 - something else.

Foxhole Norman

One thing I've noticed from driving the Yaris again for the last week and a bit, for my driving, it's not a lot more economical than the 525, normally the 525 takes between 50-60 to fill whereas the Yaris is about 40.

Foxhole Norman

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

..... it's not a lot more economical than the 525, normally the 525 takes between 50-60 to fill whereas the Yaris is about 40.

25% to 50% more fuel
Some would call that alot.

Foxhole Norman

Augeo wrote: »

25% to 50% more fuel
Some would call that alot.

Not to me anyway

Old diesel

Old diesel wrote: »

Cheers - thank you

On the insurance - im more wondering - is it just commercial insurance you can get???.

Don't really mind having commercial insurance - just that obviously - commercial means an extra loading on the policy.

Ah - im just thinking outloud - a nice 2015 Transit Connect rolled into the yard here yesterday - we ordered something from the guy who was driving it - and he arrived with the item.

Looked nice in the white.

Seems more interesting then a *normal* car to me

Old diesel wrote: »

IF - IF - I was to buy - the van would hardly see a load a day in its life with me* - so size not an issue

I just like the look of them.

I may not end up buying anything - I get these crazy notions from time to time - 1.2 tsi Fabia before Christmas, Transit connect now - and in another month or 3 - something else.

You don't need a van and are thinking of splashing 15k plus on one ?
15k buys a lot of used car