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

NickDunne

jimgoose wrote: »

5 years, same as any other learner permit.

Cheers. Its been awhile since i've had to even think about renewing a licence

Chris_Heilong

Got the thumbs up from a guy in a red Prius today,He was beside me at the lights, my wife was confused so I gently told her "dont worry, it was for the car":D.

Stheno

Remember all my whinging about an extender pedal?

Driving in heels has solved it

I get steering feedback on the M1 but that's it, but the M1 is notorious for noise etc

h3000

So Chris Harris is selling his S4 and wrote a very honest (amusing) advert.
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/audi/s4/audi-s4-b8-terrible-bodywork-new-gearbox/4523992

ba_barabus

I finally did it!

I finally turned into Victor Meldrew this evening after some kids kicked a ball off my car :o:o

davycc

ba_barabus wrote: »

I finally did it!

I finally turned into Victor Meldrew this evening after some kids kicked a ball off my car :o:o

do you drive a rover213i?:D god damn pesky kids some need a kick up the hole alright no respect for others property:eek:

ba_barabus

davycc wrote: »

do you drive a rover213i?:D god damn pesky kids some need a kick up the hole alright no respect for others property:eek:

:o:o

One of them purposely whacked a balls off the drivers door to help him get around his mates. I got out after a second, looked at the door and turned to them to say please don't kick the ball off my car..............the apology had to be sought. THE YOOF OF TODAY

Gwynplaine

NCT Question.
Engine Management Light stays on. Will it fail NCT? All other lights go out after a few seconds.

Big Nasty

Gwynplaine wrote: »

NCT Question.
Engine Management Light stays on. Will it fail NCT? All other lights go out after a few seconds.

No.

dr.fuzzenstein

jimgoose wrote: »

Du lieber Himmel! Der Fattenbasterden Englander hast sheissered all overen mein Motorenfabrik Oberursel Focke-Wulfe Mercedesbenzenwagen!!

Must be a dialect I'm not familiar with...

Gwynplaine

Big Nasty wrote: »

No.

Are you certain of this? It's not in the 2014 NCT manual, most of the other lights are. Hope it hasn't come in recently, as they are getting more and more strict on the test these days.
Need to get NCT done ASAP, as insurance is out next week.

Big Nasty

Big Nasty wrote: »

No.

Are you sure? I thought any illuminated dash light (that shouldn't be illuminated) was a fail?

Big Nasty

The EML light itself is not a fail.

What's causing the light to come on in the first place could well lead to a fail, e.g. emissions.

dr.fuzzenstein

Gwynplaine wrote: »

Are you certain of this? It's not in the 2014 NCT manual, most of the other lights are. Hope it hasn't come in recently, as they are getting more and more strict on the test these days.
Need to get NCT done ASAP, as insurance is out next week.

Since when has any insurance number cared for NCT? I'm with NoNonsense and they automatically renew my cover (they just send a new disc and it's direct debit as usual, been working like that for years) and they never asked me for proof of NCT. Once bought a car with no NCT, transferred my insurance, sold it again, transferred insurance back to my old car, never a question about NCT.

Supergurrier

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Since when has any insurance number cared for NCT? I'm with NoNonsense and they automatically renew my cover (they just send a new disc and it's direct debit as usual, been working like that for years) and they never asked me for proof of NCT. Once bought a car with no NCT, transferred my insurance, sold it again, transferred insurance back to my old car, never a question about NCT.

All dandy until you crash

dr.fuzzenstein

jimgoose wrote: »

Du lieber Himmel! Der Fattenbasterden Englander hast sheissered all overen mein Motorenfabrik Oberursel Focke-Wulfe Mercedesbenzenwagen!!

This is so funny, i have to quote it again!
Considering dropping the FSM and make this my Sig.

Stheno

Big Nasty wrote: »

The EML light itself is not a fail.

What's causing the light to come on in the first place could well lead to a fail, e.g. emissions.

If it's a diesel they won't do the engine test once they see the light is on
it's about ten pages into the manual

If it's a petrol they will

Duke O Smiley

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Since when has any insurance number cared for NCT? I'm with NoNonsense and they automatically renew my cover (they just send a new disc and it's direct debit as usual, been working like that for years) and they never asked me for proof of NCT. Once bought a car with no NCT, transferred my insurance, sold it again, transferred insurance back to my old car, never a question about NCT.

Axa asked for proof of NCT this year on my Corolla. Something to do with its age

Marcusm

Stheno wrote: »

Remember all my whinging about an extender pedal?

Driving in heels has solved it

I get steering feedback on the M1 but that's it, but the M1 is notorious for noise etc

The excess wear on your heels might be more expensive than the pedal extender.

Pov06

Bought some Rain X and applied it to half of the windshield. Waiting for some rain now...

toastedpickles

Pov06 wrote: »

Bought some Rain X and applied it to half of the windshield. Waiting for some rain now...

Wait till you see now, it wont rain for the next month :pac:

Pov06

toastedpickles wrote: »

Wait till you see now, it wont rain for the next month :pac:

I wouldn't be surprised. Gonna empty a bottle of water onto the windscreen through the side window and see if it works then :P

toastedpickles

Pov06 wrote: »

I wouldn't be surprised. Gonna empty a bottle of water onto the windscreen through the side window and see if it works then :P

Haha good idea :P I'm in two minds if i should clean mine, far too much car for such little materials

Hal1

Rain forecast for tonight and tomorrow. I might wait till monday myself.

Interslice

This focus is an absolute miser on diesel as they say. Getting 52 MPG out of it.

GvidoR

I have never known the actual MPG on any of my cars. None of them have had those displays to tell me nor have I ever filled it up to the max driven a certain amount of miles, filled up again and done some math.

I'm getting about 120km for €10 on the Punto right now. Roughly. That's all I know.

wotzgoingon

GvidoR wrote: »

I have never known the actual MPG on any of my cars. None of them have had those displays to tell me nor have I ever filled it up to the max driven a certain amount of miles, filled up again and done some math.

I'm getting about 120km for €10 on the Punto right now. Roughly. That's all I know.

Your the same as me. I never filled the tank, don't have the money anyway. I get roughly 120 miles to €30.

dr.fuzzenstein

Pov06 wrote: »

Bought some Rain X and applied it to half of the windshield. Waiting for some rain now...

There's a plan it that!
I noticed that every time I buy anything for the garden, parasol, trampoline, chairs, benches, hammock, it rains because it angers the weather gods.
So maybe the opposite is true also.
If every single person put RainX on their windscreen, it might never rain again.
But even better, we cover the entire country in RainX!

Supergurrier

MPG is over rated

Interslice

Supergurrier wrote: »

MPG is over rated

Its some consolation. Money saved to fix the other yolk.