*********Motors Chat - Round 9 *********

CIP4

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

A guy in my class had a baby in 6th year :pac:

Only one. I would of went to one of the less prestigious secondary schools should I say (not that it made any difference leaving cert is leaving cert) but anyway I'm not long turned 21 and 1/3 of my class at least haves kids and 3 are married and it was a class of under 30 :eek: I honestly could not imagine being married at my age mad stuff altogether.

Autosport

House of cars on bbc2 now

wotzgoingon

CIP4 wrote: »

I'm not long turned 21

I wish I was 21 again. Few more days and I will be 31. What have I done since I was 21, straight answer nothing.

Noccy_Mondy

CIP4 wrote:

New A6 and teachers complain about bad wages ah unfairness you generally get a good mix of cars outside any schools. You sometimes get the students that have the better cars than the teachers.

That's the exception though, think the OH has some serious job.

It's only the older teachers that have the decent cars, young ones can't afford shyt. Some of the old ones on the higher scales change their car every year or so, brand new ones each time.

GvidoR

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I wish I was 21 again. Few more days and I will be 31. What have I done since I was 21, straight answer nothing.

Sounds like it's time to pick up hockey.

CIP4

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I wish I was 21 again. Few more days and I will be 31. What have I done since I was 21, straight answer nothing.

I do feel quite young to have gotten the job I got but I suppose that's the benefit of getting to college asap although I know everyone doesn't get that opportunity. Seems the older you get the faster the time goes. No point looking backwards anyway you need to think of what you will do for the next 10 years

wotzgoingon

GvidoR wrote: »

Sounds like it's time to pick up hockey.

Where do you do that? It's a long time since I was on roller blades. I must have been 12 when I had a set.

Duke O Smiley

CIP4 wrote: »

Only one. I would of went to one of the less prestigious secondary schools should I say (not that it made any difference leaving cert is leaving cert) but anyway I'm not long turned 21 and 1/3 of my class at least haves kids and 3 are married and it was a class of under 30 :eek: I honestly could not imagine being married at my age mad stuff altogether.

I went to a "good" school, it was Marist funded. There were still all sorts there though; good and bad (and stupid). I believe I could have done just as well in any of the local schools but my folks insisted we all went

And I know what you mean re. marriage at this age, madness.

wotzgoingon

CIP4 wrote: »

Seems the older you get the faster the time goes. No point looking backwards anyway you need to think of what you will do for the next 10 years

That is so true, I should really get a full time job.

GvidoR

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Where do you do that? It's a long time since I was on roller blades. I must have been 12 when i had a set.

Longford is the best place to play right now since it's the only proper hockey rink (ice hockey boards, inline hockey floor) in the south of Ireland. The other one is in Portadown, up north - haven't been there though.

There's teams from Dublin, Cork, Galway and other places and they usually train in indoor basketball courts.

wotzgoingon

GvidoR wrote: »

Longford is the best place to play right now since it's the only proper hockey rink (ice hockey boards, inline hockey floor) in the south of Ireland. The other one is in Portadown, up north - haven't been there though.

There's teams from Dublin, Cork, Galway and other places and they usually train in indoor basketball courts.

That's a fair spin from me to go just for a training session.

GvidoR

wotzgoingon wrote: »

That's a fair spin from me to go just for a training session.

If you want, you can come down Sunday 4th October, there will be league games from 10AM to 4PM and you can have a look and see if it's anything you'd be interested in at all. They wont charge you anything to have a look either.

wotzgoingon

Ah no it is grand. I would have been mad interested in that when I was younger. Do you ever find the skates weaken you ankles if you use them excessively, happened me when I was around 12 but I wore them in the morning and took them off at night for a few months, my ankles went to shít, I kept spraining my ankle for a few years.

GvidoR

It's never too late to start playing.

About the ankle thing, maybe you didn't tie the skates tight enough!?

fancy pigeon

Whoopsies, thought I walked into life coaching and family planning in Longford....

GvidoR

This thread is like a box of chocolates, you might say. :P

Foxhole Norman

Ugh. I have a serious want for an 8 Series.

Somebody wants actual legal tender for this. And lots of it too.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/10470305

dr.fuzzenstein

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Somebody wants actual legal tender for this. And lots of it too.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/10470305

I don't know, I get the funniest feeling about that car, I may be just crazy, but I almost suspect it could possibly be a cut'n'shut...
No reason, just this crazy hunch out of the blue.

dr.fuzzenstein

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I don't know, I get the funniest feeling about that car, I may be just crazy, but I almost suspect it could possibly be a cut'n'shut...
No reason, just this crazy hunch out of the blue.

I was referring to the fact that he's looking for a grand for a non taxed/tested 16yo Micra but now that you mention it!

GvidoR

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Somebody wants actual legal tender for this. And lots of it too.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/10470305

I love it.

BTW, that's not the only Micra he has chopped. :P

and here's the one for sale:

GvidoR

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Ugh. I have a serious want for an 8 Series.

It looks good like that, but those pop-up headlights don't suit the car at all, imo.

colm_mcm

They're the only reason it can look like the top pic though!

MetzgerMeister

Are those short Micras road legal?? I mean, the original one is barely road legal it's so awful!

GvidoR

They could've made the headlights thin, similar to the Galant and have them where indicators and fogs are.

GvidoR

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Are those short Micras road legal?? I mean, the original one is barely road legal it's so awful!

You could send it through the NCT and see what happens.

Good luck explaining it to the insurance though. :pac:

MetzgerMeister

GvidoR wrote: »

You could send it through the NCT and see what happens.

Good luck explaining it to the insurance though. :pac:

"Well my quote should be a quarter less because the car is a quarter smaller in size so there's less in the car to go wrong" :pac:

GvidoR

GvidoR wrote: »

It looks good like that, but those pop-up headlights don't suit the car at all, imo.

GvidoR wrote: »

They could've made the headlights thin, similar to the Galant and have them where indicators and fogs are.

colm_mcm

GvidoR wrote: »

They could've made the headlights thin, similar to the Galant and have them where indicators and fogs are.

Don't think they'd have met height regulations in the U.S.

Noccy_Mondy

Mondeo battery was flat this morning. Jumped it and off I went. Think a new battery is on the cards. Can't say for sure as it's covered and didn't get a chance to take a proper look, but I have a feeling it's the original. I haven't changed it in 3 years of ownership, and I doubt if it was changed in the 4 before that. That's possibly 7 years out of a battery!

Car we had a few years ago had it's original opel battery in it until it died when the car was 8 years old.