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

Noccy_Mondy

Might give ye a giggle to kick ye're Monday off

quadrifoglio verde

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Might give ye a giggle to kick ye're Monday off

Paddy would be fecked when it comes to the seicento so

NewApproach

Sold my car yesterday!

MetzgerMeister

NewApproach wrote: »

Sold my car yesterday!

That was a 330d wasn't it?

GvidoR

Anyone wants these?

fancy pigeon

They would look a bit odd on auld humpy

Marty McFly

There's someone in my job who drives a MG ZT not a bad looking car at all pretty rare these days and it's well kept.

But I can't help but want to ask him why oh why.

It's not a v6 but he's v6 badges stuck on it ok fair enough personal choice, he also religiously stick red tape along the bottom of the front bumper for a style choice again fair enough.

But in the back of it he has an awful looking m power badge it just makes no sense to me at all.

GvidoR

Each badge adds +5 hp.

Duh. :P

Dr Turk Turkelton

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Forgot to mention this before, but the amount of private bus operators that break the speed limit on motorways is mad! By law minibuses and coaches are limited to 100km/h on motorways. The tacho records all the various speeds done and when. If said tacho is inspected, and the speed has gone over 100km/h the driver is in trouble. We were cruising at 98km/h, yet the vast majority of other buses overtook us. Two or three gained about a meter a minute on us, and were literally one side of us for 5 minutes at one stage, which was kind of pointless.... Others passed us fairly quick so must have been going a good bit faster.

Does a car speedometer not overread by 10%? That would mean you were doing c.90km/h so a bus doing 100 would easily overtake you.
Also why would you be driving at 90 on a motorway unless you were driving a bus!

Toyotafanboi

Does that rule only apply to a bus with passengers on board?

jimgoose

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

Does a car speedometer not overread by 10%? That would mean you were doing c.90km/h so a bus doing 100 would easily overtake you.
Also why would you be driving at 90 on a motorway unless you were driving a bus!

It's illegal under EU regulations for a speedo to indicate a lower than actual speed. They're allowed to read high by 10% of actual speed, plus 6 km/h for cars, and 8 km/h for motorcycles. You'll find most of them are calibrated nice and high so the manufacturer doesn't have to put up with a load of horseshít lawsuits about speeding fines.

jimgoose

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Does that rule only apply to a bus with passengers on board?

I don't believe so. There's also a blanket speed limit of 65 km/h for buses designed to carry standing passengers.

Marty McFly

Just looking at the post a picture of your car thread got me thinking.

Dies anyone know an easy way to play your ipod in an e60? Can't see an aux anywhere.

The e90 had a nicely placed aux port beside a lighter port so could be charged and played. Radio does drive me mad.

NewApproach

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

That was a 330d wasn't it?

Yep. I've literally no idea what to replace it with, if anything. I used do 350/400 miles a week. Now I live in dublin and it only gets used very rarely, drive home to clare or the odd trip around dublin!

MetzgerMeister

It's not the Estoril blue one on carzone, no?

NewApproach

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

It's not the Estoril blue one on carzone, no?

No it was a black one that's now gone from done deal.

Always loved estoril blue

MetzgerMeister

I see! E90?

Marty McFly

NewApproach wrote: »

Yep. I've literally no idea what to replace it with, if anything. I used do 350/400 miles a week. Now I live in dublin and it only gets used very rarely, drive home to clare or the odd trip around dublin!

Go petrol

330i or 335i

MetzgerMeister

Marty McFly wrote: »

Just looking at the post a picture of your car thread got me thinking.

Dies anyone know an easy way to play your ipod in an e60? Can't see an aux anywhere.

The e90 had a nicely placed aux port beside a lighter port so could be charged and played. Radio does drive me mad.

Did you try in the centre storage area under the armrest? That's where the Aux In is on the E92, just beside the 12 volt input.

NewApproach

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

I see! E90?

Yeah a 2006 E90

NewApproach

Marty McFly wrote: »

Go petrol

330i or 335i

Yeah on one hand I'm doing fewer miles so could justify a petrol, on the other hand my costs/mile would go through the roof! I'm not really keen on spending fortunes on tax/depreciation for an ornament in the driveway!

GvidoR

NewApproach wrote: »

Yeah on one hand I'm doing fewer miles so could justify a petrol, on the other hand my costs/mile would go through the roof! I'm not really keen on spending fortunes on tax/depreciation for an ornament in the driveway!

Lupo GTI is the answer.

Dr Turk Turkelton

Marty McFly wrote: »

Just looking at the post a picture of your car thread got me thinking.

Dies anyone know an easy way to play your ipod in an e60? Can't see an aux anywhere.

The e90 had a nicely placed aux port beside a lighter port so could be charged and played. Radio does drive me mad.

It's in the centre console in the middle of the back seat in my 08 e60.

Marty McFly

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Did you try in the centre storage area under the armrest? That's where the Aux In is on the E92, just beside the 12 volt input.

Yea that's were it was on my e90 nothing there on the e60 though.

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

It's in the centre console in the middle of the back seat in my 08 e60.

The back seat?

Marty McFly

NewApproach wrote: »

Yeah on one hand I'm doing fewer miles so could justify a petrol, on the other hand my costs/mile would go through the roof! I'm not really keen on spending fortunes on tax/depreciation for an ornament in the driveway!

Mightnt be as much if an ornament though if you had one sitting there you wanted to drive. Both great cars to drive and lots of smiles per gallon.

Either or do as givido said and buy a fun little hot hatch.

Dr Turk Turkelton

Marty McFly wrote: »

Yea that's were it was on my e90 nothing there on the e60 though.




The back seat?

Yeah, I suppose the best way to describe it would be where the ashtray in the back was on older cars.

Marty McFly

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

Yeah, I suppose the best way to describe it would be where the ashtray in the back was on older cars.

Ah right yea mine doesn't have it there either. It's an 05 I'm guessing it mightnt have one nightmare.

Dr Turk Turkelton

Marty McFly wrote: »

Ah right yea mine doesn't have it there either. It's an 05 I'm guessing it mightnt have one nightmare.

Lol you had me doubting myself there for a minute but I checked. Its dead centre in it and there is fan blowers either side and dials for turning the air conditioning up or down.

Marty McFly

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

Lol you had me doubting myself there for a minute but I checked. Its dead centre in it and there is fan blowers either side and dials for turning the air conditioning up or down.

Mine has dual cigarette lighter ports which is incredibly useful :pac:

MetzgerMeister

Marty McFly wrote: »

Mine has dual cigarette lighter ports which is incredibly useful :pac:

SMOKE ALL THE CIGARETTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!