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

Donnelly117

Supergurrier wrote: »

Folks

Anyone here registered a car recently as in vrt ?

I want to bring a car from the UK in the next few days but between crap conversion rate/travel expenses/vrt and 3 months tax it will be cutting things very close.

I understand there is a 30 day limit on registering a car for vrt (but it doesn't take into account booking time) so if i park car up for 2 weeks which i want to, before i vrt and tax it and booking is over 3 weeks im screwed.

Car will literally insured driven home, parked for 2 weeks and i will drive my 520i before i go to vrt it.

Anyone been in this situation before ? (Being poor etc) lol

I vrt'd the BM recently (february), There was no delay in getting an appt cause its separate from the NCT waiting list. Had an appt within a day or 2. I see no issue with your plan!

What did you buy?

Supergurrier

Donnelly117 wrote: »

I vrt'd the BM recently (february), There was no delay in getting an appt cause its separate from the NCT waiting list. Had an appt within a day or 2. I see no issue with your plan!

What did you buy?

540i im going to see shortly

davycc

Supergurrier wrote: »

540i im going to see shortly

great choice hope it works out

Noccy_Mondy

Focus wheels catching still isn't sorted out. It was fine, but now on full lock it catches again. I dunno....

Harcrid

Supergurrier wrote: »

Folks

Anyone here registered a car recently as in vrt ?

I want to bring a car from the UK in the next few days but between crap conversion rate/travel expenses/vrt and 3 months tax it will be cutting things very close.

I understand there is a 30 day limit on registering a car for vrt (but it doesn't take into account booking time) so if i park car up for 2 weeks which i want to, before i vrt and tax it and booking is over 3 weeks im screwed.

Car will literally insured driven home, parked for 2 weeks and i will drive my 520i before i go to vrt it.

Anyone been in this situation before ? (Being poor etc) lol

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You have 30 days to complete the whole process. But you have 7 days from getting the car home to schedule your VRT appointment. So once you get the car home you can then schedule an appointment for day 30 if you like.

Supergurrier

Harcrid wrote: »

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You have 30 days to complete the whole process. But you have 7 days from getting the car home to schedule your VRT appointment. So once you get the car home you can then schedule an appointment for day 30 if you like.

Excellent thanks a bunch, would they be able to give me an idea of what VRT would be if it's not on website over the phone ?

Harcrid

No they won't do that. If the cars not on the VRT calculator they won't give you any estimates or rough idea before the appointment. And if the cars not one they have done before they will need to go off and try and determine the OMSP which can take a while. Bit of a balls really.

Best thing to do is find the closest car you can find on the calculator and base that as a roughe estimate of what it will cost you.

Harcrid

Just had a look at the VRT calculator and the 540i is not listed. Closest that I can find is a 535i which has a VRT of 941.

The good thing is that a 540 is likely to have a relatively low resale value here so VRT should not be too bad. If it was me I'd have a mental figure of about 1500 in my mind and hope it comes in lower which it should do.

Supergurrier

Harcrid wrote: »

Just had a look at the VRT calculator and the 540i is not listed. Closest that I can find is a 535i which has a VRT of 941.

The good thing is that a 540 is likely to have a relatively low resale value here so VRT should not be too bad. If it was me I'd have a mental figure of about 1500 in my mind and hope it comes in lower which it should do.

It's a 2001 540i individual (obscure spec) same year 540i msport with same milage is coming in at 835, im budgeting 1200 or so.

Hal1

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Focus wheels catching still isn't sorted out. It was fine, but now on full lock it catches again. I dunno....

Can you see where its catching on full lock? I would remove the wheel arch liner and go for a test drive.

Edit: did you get the wheels balanced when you got new tyres on? It might be worth swapping the front wheels for the back.

Noccy_Mondy

Hal1 wrote:

Can you see where its catching on full lock? I would remove the wheel arch liner and go for a test drive.

Yep, it's the actual metal body of the car. Paint is gone from where the wheel is catching. It's down at the bottom (back of the front wheel), below the plastic lining, only catches when the drivers wheel is turned out.

Hal1

Are you sure the wheels not buckled? as that would be enough to cause rubbing? I would swap one from the rear.

mhackett102

Just got a deposit for the Corolla.. Hard to think that I may never see this car again

Supergurrier

mhackett102 wrote: »

Just got a deposit for the Corolla.. Hard to think that I may never see this car again

Aww

You poor emojis

MetzgerMeister

mhackett102 wrote: »

Just got a deposit for the Corolla.. Hard to think that I may never see this car again

I see you're taking the comparison to a Tiida to heart then? :pac:

CIP4

mhackett102 wrote: »

Just got a deposit for the Corolla.. Hard to think that I may never see this car again

Your first car is always the hardest to sell. After that you'll spiral and be changing them every 6 months :pac:

What are you thinking of getting as a replacement ?

kev250

Need rid of about 20 litres of old car oil, i presume its of no use to people, any places (not paying) taking it?

colm_mcm

My local county council place is €5 to get in and you can dispose of waste oil there.

Noccy_Mondy

Hal1 wrote:

Are you sure the wheels not buckled? as that would be enough to cause rubbing? I would swap one from the rear.

I'll give that a shot and see. One of the back ones is buckled a tad as it is. But I'll give it a shot. Have nothing to loose!

CIP4

CIP4 wrote: »

Your first car is always the hardest to sell.

So people say. I loved my first car but got rid of it as soon as I could. My second car though....that was a tough day. Not looking forward to parting with the S60 either. Was meant to go up on DD today but I keep putting it off

colm_mcm

CIP4 wrote: »

Your first car is always the hardest to sell.

Usually it'll be in shoite!

YbFocus

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

So people say. I loved my first car but got rid of it as soon as I could. My second car though....that was a tough day. Not looking forward to parting with the S60 either. Was meant to go up on DD today but I keep putting it off

I will drive the e36 for at least another year and then park it up.
It will become one of two things, a restoration project or a really nice track car.

I cant sell it though, I'm far too attached!

As for my first car, I was dead happy to have rid of it!

quadrifoglio verde

YbFocus wrote: »

I will drive the e36 for at least another year and then park it up.
It will become one of two things, a restoration project or a really nice track car.

I cant sell it though, I'm far too attached!

As for my first car, I was dead happy to have rid of it!

Was that a focus?

If it was me, I'd turn that e36 into a track car and get a really good e36, possibly m3. I can see the e36 m3 getting very desirable in the next few years

YbFocus

YbFocus wrote: »

I will drive the e36 for at least another year and then park it up.
It will become one of two things, a restoration project or a really nice track car.

I cant sell it though, I'm far too attached!

As for my first car, I was dead happy to have rid of it!

I had plans for the S60 too but the job I had at the time to fund those plans went belly up. I wanted it to look and drive like the day it left the show room in Cork back in 2002 with a few small mods. The best I could do was keeping the thing running and giving it a few more years on the road given the circumstances. Its just a standard Volvo S60. There is millions of them around and there is nothing special at all about it but I love it. I could hold on to it but it will be sitting up outside and eventually start falling to shíte and I don't want that to happen. As I said before, its a cheap car. I will probably get more than what I paid for it but no where near what I put into it. Hopefully the next owner will look after it and not treat it as a cheap throwaway car. Whatever I get will be banked and added to until the new year when I start looking for a weekend toy.

YbFocus

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Was that a focus?

If it was me, I'd turn that e36 into a track car and get a really good e36, possibly m3. I can see the e36 m3 getting very desirable in the next few years

I do want an m3 alright, not in a position at the minute.
Would it be ridiculous to run 2 e36's

I can't fault my car though its been great!

First car was a Focus, good head on you!

CIP4

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

I had plans for the S60 too but the job I had at the time to fund those plans went belly up. I wanted it to look and drive like the day it left the show room in Cork back in 2002 with a few small mods. The best I could do was keeping the thing running and giving it a few more years on the road given the circumstances. Its just a standard Volvo S60. There is millions of them around and there is nothing special at all about it but I love it. I could hold on to it but it will be sitting up outside and eventually start falling to shíte and I don't want that to happen. As I said before, its a cheap car. I will probably get more than what I paid for it but no where near what I put into it. Hopefully the next owner will look after it and not treat it as a cheap throwaway car. Whatever I get will be banked and added to until the new year when I start looking for a weekend toy.

How long have you had the car ? I've never kept anything long enough to be properly attached. I'd like to think I'd own something someday that I liked enough to say fcuk it I'll keep it regardless. Much like what yb and 166man are doing keep something for the long haul and tip away with it until it's perfectly but not depend on it as a daily so you could slowly do it up and have it right.

YbFocus

CIP4 wrote: »

How long have you had the car ? I've never kept anything long enough to be properly attached. I'd like to think I'd own something someday that I liked enough to say fcuk it I'll keep it regardless. Much like what yb and 166man are doing keep something for the long haul and tip away with it until it's perfectly but not depend on it as a daily so you could slowly do it up and have it right.

I never have until this car, but I use it for everything
It's my daily/project/track car!

So far it's working, like 27k miles since january. Plenty of work done to it but all PM, it drives so good, performs so great on track and does everything a daily needs to do for me!

Total win at €1k!

quadrifoglio verde

YbFocus wrote: »

I do want an m3 alright, not in a position at the minute.
Would it be ridiculous to run 2 e36's

I can't fault my car though its been great!

First car was a Focus, good head on you!

You hated it so much, you used it as your username...I'm ****ed if I end up liking alfas.

Well one would be a track car, so running costs shouldn't be too bad.
The e36 m3, I hadn't realised prices have risen so much already...feck did they not used to go for buttons

CIP4

CIP4 wrote: »

How long have you had the car ? I've never kept anything long enough to be properly attached. I'd like to think I'd own something someday that I liked enough to say fcuk it I'll keep it regardless. Much like what yb and 166man are doing keep something for the long haul and tip away with it until it's perfectly but not depend on it as a daily so you could slowly do it up and have it right.

October 2013. dgt posted it in bangernomics at the time and I bought it a day or 2 later. Intended to keep it for 3 months, re test and sell it and buy an e39 but liked it too much. I would keep it if I had somewhere to store it and work on it. That was a possibility at one point but not now. I'll be moving house shortly too so need rid of it as its not insured anymore.

YbFocus

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

You hated it so much, you used it as your username...I'm ****ed if I end up liking alfas.

Well one would be a track car, so running costs shouldn't be too bad.
The e36 m3, I hadn't realised prices have risen so much already...feck did they not used to go for buttons

Ah when I had it at the beginning I liked it, said I'd keep the username

Yeah prices for M's are taking off, but the prices for the e36 in general is climbing. Lots have gone to the track or been wrecked etc.
I would definitely make far more than 1k now.