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

jimgoose

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Leave at 16 minutes past 9 to be in before half 9...have 10 km of back roads practically to myself before I reach clondlakin.

I think I'm the only one who looks forward to their morning commute

No, I like mine too. About 12 minutes - brief snake through suburbia, quick motorway blast, topped off with a B-road shunt up to the airport.

CIP4

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Leave at 16 minutes past 9 to be in before half 9...have 10 km of back roads practically to myself before I reach clondlakin.

I think I'm the only one who looks forward to their morning commute

jimgoose wrote: »

No, I like mine too. About 12 minutes - brief snake through suburbia, quick motorway blast, topped off with a B-road shunt up to the airport.

Im the same always enjoyed my commute kind of relax you going to work and coming home in the evening. Again though quite enough backroads for me 80kmh wish most of the way. Sitting in traffic everyday would have the opposite effect on me would just put me in a bad mood.

ba_barabus

The Skoda museum and factory was bloody brilliant and well worth a visit. I now want a Skoda

GvidoR

Jeez guys, have you seen what's going in France right now? :eek:

CIP4

ba_barabus wrote: »

The Skoda museum and factory was bloody brilliant and well worth a visit. I now want a Skoda

Great to hear. Can anyone go on a tour there do you just book it ?

Duke O Smiley

GvidoR wrote: »

Jeez guys, have you seen what's going in France right now? :eek:

Reports of at least 40 killed and france have declared a state of emergency. Tragic, I can't even put into words how saddening this is.

polan

Islam.

ba_barabus

CIP4 wrote: »

Great to hear. Can anyone go on a tour there do you just book it ?

Call them and book it. I think it is about €8 per person. The restaurant is great too. I'll try upload pictures next week when I have time. Some great cars in the museum. The factory was amazing to see. We got to see Octavias, Rapids, Toledos, Fabias and Supurbs coming down the line. From the body panels being pressed, engines assembled, chassis welding and then final assembly and test track. I was in car heaven for a day.

ba_barabus

Errrrrr, I must add they were rather surprised to see I had taken 30 girls (my students from business) with me as normally it's a male thing......apparently. The students thoroughly enjoyed it though.

GvidoR

GvidoR wrote: »

Jeez guys, have you seen what's going in France right now? :eek:

Lived in Paris myself in 2011 for a while. Miles away from this commotion but its crazy watching this on TV. 100 people dead

Duke O Smiley

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

KKV a lot of people working in Dublin live outside of the county and travel up daily in the early morning for their 9-5 job. Its not uncommon.

No, i realise it's not uncommon, but it's just a lot more prevalent than I thought it was.

I know a car is more suited to a lot of people, but I'd have thought a massive amount of 9-5'ers would be using public transport. If I worked in the city, I'd certainly be bussing it (although buses from Drogheda to Dublin are fairly handy. Maybe not the case with other areas?)

Noccy_Mondy

Met up with one of the lads there, and just brought him for a short drive in the car. He instantly picked up on how it's swaying from side to side so much. I hadn't passed much notice, but when he mentioned it, it became so obvious to me. hit a little dip, it'll sway back and forth 2/3 times. Even driving on a straight it could sway a bit, and this isn't to do with wind. Front shocks seemed to be alright. I don't know lads, my head is fried with it. The only way I ever get concrete conclusions and peace is when I take it to the main dealers, they always pick up on every problem straight away. That'll be my next port of call if tomorrow don't work out.

I'm sitting on the couch at home and I still feel like I'm swaying from side to side. (That's probably more so to do with a hectic week mind) Something is disastrously wrong here...

ba_barabus

Deleted User wrote: »

If I worked in the city, I'd certainly be bussing it

For too many people that's simply not an option

quadrifoglio verde

GvidoR wrote: »

Jeez guys, have you seen what's going in France right now? :eek:

I know awful stuff altogether. My favourite city, try and go every year if not twice a year.
I can see Assad becommig quite a strong ally of the west in the next year

ba_barabus

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Did they have any Skoda Tanks?

Sadly no. They also like to gloss over the years 1968 to 1989 as being a sad part of the company's history.

bear1

Eh so that's the luxobarge thread closed for now

Mycroft H

ba_barabus

bear1 wrote: »

Eh so that's the luxobarge thread closed for now

What happened? I stopped looking at it ages ago.

bear1

ba_barabus wrote: »

What happened? I stopped looking at it ages ago.

Best you take a read of the last 2/3 pages. Has to do with a Japanese car...

GvidoR

bear1 wrote: »

Best you take a read of the last 2/3 pages. Has to do with a Japanese car...

Lexus war yet again. :rolleyes:

Noccy_Mondy

So it turns out my tie rod is bent....

Hal1

Well there's you're problem . Easy job done both sides recently myself.

dr.fuzzenstein

GvidoR wrote: »

Lexus war yet again. :rolleyes:

Could have been worse, someone could have posted a diesel...

dr.fuzzenstein

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

So it turns out my tie rod is bent....

I hate it when that happens. Thankfully the doctor could help

Noccy_Mondy

dr.fuzzenstein wrote:

I hate it when that happens. Thankfully the doctor could help

Lol

Hal1 wrote:

Well there's you're problem . Easy job done both sides recently myself.

Ya, but he hadn't it noticed until he had the steering moved a notch, like I was saying yesterday. (Put it back to it's normal position after). It had to be brought in at half 8 this morning though The fella was at it for an hour, but he wouldn't take anything for it! Very decent of him. Will get a tie rod during the week

GvidoR

Got a nice picture.



Driving at the time, thinking "Must remember to pay that"... but yeah...

beertons

Went up to Ikea this morning. The amount of idiots with no lights on. I'd love to pull them all in and confiscate their motors for 24 hours, and let them walk the rest of the way. Cars, vans and lorries.

GvidoR

In a few countries it's the law to have lights all the time, no matter the time of day. You can get a ticket for driving with the lights off.

Mycroft H

Was over in Iceland and it was that way. Spotted nobody with the lights off. To be fair, most of their cars are wired for the dips to come on with the ignition. Our old RAV4 was like that

GvidoR

My Punto works kinda like that. I have the switch turned on the whole time and the lights come on and off with the ignition.