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

quadrifoglio verde

166man wrote: »

Have a genuine question here lads.

Would I be absolutely nuts to go and look at this

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/alfa-romeo/156/alfa-romeo-156-2-5-v6-24v-lusso-2003/5015180?v=b#/home

Back in Ireland in a few weeks and this is up in Antrim. Absolutely smitten by it so I'm not bothered by the fact it's on English plates...

They're so rare these days and I miss my 156 V6 a lot....

Yes, it'd cost you close to 3500 to have that car on an Irish plate with the poxy exchange rate.

And while you might miss your old v6 a lot, you'll be in the states, so you'll be missing this car a lot anyway, as well as the 3k plus no longer burning a hole in your pocket

And its not like you dont have a v6 in a better car anyway, or a well sorted 156!
And how are you enjoying them at the moment

I think you'd be utterly bonkers

shietpilot

I'm pretty sure the 1.8 TDCi in a Transit Connect is different to the one in a Mondeo.

The air intake is different and it uses a different oil filter. That's as much as I've noticed though, could be more differences...

beertons

Saw a great sticker on the back of a truck this morning.

How's your mother
For turf?

Special Circumstances

beertons wrote: »

Saw a great sticker on the back of a truck this morning.

How's your mother
For turf?

Pat Mustards Fuel Delivery was it?

Dord

Just got a text saying my car had been recovered. WTF. Thought it was at home in my space. Can't get through to the recovery yard.

Donnelly117

Dord wrote: »

Just got a text saying my car had been recovered. WTF. Thought it was at home in my space. Can't get through to the recovery yard.

Is it a C3 you left outside OSI's house

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Here's some soothing tunes for anyone stuck on the N20 in Christmas Traffic.

The world famous buttevant choir singing "white christmas"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2bzP9GSnAU

dr.fuzzenstein

^^^
I made it 7 seconds and I'm amazed I lasted that long. Urge to kill rising... Though listening to that song is probably still less annoying than actually driving through Buttevant.

Dord

Donnelly117 wrote: »

Dord wrote: »

Just got a text saying my car had been recovered. WTF. Thought it was at home in my space. Can't get through to the recovery yard.

Is it a C3 you left outside OSI's house

Haha, its not.

MetzgerMeister

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

^^^
I made it 7 seconds and I'm amazed I lasted that long. Urge to kill rising... Though listening to that song is probably still less annoying than actually driving through Buttevant.

Snotaul....I urge you to stay away from any doctors appointments you have today :pac:

Hal1

Would it make any difference to put up a permit parking only sign as a deterrent? Some wouldn't risk parking there as of fear of being towed or clamped I would imagine.

shietpilot

LIGHTNING wrote: »

My parents estate is pretty much a LUAS car park. A fire engine or ambulance wouldn't be able to go down my estate now because of people parking both sides of a narrow road. I told my parents that I'd be happy to cover all the cars windows with big sticks that are a pain to remove with the text "This is not a LUAS carpark"

That's not so much of a pain to what happens on my road...

Parents dropping their kids to their local school use our estate as a drop off point where they literally drive into the estate (like 5-6 cars at a time), stop in the middle of the road and let their kids out. Then all 5-6 cars attempt to do a U-turn as the postman in his van, and other cars (like me) attempt to get through to get access to our homes...

Fcuk sake like the kids aren't going to die of the cold if they have to walk 100 metres!

quadrifoglio verde

Once the roads in the estate aren't privately owned, they're not doing anything illegal, provided they're not blocking access

So I can park outside osi's house if I like and once I don't block the the entrance to his driveway, he can't do a thing

I park outside people's houses lots of times, but I don't be a dick about it and block their entrance

Toyotafanboi

shietpilot wrote: »

That's not so much of a pain to what happens on my road...

Parents dropping their kids to their local school use our estate as a drop off point where they literally drive into the estate (like 5-6 cars at a time), stop in the middle of the road and let their kids out. Then all 5-6 cars attempt to do a U-turn as the postman in his van, and other cars (like me) attempt to get through to get access to our homes...

Fcuk sake like the kids aren't going to die of the cold if they have to walk 100 metres!

5W30, welcome back :pac:

shietpilot

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

5W30, welcome back :pac:

Ehh wahh?

Toyotafanboi

shietpilot wrote: »

Ehh wahh?

Ah now, 5 posts into a brand new account and you're posting in the off topic thread like a regular strange place for a total boards noob to take their first steps!

shietpilot

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Ah now, 5 posts into a brand new account and you're posting in the off topic thread like a regular strange place for a total boards noob to take their first steps!

Ah the star symbols in the title distracted me while I was looking at the latest replies.

I'll head away to the Aviation & Aircraft forum soon enough now...

Toyotafanboi

shietpilot wrote: »

Ah the star symbols in the title distracted me while I was looking at the latest replies.

I'll head away to the Aviation & Aircraft forum soon enough now...

No harm done

Seen CarThrottle plugging this earlier, seems like a great idea https://cuvva.co

shietpilot

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Seen CarThrottle plugging this earlier, seems like a great idea

Or just use your third party extension for no extra fee

vintagevrs

On the subject of people parking outside homes and on streets. My mother has a similar issue, where she lives near a major junction that really should be set up differently as the main flow of traffic turns here and the continue straight on is not used at all really.

During busy times the turn right backs way way up with rush hour traffic. So people do the very clever advanced motoring maneuver of indicating left and going up the hard shoulder where there is zero queue. Once they go left they remember that they meant to go right, so do a U turn at her entrance. This happens every day, loads of cars.

I took the time to draw a picture as it is more productive than other things I could be doing now.




I hate Mr/Mrs Green Car

YbFocus

Mr. Green car needs the offset on his wheels checked

In all fairness that must be infuriating, has she a tarmac front that you could consider chaining off or whatever?
What allows them to turn?

joujoujou

Is closing a gate an option maybe?

shietpilot

I can help you solve that problem.

Buy a packet of nails and spill them on her driveway.

They'll never U-turn there again

vintagevrs

Spike strip is actually being considered

Its not tarmac so the extra traffic makes sh1te of it.

joujoujou

Gate's necessary, IMO.



I know, it's not the place where gate supposed to be, but if it'd be where's supposed to, it would not prevent anyone to turn back over there.

Toyotafanboi

Just makes it very difficult to get your own car off of the road then.

joujoujou

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Just makes it very difficult to get your own car off of the road then.

True. But all's just a matter of what is better - owner's convenience or others behaviour?

Obviously automatic gate would be the most convenient, but costly solution.

vintagevrs

Forgetting about the gate at my mother's house, but doing that technically legal maneuver which is the same trick people pull at roundabouts pisses me off. It's just bad form.

If people weren't in a car they wouldn't do it.

Piss poor form. People are pricks.

Would love to know how the Guards would handle someone doing it, as I dont think they can do a thing about it.

shietpilot

vintagevrs wrote: »

Forgetting about the gate at my mother's house, but doing that technically legal maneuver which is the same trick people pull at roundabouts pisses me off. It's just bad form.

If people weren't in a car they wouldn't do it.

Piss poor form. People are pricks.

Would love to know how the Guards would handle someone doing it, as I dont think they can do a thing about it.

Seems like a perfectly legal manoeuvre. It's just one of those things nobody can do anything about, unless you invest in a different kind of gate or make them not want to U-turn there.

Have you considered leaving the car parked there?

vintagevrs

shietpilot wrote: »

Seems like a perfectly legal manoeuvre. It's just one of those things nobody can do anything about, unless you invest in a different kind of gate or make them not want to U-turn there.

Have you considered leaving the car parked there?

No, not worth it. Let them at it tbh, there are bigger things to worry about.

Like SANTA is coming in 10 sleeps!!!:P