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

Donnelly117

Dia1988 wrote: »

They sold a Ferrari 458 Italia recently too!
Who are these guys??

http://www.godirect-cars.com/details.php?id=107

They've got a serious stock list anyway!! :eek:

fancy pigeon

LIGHTNING wrote: »

People rag on the engine that's in the 996 generation of Porsche 911's but I had a student yesterday decide to go from 3rd gear at about 7k RPM's to 2nd gear :eek: Must have hit 10-11k RPM's and the engine kept on going.

Yummy high rpm's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsmYcxQ4RT0

Noccy_Mondy

Dia1988 wrote:

They sold a Ferrari 458 Italia recently too! Who are these guys??

That go direct crowd in Ballagh aren't great. Are known for shenanigans and dodgy activity. Just go and look at their forecourt, cars jammed into the forecourt, gammy looking signs, and I think a prefab is used as an office. The main building is run down.

If they can afford to buy/sell high powered, very expensive cars, you wonder why their facility's/holdings are so "cheap"....

CIP4

YbFocus wrote: »

What about a breakers cip?

Problem is the mk3 has unbelievably weak rear light units from the factory that just crack in any kind of cold I mean in the main dealer where I bought mine there was 4 to choose from and only one had perfect tail light. On my car there are 4 clusters 3 are perfect one has a few cracks on the side and was hit by previous owner putting something in the boot and the corner of the plastic is gone. Now it's not letting in water but some moisture must be getting in as its starting to discolour. I don't think any breakers would have perfect ones but may be worth a try. I also made sh!t of a bottom reflector strip I'll put my hands up for that damage all right :pac: I think they are 30 quid on eBay which seems strong surly a main dealer wouldn't be that expensive.

I'm not too mad about spending money on the car on cosmetics but these might be worth doing if the parts weren't too expensive.

Autosport

Try Mcbrides near hugginstown in Kilkenny I'm always seeing there sign on the M9

CIP4

MuppetCheck wrote: »

eBay

See my other post but for example this is the tail light I need but you see the indicator part is faded and all so pointless replacing mine with that one for example. Very difficult to find a secondhand one in perfect condition.

http://m.ebay.ie/itm/Genuine-Renault-Megane-Mk3-08-13-Hatchback-O-S-Rear-Driver-Right-Tail-Light-Lamp-/181842735451?nav=SEARCH

YbFocus

CIP4 wrote: »

See my other post but for example this is the tail light I need but you see the indicator part is faded and all so pointless replacing mine with that one for example. Very difficult to find a secondhand one in perfect condition.

http://m.ebay.ie/itm/Genuine-Renault-Megane-Mk3-08-13-Hatchback-O-S-Rear-Driver-Right-Tail-Light-Lamp-/181842735451?nav=SEARCH

That'd come up fine with a wet sand and polish cip.

CIP4

YbFocus wrote: »

That'd come up fine with a wet sand and polish cip.

Not sure if they would really though the plastic is very weird bad quality on them kind of seems to get damaged on the inside too somehow. I'll get a picture of my own one tomorrow it's not overly bad but you'd notice to corner chip out of it.

Dia1988

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

That go direct crowd in Ballagh aren't great. Are known for shenanigans and dodgy activity. Just go and look at their forecourt, cars jammed into the forecourt, gammy looking signs, and I think a prefab is used as an office. The main building is run down.

If they can afford to buy/sell high powered, very expensive cars, you wonder why their facility's/holdings are so "cheap"....

Go Direct is only registered as a business name (for 9 years) and not as a limited company which is odd for a business with such a high value stock.

That's unusual!

http://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Business/Go-Direct-299504

CIP4

Autosport wrote: »

Try Mcbrides near hugginstown in Kilkenny I'm always seeing there sign on the M9

I've been there a few times alright it was a grand place when you could take the parts of the cars yourself whereas now I think you can't and I'm always weary of that in any scrapyard they send a lad around taking of parts that knows nothing about cars that normally doesn't even have a socket set just a breaker bar and they basically rip the parts of the car. I remember my dad had this trouble a few years ago he was looking for some part and every breaker that had had broken every fixing and click taking it off I mean they hand it to you then what the fcuk good is it to anyone are you suppose to glue it to the car. The above is more about breakers in general rather than mcbrides but does anyone else find that about breakers ?

GvidoR

The moon is so bright out you don't even need full beams.

In other news, petrol is down to 131.9

Autosport

GvidoR wrote: »

The moon is so bright out you don't even need full beams.

In other news, petrol is down to 131.9

Diesel is 117.9

GvidoR

Petrol matters most.

Autosport

GvidoR wrote: »

Petrol matters most.

Yawn :P

jimgoose

During my recent odyssey with herself's Xsara, while I was ordering a part from the UK it emerged that there was a one-character discrepancy between the VIN number as stamped and plated on the car, and that on the VLC. It was in all likelihood a typo, and you could see it happening right enough. Anyway, the first thing I did was contact the local main dealer here, who confirmed with PSA that the number as appearing on the car is indeed kosher, and they also provided a build code that I was able to verify just inside the driver's door. Armed with this, I contacted Revenue, who told me to call up to them so they could physically verify the car. This they did, and sent off the VLC (after giving me a stamped and annotated copy) for adjustment and re-issue. Tickety-boo. It seems you only need to get written confirmation from the dealer and/or the Gardaí in the event that you cannot physically present at the Revenue office. Not that that's much of a check either really, but I assume that in the event of a gross mismatch they would insist on further proof.

But the point is, this should have been caught years ago by the NCT. Revenue confirmed that the NCT should indeed be confirming the VIN appearing on the car with that on the VLC, and a mismatch is not only a fail but a test refusal. It appears all some of them are doing, if anything, is checking the VLC against the vehicle database in Shannon, i.e. the people that printed the sodding thing. I present this to you good folk as an FYI, and to tell you to be, as we say down here, pure doggie wide, like.

R.O.R

bear1 wrote: »

Hmm I was fairly sure it said D3 DrivE on the back of it.
So you wouldn't recommend the satnav system then? Haven't thought about the Polestar upgrade, I imagine this would cost a fortune though if it's directly from Volvo.
Would you have anything negative about the Volvo? Something to look out for?

Not sure if the UK had a DrivE D3 version, but pretty sure Ireland didn't.

Found the MY12 Product info bulletin (production started week 20 of 2011) and that says:
DRIVe badge for Manual Transmission on XC60 / XC70 only

Sure it wasn't an XC70? There was a lovely Black one of them for sale recently in Agnelli but it didn't hang around for long.

I very rarely have anything bad to say about any Volvo's :pac:

We had a 2010 2.0d V70 for herself. Gearing on that was slightly wrong to make the most of the engine, so was a bit disappointing to drive, but the D3 should be better (only driven the D3 Auto in a V70). Biggest issue we had was that it was just too big and unwieldy. I've driven 5 Series/E-Class/A6 Estate's, and while some of them are physically bigger than the V70, the V70 just doesn't feel as manouverable. It can be a right PITA in car parks - turning circle isn't great and it tends to stick out further than all other cars. Electric tail gate is also a bit of an arse if you reverse in to a space with an overhang behind it.

Massive space in the boot, massive space in the rear seats - more or less a flat bench seat across the back,. Reliable and torquey engine that's fairly reasonable on fuel (really depends which version of the engine as Co2 went down fairly rapidly over the past few years). Most importantly, for something that will be carrying family, is that it's very, very safe. €17,500 of damage finished ours off, but herself came out with a minor bruise on her thigh, and our 16 month old and 6 week old (at the time) slept through the whole thing and didn't have so much as a scratch.

Alanstrainor

Always loved the CH wheels! Have CK on mine, mostly because the CH cost a good 30% more, and the CK looks awesome too.

MuppetCheck

CH's suit the mark V really well, I'd go that route.

Alanstrainor

http://performancealloys.com/

They're UK based, so not too sure how the pricing will work now that the sterling is much stronger.

dr.fuzzenstein

Alanstrainor wrote: »

http://performancealloys.com/

They're UK based, so not too sure how the pricing will work now that the sterling is much stronger.

Very interesting. Most expensive that would fit my diesel Ford are £1337.53. Per wheel. I'll take 2 sets! And then put Triangles on them...:D
It mentions Ferrari and Porsche, but it did show up when I searched for CMax... I'm sure they'll look spiffing on it.

Pov06

Anyone know where would be the cheapest place to find a set of Focus ST alloys? I'm not a fan of the hub caps :pac:

Noccy_Mondy

Pov06 wrote:

Anyone know where would be the cheapest place to find a set of Focus ST alloys? I'm not a fan of the hub caps

The 17's off the zetec with the added pack would suit best imo.

fancy pigeon

Pov06 wrote: »

Anyone know where would be the cheapest place to find a set of Focus ST alloys? I'm not a fan of the hub caps :pac:

Ask meegans and see if they still have the set on the focus below (thanks dr fuzz!)

Noccy did you inquire about that set before?

Edit: oooh baby!

dr.fuzzenstein

^^^
That's a Focus?

Pov06

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Ask meegans and see if they still have the set on the mondeo below (i think mondeo?)

Noccy did you inquire about that set before?

Sent Meegan's a text there. Will see if they still have them

fancy pigeon

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

^^^
That's a Focus?

I never bothered me hoop checking what it was

Dia1988

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

^^^
That's a Focus?

It's one of those boy racers Ford Focuses too!

bear1

R.O.R wrote: »

Not sure if the UK had a DrivE D3 version, but pretty sure Ireland didn't.

Found the MY12 Product info bulletin (production started week 20 of 2011) and that says:
DRIVe badge for Manual Transmission on XC60 / XC70 only

Sure it wasn't an XC70? There was a lovely Black one of them for sale recently in Agnelli but it didn't hang around for long.

I very rarely have anything bad to say about any Volvo's :pac:

We had a 2010 2.0d V70 for herself. Gearing on that was slightly wrong to make the most of the engine, so was a bit disappointing to drive, but the D3 should be better (only driven the D3 Auto in a V70). Biggest issue we had was that it was just too big and unwieldy. I've driven 5 Series/E-Class/A6 Estate's, and while some of them are physically bigger than the V70, the V70 just doesn't feel as manouverable. It can be a right PITA in car parks - turning circle isn't great and it tends to stick out further than all other cars. Electric tail gate is also a bit of an arse if you reverse in to a space with an overhang behind it.

Massive space in the boot, massive space in the rear seats - more or less a flat bench seat across the back,. Reliable and torquey engine that's fairly reasonable on fuel (really depends which version of the engine as Co2 went down fairly rapidly over the past few years). Most importantly, for something that will be carrying family, is that it's very, very safe. €17,500 of damage finished ours off, but herself came out with a minor bruise on her thigh, and our 16 month old and 6 week old (at the time) slept through the whole thing and didn't have so much as a scratch.

My God! :eek: glad no one was hurt - piece of metal and all that.
Yeah we have a new born (3 months at this stage) and in the next few months I would like to upgrade the car to something similar to the V70.
Now, you may be right about the XC, are they slightly higher up? Cause this one was but the seller said they aren't 4x4.
Have been scouring the net looking for the perfect example but what I am thinking at the moment is a baby blue (Polizia colour in Italy) R-design V70 D3.
Think that would suit me to the ground.

R.O.R

bear1 wrote: »

My God! :eek: glad no one was hurt - piece of metal and all that.
Yeah we have a new born (3 months at this stage) and in the next few months I would like to upgrade the car to something similar to the V70.
Now, you may be right about the XC, are they slightly higher up? Cause this one was but the seller said they aren't 4x4.
Have been scouring the net looking for the perfect example but what I am thinking at the moment is a baby blue (Polizia colour in Italy) R-design V70 D3.
Think that would suit me to the ground.

XC70 is a bit higher up and the DrivE version was the 2wd model - one of the most pointless vehicles sold in my opinion - worse handling and fuel economy than the V70, without the benefit of the 4wd system.

You'll probably be looking at an import if you want an R-Design of that era, was available in Ireland in late 2011 - no idea if anyone bought one, but very few V70's were sold anyway - most are probably 1.6 (or D2) SE models.

Wouldn't pay extra for an XC70 - is the one you were looking at a Black 2011 one with a good few extra's? That's the one that was in Agnellis with low mileage and was pretty cheap - think it was around €24,000.

Toyotafanboi

anyone any good with malware? i'm not :P
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=96838770