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

colm_mcm

job seeker wrote: »

Just looking at the build treads and a lot of young people with nice big engines cars. Then here's me struggling to get a decent quote on a firkin 1l corsa B Well FML..:(

Sounds odd for a motors forum, but don't get too caught up on whatever your internet peers have. Nothing comes without its cost. When I was young I was spending 1/3 of my income on paying for a car. In hindsight it was foolish and it didn't make me as happy as it should have.

YbFocus

colm_mcm wrote: »

Sounds odd for a motors forum, but don't get too caught up on whatever your internet peers have. Nothing comes without its cost. When I was young I was spending 1/3 of my income on paying for a car. In hindsight it was foolish and it didn't make me as happy as it should have.

I was stuck in 1.4s and diesels through college too. As colm says, once you get a few years under you, you can have what you want and it won't be overly expensive.

job seeker

YbFocus wrote: »

What age are you man?
I'm 26 and have only had 2 large capacity machines.
Couldn't afford the quotes before that!

22, 4 years names drivers experience, but that's only micky mouse experience now a days..

Foxhole Norman

colm_mcm wrote: »

Sounds odd for a motors forum, but don't get too caught up on whatever your internet peers have. Nothing comes without its cost. When I was young I was spending 1/3 of my income on paying for a car. In hindsight it was foolish and it didn't make me as happy as it should have.

Agreed. I'm lucky enough to be in a situation where I can afford the car I have even being in college, it has however cost me a rake, but that hasn't bothered me as I've made a lot of new friends and other opportunities have come up since I've gotten a BMW. My car right now is my main hobby though which is why I can justify the cost.

job seeker wrote: »

22, 4 years names drivers experience, but that's only micky mouse experience now a days..

I'm 21, 3 years named and 1 year own policy and got that quote of €1256 on my 525, some places count named experience as full No-Claims, like the crowd that gave me the quote, Aviva.

GvidoR

Don't worry, I'm on my third year of insurance and driving a 1.2 Punto. :P

job seeker

colm_mcm wrote: »

Sounds odd for a motors forum, but don't get too caught up on whatever your internet peers have. Nothing comes without its cost. When I was young I was spending 1/3 of my income on paying for a car. In hindsight it was foolish and it didn't make me as happy as it should have.

Ah don't get me wrong. I love looking at the car porn and reading the treads, each owner takes great care and has fun with their car. But earlier in my life I always. Imagined having a nice car by now but it just never happened.. Anyway. It was just a rant.

Foxhole Norman

job seeker wrote: »

Ah don't get me wrong. I love looking at the car porn and reading the treads, each owner takes great care and has fun with their car. But earlier in my life I always. Imagined having a nice car by now but it just never happened.. Anyway. It was just a rant.

This has been how I've been living my life recently :pac:

Works well for me!

job seeker

GvidoR wrote: »

Don't worry, I'm on my third year of insurance and driving a 1.2 Punto. :P

Not one thing wrong with it.

GvidoR

If I wouldn't be playing hockey, I would probably have a different car, or more car parts. It's a pricey sport, but it's worth it because it's awesome.

job seeker

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

This has been how I've been living my life recently :pac:

Works well for me!

I can see how that works for some. But I've never been shouted at like that before.

Noccy_Mondy

GvidoR wrote:

Don't worry, I'm on my third year of insurance and driving a 1.2 Punto.

Is that at the entrance to Kilronan castle?

GvidoR

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Is that at the entrance to Kilronan castle?

Nope. That's Lough Key forest park.

quadrifoglio verde

Anyone any tyre recommendations
Two eagle f1s are bald already after 8k miles

Something with as good or as close to as good grip but that'll last a good bit longer

colm_mcm

Are they asymmetric 1 or 2?

Noccy_Mondy

GvidoR wrote:

Nope. That's Lough Key forest park.

Not too far off! Kilronan has a similar exit with the huge walls.

quadrifoglio verde

colm_mcm wrote: »

Are they asymmetric 1 or 2?

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Mc Love

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Anyone any tyre recommendations
Two eagle f1s are bald already after 8k miles

Something with as good or as close to as good grip but that'll last a good bit longer

Try the Vredesteins ultra vorti

dr.fuzzenstein

GvidoR wrote: »

If I wouldn't be playing hockey, I would probably have a different car, or more car parts. It's a pricey sport, but it's worth it because it's awesome.

Never knew them hockey sticks were that expensive!
Consider moving to hurling? According to some it's a cross between hockey and murder, so it has to be a step up.
Or do you mean you're playing hokey?

GvidoR

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Never knew them hockey sticks were that expensive!
Consider moving to hurling? According to some it's a cross between hockey and murder, so it has to be a step up.
Or do you mean you're playing hokey?

Hurling is a completely different sport. Not moving to that.

For (inline or ice) hockey a stick is not all you need. You need skates, shin guards, cup, padded shorts or pants (usually pants for inline and shorts for ice), elbow pads, shoulder pads with chest protection, helmet and gloves.

Optional: slash guards (for wrist area) and neck guard.

Ofcourse you'll need a stick, and if you want a nice carbon fibre stick over a wooden one then you will have to pay for it. :P

Also you will need a jersey and socks to go over the shin guards. You'll need hockey tape for the stick.

Money is also spent on rink time for training sessions, tournaments and season games, as well as petrol to get there ofcourse.

It all adds up.

GvidoR

OSI wrote: »

Have you ever seen ice hockey? Makes hurling look like a few kids playing slaps. They have players who's sole purpose is to be subbed on to **** **** up and start fights.

Well, sort of, but that's mostly just in NHL. People love hockey fights so the refs usually let them go at it until one goes down, then the whole crowd cheers, both get sent off for 5 minutes and then the game goes back to normal.

Other leagues and international championships are more strict about that sort of thing.

morritty

OSI wrote: »

Have you ever seen ice hockey? Makes hurling look like a few kids playing slaps. They have players who's sole purpose is to be subbed on to **** **** up and start fights.

Shure ye can't bate a bit of a puck around with an aul Hurley bat.

dr.fuzzenstein

GvidoR wrote: »

Hurling is a completely different sport. Not moving to that.

For (inline or ice) hockey a stick is not all you need. You need skates, shin guards, cup, padded shorts or pants (usually pants for inline and shorts for ice), elbow pads, shoulder pads with chest protection, helmet and gloves.

Optional: slash guards (for wrist area) and neck guard.

Ofcourse you'll need a stick, and if you want a nice carbon fibre stick over a wooden one then you will have to pay for it. :P

Also you will need a jersey and socks to go over the shin guards. You'll need hockey tape for the stick.

Money is also spent on rink time for training sessions, tournaments and season games, as well as petrol to get there ofcourse.

It all adds up.

Well you didn't specify! :P
Ice hockey being a very different beast to field hockey.

GvidoR

Well ice/inline hockey is the real hockey.

Pov06

Ugh... my insurance premium on NoNonsense is €1.39 higher than my daily debit card limit...

I don't really want to pay with direct debits...

Wossack

can usually just pay half today, half again tomorrow etc

Pov06

OSI wrote: »

Call them and tell them? I doubt they'd have much hassle knocking €1.39 off the price to get your business

Rang them and they are not interested in taking 1500 instead of 1501.39

The only thing they can do is take the payment in 2 parts on the same day which is still over my daily limit.

Noccy_Mondy

Pov06 wrote:

Rang them and they are not interested in taking 1500 instead of 1501.39

What rotten miserable bastids!

colm_mcm

just for that I'd try and find a different company

Pov06

colm_mcm wrote: »

just for that I'd try and find a different company

Everyone else is 400 euro dearer

My only choice is to bump to the excess to 750 which lowers the premium to 1483~, but why would I do that?!

dr.fuzzenstein

Pov06 wrote: »

Everyone else is 400 euro dearer

My only choice is to bump to the excess to 750 which lowers the premium to 1483~, but why would I do that?!

To lower the premium to 1483?