***** Motors chat - round 12 *****

Tazzimus

Wibbs wrote: »

Mine would be similar W. The Japanese really knew how to bolt engines together back then. Mad how you would see Levins all over the place at one time, now I can't remember the last time I saw one. Lovely yoke to drive too.

Back when Toyota made reliable fun cars.
I'll have the DC2 back this summer all going well, it's only been 5 years since it was running.
Kinda gotten used to not getting hassled by the cops though.

CIP4

Noticed a light scratch on the passenger side front door of my car annoying as it’s about 25cm long wasn’t there last year looks like a mark off a bush or branch etc although I can’t remember brushing of anything. It’s so light I would be confident it will polish out at least.

Truckermal

CIP4 wrote: »

Noticed a light scratch on the passenger side front door of my car annoying as it’s about 25cm long wasn’t there last year looks like a mark off a bush or branch etc although I can’t remember brushing of anything. It’s so light I would be confident it will polish out at least.

Do you only look at your bodywork once a year?:p

CIP4

Truckermal wrote: »

Do you only look at your bodywork once a year?:p

Damn I meant week :pac: Washed it last week and it wasn’t there.

dastardly00

I was on the M6 travelling west around half 6 this evening. There was some still a small bit of brightness but effectively it was dark. A Transit up ahead of me had no lights on... But then as I got closer I realised the dipped beams were on! So it had no working rear lights! :eek:

Wibbs

Tazzimus wrote: »

I'll have the DC2 back this summer all going well, it's only been 5 years since it was running.
Kinda gotten used to not getting hassled by the cops though.

Handy things about being an old fart, I don't get hassled by the Guards.

dastardly00 wrote: »

I was on the M6 travelling west around half 6 this evening. There was some still a small bit of brightness but effectively it was dark. A Transit up ahead of me had no lights on... But then as I got closer I realised the dipped beams were on! So it had no working rear lights! :eek:

I gather that's an issue with the rear light wiring loom with some Transits? A mate of mine has one and his rear lights went mad a while back, flashing like Christmas tree lights and then went off. He spotted and sorted it mind you.

Tazzimus

Wibbs wrote: »

Handy things about being an old fart, I don't get hassled by the Guards.

I'm mid thirties now so hoping I'm in the same boat.
The J's Racing exhaust may have other ideas though..

CianRyan

To be fair, my car is louder than anything on the road and I never get hassle. Last time I was pulled it was for doing 140 in an 80 zone and I was told to take it handy and head home.
I’m not even 30 yet! Huzzah!!

Hal1

Dartz

Hal1 wrote: »

They're always ***** with tall vehicles that either crawl up too close behind you at the traffic lights, or have everything so badly adjusted that you need sunglasses at night to drive....

Tazzimus

CianRyan wrote: »

To be fair, my car is louder than anything on the road and I never get hassle. Last time I was pulled it was for doing 140 in an 80 zone and I was told to take it handy and head home.
I’m not even 30 yet! Huzzah!!

Ah but do you drive an obnoxiously loud Honda.
Maybe it's different now, I used to get constant hassle when it was on the road.

I am looking forward to having a fun car again though, diesels have their uses but fun is generally not a word you'd associate with them.

R.O.R

Augeo wrote: »

I'm in a BMW 118i for a few days. 1.5 3cyl turbo thing. A very pleasant drive to be fair. You've got to love how there's similarities to the e30 inside 3 decades + later. Splendid brand identify IMO.

It's a competent hatch, I think it's returning close to mid 40s mpg.

It's not much heavier on juice then the CLA220d I had a month or so ago.

Iirc the next gen 1 series will be front wheel drive. The transmission tunnel etc is a tad intrusive in a car this size alright.

Manual? If so, have you noticed the rev matching thing that makes it very difficult to drive smoothly at low speed?

I had a 118i for a week or two and while it's a better use of that engine than the 318i I had before that, it's not a patch on the X1 18i I went in to after the 1 Series, but a large part of that is that the X1 doesn't have the rev matching stuff.

CianRyan

Tazzimus wrote: »

Ah but do you drive an obnoxiously loud Honda.
Maybe it's different now, I used to get constant hassle when it was on the road.

I am looking forward to having a fun car again though, diesels have their uses but fun is generally not a word you'd associate with them.

It’s an RX8 with straight pipes, you wouldn’t hear a Honda pass by at full pelt if I was at idle. :pac:

R.O.R

R.O.R wrote: »

Manual? If so, have you noticed the rev matching thing that makes it very difficult to drive smoothly at low speed?

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There was something weird about it alright. It's a manual.
I thought 1st was really tall.. I didn't need to do much if any low speed stuff in it but on changing down the rev matching was magic....considering I thought it was my driving :pac:

bazz26

Well didn't expect to see this outside my door just now:

colm_mcm

Ugh. A van.


The snow here went as quickly as it came.

wotzgoingon

No snow in Mayo or Galway. Just back from Galway city now. Which was handy as there was a knocking coming from the front right hand wheel so jacked it up and had a look.

wotzgoingon

Well further diagnosis of problem seems to be driveshaft. Typical pass the NCT then this happens. I'm hoping one of you more knowledgeable guys can help me. See the pic below and the green CV joint is that suppose to slide in and out of the gear box. I mean not in and out fully but it moves about a inch at least well maybe between 1/2 and 3/4.

Wibbs

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Well further diagnosis of problem seems to be driveshaft. Typical pass the NCT then this happens. I'm hoping one of you more knowledgeable guys can help me. See the pic below and the green CV joint is that suppose to slide in and out of the gear box. I mean not in and out fully but it moves about a inch at least well maybe between 1/2 and 3/4.

Now knowledgeable for me is a stretch Wotz, but as far as I know there will be some back and forth play, like a couple of millimetres, but not half an inch or more.

rex-x

Wibbs wrote: »

Now knowledgeable for me is a stretch Wotz, but as far as I know there will be some back and forth play, like a couple of millimetres, but not half an inch or more.

Half an inch is fine, it has to move more than that to allow for suspension travel, maybe 1-2 inches depending on design

Wailin

I plan on picking up a cheap 4x4 for some moderate offroad stuff and muck laden lanes up the Wicklow mountains. The suzuki jimny seems to be the one that keeps coming back to me, cheap to run, easily modified and very good in the rough stuff. Im looking at one during the week and if all checks out, will be bringing it home.

So I plan on giving it a 2" lift, bigger A/T tyres and maybe a snorkel but that's not really necessary. Is it easy to change shocks and springs? Not completely inept mechanically wise but not something I've ever done before.

Truckermal

Wailin wrote: »

I plan on picking up a cheap 4x4 for some moderate offroad stuff and muck laden lanes up the Wicklow mountains. The suzuki jimny seems to be the one that keeps coming back to me, cheap to run, easily modified and very good in the rough stuff. Im looking at one during the week and if all checks out, will be bringing it home.

So I plan on giving it a 2" lift, bigger A/T tyres and maybe a snorkel but that's not really necessary. Is it easy to change shocks and springs? Not completely inept mechanically wise but not something I've ever done before.

I would love a old Pajero or Shogun for something like that!

Wailin

Only for the tax and terrible economy that's what Id be looking at too. A jimny with a 2" lift and good A/T tyres will be as capable as any of the big boys in the mud!

Like this

selous

Here's a curious one, if anyone has an answer,

When it was snowing on Sunday the TPMS in the car went off, I got out and checked tyres, all good, so reset it, later on when driving, it went off again, got the pressure gauge out this time, all good, all same pressure, reset it.
Monday morning 5am in the frost, it pinged again, had a look, nothing flat, reset and drove off, hasn't happened since,

Was it driving in the snow, and the cold, (it's never gone off before in 3years i've had the car)

Big Nasty

I've had it happen before when temp changes suddenly or in heavy rain. I guess changes in baromic pressure could be contributory.

colm_mcm

selous wrote: »

Here's a curious one, if anyone has an answer,

When it was snowing on Sunday the TPMS in the car went off, I got out and checked tyres, all good, so reset it, later on when driving, it went off again, got the pressure gauge out this time, all good, all same pressure, reset it.
Monday morning 5am in the frost, it pinged again, had a look, nothing flat, reset and drove off, hasn't happened since,

Was it driving in the snow, and the cold, (it's never gone off before in 3years i've had the car)

This is quite a common thing to happen.

bazz26

selous wrote: »

Here's a curious one, if anyone has an answer,

When it was snowing on Sunday the TPMS in the car went off, I got out and checked tyres, all good, so reset it, later on when driving, it went off again, got the pressure gauge out this time, all good, all same pressure, reset it.
Monday morning 5am in the frost, it pinged again, had a look, nothing flat, reset and drove off, hasn't happened since,

Was it driving in the snow, and the cold, (it's never gone off before in 3years i've had the car)

Happened to me on Sunday afternoon too. It's something to do with the sudden drop in temperature.

vintagevrs

Is it an actual TPMS, as in does it give you a reading for pressures or is it the flat tyre detection system? Few cars have a proper TPMS and instead use the abs sensors to detect difference in rotational speed to detect a potential flat. It's possible the slippy conditions caused one wheel to slip a little more than the other making the system suspect a flat.

bazz26

vintagevrs wrote: »

Is it an actual TPMS, as in does it give you a reading for pressures or is it the flat tyre detection system? Few cars have a proper TPMS and instead use the abs sensors to detect difference in rotational speed to detect a potential flat. It's possible the slippy conditions caused one wheel to slip a little more than the other making the system suspect a flat.

My F10 displays the tyre pressure in bars. The TPMS system warning came up when I started the car after being parked up over night so before I even set off in the snow.

vintagevrs

Ah well for legit sensors like that, which are rare I would think the cooler temps must drop pressure enough for them to trigger the warning. Nice feature to have though.