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

punisher5112

Interslice wrote: »

http://www.thejournal.ie/traffic-delays-m50-collision-4219914-Sep2018/

Schools only back and the m50 is a mess. Been driving it this week in the bad traffic. Bound to happen with all the last minute exit from the fast lane merchants.

We need people to change to mopeds, motorbikes and public transportation.

ELM327

punisher5112 wrote: »

We need people to change to mopeds, motorbikes and public transportation.

This should go down well on the motors forum

Toyotafanboi

This was the first really bad traffic morning but it's been creeping back up since last week. Not looking forward to the winter ahead.

Toots

I drove past that a few minutes ago. The truck looked absolutely destroyed, and there was also a car that was badly damaged on the rear passenger side but didn't look as bad as the truck. Hopefully nobody too seriously injured.

N7 very slow at gone 9am for me yesterday and today..... expected but still.

ELM327

Same on the N3 inbound at blanchardstown, stop go since before clonee.
No amount of buslane avoidance was possible this morning!

tcawley29

punisher5112 wrote: »

We need people to change to mopeds, motorbikes and public transportation.

I don't like mopeds or public transport (also public transport is brutal in rural ireland) and I know I'm not sensible enough to have a motorbike :pac:

punisher5112

ELM327 wrote: »

This should go down well on the motors forum

So us motor heads have more room to let loose of course....

The way I look at it is for every bike it's one less car blocking my way.

punisher5112

tcawley29 wrote: »

I don't like mopeds or public transport (also public transport is brutal in rural ireland) and I know I'm not sensible enough to have a motorbike :pac:

I thought the same thing but went and done the test years ago.

Now saying this I need to get back at it as motorbikes sitting up last 3 years

joujoujou

tcawley29 wrote: »

[...] public transport is brutal does not exist in rural ireland [...]

FYP

tcawley29

joujoujou wrote: »

FYP

I usually get in trouble for saying that :pac:

When I was home there in August I couldn't get a taxi home from a night out. Nothing has changed since I left anyways.
They don't even let you pre book them now for the end of the night.

I really do feel bad for anyone who goes out for 3 or 4 pints and gets caught over this.

ELM327

tcawley29 wrote: »

I usually get in trouble for saying that :pac:

When I was home there in August I couldn't get a taxi home from a night out. Nothing has changed since I left anyways.
They don't even let you pre book them now for the end of the night.

I really do feel bad for anyone who goes out for 3 or 4 pints and gets caught over this.

Yeah we usually have a designated driver drinking and manage that way. No taxis out here!

tcawley29

ELM327 wrote: »

Yeah we usually have a designated driver drinking and manage that way. No taxis out here!

Don't have that where I am unfortunately so I try to stay at the lads as much as possible but unfortunately that doesn't always work out.

ELM327

tcawley29 wrote: »

Don't have that where I am unfortunately so I try to stay at the lads as much as possible but unfortunately that doesn't always work out.

Whenever I'm the designated driver I generally try to drink less :pac:
But yeah, there's no taxis or public transport in rural ireland. I'd love to see someone trying to do my 50-60k km per year on public transport!

tcawley29

ELM327 wrote: »

Whenever I'm the designated driver I generally try to drink less :pac:
But yeah, there's no taxis or public transport in rural ireland. I'd love to see someone trying to do my 50-60k km per year on public transport!

Was at about 80k myself when I was there.

Delighted I moved tbh. Still traveling for work but its in planes and sometimes the rental companies give me cool cars

OldMrBrennan83

ELM327 wrote: »

Same on the N3 inbound at blanchardstown, stop go since before clonee.
No amount of buslane avoidance was possible this morning!

There's road works with a stop/go far side of Clonee heading for Dunboyne. I'd say it's the culprit. Village is bedlam at the minute.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

It's really the little niggly things that annoy me even though they shouldn't

On the BMW in the drivers footwell there's the obd port and just below it is a button to release the boot lid open.

It's a black button with an outline of a car with the boot up, but I just got my car back yesterday from a mini valet and now the the button is half decal missing so the black part is worn and I'm looking at a gentle glow instead of the image of a car

I wonder, without having to order a button is there a way to just lash a decal onto it ?

Image attached for reference !

colm_mcm

They seem to be very cheap on eBay. There’s no way they swapped the button on you?

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

colm_mcm wrote: »

They seem to be very cheap on eBay. There’s no way they swapped the button on you?

The thought crossed my mind you know. Strange how it was perfect before it went in then I noticed it afterwards, maybe he skived it for himself or a friend's car or something

But is it not an operation to change it ?

I put it down to a chemical he mightve used to clean it or accident ran his nail down it , damaging it ?

If I had to replace it fully I'd just go to a scrap yard since they're universal between a lot of BMW's

colm_mcm

I assume it’s a rubbery button that wears down over time if you use it. I can’t see them scrubbing it. I’d be very curious to see what they drive.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

colm_mcm wrote: »

I assume it’s a rubbery button that wears down over time if you use it. I can’t see them scrubbing it. I’d be very curious to see what they drive.

It's a plastic button like a button on a radio I guess being the closest.

It might very well wear down over time but not in a day, but I could be unsure if I ran a shoe down it by accident getting in or out but I don't because over a year of ownership and it's only happening now ? Hmm..

I might keep an eye for what they drive just out of curiosity, I might pop up to a scrap yard and see if there's any around also. I'd say they probably wouldn't even bother charging me a fiver for one it's that petty !

Foxhole Norman

I can almost guarantee you they used a chemical too strong and they stripped it, I've seen it all too much with lads using the like of G101, AutoSmarts super caustic cleaner at far too low a dilution!

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I can almost guarantee you they used a chemical too strong and they stripped it, I've seen it all too much with lads using the like of G101, AutoSmarts super caustic cleaner at far too low a dilution!

Yeah I hear you and would say as most likely accident

What's annoying is if it was that simple that he didn't say it to me what had happened.

I actually would've appreciated honesty with it and been grand about it

Tbh I'm grand about it anyway but might still go to a scrappy when I get a chance and see if I can't get a clean , unstripped one.

Marcusm

Saw a 182 Bentley today in Donnybrook, a continental GT. VRT will have supported any number of operations, teachers and homeless families!

sunnysoutheast

Historic day tomorrow. Monumental.

My three points expire

bazz26

Ah man, I see the Bandit has passed away today. RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gesp9ubw6uE

CIP4

Getting my car serviced in the morning. I won’t be sorry to get rid of the pinging, service remainders gets irritating quiet quickly. It actually counts how many days and kms your gone over and displays that I never seen that before on a car.

rex-x

CIP4 wrote: »

Getting my car serviced in the morning. I won’t be sorry to get rid of the pinging, service remainders gets irritating quiet quickly. It actually counts how many days and kms your gone over and displays that I never seen that before on a car.

Thats been standard on almost every vag since the mk5 golf

pajor

CIP4 wrote: »

Getting my car serviced in the morning. I won’t be sorry to get rid of the pinging, service remainders gets irritating quiet quickly. It actually counts how many days and kms your gone over and displays that I never seen that before on a car.

Same here. Dropped my car to the garage yesterday evening, got an Aygo as loan car. I have a feeling deep down that it’s going to be.. expensive

Toyotafanboi

rex-x wrote: »

Thats been standard on almost every vag since the mk5 golf

They all count down the days until the service is due. I've never seen one yet that tells you how many days it's overdue, which is what I think CIP is referring to.