Post a picture of your vehicle here Part 6 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

Kilboor

I want it.

CianDon

Party like its 1995!

Mad_Mike

James Bond Junior wrote: »

@MadMike,
was that the A4 Avant I recommended a year or two ago on here? Bought privately from a guy in Blanch?

I bought it in August last year from another user on here, and I have a feeling he might have bought it from a guy around Blanch alright around the beginning of 2019

James Bond Junior

Mad_Mike wrote: »

I bought it in August last year from another user on here, and I have a feeling he might have bought it from a guy around Blanch alright around the beginning of 2019

I think I recommended it to the original buyer who took it from a friend of mine. The original owner who brought it in from the UK was a serious car nut. It would have been pampered when he had it.

Mad_Mike

James Bond Junior wrote: »

I think I recommended it to the original buyer who took it from a friend of mine. The original owner who brought it in from the UK was a serious car nut. It would have been pampered when he had it.

Sounds about right. The guy I bought it from was relocating and only had it about 6 months and the previous owner had brought it in from the UK and certainly looked after it alright

Toyotafanboi

Detailers, look away

Finally got a look at this last night, took around two hours to do a very basic wash.

Having studied the car, it was clear that aggression was key to winning this battle. There was baked on bird **** and muck, moss, lichen, tree sap, bug squash etc. Now, I know you can get different products for each of those that would set me back more than the cost of the car, so I just went for Flash floor cleaner.

€3 for a 2 litre bottle, added it to a handheld spray bottle, doused the car, then washed the car with a bucket and sponge with a dilution of Flash also. I wouldn't do this to a "good car" but I have to say it came up like a new pin. 100% of the dirt was shifted. Used a magic eraser sponge on the wheels. The Flash was easy to work with and has done no lasting damage.

Car is still wet in the after shot as I was trying to sheet it dry but looks decent dry too.

Duke O Smiley

A lick of paint on those wheels and it'll look great!

Duke O Smiley

Bought this yoke a few days ago, 1988 Honda City CG. 1.3 16v, 100 bhp and it weight 780kg. I'm told its the only one in the country, there was a black one on DoneDeal a year or 18 months ago but it was stolen and burned out apparently.

Ryano87

Lovely car Duke. I was parked next to one at the Terenure show 3-4 years ago. Was a lovely red one like yours which an old boy had been looking after for a good few years. I'd say sort out that little bit of rust and a full machine polish all over and that car will be sweet.

Duke O Smiley

Yeah, did a little bit of the bonnet this morning with a rotary polisher and it came up well. Did the headlights too

This is what they were like:



And they came up ok:



Will re-do them and do the rest of the car this weekend, hopefully it comes up well.

Here it is on the road back in 2010:



I'd imagine the car you were parked beside was this one. I'm told it had one long term owner until recently, he gave it up as parts were becoming more and more difficult to find.

Ryano87

I'd say it was that one. Just checked but I can't find my 2016 Terenure show pictures. I was parked beside him in a smart roadster. We were parked in front of a huge land rover defender from the James bond spectre film if anybody has any photos of the day

He was a gent and I loved the car - was immaculate. Was laughing that nobody in the family wanted the car but he loved it.

The clear lights going right across the front looks far nicer on that car than the civic from the mid noughties I think

tc20

@ Duke - well wear. I'd say it's good craic with a 1.3 and so little body weight!
Is the light bar across the front functional, or more for aesthetics?

Duke O Smiley

tc20 wrote: »

@ Duke - well wear. I'd say it's good craic with a 1.3 and so little body weight!
Is the light bar across the front functional, or more for aesthetics?

It’s only a reflector between the lights unfortunately. It was the first thing I checked!

dastardly00

Mad_Mike wrote: »

It might be an ancient design at this stage, but I still love my B6 Avant

It looks fantastic!

chalky_ie

Currently for sale!

homer90

Mad_Mike wrote: »

It might be an ancient design at this stage, but I still love my B6 Avant

Still regret selling mine to this day... cracking car .

Mad_Mike

homer90 wrote: »

Still regret selling mine to this day... cracking car .

Looks like it was similar spec was it?
Wheels, door blades, rear spolier etc all look the same

homer90

Mad_Mike wrote: »

Looks like it was similar spec was it?
Wheels, door blades, rear spolier etc all look the same

IIRC it was a sport not S line

Mad_Mike

Same as my own one so.

colm_mcm

Might be wrong, but I think the S-Line didn’t come out til the B7?

chalky_ie

colm_mcm wrote: »

Might be wrong, but I think the S-Line didn’t come out til the B7?

I think it was called USP for the B6? Or at least it was in the US.

hooch-85

They were just known as the B6 Sport I thought. Were a very well finished car, mate had a PD130 bout 8 years ago and it was a very nice car at the time. That was before the felters ruined them all with "quattro" fibreglass kits, fake rs4 badges and cheap coilovers/cut springs. Even at that they aren't as bad as the muppets today with the reek maps and popcorn limiters. They should all be taken out and shot with their own excrement.

GustavoFring

First proper blast this evening. The to-do list is growing but not until after the VRT.

hooch-85

Lovely car, I went for a blast in my own R yesterday evening, lovely dry conditions for it. Still believe the manual transmission is the one to have. Maybe DSG if your doing a lot of city driving but for a good cut on back roads you can't beat having the three pedals imo.

Banana Republic.

Audi A4 2.0 Diesel Absolutely Love it. Always wanted an Audi so I’ve had two in the last year, such a cool car.

GustavoFring

hooch-85 wrote: »

Lovely car, I went for a blast in my own R yesterday evening, lovely dry conditions for it. Still believe the manual transmission is the one to have. Maybe DSG if your doing a lot of city driving but for a good cut on back roads you can't beat having the three pedals imo.

Yeah, no regrets going for the manual so far. I have zero stop start driving anyway really so it's all good. I'm lucky that I've got a nice cruiser whenever I want it so it's the best of both worlds for me. No pops and bangs though!

tossy

GustavoFring wrote: »

No pops and bangs though!

Yet :cool:

Leonard Hofstadter

Got the car washed, engine bay detailed, interior detailed, as well as the headlights and tail lights polished yesterday, you could say I'm happy with the results . The ceramic coating was done exactly this time three years ago, still holding up very well (not that I'm biased or anything like that of course:D).

CianDon

traco

I should be working from home but its too nice - I'm off to get the head roasted off me and have a 99. YOLO as the cool kids say!