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* Motors chat - round 12 *

[Deleted User]

This thread is for motoring topics which you feel are not worthy of starting a new thread for, banter from a meet or general motoring related chit chat.

Keep it clean, be nice and helpful.

Motors charter applies.

Round 11 is HERE

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Toyotafanboi

Augeo wrote: »

Ah shtop, it's not that bad at all.

I definitely wouldn't recommend a non local to try and be somewhere on time between those hours. All it takes is a shower of rain to bring the city to a halt, especially on Mondays.

[Deleted User]

job seeker wrote: »

I recently voiced my concerns of driving in Dublin. :O I got offered a new job today and I have to go to Dublin on Monday for induction with the company. My question is, would I be better getting the train/Luas or driving up? I have to get to Landscape Rd, Newtown Little, Dublin 14. I am not familiar with Dublin at all..

You'll be coming in from the West presumably, M4 then the M50, be grand once you have sat nav or google maps on a driver friendly set up

Well done on new job.

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

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Trying to get anywhere in a car in Dublin between 7 - 9am and 4.30 - 6.30pm on a weekday is pretty much impossible.

Ah shtop, it's not that bad at all.

job seeker

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

The biggest thing about getting to places in Dublin is the time that you plan on arriving.

That'd be walking distance from Windy Arbour Luas but if you're coming from outside the county it's be nice to just drive the whole way and arrive at a slightly off peak time.

Trying to get anywhere in a car in Dublin between 7 - 9am and 4.30 - 6.30pm on a weekday is pretty much impossible.

I see, so the train/luas seems like the better option. As I have to be there at 10am. It seems like I can get the luas from Connolly station.

https://www.google.ie/maps/dir/Connolly+Rail+Station,+Amiens+Street,+North+Dock,+Dublin/Landscape+House,+Landscape+Rd,+Newtown+Little,+Dublin+14/@53.3253846,-6.3321201,12z/am=t/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x48670e8eb3a58213:0x45bf0d7776670621!2m2!1d-6.2495392!2d53.3513797!1m5!1m1!1s0x48670be5019323d5:0x924bfbaf6c11dfe2!2m2!1d-6.2684037!2d53.2993183!3e3

Toyotafanboi

The biggest thing about getting to places in Dublin is the time that you plan on arriving.

That'd be walking distance from Windy Arbour Luas but if you're coming from outside the county it's be nice to just drive the whole way and arrive at a slightly off peak time.

Trying to get anywhere in a car in Dublin between 7 - 9am and 4.30 - 6.30pm on a weekday is pretty much impossible.

job seeker

I recently voiced my concerns of driving in Dublin. :O I got offered a new job today and I have to go to Dublin on Monday for induction with the company. My question is, would I be better getting the train/Luas or driving up? I have to get to Landscape Rd, Newtown Little, Dublin 14. I am not familiar with Dublin at all..

frozenfrozen

Any chance of my dad getting classic insurance on an 05 BMW 645?

bazz26

Their domestic UK market sales are slumping.

Looking at their Irish website and the base specs are pretty miserable. Spec something up and your going into mad money. The current XE and XF when you sit into them don't look or feel remotely like what they cost. And the engine line up is pretty poor also, if you don't want a 2.0 diesel your pretty goosed. The Chinese market seems to be doing well for them.

[Deleted User]

"Jaguar Land Rover would not confirm the number of jobs to be lost but said the changes would largely see agency staff not having their contracts renewed."

I reckon they had unsustainable growth anyway but it seems that the cuts won't be the fulltime headcount. Temp production folk largely I would think.

punisher5112

bazz26 wrote: »

Jaguar Land Rover set to announce job cuts:

https://news.sky.com/story/jaguar-land-rover-to-shed-1000-jobs-reports-11328868

Diesel sales must be taking a fair hit already.

bazz26

Jaguar Land Rover set to announce job cuts:

https://news.sky.com/story/jaguar-land-rover-to-shed-1000-jobs-reports-11328868

ShadowHearth

Sow the new VW T roc on the road yesterday. Looks nice. Is just me or theu look lower in front then in a back? Kind of annoying.

Its based on golf and can be gotten with 1.5tsi petrol in highest spec for around 33. Not bad?

[Deleted User]

Ron Burgundy II wrote: »

Any known issues with an E90 318i auto? ..............

Auto box isn't a weak point.
N46 engines can experience plastic chain guide rail issues but there's so few of them about relative to diesel variants it's hard to know if it's a common issue or not.

If it sounds ok at pre purchase inspection it'll likely be fine IMO.

Ron Burgundy II

Any known issues with an E90 318i auto? Parents are considering one and I don't know much about BMWs.

Noccy_Mondy

Mondeo had its 12th service today. Book stamped, fsh kept up to date and onwards for another year!

OldMrBrennan83

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CIP4

Parents are on my current liberty policy renewal was €1055. I declared my mother had just got 3 penalty points that brought it up to €1100 so I said take here off it which brought it too €1150

so then I said I can get it with Aviva for €840 with my Mum off it and they said the best they could do way €1080. Guess I will be going with Aviva.

Whole thing is fairly random Aviva quote was 1020 with my Mum on it with points but policy with open driving over 25 allowing people with points to drive it €980

Leonard Hofstadter

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

I had the exact opposite experience. Putting the parents on as named drivers was cheaper than having just myself on the policy. It just goes to show how insurance is different for everyone.

Same with me, having my parents as name drivers dropped it by about €300.

JohnBoy26

LIGHTNING wrote: »

I was told the same, I threw on my parents and it went up a load. Sure insurance is a complete random number generator

I had the exact opposite experience. Putting the parents on as named drivers was cheaper than having just myself on the policy. It just goes to show how insurance is different for everyone.

[Deleted User]

vintagevrs wrote: »

Have to agree with that. I know someone who had been driving about ten years, still in their 20s, added their girlfriend who was learning to drive and it lowered the premium.

I tried adding my girlfriend when renewing in December and it made no difference at all. That works on the risk being spread across 2 people I think but at least it didn't go up.

ShadowHearth

vintagevrs wrote: »

Have to agree with that. I know someone who had been driving about ten years, still in their 20s, added their girlfriend who was learning to drive and it lowered the premium.

I wonder if I just get my misses to do theory test and slap her on my insurance. She is 35 too.

vintagevrs

Have to agree with that. I know someone who had been driving about ten years, still in their 20s, added their girlfriend who was learning to drive and it lowered the premium.

[Deleted User]

Having to be a certain age is stupid. If someone is 24 and had been driving on their own insurance etc. since they were 18 they have a lot more experience than a 30 year old who only started driving at 29.

ShadowHearth

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

There was a time when the magic age for insurance dropping was 25, then it went up to 30....now it's non existent.

I think that number always was a random, depending on your age when you call.
Called to insure clk200 when I was 22 - you have to be 25...
Called to insure mx5 when I was 27 - you have to be 30...
If at some point I will call in and will be told, that I have to be 40, I will just tell them to **** off and they can use it for training purposes.

[Deleted User]

There was a time when the magic age for insurance dropping was 25, then it went up to 30....now it's non existent.

ShadowHearth

Woot woot! For the first time in 3 years my insurance finally went down!

Got renewal for 1070eu like last year, but I noticed they had diesel ibiza from 1999-2000 in description, instead of ibiza cupra. Reg and year were right though.
My broker is really good, so she requested new documents and quote from Zurich and it came back this morning. Its down to 995eu! I know its still stupid, but I am finally under 1k! In my fecking 30s++ :pac: Really happy.

Funny part is 1.9SDI with 64hp apparently is more dangerous then 1.8t with 192hp. Go figure.

wotzgoingon

Deleted User wrote: »

Folks, am i alone in having constant issues with donedeal?

Constantly having issues where the pages won't load, or i have to keep refreshing them to get them to load up, or such. All other sites on the interweb seem to be running perfectly fine. It's got me puzzled. Been going on ages now.

Anytime I'm on it it is fine though I don't be on it much. I might have a quick browse at some stage in the evening time.

selectamatic

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Folks, am i alone in having constant issues with donedeal?

Constantly having issues where the pages won't load, or i have to keep refreshing them to get them to load up, or such. All other sites on the interweb seem to be running perfectly fine. It's got me puzzled. Been going on ages now.

Yep I've a rake of issues with it, ranging from pics not loading to it taking a feckin age to load my saved ads and a few more niggles. Most issues tend to crop up when using the android
App.

I've sh1te internet though so how much of the blame is at done deals end is anyone's guess

[Deleted User]

Folks, am i alone in having constant issues with donedeal?

Constantly having issues where the pages won't load, or i have to keep refreshing them to get them to load up, or such. All other sites on the interweb seem to be running perfectly fine. It's got me puzzled. Been going on ages now.

OldMrBrennan83

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James Bond Junior

I hear great things about Ben O Brien aka the dpf doctor in Newmarket. He is very well regarded in the BMW forums.