* Motors chat - round 12 *

punisher5112 · 13-04-2018 02:55PM

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.

13-04-2018 03:15PM

"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.

bazz26 · 13-04-2018 04:10PM

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.

frozenfrozen · 13-04-2018 05:47PM

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

job seeker · 13-04-2018 06:53PM

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..

Toyotafanboi · 13-04-2018 07:34PM

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 · 13-04-2018 07:44PM

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

13-04-2018 07:52PM

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.

Toyotafanboi · 13-04-2018 07:56PM

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.

James Bond Junior · 13-04-2018 07:57PM

frozenfrozen wrote: »

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

I found it hard to get my 18 year old bimmer insured last year. 15 years is the cut off point.

Noccy_Mondy · 13-04-2018 08:58PM

ShadowHearth wrote:

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.

ShadowHearth wrote:

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

Ya seen a few around, know a lady who got one, they should take off. I'm told they're replacing the jetta?!

Toyotafanboi · 13-04-2018 09:04PM

The T-Roc is a decent looking faux SUV soft roader crossover hatchback family car type thing.

Nasty enough on the inside though, i'd say the only spiritual succession it has to a Jetta is the heinous use of hard plastics on the door cards and dash and I'm not usually one to care about those things.

For a decent spec one with a good engine they are well north of 30k which seems like an awful lot for what it is IMO.

job seeker · 13-04-2018 09:05PM

Augeo wrote: »

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.

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

Yes, M4/50 indeed.. Cheers.

Thanks.

New beginnings and all that..

Leonard Hofstadter · 13-04-2018 09:15PM

Took my car to Motor Confidence on Monday feeling quite smug and happy that it had managed nearly four whole months without needing to visit a garage and for once just being a reliable and enjoyable car to use and drive (I even managed 400 miles on a full tank before the low fuel light came on), however I had noticed a problem over the past couple of weeks with vibrations under heavy braking. In addition, I had started to hear the odd groaning noise from the back of the car going over certain bumps and I thought it was slightly less smooth sometimes changing gear every now and again.

It turns out that there's nothing wrong with the brakes at all. Instead, it needs new front suspension wishbones and bushings, driver's side rear track rod, rear suspension top ball joints, a new driver's side rear spring:eek:, a rear diff bushing and obviously after all of that it's going to need wheel alignment (well in fairness it needed that anyway).

I'm not quite sure it needs all of that but I can see the rear of the car is leaning to one side and it is cracking over the bumps and I can feel a clunk sometimes when changing gear, so I will definitely do all the stuff to the back of the car and see how I get on with that, if I'm still unhappy with it I will do the front suspension as well. I will change both springs at the back because there is absolutely no point in doing only the one spring cause then it will lean to the left instead of the right and the springs snapping is hardly an unknown problem with E46s anyway.

Why do I hate having money:D:D?

13-04-2018 09:52PM

Why not get the front sorted too? When's it due an NCT?

CIP4 · 13-04-2018 11:06PM

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..

Far from a fan of driving around Dublin but had to go to RDS with work and did some training in a place quite near there also a few times last year drove up and found it fine as I headed down early was a bit busy leaving in the evenings alright but when it’s only a few days a year a bit of traffic doesn’t kill you. Plus the mileage claim of 4-5 times the fuel cost makes it nice.

colm_mcm · 13-04-2018 11:30PM

https://youtu.be/LK06OoIyorQ

James Bond Junior · 13-04-2018 11:39PM

Would that have destroyed the underbody of the car long term?

ShadowHearth · 14-04-2018 08:53AM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

The T-Roc is a decent looking faux SUV soft roader crossover hatchback family car type thing.

Nasty enough on the inside though, i'd say the only spiritual succession it has to a Jetta is the heinous use of hard plastics on the door cards and dash and I'm not usually one to care about those things.

For a decent spec one with a good engine they are well north of 30k which seems like an awful lot for what it is IMO.

I sow one of the reviews and its true, they really cheaped out with materials inside. Vw always was the one to brag about "high quality materials", but in T roc its lower grade, then the car it based on. A bit bizarre.
Would it be north of 30k? I guess if you want diesel engine in it and some really "extra" extras. What I found a bit weird, was,that golf in similar spec turns out more expensive.

14-04-2018 01:27PM

Would be so easy for NCT to modify their smoke test criteria to align with what's going to be the UK set up...

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/apr/14/mot-changes-strict-tests-diesel-cars-fail?

Mycroft H · 14-04-2018 02:22PM

I was a bit of a fool this morning.

The heater suddenly stopped working yesterday on the C5. Knowing that the heater motor resistors can be a common fault on these, I spent the guts of 15 minutes fiddling under the dash trying to get it out. Then took it into the house, opened it expecting to see a burnt circuit board or something. Nothing, it was fine. I'm at a bit of a loss. Until I looked in the fuse box, found someone had replaced the heater motor fuse with a 30amp one when there meant to have a 40 amp one. Typical. 50p and a short trip to the motor factor, it was working again. Check the simple things first.....

14-04-2018 03:38PM

Mycroft H wrote: »

I was a bit of a fool this morning.

The heater suddenly stopped working yesterday on the C5. Knowing that the heater motor resistors can be a common fault on these, I spent the guts of 15 minutes fiddling under the dash trying to get it out. ........... Check the simple things first.....

Also, it'd be really unlikely for all 4 or 5 speeds to go due to the resistor pack

Mycroft H · 14-04-2018 04:07PM

Augeo wrote: »

Mycroft H wrote: »

I was a bit of a fool this morning.

The heater suddenly stopped working yesterday on the C5. Knowing that the heater motor resistors can be a common fault on these, I spent the guts of 15 minutes fiddling under the dash trying to get it out. ........... Check the simple things first.....

Also, it'd be really unlikely for all 4 or 5 speeds to go due to the resistor pack

Yes, I thought of that when I'd it out in my hand. I'd probably be the top speed that would have stayed on even if it was a bit dodgy.

CIP4 · 14-04-2018 07:16PM

Was walking around the city centre today in Kilkenny and what drove past me only my old 2007 Golf I reckon it is still the same owner as I sold it to put a smile on my face as it still looked really well minded. To be fair that was spotless when I sold it bought it with 99k km sold it with 132k km on it and the buyer planned on commuting about 200 km a day with it. I often think if it had back seats and not the risk of Conrod failure with its BXE engine I would of kept it. But then I am not so sure as there was zero wrong with my Megane actually couldn't of been a better car so reliable and it still got the cut.

14-04-2018 07:27PM

CIP4 wrote: »

..... I often think if it had back seats and not the risk of Conrod failure with its BXE engine I would of kept it. But then I am not so sure as there was zero wrong with my Megane actually couldn't of been a better car so reliable and it still got the cut.

You're in a seriously tasty car know, no offence to the Golf or Megane but they are incomparable to your current A4 and to your previous A4 too IMO

Looks class, great smooth petrol engine, decent mpg, nice interior

CIP4 · 14-04-2018 07:34PM

Augeo wrote: »

You're in a seriously tasty car know, no offence to the Golf or Megane but they are incomparable to your current A4 and to your previous A4 too IMO

Looks class, great smooth petrol engine, decent mpg, nice interior

Oh ye this one is definitely my favourite by a long shot alright the few extras make it. The interior is just class particularly at night so impressive. I want to buy a house in maybe 1-2 years time so will be keeping this one for a long time.

frozenfrozen · 14-04-2018 07:56PM

famous last words

Hal1 · 14-04-2018 08:37PM

https://i.imgur.com/76UAoXH.jpg

punisher5112 · 14-04-2018 08:44PM

Hal1 wrote: »

https://i.imgur.com/76UAoXH.jpg

Remember the amount of Renault vans that use to be cut in half and used as trailer...

Most seemed to be ex Telecom eireann.

jayo26 · 14-04-2018 09:36PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

Remember the amount of Renault vans that use to be cut in half and used as trailer...

Most seemed to be ex Telecom eireann.

Neighbour of ours when I was a kid used to have an old mk2 escort 2 door estate and had another one cut into a trailer or whatever you wanna call it but was lovely yoke.

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