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* Motors chat - round 12 *

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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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marathon

Have 05 Citroen berlingo 1.9 battery keeps going dead so put new battery in it n it doing same only battery light comes on nothing else would it be loose connection or is it alternator???

Noccy_Mondy

Ron Burgundy II wrote:

I got a bit of good news today, waiting almost 5 months for an outcome but finally received a settlement for damage caused to the car due to hitting a pothole.

Ditto, got settlement the other day for a burst tyre. Took 2 months but the key is in completing the initial claim form right, you need to have all your ducks in a row when tackling the Co co.

What's even stranger is the stretch of road that I burst the tyre was never repaired, it's worse than ever now... Despite me giving exact coordinates of it.

punisher5112

marathon wrote: »

Have 05 Citroen berlingo 1.9 battery keeps going dead so put new battery in it n it doing same only battery light comes on nothing else would it be loose connection or is it alternator???

Most likely alternator.

Get a multimeter and put it on when running the voltage should be around 14v maybe 13v.

Dartz

Augeo wrote: »

You bought a scrap engine and it's in the boot of your car?

And it's deep in there too.

Anyone who says a rotary engine is light never had to manhandle one.

James Bond Junior

Dartz wrote: »

And it's deep in there too.

Anyone who says a rotary engine is light never had to manhandle one.

So it's now technically rear engined?

I'll see myself out.

Dartz

James Bond Junior wrote: »

So it's now technically rear engined?

It's a boirrowed car with an engine rattling in the boot until I figure out how to remove it. It's turned the handling utterly shocking rocking back and forth, lurching on the sump and otherwise making it's weight felt.

I'm sort of aware that iuf I stuff it I'll have 120kg of solid metal escaping through the back seats at 140kph too.

Wheee!

Best not crash then.

[Deleted User]

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

You can reduce the harsh look of that by polishing it but there seems to be paint removed so it won't polish out completely.

Not to mention the dent / panel damage

[Deleted User]

Augeo wrote: »

Not to mention the dent / panel damage

True but I was talking about the paint alone

[Deleted User]

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

True but I was talking about the paint alone

No doubt

Ron Burgundy II

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Ditto, got settlement the other day for a burst tyre. Took 2 months but the key is in completing the initial claim form right, you need to have all your ducks in a row when tackling the Co co.

What's even stranger is the stretch of road that I burst the tyre was never repaired, it's worse than ever now... Despite me giving exact coordinates of it.

I rang on a few occasions to find out the status of the claim. It was bounced around a number of departments before finally been settled.

CIP4

Got my insurance renewal sorted during the week a year older, extra year NCD and €500 cheaper I’ll count that as a win first time under 1k not bad when I am still 23. A4 must have a lower loading than previous cars for it to be that much cheaper.

punisher5112

CIP4 wrote: »

Got my insurance renewal sorted during the week a year older, extra year NCD and €500 cheaper I’ll count that as a win first time under 1k not bad when I am still 23. A4 must have a lower loading than previous cars for it to be that much cheaper.

Wow that's a really good deal.

colm_mcm

I just got overtaken in the Burren by Ronan Keating in his MacLaren. Think it’s his anyway? R8NAN

colm_mcm

I think he could buy 10 and still have money left over.

Duke O Smiley

OSI wrote: »

Ronan Keating can afford a McLaren?

Ah shur its only a 650S

bazz26

Fair Play....

punisher5112

Need more decent cars here I'm sick of looking at poverty spec sh1tboxes

CIP4

punisher5112 wrote: »

Wow that's a really good deal.

Moving from liberty to Aviva so all the same comprehensive cover, windscreen, breakdown assist all that.

James Bond Junior

bazz26 wrote: »

Fair Play....

Very sharp!

davycc

colm_mcm wrote: »

I just got overtaken in the Burren by Ronan Keating in his MacLaren. Think it’s his anyway? R8NAN

The shame, you should have dropped the civic down to second gear and let the vtec roar!

Goodbye mr McLaren!

colm_mcm

He was well able to drive it!

marathon

Anyone got diagram of how fan belt goes on 05citroen berlingo van took it off n never took photo

Hal1

Does anyone know how to remove the cyclinder head temp sensor from a ford focus mk1, thanks!. I've been struggle to release it for the past half hour, the cúnting hoor of a yolk.

Cantona's Collars

Why do some people think that just because it's not the M50 that they can treat a motorway like an N road. Not for the first time,I passed cyclists on the M11 Gorey Bypass. Madness.
The craziest thing I saw on the same road was two motorcyclists stopped on the hard shoulder having a cuppa.
I used to work on motorways once upon a time and unless you have to,the hard shoulder is not a place to be.

punisher5112

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

Why do some people think that just because it's not the M50 that they can treat a motorway like an N road. Not for the first time,I passed cyclists on the M11 Gorey Bypass. Madness.
The craziest thing I saw on the same road was two motorcyclists stopped on the hard shoulder having a cuppa.
I used to work on motorways once upon a time and unless you have to,the hard shoulder is not a place to be.

Been on the side of any road is a dangerous place.

Whether it's n or m I rather keep away.

There not too long ago had a blow out on a brand new Tyre and I was off far from the main section over in a service bay on the m50 and the wind and body shake on the car from those passing by is unreal.

Not the 1st time but it's a feeling one would never get use too.

It's such a dangerous place to be.

[Deleted User]

I'm in a petrol jeep renegade the last few weeks, presumed it was 1.6 initially..... it's actually a 1.4 multiair.

Amazing the difference between it and the other modern small cc turbo petrol I drove 18 months ago....

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=102386916&postcount=2940

The Astra was what you'd expect a turbo to be in years gone by....the multiair is more refined, more linear in the power delivery. In the renegade though it's impressive if you think it's a 1.6 nasp....it's a bit meh when you discover it's a 140bhp turbo.

Duff

Anyone know how much I should be paying to get some codes cleared off the car? I've fixed the issues just need the codes cleared. Cars and e60 M Sport.

OldMrBrennan83

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Noccy_Mondy

Duff wrote:

Anyone know how much I should be paying to get some codes cleared off the car? I've fixed the issues just need the codes cleared. Cars and e60 M Sport.

Varies, seen a mates receipt for work done to his car, with diagnostics down at 20. Have heard of places charging 50 just to connect the computer. If you know anyone that has the software they might do it for handy enough money, the fella I go to never charges for it.

Toyotafanboi

Generally the codes will clear themselves after a certain number of drive cycles without the issue returning.