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

Augeo wrote: »

To try and avoid killing someone presumably.

But it nearly always ends worse.

Trucks, buses and so on don't take kindly to swerving.

Augeo wrote: »

No doubt, but that won't prevent them from swerving.

If any training then they would be told not to.

It's understandable but driving such a vehicle one needs to react as best as possible for the situation.

A car handles so much different and can in most cases be brought back under control.

The momentum and such heavy weight causes huge issues if one swerves and that's quite obvious from the clip.

Sometimes it's the better choice to hit the other vehicles but minimum impact if possible by getting to one side etc.

punisher5112 wrote: »

If any training then they would be told not to.

It's understandable but driving such a vehicle one needs to react as best as possible for the situation.

A car handles so much different and can in most cases be brought back under control.

The momentum and such heavy weight causes huge issues if one swerves and that's quite obvious from the clip.

Sometimes it's the better choice to hit the other vehicles but minimum impact if possible by getting to one side etc.

The driver avoided the car. The lorry didn't hit any vechicle. He may have injured himself by overturning the lorry but that is surely better than rear ending a car with possibly 5 adults/children in it.

It's a natural instinct to try and avoid hitting an obstacle that appears in front of you like that.

Not really sure what your point is here.

Is there cars and coffee in Limerick this Sunday?

I finally have Sunday off and it was last year I had a chance to go.

h3000 wrote: »

It should be. Do you know it’s moved to Plassey?

I never knew they did it with specific types. I thought anyone is welcome and park where you want. No day for Spaniard.

Took the fiancée's Lupo through the car wash earlier. She's had it for a year and a half now, second time it's got a wash since buying it.

I couldn't stand anymore how filthy it was. The pollen here is leaving everything under a fine yellow layer. Can't be good for the paint.

Lads, where in Limerick cars and coffee moved? Can someone give me better discription where it is? Ill put them in to misses like a sat nav. :pac:

Edit: Nvm, I sow in that picture full address, ill pop it in to sat nav.
Any other boardsies going?

colm_mcm wrote: »

What time is it on?

11 to 2

colm_mcm wrote: »

wonder if there’d be much going on between 11 and 12

Well, I am getting some food and going to go off there. So at least I will be there.

colm_mcm wrote: »

I’ll have my toddler, so probably won’t be able to stay too long

I have my misses and ratty too. I bet one or another will get bored 20min in. :pac:

colm_mcm wrote: »

Right, sure I’ll probably see you up there so, will be more like 1130 I’d say.

Cool, if you will see a dude in glasses, with Rick and Morty T shirt, its me! :pac:

Discovered this morning that the suspension groan I complained about the other day isn't anything to do with the suspension at all - it's actually the back seats. I was cleaning the seats this morning and when I pressed against the passenger's side seat it made the groaning noise I had noticed over certain kinds of bumps when driving!

I also discovered that the vibrations when braking and the bounciness of the ride were because the rear tyres were down by 11 psi (and the fronts were down by 5 psi). I think whoever did my wheel balancing must have let some air out of the tyres, because they were at the right pressure only a few days ago.

Pumped them the correct pressures and the car is driving like a dream once more!

You'd think I'd know better having owned it for 17 months but rule number one with any BMW - if you think there is something wrong with it, start by checking the simplest things before moving on to anything else!

Is the c&c meets in Atlone still going?

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Thanks SH. My life has an uncanny ability to have nothing on for weekends at a time except for when the Limerick CC is on.

Well, I am a chef, so I get one Sunday off in about 3 months. Got very very lucky and got this Sunday off!!! So I had to go!

Today was funny. One young lad was passing by my car while I was throwing my hoody in a boot.
He stopped, looked at the car and said: Whats so special about your car? Me: "Its a cupra" Him: "Oh!!!"
Its almost a sleeper at this point!