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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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davycc

Any rolling road days coming up.
Leinster area preferable but will travel with the masses?

Ardennes1944

Are those my feet?

fancy pigeon

I prefer iridium tipped spark plugs myself

Toyotafanboi

10 over and 6 down on the periodic table of elements?

What's the game again?

ELM327

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Is it the currency they use in the UK?

More like a type of credit card that usually gives cashback, no?

[Deleted User]

Is it the currency they use in the UK?

colm_mcm

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Not sure, but I would imagine so. It's not gold, silver it's, ******** motor company.

Thought they went out of business?

Ah, I was thinking of another lightweight, less white goldy metal!

Big Nasty

colm_mcm wrote: »

Is the company one that was previously raided before and shares its name with a top of the range ford without manual transmission?

4 Down, 9 Across?

James Bond Junior

colm_mcm wrote: »

Is the company one that was previously raided before and shares its name with a top of the range ford without manual transmission?

Not sure, but I would imagine so. It's not gold, silver it's, ******** motor company.

colm_mcm

Is the company one that was previously raided before and shares its name with a top of the range ford without manual transmission?

James Bond Junior

colm_mcm wrote: »

Dodgy crewcab conversions? that’s hardly still going on though?

Search one of the directors of the company.

colm_mcm

frozenfrozen wrote: »

what sort of vrt related offences are there?

Dodgy crewcab conversions? that’s hardly still going on though?

Leonard Hofstadter

vintagevrs wrote: »

Great thing about driving a car like that though, is that your own is all the better afterwards. I remember years ago having to do an airport run, with luggage and people in a Corsa. Nothing wrong with the Corsa, it's not meant to be quick, but when I got back into my own car after it felt like a complete rocket. Helped by the fact I was driving it aroung 5am on a summer morning.

As those kind of cars go, I think the Corsa D (the one introduced in 2006) is very good. The interior feels very well put together (especially for an Opel), they are very comfortable for a long distance journey, they're very quiet and they have excellent seats (at least in the higher spec models). The only things I didn't like about them were the engine (I've driven a fair few 1.4s and I found them all to be quite unrefined even by the standards of four cylinder engines) and the numb steering.

The (admittedly Aussie spec) Mk2 Yaris I drove a few years ago has the honour of being the worst car I've ever driven. It's utterly horrible to drive in every aspect, spongy brakes, mushy pedals, awful gearchange, it didn't even have an engine that liked to rev, which is the one thing Toyota normally does offer the keen driver (and they usually do pretty slick gearboxes as well). And this was a 1.3, not the 1.0 litre three cylinder yoke most people in this country have!

The 206 I drove a couple of weeks ago would run it a close second, don't know how so many of them were sold. At least Toyotas have the excuse of being super reliable.

The more I drive an ordinary car the more I realise what a great car the E46 is for anyone who wants a car that drives well but is still practical and comfortable enough to be used as a daily driver.

It's such a joy to drive, the chassis is really excellent and all the controls are so beautifully weighted, the manual is so satisfying to use but of course the best thing of all is that naturally aspirated straight six - it's such a peach of an engine.

frozenfrozen

what sort of vrt related offences are there?

Duke O Smiley

Mickiemcfist wrote: »

8 range rovers & 2 X5's seized by CAB from a dealer located in fox & geese Dublin 10 today. No names mentioned....

Seized "on suspicion of Vehicle Registration Tax related offences" apparently.

Fresh looking cars too.

https://www.rte.ie/news/crime/2018/0613/970299-criminal-assets-bureau-raids/

James Bond Junior

Mickiemcfist wrote: »

8 range rovers & 2 X5's seized by CAB from a dealer located in fox & geese Dublin 10 today. No names mentioned....

Easy enough to work out with one it is. "Semi precious metal" motor company!

James Bond Junior

Dartz wrote: »

Godwin appearrs in the strangests places...

Like opening an industrial cabinet to find some hardware that was, quite clearly, manufactured in 1930's Germany and still merrily working away.

Ehhhhhh.......

Mickiemcfist

8 range rovers & 2 X5's seized by CAB from a dealer located in fox & geese Dublin 10 today. No names mentioned....

fancy pigeon

Was in a taxi earlier, where when on the M23 at motorway speeds a lump of windscreen surround trim detached and began flopping violently on the a pillar and glass. Without thinking, I opened the window and affixed it back into position, stating it should be fine untill they get to the person that fitted the windscreen to advise further if it needed replacing. All happening while at the limit imposed on the motorway (no, not at a standstill)

It hadn't moved when I looked at it again, many miles later.

Another happy IT client! :P

pajor

Oh yeah.. I had a dream last night that I was at a junction in my Golf and it completely died. Pushed it to the side and thought ‘fûck it.. new car!’

Dartz

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Never thought I would see the motors chat thread Godwinned!

Godwin appearrs in the strangests places...

Like opening an industrial cabinet to find some hardware that was, quite clearly, manufactured in 1930's Germany and still merrily working away.

James Bond Junior

Never thought I would see the motors chat thread Godwinned!

Dartz

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

I got mine from eBay a few weeks ago and they’re grand, cost about €12 I think

Just be careful with the badges.... there's some spurious brass ones going about that might raise some eyebrows. Or hands

pajor

My fiancée’s Lupo is a cracker to drive, bit of a pocket rocket. Only 75hp from a 1.4 engine, definitely doesn’t feel like anything is holding it back though. It’s not the most comfortable car though.

colm_mcm

Was driving a 171 1.25 Fiesta a few weeks ago (last of the old shape). It was so slow! Kinda felt like it was being artificially held back, a bit like the mk6 Golf 2.0 TDI 110 where it feels like when you put the boot down it’s programmed to not give you the full performance for the sake of emissions. Lots of flat spots.

Gavman84

Been driving the old fellas fiesta last few days. Its just so gutless. He should have got an ecoboost! I cant wait to get my own back later.

vintagevrs

Great thing about driving a car like that though, is that your own is all the better afterwards. I remember years ago having to do an airport run, with luggage and people in a Corsa. Nothing wrong with the Corsa, it's not meant to be quick, but when I got back into my own car after it felt like a complete rocket. Helped by the fact I was driving it aroung 5am on a summer morning.

Foxhole Norman

My car is gone in today to get the VANOS units rebuilt, driving my sisters 07 Corsa while she's out of the country and be god the thing is depressing. Not a mind the oil usage and rough cold idling :pac:

AndyBoBandy

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Anybody bought spurious BMW centre caps? I have new alloys being fitted in the coming days and may as well replace the caps while I am at it but at nearly €10 a pop even with trade discount I am slow to shell it out. Wondering are the spurious/chinese special ones any good?

I got mine from eBay a few weeks ago and they’re grand, cost about €12 I think

CIP4

Need to get another set of these my A4 has them presumably from new but they are starting to get a bit damaged/ corroded probably down to salt over winter etc. just see it mentions about tyre pressure monitoring I thought these newer cars use ABS sensors and compare wheel rotation to know if there is a soft tyre. What do the valve caps have to do with that ?

https://www.audishop.ie/a4/sport-and-design/valve-caps---with-audi-logo