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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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flatty

punisher5112 wrote: »

Murt102 wrote: »

08 Mondeo 1.8tdci - over the last few days it has started to suddenly lose power. Driving at approx 100kmph and then a sudden judder of power loss (only for a second) and then back to normal. This would continue the whole journey every few minutes when at that speed. Any ideas of what could be causing this?

Faulty injector, dpf, EGR or another sensor.

Mine dies if I rev it over 2krevs as it's the fuel pump.

We had this on herselfs Peugeot 307 back when we were first wed.
It was the dpf, and it stopped the engine revving above 3000 rpm. It was a dear enough fix in truth, and it no difference at all to the way she drove, so she just left it and it stayed like that for a few years til she traded it. Told the dealer. He was happy and sold it on as was.

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CIP4 wrote: »

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Had a massive grin on my face kind of mad that they are basically only a 4 cylinder 2.0 but putting out that kind of power.

2.0 turbo units from way back used to put out similar or more with slight mods. ST205 ish GT4s were 250bhp out of the showroom iirc..... wrx Impreza were 270 odd in the90s

joujoujou

Happy B-day!

CIP4

colm_mcm wrote: »

...and that, folks, was the moment when CIP4 knew that the A4................

..well...we all know what happens next

Me impulsively buying a new car never, you must have me mixed up with someone else. Although it is my birthday today

colm_mcm

...and that, folks, was the moment when CIP4 knew that the A4................

..well...we all know what happens next

CIP4

Got to drive a family members 171 Leon Cupra 290 DSG. Some car I have never driven anything with that kind of power. But was unreal the fact you could just drive it normally and it would tip up through the gears quite and smooth but if you put the shoe down and it dropped a few gears the sound and the power just effortless up to ridiculous speeds. I reckon the Golf R would be the better car with its 4 motion but price wise the Leon is a lot of car and power for the money.

Had a massive grin on my face kind of mad that they are basically only a 4 cylinder 2.0 but putting out that kind of power.

ofcork

I see there will be a BMW 635csi for sale at terenure tomorrow saw on fb during the week also cannonball will have some cars there.

OldMrBrennan83

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Ubbquittious wrote: »

That's one of the better roads in Cork. You can get a lot poorer than that if you want to

I know..... however kinsale attracts lots of tourists so one would expect the road to be better.

Ubbquittious

Augeo wrote: »

I went from Cork City to Kinsale a few weekends ago and thought the road surface from halfway to Kinsale was really poor.

That's one of the better roads in Cork. You can get a lot poorer than that if you want to

James Bond Junior

Patww79 wrote: »

Some days could be 50, some could be over 700.

I did just shy of 650km in the past day. 500km plus 150km but had a nights sleep in between. Hope you have something comfy, I had to change from my Volvo to a BMW on my journey and the Volvo would have made feel like half the drive.

OldMrBrennan83

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wotzgoingon

I slipped myself coming back from bringing the dog for a walk. I wasn't even going that fast. It's a back road that melted and yesterday the council were out with a tractor and trailer full of lose pebbles spraying all over the melted roads. Lethal now.

James Bond Junior

250km a day 5 days a week? Wow! Thought I had it bad at 110km a day.

OldMrBrennan83

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James Bond Junior wrote: »

............Why can't a basic standard in road surface be applied across the island? Surely it couldn't be that hard?..............

You have relatively huge counties like Cork and Kerry with multiple total miles of road compared to the likes of Kildare, a small but wealthy county. Unless the basis standard was absolutely brutal I can't see all county councils or whatever being able to afford it.

Also there are thousands of miles of roads that don't get much traffic.

I went from Cork City to Kinsale a few weekends ago and thought the road surface from halfway to Kinsale was really poor.

Dartz

That lets you know who got elected to the Dáil and where they live.

James Bond Junior

Drove 450km today, across 9 counties and into Norn Iron and back. The difference in road surface from county to county and even jurisdiction to jurisdiction was stark. Why can't a basic standard in road surface be applied across the island? Surely it couldn't be that hard?

Also, KFC is Komplete F***ing Crap.

wotzgoingon

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Leonard Hofstadter

Gavman84 wrote: »

I have been going to Fionnsport now ever since Foxhole told me about him. He is a brilliant mech and has sorted my ST out for me when other places were telling me there is nothing wrong :rolleyes: I will be going nowhere else in future with any car!

I should have mentioned that in my previous post, but when I said three people recommended them to me, FN here was one of them!

James Bond Junior

Good to know about Fionnsport.

Gavman84

captainspeed wrote: »

I have heard very good things about Fionnsport by three separate people I know. I called into them one Saturday (I thought my car had developed a problem while I was down in Cork, although it turned out that it hadn't) and I certainly got the impression they knew what they were doing.

They certainly impressed me enough that when I'm down that way towards the end of next month I plan on availing of the opportunity to get a few minor jobs done to my E46.

That's a standard BMW issue, once you get it sorted it will have you back under that magic spell where you instantly forgive it for having wasted all your money for randomly going wrong for no good reason, they're just such nice cars to be in and to drive for the five days of the year they're actually running 100% right:D.

I have been going to Fionnsport now ever since Foxhole told me about him. He is a brilliant mech and has sorted my ST out for me when other places were telling me there is nothing wrong :rolleyes: I will be going nowhere else in future with any car!

tcawley29

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

You said you're holding into it for a good few years. What difference will the reg make when it's 10 or 12 years old a hundred or two? Totally up to you obviously!

I don't get this whole reg thing. Get your home reg, worry about resale value when the time comes, life's too short. There's more to it than worrying over a few dollar bills.

In fairness if I bought something I'd like to think I would keep it for a few years too but I know I would get the urge after a year or two to change it for something else. I think vintagevrs will be the same too

Its a nice dream to have but if the money is available he may change again before too long

Noccy_Mondy

vintagevrs wrote:

It's not trying to please future owners. It's about maximising resale value, which is all about me.

You said you're holding into it for a good few years. What difference will the reg make when it's 10 or 12 years old a hundred or two? Totally up to you obviously!

I don't get this whole reg thing. Get your home reg, worry about resale value when the time comes, life's too short. There's more to it than worrying over a few dollar bills.

bazz26

Only on the street it appears.

colm_mcm

So smoking is dangerous after all

bazz26

Just popping outside for a quick smoke:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1011900471764758528

Dartz

RX8 now running again thanks to Shadow Rotary.

And a replacement engine.

Sparkplug electrodes are not nice for an engine.

Foxhole Norman

Diabhalta wrote: »

Guys, good garage in Cork? Car running rough when warm, possible air leak I don't know what to do with it anymore..need some good mechanic please. Thanks. It's an E30. Greatest car when running right, pos rubbish when something's wrong.

I use Fionnsport on the Old Mallow Road for major work on my 540i, he's a BMW nut with plenty of E30's of his own, you'll always see his garage full of M-Cars or other high performance BMW's/German Marques.

Sounds something simple like a vacuum hose or split boot somewhere though!

Leonard Hofstadter

Diabhalta wrote: »

Guys, good garage in Cork? Car running rough when warm, possible air leak I don't know what to do with it anymore..need some good mechanic please. Thanks. It's an E30. Greatest car when running right, pos rubbish when something's wrong.

I have heard very good things about Fionnsport by three separate people I know. I called into them one Saturday (I thought my car had developed a problem while I was down in Cork, although it turned out that it hadn't) and I certainly got the impression they knew what they were doing.

They certainly impressed me enough that when I'm down that way towards the end of next month I plan on availing of the opportunity to get a few minor jobs done to my E46.

That's a standard BMW issue, once you get it sorted it will have you back under that magic spell where you instantly forgive it for having wasted all your money for randomly going wrong for no good reason, they're just such nice cars to be in and to drive for the five days of the year they're actually running 100% right:D.