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

Paudee wrote: »

Speaking of wind deflectors, somebody stole mine last week, no damage to car. I would have thought once the windows were up you couldn't take them?

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

So did I, but know a few people who've had them robbed off closed windows too

Ms jou got wind deflectors stolen from her then car, touran, in Sligo. Twice! Even though second set had car's reg number clearly engraved on them. Now she owns ASX, wind deflectors with reg engraved as well, no problem. More than likely less popular (I think front deflectors off touran would also fit caddy?). And she's rarely in Shligo nowadays - mostly in Swinford instead.

No deflectors stolen off my corolla. Neither old nor new. Touch wood.

beertons wrote: »

Up in Auto air-con yesterday for a regas, as passat felt hot and I'm driving it to Kerry next week. Guy calls me over and says compressor for air-con is gone. Balls. 200 to buy from eBay in Germany, whatever to fit and regas again. No chance I'll get this done in a week. I'm gonna roast.

Have a look on YouTube,on VW engines a lot of the time it's a €20 solenoid that's gone not the compressor.
Couple of hours diy job.

punisher5112 wrote: »

It's a certain ...... Group that can't be talked about as it would be racist or discrimination.

I've always said it to their faces and won't stop know.

Call a spade a spade and all that.

If you don't stand up to this group of individuals they'll walk all over you

James Bond Junior wrote: »

I've learnt if they think you aren't intimidated they will do nothing.

They're all talk.
When I was home at christmas in the bar with the lads they came in and lifted money off our table.
Once confronted they were very quick to put it back and then they were thrown out.

For Sale: Set of VW Touran wind deflectors, I'll do any man a good deal boss.

Ye, know a few boys who got them over the past few months, look smart in white alright!

I posted last November on my highly positive experience of renting a NYC based BMW 340xi with TURO, an airbnb for cars. $143 gets me an Audi S5 coupe next week in Philadelphia. Not an Audi head and there was no American muscle available, bar a poorly reviewed Mustang, in my budget or nearby so a 345bhp 3.0 tfsi will have to suffice.

How embarrassing, ran out of fuel tonight on the way from the airport

My trip computer that I used for such a long time miscalculated (20km to empty when it stopped).

Fair play to 123 breakdown cover for getting to me in about 30 minutes. They don't carry fuel, though so took some time to get to the petrol station, waking up the person working there and back to the car.

From now on 1/4 of tank at all times. That was a long journey, the visiting family was very understanding, or just good actors

Reading up here on options for getting a bit more performance out of the car. BMW do a kit themselves, which I believe is a new engine map and an intercooler. Anyway, trying to get a price and came across this. I think R.O.R mentioned this before on a car he delivered, but feck me this is mental...

http://www.martinreillybmw.ie/web/BMW-M-Performance-Kit/

Yeah the map and intercooler that BM do, seems that they are quite conservative about it's performance. A few rolling road days with different cars, stock, BM pack, independent tuner maps showed the gap was a lot smaller than advertised. Independent tuners overselling their numbers and BM underselling.

Got my renewal quote this morning, 990 quid, have them down to 600 now. The difference one call can make!

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Got my renewal quote this morning, 990 quid, have them down to 600 now. The difference one call can make!

That's good going on an 2001 car, most of them won't budge or quote new business.

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Bought it straight away before they copped on. Don't think I've every paid that low a price on the e46! :eek:

That's fantastic, who are you insured with? It was €2295 for me at Christmas, and my car is newer!

(Although I have only one year NCD in my own name, so I'm sure that doesn't help matters.)

vintagevrs wrote: »

Reading up here on options for getting a bit more performance out of the car. BMW do a kit themselves, which I believe is a new engine map and an intercooler. Anyway, trying to get a price and came across this. I think R.O.R mentioned this before on a car he delivered, but feck me this is mental...

http://www.martinreillybmw.ie/web/BMW-M-Performance-Kit/

Tbh I'm firmly of the opinion that stage 1 upgrades are a waste of time on new emissions orientated diesels. The added chances of reliability issues down the line from dpf's and ever more complicated egr systems just doesn't seem worth it.

A stage 2 or 3 upgrade with free flowing exhaust and bypassed emission controls gives you much better performance gains and potentially a more reliable car so its more or less a win win.

Sure there's the what about the nox emissions argument but thats a whole other can of sanctimonious worms...

James Bond Junior wrote: »

I posted last November on my highly positive experience of renting a NYC based BMW 340xi with TURO, an airbnb for cars. $143 gets me an Audi S5 coupe next week in Philadelphia. Not an Audi head and there was no American muscle available, bar a poorly reviewed Mustang, in my budget or nearby so a 345bhp 3.0 tfsi will have to suffice.

Ah sure Audi are way better than BMW anyway.

Just realised that this is a dangerous place to say that