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Emmersonn · 01-09-2018 07:35AM

Patww79 wrote: »

Anyone recommend a decent reliable home breathalyser?

A Non Drinking wife.

Zero Tolerance

OldMrBrennan83 · 01-09-2018 07:38AM

Emmersonn wrote: »

A Non Drinking wife. Zero Tolerance

Mine was away.

Toyotafanboi · 01-09-2018 09:45AM

Stolen from a FB group

OldMrBrennan83 · 01-09-2018 11:55AM

Found this breathalyser and it has 0.5 as the limit but anything I look up here says 50mg. Is the 0.5=50mg or how do you work it out? Because to me, and remembering college, 50 milli-anything would be 0.05 not 0.5.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/AlcoSense-LITE-Lite-Breathalyser-0-8/dp/B00QAMKDMC

Interslice · 01-09-2018 02:36PM

Patww79 wrote: »

Found this breathalyser and it has 0.5 as the limit but anything I look up here says 50mg. Is the 0.5=50mg or how do you work it out? Because to me, and remembering college, 50 milli-anything would be 0.05 not 0.5.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/AlcoSense-LITE-Lite-Breathalyser-0-8/dp/B00QAMKDMC

Youll surely have sobered up by the time it arrives!?

Blood Alcohol Content
Blood alcohol content is the amount of alcohol present in a volume of blood equal to 100 milliliters (ml) or its equivalent of 1 deciliter (dl). For example:

80 mg is 0.08 grams.
0.08 grams of alcohol in 100 ml is 0.08 percent
This can also be expressed as 80 mg/dl or a BAC of 0.08

https://www.verywellmind.com/blood-alcohol-content-62695

Looks good

OldMrBrennan83 · 01-09-2018 02:40PM

Interslice wrote: »

Youll surely have sobered up by the time it arrives!?

It's a reusable one. Does anyone know how the 0.5 and 0.8 numbers equate to what they measure ours in? Is there a conversion chart anywhere?

OldMrBrennan83 · 01-09-2018 02:42PM

Interslice wrote: »

Blood Alcohol Content
Blood alcohol content is the amount of alcohol present in a volume of blood equal to 100 milliliters (ml) or its equivalent of 1 deciliter (dl). For example:

80 mg is 0.08 grams.
0.08 grams of alcohol in 100 ml is 0.08 percent
This can also be expressed as 80 mg/dl or a BAC of 0.08

What's the 0.5 limit about on the one I linked to then, it says Ireland and Scotland. Going by the above then the 0.5 would be ten times the limit.

Edit - from the photos of the item it says the scale is %BAC.

Interslice · 01-09-2018 02:48PM

Patww79 wrote: »

What's the 0.5 limit about on the one I linked to then, it says Ireland and Scotland. Going by the above then the 0.5 would be ten times the limit.

Edit - from the photos of the item it says the scale is %BAC.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_mille

Its per mille not per cent they give it in. Awkward hoors.

OldMrBrennan83 · 01-09-2018 02:53PM

Interslice wrote: »

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_mille

Its per mille not per cent they give it in. Awkward hoors.

Aaah. I'll buy a different one just for it being like that.

MrCostington · 01-09-2018 06:43PM

I'd put this in the parking thread, but no pic and it says no chat.

Was in Holyhead on Weds and walking past some cars parallel parked on a hill. Woman shouted out 'look' or something, we turned and she said 'that car just rolled back into that van' , must have left hand break off or loose. wheels were pointing out to road a tiny bit.

So a bit later we walked passed it again (very small place!) and the van had gone, car was resting against a BMW's bumper and had edged nearer to being in the middle of the small road.

So, we went back again 30 min later to see if the BMW had moved and what might happen next. As we approached the BMW came our way, Bumper seemed OK and the offending car also gone! Reckon it would have blocked the road had it not gone before the BMW!

ofcork · 01-09-2018 08:18PM

cannonball is on next weekend no list of accepted cars 2018 on website though.

Interslice · 01-09-2018 09:39PM

Had a little spin in one of these today.

02-09-2018 12:19PM

ofcork wrote: »

cannonball is on next weekend no list of accepted cars 2018 on website though.

There was a pink Bentley & a few eye catching coloured Lamborghini at west Grove hotel, clane maybe 3 weeks ago in cannonball promo livelry

colm_mcm · 02-09-2018 01:57PM

Augeo wrote: »

There was a pink Bentley & a few eye catching coloured Lamborghini at west Grove hotel, clane maybe 3 weeks ago in cannonball promo livelry

It wouldn’t have been the Cannon run by any chance?

http://thecannonrun.com/2018/08/03/the-cannon-run-ireland-by-al-harris/

Basically they’re a holiday company that organizes road trips

02-09-2018 02:56PM

Don't think so, nope

job seeker · 02-09-2018 03:41PM

@Big Nasty,

Is this your old Trans am?

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/pontiac-bandit-edition-trans-am/19729320

Big Nasty · 02-09-2018 08:43PM

It is yeah. He put a lot in to it the last few years. Nice mark up all the same!

Foxhole Norman · 02-09-2018 11:44PM

Had a rough night last night :pac: the 540 blew the upper rad hose and I managed to scratch the driverside rear door a decent bit and scraped a bit of the rear quarter while taking it off the road into a friend's very tight drive, pissed at myself for that as I just took it too tight due to roadworks on the other side of the gate. Currently the car is in West Cork but I should be able to borrow a hose from my friends 535i while I wait to get one from BMW in the meantime, never a boring day :pac:

Alanstrainor · 02-09-2018 11:51PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Had a rough night last night :pac: the 540 blew the upper rad hose and I managed to scratch the driverside rear door a decent bit and scraped a bit of the rear quarter while taking it off the road into a friend's very tight drive, pissed at myself for that as I just took it too tight due to roadworks on the other side of the gate. Currently the car is in West Cork but I should be able to borrow a hose from my friends 535i while I wait to get one from BMW in the meantime, never a boring day :pac:

A jaysis! Sorry to hear man! Hopefully the body itn't too bad! The rad hose will be handy (as you well know!), mostly a pain in the hoop bleeding the coolant after topping it off.

Foxhole Norman · 02-09-2018 11:53PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

A jaysis! Sorry to hear man! Hopefully the body itn't too bad! The rad hose will be handy (as you well know!), mostly a pain in the hoop bleeding the coolant after topping it off.

Yeah the hose is a simple swap, have the old one off ready for the new one to go on but as you know, the bleeding is the hard part. The door I reckon I can save a lot myself but not sure on the quarter, I only took a quick glance and haven't seen it since late Saturday night :pac:

I'll probably get the two panels sprayed cheap for the time being as I plan on getting the majority if not whole car done around Spring, maybe Summer next year anyway!

Alanstrainor · 03-09-2018 12:04AM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I'll probably get the two panels sprayed cheap for the time being as I plan on getting the majority if not whole car done around Spring, maybe Summer next year anyway!

If it's not so bad right now I would just polish it out and do what you can with little/no cost input. Not point spending money on a cheap spray when you'll do the whole car in 6 months!

vintagevrs · 03-09-2018 09:04AM

Delivery this morning...

Not sure they would have fitted the e30! Hopefully get them on soon enough. I have the slightest vibration on braking from high speed and hope new discs will sort it.

James Bond Junior · 03-09-2018 09:13AM

What brand did you go for in the end? Pagid? Textar?

vintagevrs · 03-09-2018 09:14AM

They are TRW. The textars went out of stock the day I went to buy them. Got these from a German site.

Foxhole Norman · 03-09-2018 10:53AM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

If it's not so bad right now I would just polish it out and do what you can with little/no cost input. Not point spending money on a cheap spray when you'll do the whole car in 6 months!

The quarter I'm sure is fairly bad and I'm more worried about that rusting as I already wanted to sort some on it!

Truckermal · 03-09-2018 12:08PM

vintagevrs wrote: »

They are TRW. The textars went out of stock the day I went to buy them. Got these from a German site.

Are TRW fairly decent? It's gas they are 40 quid a corner for the Lexus on Mister Auto but 200 for Blueprint!

JohnBoy26 · 03-09-2018 12:14PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

The quarter I'm sure is fairly bad and I'm more worried about that rusting as I already wanted to sort some on it!

A cheap job could make the rust worse as they will most likely just sand it back to bare metal and slap a load of filler on which will crack in a few months and let water in which will trap moisture and accelerate the rust. I've seen this numerous times with cheap poor repairs.

When you come to respraying it then in 6 months the bodyshop will have to fix an even bigger mess which will end up costing you more again.

The best bet is to touch up any exposed metal and wait until you are getting it resprayed to repair the damage.

Foxhole Norman · 03-09-2018 12:46PM

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

A cheap job could make the rust worse as they will most likely just sand it back to bare metal and slap a load of filler on which will crack in a few months and let water in which will trap moisture and accelerate the rust. I've seen this numerous times with cheap poor repairs.

When you come to respraying it then in 6 months the bodyshop will have to fix an even bigger mess which will end up costing you more again.

The best bet is to touch up any exposed metal and wait until you are getting it resprayed to repair the damage.

Ah well when I say cheap I don't mean a €100 job, it'll be going to either of two bodyshops I personally know well that they'd sort it right and both generally cut and weld rusty areas unless they're very superficial.

OldMrBrennan83 · 03-09-2018 12:50PM

Was doing a bit of work in the UK the end of last week and was given a brand new Caddy to use by our partner company. For something with such a name, they are so disappointing.

03-09-2018 01:41PM

Caddys were at their best when they were a Polo with the van tacked on. The Caddy van is better than a Berlingo etc but still a woeful yoke compared to anything car derived.

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