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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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shietpilot

Big Nasty wrote: »

Were you on holidays?

Voluntary or involuntary?

Involuntary. Apparently showing up to a Boards.ie Motors meet in my new 7 seater is trolling :pac:

Big Nasty

shietpilot wrote: »

Hello, I'm back

Were you on holidays?

Voluntary or involuntary?

ba_barabus

There's something hugely satisfying about having a freshly cleaned car with a full tank of diesel and a new set if tyres sitting on the driveway.

I treated the Avensis to a set of Pirelli P7s today. Between the new tyres and tracking it's driving great again. Service is booked too and I may as well do the NCT early now that it'll be ready.

Tyres were cheaper to buy in the local store than ordering online too for added WIN

shietpilot

Hello, I'm back

OldMrBrennan83

CIP4 wrote: »

Was driving to Galway this evening for College on the M6 before junction 16 the motorway pull in parking area is all closed off with cones and a barrier what’s that all about couldn’t see any reason for it to be closed.

There's one on the M7 southbound that's closed permanently for as long as it's been there for some reason.

CIP4

Was driving to Galway this evening for College on the M6 before junction 16 the motorway pull in parking area is all closed off with cones and a barrier what’s that all about couldn’t see any reason for it to be closed.

selous

No photo, but over in Slovakia last week and see a bright yellow yoke rumbling down the road beside me and as it passed it was a
Brabus G-wagon, lovely sound off it. pricey bit of kit.

Mickiemcfist

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

https://data.gov.ie/

Should be there, i haven't gone looking but thats usually where that kind of stuff is. You'd need to know a bit about API scraping and some coding to get it to work like it does on those sites but the raw data will be in there somewhere. If he finds the json file and opens it up it should point him in the direction of where the data is stored.

Brilliant, thanks a lot!

punisher5112

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I saw some dope driving a Focus this morning with two space saver spare wheels on the rear of it, and he was tearing through roundabouts. Was waiting for him to lose it around a corner. How do you even end up with two of them?

Rob off another, had a focus previous and robbed it, got from Scrappy....
Usually a punto you would see this.

tossy

Brilliant

Autosport

Might give someone a giggle

Duke O Smiley

colm_mcm wrote: »

I’m guessing the wrong date was put on the change of ownership.

I dunno, 1/06/18 vs 15/09/18 would be kind of hard to mix up. Unless it was changed for some reason. The tax is also up since June, I don’t know if that might be relevant

Interslice

At least he had the sense to put them on the back :pac:
Maybe looking for that rear wheel drive feel.

Ivefoundgod

Mickiemcfist wrote: »

Yea it's clearly available somewhere but he's finding it difficult to figure out where exactly it can be accessed.

https://data.gov.ie/

Should be there, i haven't gone looking but thats usually where that kind of stuff is. You'd need to know a bit about API scraping and some coding to get it to work like it does on those sites but the raw data will be in there somewhere. If he finds the json file and opens it up it should point him in the direction of where the data is stored.

Alanstrainor

I saw some dope driving a Focus this morning with two space saver spare wheels on the rear of it, and he was tearing through roundabouts. Was waiting for him to lose it around a corner. How do you even end up with two of them?

colm_mcm

I’m guessing the wrong date was put on the change of ownership.

punisher5112

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Gents, I bought a car from a dealer last week, filled in the logbook and they sent it off. I just checked and motor tax says it was transferred to an individual on the 1st of June, but only notified 21st of September (Friday gone) and a VLC hasn't been issued yet.

If the tax office think it was transferred to me in June I'm going to get shafted for back tax from the date of sale. Would that "transferred to an individual on.." date possibly be the date the dealer bought it? They weren't exactly a SIMI place by a long stretch..and they have had it for sale for a good while.

I put the reg into motor tax on Thursday or Friday last and got the standard "No change fo ownership in the last 3 months" so the 1st of June date is only newly updated, for what thats worth.

Thanks

It would have had a temp garage transfer.

You have over 20 days to sign off the road

Duke O Smiley

Gents, I bought a car from a dealer last week, filled in the logbook and they sent it off. I just checked and motor tax says it was transferred to an individual on the 1st of June, but only notified 21st of September (Friday gone) and a VLC hasn't been issued yet.

If the tax office think it was transferred to me in June I'm going to get shafted for back tax from the date of sale. Would that "transferred to an individual on.." date possibly be the date the dealer bought it? They weren't exactly a SIMI place by a long stretch..and they have had it for sale for a good while.

I put the reg into motor tax on Thursday or Friday last and got the standard "No change fo ownership in the last 3 months" so the 1st of June date is only newly updated, for what thats worth.

Thanks

Mickiemcfist

Augeo wrote: »

It must be fairly simple (presumably not free though) as type a reg into Motorcheck or even the likes of https://www.dublinairport.com/car-parks/long-term-parking returns Make, model and colour

Yea it's clearly available somewhere but he's finding it difficult to figure out where exactly it can be accessed.

[Deleted User]

Mickiemcfist wrote: »

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He wants to find out car type by reg number, anyone know where would he go re: getting access to that database?

It must be fairly simple (presumably not free though) as type a reg into Motorcheck or even the likes of https://www.dublinairport.com/car-parks/long-term-parking returns Make, model and colour

Mickiemcfist

Semi-related to this, my friend is doing a college project & was asking me if I knew where companies like say motorcheck or Micksgarage would get their registration - car info. I don't! Other than presumably from the RSA/motor tax office or something.

He wants to find out car type by reg number, anyone know where would he go re: getting access to that database?

Big Nasty

The chap in Motorcheck used to post here regularly and even helped out users checking car history. Their website doesn't look like it's been updated for a while now. They're using that pic of the battered Yaris near 10 years now.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I have used both but found Cartell gave me a much more detailed report including all previous MOT's, what it failed and had advisories on and all.

Cheers FN, think I will go with Cartell so!

[Deleted User]

..........when growing up neighbouring parishes had more than their share of anti social behaviour in the 80s recession. Many of the joyriders etc "graduated" so to speak into more lucrative activities as they got older. Ireland's first gangland hit was in Cork City, Cork is tiny, you wouldn't need to have your ear too close to the ground unfortunately to notice.

I'd wander around Dublin of an afternoon and notice nothing but back in Cork and you'd spot a few well know heads most days.

[Deleted User]

Augeo - you seem to know a lot about the way they work.......... :pac:

[Deleted User]

punisher5112 wrote: »

Drug dealers use rentals or buy and sell the cars extremely quickly so the cops never know what they're in.

Mmmm I dunno, I can't say that's true based on the behaviour of more than a few I knew over the years. AGS know where they'd all live so establishing their daily driver isn't mission impossible. That accepted why bother chopping and changing

They'd not actually have stuff on them that often anyway, if ever. Most operate their business at an arms length basis and the stuff is muled around by various hopeless cases.

punisher5112

Drug dealers use rentals or buy and sell the cars extremely quickly so the cops never know what they're in.

[Deleted User]

cadaliac wrote: »

There is another "front" which is a cheap NCT'd car for less than €1000.................Apparently, cheap taxed and nct'd cars are good for not getting pulled over and blend in better when crims are using cars to get around.
Apparently...

I think someone is drawing conclusions there tbh. A cheap NCTd car isn't awfully difficult to come across to be fair.

tcawley29

GustavoFring wrote: »

Classic airport parking.

I can never for the life of me understand why people use these companies, particularly with a car like that. Working there with the keys to an M3...you know it's going to be rallied.

Surely less chance of it getting nicked though (not that it matters in this case)

GustavoFring

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

What the hell happened? :eek:

Classic airport parking.

I can never for the life of me understand why people use these companies, particularly with a car like that. Working there with the keys to an M3...you know it's going to be rallied.