nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

Child Item

* Motors chat - round 12 *

[Deleted User]

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

Find more posts tagged with

Quick Links

Comments

Dartz

Guage on my footpump was broke.

It pegged at 32psi.

Coincidentally, right where my tyres are to be inflated to.

It also pegged at 32psi, even if there was something like 10psi in the tyre and it was visibly sagging - despite being low profile.

ShadowHearth

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

ShadowHearth - you had a 147 at one stage didn’t you? Wasn’t it broken into?

As colm said, it was a GT. I really liked it, but that diesel engine just ruined it. Its like chicken nugget filling in steak.

I love those Giulias a lot, but got those are expensive. I am not alfahead, but I wouldn't mind to own one more. This time petrol.

ELM327

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Just heads up to some nerdy petrol heads. Forza Horizon 4 is out on xbox one now and its fantastic. Its based in Britain this time around.

Doing most of my races in Alfa Giulia quadrifoglio and I am in love with that thing. Its a shame cheapest petrol version is 50k ish in Ireland.
Come on Alfa! Do your thing of losing more then half of your value in first two years.

I drove past one of those, in white, on the m3 last night. Nice front to it but to be honest visually I prefer the prior 159.

And of course nothing will top the prior generation to that again 156/166, man those were special cars. Especially in v6 models but even the 1.8 twinspark was awesome, still to this day the nicest 4 cylinder engine note I've ever heard.

I've always wanted a 75 but they seem to be going up in price and rarity.

(sorry for the Alfa spiel in advance)

ELM327

Interesting article here showing that the new 3 series is not only larger than an e39 :eek: but lighter too

https://www.motor1.com/news/268227/bmw3-series-bigger-5-series/

[Deleted User]

Want bigger alloys but you're on a budget? No problem!

43021483_1952450698149506_4437501145836945408_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&oh=76b27dbc07bd9dad044ec59524a6eb78&oe=5C22E996

43021483_1952450698149506_4437501145836945408_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&oh=76b27dbc07bd9dad044ec59524a6eb78&oe=5C22E996

43009878_1952450694816173_4644134676737294336_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&oh=3d290a56104f3d002b479a1370f54171&oe=5C1A2304

bazz26

On a budget for tyres but buys a Range Rover... :pac:

Eric Cartman

bazz26 wrote: »

On a budget for tyres but buys a Range Rover... :pac:

shocking amount of especially Range Rover sports rocking around on rubber I wouldn't trust on a pushbike.

tcawley29

Maybe that Range Rover belongs to PowerPants :pac:

Thammer

Are teachers using the mobile phone whilst driving an issue generally?

I've had two incidents recently,teachers exiting school gates absorbed on the phone nearly got knocked down once

Eric Cartman

Thammer wrote: »

Are teachers using the mobile phone whilst driving an issue generally?

I've had two incidents recently,teachers exiting school gates absorbed on the phone nearly got knocked down once

I don't think its specific to teachers, but were they female ? as much as high speed late night crashes are usually men, texting while driving is usually women. Every day I'm stopped in traffic looking around and any woman under about 50 has the phone out tapping away, a lot of them continue while traffic is starting to move off.

I think the RSA really needs to step up the game on targeting people using a phone while driving and it very much needs to be targeted specifically at women just as previous ads have been targeted at men.

ELM327

Eric Cartman wrote: »

I don't think its specific to teachers, but were they female ? as much as high speed late night crashes are usually men, texting while driving is usually women. Every day I'm stopped in traffic looking around and any woman under about 50 has the phone out tapping away, a lot of them continue while traffic is starting to move off.

I think the RSA really needs to step up the game on targeting people using a phone while driving and it very much needs to be targeted specifically at women just as previous ads have been targeted at men.

Targeted ads at men are "supported by statistics", whereas similarly supported targeted ads at women are "sexist", remember.

Thammer

Eric Cartman wrote: »

I don't think its specific to teachers, but were they female ? as much as high speed late night crashes are usually men, texting while driving is usually women. Every day I'm stopped in traffic looking around and any woman under about 50 has the phone out tapping away, a lot of them continue while traffic is starting to move off.

I think the RSA really needs to step up the game on targeting people using a phone while driving and it very much needs to be targeted specifically at women just as previous ads have been targeted at men.

Both female

One was animated in the car ,head bobbing back and forth nearly knocked me down

Another just staring straight at the screen on the steering wheel ,pulled up and nodded for me to proceed

Why can't these knuckleheads just make the call before they drive off

[Deleted User]

Thammer wrote: »

Why can't these knuckleheads just make the call before they drive off

Because the things we're not allowed to do are the more attractive option.

Ciano35

Anyone recommend a good place to forge and rebuild an engine in the south, preferably Cork/Kerry?

CIP4

Surprised to see the new A6 is coming with a 1.8TFSI 190bhp engine for the petrol option would have assumed it would be 2.0TFSI like rest of the models I thought the 1.8 engine was dropped a few years ago at this stage or is this a newer version of it I wonder.

Gavman84

Ciano35 wrote: »

Anyone recommend a good place to forge and rebuild an engine in the south, preferably Cork/Kerry?

Finbarr in Fionnsport is an engine builder. Does race engine builds and all he be able to do that I say no bother.

Ciano35

Gavman84 wrote: »

Finbarr in Fionnsport is an engine builder. Does race engine builds and all he be able to do that I say no bother.

Thanks Gav, will give them a shout.

Leonard Hofstadter

Well you learn something new every day, I didn't know Finbarr did engine rebuilds but it doesn't surprise me that he can!

Finbarr would get my vote all day long to do something like that, one of the best mechanics I've ever come across - not for nothing do I bring my car from Dublin to him despite there obviously being BMW specialists up here as well.

Leonard Hofstadter

CIP4 wrote: »

Surprised to see the new A6 is coming with a 1.8TFSI 190bhp engine for the petrol option would have assumed it would be 2.0TFSI like rest of the models I thought the 1.8 engine was dropped a few years ago at this stage or is this a newer version of it I wonder.

They did a 1.8 in the previous A6 as well. They might find a few buyers this time as the backlash against diesels continues, even in Ireland diesel is down to 56% of the new market compared to 74% a few years ago.

bazz26

New Suzuki Jimny review here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsAu_ukEkqw

Poor man's G Wagon?

Noccy_Mondy

What are the 14, 15, 16 volvo s60s like?

James Bond Junior

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

What are the 14, 15, 16 volvo s60s like?

I test drove one over the summer with a view to change and thought they were a step down comfortwise from my own 2006 S60. Nice enough if a little small inside. I had an S90 yesterday for a while, I'd hold out and see does one come into your price range over an S60 TBH.

spiggotpaddy

Its a long time since Halfords did their great oil deals . I like to get a few 4 or 5 ltr cans together, must be due a sale soon.

ELM327

spiggotpaddy wrote: »

Its a long time since Halfords did their great oil deals . I like to get a few 4 or 5 ltr cans together, must be due a sale soon.

They always do them in the christmas sales.

Every year.

ongarite

Anyone at Cars & Coffee Bray today?
There was a purple McLaren 720s there today, phenonemal machine.
Lovely white R8 too.

Foxhole Norman

Still waiting in Insurance limbo to sort out my accident from last weekend, of course the third party is fighting it and even trying to bring charges of Dangerous/Reckless Driving against me :rolleyes: From where I was stopped at a red light, onto the roundabout when it went green and then he hit me :pac: With no CCTV footage or witnesses I think he's just grasping at straws.

Going to have a fight about value of the car too I reckon

sunnysoutheast

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Still waiting in Insurance limbo to sort out my accident from last weekend, of course the third party is fighting it and even trying to bring charges of Dangerous/Reckless Driving against me :rolleyes: From where I was stopped at a red light, onto the roundabout when it went green and then he hit me :pac: With no CCTV footage or witnesses I think he's just grasping at straws.

Going to have a fight about value of the car too I reckon

But is there any proof the light was green when you moved off? If there's no witnesses or evidence that works both ways. Not sure if you have a dashcam or not.

I often have to use a junction where multiple cars sail through after the red light, I'm sure they'd lie through their teeth if there was a collision.

Foxhole Norman

sunnysoutheast wrote: »

But is there any proof the light was green when you moved off? If there's no witnesses or evidence that works both ways. Not sure if you have a dashcam or not.

I often have to use a junction where multiple cars sail through after the red light, I'm sure they'd lie through their teeth if there was a collision.

No proof of that either really I guess bar our own accounts of course, reckon it could go 50/50 unless they can prove the damage to mine was caused due to him at fault.

ELM327

It's unfortunate but you may be correct with the 50:50.
After all, it really is a "he said she said"...
Maybe it's a good example of a reason (if you don't already have one) to get a dashcam and fit it.

Car accidents - without witnesses except for the two involved of course - are notorious examples of where people lie to save their own skin.
Have you contacted the Gardaí and given a statement etc? Hopefully the other driver's story can contradict itself or something but generally insurance companies love 50:50 settlements as it means 2 driver premiums get loaded instead of one.
Personally I am a huge advocate of dashcams, anything to get one over on a) insurance companies and their enforced monopoly and b) scammers like the guy who hit you.

punisher5112

Biggest lesson..... Dash cam get one it's a life saver.

I had many over the years, one week after my 1st one failed I had a crash of course no witnesses.

Then recently had one where it was a crash 4 cash and luckily had a working dash cam but had now failed.

The most recent crash it saved me from a big case and he lost big time.