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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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bazz26

It's to do with a potential coolant leak in the EGR cooler. Affects both 2.0 litre and 3.0 litre diesel engines. I await a letter from them to tell me there is no part available yet but to be patient.

EPAndlee

Heard about that recall a few weeks ago, as if dealer didn't have enough recalls to be dealing with

Toyotafanboi

colm_mcm wrote: »

It’s only the 4 cylinder diesels though

The article I read said the 3.0 6 cyls in certain 5 and 7 series were affected but I don't know a lot about it tbh.

selous

noticed a 06 BMW 3 series today with all weather tyres on the front wheel and summer tyres on the rear....hmmmm,:rolleyes:

colm_mcm

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

I see BMW have finally addressed the whole "all our cars are going on fire" thing not a minute too soon for owners either.

It’s only the 4 cylinder diesels though

Toyotafanboi

I see BMW have finally addressed the whole "all our cars are going on fire" thing

not a minute too soon for owners either.

Dartz

The NCT has been defeated. Despite another light bulb blowing halfway through the test...

On the other hand. Am gobsmacked at the pedantry of some people. Left some extra space to the right to avoid smacking doors in the crapark and some twit in a suit got pissy because the other set of wheels were over the line? I mean seriously, do you not see how ****ing fat I am?

Marcusm

Big Nasty wrote: »

Park & Ride in Balally (D14), Luas in to city centre, back out the following morning to Dundrum TC for brunch and a bit of retail therapy / Christmas shopping. Tip off on the M50 with a full belly. Be perfectly primed for more pints by the time you land home.

€8 from 6pm to 9am then €3.40 and hour from Fleet St car park or €18 for 24 hours from same place if your hotel offers it.

ELM327

I'd just park in the Jervis st carpark to be honest.
Close to temple bar and is relatively cheap too at weekends. That's my usual haunt anytime I'm in the big smoke.

JustARandomGuy

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Some yellow zone car parks are only operational Monday to Friday, meaning it's free parking if you can find a space

Everything around Temple Bar is Monday to Saturday.

QPark Christchurch have an overnight rate of €10.00

Alternatively, some Yellow Zones like fancy has suggested here are Mon-Fri, but they're not that close to Temple Bar. Fitzwilliam Square comes to mind.

fancy pigeon

Murt102 wrote: »

Dubliners.. Staying in Temple Bar in November for a night, best place to park two cars that wont cost a fortune? Won't be arriving until roughly 8pm on a Friday night and will be leaving around midday the following day.

Some yellow zone car parks are only operational Monday to Friday, meaning it's free parking if you can find a space

Dartz

I've got big hands. Half the plastic fasteners were so caked in road-****e they didn't pop, but snap and my hands are bleedin hugh.

That and I jacked the car and popped the wheel off to get better access whiuch made for more time but slightly less swearing.

CianRyan

Dartz wrote: »

2 hours to change 2 ****ing lightbulbs.

****'s sake.

It's a parking light and a repeater - so completely ****ing useless for anything except the NCT tomorrow.

Ah now, lock the wheel out, remove the piece of plastic and grunt repeatedly until you've changed the bulb. The two shouldn't have taken more than an hour.

My HID auto levelers went bust before my NCT, taking both wheels off, jacking the car so that it was level (like driving) and trying to adjust the 8mm nut with zero access to set a decent level is another story, now THAT was a pain!

Dartz

2 hours to change 2 ****ing lightbulbs.

****'s sake.

It's a parking light and a repeater - so completely ****ing useless for anything except the NCT tomorrow.

Big Nasty

Murt102 wrote: »

Dubliners.. Staying in Temple Bar in November for a night, best place to park two cars that wont cost a fortune? Won't be arriving until roughly 8pm on a Friday night and will be leaving around midday the following day.

Park & Ride in Balally (D14), Luas in to city centre, back out the following morning to Dundrum TC for brunch and a bit of retail therapy / Christmas shopping. Tip off on the M50 with a full belly. Be perfectly primed for more pints by the time you land home.

colm_mcm

Interslice wrote: »

Its per hour you park in fleece street. The overnight rates could be alot worse.

It’s €18 for 24h

Interslice

Its per hour you park in fleece street. The overnight rates could be alot worse.

colm_mcm

Murt102 wrote: »

Dubliners.. Staying in Temple Bar in November for a night, best place to park two cars that wont cost a fortune? Won't be arriving until roughly 8pm on a Friday night and will be leaving around midday the following day.

Fleet Street car park in temple bar is reasonable enough for overnight parking from what I remember.

Duke O Smiley

Just passed an F90 M5 on upper Leeson street with VOTE PETER CASEY in big letters on the doors.

My mind is made up now :pac:

tossy

Wouldn't leave my car in the red cow, any of the city centre car parks are going to be roughly the same price - loads of them handy to templebar e.g fleet street or Andrews lane.

James Bond Junior

Murt102 wrote: »

Dubliners.. Staying in Temple Bar in November for a night, best place to park two cars that wont cost a fortune? Won't be arriving until roughly 8pm on a Friday night and will be leaving around midday the following day.

Redcow and luas it in.

Murt102

Dubliners.. Staying in Temple Bar in November for a night, best place to park two cars that wont cost a fortune? Won't be arriving until roughly 8pm on a Friday night and will be leaving around midday the following day.

James Bond Junior

There's nothing as funny as driving a mini, cocking a lads head and seeing his disappointment when he sees a fella driving it. Drove Ms moneypenny's coopers back 7 years ago and again at the moment with her sisters car and nothing has changed.

punisher5112

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

No no other damage, checked the bumper, where it joins the rear quarter panels to see if it was out of line, but no. Checked to see if there was any of those light hairline cracks anywhere rom the impact, but all seems clear. The scuffs, if you'd even call them were just above the diffuser, they'd be passed off as specks of dirt.

Bumper was resprayed only a few months ago so had a good look for damage...... Plus yer wan in the mini was a cracker so didn't want to cause any agro :cool:

There's something about a woman in a mini.... :cool:

Well you fcuked up big time there ...

Only way to play it was to roll out of car and lay on the ground.... You needed mouth to mouth.

Noccy_Mondy

punisher5112 wrote:

Was the bumper pushed in, clips can easily break etc.

punisher5112 wrote:

Wow you are very forgiving...

OSI wrote:

Few years back we were in my wife's old Micra when it got rear ended. Similar to yourself got out, saw no damage and carried on. Over the next few weeks closing the boot became progressively harder to do and got to the stage that it'd only close on first try about 20% of the time. I wouldn't underestimate the potential for hidden damage.

No no other damage, checked the bumper, where it joins the rear quarter panels to see if it was out of line, but no. Checked to see if there was any of those light hairline cracks anywhere rom the impact, but all seems clear. The scuffs, if you'd even call them were just above the diffuser, they'd be passed off as specks of dirt.

Bumper was resprayed only a few months ago so had a good look for damage...... Plus yer wan in the mini was a cracker so didn't want to cause any agro :cool:

There's something about a woman in a mini.... :cool:

vintagevrs

Quick wash. Got fresh brake fluid yesterday, very happy after a few months of ownership now with how it’s going. Hopefully keep it for a good few years.

little man disorder

vintagevrs wrote: »

I get great satisfaction from being overtaken by numpties when there's loads of traffic. Watching them sit on the arse of the car in front with their tyres hitting the cats eyes and touching the brakes every couple of seconds, looking for their moment. Seeing them overtake and get flashed by on coming traffic and then 25 minutes later sitting side by side at a set of lights and saying hi.

Ha Ha Love how you put it.. "saying hi"
I find this can vary on days whether or not the car or cars you have overtaken will be with you when you get to a stop.

Example:
Driving from the City.
I have a 40K drive to work each way and two routes to take, one is a N road and the other R road with not much in distance about a 1k or 2K. Google Maps tells me the R road is faster and it is right imo for the most part, (I think or maybe I just like it more not really sure....)
Moments like stuck behind a tractor and 2 cars behind it can make you question that though sometimes.

As most Irish drivers in my county anyway seem to be terrible at overtaking anything on any road other than motorway/Dual or N road, sometimes for the last normal 15 mins becomes 25/30 mins when stuck in this type situation. It is usually at that part of the journey if I hit a tractor.

The R road itself can be done with little or no traffic in about 35mins, up to 1hr with moderate to heavy traffic but usually 50mins or so.
The N road is about 35mins with little or no traffic and again is about 1hr with moderate to heavy traffic and I do it mostly around 50mins again.

So I took the N road when I started working up there for the first 18 months or more as it means I don't have to take the blasted "new road" and found that sometimes I meet the car I overtook and other times I don't.
The last year or more though I have been taking the R road and it's the same story, sometimes I meet the car I overtook sometimes I don't.
Both roads lead to the same town but different sides of it, the N road has one extra village on the way that one slows down for.

I have driven both for long periods of time over the last three years and honestly it all comes down to the day..
Even now I honestly could not say which is actually quicker overall but one thing is for sure, less checkpoints for tax in the morning and go-safevans on the R road, also the R road is windy at times so it is a joy to drive if you like driving and more interesting than the N road anyway even if frustrating at times.

All it takes is Nancy and Jimmy to be stuck behind a bus/tractor/lorry whatever on either road, it's your journey screwed... LOL At least that is my experience.

Truckermal

Hal1 wrote: »

I passed that fella in the lorry this morning. He didn't even have a 'wide load' sign or an escort. That's not a pun or anything either...dirty.

What Lorry? I'm a professional driver and strive to have an Escort with me!

tossy

BDJW wrote: »

I’ve managed to get a 10% off voucher from a very kind person on here
Does anybody know if vouchers can be used off already head units which are already on sale? The terms and conditions on the voucher don’t say they can’t. I’m on the fence about a new head unit and an extra bit of discount could tip me over the edge onto buying it

I've definitely used my axa card on for sale stuff before.

Hal1

I passed that fella in the lorry this morning. He didn't even have a 'wide load' sign or an escort. That's not a pun or anything either...dirty.