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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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James Bond Junior

punisher5112 wrote: »

This new year I'll be in a new house and will need a new suitable motor.

I need good mpg, comfort, cruise control a must, auto would be nice but not essential.

I can live with something bland for a while but would like something a little bit extra eventually.

I don't have a huge budget but it should be around €4k hopefully less if can get something suitable.

Any ideas.

I've been looking at so many now.

Volvo all the way. I do 110km a day round commute and my Volvo wasn't replaced recently as I simply couldnt get something as comparably comfortable.

Leonard Hofstadter

Nice car but too many miles for the money IMO, plus I'd much prefer a petrol one.

punisher5112

Interslice wrote: »

pricey enough but still would

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2003-bmw-530d-e39-msport/20528109

Would love it but want away from high tax for now.

Need something able for the long run.

[Deleted User]

Interslice wrote: »

pricey enough but still would

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2003-bmw-530d-e39-msport/20528109

I doubt the motor tax on that will suit

Interslice

punisher5112 wrote: »

This new year I'll be in a new house and will need a new suitable motor.

I need good mpg, comfort, cruise control a must, auto would be nice but not essential.

I can live with something bland for a while but would like something a little bit extra eventually.

I don't have a huge budget but it should be around €4k hopefully less if can get something suitable.

Any ideas.

I've been looking at so many now.

pricey enough but still would

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2003-bmw-530d-e39-msport/20528109

punisher5112

This new year I'll be in a new house and will need a new suitable motor.

I need good mpg, comfort, cruise control a must, auto would be nice but not essential.

I can live with something bland for a while but would like something a little bit extra eventually.

I don't have a huge budget but it should be around €4k hopefully less if can get something suitable.

Any ideas.

I've been looking at so many now.

Leonard Hofstadter

Happy Christmas all, hope Santa has been good to ye and the motoring Gods look after ye next year as well. My favourite part of this forum for some time has been the photo thread, some of ye have some seriously impressive machinery, long may people continue to post photos of their pride and joy, I love seeing what cars the rest of ye have got.

I saw a good few boardsies cars this year in the flesh, and hopefully next year I will get to see some more in the flesh. On a more personal note, my 325 is still off the road so I'm looking forward to having it back next year as well :pac:!

Foxhole Norman

Happy Christmas lads and ladies, hope ye have a better motoring 2019 than I had '18 :pac: 2019 at least should start off very well for the 540 and then hurling down the expensive route not long after

bazz26

unkel wrote: »

Aye. You buy exciting cars to drive like front wheel drive volkswagens

Haven't driven a VW in a few years but then again I never claimed I drove really exciting cars, just cars that interest me and I enjoy, where the main point isn't how cheap they are to run or how little depreciation they suffer. Again it's all relevant, plug in cars just don't interest me at this time no matter how cost free they are to run at present.

Wailin

unkel wrote: »

Depreciation on my car is almost zero BTW. Bought it for 25k on the road 2 years ago, could easily get 23k in a private sale today.

Good luck in getting someone to spend 23k for an EV in a private sale. Easily? I seriously doubt that.

unkel

bazz26 wrote: »

As I said cost is relative to the value you put on it. The cars I'm interested in don't have zero or close to zero running costs nor is it my objective to seek out ones that do..

Aye. You buy exciting cars to drive like front wheel drive volkswagens

bazz26

unkel wrote: »

I have a manual Porsche for the enjoyment of driving. For the day to day commute, school runs and other crappy drives in the greater Dublin area I enjoy my electric car that costs just about nothing to run or maintain, sort of drives itself (level 2 autonomous driving) and gets 75% discount on tolls. Depreciation on my car is almost zero BTW. Bought it for 25k on the road 2 years ago, could easily get 23k in a private sale today.

As I said cost is relative to the value you put on it. The cars I'm interested in don't have zero or close to zero running costs nor is it my objective to seek out ones that do. By the time I change over to a plug in car it will probably be because there is no more demand for fossil fuel at filling stations.

Depreciation is also something I cannot control so what my car is worth now or how much I lose on it is a bit like how much my house is worth now compared to when I bought it 11 years ago. As I have no intention of selling my house its current value is irrelevant to me.

James Bond Junior

Happy Christmas ladas and ladies of the motors forum. May your head lights all shine bright for another year!

wotzgoingon

Just watched a guy on YouTube skim a head himself while changing a head gasket. He has a thick table and a thick piece of glass with sand paper glued to the glass sanded it down till it was flush. He used a precision ruler and a feeler gauge to check the flatness.

Seemed to do the job anyway.

EPAndlee

unkel

bazz26 wrote: »

It's all relative. I'd rather spend €60 or €70 a week filling up a car I enjoy rather than having to endure a car just because it costs next to nothing to fill. Getting from a to b at the cheapest cost is not always the most important thing.

I have a manual Porsche for the enjoyment of driving. For the day to day commute, school runs and other crappy drives in the greater Dublin area I enjoy my electric car that costs just about nothing to run or maintain, sort of drives itself (level 2 autonomous driving) and gets 75% discount on tolls. Depreciation on my car is almost zero BTW. Bought it for 25k on the road 2 years ago, could easily get 23k in a private sale today.

blade1

Crash just coming on to the Youghal bypass.
At least 2 cars from what I can see.
There's a barrier in the middle of the road and it looks like one of the cars came over the barrier and landed on its roof.

Dartz

Logging another service in my car's book...

ShadowHearth

Dartz wrote: »

I worked out that it's usually cheaper to just fill it up when it's needed. You'll spend more money on fuel driving to the station with the better rate than you'd save.

Unless it's that one near Kells with the stupid prices.

I never go out of my way to fill my car. I drive Cork - Limerick road 4-6 days per week, so Texaco always on my way. On top of that I am psycho who fills the tank when it goes to half empty, so I am never in a rush or pressured.
So yeah, I still wouldn't fill up in Applegreen even if it would be on my way.

Speaking of EV cars. I am a petrolhead and almost always owned something more or less interesting apart from bangornomics now and then when needed. And as much as I love my cars killing baby seals, I have to admit. EV is finally getting interesting. Range of 250miles is more then enough for me. I could charge it at work for free, by just throwing a cord out of the window of staff room and essentially droping my 60-80eu petrol bill to a very small sum.
The only issue I have is my house. I dont have a proper driveway for the whole charge point and I am afraid that Scumbags, will ne scumbags and mess around with it. Unless it cam be installed inside and I can charge it up for 30min to 80% and roll cable inside again.

Dartz

CianRyan wrote: »

It’s all the same fuel, few different additives if you even believe that.
I just go where ever is handiest when I need a fill, which is often.

I worked out that it's usually cheaper to just fill it up when it's needed. You'll spend more money on fuel driving to the station with the better rate than you'd save.

Unless it's that one near Kells with the stupid prices.

James Bond Junior

bazz26 wrote: »

It's all relative. I'd rather spend €60 or €70 a week filling up a car I enjoy rather than having to endure a car just because it costs next to nothing to fill. Getting from a to b at the cheapest cost is not always the most important thing.

Very much all relative. I drive a minimum 500 miles a week in an already thirsty car. Fuel consumption, cost of diesel and MPG plays very much on my mind. During my summer holidays when I'm driving the BMW I don't keep track nor care about how much petrol I use. Then again I only put 1500 miles all told up on the E36 last summer.

[Deleted User]

unkel wrote: »

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I used to spend about €50 a week on petrol, like yourselves having to go out of my way to find a petrol station. .....

Yawn & lol.
I pass 3 or 4 of them on my way home from work & there's two more in the small town I live in that are a few hundred yards away from me. I just don't pass them daily.
I'd find it more inconvenient to pr1ck about pluging in an EV TBH.

If you were spending 50/week on petrol I can't fathom how you reckon a new EV was a financially savvy move TBH

I thought once ye got the EV sandpit the rest of us wouldn't have to read about 2 Euro charging anymore... ah well.

OldMrBrennan83

unkel wrote: »

It really is all the same fuel, lads.

I used to spend about €50 a week on petrol, like yourselves having to go out of my way to find a petrol station. Now I just hook up at home on my free EV charging station. And it costs me just about €2 to fully charge up.

Which is grand if you don't really want to go anywhere far often.

Mickiemcfist

bazz26 wrote: »

It's all relative. I'd rather spend €60 or €70 a week filling up a car I enjoy rather than having to endure a car just because it costs next to nothing to fill. Getting from a to b at the cheapest cost is not always the most important thing.

It is all relative, the same could be said by an m5 driver about a normal 5 series

bazz26

It's all relative. I'd rather spend €60 or €70 a week filling up a car I enjoy rather than having to endure a car just because it costs next to nothing to fill. Getting from a to b at the cheapest cost is not always the most important thing.

CianRyan

Man, I spend €80/€90 a week these days. I’d nearly consider a Leaf if they weren’t so expensive and I had space to have a second car.

unkel

It really is all the same fuel, lads.

I used to spend about €50 a week on petrol, like yourselves having to go out of my way to find a petrol station. Now I just hook up at home on my free EV charging station. And it costs me just about €2 to fully charge up.

CianRyan

It’s all the same fuel, few different additives if you even believe that.
I just go where ever is handiest when I need a fill, which is often.

[Deleted User]

I track my mpg..... 2.2 AWD 2 ton yoke..... applegreen diesel returns same as any other service stations diesel.

CIP4

Have used applegreen diesel before a couple of times and always seemed to get lower MPG. I have never bought their petrol now. Just always by Topaz/Circle K out of habit at this stage plus all my local petrol stations are that brand.