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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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cadaliac

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Quick q:

My windscreen is scratched, on both sides due to the wipers not being changed in time by the previous owners :rolleyes:

What would you recommend to remedy this?

My Car in the same boat. Nobody seems to know anything about the screen polish ......
going to try and order some this weekend

fancy pigeon

Midnight_EG wrote: »

I've had good results with regular old polish and a DA

Have tried this already with a compounding head

Midnight_EG

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Quick q:

My windscreen is scratched, on both sides due to the wipers not being changed in time by the previous owners :rolleyes:

What would you recommend to remedy this?

I've had good results with regular old polish and a DA

fancy pigeon

Quick q:

My windscreen is scratched, on both sides due to the wipers not being changed in time by the previous owners :rolleyes:

What would you recommend to remedy this?

CIP4

Looking up insurance quotes before my renewal hits looking to be around €700 this year which I’d be delighted if I get it around that money the A4 seems to be particularly cheap to insure for some reason even compared to the Leon which they are similar cars I am thinking the collision avoidance feeds into it.

Was thinking about insurance in general and it’s mad that when you are younger generally in college with little / no money trying to start out driving the cost of insurance is insane and financially crippling then as you get older and earn more money are in a better position to pay for it, it goes way down in price.

As there is a placement student in working I have been bringing to work and she just bought a car and insurance is €3k for it like on a student salary there is a lot of earning on €3k.

colm_mcm

Mechanic friend actually looked at them last week and said they’d probably pass. They didn’t look bad. Not sure whether I need new track rod ends or just covers. You can get the covers separately apparently. It was only the covers they failed, nothing about excessive movement. I fear if I just get €30 spurious ones that they’ll not last as long as the originals have left. Probably changing car but I was saying that last year too.

Toyotafanboi

A but pedantic though, maybe. I'd be disappointed if that's all that came between me and a fresh test. At least it's cheap and handy enough.

colm_mcm

punisher5112 wrote: »

I see the black is gone off the rear centre light thingy

Yeah, no rear fog so bought another one for the NCT! The bulbs are weird in the Civic so it was the easiest option. Messed around with a red bulb in the drivers side reversing light and other options but ran out of patience.

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Well?

Well - it failed on track rod end dust covers. Not the worst outcome.

punisher5112

I see the black is gone off the rear centre light thingy

Toyotafanboi

Well?

colm_mcm

In the NCT now. Not feeling overly optimistic! It’s done a lot in the last 2 years.

sunnysoutheast

Tesco have Castrol Edge 5W-30 LL VW507-00 spec oil at €10.15 a litre bottle. Good price I thought.

Not sure if it's everywhere but Tesco Tramore had a few left!

ofcork

Any cork lads know what happened to the autofast garage in ballincollig different name on it now.

Dartz

Got passed by some waste of oxygen in an AMG on the N11. Must've been doing well north of 180kph.

Ten minutes later the same oxygen thief is sitting in the hard shoulder with an unmarked mondeo parked up behind it, getting an utter bollicking from the cops.

Doing that sort of speed within a half-hour of Newtown is sort of asking for it. There'll always be something either heading away from base - or on the way back.

Had me giggling the whole way home. Someone never heard of the M9.....

eringobragh

Leonard Hofstadter wrote: »

For anyone thinking of getting their wheels refurbished, I can wholeheartedly recommend Wheel Wizards.

I had my 325 into them this week, and the results are stunning. I was always a big fan of the MV2 wheels my car has, but I'm still gobsmacked at how well the wheels on the car look now and what a lift they give to the look of it. I debated changing the colour of them but seeing them the way they are now, I'm so glad I stuck with the OEM colour.

I'll put up a photo tomorrow when the rest of the car is actually washed.

Absolute pros - very happy with the work they did for me

blade1

Speaking of jags, didn't get a pic but one of these came up behind yesterday.

Spocker

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Its a Jaguar F Type

Probably this one

https://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/jaguar/f-type/used-2019-191-jaguar-f-type-r-dynamic-waterford-fpa-201902044602101

Quick answer, thanks

Duke O Smiley

Its a Jaguar F Type

Probably this one

https://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/jaguar/f-type/used-2019-191-jaguar-f-type-r-dynamic-waterford-fpa-201902044602101

Spocker

I saw this on the Bypass in Waterford last week, any pointers to what it might be? The usual plethora of dealers are nearby Jaguar, BMW, Land Rover, Volvo but it doesn't look like any of those. The moveable spoiler is whats interesting on this one.

Leonard Hofstadter

For anyone thinking of getting their wheels refurbished, I can wholeheartedly recommend Wheel Wizards.

I had my 325 into them this week, and the results are stunning. I was always a big fan of the MV2 wheels my car has, but I'm still gobsmacked at how well the wheels on the car look now and what a lift they give to the look of it. I debated changing the colour of them but seeing them the way they are now, I'm so glad I stuck with the OEM colour.

I'll put up a photo tomorrow when the rest of the car is actually washed.

Wibbs

Might be worth a punt for the oil change, though yes it would make diff/gearbox oil changes a breeze. Could come in handy if you ever needed to pump water too. I know a chap who got one a while back for helping with his aquarium(s) setup. I figure an electric pump is a handy thing to have to hand on a shelf. Especially at that price.

In the last few years I've used one of the plunger vacuum pump yokes to change my oil. I know a fair few folks don't put much store in them, but I find it good. Every fourth oil change I go the old school sump way and having compared the two the pump takes the exact same out, if not a little more. On my engine. I've heard they can be specific to engines and with some they don't do a full drain.

To be fair I change my oil(Millers race nano stuff) every 4k, so it's damn near the same colour it went in, to the degree that after it comes out of mine we put the "old oil" into a mate's turbo diesel van and it works like a charm. And his engine sounds quieter and runs smoother compared to the standard oil. So even if the pump left some oil, it doesn't be long in getting diluted by the new goo.

Alanstrainor

eringobragh wrote: »

Anyone experience with the oil pump? I prefer a sump oil change myself but read somewhere (think it was here) if you modify the 2 hoses it makes a gear / diff change a breeze and the lidl one is actually decent

This is the yoke

https://www.lidl.ie/en/special-offers.htm?articleId=16430

Bought it last year, and used it for the first time in Nov. Worked a charm for my oil change, there's not much to modify really, I'd say as long as the tube is the right size you could use it for anything. Definitely worth a punt at that money.

eringobragh

bazz26 wrote: »

Some motoring stuff coming up in Lidl for anyone interested:

https://www.lidl.ie/en/special-offers.htm?id=715&week=2

https://www.lidl.ie/en/special-offers.htm?id=716&week=2

Anyone experience with the oil pump? I prefer a sump oil change myself but read somewhere (think it was here) if you modify the 2 hoses it makes a gear / diff change a breeze and the lidl one is actually decent

This is the yoke

https://www.lidl.ie/en/special-offers.htm?articleId=16430

Foxhole Norman

The 540 is ready for collection tomorrow, unfortunately the engineers report probably won't clear until mid next week so it's still undriveable until Tuesday or Wednesday I'd say

Going to view it Monday all going well!

GustavoFring

bazz26 wrote: »

I'd see no problem with changing the oil and filters yourself between scheduled ones in the iDrive as long as you kept the receipts for what you did. It is true, a dealer will not update the digital service history in the idrive outside of the recommended schedule.

The did mine a few weeks ago for an oil change and microfilter at 15k instead of 30.

My plan going forward is 30k intervals at the dealer and get the 15k ones done somewhere else.

Wailin

It's probably down to the dealer too and I find Quinns completely on the ball.

bazz26

Wailin wrote: »

That's a first for me where the dealer won't update the i drive. Last two cars I've owned had oil changes outside of schedule and both where recorded on the i drive.

Once a year or 10-12k miles is my preference, just ignore the recommended intervals by bmw.

I cannot find it now but it used to be stated on the bmwservice.ie website upto recently. They might have copped on that it may been discouraging some business.

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vintagevrs wrote: »

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If you were buying a car privately I presume a previous owner that did this and had receipts etc would be viewed as a positive by most people?

Well worst case scenario it won't be a negative anyway

Wailin

That's a first for me where the dealer won't update the i drive. Last two cars I've owned had oil changes outside of schedule and both where recorded on the i drive.

Once a year or 10-12k miles is my preference, just ignore the recommended intervals by bmw.

EPAndlee

If I was a buyer, once there was receipts for the service parts then I'd be happy. As nice as it is to have full dealer history I couldn't justify the cost of it maybe that's just because I work in a dealer and see how much is made off servicing