* Motors chat - round 12 *

Mickiemcfist · 24-04-2019 11:55AM

Autecher wrote: »

I can't find a better thread for this question so I'll post it here. I will be removing my N-Plates next week and expect 2 sticky square marks on my windows, does anyone know the best way to get those marks off? Would it be a soap and warm water job?

Soap and warm water, if not a dab of petrol on a rag could do it.

Autecher · 24-04-2019 12:45PM

Mickiemcfist wrote: »

Soap and warm water, if not a dab of petrol on a rag could do it.

Thank you for that, I'll give them a go.

Wailin · 25-04-2019 05:20PM

Planning on doing a front and rear diff oil change on my ol jimny and said I'd check the filler plug first before i open the drain plug. Lucky i did, I can't get it open, either of them. I've been spraying them with penetrating oil the last few days but doesn't seem to be helping. Heating the area would probably be the answer i get but i don't have access to a flamethrower

I did see a video where a jack is wedged up under the wrench and then it's jacked up, popping the filler plug. I'm a bit weary of this as I don't want to shear or cross thread, or even snap the wrench. Any ideas?

CIP4 · 25-04-2019 05:38PM

Need new front tyres for the A4 have the option of Bridgestone Potenzas S001 or Eagle F1s AS3 for the same price which is the better tyre to go for ?

Wailin · 25-04-2019 05:51PM

Eagles all the way. Stay away from the potenzas they are brutal from my experience in damp conditions.

wotzgoingon · 25-04-2019 06:05PM

Wailin wrote: »

Planning on doing a front and rear diff oil change on my ol jimny and said I'd check the filler plug first before i open the drain plug. Lucky i did, I can't get it open, either of them. I've been spraying them with penetrating oil the last few days but doesn't seem to be helping. Heating the area would probably be the answer i get but i don't have access to a flamethrower

I did see a video where a jack is wedged up under the wrench and then it's jacked up, popping the filler plug. I'm a bit weary of this as I don't want to shear or cross thread, or even snap the wrench. Any ideas?

Your right about not wanting to try that with the jack as what you said will most likely happen. Heat is the only reasonable option.

Wailin · 25-04-2019 06:14PM

Yeah I thought so. There are some cheap blow torches available I'll have to get one I guess.

Interslice · 25-04-2019 08:41PM

Wailin wrote: »

Yeah I thought so. There are some cheap blow torches available I'll have to get one I guess.

Best 20 quid you can spend if your working on older stuff.

James Bond Junior · 25-04-2019 08:52PM

Wailin wrote: »

Yeah I thought so. There are some cheap blow torches available I'll have to get one I guess.

Where in the country are you Wailin?

Wailin · 25-04-2019 09:22PM

I'm in Dublin JBJ. Ah I'll pick up one online they're not too expensive.

GustavoFring · 25-04-2019 09:42PM

Wailin wrote: »

Eagles all the way. Stay away from the potenzas they are brutal from my experience in damp conditions.

Agree.

Potenzas are muck, particularly in our climate as they're a bit iffy in the wet on any car I've had them on.

I'm a fan of F1s but I'm going to try PS4s next time to see what all the fuss is about.

CIP4 · 25-04-2019 10:07PM

GustavoFring wrote: »

Agree.

Potenzas are muck, particularly in our climate as they're a bit iffy in the wet on any car I've had them on.

I'm a fan of F1s but I'm going to try PS4s next time to see what all the fuss is about.

Yes I got a price for Michelin PS4’s and they are €25 a corner more so not sure if I will get the value out of them since the F1s are a very good tyre anyway and will feel like a big step up from the Kumho that are on it which tbh are not too bad at all really.

27-04-2019 12:11PM

Just checked my vehicle logbook and the GVW for my 05 corolla verso is 5555555, has anyone else seen this?

joujoujou · 27-04-2019 12:49PM

No.

colm_mcm · 27-04-2019 02:13PM

Yes.

Leonard Hofstadter · 27-04-2019 02:26PM

Filled the car up this morning. 430 miles on a tank, and the trip computer said there was still another 16 miles left to empty.

Since the previous fill up, I did Dublin to Kerry and back (and I wasn't driving like a nun either), about 30 miles around Dublin, plus a fairly spirited blast to Enniskerry, so I wasn't particularly trying to drive economically, for what they are (old school NA straight six) they're really good on fuel!

Does make me wonder if I could get more than 450 miles on a tank if I was a little braver and had a more economy biased driving style :pac:.

colm_mcm · 27-04-2019 03:38PM

How big is the tank?

Dartz · 27-04-2019 03:42PM

I can get a thousand miles to a fillup if I tow a bowser behind.

It's currently 150 miles to the warning light on a 60 litre tank tho.

Everytime you put your foot down another polar bear drowns.

Leonard Hofstadter · 27-04-2019 04:01PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

How big is the tank?

63 litres, there was about 2.5 litres of fuel left in it.

Tazzimus · 27-04-2019 05:52PM

I don't put much faith in the trip computers. Mine always says it has about 100 miles more than what's in the tank.
630 miles is the max I've pushed it too and the needle was reading empty at that stage. I know that's not always accurate either but it's not off by 100 miles either

27-04-2019 07:45PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Yes.

...any idea why?

colm_mcm · 27-04-2019 07:51PM

Dónal wrote: »

...any idea why?

I guess it’s human intervention somewhere, you’d see it quite a lot. The same VRC is used across a lot of categories of vehicle.

Murt102 · 27-04-2019 09:56PM

Anyone here want a free voucher for a Topaz car wash? Won it this morning so it wont be expired until roughly 8am Tuesday, wash my own car at home so I have no use for it.

colm_mcm · 27-04-2019 10:00PM

Yes please! Mine expired and I never used it

Murt102 · 27-04-2019 10:02PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Yes please! Mine expired and I never used it

PM me your number and i’ll forward you the text

McGrath5 · 28-04-2019 07:38PM

Well the car is only 2 weeks old and today it got its first ding on the passenger side door, fcuking ****!

McGrath5 · 28-04-2019 07:38PM

Well the car is only 2 weeks old and today it got its first ding on the passenger side door, fcuking ****!:mad:

bazz26 · 28-04-2019 10:10PM

Nice video here of the Audi R8:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txWjUta6pZM

The sound from that V10.

MetzgerMeister · 29-04-2019 10:38AM

24 hours to get to 200mph??? Feck!

ELM327 · 29-04-2019 10:45AM

Leonard Hofstadter wrote: »

Filled the car up this morning. 430 miles on a tank, and the trip computer said there was still another 16 miles left to empty.

Since the previous fill up, I did Dublin to Kerry and back (and I wasn't driving like a nun either), about 30 miles around Dublin, plus a fairly spirited blast to Enniskerry, so I wasn't particularly trying to drive economically, for what they are (old school NA straight six) they're really good on fuel!

Does make me wonder if I could get more than 450 miles on a tank if I was a little braver and had a more economy biased driving style :pac:.

Got 520 miles out of my last tank in the 535. Although a lot of that was 100km/h roads. With some hooning around at the weekend going to glendalough, sally gap and kilbeggan car show, I'm over half a tank used for 200 miles. Tank is 70litres

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