* Motors chat - round 12 *

Wailin · 17-05-2019 04:46PM

Jimny failed nct on headlights....not a bad outcome in fairness. I was prepared for worse. I'm thinking they may have failed because I used Meguiars 2 stage headlight polish last week. Stage 2 puts a coating on the headlights but I could have used too much and it looked a bit foggy.

I bought autoglym headlight kit and cleaned them up again earlier and they look far better, like new. I'll drop it into a garage in the meantime to check alignment. Also got advisory on tyres which are 6 years old.

CIP4 · 17-05-2019 04:55PM

I am fairly easy going in general in life. But this thing of people driving around and blowing their horns for the slightest reason. Fair enough there are reasons for it if a person is sitting at a green light for ages and just doesn’t see it a quick beep can be appropriate.

But like for example today I was pulling out on a fairly blind junction it’s well known as being dodgy enough I pulled out and this guy comes up behind me after coming around the corner he had to very slightly slow down as I wasn’t fully upto speed like maybe 10kmh far from standing on the brakes and he blows me out of it some young lad with N plates to make it worse. Loads of other situations where the slightest thing happens and the person is straight on the horn.

I am not a very confrontational person at all but it really pisses me off and genuinely makes me want to stop the car and get out and fcuk them out of it to ensure they won’t be so quick to beep it the next time. People who do it to L- Drivers are even bigger d!ckheads.

Interslice · 17-05-2019 06:10PM

People are dicks. Luckily a small minority. We tend to focus on them though like today on the m50 I traveled northbound at 3pm from tallaght to blanch. Seen 3 dicks and Im thinking to myself people are dicks especially dubs but im also ignoring the 150 other folk that were just tipping along and being sound about it.

punisher5112 · 18-05-2019 03:30AM

CIP4 wrote: »

I am fairly easy going in general in life. But this thing of people driving around and blowing their horns for the slightest reason. Fair enough there are reasons for it if a person is sitting at a green light for ages and just doesn’t see it a quick beep can be appropriate.

But like for example today I was pulling out on a fairly blind junction it’s well known as being dodgy enough I pulled out and this guy comes up behind me after coming around the corner he had to very slightly slow down as I wasn’t fully upto speed like maybe 10kmh far from standing on the brakes and he blows me out of it some young lad with N plates to make it worse. Loads of other situations where the slightest thing happens and the person is straight on the horn.

I am not a very confrontational person at all but it really pisses me off and genuinely makes me want to stop the car and get out and fcuk them out of it to ensure they won’t be so quick to beep it the next time. People who do it to L- Drivers are even bigger d!ckheads.

Cip4. You are getting older, wiser and growing hair where hair never grew before ;-). Wait till it gets worse and you are like I use to be with it when the music was the sh1,t but now that's not the Sh1t and something u don't get is the Sh1t...

Fecking teenagers

18-05-2019 05:28PM

CIP4 wrote: »

...
I am not a very confrontational person at all but it really pisses me off and genuinely makes me want to stop the car and get out and fcuk them out of it to ensure they won’t be so quick to beep it the next time. People who do it to L- Drivers are even bigger d!ckheads.

Not wise..... You'll do it to the wrong person someday

CIP4 · 18-05-2019 08:59PM

Augeo wrote: »

Not wise..... You'll do it to the wrong person someday

Feeling like doing it and actually doing it are two different things :pac: To be fair if I had a fit of road rage at a person I wouldn't be much better than the person that blew the horn in the first place.

General Question a new model G20 320i are they all 2.0 petrols as there is one advertised with a 1.5 petrol engine but thought only the 316 318i were 1.5. This has a 320i badge on the back so is a 320i. Could it be a mistake on the advert ?

colm_mcm · 18-05-2019 09:08PM

CIP4 wrote: »

Feeling like doing it and actually doing it are two different things :pac: To be fair if I had a fit of road rage at a person I wouldn't be much better than the person that blew the horn in the first place.

General Question a new model G20 320i are they all 2.0 petrols as there is one advertised with a 1.5 petrol engine but thought only the 316 318i were 1.5. This has a 320i badge on the back so is a 320i. Could it be a mistake on the advert ?

It’s misadvertised, it’s actually 2.0

Registration 191D35668
Make BMW
Model 320
Description I SPORT 3SSA 4DR AUTO G20
Engine Capacity 1998

bazz26 · 18-05-2019 09:37PM

316i was 1.5. 320i, 330e and 330i are all 2.0. There is no 316i or 318i in the current G20.

Duke O Smiley · 18-05-2019 10:08PM

Augeo wrote: »

Not wise..... You'll do it to the wrong person someday

Similarly someone beeping and honking at someone like that will do it to the wrong person some day..

punisher5112 · 18-05-2019 10:46PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Similarly someone beeping and honking at someone like that will do it to the wrong person some day..

I've been beeped at trying to get into my drive or when I was teaching the sisters and L plates on...

I got out and pointed out that they were learning and beeping only made it much worse and on the getting into house they sheepishly have a little sorry wave.....

ayux4rj6zql2ph · 19-05-2019 12:14PM

Lads would these things pass an NCT?

https://www.madmotors.co.uk/lighting/angel-eye-r8-drl-headlights/seat-headlights-angel-eyes/seat-leon/trupart-seat-leon-05-black-headlights-chrome-led-daytime-running-lights.html

19-05-2019 02:38PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Similarly someone beeping and honking at someone like that will do it to the wrong person some day..

Yeah but if they're in a locked car they are somewhat more secure then some loola after getting out of their car to throw a few fncks at some randomers. Should the wrong person be encountered.

wotzgoingon · 19-05-2019 10:52PM

Robbed from bad parking thread but no chat allowed there so brought it here.

Three of them not parking right. Madness.

Duke O Smiley · 19-05-2019 11:05PM

To be fair the Saab is doing nothing wrong and is probably just trying to door dings to a minimum

rex-x · 20-05-2019 02:31AM

I agree, parking spaces have not grown to accommodate the size of modern cars. If you want to avoid door dings, sometimes you just have to park like that

Old diesel · 20-05-2019 09:38AM

OSI wrote: »

Came across a bit of ****ty parking myself:

Then I noticed the brake discs and I can only assume it's parked like that because they had to arrive Dukes of Hazard style:

2 child seats in the back of course :rolleyes:

"But it ONLY got NCTd 12 months ago - how am I to know the NCT only means the car passed a test on ONE day".

"I don't get paid until Thursday - there's no way I can take the car off the road - i am entitled - ENTITLED to get to work".

Old diesel · 20-05-2019 09:42AM

Merc is NCTd until July 2019 which reinforces the point that the NCT is NOT a replacement for regular maintenance

rex-x · 20-05-2019 12:28PM

I think the discs look worse than they are, they only have the wavy look because they are cross drilled. They all go like that after 10k or so

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 20-05-2019 09:58PM

When you're thinking of changing the car and go search done deal and your old car shows up !!!!

If anyone is looking at an 07D santa Fe , black and auto with cream leather , avoid like the plague !

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 20-05-2019 10:00PM

Speaking of, I'm feeling very volvo-ey again, anyone any recommendations for a nice automatic Volvo , prefer bigger than an S60 and hopefully 08 or newer . Would consider XC70 and XC90 , S80, V70. Slightly barge territory....

James Bond Junior · 20-05-2019 10:23PM

I looked at an 2015 XC60 last summer and was quite impressed. Didn't purchase as I was 50/50 on whether I was moving away or not but if I wasn't it was a strong contender especially considering I drove a 142 S80 on the same day and I rathered the XC60.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 20-05-2019 10:24PM

James Bond Junior wrote: »

I looked at an 2015 XC60 last summer and was quite impressed. Didn't purchase as I was 50/50 on whether I was moving away or not but if I wasn't it was a strong contender especially considering I drove a 142 S80 on the same day and I rathered the XC60.

I'm not talking that fancy sadly. More like the 2009 era !

James Bond Junior · 20-05-2019 10:32PM

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volvo-xc60-2011-r-design-163bhp/21902095

There is a few older versions but tax is €1200 a year. Feck that..

punisher5112 · 20-05-2019 10:39PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

When you're thinking of changing the car and go search done deal and your old car shows up !!!!

If anyone is looking at an 07D santa Fe , black and auto with cream leather , avoid like the plague !

What did you do to it....

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 20-05-2019 11:27PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

What did you do to it....

I did Nothing, it was a ball of ****e, smokey as **** and had mould in it. Bad on fuel, gearbox wasn't great and it was only 2wd

One front wheel and one rear wheel worked.

Think it had an oil leak too.

Anyway.... Avoid.... I had it in a bog actually ....

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wotzgoingon · 20-05-2019 11:30PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

and it was only 2wd

One front wheel and one rear wheel worked.

Isn't that how most if not all 4WD work unless they have a locking diff or LSD? No?

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 20-05-2019 11:32PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Isn't that how most if not all 4WD work unless they have a locking diff or LSD? No?

It did have 4WD lock. But like I say they didn't work

As you can see in the images. Only the front left wheel and rear right wheel worked....

punisher5112 · 21-05-2019 11:29AM

They're pure piles of crap alright....

Sonics2k · 21-05-2019 11:41AM

Here lads, got a quick question here.

Buddy of mine got a car scrapped in 2017, an old Hyundai with a tonne of problems. 100% not worth repairing according to multiple mechanics.

He got the car scrapped, got the certificate confirming it was scrapped about two weeks later (still has it and all) just to walk along the street earlier today to see the exact car parked up and with the new owner getting into it.

He got a few photos, confirmed the reg and even the familiar dings and breaks in the car. Even compared it to old photos.

Surely this is suspicious carry on from the scrapyard? Is there anything to be done about this?

21-05-2019 11:49AM

He was issued a certificate of destruction and the car is out and about?

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