***** Motors chat - round 12 *****

Ah jaysus

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-49508070/man-fined-after-driving-car-with-a-car-on-its-roof-in-aberystwyth

colm_mcm wrote: »

Ah jaysus

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-49508070/man-fined-after-driving-car-with-a-car-on-its-roof-in-aberystwyth

Not a bother to the Passat

punisher5112 wrote: »

If it were the other way around the Passat would have fitted in the octy boot

Jaysus an Octavia boot joke, that’s a blast from the past

Just after moving to the middle east and got an interim car today, a 3.8 pajero V6 SWB. Does the job but painfully slow. Filled it up from about the quarter tank to brimmed for the princely sum of €24 for 45 litres.

Truckermal wrote: »

Did you join ISIS after? Put your name down for one of the Amazon's!

Nah, the books are closed until 2020. Trying to decide what to get once we do get settled will be fun. Wife likes the look of the Chevy Tahoe, GMC yukon or a Dodge Durango so I can get something V8. If I had been staying in Ireland I'd be in a CLS by now so it's tempting me to look at a CLS550 here but SUV's are the safest bet. Large BMW petrols are to be avoided at all costs by all accounts unfortunately and I would like to own something I can't have back in Ireland.

Truckermal wrote: »

Ya the CLS is a nice machine! Did you see the Lexus LX570 yet? They are some machine!

They are everwhere but quite expensive. The Toyota sequoia is quite nice looking too.

400hp v8 Nissan Patrol

CIP4 wrote: »

The low tyre pressure warning on the Golf is like the boy who cried wolf unfortunately today it was correct rear tyre big screw quite close to the side wall. Probably too close to patch so not sure what I’ll do need to try get something done with it in the morning. Absolute pain as I am going to a wedding tomorrow and had about a million other things to do. Plus it was a brand new tyre with about 2k km on it. Car could be going to the wedding fairly dirty at this rate.

Happened me. I had put 2 new tyres on and another 2 two weeks after as delivery was mixed up ...

I ended up having to but 2 more the next week.

I don’t think any manufacturer glues them in?

colm_mcm wrote: »

I don’t think any manufacturer glues them in?

Yeah I meant to the metal carrier piece, sorry if that wasn't clear. The electric adjustment works fine.

From what I've seen online the glass comes loose because someone has hit the mirror or the heated function stays on and softens the glue. Then I've seen someone suggest clipping it back in. I might have a go at it over the weekend but Audi quote €84 for a new mirror glass so I'd like to have an idea what I'm looking at!

CIP4 wrote: »

Yes its probably 20mm in from the sidewall so too close to patch. For tomorrow I think I will have no choice but to plug it as I am not going to get anyone in kilkenny selling that exact tyre in that size and I am not going to buy a different brand as then the tyres wouldn't match on that axle. Its on the rear of the car I am not too fond of plugs but I don't have many other options for tomorrow in the short term should be ok.

2 brand new tyres in 4 days....

Ugh screw and a chunk of metal....

Had one rear blow out on M50 doing 125km/h or little more

It's Audi's daft new way of differentiating the different power outputs of their engines.

They must have ran out of new ways to combine red letters on the boot lid.

colm_mcm wrote: »

And interestingly (?) acceleration rather than power. So a 2.0 TDI 150 on an A3 would have a different magic number than the same engine in an A4 or whatever,

It's based on the power output:

25 – 80kW (107bhp) and below
30 – 81-96kW (109-129bhp)
35 – 110-120kW (148-161bhp)
40 – 125-150kW (168-201bhp)
45 – 169-185kW (227-248bhp)
50 – 210-230kW (282-308bhp)
55 – 245-275kW (329-369bhp)

I don't think there's any difference in the numbers used between individual models?

Plus the new S4 is a diesel!!!