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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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[Deleted User]

Iirc back in the day lads used to call yellow reg on the year Donegal plates.
Boxy Starlet folk largely, who aspired to twin cams.

Tazzimus

306 D Turbo crew are the ones I remember, they evolved into the agri spec lads it seems.

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Tazzimus wrote: »

306 D Turbo crew.........

Great cars though, really nice.
I'd happily run one today tbh.

The new 208 actually really appeals to me, there's a sort of retro Peugeot look to it.

AndyBoBandy

are those 'Donegal Plates' not illegal??

I often see them going around, and think surely they get stopped all the time with them??

colm_mcm

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

are those 'Donegal Plates' not illegal??

I often see them going around, and think surely they get stopped all the time with them??

Completely illegal.

punisher5112

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

are those 'Donegal Plates' not illegal??

I often see them going around, and think surely they get stopped all the time with them??

They should be removed, then firmly slapped across the car owners face multiple times....

CIP4

I don't understand why you would actually spend money on a plate which doesn't meet requirements and is illegal. My Golf had pressed metal plates that had everything bar the hyphens between the year/ county/ number. I am not sure if that makes them illegal but I got the garage to change them to standard plastic ones.

But I mean yellow plate, no hyphens, no IRL symbol, no county at the top, you might as well get a piece of cardboard and a marker and write the reg on it and stick that to the car they are both about as legal.

ELM327

Tazzimus wrote: »

306 D Turbo crew are the ones I remember, they evolved into the agri spec lads it seems.

Great cars, I had 2 406 DTurbos back in the day, love the look of the prefacelift 306s though.
Doesnt seem to be many for sale these days, especially with the XUD

ELM327

CIP4 wrote: »

I don't understand why you would actually spend money on a plate which doesn't meet requirements and is illegal. My Golf had pressed metal plates that had everything bar the hyphens between the year/ county/ number. I am not sure if that makes them illegal but I got the garage to change them to standard plastic ones.

But I mean yellow plate, no hyphens, no IRL symbol, no county at the top, you might as well get a piece of cardboard and a marker and write the reg on it and stick that to the car they are both about as legal.

Felt spec laaad :cool::pac:

Wailin

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

Mcg in Kells have caliper paint kits on their Facebook page.

Cheers for that, I just ordered the caliper paint kit from them. It's Foliatec which is a decent brand by all accounts.

Tazzimus

ELM327 wrote: »

Great cars, I had 2 406 DTurbos back in the day, love the look of the prefacelift 306s though.
Doesnt seem to be many for sale these days, especially with the XUD

Oh I'd 100% love one, great little cars.
Like many things though, they were ruined by idiots.

PsychoPete

A Mk6 golf passed me yesterday with yellow square plates,grassmen across the windscreen and some sort of pigeon stuck in the exhaust

FDave

PsychoPete wrote: »

A Mk6 golf passed me yesterday with yellow square plates,grassmen across the windscreen and some sort of pigeon stuck in the exhaust

Once you de-cat them the pigeons tend to get in and nest there.

colm_mcm

PsychoPete wrote: »

A Mk6 golf passed me yesterday with yellow square plates,grassmen across the windscreen and some sort of pigeon stuck in the exhaust

Bonus points if they were yellow square German plates.

ELM327

FDave wrote: »

Once you de-cat them the pigeons tend to get in and nest there.

Or whatever you fancy yourself. It's cooooooool :cool::pac:

colm_mcm

I swear to god, they’re raffling a jack and pair of axle stands on Facebook. €5 a go.

punisher5112

colm_mcm wrote: »

I swear to god, they’re raffling a jack and pair of axle stands on Facebook. €5 a go.

Ah jaysusssssss

Duke O Smiley

colm_mcm wrote: »

I swear to god, they’re raffling a jack and pair of axle stands on Facebook. €5 a go.

Theres an 08 407 doing the round for a fiver a go too!

PsychoPete

Seen a few decent sized sheds up for raffle but the whole raffle thing is gone pretty annoying

colm_mcm

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Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Theres an 08 407 doing the round for a fiver a go too!

Unless it was limited to 4 entries, it’s hardly worth it.

Tazzimus

colm_mcm wrote: »

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Unless it was limited to 4 entries, it’s hardly worth it.

Hardly need that much petrol to burn it.

CIP4

Hard to know which would be the better prize the 08 407 or the jack and axle stands.

Big Nasty

Scams the lot of them. I report everyone of them appears on my news feed.

PsychoPete

Got the dreaded insurance renewal of €830 yesterday, a whole one euro cheaper than last year

Wailin

I managed to get mine down from €903 to €550. The dearest quote online was from my current insurer!

eljono

I renewed my insurance this week and found some competitive quotes. I'd recommend Allianz Direct, The AA and 123.ie, they gave me the three lowest quotes for the full level of cover I was after.

PsychoPete

Got about 18 different quotes with 123 and AIG the cheapest, both just under €630

Wailin

Entertaining thread here on Bimmerpost over in the states for those who are bored! OP starts thread about being scammed after transferring money to another user for a set of alloys to be delivered. Your man never posts the alloys and closes his account. Gung ho Americans go all "Don't fùck with cats", hunt him down and expose him. Scammer comes back on the thread to defend himself and it just gets more entertaining:D

Scammed by Forum Member Blk_Sapphire_M3 https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1716667

colm_mcm

AndyBoBandy

punisher5112 wrote: »

The karcher bottle is useless for foam....

Get yourself the proper brass fitting type, I got mine on AliExpress. Worked out a ⅓ of the price.

Finally got the Turtle Wax Snow Foam yesterday, and as expected, the Karcher lance isn't up to much!

I did have a look on AliExpress, but it's a bit of a minefield, with billions of lances available! Could you name the one to get, or link it? Or is it a case of just picking any one of the brass ones?
(I've never used AliExpress before, is it a case where most things are the same, but just sold by different sellers (who all put their own brand on the item/box))