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

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  • #8582
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭ [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.


  • #8583
    Tazzimus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,940 ✭✭✭Tazzimus


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


  • #8584
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    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.


  • #8585
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,180 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    are those 'Donegal Plates' not illegal??

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


  • #8586
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭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.


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  • #8587
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,633 ✭✭✭✭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....


  • #8588
    CIP4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,657 ✭✭✭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.


  • #8589
    ELM327
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,130 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #8590
    ELM327
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,130 ✭✭✭✭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:


  • #8591
    Wailin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #8592
    Tazzimus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,940 ✭✭✭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.


  • #8593
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,547 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


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


  • #8594
    FDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 181 ✭✭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.


  • #8595
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #8596
    ELM327
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,130 ✭✭✭✭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:


  • #8597
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


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


  • #8598
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,633 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #8599
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭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!


  • #8600
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,547 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


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


  • #8601
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    [PHP][/PHP]
    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.


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  • #8602
    Tazzimus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,940 ✭✭✭Tazzimus


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    [PHP][/PHP]

    Unless it was limited to 4 entries, it’s hardly worth it.
    Hardly need that much petrol to burn it.


  • #8603
    CIP4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,657 ✭✭✭CIP4


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


  • #8604
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


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


  • #8605
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,547 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


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


  • #8606
    Wailin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭Wailin


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


  • #8607
    eljono
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,784 ✭✭✭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.


  • #8608
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,547 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


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


  • #8609
    Wailin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭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


  • #8610
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


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  • #8611
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,180 ✭✭✭✭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))


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