******* Motors Chat Thread *******

Just as well you didn't so, I've seen much worse be restored than that.

I sold that shell to someone back at the start of the year as my own wasn't as bad as I initially thought. Don't think it was him, the front bumper was in the car when I sold it.

He's very good. That's something I'd love to be able to do.

I wouldn't however have much faith in the paint job. He always does it in an open garage which has dust and other sh!te floating around.

Had the experience of driving a Renault Astrale there recently.

What a very odd experience. Feels like politing a slow spaceship. It has a setting to automatically tailgate people. I couldn't figure out how the touchscreen worked.

Is this how oulfarts feel trying to figure out an iPhone?

The owner is twice my age and has no trouble with it.

I'd be very cautious of that 1.2 litre engine as it's a very soft engine. They have a wet belt setup that's know to fail prematurely. A ticking timebomb imo.

Yeah so I was on the right track anyway. I don’t think it’s adhered to much either. Its like buying second hand tyres, sometimes I am given a VAT invoice as if they are new tyres, whereas technically I should be given an invoice showing no VAT and clearly stating that VAT cannot be claimed

Thanks, good to know.

Oh great, didn't know that. Also went to NDLS for last one. Think I'm due a renewal next year

anyone ever have any dealings with Tradeup Autos in Sligo?

Mouse / Rat problems ..

Friend of mine with a Hilux, had massive damage done to the wiring in the car by rodents. Other day, after my car had been idle for several days, I upped the bonnet to check a few things, and there on the plastics covering the engine, and on the wiring near the bonnet hinge on the valance, I found mouse droppings, not a lot, but definitely mouse droppings (I assume mouse, because they were only small droppings) Anyone know of a deterrence for these pests? I've checked it daily now for the last 10 days or so, and no more droppings were found.

Didn't think I'd watch all of this but i did. Was only going to give it 5 mins. Great look at cars long since gone off the road.

I thought it was a parody at first but it's a documentary! If you don't want to watch the full thing skip to the young lad talking about how he got his company Fiesta XR2. The absolute BS he comes out with is something to behold! And the poor effer at the end with a Maestro.

Thread hasn't been active in a while, but I'm curious if any other Passat owners are seeing major insurance hikes? I've a 2018 2.0 TDI Comfortline Estate and aside from the two fairly reasonable (or least worst) quotes in green, no others have been below €800. Several insurers including Revolut have declined to quote altogether.

The Passat itself appears to be the problem as I've redone each quote using my partner's 1.0 Golf of the same year, and have been getting far less each time - the highest was €520. I'm early 30's with three year's NCB. No mods or anything else done to the Passat either.

I couldn't say whether they were always a target for high insurance as I switched to this car mid-policy last year, but I was charged €250 for the convenience. I swallowed it as the original policy (Nissan Leaf) was cheap, and I urgently needed the Passat after 3 weeks waiting for the dealer to get it through VRT, having already terminated the PCP on the Leaf.

I've only done online quotes so far, so I'm aware that these don't always reflect what you might get over the phone. But they still seem ridiculously high.

Donegal, but quotes were equally high when comparing them against my family's Dublin address.

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that thread!

Much of the dealer network changed en-masse to selling MG I believe?

My local one just kept their sole other brand (Kia) though.