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The "Today I did something to my car" thread

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Today I had a Parrot MKi9200 installed. Great for playin the moosic from the phone.

    Got any pics? Never really sure how big those screens are :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Fully assembled a bottom end and put on a decent gearbox :)

    Its coming to life bit by bit :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Got any pics? Never really sure how big those screens are :D

    This is it in my old car.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Hmm.. I'm considering getting one at some stage in the future and adding in a Unika to have essentially factory voice control with the added benefits of the parrot. Not sure if I prefer the 9200, 9100 or 9000 (no screen)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Voice control annoys me tbh. It's very hit and miss. Bury do a nice kit too for text reading.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    I wonder if there's any way I could get SIRI working in the car... hmm...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭Chuck_Norris


    I wonder if there's any way I could get SIRI working in the car... hmm...

    As EPM has shown, the screen is bigger than you'd think. With the small amoun of time ive had playing with the kit, I've found the voice dialling works quite well.

    I'll head out to the car in a bit to see if I can use Siri through it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    EPM is that one of those small bottles of water (250ml) or is that just a really big cup holder? The one decent thiong missing from most cars is a decent cupholder

    In saying that the Focus I have now has the best cup holders I've ever had


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    EPM is that one of those small bottles of water (250ml) or is that just a really big cup holder? The one decent thiong missing from most cars is a decent cupholder

    In saying that the Focus I have now has the best cup holders I've ever had

    Yeah, it's a tiny one. I had an armrest and that takes away the two decent cupholders in the Leons. Was a PITA not being able to stick a coffee cup in it. That slot was where the ashtray actually was.

    I've got 4 in the octy plus a fridge:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Just back from ford to get a job done on a tensioner pulley. The thing is it wasn't the pulley as I taught, it was the coil pack misfiring but no codes listed. The jobs done anyway and the car pulls like 100 race horses :D. I could have tackled this job myself but they had the part and only needed to install it. :)


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


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    EPM is that one of those small bottles of water (250ml) or is that just a really big cup holder? The one decent thiong missing from most cars is a decent cupholder

    In saying that the Focus I have now has the best cup holders I've ever had

    There was someone here a while back started a thread and the deciding factor was gonna be the quality / size of the cupholder! :eek::eek::eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    There was someone here a while back started a thread and the deciding factor was gonna be the quality / size of the cupholder! :eek::eek::eek:


    There is always one.....or two, wasn't someone also saying they might not buy a new golf because the base model didn't come with climate control?:rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    There is always one.....or two, wasn't someone also saying they might not buy a new golf because the base model didn't come with climate control?:rolleyes:

    Climate > Cupholder to be fair.

    There are certain things I wouldn't but a car without and climates one! Although manual air con on a vag is actually a form of climate control anyway so it's no real loss bar the dual zone.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    EPM wrote: »
    Climate > Cupholder to be fair.

    There are certain things I wouldn't but a car without and climates one! Although manual air con on a vag is actually a form of climate control anyway so it's no real loss bar the dual zone.


    So if a new golf didn't come with climate control but the new Hyundai I30 for the same price and spec otherwise......you'd buy the Hyundai?:P


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    So if a new golf didn't come with climate control but the new Hyundai I30 for the same price and spec otherwise......you'd buy the Hyundai?:P

    He's a fairy


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    He's a fairy


    Like his hair blowing in the climate controlled breeze?:P


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    No, I'd buy a proceed instead of either.

    My opinion is there are certain things I want in a car. Spend a very long time in it so why not get things that make life easier.

    I also said in my last post that manual air con is fine in a golf.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    My Integra had A/C, I never used it at all. If it was warm I opened a window and as for the car steaming up in the rain I put a dehumidifier in it every now and again, my windows never fogged up


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    EPM wrote: »
    No, I'd buy a proceed instead of either.

    My opinion is there are certain things I want in a car. Spend a very long time in it so why not get things that make life easier.

    I also said in my last post that manual air con is fine in a golf.


    I know, I jest.

    But you and I both know there are people who would buy a car for the badge even if it came with wooden bench seats and an asthmatic person blowing in your face as climate control.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    My Integra had A/C, I never used it at all. If it was warm I opened a window and as for the car steaming up in the rain I put a dehumidifier in it every now and again, my windows never fogged up


    I'm the same, the van I have now has A/C, I turned it on to see did it work when I was buying it...hasn't been on since.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    I know, I jest.

    But you and I both know there are people who would buy a car for the badge even if it came with wooden bench seats and an asthmatic person blowing in your face as climate control.

    Oh I know. The job I had trying to convince herself not to buy a 116i. The only extra it had funnily enough was front fogs...blinded by the badge.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    I always have my air con on. Like the car icy cold:)

    Ordered facelift rear lights for my car and they arrived today. Look much nicer.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,732 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    Most people (including my boss) haven't a clue how to operate climate control anyway. I'll set the climate to a lovely 21 degrees all round (at the moment - 19 in summer) and the vast majority of driver's will turn the fan speed down as soon as they get in.

    Eejits, the lot of them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    Bora passed NCT :)

    Got itchy feet with it already...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,690 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    EPM wrote: »

    I've got 4 in the octy plus a fridge:D

    You should have 2 actually
    EPM wrote: »
    I always have my air con on. Like the car icy cold:)

    Same as.
    Turn the dial to the Blue dot and on with the fan..Heaven ! :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    vectra wrote: »
    You should have 2 actually



    Same as.
    Turn the dial to the Blue dot and on with the fan..Heaven ! :D

    Yeah, but only the jumbo box works properly!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    Gave the Bora another scrub.

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    engineBay2.jpg

    Might stick her up for sale tomorrow. Doing the inside tomorrow along with some Last Touch on the paintwork and engine bay.

    Was a btard to get anything dry this late afternoon.

    Also took the 8er out for its quarterly flooring.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    That's when warm after the run ! Started to get chilly when I took the pic.

    When it starts cold its like a fog has set in.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Dropped my car in for a recall today. I had asked one of the mechanics for a bit of info when I was buying a new sat nav unit for the car before Christmas. There was one little thing had to be coded on the maxidot display that I was putting off until the next service. As he handed back the keys he told me he'd coded the new unit in for me. Cheers Johnny!

    First I noticed the compass.
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    Then in the menu.
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    And now I get navigation instructions on the display which is easier to see when driving.
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    Passed the NCT yesterday evening!


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