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***Motors Chat Thread*** Round 1

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  • #3992
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    Damper is just another name for shocks;)
    RoverJames wrote: »
    .... not a huge fan of steering wheel controls tbh, can you not just ditch them?

    Damper is used for rear shocks thought I thought, but its the rears I got anyway.

    You need them to set the clock and trip comp rj and I always use them too. There's no reason for it not to work thought, thousands of people use them in their Astras :(


  • #3993
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    Damper is used for rear shocks thought I thought, but its the rears I got anyway.

    On the Astra the rear shocks are a different design to the fronts(separate spring and damper set up as opposed to a combined spring/damper set up on the front) but they are still the same thing.


  • #3994
    Jimbob 83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭Jimbob 83


    Here lads i have NCT on the Octavia tomorrow and just gave her a good wash, but i can't find my logbook.

    Had it in my hand a couple weeks ago but cant seem to come across it. Do the always ask for the logbook nowadays ?

    Last 2 NCT's i passed i don't remember being asked for it


  • #3995
    eringobragh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    Tescos offering a 10c per litre reduction on their petrol with a €100 shop (and 5c per litre €50 shop)

    Is their petrol still ****e? I used it a few years ago and got no where near the mileage I'd get from Esso? Curiousity more then anything.


  • #3996
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    I hope it's okay to cross post on this forum. Didn't see anything in the charter.

    Anyway, what do you guys think?

    Kayaker wanted to know if it was okay to carry his boat on his roof without roof racks. This personally makes me shudder straight away especially considering that I've lost a boat off a roof before with roof racks and the potential damage a kayak could cause would be pretty big.

    Is it legal to carry a load without racks?

    Thread here.


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  • #3997
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    eringobragh wrote: »
    Tescos offering a 10c per litre reduction on their petrol with a €100 shop (and 5c per litre €50 shop)

    Thats a lot of chicken that tastes a bit like wood though :(


  • #3998
    eringobragh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    Antares wrote: »
    Thats a lot of chicken that tastes a bit like wood though :(

    They sell more then chicken you know.:rolleyes:


  • #3999
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    eringobragh wrote: »
    They sell more then chicken you know.:rolleyes:

    Why would you want anything BUT chicken though! Everything tastes like chicken therefore you may as well eat chicken and nothing but chicken.


  • #4000
    eringobragh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    Antares wrote: »
    Why would you want anything BUT chicken though! Everything tastes like chicken therefore you may as well eat chicken and nothing but chicken.

    LOL Made me smile anyway :pac:


  • #4001
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    Needed to source a retro looking radio with modern functionality (USB, MP3) for my Merc 560 SEC. Its got some god awful Kenwood POS in it right now.

    The obvious choice is a Becker, maybe even the last of the Beckers, the Mexico. However the £2k price tag (ie the value of the car..) kinda making that seem like a silly purchase.
    Looks great though:
    img01.jpg

    What I found is this German company that makes decent spec and cheap headunits, one of which is a retro look that I think actually would fit in with an 80s Merc:
    RCD110_news2.jpg

    Also cheaper from the German Ebay suppliers (guess its a local product) than the UK importers:
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Caliber-RCD110B-Autoradio-CD-USB-SD-Retro-Design-Look-Radio-Oldtimer-Style-BLACK-/390366272813?pt=CE_Auto_Hi_Fi_Autoradios&hash=item5ae3a49d2d#ht_815wt_1024



    Only reason I havent bought one is no Bluetooth, a must for car phone connections and maybe BT Audio streaming.


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  • #4002
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,384 ✭✭✭pred racer


    Finally back in my house in paris, couldn't find my bloody car outside the train station:o (ever tried looking for a specific white clio in france?) and corbeil essonne is not the place to be wandering around at night if you are of my 'racial orienation';)

    Poor clio got an awful roasting coming up the road, it takes me a couple of miles to remember its not my alfa and no matter how hard i rev it the acceleration is still shoite:D


  • #4003
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    My god....that NOISE! :eek:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf34cdwiVFE


  • #4004
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,661 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Mate was telling me of a practise to place replaced parts on the passenger seat when going in for an NCT retest. Anyone else do this? Seems a bit silly to me.


  • #4005
    Jimbob 83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭Jimbob 83


    Drive it like you're late for mass !


  • #4006
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    My god....that NOISE! :eek:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf34cdwiVFE

    So convincing yourself that €1600 a year road tax is insane is going well I take it?


  • #4007
    Thatnastyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Thatnastyboy


    The oil temp rises fairly sharpish :eek:

    That sound though.. :cool:


  • #4008
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    Mate was telling me of a practise to place replaced parts on the passenger seat when going in for an NCT retest. Anyone else do this? Seems a bit silly to me.

    That's ridiculous!

    How does that make any sense? The parts in the car are either working on not, having any empty box for a shock, won't make your shocks any better!


  • #4009
    coolisin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,794 ✭✭✭coolisin


    Savage noise alright!

    Was just going to point out what 166man said, 1600 a year tax is a bargin when your listening to that noise.


  • #4010
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    The only M3 that suited me has been sold since Monday. I would love to know why dealers don't take down ads once the car is sold. It only teases people by leaving them up :(


  • #4011
    coolisin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,794 ✭✭✭coolisin


    Ah shoite, there is nothing worse then that, were a dealer leaves the ad up, happened to the oul lad where he saw a car online in a local garage so decided to pop along to see if it was there.
    Gone 3 weeks!


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  • #4012
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    It's some pain in the hole and an awful prick-tease :mad:

    Back to the drawing board to see what other cars I could get. To be honest, there's not much that jumps out at me.


  • #4013
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    The only M3 that suited me has been sold since Monday. I would love to know why dealers don't take down ads once the car is sold. It only teases people by leaving them up :(

    Look at your man with a dose of the horn now! :D

    What's the criteria, apart from it being an M3 of course........


  • #4014
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Look at your man with a dose of the horn now! :D

    What's the criteria, apart from it being an M3 of course........

    Powerful, max €15,000 ish, powerful, coupe, not a 335i, at least 2004, oh, and powerful :D

    What I don't want is something that everyone else has (i.e. GTI), not that there's anything wrong with them but I prefer to have a car that's rare enough or has a USP. That's why I'm thinking RX8/M3 type cars.


  • #4015
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Powerful, max €15,000 ish, powerful, coupe, not a 335i, at least 2004, oh, and powerful :D

    What I don't want is something that everyone else has (i.e. GTI), not that there's anything wrong with them but I prefer to have a car that's rare enough or has a USP. That's why I'm thinking RX8/M3 type cars.

    M3 would be so much cooler than an RX8.


  • #4016
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Limerick man wrote: »
    M3 would be so much cooler than an RX8.

    Don't I know it?? Nothing out there that suits me now though :(


  • #4017
    coolisin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,794 ✭✭✭coolisin


    Personally the 350z is a great idea and the 645, wouldn't be massively gone on the cl but great ideas there.


  • #4018
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Don't I know it?? Nothing out there that suits me now though :(

    If I sold the Jag in the morning I haven't a clue what I'd buy. It's like I've completely lost interest :eek:

    Would love a Range Rover, alright.

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3460640

    Not far out of reach.


  • #4019
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    OSI wrote: »
    350Z? 645i? CL500?

    350Z - too small, engine too big for the power it puts out and I don't like the look of them.

    645 - they're ugly, engine too big

    CL - I'm not a fan of Mercs.

    I was pushing my own personal boundaries when it comes to engine size by going for an M3.


  • #4020
    gollywog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭gollywog


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    OSI wrote: »
    350Z? 645i? CL500?

    350Z - too small, engine too big for the power it puts out and I don't like the look of them.

    645 - they're ugly, engine too big

    CL - I'm not a fan of Mercs.

    I was pushing my own personal boundaries when it comes to engine size by going for an M3.

    M5 either MM......


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  • #4021
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,551 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Limerick man wrote: »
    .......It's like I've completely lost interest :eek:

    .....

    I'm the same for the last while.


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