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***Motors Chat Thread*** Round 1

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  • #5582
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    A very quick question. Im going to renew my learners permit. it will be my 2nd lp.

    I need:

    2 passport photos signed on the back of each
    My current learners permit
    The fee
    the learners permit form.

    Is there anything else?

    Not sure if you know of this forum and apologies if you already are but it is quite helpful.

    It is the Learning to Drive forum which deals specifically with people learning to drive. :)


  • #5583
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,919 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    BW - A HGV is a heavy goods vehicle (or huge ginormous vehicle) i.e. a truck ;)


  • #5584
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    Oh a HGV is a lorry. :o

    EDIT: I just googled it MM. Damn 166man, your so funny. :D


  • #5585
    dar83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭dar83


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Thats for 3rd LP and so on. Not 2nd renewal.

    Cool. I never needed to renew. :pac:

    In fact I was lucky in that I only had my Provisional license from a May to September, no 6 month rule back then thankfully!


  • #5586
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    Right lads thanks for the help. Of I goooo....


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  • #5587
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Oh a HGV is a lorry. :o

    EDIT: I just googled it MM. Damn 166man, your so funny. :D

    What did you think it was - a disease? :eek:


  • #5588
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,919 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    This arrived in the post for me today:

    photomop.jpg

    It's a signed copy of Engel's new album Blood of Saints.

    To keep it motors related, I have this in the CD changer in the car :D


  • #5589
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,729 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Waiting for packages in the post drives me nuts!
    I ordered my GF's birthday present online and it has to come from Santa Fe, such a long wait!

    I wish I could drive
    ing related
    there and pick it up myself.
    She did ask why I didn't just take her on holidays there instead... Good luck! :p


  • #5590
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Oh a HGV is a lorry. :o

    EDIT: I just googled it MM. Damn 166man, your so funny. :D

    Stuff like this happens to you way too much man.


  • #5591
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    Antares wrote: »
    I believe 166man was "having a laugh"

    Your Punto is not a HGV.

    Correct.

    Are you sure the Punto isn't a Heavy Goods Vehicle there Antares? :D


    @Bubble Wrap- bit of light humour never killed anyone, but still Matt Simis is dead right...:P


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  • #5592
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    166man wrote: »

    Are you sure the Punto isn't a Heavy Goods Vehicle there Antares? :D

    Variant on it's occupier perhaps.

    I've seen quite a few of them transformed to HGV's by certain larger people. The general dimensions of them remain the same though so I think Bubble Wrap may well be safe. ;)


  • #5593
    Jimbob 83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭Jimbob 83


    HGV are 3500+kg :p


  • #5594
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Should you ever give a car disposal crowd the VLC before they send you a EOL cert?


  • #5595
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Come home today for lunch only to find a blue 98/99 caddy parked at the front of my house. It then sped off very fast. Clearly were watching out before, they recognised my car. This is one of the rare times there are no cars in the driveway to the garage, easier access to the stuff at the back. To all around Navan, beware, don't let your guard down. Don't end up making a similar post to this...
    Antares wrote: »
    I believe 166man was "having a laugh"

    Your Punto is not a HGV.

    I never carried any fat birds in that car, it ain't a HGV :pac:


  • #5596
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭Hal1


    It might be a good time to get some dags in your yard DGT.


  • #5597
    cgal093
    Closed Accounts Posts: 430 ✭✭cgal093


    Funniest thing happened today, I was out changing some bulbs in my gf's car and two lads (complete scumbags btw) were tore out of a Passat by a load of Garda, windows and everything were put in! I LOL'ed and continued changing the bulbs. :P


  • #5598
    andyseadog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,412 ✭✭✭andyseadog


    Hal1 wrote: »
    It might be a good time to get some dags in your yard DGT.

    what i'd do is get an electric window switch, a central locking fob, an air con pump, an alloy wheel and a colour coded bump strip, any other extras you can find.

    the theives were driving a caddy and VW drivers dont like spec so leaving a few of those items around the perimiter of your grounds would be like using garlic to deter a vampire etc.


  • #5599
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,551 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hal1 wrote: »
    Should you ever give a car disposal crowd the VLC before they send you a EOL cert?

    Can't see them taking the car off you unless you give them the VLC.


  • #5600
    cgal093
    Closed Accounts Posts: 430 ✭✭cgal093


    Would a beware of dog sign on the gates do anything?


  • #5601
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    cgal093 wrote: »
    Would a beware of dog sign on the gates do anything?
    I generally find that signs saying

    "beware of your ma" with a picture of a dog

    work better. :D


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  • #5602
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Hal1 wrote: »
    It might be a good time to get some dags in your yard DGT.

    The neighbours dogs that bark at everything that moves.... Didn't bark atall :rolleyes:

    Last dog we had got poisoned, how low does someone have to be to do that
    cgal093 wrote: »
    Would a beware of dog sign on the gates do anything?

    No gates either, as the yard is usually jammed with cars. That's going to change though


  • #5603
    cgal093
    Closed Accounts Posts: 430 ✭✭cgal093


    dgt wrote: »
    No gates either, as the yard is usually jammed with cars. That's going to change though

    Can someone just stroll right into your yard?


  • #5604
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,919 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    andyseadog wrote: »
    what i'd do is get an electric window switch, a central locking fob, an air con pump, an alloy wheel and a colour coded bump strip, any other extras you can find.

    the theives were driving a caddy and VW drivers dont like spec so leaving a few of those items around the perimiter of your grounds would be like using garlic to deter a vampire etc.

    Andy McGyver is it?? pleased to meet you :D


  • #5605
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    dgt wrote: »
    Last dog we had got poisoned, how low does someone have to be to do that

    Well if he is a thief and intends on stealing from you I'd imagine a dead dog is the least of their worries.


  • #5606
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    cgal093 wrote: »
    Can someone just stroll right into your yard?

    Pretty much. Up until recently there was always someone around the house, no matter what time. And we have caught people having a stroll into the yard when we were here. Now that I'm in full time employment for the next 6 months (down to 4 and a half) there are more occasions where there is no one at the house. The absence of the Merc or any shredding car in the yard gave the signal away that no ones here. Were anticipating it will lead to more opportunists trying to steal our stuff


  • #5607
    cgal093
    Closed Accounts Posts: 430 ✭✭cgal093


    dgt wrote: »
    Pretty much. Up until recently there was always someone around the house, no matter what time. And we have caught people having a stroll into the yard when we were here. Now that I'm in full time employment for the next 6 months (down to 4 and a half) there are more occasions where there is no one at the house. The absence of the Merc or any shredding car in the yard gave the signal away that no ones here. Were anticipating it will lead to more opportunists trying to steal our stuff

    I'd definitely get a set of gates. It'll be money well spent if it means your keeping out nasty robbers/scumbags


  • #5608
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,551 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    What's a shredding car? Those bastads will be back no doubt, the likes of them are worse than junkies in cities.


  • #5609
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    cgal093 wrote: »
    I'd definitely get a set of gates. It'll be money well spent if it means your keeping out nasty robbers/scumbags

    That's what were getting as soon as we get the chance. Needs must
    OSI wrote: »
    Get some CCTV Camera shells as well don't do anything but are a good deterrent. They're usually cheap enough. Put them in obvious spots too.

    We have cctv here, linked to a VCR that doesn't work :rolleyes:

    I really need to invest in some modern monitoring equipment...


  • #5610
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    dgt wrote: »
    We have cctv here, linked to a VCR that doesn't work :rolleyes:

    I really need to invest in some modern monitoring equipment...

    I spied some cheap CCTV equipment in Maplin Dundalk yesterday. Was thinking of covering my driveway should somebody with no taste attempt anything on my Avensis. :)


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  • #5611
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    RoverJames wrote: »
    What's a shredding car? Those bastads will be back no doubt, the likes of them are worse than junkies in cities.

    Car for stripping. Parked nearest the garage for quick access to the tools/ cutting equipment etc.

    It can be quiet out here at times :mad:


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