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***Motors Chat Thread*** Round 1

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  • #6302
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    I was rallyin across the feild this morning after cathel in the ould bucks Trooper, Hit a bump and heard a hugh bang! I though I fcuked the oil sump in the jeep. I nearly sh1t myself. Luckily there dosnt seem to be any oil leaking. :)

    I got squeamish when I read that. I cracked a sump before and didn't notice... drove on a few hundred metres :( That was as far as I got.


  • #6303
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    cgal093 wrote: »
    Off to Cavan for some fishing with some mates. See ye all in two days! :)

    Short fishing trip then. It takes a day to get from one side of Cavan to the other :D


  • #6304
    gollywog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭gollywog


    Marcusm wrote: »
    gollywog wrote: »
    Mylers tyres?

    Whoever is closest should nw run dwn and buy them before you get there...

    Would be just my luck! In an awful humour today for some reason too lol. I've have the goodyears on the car since half 12 anyway, nana-na-nana! :p


  • #6305
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    BX 19 wrote: »
    It can't break. They are indestructable (once they are the 3.1td ;) )

    Yup its a 98 3.1 TD. INTERCOOLER. :cool:


  • #6306
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,729 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    I just did something REALLY bold!
    I drove my car about 400m around the block! :eek:
    It was only about twenty seconds of driving but god it felt good!

    Right, no more of that 'till I have everything sorted on it... Very bold!


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  • #6307
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    CianRyan wrote: »
    I just did something REALLY bold!
    I drove my car about 400m around the block! :eek:
    It was only about twenty seconds of driving but god it felt good!

    Right, no more of that 'till I have everything sorted on it... Very bold!

    1bij-1.jpg?t=1345564001

    Sorry couldnt resist. :p


  • #6308
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,729 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    1bij-1.jpg?t=1345564001

    Sorry couldnt resist. :p

    Turns out it was 450m. :D
    Google maps.

    The red car in the garden is my dads old Almera, that is a seriously old photo!


  • #6309
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    Ardennes, were you around Douglas today at all? Saw a minty Astra 5 door in the same colout as yours and with some damn shiney alloys.


  • #6310
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    Ordered some gtechniq nano composite polish on Saturday from clean car.ie, said it would be 2 working days and spot on the money it was delivered today to my door at 12.30. Included in the box was the polish and a letter addressed to me. In that was a small handwritten note thanking me for the business and a few gadgets with cleancar.ie on them.

    It was a lovely touch and great to see an Irish firm responding well to its customers. I'll be ordering from them again.


  • #6311
    gollywog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭gollywog


    166man wrote: »
    Ordered some gtechniq nano composite polish on Saturday from clean car.ie, said it would be 2 working days and spot on the money it was delivered today to my door at 12.30. Included in the box was the polish and a letter addressed to me. In that was a small handwritten note thanking me for the business and a few gadgets with cleancar.ie on them.

    It was a lovely touch and great to see an Irish firm responding well to its customers. I'll be ordering from them again.

    Best company to deal with ever, always been next day delivery to me if I order early. I usually get refresher sweets egich are cool and clever! :p


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  • #6312
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    gollywog wrote: »
    Best company to deal with ever, always been next day delivery to me if I order early. I usually get refresher sweets egich are cool and clever! :p

    I wasn't expecting the service to be so good. Very impressed.


  • #6313
    Jimbob 83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭Jimbob 83


    Gave the ST a good wash there, hard water has my heart broke though, had to dry the car twice to get rid of most of the streaks/lines


  • #6314
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Try using a squeege to flick off as much of the water as soon as possible


  • #6315
    Jimbob 83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭Jimbob 83


    I used a microfibre mitt as no squeege, was afew minutes before i got to do it though as i just used the hose as my powerwasher is a crap black and decker yoke


  • #6316
    Northern Monkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭Northern Monkey


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Try using a squeege to flick off as much of the water as soon as possible

    :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

    Delete that post before MetzgerMeister sees it.


  • #6317
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Turns out it was 450m. :D

    The red car in the garden is my dads old Almera, that is a seriously old photo!

    You realise you just posted your address on the internet right. :D


  • #6318
    Northern Monkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭Northern Monkey


    Jimbob 83 wrote: »
    Gave the ST a good wash there, hard water has my heart broke though, had to dry the car twice to get rid of most of the streaks/lines

    Would you consider a DI resin filter? I got this and it's been great, just wash the car and forget about it.


  • #6319
    Jimbob 83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭Jimbob 83


    It's on my to do list along with a better power washer :)


  • #6320
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Northern Monkey wrote: »
    :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

    Delete that post before MetzgerMeister sees it.

    I meant a car squeegee, I would link but i'm on mobile.

    They are very handy.


  • #6321
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,729 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    mmcn90 wrote: »
    You realise you just posted your address on the internet right. :D

    Meh, I give it out to strangers all the time when they buy stuff from me, this seems no different. :p


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  • #6322
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    CianRyan wrote: »
    mmcn90 wrote: »
    You realise you just posted your address on the internet right. :D

    Meh, I give it out to strangers all the time when they buy stuff from me, this seems no different. :p

    Let me know when you're off on Holidays. :)


  • #6323
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    This lack of tinkering with cars is not a novelty anymore.... Only day 4 too!


  • #6324
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    Foxhole Norman wrote: »
    Ardennes, were you around Douglas today at all? Saw a minty Astra 5 door in the same colout as yours and with some damn shiney alloys.

    i was heading to work for 5 so would have been passing through by topaz towards douglas court at about quarter to :)

    where were you?


  • #6325
    Jemmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,385 ✭✭✭Jemmy


    Very tempted to buy a CRX I've been looking at...hmm


  • #6326
    Jimbob 83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭Jimbob 83


    Box shape ?

    If so do it !


  • #6327
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,729 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    They're getting pretty rare now, I'd grab one before they become the next Twin Cam. :p


  • #6328
    Jemmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,385 ✭✭✭Jemmy


    Jimbob 83 wrote: »
    Box shape ?

    If so do it !

    Yep of course! There's one going that I could do a conversion on or one for a little more with a 1.6 SIR engine already in it :P


  • #6329
    Jimbob 83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭Jimbob 83


    This is class :pac:



  • #6330
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    Got stuck behind a fossil driving a jetta and it was too dangerous to pass so I reset the trip computer for another "granny driving" experiment. 50.1 mpg on a 20km spin with the cruise set at 65kmh... Better than an RS4 tiddly aye!


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  • #6331
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    You'd be able to pass him in a TDI though,


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