Motors Chat Thread Round 1

166man · 14-09-2012 05:48PM

Interesting story with that CL600, it was owned by a neighbour of mine whose wife drives a 2008 318i estate.

His new car is a 12 D 520d.....

Ardennes1944 · 14-09-2012 06:27PM

I was looking for a free offline sat nav thingy for my phone for a while and started using this app called navfree. Does exactly what I wanted here and is just as good as wise pilot etc I'd imagine. I'd recommend it as its so handy for a back up

Harcrid · 14-09-2012 06:32PM

Yeah i've used that for a while too and its pretty good for a free app.

CianRyan · 14-09-2012 06:38PM

I'd say once my mam buys an Iphone 5 and gives me her 4 I'll grab that, I tried one or two before on my 3G (not even S) and they just wouldn't work right, far too slow.

14-09-2012 07:30PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

It's fairly boring tbh as its just a Diesel Family car but it's a step up from what I was driving, It's a 12 Fluence 1.5DCi, it does however have a few toys that I think I'll like such as Cruise Control, Bluetooth, Keyless entry and Start.............

Happy out, safe motoring with it

Cruise control is very handy, I use it most days heading in along the Lower Glanmire Rd and similar places where it's all too easy to speed.

Foxhole Norman · 14-09-2012 08:03PM

RoverJames wrote: »

Happy out, safe motoring with it

Cruise control is very handy, I use it most days heading in along the Lower Glanmire Rd and similar places where it's all too easy to speed.

Thanks

. The main thing will be getting used to the difference in the clutch in the Diesel compared to Petrol.

Chuck_Norris · 14-09-2012 08:19PM

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

I was looking for a free offline sat nav thingy for my phone for a while and started using this app called navfree. Does exactly what I wanted here and is just as good as wise pilot etc I'd imagine. I'd recommend it as its so handy for a back up

Yeah, the auld NavFree ain't bad. Used to use it a fair bit myself. If you can stretch to €1.79, I'd go for Skobler. It just works a wee bit better, interface is much smoother. At least on the iPhone.

And if you have an iPhone, the new apple maps are being provided by Navteq (TomTom), and are including there HD Traffic with it, which is a damn nice feature.

Quazzie · 14-09-2012 08:22PM

Chuck_Norris wrote: »

Yeah, the auld NavFree ain't bad. Used to use it a fair bit myself. If you can stretch to €1.79, I'd go for Skobler. It just works a wee bit better, interface is much smoother. At least on the iPhone.

And if you have an iPhone, the new apple maps are being provided by Navteq (TomTom), and are including there HD Traffic with it, which is a damn nice feature.

Search for Dublin Zoo on Apple maps and see where it brings you.

mik_da_man · 14-09-2012 08:50PM

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

thanks shteno ill head that way

MM, i got quoted 45e balanced and fitted for 225/40/18 for a bridgestone, might be worth it ya never know

any other regular users here that are from cork that might need a tyre anyway gimme a shout we can work out something

I might get some.....
How much are the 225/40/18 un fitted?
Also wonder how much a 185/60/14 would be.
Wanna be pretty cheap to make it worthwhile.

challengemaster · 14-09-2012 08:58PM

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

thanks shteno ill head that way

MM, i got quoted 45e balanced and fitted for 225/40/18 for a bridgestone, might be worth it ya never know

any other regular users here that are from cork that might need a tyre anyway gimme a shout we can work out something

When did you get quoted that? Last time I was looking for tyres the only thing they had in 225/40/18's was new triangles for 85e a corner :eek:

sean1141 · 14-09-2012 09:29PM

must be getting it hard to keep the splitter on when the v-tec kicks in!!

and i thought i had seen it all

BUBBLE WRAP · 14-09-2012 09:32PM

Dad picked up the new motor today. Ita a Skoda Octavia 1.6TDI. WITH the extras.

In beer atm, So I will upload pic/s tomorrow...

14-09-2012 09:33PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Thanks . The main thing will be getting used to the difference in the clutch in the Diesel compared to Petrol.

I reckon after a day or so you'll be well used to it, with all the torque you need hardly any revs in a diesel for a normal getaway. Years ago I bumped a car up a slightly inclined gravel drive using my diesel Mondeo without using any accelerator at all

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

............

MM, i got quoted 45e balanced and fitted for 225/40/18 for a bridgestone, might be worth it ya never know ........

Is that for an A grade part worn? They have 3 grades iirc, A,B & C.
I bought two 225 45 18s Grade A Bridgestones off them for €70 each a month or so ago. 225 45 18s are a tad dearer than 225 40 18s admittedly but not hugely.

BUBBLE WRAP · 14-09-2012 09:35PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Thanks . The main thing will be getting used to the difference in the clutch in the Diesel compared to Petrol.

Best of luck with it mate.

MetzgerMeister · 14-09-2012 09:37PM

James, have you ever driven that 1.5DCi Renault engine?? LOL Last summer, we rented a Megane estate in Portugal with that engine and I can tell you, the last thing it had was torque!

Did you get Tyreland to fit those for you or did you get them fitted locally to you? I'm seriously thinking about buying from them but only if I can get them fitted around here, otherwise I'd use the money I'd save on petrol going up to them and just buy new ones.

14-09-2012 09:51PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

James, have you ever driven that 1.5DCi Renault engine??...............

Did you get Tyreland to fit those for you or did you get them fitted locally to you?..............

Drove a Clio that had it, a 2005 one iirc. In comparison to a petrol Clio there'd be loads of torque

Tyreland fitted them for me, was up there anyway, flew to Milan from Dublin.

Big Nasty · 14-09-2012 09:54PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

I'd save on petrol

*pukes*

MetzgerMeister · 14-09-2012 09:55PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

*pukes*

LOL

That's not the point

Ardennes1944 · 14-09-2012 10:40PM

mik_da_man wrote: »

I might get some.....
How much are the 225/40/18 un fitted?
Also wonder how much a 185/60/14 would be.
Wanna be pretty cheap to make it worthwhile.

challengemaster wrote: »

When did you get quoted that? Last time I was looking for tyres the only thing they had in 225/40/18's was new triangles for 85e a corner :eek:

No idea to be honest I'd be getting them fitted so didn't ask. That was about 2months ago, if they don't have profile 40 I'll get 35.

Yes that was grade a James I'd only bother with them. I'll ring them Monday to see what they have

mik_da_man · 14-09-2012 10:46PM

There's a spot in the city at the roundabout at the start of centre park Road that does part worn. Might pop in tmrw and see what they have.

Ardennes1944 · 14-09-2012 10:50PM

Can you ask how much for 2 grade a 225/40/18 man please? Doesn't have to be top top brands but nothing less than kumho

14-09-2012 11:52PM

There's one by Victoria Cross too, up from blackwater motors towards Dennehy's Cross.

Foxhole Norman · 15-09-2012 12:24AM

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Best of luck with it mate.

Thanks!

BUBBLE WRAP · 15-09-2012 12:33AM

Good driving song? Yay or naw?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ947250o-w

CianRyan · 15-09-2012 01:21AM

I really dislike both of those musicians.
Slash is such a knobend.

conzy · 15-09-2012 12:06PM

Rear right wishbone bush is all the car needs for the re test, delighted... I'll get the two sides done and a 4 wheel alignment.. He didn't mind the rasp! Haha

pred racer · 15-09-2012 12:39PM

Back in paris now, auf weidesehen duetchland, sure everyone of them fookers had them german plates on, very annoying;)

Germany is lovely, their beer is fabulous(no hangover any morning) and everything except petrol is cheap. Everybody was really nice to me!
They are just a touch too law abiding for me, but you cant really knock them for that.

Nissan juke....... In 1.6 petrol form its slower than my 1.5 diesel clio (yes even in sport mode) apart from that its nice enough to drive, it leans over alarmingly when asked to take a sharp bend, but settles down after the initial lurch. Its well equipped, mp3 sat nav etc etc, the reversing camera is completely useless as you would hit something while the camera showed it 2 metres away.

And most important......the max speed is 190km/hr (indicated) that last 10km/hr took about 5 miles to get!;)

And to the taxi driver that got me back to my hotel on thursday night, thankyou! after volksfest, and i dunno how many liters of festbeer, and a trip to the pub with some germans i met, donkeyboy here decided to walk home, got hopelessly lost and was wandering around freising at 4am:D

The only german word you need to know is servus, it means hello, goodbye, excuse me, please and thankyou!

dgt · 15-09-2012 03:32PM

Yaaaaay alloys!

Only 3 though....

BUBBLE WRAP · 15-09-2012 07:58PM

I was in Halfords today, I bought spray paint. I picked up a can that was on the shelf and was half empty. So I walked up to buy a full can of paint and the one that was half empty. The fella behind the till, Picked up the half empty one and attempts to scan it. He failed to scan it as the bar-code was gone, as it had been used before. He left down the half empty can of paint , he then picked up the full one. Scans it and says. Okay thats 19 euro... I interrupted: AH HA! What says he. I explained how one can was half empty and I done it to see, if he would try to sell me a "used" product. So he went and got another full can.

I watched him as he swapped the used can of with a full one and left the half full can back onto the shelf. Which lefft me with two full cans of spray paint, which is what I wanted.

Halford 0 BUBBLE WRAP 1.

So the moral of the story is, watch the cans of paint people. :cool:

Tallon · 15-09-2012 08:04PM

Moral of the story is, Halfords are assholes!

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