Motors Chat Thread Round 1

02-10-2012 10:28PM

She's back.............

http://vetcar.ie/2012/09/26/ireland%E2%80%99s-only-car-review-show-%E2%80%98driving-seat%E2%80%99-comes-to-tv3/

No Paddy though

'tis on in a minute or two

crixos30 · 02-10-2012 10:57PM

hi all dose any one know where i can get original hub caps for a 00 corolla fairly cheap just bought this car for my grandfather after his 88 corolla finally packed in,its just a run around but want it fairly respectable for him the car is spotless but has no hub cap and the man has had nothin but Toyota all his life.

MetzgerMeister · 02-10-2012 11:00PM

crixos30 wrote: »

hi all dose any one know where i can get original hub caps for a 00 corolla fairly cheap just bought this car for my grandfather after his 88 corolla finally packed in,its just a run around but want it fairly respectable for him the car is spotless but has no hub cap and the man has had nothin but Toyota all his life.

Try your local scrapyard on www.partfinder.ie

You could get them from a dealer, I wouldn't say they'd be that expensive.

BUBBLE WRAP · 02-10-2012 11:04PM

crixos30 wrote: »

hi all dose any one know where i can get original hub caps for a 00 corolla fairly cheap just bought this car for my grandfather after his 88 corolla finally packed in,its just a run around but want it fairly respectable for him the car is spotless but has no hub cap and the man has had nothin but Toyota all his life.

Any of these? Must they be corolla ones?

http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=00+corolla+hub+caps

colm_mcm · 02-10-2012 11:09PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Try your local scrapyard on www.partfinder.ie

You could get them from a dealer, I wouldn't say they'd be that expensive.

I think they're about €150 a set from a dealer

These'd do. Not the exact right ones but respectable anyway

http://www.wheeltrims.eu/wheel-trims-for-toyota.html?modelli=250&dimensioni=126

med22 · 02-10-2012 11:11PM

hey everyone,

I'm buying a car tomorrow which is not actually in the owners name but in his aunt's. do know really how to go about it ?

MetzgerMeister · 02-10-2012 11:18PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

I think they're about €150 a set from a dealer

:eek: That's some money for moulded plastic!

colm_mcm · 02-10-2012 11:18PM

Meet the aunt.

If its not his to sell, or if he's lying to you about being a dealer then why bother

med22 · 02-10-2012 11:33PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Meet the aunt.

If its not his to sell, or if he's lying to you about being a dealer then why bother

he's actually n old man and doesn't seem to be playing around. Also, I checked on motorcheck.ie and it said the car has 2 owners ,so he might be the other owner.

also, i'm paying him in cash , do I have to make him sign something as a prove or better to have a bank draft ? also, I was thinking of getting a copy of his ID in case anything goes wrong ? appreciator your help

Matt Simis · 02-10-2012 11:33PM

RoverJames wrote: »

She's back.............

http://vetcar.ie/2012/09/26/ireland%E2%80%99s-only-car-review-show-%E2%80%98driving-seat%E2%80%99-comes-to-tv3/

No Paddy though

'tis on in a minute or two

A review of a SEAT Alhambra in the first episode, with such elusive and interesting cars on review, Im there!

:pac:

colm_mcm · 02-10-2012 11:37PM

Ah SEAT, the unironic Skoda.

MetzgerMeister · 02-10-2012 11:38PM

"Ireland's only car review show" :rolleyes:

Sorry lads but I'll be sticking to The Next Gear for my car reviews

Alanstrainor · 02-10-2012 11:38PM

med22 wrote: »

he's actually n old man and doesn't seem to be playing around. Also, I checked on motorcheck.ie and it said the car has 2 owners ,so he might be the other owner.

also, i'm paying him in cash , do I have to make him sign something as a prove or better to have a bank draft ? also, I was thinking of getting a copy of his ID in case anything goes wrong ? appreciator your help

It's sold as seen regardless. I wouldn't give you a copy of my id if you were buying a car off me!

Anyway, he could be someone who buys and sells cars on the sly. It's very hard to tell, but I can't say I'd be wild about buying off the middleman being honest.

What's the car? How much money is involved?

med22 · 02-10-2012 11:42PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

It's sold as seen regardless. I wouldn't give you a copy of my id if you were buying a car off me!

Anyway, he could be someone who buys and sells cars on the sly. It's very hard to tell, but I can't say I'd be wild about buying off the middleman being honest.

What's the car? How much money is involved?

the car is Cheverolet Aveo 2006 for 2900 Euro. no tax though but NCT'd till 5/14, had a mechanic to see it today and said it's good !!

colm_mcm · 02-10-2012 11:47PM

Your aveo guy was also selling this:
http://classiads.ie/en/board/view/id/390723

That was probably his uncles car

Alanstrainor · 02-10-2012 11:52PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Your aveo guy was also selling this:
http://classiads.ie/en/board/view/id/390723

That was probably his uncles car

Good detective work.

This is the car for sale now: http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3942187

Car is most likely sound, but seller is telling porkies. He just never sent away the logbook when he bought the car.

colm_mcm · 02-10-2012 11:55PM

Where's the pic taken though?

Fairyhouse?

Alanstrainor · 03-10-2012 12:05AM

med22 wrote: »

the car is Cheverolet Aveo 2006 for 2900 Euro. no tax though but NCT'd till 5/14, had a mechanic to see it today and said it's good !!

Just in case you're freaked out about how we found it and the other car he's selling.

Put Chevrolet Aveo into donedeal, found the one that cost 2900 and then googled the number. That's all:)

Colm, haven't a clue where the pictures are taken being honest, seems a bit out of the way?

med22 · 03-10-2012 12:06AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Your aveo guy was also selling this:
http://classiads.ie/en/board/view/id/390723

That was probably his uncles car

UNBELIEVABLE !! people like him still exist !

what do you guys think I should do ? go ahead with the purchase ? the thing is I actually like the car and the price more importantly .

but you know what , he actually was wearing a worn jeans with and oil like stains,also,told me he just replaced the timing belt which just fits a garage owner. the front tiers weren't great but when I told him about he said he actually has new ones that are coming with the car.also, played the old trick that someone is willing to pay the car if I don't want it .

really suspicious but don't know what to do. !!

Ardennes1944 · 03-10-2012 12:09AM

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Nothing so far has tickled my fancy, managed to convince a guy here in the office to get a 1.2 GP, lovely yoke too. He posted it in one of the other threads. I`m thinking of running the 156 into the ground and then get a GP sporting. If I spot a really nice one in the meantime though I may buy it.

You should have got that tjet GP that was for sale a couple of months back, the 1.4 na GP ain't much fun, and you know I love them! They're rare enough here in any form which is a balls

pred racer · 03-10-2012 08:23AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Your aveo guy was also selling this:
http://classiads.ie/en/board/view/id/390723

That was probably his uncles car

You should change your username to Sherlock:D

Quazzie · 03-10-2012 08:36AM

pred racer wrote: »

You should change your username to Sherlock:D

Would Alanstrainor be Watson then?

L-M · 03-10-2012 08:43AM

That Driving Seat (Typically crap, unimaginative Irish) is a pretty bad attempt.

Driving the Citroen Ds3 with a window mount they bought in the pound shop.

ShadowHearth · 03-10-2012 05:07PM

Well I am getting old lads...

I just got my cannon replaced with standard exhaust. Those who were in meet hear that it was not that loud, so it's not like it was bad. It did sounded lovely.
Saying all this I have to admit - I love it in stock now a lot more. Car just more civil. Still sounds like boxer when pushed though. Then again huge difference in response and over all car feel ( in to good side ) Taking out cats and putting full exhaust without a remap on a turbo car is a waste of money, plus dangerous.

So here you go. I am becoming one of those farts who enjoys quiet exhaust note

MetzgerMeister · 03-10-2012 05:10PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Well I am getting old lads...

I just got my cannon replaced with standard exhaust. Those who were in meet hear that it was not that loud, so it's not like it was bad. It did sounded lovely.
Saying all this I have to admit - I love it in stock now a lot more. Car just more civil. Still sounds like boxer when pushed though. Then again huge difference in response and over all car feel ( in to good side ) Taking out cats and putting full exhaust without a remap on a turbo car is a waste of money, plus dangerous.

So here you go. I am becoming one of those farts who enjoys quiet exhaust note

That's great, now get that spoiler sorted FFS :P

Alanstrainor · 03-10-2012 05:11PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Well I am getting old lads...

I just got my cannon replaced with standard exhaust. Those who were in meet hear that it was not that loud, so it's not like it was bad. It did sounded lovely.
Saying all this I have to admit - I love it in stock now a lot more. Car just more civil. Still sounds like boxer when pushed though. Then again huge difference in response and over all car feel ( in to good side ) Taking out cats and putting full exhaust without a remap on a turbo car is a waste of money, plus dangerous.

So here you go. I am becoming one of those farts who enjoys quiet exhaust note

If the car doesn't sound how you think it should sound then feck what anyone else thinks and do it!

That's why mine got louder:D

ShadowHearth · 03-10-2012 05:26PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

That's great, now get that spoiler sorted FFS :P

You would fecking love that , booooooiiii! Feck ya!

TestTransmission · 03-10-2012 05:28PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

If the car doesn't sound how you think it should sound then feck what anyone else thinks and do it!

That's why mine got louder:D

Bet ya mine is louder.

challengemaster · 03-10-2012 06:01PM

I just saw, quite possibly the biggest WTF relating to cars ever.

First glance I saw what looked like two big jump lead cables coming from the closed bonnet of an old corolla and going in the passenger door.

I looked in the window, and I was right. There was the other side of jump leads connected to the cabling for the radio, inside the car. I could not believe my eyes. How in the name of christ on a bike is that thing road legal.

Big Nasty · 03-10-2012 07:33PM

challengemaster wrote: »

I just saw, quite possibly the biggest WTF relating to cars ever.

First glance I saw what looked like two big jump lead cables coming from the closed bonnet of an old corolla and going in the passenger door.

I looked in the window, and I was right. There was the other side of jump leads connected to the cabling for the radio, inside the car. I could not believe my eyes. How in the name of christ on a bike is that thing road legal.

Dafuq!?! :eek::eek::eek:

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