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***Motors Chat Thread Round 2***

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  • #812
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    ST unable to take test as it has been smashed into oblivion by supermini/mpv doors, check


  • #813
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    Got a genuine toyota rear strut brace for the glanza the other day and realised i dont want to fit it because then i lose the practicality option of folding the rear seats flat :pac: i either have the wrong car or i'm getting old. similarly purchased a real carbon fiber spoiler for it that's the same shape as the original and cant bring myself to fit it :(


  • #814
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    awec wrote: »
    I'm the sort of person that actually hates cars. Like, the way a car works bores the tits off me. This driving to a car park and parking up and looking at cars would bore the tits off me. The idea of spending time cleaning a car, or modifying it is alien to me. I'm certainly no car enthusiast. :pac:

    BANNED


  • #815
    coolisin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,792 ✭✭✭coolisin


    Supergurrier wrote: »
    ST unable to take test as it has been smashed into oblivion by supermini/mpv doors, check

    Guess ill be the first to bite, and say what happened?


  • #816
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    coolisin wrote: »
    Guess ill be the first to bite, and say what happened?

    Not much really just the usual stuff, people being ignorant and swinging car doors open like loons.

    Was just my 2 cents for OSI's idea


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  • #817
    coolisin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,792 ✭✭✭coolisin


    Phew getting worried something happened there!!


  • #818
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Supergurrier wrote: »
    Not much really just the usual stuff, people being ignorant and swinging car doors open like loons.

    Was just my 2 cents for OSI's idea

    Severe damage they caused!

    I'm out of the car at the moment when I get home as I'm on crutches :eek:


  • #819
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Just some scratching, it's still a pain in the arse though tbh. As even if you touch it up with a colour coded pen you still need to reapply it after a good scrub :(

    Wishing i had a berlingo or something as a daily driver now


  • #820
    Mar4ix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,361 ✭✭✭Mar4ix


    was on another forum discussing about alternator repair, i found one video, where guy doing reconditioning of alternator, guy from Ireland, selling alternator brushes(6 euro ), and showing how to replace them , good for DIY capable guys, instead buyin new/reconditioned alternators. I think they have few more nice diy videos.



  • #821
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,269 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


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  • #822
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Jaysus, it's ShadowHearth's Galway cousin :pac:


  • #823
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Good news! We only have to wait another 4 years for the next RX-7 :D


  • #824
    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,851 ✭✭✭langdang


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Good news! We only have to wait another 4 years for the next RX-7 :D

    Always liked the shape of them, hope they bring them back the same as in that link.


  • #825
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    how reliable/insurance friendly are rx7s?


  • #826
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    The RX-7 is a cool looking car. The 8 never really did a whole lot for me TBH.:cool:


  • #827
    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,851 ✭✭✭langdang


    First snow of the year in Blarney in Cork biys, let the snow/winter/spiked tyre thread mayhem commence!

    EDIT - heard it was in mallow too - time for some scooby drifting for someone??


  • #828
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    langdang wrote: »
    Always liked the shape of them, hope they bring them back the same as in that link.

    I'd say it will be an updated version of that design with whatever design they have on the rest of the range thrown in.
    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    how reliable/insurance friendly are rx7s?

    Not very, same as RX8's.

    People are missing the point though. This will be a 2017 rotary engine with SkyActiv technology meaning it will have to be very low on emissions and should therefore be economical :eek:


  • #829
    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,851 ✭✭✭langdang


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    People are missing the point though. This will be a 2017 rotary engine with SkyActiv technology meaning it will have to be very low on emissions and should therefore be economical :eek:
    What elements of the sky activ will be involved? The dual petrol/diesel compression compromise most likely doesn't apply to rotary - so maybe just the weight-minimisation side?


  • #830
    Jimdagym
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭Jimdagym


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    The RX-7 is a cool looking car. The 8 never really did a whole lot for me TBH.:cool:

    I thought the 8 was the coolest thing going, till I saw it on an x-men movie.....


  • #831
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,951 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    sitting in atlas waiting for my car..... drinking free coffee and reading Goldie loughs and the three bears...... she's very naughty :pac:


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  • #832
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    langdang wrote: »
    What elements of the sky activ will be involved? The dual petrol/diesel compression compromise most likely doesn't apply to rotary - so maybe just the weight-minimisation side?

    All I know is that it will be based on the 16X which hasn't been used in a production car yet. the RX7 had the 13B and the RX8 had the Renesis 13B so it's a new rotary engine. The rotors are bigger and wider and there's a bit more torque from it.

    I think the 16X was in the Furai but I'm not fully sure.


  • #833
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,728 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    SWEEEET!!
    my only fear is that they could kill the legend. I'll be following it very closely.


  • #834
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Changed the oil last week, those syphon things are great. New set of tyres next.


  • #835
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Confab wrote: »
    Changed the oil last week, those syphon things are great. New set of tyres next.

    You get yourself a new car Confab?


  • #836
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    You get yourself a new car Confab?

    Nope, it's my girlfriends' car, but I drive it and look after it. No car for me for the next few years at the very least, don't really need it.


  • #837
    Indricotherium
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭Indricotherium


    Confab wrote: »
    Changed the oil last week, those syphon things are great. New set of tyres next.

    How much does it cost to have 2 tyres bought online fitted and balanced, and have two tyres disposed of?


  • #838
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Indricotherium wrote: »
    How much does it cost to have 2 tyres bought online fitted and balanced, and have two tyres disposed of?

    Make sure you can get them fitted before you buy them as the majority of tyre shops only fit what they sell even though it's a few quid in their pockets regardless.


  • #839
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,925 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    how reliable/insurance friendly are rx7s?

    You're joking right?

    The only thing you can rely on is that the engine will need to be rebuilt again sooner or later. As for insurance, you will be laughed off the phone.
    MetzgerMeister wrote: »

    People are missing the point though. This will be a 2017 rotary engine with SkyActiv technology meaning it will have to be very low on emissions and should therefore be economical :eek:

    "technically" economical. Much like every other manufacturer, throwing in EGR's and other parts to scrape emissions tests don't necessarily equate to economy.


  • #840
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Make sure you can get them fitted before you buy them as the majority of tyre shops only fit what they sell even though it's a few quid in their pockets regardless.

    I've never had a problem getting tyres fitted although I hear Advance or is it Kwik Fit don't.

    Indricotherium it's normally €15 a corner to fit the tyres you supply and dispose of your old ones.


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  • #841
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    First Stop don't either and they are my usual tyre shop.


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