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***Motors Chat Thread Round 2***

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  • #962
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Ya,my mother went around the house too quick there last year and the glass fell out of the mirror driverside wing because she hit the corner of the house.

    And then her car hasn't been serviced in the last 120,000 miles. She claims "why get new things for it, if its going good!?" I really don't know how its still going though. :pac:

    Ya didn't pick it up off the stones so! :eek:


  • #963
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    What sort of car survives 120000 miles without a service?

    Has the oil and filters ever been changed?


  • #964
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Ya didn't pick it up off the stones so! :eek:

    No the glass of the mirror smashed when it hit the ground, But I got a new one a week later. After the fella at the breakers trying to fit a newer model yaris mirror to the older model. :D


  • #965
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    Stheno wrote: »
    What sort of car survives 120000 miles without a service?

    Has the oil and filters ever been changed?

    a toyota, thats what :P

    on the barber - car subject, my barbers most recent car was an evo 8 :)


  • #966
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Ya didn't pick it up off the stones so! :eek:
    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    No the glass of the mirror smashed when it hit the ground, But I got a new one a week later. After the fella at the breakers trying to fit a newer model yaris mirror to the older model. :D

    That's not what he meant....


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  • #967
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    a toyota, thats what :P

    on the barber - car subject, my barbers most recent car was an evo 8 :)

    Ah now seriously without even an oil change?


  • #968
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    Stheno wrote: »
    What sort of car survives 120000 miles without a service?

    Has the oil and filters ever been changed?

    Its a yaris, the oil is like tar. :p But I say it wont last much longer tbh. :)


  • #969
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    dgt wrote: »
    A great view of a black screen, port hole window or steel bulkhead: choice is yours :pac:

    You're a dope, take a closer look at the letters in bold!


  • #970
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Its a yaris, the oil is like tar. :p But I say it wont last much longer tbh. :)

    Would ya not change it for her?

    And get her an alfa next time?


  • #971
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    Stheno wrote: »
    Ah now seriously without even an oil change?

    honestly i doubt it, twas just a pun!


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  • #972
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    dgt wrote: »
    That's not what he meant....

    Oh was he referring to MY lack of maintenance? :eek:

    I take good care of the Punto. :)


  • #973
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    No the glass of the mirror smashed when it hit the ground, But I got a new one a week later. After the fella at the breakers trying to fit a newer model yaris mirror to the older model. :D

    I don't think he meant what you think he meant?


  • #974
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    Stheno wrote: »
    Would ya not change it for her?

    And get her an alfa next time?

    I cant change the oil. :(

    Eeeemmm...


  • #975
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    I cant change the oil. :(

    Eeeemmm...

    Just take it to a mechanic for her, the thing will blow up!


  • #976
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    Stheno wrote: »
    Just take it to a mechanic for her, the thing will blow up!

    Im able to change oil, but I cant on that car because the dipstick is broken... :pac:


  • #977
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    a toyota, thats what :P

    I guess it depends on how the car is driven....

    Years ago (feck it is years ago at this stage :eek:) a friend of mine bought a mint 1.4 corolla. At the time was a lovely car for a young fella to start off in, showroom condition with just 85k miles. But he never minded it. His idea of an oil change was topping it with oil as it was either losing or burning it at an alarming rate! Just one of many things that happened with it, probably due to.... Negligence :rolleyes:

    Sadly for him, the car was a wreck in no time. What a waste :(


  • #978
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    You're a dope, take a closer look at the letters in bold!

    I tried to look past that awful tip of a place with the mirrors post! Oh well.... :pac:


  • #979
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Oh was he referring to MY lack of maintenance? :eek:
    No not that either!!!! :(:(:(
    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    I take good care of the Punto. :)

    Yaaay! :D


  • #980
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    dgt wrote: »
    I guess it depends on how the car is driven....

    Years ago (feck it is years ago at this stage :eek:) a friend of mine bought a mint 1.4 corolla. At the time was a lovely car for a young fella to start off in, showroom condition with just 85k miles. But he never minded it. His idea of an oil change was topping it with oil as it was either losing or burning it at an alarming rate! Just one of many things that happened with it, probably due to.... Negligence :rolleyes:

    Sadly for him, the car was a wreck in no time. What a waste :(

    ah yeah maintainance is key really (particularly if you drive a 406d :pac:). them 1.4 vvtis dont take well to not being maintained unlike the 13 it replaced.


  • #981
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    ah yeah maintainance is key really (particularly if you drive a 406d :pac:). them 1.4 vvtis dont take well to not being maintained unlike the 13 it replaced.

    It was the way it was being driven too, it didn't take well to boy racer style driving...

    It's not so much maintainance more predicting what will go wrong next :pac::pac::pac:


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  • #982
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,574 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Im able to change oil, but I cant on that car because the dipstick is broken... :pac:

    You dont need a dipstick to change oil and besides, the Oil needs to be changed, it doesnt just give up degrading because it knows your dipstick is "broke" (how is it broke)?


    Prolly totally ruined now engine wise anyhow.


  • #983
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    Matt Simis wrote: »
    You dont need a dipstick to change oil and besides, the Oil needs to be changed, it doesnt just give up degrading because it knows your dipstick is "broke" (how is it broke)?


    Prolly totally ruined now engine wise anyhow.

    But you need to see where the oil goes up too.

    The dip stick is broke in half. I lost the bit that broke off as well.


  • #984
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    dgt wrote: »
    It was the way it was being driven too, it didn't take well to boy racer style driving...

    It's not so much maintainance more predicting what will go wrong next :pac::pac::pac:

    i can imagine you, arms outstretched over the bonnet and wing, ear pushed up to the side of the car... "whats that 406, your tail lights are hurting... only 1 cure for that, engine out!"


  • #985
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    But you need to see where the oil goes up too.

    The dip stick is broke in half. I lost the bit that broke off as well.

    That's a pitty - you could have taped it back together. :cool:


  • #986
    eringobragh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,661 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    But you need to see where the oil goes up too.

    The dip stick is broke in half. I lost the bit that broke off as well.

    An new oil can has the litre gauge on it just drain & fill to recommended level.

    A dip stick cant be more then a tenner from a breakers anyway....no excuse tbh :confused:


  • #987
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    That's a pitty - you could have taped it back together. :cool:

    Naw, I wouldn't to that. bad for the engine if it fell off.


  • #988
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    And there's my car getting serviced every 7500 miles for the last 3 years, and every 15 before that. 120000 without anything:eek::eek:


  • #989
    eringobragh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,661 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Naw, I wouldn't to that. bad for the engine if it fell off.

    :pac:

    sar·casm
       [sahr-kaz-uhm]
    noun
    1. harsh or bitter derision or irony.
    2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms.


  • #990
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    And there's my car getting serviced every 7500 miles for the last 3 years, and every 15 before that. 120000 without anything:eek::eek:

    `My car would be well dead.


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  • #991
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Naw, I wouldn't to that. bad for the engine if it fell off.

    Never thought of that. How about a bit of coat hanger?


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