Motors Chat Thread Round 2

dgt · 15-11-2012 11:16AM

OSI wrote: »

I quite like German style plates, on the right car. But last night took the piss. I saw German Plates, not just German font, but font, EU country code, and provincial stickers, on a, wait for it...... 07 Toyota Auris. W T F!

Carefull now, you might piss off some of the german plate fanbois with a statement like that :rolleyes:

MuppetCheck · 15-11-2012 01:02PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

nope..... actually.... t-shirts probably very obvious what it is..... and I think Nissan doc has seen it too

This it?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4125589

langdang · 15-11-2012 03:29PM

h3000 wrote: »

He is also going the wrong way down a one way on a road that does not really go anywhere. A much wider road runs parallel to it. The road layout has changed since the street view image. (the red area is now a concrete traffic island)
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k277/h3000/round_hse-1.png
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k277/h3000/round_hse_sat.png

Yeah, strange choice of route - he wasn't gonna make the turn onto little gerald griffin street either if that's where he was going (it wouldn't make any sense for him to be going anywhere else, but then very little of that situation makes sense!)

Stheno · 15-11-2012 03:41PM

langdang wrote: »

Yeah, strange choice of route - he wasn't gonna make the turn onto little gerald griffin street either if that's where he was going (it wouldn't make any sense for him to be going anywhere else, but then very little of that situation makes sense!)

GPS gone mad perhaps?

Stheno · 15-11-2012 03:46PM

OSI wrote: »

"You have reached Limerick, please make an immediate U-Turn."

Lol

A few years back I was working in the North and travelling around constantly.

The GPS in the car was regularly telling us we'd reached the end of a road and were in fields, so we then had to resort to frantically trying to figure out where we were.

langdang · 15-11-2012 03:48PM

Stheno wrote: »

GPS gone mad perhaps?

Possibly

OSI wrote: »

"You have reached Limerick, please make an immediate U-Turn."

They were making an awful sheet of the traffic up there for a while, and if it was a saturday the road closures for the market turn the place into a maze altogether. Great deals on second hand generators and Tupac hoodies tho!

Stheno · 15-11-2012 03:50PM

langdang wrote: »

Possibly

They were making an awful sheet of the traffic up there for a while, and if it was a saturday the road closures for the market turn the place into a maze altogether. Great deals on second hand generators and Tupac hoodies tho!

where the feck was that?

langdang · 15-11-2012 03:51PM

Stheno wrote: »

Lol

A few years back I was working in the North and travelling around constantly.

The GPS in the car was regularly telling us we'd reached the end of a road and were in fields, so we then had to resort to frantically trying to figure out where we were.

South Armagh was a disaster on our cheapo Garmin - completely confused by the roads crisscrossing the border. One place you don't wanna make a wrong turn!

Stheno · 15-11-2012 03:52PM

langdang wrote: »

South Armagh was a disaster on our cheapo Garmin - completely confused by the roads crisscrossing the border. One place you don't wanna make a wrong turn!

Hah! It was bloody Armagh for us too!
And the road out of Derry to Belfast over the mountains.

Armagh was the worst.

langdang · 15-11-2012 03:53PM

Stheno wrote: »

where the feck was that?

Limerick, 2 mins ago.

Nah, Vancouver riots. Who says emigration causes brain drain ha?

Chris_Heilong · 15-11-2012 04:01PM

failed NCT on number plate, apparently the font on my plates was the wrong size, I didn't even notice:rolleyes:

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 15-11-2012 04:30PM

MuppetCheck wrote: »

This it?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4125589

nope.

got to it today and only needs tyres and front pads and a bulb... deadly

when it's not in the back of atlas I'll get some pics again

BUBBLE WRAP · 15-11-2012 04:35PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

nope.

got to it today and only needs tyres and front pads and a bulb... deadly

when it's not in the back of atlas I'll get some pics again

Nice. :cool: Best of luck with it.

langdang · 15-11-2012 05:18PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

nope.

got to it today and only needs tyres and front pads and a bulb... deadly

when it's not in the back of atlas I'll get some pics again

4 tyres or 2? Had Bridgestone Duellers on mine, bout 100 -110 each. There are different versions of those duellers tho - my ones were better suited to road use - the first ones the tyre guy had were very noisy looking.
There were also a Nankang and a Forceum on the back - shouldn't really be possible to "powerslide" a petrol CRV but you can with chinese tyres! I suspect it was the forceum that was breaking traction most.

How's the diff - handy DIY job if there's any rumbling coming from it.

Edit - it was the previous version of the CRV that I had.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 15-11-2012 05:49PM

langdang wrote: »

4 tyres or 2? Had Bridgestone Duellers on mine, bout 100 -110 each. There are different versions of those duellers tho - my ones were better suited to road use - the first ones the tyre guy had were very noisy looking.
There were also a Nankang and a Forceum on the back - shouldn't really be possible to "powerslide" a petrol CRV but you can with chinese tyres! I suspect it was the forceum that was breaking traction most.

How's the diff - handy DIY job if there's any rumbling coming from it.

Edit - it was the previous version of the CRV that I had.

the tyres on it at the moment are Bridgestone but are badly born so wouldn't count them.

the diff I don't know a lot about but there's one at the back alright.

I won't be going near any Chinese cheapo tyres anyway.

hopefully this car has some fun in jt

dgt · 15-11-2012 06:25PM

Anyone here get a letter in the post from revenue in the form of a survey of commercial vehicle usage?

langdang · 15-11-2012 06:35PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

the tyres on it at the moment are Bridgestone but are badly born so wouldn't count them.

the diff I don't know a lot about but there's one at the back alright.

I won't be going near any Chinese cheapo tyres anyway.

hopefully this car has some fun in jt

Do some full-lock turns at slow speed in a car park - any rumbling or "tightness" on the back axle means you need the fluid replaced.

Fun - on ice, gravel, or light off road, otherwise a nice comfy reliable on-road bus.
Be aware that if you take it beyond light off roading you might need a man with a tractor. You should be ok if you can maintain some forward momentum if you get stuck in something really nasty the lack of diff locks will or LSD will catch ya.

They feel very "torquey" for a 2L petrol, nice to drive. (can't remember what car you're coming from - civic 1.4?)

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 15-11-2012 06:46PM

langdang wrote: »

Do some full-lock turns at slow speed in a car park - any rumbling or "tightness" on the back axle means you need the fluid replaced.

Fun - on ice, gravel, or light off road, otherwise a nice comfy reliable on-road bus.
Be aware that if you take it beyond light off roading you might need a man with a tractor. You should be ok if you can maintain some forward momentum if you get stuck in something really nasty the lack of diff locks will or LSD will catch ya.

They feel very "torquey" for a 2L petrol, nice to drive. (can't remember what car you're coming from - civic 1.4?)

for the rear diff the guys checked it and they said it's fine but I will do as you say there. I guess it's a very noticeable thing that wouldn't be easily missed ?

I won't be going through mad forests or mad trails anyway. but yeah I understand that it's not a range rover or discovery by any means. lack of options for 4wd a bit of a let down too.

have the 1.4 civic indeed. I've noticed the pull difference straight away but I know the crv has a slower top speed than the civic.

thanks for that. I'm very confident in these crv. reliability etc.

langdang · 15-11-2012 06:54PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

for the rear diff the guys checked it and they said it's fine but I will do as you say there. I guess it's a very noticeable thing that wouldn't be easily missed ?

Noticeable kinda groan/rumble. You might also "feel" it - kinda like the back wheels are locked and you are "dragging" them one of them around into the parking space or whatever.

Best I can do for over the net - the problem comes in interpreting the loudness of these things - one mans "erra she fine out" is another mans "yikes, tis fooked"

They're pretty durable from what I've seen - 2 fluid changes can have a loud one back to almost completely silent.

There was a recall on some of those lately I think - something electrical I think.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 15-11-2012 06:57PM

langdang wrote: »

Noticeable kinda groan/rumble. You might also "feel" it - kinda like the back wheels are locked and you are "dragging" them one of them around into the parking space or whatever.

Best I can do for over the net - the problem comes in interpreting the loudness of these things - one mans "erra she fine out" is another mans "yikes, tis fooked"

I'll definitely get onto that and see if I find anything.

thanks for that

Big Nasty · 15-11-2012 07:35PM

dgt wrote: »

Anyone here get a letter in the post from revenue in the form of a survey of commercial vehicle usage?

Tell the fvckers nowt dude - bin it!

dgt · 15-11-2012 07:57PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Tell the fvckers nowt dude - bin it!

I won't be tellin them anything.... Ain't my van :pac:

pred racer · 15-11-2012 08:40PM

No motoring stuff for the last couple of days,
Busy installing this beauty.

http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t398/Edwharding/DSC_0068.jpg

Redisle · 15-11-2012 08:47PM

Anyone know anything about these yokes?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4180704

Like are they as bad as the other puntos for hgf? I'm guessing the engine is similar to the 1.2 16V with a longer stroke maybe.. Interesting car though.

Gave him a ring there, no NCT and 3/4 lads interested apparently. Taken as a trade in and driven until the NCT ran out.. never put it through the NCT.

I don't get why people don't just put cars through the NCT and at least sell it with a fail sheet!

Bobby183 · 15-11-2012 08:57PM

Its lovely to see something like that looking so original

Big Nasty · 15-11-2012 08:58PM

Don't know if his ad is full of sh1t but it reads like it could make a great track car.

dgt · 15-11-2012 09:03PM

pred racer wrote: »

No motoring stuff for the last couple of days,
Busy installing this beauty.

http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t398/Edwharding/DSC_0068.jpg

Now it's motors related

Bobby183 · 15-11-2012 09:06PM

^
That haircut :eek:

Aslo, this looks cool,

http://www.TOPGEAR.com/uk/photos/Ms-moment-of-madness-2012-11-15

Redisle · 15-11-2012 09:07PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Don't know if his ad is full of sh1t but it reads like it could make a great track car.

I asked him about the upgrades and he said the brakes came from a 2L turbo. Since there doesn't seem to be a 2L punto maybe they came from a Fiat Coupe? Who knows..

I was just interested from the point of view of mods like that increasing insurance costs!

I'd actually be pretty interested if it had an NCT tbh!

Also watching this atm and waiting for the price to drop.

dgt · 15-11-2012 09:08PM

Bobby183 wrote: »

^
That haircut :eek:

Um, a few months back I had a very similar haircut, for shíts and giggles :pac:

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