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Motors Chat Thread Round 3

Alanstrainor

1.This thread is for motoring topics which you feel are not worthy of starting a new thread for, banter from a meet or general motoring related chit chat.

2.No lonely hearts (This is not a personal dig at anyone, it's how we feel is the best way to describe what we want to avoid. )

3.Keep it clean.

4.The Motors charter applies.

Had to create a new thread, as the last one was on the fritz!

Have fun everyone.

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Ronnie Beck

Passed the driving test today, woo! Then crashed into a parked car in the van this evening :mad:. Some gobsh:te had there fiesta parked at an angle on the white line in the space beside me. A proper candidate for the parking thread. I just clipped there wing mirror with with my passenger indicator. No damage apart from the indicator. Their wing mirror was hanging of. Luckily nothing had broken inside the mirror and I was able to clip it back on with a bit of fiddling before they got back. Scratched up the plastic on the mirror a good bit but they'd never notice. The car was fairly rough all over.

Anyway, when can I start looking for a reduction in my insurance? Now or when I actually get the licence. Seems to take a good while to get one. This years insurance expires on the 30th march. Any point in contacting them tomorrow

advertsfox

RoverJames wrote: »

Nah, they wouldn't suffer increased wear, they just move about a tiny bit.

Ah so that's why it happens when it's only pressed up to about 30% on the pedal - makes sense. Thanks again

[Deleted User]

advertsfox wrote: »

Great stuff, thanks! Is it possible they are more worn due to the possible lack of lubrication?..................

Nah, they wouldn't suffer increased wear, they just move about a tiny bit.

advertsfox

RoverJames wrote: »

I doubt that squeak is the wear indicator, more likely the back of the pads are lacking some coppor grease. They may or may not be worn, impossible to tell without looking at them or the discs.

Great stuff, thanks! Is it possible they are more worn due to the possible lack of lubrication?

I rang the mechanic today and he's only asking me of €80 do the mounts, links and brake pads (local chap who was made redundant after 20+ years) so chuffed with that price. Going play it safe and change the pads since they're only €25 (be silly not to).

Stheno

CianRyan wrote: »

It's a diesel, right? 2.4 IIRC?
Lovely car alright.

I was toying with the idea of a 1990-1994 Spider instead of the MX5 during the weekend, from what I've read and seen though, they're much rarer, much more expensive and not as nice to drive. As beautiful as they are, I think I'm sticking.

Applied for two jobs this week already, lets hope I get an interview at least!

Get a gtv Cian

Good luck with the job hunting

I've had four interviews for the one chuffing job and possibly another to come!

Barry Barry

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Noice.

What's under the bonnet?

2.2 JTS, petrol

[Deleted User]

Keep looking, keep applying and something will come along, no doubt. Once you get a start and some experience it'll be easier getting the next job

CianRyan

Gary ITR wrote: »

With the way things are you need to be applying for 200 jobs a week dude, what kind of work are you looking for?

Anything, I've done the 20 CVs and emails a day thing for ages and got nothing.
Sticking to places that are actually hiring and looking for people with my skills yields more results.
Cheaper too, I'm not buying loads of paper and ink anymore.

Gary ITR

CianRyan wrote: »

Applied for two jobs this week already, lets hope I get an interview at least!

With the way things are you need to be applying for 200 jobs a week dude, what kind of work are you looking for?

CianRyan

It's a diesel, right? 2.4 IIRC?
Lovely car alright.

I was toying with the idea of a 1990-1994 Spider instead of the MX5 during the weekend, from what I've read and seen though, they're much rarer, much more expensive and not as nice to drive. As beautiful as they are, I think I'm sticking.

Applied for two jobs this week already, lets hope I get an interview at least!

Alanstrainor

Noice.

What's under the bonnet?

Barry Barry

Wooooow. I'm not a huge fan of modern Alfas but thats fecking nice.

166man

Rightio, Think I got the hang of this now so enjoy folks

:cool:

Mycroft H

My netbook can't handle that photo lol

Upload it to here using the web link already here.

Foxhole Norman

166man wrote: »

Yeah feck, sorry folks I thought dropbox was the best way to go? Imgur you say?

Imgur/Photobucket/Image Shack are all good.

166man

MugMugs wrote: »

If their your photos and you're logged in then you'll be able to see them. If they're private though we won't. I can't anyway and I even went to all the trouble of checking on the pc

Yeah feck, sorry folks I thought dropbox was the best way to go? Imgur you say?

MugMugs

166man wrote: »

what? I can see them perfectly, not sure what I'v done wrong tbh..

If their your photos and you're logged in then you'll be able to see them. If they're private though we won't. I can't anyway and I even went to all the trouble of checking on the pc

Barry Barry

I can't see them anyway...

I do wanna tho

Alanstrainor

166man wrote: »

what? I can see them perfectly, not sure what I'v done wrong tbh..

They're in your dropbox, which I will presume you're logged into...open incognito mode in your browser and I'll bet they don't work...

imgur is so much easier.

166man

RoverJames wrote: »

.... No doubt on your desktop :pac:

what? I can see them perfectly, not sure what I'v done wrong tbh..

[Deleted User]

.... No doubt on your desktop :pac:

166man

OSI wrote: »

Need to make them public dude.

Not sure they'll work on mobile, the work fine on the desktop anyhow.

akelly02

Gary ITR wrote: »

Is the car sluggish after about 4k RPM?

not at all.thats when it starts moving

Ardennes1944

Put in a new head unit in the bros Astra g a while back, says to me the other day it's not holding the memory of the radio stations etc so i swapped the red yellow wires around as per usual, all working fine for about 30seconds, it was saving the station I selected no problem, then poof, both the hu display and the cars display went.mscratched my head, thought it was maybe a loose connector as it was popping on and off when I pressed down on one of the connectors. Tightened the connectors with the pliers, nothing. So I said I'd cut the connectors off and rewire it so I'd know the connections were good. Rewired yellow to yellow , red to red, all was working fine. So I swapped them back, nothing again. Now I have it back yellow to yellow etc but still no display. The hu makes a noise when you turn on ignition, same noise it makes when loading a cd but no display on that or the cars display?
Any ideas guys? Never had this problem on other 2astras I've done this on

dgt

Got my Transit pump, let the madness commence!!!

5th Corail wheel too and a Greddy oil temp something..... :pac:

CianRyan

That's Tallaght for ya, mad lads in 206's.

166man

Wow. Mental behaviour

CianRyan

This happened today, I am the black lump and the yellow bits are my indicators, the red lump is a guy that seemed to think he was in a video game.
I was letting about 5 cars go past as they had the right of way and just as the last one goes I go to move off, assuming the mong beside me is turning to the left, seeing as that's where he's positioned (no indicators), he decides to pull around me, inches from causing a crash and proceeded to floor it down the road and absolutely threw the car around the last corner.
I wish I had a dash cam to show it better and get his reg, I was in shock at how stupid it was that I didn't get it in time.
Mental.

joujoujou

The world's gone crazy.

Tried to find a 2nd hand remote door lock control to my 13yr old 'rolla.

Ebay wants ~50, a new one in Japan is approx. 85 + delivery, dealer - more than 150. :eek:

langdang

RoverJames wrote: »

I doubt that squeak is the wear indicator, more likely the back of the pads are lacking some coppor grease. They may or may not be worn, impossible to tell without looking at them or the discs.

Yeah from my own (slightly embarrassing) experience, mechanical wear indicators squeal when you are not braking and it goes away when you brake.
Whereas crappy pads or pads lacking in anti-seize will squeal a bit as you brake, but it can be kinda intermittent depending on weather and how much braking you've been doing.