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


    "The Biys"

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    The Beemers arse looks sky high next to the astra :o


  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Plug, is that a VXR8??? :eek:


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


    Plug, is that a VXR8??? :eek:

    XR6 you heithan

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


    Plug, is that a VXR8??? :eek:

    Nah he is doing it all wrong, going for big I6 with turbo over the Corvette derived NA V8 lovelyness! :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭Tragedy


    "The Biys"



    The Beemers arse looks sky high next to the astra :o

    Is the Astra not assembled in England? You should really have some Union Jacks on the number plates.

    :)


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


    It is but I like Germany :pac:


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 228 ✭✭shinkansen


    saw a VXR Monaro back in Australia when i was backpacking, nice car but not sure on the 10/15mpg....!


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


    shinkansen wrote: »
    saw a VXR Monaro back in Australia when i was backpacking, nice car but not sure on the 10/15mpg....!

    Who cares when LPG is 0.70c a litre!


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


    Or really, if someone's buying one I'm sure they just don't give a crap in general.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    Matt Simis wrote: »
    Nah he is doing it all wrong, going for big I6 with turbo over the Corvette derived NA V8 lovelyness! :D
    Naa Im doing it right:p The Holden V8's still use a single cam and push rods from the stone age where Ford use quad cam and a big supercharger bolted to their V8's but I couldn't afford a V8:(
    I haven't seen a big turbo or V8 running on LPG yet so I'll be sticking with 98 premium for <$1.50.

    @Cianryan, yep couldn't give a toss about fuel price. Won't be doing high mileage.


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


    Less than €1.22 for top shelf petrol. :(


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 228 ✭✭shinkansen


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Or really, if someone's buying one I'm sure they just don't give a crap in general.

    haha, yep

    10mpg

    phfffffffft

    whatever man, fill her up.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭dar83


    Exactly. MPG is overrated anyway, it's all about Smiles per Gallon. :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭Tragedy


    dar83 wrote: »
    Exactly. MPG is overrated anyway, it's all about Smiles per Gallon. :D
    Until you have no money left in your bank account.

    Most of the people who talk about MPG not mattering tend to not be the owners of cars that get <20MPG (or don't stay owners long), Matt Simis being a very obvious exception. Easy to talk about 'smiles per gallon' or 'no-one buys a car like that caring what MPG they get', but the reality tends to be quite different :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭dar83


    Tragedy wrote: »
    Until you have no money left in your bank account.

    Most of the people who talk about MPG not mattering tend to not be the owners of cars that get <20MPG (or don't stay owners long), Matt Simis being a very obvious exception. Easy to talk about 'smiles per gallon' or 'no-one buys a car like that caring what MPG they get', but the reality tends to be quite different :)

    My car is currently getting about 18-19 mpg, I don't see that changing any time soon and funnily enough I know Matt Simis quite well. :D


  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Tragedy wrote: »
    Until you have no money left in your bank account.

    Most of the people who talk about MPG not mattering tend to not be the owners of cars that get <20MPG (or don't stay owners long), Matt Simis being a very obvious exception. Easy to talk about 'smiles per gallon' or 'no-one buys a car like that caring what MPG they get', but the reality tends to be quite different :)

    Most of the people who talk like this tend to have no interest in owning a car that will give them smiles per gallon. I don't think you're an obvious exception. Easy to talk about this when this is the case :pac:


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


    Pff, my daily gets like 22 to 23mpg, sub 20mpg, sure thats crazy. :P
    Did make more sense with the LPG powered Audi S8 though!


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 228 ✭✭shinkansen


    my 2.4 accord is a bit of a dawg around town, but i dont care less, talking about 250miles or so when the light is on.

    the fact it does 450miles on a long trip does me fine, and its very comfortable on them trips too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,222 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    shinkansen wrote: »
    my 2.4 accord is a bit of a dawg around town, but i dont care less, talking about 250miles or so when the light is on.

    the fact it does 450miles on a long trip does me fine, and its very comfortable on them trips too.


    Honda petrols are thirsty though, Ive the 2.0 litre and the mpg I get on that isn't great.

    Sure from what I've read I'd pretty much get the same from a 335i as I do from the Accord.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭Ferris


    Most of the people who talk like this tend to have no interest in owning a car that will give them smiles per gallon. I don't think you're an obvious exception. Easy to talk about this when this is the case :pac:

    Obviously a persons individual circumstances come into it however. I wouldn't drive the car I have (20mpg club :D) if I was doing above avg. milage for example. However my commute is small so a car that converts petrol into a lot of heat and noise along with a moderate power level suits me.

    Irish people focus on MPG way too much, depreciation is usually a far greater cost than the relative economy gap. Just don't tell anyone, it leaves all those cheap inefficient reliable petrols out there for us.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,247 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    Tragedy wrote: »
    Until you have no money left in your bank account.

    Most of the people who talk about MPG not mattering tend to not be the owners of cars that get <20MPG (or don't stay owners long), Matt Simis being a very obvious exception. Easy to talk about 'smiles per gallon' or 'no-one buys a car like that caring what MPG they get', but the reality tends to be quite different :)

    not enough money to put petrol in your V8 - sounds like your eating and drinking too much , time to cut back on everything except petrol

    well, thats my logic anyway...


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


    Honda petrols are thirsty though, Ive the 2.0 litre and the mpg I get on that isn't great.

    Sure from what I've read I'd pretty much get the same from a 335i as I do from the Accord.


    Was driving a 3L 6-Pot Honda Legend for a weekend a while back. Used 25% more fuel than my old 735 on the same run! :eek:


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 228 ✭✭shinkansen


    Honda petrols are thirsty though, Ive the 2.0 litre and the mpg I get on that isn't great.

    Sure from what I've read I'd pretty much get the same from a 335i as I do from the Accord.

    I have looked at the very impressive mpg figures for new model BMWs alright, 330i and 325i models.

    I cant bring myself to believe they are cheaper to run than an accord though, and not very impressed with the ease to break into.

    They look very nice though, I am considering changing for a newer car later this year and have crazy notions of getting a Honda Legend but seems unlikely, a late 7th gen Accord seems most likely. Same car but with less milage and same reliability.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,222 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    shinkansen wrote: »
    I have looked at the very impressive mpg figures for new model BMWs alright, 330i and 325i models.

    I cant bring myself to believe they are cheaper to run than an accord though, and not very impressed with the ease to break into.

    They look very nice though, I am considering changing for a newer car later this year and have crazy notions of getting a Honda Legend but seems unlikely, a late 7th gen Accord seems most likely. Same car but with less milage and same reliability.


    Why not? I know my Honda is thirsty, Honda is not a cheap car to run unless your talking about the diesel Accord, as for the Legend it's something I looked at myself there fugly, for the size of the engine there not that powerful and I'd imagine not a great drive, you be paying big tax and even bigger fuel bills.

    I was never a big fan of BMW but they do seem to be leading the way in terms of fuel consumption on petrol models even pre 08 , and the e92 coupe is a beautiful car and the e60 has grown on me over time especially with the right spec.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭hi_im_fil


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


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


    Would I be right to say I recognise that spot?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Would I be right to say I recognise that spot?

    It would be up in the direction of the sally gap I believe?


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


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    It would be up in the direction of the sally gap I believe?

    It's the same one as my sig' if I'm right. :D

    On the Military Road not far past viewpoint.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    'Tis one of my regular Drives up there, I often just turn around there where you are parked :). I do love that road that brings you up from Rathfarnham to viewpoint :D:cool:

    I often bring the lads I live with with me and we go for drive thru Mcflurrys in Nutgrove after :P


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