Motors Chat Thread Round 4

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Well as i type this on my bed I can see the ATC tower in Cork :pac:
Ive always been fascinated by planes thanks to my dad, then theres the ww2 side of it (i must own a DC-3 Skytrain) and the fact that at the end of the day they are teaching you to fly! And fly a Pilatus pc-9m in particular
I had to be measured twice at the fitness test last week, scraped in 2nd time by not standing so proud by half a cm

Im being realistic, its still very much a pipe dream, but at least its good practice for the Army and Navy stages

Good call on removing the high heels tbh

Voodoomelon

Question for yas regarding classic insurance.

My car will be 14 years old in January when my insurance is up for renewal, would anyone offer me a classic policy on it? (Mileage is about 7-8k miles a year).

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Question for yas regarding classic insurance.

My car will be 14 years old in January when my insurance is up for renewal, would anyone offer me a classic policy on it? (Mileage is about 7-8k miles a year).

Best to talk to AXA, but I think it is for over 15 years though but I'm not sure. Talk to Myles O'Reilly in Axa he'll tell you whats what. (he's a friends dad/family friend

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166man

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Question for yas regarding classic insurance.

My car will be 14 years old in January when my insurance is up for renewal, would anyone offer me a classic policy on it? (Mileage is about 7-8k miles a year).

Probably going to need a 15 year old car Voodoo. Also you need to have another policy on another ''daily driver'' in your own name too AFAIK.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/ford-scorpio-ultima-cosworth/5183174

Why do people do this

ba_barabus

Could be advertising it from Australia

toastedpickles

Australians

Voodoomelon

166man wrote: »

Probably going to need a 15 year old car Voodoo. Also you need to have another policy on another ''daily driver'' in your own name too AFAIK.

Interesting, never thought about it being the main car alright, could be a problem.
Best thing is to give them all a call I suppose.

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Interesting, never thought about it being the main car alright, could be a problem.
Best thing is to give them all a call I suppose.

With axa my dad doesn't have a main car

Voodoomelon

Cheers, I saw them at the vintage show on Sunday, should have asked.

Starting to get excited about the idea of a new car, should be able to save plenty by September/October when I'll have my first year NCB.

300ZX or you are dead to me

Eric Cartman

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Why do people do this

when you take pictures on an iphone / ipad it takes them whatever way the camera sensor is facing then adds a 'rotation' tag in the exif to tell them what way they should be facing , on the iphone, safari, iphoto and adobe bridge and a lot of other software they come out the right way , but web browsers dont recognise the rotation tag , and unfortunatly holding the iphone the correct way (volume buttons facing up) is actually upside down.

its retarded.

But surely they have to upload the pics on imageshack or the like first anyway and even that has a rotate tool

Eric Cartman wrote: »

when you take pictures on an iphone / ipad it takes them whatever way the camera sensor is facing then adds a 'rotation' tag in the exif to tell them what way they should be facing , on the iphone, safari, iphoto and adobe bridge and a lot of other software they come out the right way , but web browsers dont recognise the rotation tag , and unfortunatly holding the iphone the correct way (volume buttons facing up) is actually upside down.

its retarded.

I'm well aware of the problem unfortunately :mad:

But I would still manage to check them before posting the ad and fix it :P

Eric Cartman wrote: »

when you take pictures on an iphone / ipad it takes them whatever way the camera sensor is facing then adds a 'rotation' tag in the exif to tell them what way they should be facing , on the iphone, safari, iphoto and adobe bridge and a lot of other software they come out the right way , but web browsers dont recognise the rotation tag , and unfortunatly holding the iphone the correct way (volume buttons facing up) is actually upside down.

its retarded.

Donedeal has a rotation option. People are just lazy as duck.

Supergurrier wrote: »

300ZX or you are dead to me

You gonna I sure me? :pac:
Wouldn't say no to a TT though, a black one with polished Work Meisters.

Oh no not the felt anything but the felt !

166man

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Interesting, never thought about it being the main car alright, could be a problem.
Best thing is to give them all a call I suppose.

Yeah, could be pub talk for all I know Voodoo but hey, best to give 'em a ring and see what happens.

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

With axa my dad doesn't have a main car

Really? Hmm GTV could be a runner although I have to be over 25 though is it?

Feck it, either way that car is going on the road!

CianRyan wrote: »

Starting to get excited about the idea of a new car, should be able to save plenty by September/October when I'll have my first year NCB.

First paycheck soon eh? Handy enough to save enough now! Bags first spin in the new car...

Hal1

Hmmm, €620 for fully comp on a 2172cc and half annual tax of €527 = €1147 for some rear wheel drive madness

. Edit: Could be a bit less...

Supergurrier wrote: »

Oh no not the felt anything but the felt !

Felt?!
Ah, you old timers are loosing it.

@166man: Of course, other than myself that is.

unkel

Jaysus this thread moves fast. Have rarely been in here before

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

My eye sight is the one thing that might catch me out too.

Consider getting them lasered? Got mine done nearly 12 years ago, best thing I ever did!

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Question for yas regarding classic insurance.

My car will be 14 years old in January when my insurance is up for renewal, would anyone offer me a classic policy on it? (Mileage is about 7-8k miles a year).

Not a hope. Some companies insure exotics (Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches, etc.) as a classic at 15 years old but a BMW 7-series is not considered to be exotic

Out of interest, what are you paying in insurance? The last premium I paid for my 735 V8 was about €450 fully comp with limited business use and inclusive of full no claims protection (would have been fully comp for about €320 without business or protection). Classic policy won't be much better than that anyway...

Ardennes1944

Don't think you can get in if you've had laser done unkel. My eye sight is fine like, but they want top, too vision

ba_barabus

unkel wrote: »

Not a hope. Some companies insure exotics (Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches, etc.) as a classic at 15 years old but a BMW 7-series is not considered to be exotic

Campion insurance will insure anything once its 15 years old and you are a member of a certain vintage club

Veloce

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Don't think you can get in if you've had laser done unkel. My eye sight is fine like, but they want top, too vision

That's true- laser is not allowed in the AC.

Speaking of eyesight I wear contact lenses every day. Once of little feckers popped out of my eye on the bus this morning on the way to work... no spares or glasses with me as I rarely have a problem. Had to wait until lunch to pop down to speccysavers to get a spare lense put in.. annoying on a computer when your closing one eye to focus on the screen! All sorted now I can see in both eyes again

CianRyan wrote: »

Felt?!
Ah, you old timers are loosing it.

Call me mister and I will deck ya !

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Supergurrier wrote: »

Call me mister and I will deck ya !

Calm down mister gurrier!!

Matt Simis

unkel wrote: »

Not a hope. Some companies insure exotics (Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches, etc.) as a classic at 15 years old but a BMW 7-series is not considered to be exotic

Out of interest, what are you paying in insurance? The last premium I paid for my 735 V8 was about €450 fully comp with limited business use and inclusive of full no claims protection (would have been fully comp for about €320 without business or protection). Classic policy won't be much better than that anyway...

You're way out on this one! First Ireland (Broker, using Chartis) will offer a Classic Policy on a 13year old 7 series (its what Im on), though generally its 14years old+.

I pay EUR503 for:

850CSi E31
740i E38
525i E34

Thats EUR503 for all 3 without normal or "main" car policy (20% increase on premium if you only have classics) on a daily driver. The Chartis policy is really good too.

Ronnie Beck

Matt Simis wrote: »

I pay EUR503 for:

850CSi E31
740i E38
525i E34

:eek: I pay the same on a 13 year old 1.0 polo

Matt Simis

Ronnie Beck wrote: »

:eek: I pay the same on a 13 year old 1.0 polo

Yeah, its mental. I keep shouting "Buy a V8, cheap to insure" but everyone reads "TAX is high".