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Motors Chat Thread Round 4

Alanstrainor

Continuation from motors chat round 3

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.

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Scortho

Black_Knight wrote: »

I wont be picking anything
Im sure they would if they have to. Any idea what money they'd charge, or what to go looking for (ie, so you dont buy a crud engine)? Or is it just best to get the garage to sort that out?

I'd have no idea. I've left the world of vag :rolleyes: behind me

You could always put them in touch with mr dalton though.

Black_Knight

Scortho wrote: »

Would you not pick up a second hand engine in a breakers cheaper?

I wont be picking anything

Im sure they would if they have to. Any idea what money they'd charge, or what to go looking for (ie, so you dont buy a crud engine)? Or is it just best to get the garage to sort that out?

Scortho

Black_Knight wrote: »

The 2k I heard sounds either wrong, or cheap! That guy ended up paying 5k! 3 for the engine and 2 for labour (I guess).

Would you not pick up a second hand engine in a breakers cheaper?

Black_Knight

Ronnie Beck wrote: »

Reminds me off this thread. Conrod bolt came loose on a 2008 passat 1.9tdi.

The 2k I heard sounds either wrong, or cheap! That guy ended up paying 5k! 3 for the engine and 2 for labour (I guess).

Ronnie Beck

Black_Knight wrote: »

2008. Golf Mk 5. 1.9tdi 105.

What would cause it to "throw a leg"?

Reminds me off this thread. Conrod bolt came loose on a 2008 passat 1.9tdi.

Black_Knight

Im gonna guess oil since it would seem out of character for them to be over reving or pushing too hard. Though I thought it would of at least had a digital gauge in the dash.

He did say he wife noticed there was oil all along to road where she pulled over (after kaboom). Im only getting 3rd hand news, so who knows what really happened. Doubt anyone would say "oh, yeah, I was trashing the b'jesus out of it in 3rd on the motorway. I also too out the sump plug to shave off a few grams".

Think they got a quote of around 2k (its only an estimate, no engine or anything yet) to have it sorted.

Gary ITR

Low oil, over rev, pushing it too hard? Could be a lot of things. But it basically means the the con rod has split and when they split they tend to come out of the block

Black_Knight

2008. Golf Mk 5. 1.9tdi 105.

What would cause it to "throw a leg"?

Gary ITR

Sounds like it threw a leg which would mean a whole new engine dude. Insurance won't cover that. What year/engine is it?

Black_Knight

Today my brothers Golf decided it didnt like its engine. And blew up (over dramatised for effect).
Said his wife was just driving along the bypass and the engine died. Some vague translations of what the mechanic told his wife, who told him who told me, was some "connecting rod basically came out of the block and wrecked the engine". From what he was saying there's a crack in the bottom of the engine, and the whole thing is no good.

Hoping insurance will cover it, but not sure do they cover things like this. Anyone any ideas? Or whats a guesstimation of what this might cost to put right?

Ps. car was serviced 6 months ago, timing belt wasnt due for 12k miles. Before anyone asks

Scortho

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Have to declare it off the road. August is the last month i can do so. It's next Monday that I'll be ready to go. Got a quote for 600 from Axa, 3 years NCB, 325 valued at 2500 (optimistic!) and I'm 25 on Monday. Third party fire and theft with open drive. Not too shabby.

I'm jealous of that insurance quote. I've the same Ncb but only 21 so I suppose I can't complain with 1100.

I think we can both say it beats the polos!;)

Alanstrainor

Scortho wrote: »

I had great fun chatting up the woman at the counter if its any consolation.
Would you not wait to Septembet?
The alfa was driven regularly but had no tax since October 2010! :eek:
Thank Christ tax doesn't follow the new owner.

Have to declare it off the road. August is the last month i can do so. It's next Monday that I'll be ready to go. Got a quote for 600 from Axa, 3 years NCB, 325 valued at 2500 (optimistic!) and I'm 25 on Monday. Third party fire and theft with open drive. Not too shabby.

Scortho

Alanstrainor wrote: »

That'll be me next week...:(

I had great fun chatting up the woman at the counter if its any consolation.
Would you not wait to Septembet?
The alfa was driven regularly but had no tax since October 2010! :eek:
Thank Christ tax doesn't follow the new owner.

Alanstrainor

Scortho wrote: »

My car is finally taxed. 599 for 6 months. Ill worry about the other months then.

That'll be me next week...:(

Scortho

My car is finally taxed. 599 for 6 months. Ill worry about the other months then.

Dr.Rieux

Got an oil change service, brake fluid and rear pads done by George Dalton this evening. The brakes feel much much better for it. Definitely worth the 100 mile round trip from Athlone.

Scortho

Stheno wrote: »

When the front is done

It looks so well it's even gotten me to think that I should get into detailing it

Post it up anyway.
Definitely do. A bit of an effort at the start (wash detar, rinse, deironise, clay, polish and wax take a while) a big outlay on cleaning items but its worth it as that's only every 4-6 months for the big cleans.
Then wash every week to two weeks and she's spotless.
My family are convinced I've gone mad washing a "clean" car every week.
When they're done properly, they really stand out from the crowd.

Stheno

Scortho wrote: »

Great job stheno. Can we see the whole gtv?

When the front is done

It looks so well it's even gotten me to think that I should get into detailing it

Stheno

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

That's a fantastic job Stheno!! Looks great

I was absolutely thrilled with it, there are a few stone chips on the bonnet that now make the car look shabby, so the bonnet and front bumper are being done in a couple of weeks, I reckon the car will look super. I dropped over to my mechanic to show him, and he was delighted with it too, his son dropped in and asked if I'd gotten another gtv or was it a respray as he couldn't tell!

Having gotten it done, I'm going to keep the car, and do all the little jobs that will really finish it off, replace the back box on the exhaust with a chrome one, replace/get the aerial fixed as it's stuck and won't go up or down, fix the leather in the drivers seat, refurb/replace the alloys, and upgrade the gear knob

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Awesome! Great colour too, don't recall seeing pictures of yours before.

I'll post a few up when it's completely done, it has a lovely red interior

Goes well with the grey

Scortho

Great job stheno. Can we see the whole gtv?

Alanstrainor

Awesome! Great colour too, don't recall seeing pictures of yours before.

[Deleted User]

That's a fantastic job Stheno!! Looks great

Stheno

Veloce wrote: »

^^ Looks great. Where did you have the work done?

Chap my mechanic uses, don't know the name of his business tbh! He only takes referrals from a group of mechanics, doesn't deal direct with the public.

Veloce

^^ Looks great. Where did you have the work done?

Stheno

Before and after pics of my car bodywork

Hal1

Saw a god holy beauty of a DB9 '06 with cannonball decals all over it. Spotted in Blackrock. Pity driver wasn't about though, would have loved to hear her purr (the car now, not the driver well if she was a she and was good looking

ShadowHearth

It's 60? I am not 100% sure what speed did I go to catch up, but if I did went over it was not much... Bah... How long does it take for ticket to arrive?

BUBBLE WRAP

Jaysus, SH must have been given the subaru socks to do that to the lamp post..

h3000

ShadowHearth wrote: »

God fecking dammit. I am pretty sure that I am getting a speeding ticket after todays trip going home.
Flipping Twopothouse on Cork Limerick road. Jumped courtroom junction speeded up to jag ass ( wanted to see it better as it was 132 plate jag ass). so all of us traveling 60km/h and on The boarder where it goes to 100km/h a garda in Van shooting away. ****!!!!
I am sure that in Twopothouse it's 50km/h limit, even so I don't think I was under 60 when catching up to jag even if limit was 60.

So feck, first ever ticket in 9 years in Ireland. Bollox!

Newtwopothouse is 60kph limit so you might be okay. Once your clock was showing under 65 I'd say you will be okay.

Supergurrier

If you had a spoiler the down force would have pulled you under the limit...