Motors Chat Thread Round 4

YbFocus wrote: »

Thats good man it was about to get violent

Yeh startin? I'll ruin yeh :pac:

Ah no it was always gona be a diesel, it's probably the only sensible thing I'll do this year :P

YbFocus

toastedpickles wrote: »

Oh no worries about that

Thats good man it was about to get violent

Oh no worries about that

YbFocus

Diesel, Diesel, Diesel....

Hate to interrupt you lovely Italian people but

The search begins!

166man wrote: »

Rear bushes, new exhaust, engine overhaul and fresh rubber. Needs some decent cosmetic work too!

It's still luverly though...:D

Have you priced the exhaust from Alfa yet? They quoted me €695 for a replacement midbox about two years ago :eek:

Got it done in Suohans in Trim instead

Also if you are replacing the rear bushes get the powerflex ones as opposed to the regular ones as the regular ones can damage the subframe, and you'll have no car if that happens.

What does the engine overhaul involve?

Stheno wrote: »

Is yours needing a lot of work?

Rear bushes, new exhaust, engine overhaul and fresh rubber. Needs some decent cosmetic work too!

It's still luverly though...:D

166man wrote: »

It's a pretty ornament.....:v

Is yours needing a lot of work?

166man wrote: »

It's a pretty ornament.....:v

Too be honest I'd be tempted to do something like this if I ever stripped one.

http://www.minimania.com/article/1750/Hand_Made_Mini_Cooper_Desks

Scortho wrote: »

I think hers needs nowhere near as many parts as yours.

Stheno's is a daily driver after all while yours is like an ornament in the driveway at this stage!:D

It's a pretty ornament.....:v

Stheno wrote: »

Yeah exactly, mine are mostly cosmetic parts, new wing mirror as mine is shabby and a previous owner glued it so it wouldn't fold, new grill and badge, new internal mirror as mine has spots on it, and a bolt for the bonnet as the current one is cracked, and a replacement aerial as mine does not work and is stuck up all the time.
They have two gtvs they are breaking anyway

You should drop a busso into her while your doing all this work :cool:

166man wrote: »

I'll fight ya for it...:D

Scortho wrote: »

I think hers needs nowhere near as many parts as yours.

Stheno's is a daily driver after all while yours is like an ornament in the driveway at this stage!:D

Yeah exactly, mine are mostly cosmetic parts, new wing mirror as mine is shabby and a previous owner glued it so it wouldn't fold, new grill and badge, new internal mirror as mine has spots on it, and a bolt for the bonnet as the current one is cracked, and a replacement aerial as mine does not work and is stuck up all the time.
They have two gtvs they are breaking anyway

166man wrote: »

I'll fight ya for it...:D

I think hers needs nowhere near as many parts as yours.

Stheno's is a daily driver after all while yours is like an ornament in the driveway at this stage!:D

Stheno wrote: »

I've found a breakers that has a gtv, with a few parts I want to replace

I'll fight ya for it...:D

MugMugs

Stheno wrote: »

I've found a breakers that has a gtv, with a few parts I want to replace

I'd imagine there's many :pac:

Welcome back by the way

I've found a breakers that has a gtv, with a few parts I want to replace

dgt wrote: »

I never realised how loud it is! :eek:

I did!

dgt

OSI wrote: »

Was down in Conzys one weekend, took each others cars for a spin. Apparently Conzys 325 could be heard a good 5 minutes before I arrived back with it.

Speaking of loud E46's, the other day in slane was this 330d with some sort of exhaust system..... It sounded bloody awful, sounded more like a speedboat rather than a car!

As for my car, I parked it in an underground car park, the way it idles is comical.... This echoed throughout the car park, just idling. Then stopped and all silent.... I never realised how loud it is! :eek:

dgt

Arriving at a friends apartment block, was told they could hear me from some distance before they could see me. I would have been half a mile down the road at the time..... Oops

Gary ITR

I was in Mondello yesterday at a trackday, just went to spectate but a buddy offered a drive in his car so I signed on and drove it for a bit. The rain came really heavy then so we weren't going to risk his car (Integra DC5) so we went out for a few laps in the bangernomics Accord, some boat on a track and some laugh, we were way slower than everybody else but mostly due to the amount of laughing we were doing

Zcott

Flew to Scotland yesterday to get married and got a free rental car upgrade from a Kia Piccanto to an A5 auto. Quite nice for speeding through the hills...

Stheno wrote: »

Not in any major hurry to be honest, have the space to store it, and want to be sure it's sound before selling, nct is out in Jan, am willing to wait to retest in Nov. before selling if that gives you an idea? Would be much easier to sell with a 15 month NCT.

Am confused on price, they seem very expensive on donedeal compared to what we were thinking of advertising it for. OH thought 5-700euro would be a decent price, I'd put it at 1250?

I'd put it up 200 cheaper than the next one. See where it goes from their.
Is that the one you had fun with the radio?
If so no wonder you want 1250.

Scortho wrote: »

How quick do you want it sold?

Not in any major hurry to be honest, have the space to store it, and want to be sure it's sound before selling, nct is out in Jan, am willing to wait to retest in Nov. before selling if that gives you an idea? Would be much easier to sell with a 15 month NCT.

Am confused on price, they seem very expensive on donedeal compared to what we were thinking of advertising it for. OH thought 5-700euro would be a decent price, I'd put it at 1250?

challengemaster

Autosport wrote: »

Was passed by a BMW this evening on the M9 and it had more M badges on it and I'd like to know what 3 M badges stand for???

Maybe someone got confused when they heard M3 :pac:

Autosport wrote: »

Was passed by a BMW this evening on the M9 and it had more M badges on it and I'd like to know what 3 M badges stand for???

MMMoar power :pac:

Autosport

Was passed by a BMW this evening on the M9 and it had more M badges on it and I'd like to know what 3 M badges stand for???

Stheno wrote: »

Guys, looking for a bit of advice here on selling the citroen.

About to send it in to my mechanic for a service and to fix the motor on a rear window.

Aside from that it's no issues, drives fine, has been regularly serviced in the four years we have had it, the bodywork is not perfect has a few scratches on it. Internally it's clean, we replaced the radio with a lidl one and have an aftermarket surround.

It's an 03 1.8 model.

Assuming the mechanic doesn't find anything disasterously wrong with it, how would you price it? It's at 135k mileage last tb change at 75k

How quick do you want it sold?

Also would you not keep it for muckin about with the sailing stuff and for commuting and keep the gtv for pleasure as a summer car?
It'd make running the gtv really cheap.
And something fun to look forward too?

Guys, looking for a bit of advice here on selling the citroen.

About to send it in to my mechanic for a service and to fix the motor on a rear window.

Aside from that it's no issues, drives fine, has been regularly serviced in the four years we have had it, the bodywork is not perfect has a few scratches on it. Internally it's clean, we replaced the radio with a lidl one and have an aftermarket surround.

It's an 03 1.8 model.

Assuming the mechanic doesn't find anything disasterously wrong with it, how would you price it? It's at 135k mileage last tb change at 75k

eringobragh

Stheno wrote: »

Might make them more prone to double check?

yeah might just do the metal bits on the hoses - they tend to rust eventually - and although on surface rust they nitpick at them