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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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toastedpickles

Max Power1 wrote: »

Im also kindof in two minds.

What is the scenario insurance wise? I mean most policies specifically exclude track days. So what if someone plows into the back of me for instance?

It was a learner and they drove off saying Fcuk youuuuuuuu! out the window :pac:

Gary ITR

Max Power1 wrote: »

Im also kindof in two minds.

What is the scenario insurance wise? I mean most policies specifically exclude track days. So what if someone plows into the back of me for instance?

They'll apologise and that'll be that but it doesn't happen

Max Power1

toastedpickles wrote: »

It was a learner and they drove off saying Fcuk youuuuuuuu! out the window :pac:

They wont outrun olga though

Max Power1

Gary ITR wrote: »

They'll apologise and that'll be that but it doesn't happen

:eek:
Well perhaps thats me out then I think. Unless I get a second car in the interim, which I am working on.

Gary ITR

Max Power1 wrote: »

:eek:
Well perhaps thats me out then I think. Unless I get a second car in the interim, which I am working on.

In fairness it's very very rare that two cars come together, it's a trackday not a raceday

Also lads bring out some very very expensive machines, there was a 360 Modena out on Thursday

Scortho

Max Power1 wrote: »

I was looking at an 01 3.2 v6 the other day actually, in 156 form, cherry red. They are a beautiful car. Damn you 166 man, you have introduced me to the world of the Alfa!

A 156gta? Where?

dgt

Max Power1 wrote: »

I was looking at an 01 3.2 v6 the other day actually, in 156 form, cherry red. They are a beautiful car. Damn you 166 man, you have introduced me to the world of the Alfa!

He is a corrupting git alright, the haus is jammed with 156's :pac: why not look for either an Alfa 166 3.2 or a Maserati Quattroporte.....?

As for this trackday, if I can get a GTV breaking for spares then I'd be bringing the blue van

anyone know where I can get a set of GTV hubs and wishbones? Not a hope of using 156 gear and I'm not losing my coilys!

Scortho

dgt wrote: »

He is a corrupting git alright, the haus is jammed with 156's :pac: why not look for either an Alfa 166 3.2 or a Maserati Quattroporte.....?

As for this trackday, if I can get a GTV breaking for spares then I'd be bringing the blue van anyone know where I can get a set of GTV hubs and wishbones? Not a hope of using 156 gear and I'm not losing my coilys!

The new silver busso.

with those brakes! :pac:

Max Power1

Scortho wrote: »

A 156gta? Where?

Ok.Retracing my steps, I may have mixed up this brera which was a 3.2 with this 156 which wasnt. It was actually only a 2.5

For the non Alfa-educated amongst us, what do you mean by GTA, this? Not my bag!

Max Power1

Gary ITR wrote: »

In fairness it's very very rare that two cars come together, it's a trackday not a raceday

Also lads bring out some very very expensive machines, there was a 360 Modena out on Thursday

Having never been to a trackday before, I am a little weird about driving without insurance there. I dont like that whole "soz and move on" attitude.

I'll see how I feel closer to the time, as I say, definitely in two minds!

Max Power1

dgt wrote: »

He is a corrupting git alright, the haus is jammed with 156's :pac: why not look for either an Alfa 166 3.2 or a Maserati Quattroporte.....?

As for this trackday, if I can get a GTV breaking for spares then I'd be bringing the blue van anyone know where I can get a set of GTV hubs and wishbones? Not a hope of using 156 gear and I'm not losing my coilys!

Now that I would love!
Not seen any bar the current model and they are waaay out of budget!

Scortho

Max Power1 wrote: »

Didnt drive this one or anything, just admiring her from afar!
I was reading up afterwards and saw that the 2.5 gets the same mpg as the 3.2 v6. That begs the question as to why anyone wouldnt buy the 3.2!!

(The one thing that modern alfas miss is RWD, especially in higher powered guise)

166man doesn't own a v6 exactly.....
Agree on rwd. Alfa definitely need to go back to it and I can't wait.

The reason I only got the 2.5 v6 was because I couldn't find a gta in Ireland (except one that was a track day and wasn't for sale) and the issue of insurance on a 3.2v6 gta (that is definitely high performance sports car compared to a 2.5v6) as a 21 year old.

Ill take the 2.5 v6 for the moment.

dgt

Scortho wrote: »

The new silver busso. with those brakes! :pac:

Needs to be a GTV, no double wishbones and fit on a Bravo direct!

I lose my Lensos though

ba_barabus

STOP THE PRESS

I passed a NEW Corolla this evening. Farmers everywhere shall be rejoicing

MuppetCheck

ba_barabus wrote: »

STOP THE PRESS

I passed a NEW Corolla this evening. Farmers everywhere shall be rejoicing

Saw one last week too. Thought it was an Avensis at first. It's an improvement but still looks shyte.

toastedpickles

ba_barabus wrote: »

STOP THE PRESS

I passed a NEW Corolla this evening. Farmers everywhere shall be rejoicing

Oblig pic....kinda

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ba_barabus

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Saw one last week too. Thought it was an Avensis at first. It's an improvement but still looks shyte.

1.33 or 1.4D in a car the size of an Avensis. Sounds like it'll be described as a REAL DRIVERS CAR. Although I did cruise passed it in a 13 year old Avensis TD with eleventybillion miles on it.

New cars are grim.

Scortho

Max Power1 wrote: »

Ok.Retracing my steps, I may have mixed up this brera which was a 3.2 with this 156 which wasnt. It was actually only a 2.5

For the non Alfa-educated amongst us, what do you mean by GTA, this? Not my bag!

Gta is the alfa uprated sports version of the 147 and 156.

If it was a brera v6, I'd prefer the busso as the brera v6 is a gm v6.

The 156gta was named after the alfa gta, which I would still love to own.

MuppetCheck

ba_barabus wrote: »

1.33 or 1.4D in a car the size of an Avensis. Sounds like it'll be described as a REAL DRIVERS CAR. Although I did cruise passed it in a 13 year old Avensis TD with eleventybillion miles on it.

New cars are grim.

Made to appeal to its target audience I suppose. And more importantly make a fee quid for Toyota.

colm_mcm

I was at a funeral in rural cork in 2007, had one of the first of the new model corollas, silver, luna spec. You'd swear it was a Lambo or something. Absolute strangers coming up asking what she was like etc. at a funeral.

ba_barabus

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Made to appeal to its target audience I suppose.

Haven't they all died yet?

ba_barabus

colm_mcm wrote: »

I was at a funeral in rural cork in 2007, had one of the first of the new model corollas, silver, luna spec. You'd swear it was a Lambo or something. Absolute strangers coming up asking what she was like etc. at a funeral.

If it was anything else they'd have been muttering flash tosser under their breath at the driver

dgt

Max Power1 wrote: »

Ok.Retracing my steps, I may have mixed up this brera which was a 3.2 with this 156 which wasnt. It was actually only a 2.5

For the non Alfa-educated amongst us, what do you mean by GTA, this? Not my bag!

Here you go, a GTA engined Alfa

quite expensive though

MuppetCheck

colm_mcm wrote: »

I was at a funeral in rural cork in 2007, had one of the first of the new model corollas, silver, luna spec. You'd swear it was a Lambo or something. Absolute strangers coming up asking what she was like etc. at a funeral.

Neighbour of my parents buys a new one whenever a new model comes out without fail. And always silver. The last one he had that wasn't a silver one was a red LE nearly 30 years ago!

Scortho

dgt wrote: »

Here you go, a GTA engined Alfa quite expensive though

No more than 6500 for that if even. It's very expensive. Considering what v6 busso's are going for these days.

MuppetCheck

Scortho wrote: »

No more than 6500 for that if even. It's very expensive. Considering what v6 busso's are going for these days.

It's been on sale for years.

ba_barabus

MuppetCheck wrote: »

It's been on sale for years.

Wasn't there a 156 GTA unregistered for sale for years too

Scortho

MuppetCheck wrote: »

It's been on sale for years.

There was a brera prodrive (I'd love one) up for 25000 a few weeks ago.
I don't know where it's gone too though.

dgt

Need help people....

Where could I go to get an ECU virginised? Or even how to go about virginising one? It's from a 1998 Alfa V6, CF1.....

YbFocus

Max Power1 wrote: »

:eek:
Well perhaps thats me out then I think. Unless I get a second car in the interim, which I am working on.

Max even at the drift days the cars never come in contact and by Jesus they are some affair compared to the track days. It's very civilised, everyone gets room, no one stops a quicker car going through.
I'd feel very safe with the e60 out there.
The biggest thing to worry about is keeping it on the track and watching for brake fade into the likes of Ford, and turn 3 is contrary with how it tightens easy to unsettle the car there.