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****Motors Chat Thread Round 4****

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  • #4262
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Scortho wrote: »
    Can we have a proper track day. Say 5 or 10 boards cars their, or is it booked out?
    Don't worry Gary, if you organise it ill still donate a tenner to strike force.




    Found the solution to good mpg. The feckin mother. Aparently ill get penalty points....for doing the speed limit. :pac:

    My lot are the same :pac: Doing 120kms on the motorway and i get, Slow down you're speeding!! I tell them it's the speed limit and they will not believe me :(


  • #4263
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Scortho


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    My lot are the same :pac: Doing 120kms on the motorway and i get, Slow down you're speeding!! I tell them it's the speed limit and they will not believe me :(

    I pulled in at luttrellstown castle and told them if they didn't shut up they were getting a taxi from there. Didn't even pay petrol. Father will be getting a call some morning at 4 in the morning to pick me up from coppers! :pac:


  • #4264
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Scortho wrote: »
    I pulled in at luttrellstown castle and told them if they didn't shut up they were getting a taxi from there. Didn't even pay petrol. Father will be getting a call some morning at 4 in the morning to pick me up from coppers! :pac:

    Hehehehe you evil individual :pac:

    I'll hire you :P


  • #4265
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,951 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    got my bike back after a good few years, thinking about taking cycling back up for the commute to work etc :cool:


  • #4266
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,917 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    thecomedian wrote: »
    Do you know what's the reason for the smaller ones on the back?

    More than likely just to keep the cost down. It's possible to put a smaller size tyre on but I wouldn't do it as it distorts the handling and performance characteristics of the car. Also since it's RWD, a wider tyre can get the power down better and has more traction.


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  • #4267
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    Scortho wrote: »
    Can we have a proper track day. Say 5 or 10 boards cars their, or is it booked out?
    Don't worry Gary, if you organise it ill still donate a tenner to strike force.




    Found the solution to good mpg. The feckin mother. Aparently ill get penalty points....for doing the speed limit. :pac:

    Deffo count me in as 1 anyway

    Edit: Just saw on the website it is 200 euro! Ehm.... let me get back to you on that one :P


  • #4268
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    If my van gets assembled count me in too


  • #4269
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Scortho


    dgt wrote: »
    If my van gets assembled count me in too

    A van? On a track?
    Knowing you it won't be any ordinary bravo.


  • #4270
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Scortho


    Max Power1 wrote: »
    Deffo count me in as 1 anyway

    Edit: Just saw on the website it is 200 euro! Ehm.... let me get back to you on that one :P

    As far as I know you can have one car two drivers for a slightly higher fee. Makes it a lot more feasible, if you trust the other driver.


  • #4271
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Scortho wrote: »
    As far as I know you can have one car two drivers for a slightly higher fee. Makes it a lot more feasible, if you trust the other driver.

    I drove rally cars for a day? Does that count??


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  • #4272
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Scortho


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    I drove rally cars for a day? Does that count??

    More experience than me then. .
    Sure you'll have something thirsty by then anyway. Be a Shame not to let her rip.


  • #4273
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Scortho wrote: »
    More experience than me then. .
    Sure you'll have something thirsty by then anyway. Be a Shame not to let her rip.

    I might...I might not ;)


  • #4274
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Scortho wrote: »
    A van? On a track?
    Knowing you it won't be any ordinary bravo.

    Seeing as I doubt I'll put it on the road again (after all the work that went into it) I may aswell go bananas on it and make it into a semi track van :) halfway there, just needs that engine transplant I never seem to have the time to fit it :pac:


  • #4275
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    I think I could make this, it'd be awesome craic.


  • #4276
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,728 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Well, I know what I want for Christmas.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGK6SRwuyWo


  • #4277
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    So a straight pipe essentially.... :pac:


  • #4278
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,728 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Pretty much yeah, that one's tuned slightly but there's nothing past the manifold but pipe. :pac:

    Oh and course, it's sold "for track use only." :cool:


  • #4279
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,951 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    Change of plan, can i go around the track on a bicycle ? :pac:


  • #4280
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Pretty much yeah, that one's tuned slightly but there's nothing past the manifold but pipe. :pac:

    Oh and course, it's sold "for track use only." :cool:

    Track use.... Sure.... :p

    When I had one on my van it set off alarms in the middle of Navan. Plus it was ear bleedingly loud for a 1.2 (406 isn't too far behind though :pac:)
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »
    Change of plan, can i go around the track on a bicycle ? :pac:

    porsche_bike.jpg


  • #4281
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,728 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    dgt wrote: »
    Track use.... Sure.... :p

    When I had one on my van it set off alarms in the middle of Navan. Plus it was ear bleedingly loud for a 1.2 (406 isn't too far behind though :pac:)

    Setting off alarms you say? :D
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0pHcIlIADc


    Same pipe.
    /ears


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  • #4282
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,972 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Setting off alarms you say? :D
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0pHcIlIADc


    Same pipe.
    /ears

    Bet they love him on that estate.


  • #4283
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,728 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    A girl on my road used to go out with a guy that drove the loadest turbo Colt I've ever heard, I live next door to a retired Gard and the looks this chap used to get were unreal.


  • #4284
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Well today I got stuck in a flash flood for almost 8 hours in California. Very scary watching the road, electricity poles and trees along with other debris being washed away. One of those massive lighting up road works signs was washed away along with a shipping container of a train. All of this could be seen from our car. There was a report of a car being washed off the road just near us (I didn't see it only one person did so it possibly wasn't a car) they were searching for it by helicopter when we left when the road was cleared. I hope everyone was alright. Pics to follow, possibly tomorrow. It was definitely the most eventful and scariest day I have ever spent in a car.


  • #4285
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    Scortho wrote: »
    As far as I know you can have one car two drivers for a slightly higher fee. Makes it a lot more feasible, if you trust the other driver.

    Wouldnt trust anyone driving Olga lol :P
    YbFocus wrote: »
    I think I could make this, it'd be awesome craic.

    You'll have to, after all the auto v manual debates especially


  • #4286
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,800 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Pretty much yeah, that one's tuned slightly but there's nothing past the manifold but pipe. :pac:

    Oh and course, it's sold "for track use only." :cool:

    You'll get sick of a Spec II pretty quickly also chances of you finding one are slim to nil, even the Spec III is very thin on the ground. I have a Spec III and a Pro-Spec for my race car and the Spec III is so loud it doesn't pass scrutiny, not even close to it.

    When I sell a Spec II I say 'This isn't road legal, it will annoy your neighbours, it will set off car alarms, it will not pass scrutiny at a track but it's your money'


  • #4287
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    Max Power1 wrote: »
    You'll have to, after all the auto v manual debates especially

    Oh I'll try my best ;)

    Got me thinking have we many track veterans here?


  • #4288
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Did somebody say it's 200 lids to do a trackday? That's a bit heavy! Any chance they would give us a discount for 10 cars?


  • #4289
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Did somebody say it's 200 lids to do a trackday? That's a bit heavy! Any chance they would give us a discount for 10 cars?

    No God no man, 40 it seems. 200 would see us pay for a rather long commute to the pits :)


  • #4290
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Did somebody say it's 200 lids to do a trackday? That's a bit heavy! Any chance they would give us a discount for 10 cars?

    It said 180-200 on the website per car, it was me that said it


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  • #4291
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Scortho


    Max Power1 wrote: »
    It said 180-200 on the website per car, it was me that said it

    its 185 if you prepay and 205 if you turn up on the day.
    also for an extra drive its 40 quid.

    for a half day on the bank holiday, its 125 if pre booked and 145 on the day.
    An extra driver for a half day would be 30.


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