Motors Chat Thread Round 4

CianRyan · 10-09-2013 10:18PM

I don't understand why anyone would buy a car they didn't like, it's not a good deal if you don't like it.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 10-09-2013 10:18PM

166man wrote: »

should have kept the Volvo!

quote of the century.

missing it so much right now

Stheno · 10-09-2013 10:24PM

Mr Simpson wrote: »

They were roaring up the Malahide Road at 2pm going to Balgriffin, so different incident possibly

Nah bomb scare in balgriffin cemetery clogged up the N1

pred racer wrote: »

Picking up another car tomorrow:D

Several pints to anyone who can guess what it is:P

pred racer wrote: »

Nope!

Its gonna be the first jap car I've owned for 15yrs;)

pred racer wrote: »

No, scratchy stays with me:cool:

This will be for ditch hunting, trailering, and for pred jr to learn to drive in (he is 14 next month, about time he learnt) and an eventual glorious destruction.

@Marcusm, no its petteril, but closest yet.

Ya big traitor yah

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

got a really good deal from it and also gave in the golf on it.

its only an opinion. nothing more, not like im going against bmw heads either since i have one and im slagging it myself !

like this is a car i own that i actually dont like. its only if you ask me what do i think of a certain car then i'd say it but i dont just come out and say a certain someones car is crap for no reason.

I don't your reasoning at all, and there is no real logic to your explanation.
I don't like eclass mercs, in fact I hate the fookers, as I have always found them to be driven by people who tend to have a "I rule the road attitude" and when I learned to drive a neighbour in one caused me untold grief with his rude behaviour.

However the OH has recently gotten a 00 e class merc and loves it as he's a lazy driver, likes that it's automatic, comfy and big and solid.

I got to drive it tonight for the first time (took him a good month to get over his fear that I'd go insane and take off like a rocket - in an e class?)

Anyway I thought it was a very dull drive compared to the alfa, and didn't enjoy driving it at all, so it's just added to my dislike of the car.

however, as it's an automatic and my left knee is banjaxed to some extent, there are days when it will be great for me to have it to drive if my knee is acting up.

There is good and bad in every car I've driven three series and loved them, but am unlikely to ever own one, simply because I don't especially want one, but I do think that bmw drivers tend to be closer to my taste than e.g. e class drivers.

I was quite delighted at how disgusted the OH was that without any real instruction, I just got in the car and drove it and parked it without incident.

Heeeeheeeeheeee

Scortho · 10-09-2013 10:34PM

Is it just me or did posts dissappear?

toastedpickles · 10-09-2013 10:36PM

Unclean!! unclean!!!

Don't get a bmw he says, everyone has one he says! :pac:

I bet its a manual as well :P

In non motoring news, had my induction day today, I'm in a class full of children, I'm only 22 and I'm the oldest

-breaks down crying- I'm too young to be old!! :pac:

pred racer · 10-09-2013 10:36PM

Stheno wrote: »

Ya big traitor yah

This is from someone who is now so old they are driving an auto merc:pac:

Ded_Zebra · 10-09-2013 10:37PM

Scortho wrote: »

Is it just me or did posts dissappear?

That's mods for ya! the (almost) silent force keeping the interwebz safe for you

Stheno · 10-09-2013 10:38PM

Scortho wrote: »

Is it just me or did posts dissappear?

Yes, twas the manbags at dawn posts so you're fine

toastedpickles wrote: »

Unclean!! unclean!!!

Don't get a bmw he says, everyone has one he says! :pac:

I bet its a manual as well :P

In non motoring news, had my induction day today, I'm in a class full of children, I'm only 22 and I'm the oldest

-breaks down crying- I'm too young to be old!! :pac:

Here, imagine being a trainer for adults in IT, female, delivering training primarily to male students, and you arrive in and they gawk in disbelief that you are the trainer?

Welcome to my world!

dgt · 10-09-2013 10:39PM

Scortho wrote: »

Is it just me or did posts dissappear?

Well I'm going to disappear before I heel over :pac:

Stheno · 10-09-2013 10:39PM

pred racer wrote: »

This is from someone who is now so old they are driving an auto merc:pac:

Yes

I now aspire to a Z4

I however will look good in it

And I'll still be younger than you old man

ba_barabus · 10-09-2013 10:40PM

Stheno wrote: »

Yes, twas the manbags at dawn posts so you're fine!

I missed the fun

But have a video anyway

Gary ITR · 10-09-2013 10:41PM

dgt wrote: »

Well I'm going to disappear before I heel over :pac:

Ah here, you should be banned for that joke

toastedpickles · 10-09-2013 10:41PM

Stheno wrote: »

Yes, twas the manbags at dawn posts so you're fine

Here, imagine being a trainer for adults in IT, female, delivering training primarily to male students, and you arrive in and they gawk in disbelief that you are the trainer?

Welcome to my world!

It was funny though we had a computer teacher come in and ask us have any of us used design/drafting software before, I was the only one who had, everyone kept staring me out of it whenever he asked a question about them then

Max Power1 · 10-09-2013 10:41PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

3 series in general. always thought the 3 series to be the girls bmw, the 5 series for the men and 7 series for the real men.

as said, each to their own, i dont like bmw or mercs and some others. but that shouldn't change other peoples opinions

Between this post and the post calling another user's (very nice i might add) car a pile of dung, I think you would do well to rethink that opinion

Coming from a 318i and a volvo via a vw, I dont think you should be calling anyone's car a pile of dung.

And, why is a 5 series for men but a 7'er for real men? What differentiates the two? And why am I less of a man for driving a 5'er instead of a bloated 730d which is heavier and down on power compared to my 5'er
:rolleyes:

You are normally a serious poster on here but you are doing yourself no favors whatsoever this evening. IMO.

Scortho · 10-09-2013 10:41PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

Unclean!! unclean!!!

Don't get a bmw he says, everyone has one he says! :pac:

I bet its a manual as well :P

In non motoring news, had my induction day today, I'm in a class full of children, I'm only 22 and I'm the oldest

-breaks down crying- I'm too young to be old!! :pac:

You'll be the popular guy on nights out to dandelion when every 18 year old girl will be throwing themselves at you when they hear your a few years older than them....if that's up your street.

Stheno · 10-09-2013 10:44PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

It was funny though we had a computer teacher come in and ask us have any of us used design/drafting software before, I was the only one who had, everyone kept staring me out of it whenever he asked a question about them then

AH I do that all the time if most of mine don't know something and one or two do, it's a particular technique we are taught so we involve at least one person in the class and engage other people to be interested in knowledge other than the tutor.

Max Power1 wrote: »

Between this post and the post calling another user's (very nice i might add) car a pile of dung, I think you would do well to rethink that opinion

Coming from a 318i and a volvo via a vw, I dont think you should be calling anyone's car a pile of dung.

And, why is a 5 series for men but a 7'er for real men? What differentiates the two? And why am I less of a man for driving a 5'er instead of a bloated 730d which is heavier and down on power compared to my 5'er
:rolleyes:

You are normally a serious poster on here but you are doing yourself no favors whatsoever this evening. IMO.

And KSL left out the six series, personally if I were to buy a BMW and in a world where I had no budget constraints I'd want one of those

KSL might class those as big girl cars maybe? Or real girl cars?

toastedpickles · 10-09-2013 10:44PM

Scortho wrote: »

You'll be the popular guy on nights out to dandelion when every 18 year old girl will be throwing themselves at you when they hear your a few years older than them....if that's up your street.

It isn't.....but the year is young....literally :pac:

Ah no, plenty more of my type to jump at haha, there was us and the sh!te talkers, aka the architecture class

Ded_Zebra · 10-09-2013 10:46PM

Max Power1 wrote: »

Between this post and the post calling another user's (very nice i might add) car a pile of dung, I think you would do well to rethink that opinion

Coming from a 318i and a volvo via a vw, I dont think you should be calling anyone's car a pile of dung.

And, why is a 5 series for men but a 7'er for real men? What differentiates the two? And why am I less of a man for driving a 5'er instead of a bloated 730d which is heavier and down on power compared to my 5'er
:rolleyes:

You are normally a serious poster on here but you are doing yourself no favors whatsoever this evening. IMO.

To be fair, his volvo was lovely.

@KS&L what's the story with your recent car history Volvo -> Punto ->Van (I think) -> golf -> BMW in the space of a month I think? What's going on?

pred racer · 10-09-2013 10:51PM

Stheno wrote: »

Yes I now aspire to a Z4

I however will look good in it And I'll still be younger than you old man

It'll be silver, and still wont look as good as my 159:p

At least my knees still work:P

Stheno · 10-09-2013 10:56PM

pred racer wrote: »

It'll be silver, and still wont look as good as my 159:p

At least my knees still work:P

But your shoulders and back are crocked.

I'd rather have one dodgy knee and be able to drive/sail than have a dodgy back

My Z4 (not that I would ever own one you gullible creature) will be blue with red leather

Next for me is a Gt or Brera

power pants · 10-09-2013 10:56PM

Stheno wrote: »

Yes, twas the manbags at dawn posts so you're fine

Here, imagine being a trainer for adults in IT, female, delivering training primarily to male students, and you arrive in and they gawk in disbelief that you are the trainer?

Welcome to my world!

Are you not quite mature though? ie would pass easily for a teacher???

Toyotafanboi · 10-09-2013 10:56PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

It was funny though we had a computer teacher come in and ask us have any of us used design/drafting software before, I was the only one who had, everyone kept staring me out of it whenever he asked a question about them then

you on CAD or Revit this year?

Just started back myself yesterday too. first task, design a glamping tent to a million criteria.

Scortho · 10-09-2013 10:58PM

power pants wrote: »

Are you not quite mature though? ie would pass easily for a teacher???

You're in trouble now.....

Stheno · 10-09-2013 10:58PM

power pants wrote: »

Are you not quite mature though? ie would pass easily for a teacher???

It's more that when I started training I was in my mid thirties, and was teaching people in their forties/fifties etc, and they assumed as I was younger I didn't have the experience, what I teach is very practical.

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

you on CAD or Revit this year?

Just started back myself yesterday too. first task, design a glamping tent to a million criteria.

Better task, design a mobile communications structure that can expand to accomodate the hajj

Scortho · 10-09-2013 10:58PM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

you on CAD or Revit this year?

Just started back myself yesterday too. first task, design a glamping tent to a million criteria.

Use a van!:D
You don't even need to assemble it.

toastedpickles · 10-09-2013 11:00PM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

you on CAD or Revit this year?

Just started back myself yesterday too. first task, design a glamping tent to a million criteria.

Revit, sketchup, in design, photoshop, illustrator, no idea why cuz Ps is better, annnnd solidworks, CAD is the devil up around these parts :pac: Told them I'd been at it for 5 years and yer man was like oh really? Get out :pac:

Our first project is a trip to wexford to a heritage park, that's all we know so far

Did you get those stickers made by the way?

Gary ITR · 10-09-2013 11:00PM

power pants wrote: »

Are you not quite mature though? ie would pass easily for a teacher???

Oh sweet Jesus...

You should read this book

images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjM_Gl2u0zd36dxVyynen6FtPIRueHw6tcu1gY3OA6Lahdz3m5fQ

Stheno · 10-09-2013 11:00PM

Scortho wrote: »

You're in trouble now.....

No it's a very valid question, I'd a student last week who fifteen years ago was my superior in work, but due to different career progressions ended up in one of my classes, and was very happy to acknowledge that my experience usurped his, on top of my knowledge of the theory.

Scortho, did you see about my feckin door seal? (I am slightly obsessed about this)

And why do I have a fearsome reputation? I'm really a kind and soft person

power pants · 10-09-2013 11:00PM

Scortho wrote: »

You're in trouble now.....

yeah, didn't mean for it to come across badly, thought about deleting it but then thought that might make the situation worse

meant no harm by it sethno

Stheno · 10-09-2013 11:02PM

Gary ITR wrote: »

Oh sweet Jesus...

You should read this book

I'd suspect power pants doesn't work in IT.

It would be like mechanics going into a class that was taught by a woman, it's the best analogy I can come up with

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

Comments

Motors Chat Thread Round 4