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

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  • #6092
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    power pants wrote: »
    I was just about to say the very same.....








    :pac:

    Feck you :pac:

    Am just about to send her in for a mega service, so listing out everything that has to be done.

    My mechanic always finds it hilarious that I send him a list of jobs (like all filters etc) then list about 20 extra things to check/fix just in case.

    I was in with him last week to arrange it and was whinging about the front suspension, and wittering on about bushes, and he was "but you're a girl, how do you know such things"

    He's such a fossil. But he listens to me, and if I say something is wrong, he checks it and so far, there has always been something wrong :)


  • #6093
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,925 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Stheno wrote: »
    and so far, there has always been something wrong :)

    Well duh, it's an alfa :D


  • #6094
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    challengemaster wrote: »
    Well duh, it's an alfa :D
    power pants wrote: »
    I was just about to say the very same.....








    :pac:

    down_with_this_sort_of_thing.jpg

    :pac:


  • #6095
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    pm'd you mister barabus!


  • #6096
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Mr fanboi, I'm still waiting on those reg stickers! Did you send em?


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  • #6097
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Mr fanboi, I'm still waiting on those reg stickers! Did you send em?

    sure did :eek: wouldn't be the first time ****s got lost though... jesus thats ages ago like 2 or 3 weeks is it?
    i doubt they were in a registered envelope given the cost of the contents but i'l check with fiona tomorrow and if they are't registered i'l just send another.
    always the fecking way when you do a good deed is't it :o


  • #6098
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    sure did :eek: wouldn't be the first time ****s got lost though... jesus thats ages ago like 2 or 3 weeks is it?
    i doubt they were in a registered envelope given the cost of the contents but i'l check with fiona tomorrow and if they are't registered i'l just send another.
    always the fecking way when you do a good deed is't it :o

    I know! yeah nearly a month at this rate haha, thanks again boss, once I thought i was being nice and sent a giant bar, like a kilo of dairy milk over to my friend in america, cu she never had milk chocolate, just had that crap they have over there, got to customs and some guy got it and thought ooh I'll bring this home to the kids, and it registered and all! She ended up only getting the envelope :(


  • #6099
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    I know! yeah nearly a month at this rate haha, thanks again boss, once I thought i was being nice and sent a giant bar, like a kilo of dairy milk over to my friend in america, cu she never had milk chocolate, just had that crap they have over there, got to customs and some guy got it and thought ooh I'll bring this home to the kids, and it registered and all! She ended up only getting the envelope :(

    that's a real heart tweaker of a story :( you should have said it to me sooner, i'l get onto that tomorrow i would't let you down on them like.


  • #6100
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    that's a real heart tweaker of a story :( you should have said it to me sooner, i'l get onto that tomorrow i would't let you down on them like.

    Hahaha cri evr tim </3

    Ah you're grand about it, don't worry :)


  • #6101
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    ladyfriend in the USA you say... chocolate you say... :pac:


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  • #6102
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    ladyfriend in the USA you say... chocolate you say... :pac:

    I've ladyfriends all over the place! ;)

    And chocolate! :pac: More chocolate than ladies though.....


  • #6103
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    My poor feckin head :( curse those delicious ales!!!

    On another note, my rad is excellently bodged up, I hope it holds :D


  • #6104
    Gavman84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭Gavman84


    Took car back to get them to fix the tracking after tyre change yesterday was still slightly off pain but done now!!


  • #6105
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    Random question, someone asked me earlier and I had no idea what the answer was

    If you are an irish person selling a car and you want to sell to the UK, what do you do? Like what website do you list on?


  • #6106
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,291 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Ichisaq wrote: »
    Random question, someone asked me earlier and I had no idea what the answer was

    If you are an irish person selling a car and you want to sell to the UK, what do you do? Like what website do you list on?

    Autotrader I would've thought.


  • #6107
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Autotrader I would've thought.

    Would it not default to list on autotrader.ie though colm?

    Also, is this a common thing to do, like, how receptive are people in the UK to buying a car from the ROI?


  • #6108
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,291 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Is the car in the uk? If not, wouldn't that make showing it a bit difficult?

    Is there a big vrt rebate due in it?

    I reckon it'd be very hard to sell on Irish plates unless its nearly new.

    More info needed really


  • #6109
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    Hmm yes I guess those factors would influence it.
    It was more of a theoretical excercise than an actual question.

    Is there a VRT rebate for exporting to the north? Assuming there is, surely that would be a better target market.


  • #6110
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,291 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Ichisaq wrote: »
    Hmm yes I guess those factors would influence it.
    It was more of a theoretical excercise than an actual question.

    Is there a VRT rebate for exporting to the north? Assuming there is, surely that would be a better target market.

    Yes there is a rebate, but they keep the first €500.


  • #6111
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,972 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    my car is more secure now if you know what I mean, got a few features with the Alarm too. Also noticed another little thing was stolen, 2 LED bulbs from the front lights. Total scum.

    On a lighter note the shipping company want me to get a quote from a repair shop in Dublin for the damages, dont think this will cover parts but hopefully it will cover the cut seatbelts and a respray and filling the holes left from the spoiler for the boot.


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  • #6112
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Anyone here used the chipex paint system for small stone chips etc ?


  • #6113
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,830 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Supergurrier wrote: »
    Anyone here used the chipex paint system for small stone chips etc ?

    It was used on a car I had before I bought it. Couple of washes later it was back to square one. If you keep on top of it then maybe it would be fine but otherwise a touch up stick and DA night work. Vectra has done this in the past with good results so might be worth a PM.


  • #6114
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Doesn't cost much more that a paint match stick from ford in the UK.

    Not using as a long term solution just until next summer on a dozen or so stone chips I want to protect from the elements


  • #6115
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    I never seem to get a motoring related break. New front calipers are being ordered.


  • #6116
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,728 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Yeah but turbo 3 cylinders sounds class. :D


  • #6117
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    THere appears to be a proliferation of bright pink cars in my area today!


  • #6118
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    I was kinda leaning towards more aesthetic mods than anything else really. Theres a couple of dings to get fixed i guess. Apart from getting CSLs/style 32s i cant think of anything else besides a light tint on the rear 3 windows?
    might get this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HID-Xenon-Projector-Headlight-Retrofit-Upgrade-Conversion-Kit-BMW-E46-99-05-/230897458884?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Plat_Gen%3AE46&hash=item35c28f9ec4


  • #6119
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    OSI wrote: »
    And another misfire on the GTI.. >:(

    Pretty sure its the coilpack this time. Pain in the arse driving from Wicklow to North Dublin on 3 cylinders.

    See now if your bought an ST you would merely be reduced to a ko4 turbo conversion gti (with a much nicer interior) :p


  • #6120
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    OSI wrote: »
    Nah. If I wanted a 20 year old Volvo engine I'd buy an 850R and get it with the right amount of power and a proper interior :P

    Touche


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  • #6121
    tossy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,598 ✭✭✭tossy


    OSI wrote: »
    And another misfire on the GTI.. >:(

    Pretty sure its the coilpack this time. Pain in the arse driving from Wicklow to North Dublin on 3 cylinders.

    I once did Limerick to Kildare. At least it's only a coil pack - easy to diagnose and cheap to replace.


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