Motors Chat Thread Round 4

YbFocus · 20-10-2013 11:23PM

Ha Ha sure that's what we all say, especially when ya get stuck and have no other choice but to ring someone

Happened a friend of mine years ago, got his altezza stuck on the bog, he had to ring me at 5am! The only thing he sunk that night was the back axle :pac:

dgt · 20-10-2013 11:24PM

BX 19 wrote: »

Your not awfully far from me DGT. May drop round for a cuppa.

Cheers! The things I learn everyday

BX 19 wrote: »

Ahh we'll all go for tea then so. I'm in the vicinity of Longwood.

There's a Longwood in Westmeath?

I was coming up some quare road heading to Castlepollard.... I tend to go on random spins at the weekend!

Mycroft H · 20-10-2013 11:27PM

dgt wrote: »

Cheers! The things I learn everyday

There's a Longwood in Westmeath?

I was coming up some quare road heading to Castlepollard.... I tend to go on random spins at the weekend!

Ahh it's near enough. Spitting distance of 4 counties haha

Zcott · 20-10-2013 11:28PM

BX 19 wrote: »

Found a rare beast last week. Not many of them around...

I've seen that one before but it never seems to move...

Mycroft H · 20-10-2013 11:30PM

Zcott wrote: »

I've seen that one before but it never seems to move...

Got the impression it doesn't. There is moss growing round the outline of the car and tyres and the tyres themselves look a bit perished.

Shame as there isn't many of them around anymore.

Mycroft H · 20-10-2013 11:33PM

And the red paint is a bit bleached by the sun....

Stheno · 20-10-2013 11:48PM

OH and myself have been weighing up the cost of taxing the C5, getting it through the NCT etc, and are half tempted to just scrap it, we'd get a couple of hundred quid for it scrapping it, and tbh, that's what we'd clear if we did a private sale.

All we'd have to do is get a new logbook and scrap it without any hassle. Any thoughts?

toastedpickles · 20-10-2013 11:50PM

Stheno wrote: »

OH and myself have been weighing up the cost of taxing the C5, getting it through the NCT etc, and are half tempted to just scrap it, we'd get a couple of hundred quid for it scrapping it, and tbh, that's what we'd clear if we did a private sale.

All we'd have to do is get a new logbook and scrap it without any hassle. Any thoughts?

I vote yay

Go for it
More moneys = good times

Ded_Zebra · 20-10-2013 11:51PM

Stheno wrote: »

OH and myself have been weighing up the cost of taxing the C5, getting it through the NCT etc, and are half tempted to just scrap it, we'd get a couple of hundred quid for it scrapping it, and tbh, that's what we'd clear if we did a private sale.

All we'd have to do is get a new logbook and scrap it without any hassle. Any thoughts?

Good grief don't tax it!!!

Do you think it'll pass an net in it's current state? If you think it will just lash it in and then advertise it.

Mycroft H · 20-10-2013 11:51PM

Stheno wrote: »

OH and myself have been weighing up the cost of taxing the C5, getting it through the NCT etc, and are half tempted to just scrap it, we'd get a couple of hundred quid for it scrapping it, and tbh, that's what we'd clear if we did a private sale.

All we'd have to do is get a new logbook and scrap it without any hassle. Any thoughts?

Just me, I feel awfully bad seeing cars go to the scrap yard. Plus you'll only get buttons.

What year C5? What's wrong with it?

Stheno · 20-10-2013 11:52PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

I vote yay

Go for it
More moneys = good times

Well our thinking is for a lot of hassle we might make a hundred euro, as opposed to scrapping it, and I (owning an alfa) know a few reliable scrappers

OH tends to agree *he defers to me in most matters motors related* we don't need the odd hundred we might get and all the hassle of selling.

Stheno · 20-10-2013 11:55PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Good grief don't tax it!!!

Do you think it'll pass an net in it's current state? If you think it will just lash it in and then advertise it.

BX 19 wrote: »

Just me, I feel awfully bad seeing cars go to the scrap yard. Plus you'll only get buttons.

What year C5? What's wrong with it?

Should pass NCT, but not due until end of Jan, so it's taking up space in our limited driveway

It's a 2003 1.8 petrol so worth at best €1000, has an engine warning light after long journeys but otherwise driving fine, reset is fine for the warning light and mechanic can't find any fault code for it, seems to be common on C5s

Mycroft H · 20-10-2013 11:57PM

Stheno wrote: »

Should pass NCT, but not due until end of Jan, so it's taking up space in our limited driveway

It's a 2003 1.8 petrol so worth at best €1000, has an engine warning light after long journeys but otherwise driving fine, reset is fine for the warning light and mechanic can't find any fault code for it, seems to be common on C5s

Your not getting any where near that in scrap value. Is the light all that's wrong with it? Sure reset it, fire it through the NCT, polish and a hoover, then up on done deal for 800. Gone in a day.

You could be cheeky and ask for 950 even I'd reckon.

Scortho · 21-10-2013 12:00AM

Stheno wrote: »

Should pass NCT, but not due until end of Jan, so it's taking up space in our limited driveway

It's a 2003 1.8 petrol so worth at best €1000, has an engine warning light after long journeys but otherwise driving fine, reset is fine for the warning light and mechanic can't find any fault code for it, seems to be common on C5s

What would a scrappy give you? 300 or so?
I'd pop her up on donedeal for 600 and it'll be gone in the morning.
Or send it to the same place as the 156!:p

YbFocus · 21-10-2013 12:01AM

Scrap value of €150 absolute tops these days, you'll have to find him happy!
We scrapped a Grand Voyager and got €140.

You'll find a buyer, stick it up

Stheno · 21-10-2013 12:02AM

Scortho wrote: »

What would a scrappy give you? 300 or so?
I'd pop her up on donedeal for 600 and it'll be gone in the morning.
Or send it to the same place as the 156!:p

The petrol hater?

We are just looking at the cost of tax due to new rules, NCT , insurance swapping and that alone comes close to €500 so scrapping for 2-3 hundred with no expense makes sense.

I might throw it up on donedeal this week, and see if feature in bangernonics

Mycroft H · 21-10-2013 12:06AM

You'd be even hard pushed to find that 200-300 from a scrap merchant.

Plus I've an awful soft spot for the C5. Mine didn't get the name of the the flying sofa for nothing....

Scortho · 21-10-2013 12:13AM

Stheno wrote: »

The petrol hater?

We are just looking at the cost of tax due to new rules, NCT , insurance swapping and that alone comes close to €500 so scrapping for 2-3 hundred with no expense makes sense.

I might throw it up on donedeal this week, and see if feature in bangernonics

You don't need to tax it.
New owner is liable for the tax from date of purchase so the tax out won't worry them.

Pop her up on donedeal for 600 then. You shouldn't have any problem shifting it at that.
Feck is pop her up at 900 and drop by 50 or so each day.

Esel · 21-10-2013 01:05AM

If you decide to keep it, just 'sell' it to the OH who can either 'sell' it back to you then you tax it or they just go ahead and tax it. No arrears for a new owner.

Hal1 · 21-10-2013 01:28PM

Jammy git, enjoy her

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Cleveland Hot Pocket · 21-10-2013 01:30PM

Lucky baxtard - beautiful machine, sounds even better I'm sure!

MetzgerMeister · 21-10-2013 02:30PM

Nice wheels OSI! Any chance of a video??

ba_barabus · 21-10-2013 05:17PM

I got a great laugh out of this video demonstrating quality East German manufacturing techniques

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBsPFI--muo

Chris_Heilong · 21-10-2013 05:47PM

I have the shipping company trying to mess me about, I sent a price list to them when I discovered all the damage to my car with the prices of 2nd hand parts in Japan, I was told to get a quote from an Irish repair place which I did, now It seems like the don't like Irish prices as they are considering my price list as a quote for repair and saying there is a large difference in estimate so they only want to give me 33% of the price list value:eek:

Come on people, actually read what your given.

Stheno · 21-10-2013 07:04PM

I have a 180 mile round trip each day this week

Not helped by getting lost on the way home and spending twenty minutes trying to find the M6.

Anyone been on the northbound N/M6 recently and found the road surface a bit weird?

Oooh Masterchef Australia on Watch atm is featuring the Australian Alfa Romeo Club

jimb43 · 21-10-2013 07:39PM

result, i thought ide have had to pay 80 at the very least, BUZZIN:D:D:D

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ba_barabus · 21-10-2013 07:42PM

jimb43 wrote: »

result, i thought ide have had to pay 80 at the very least, BUZZIN:D:D:D

Speeding?

Why was it thrown out?

YbFocus · 21-10-2013 07:45PM

Hen it was ordered

Maybe you should remove your full name from it man?

jimb43 · 21-10-2013 07:49PM

im good, got nowt to hide, but i know how you thinking , thanks

Bpmull · 21-10-2013 07:50PM

jimb43 wrote: »

result, i thought ide have had to pay 80 at the very least, BUZZIN:D:D:D

My dad got a parking ticket for parking outside his own house in town (rental house) he was annoyed to say the least I thought it was a bit of a joke tbh. When he appealed it they said he'd still have to pay. At least you got off id imagine its a great feeling.

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