Motors Chat Thread Round 4

Interslice · 22-10-2013 05:57PM

Tech 7 it bai! Rough it up with a bit of sand paper first.

Chris_Heilong · 22-10-2013 06:35PM

NCT this Friday lads, no seat belts arrived yet so am going to take the backseats out for the test, will also throw in some Diptane for good measure.

Scortho · 22-10-2013 06:42PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

O_o please say your friend said that

Nope instructor.
I was told grade 2 for going slightly over the speed limit while a grade 3 if you were driving like a granny.
I heard that off 2 different instructors as well

Bpmull · 22-10-2013 06:46PM

advertsfox wrote: »

Lads I just got confirmation of my driving test next Friday the 1st (license is out on the 12th, insurance due the 13th).

My question is are you able to enable your speed limiter for the test? The C5 has this feature and I figured it could be convenient (not that I'm going to speed of course).

My driving instructor said I couldn't use it on my test. But then I didn't really quiz him to much on it so he may of just been over careful. It's generally car features you can't turn of you can use ie hill start assist or parking sensor. In the octavia when I was doing my test last year I couldn't turn off the parking sensors and they were beeping away doing the 3 point turn but once I was observing correctly I wasn't marked for it.

Best thing you can do is take the tester for a nice smooth drive go the speed limit not under or over it and just plenty of observations and you should pass no problem. I still look back on my test fondly it was a Saturday afternoon on a bank holiday weekend on literally the warmest day of the year it was well into the mid thirties. The only thing the tester said other than directions was turn on the a/c

challengemaster · 22-10-2013 07:02PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

Lads does anyone know if superglue would bond glass to glass? like loctite or something, a little problemo has arisen with a friends motor the mirror slides out see, but the lovely people at halfrauds ripped it out and took a piece of glass with it which is still stuck to the mount, doesn have windscreen cover so yeah, would it work??

As far as I'd be concerned - if halfords damaged his car, land halfrauds with the bill to fix it

Stheno · 22-10-2013 07:11PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

The most recent (and now former) lady pickles had her test cancelled due to the fact the tester "feared for his life" :pac:

I failed mine after I got a puncture halfway through, cut my hands and knees trying to change it, and driving too slowly, all the while the ignorant ****e of a tester spent the entire time farting in an inaudible but deadly way.

No ****ing wonder I was impeding the flow of traffic when the fumes from his farts caused tears in my eyes, and the car being freezing after I opened the window to get rid of the noxious fart fumes.

OH failed his after he knocked down a dog!

pred racer wrote: »

If you have tits, long legs, a very short skirt and a low cut top you will pass:pac:

Or at least thats the only reason I can see how my ex wife passed, she was (and still is )a useless driver

Does she drive a micra?

Supergurrier wrote: »

Halfords what a bunch of apes

I brought the C5 in to them once to replace the headlight as I couldn't be arsed. They couldn't get something out of the way (think the battery cover was jammed) and refused to use the jack to get it out. I did it myself and they stood there like slack jawed yokels in shock, then finally emerged from their stupor only to fit the fupping bulb wrong.

Scortho wrote: »

Nope instructor.
I was told grade 2 for going slightly over the speed limit while a grade 3 if you were driving like a granny.
I heard that off 2 different instructors as well

Yes - see my story above.

Came home via the M2 this evening (couldn't bear the thought of hitting a crash on the M1, they happen at least three times a week) and came off the M2 at Ashbourne.

Cops had a MASSIVE checkpoint which closed off almost all of one of the lanes, all cars were waved through and they had five vans all parked up behind their cordon. Can't be customs looking for dodgy diesel, is it possibly a welfare checkpoint like they were talking about? All the vans were tradespeople vans.

Scortho · 22-10-2013 07:21PM

Stheno wrote: »

I failed mine after I got a puncture halfway through, cut my hands and knees trying to change it, and driving too slowly, all the while the ignorant ****e of a tester spent the entire time farting in an inaudible but deadly way.

No ****ing wonder I was impeding the flow of traffic when the fumes from his farts caused tears in my eyes, and the car being freezing after I opened the window to get rid of the noxious fart fumes.

OH failed his after he knocked down a dog!

Does she drive a micra?

I brought the C5 in to them once to replace the headlight as I couldn't be arsed. They couldn't get something out of the way (think the battery cover was jammed) and refused to use the jack to get it out. I did it myself and they stood there like slack jawed yokels in shock, then finally emerged from their stupor only to fit the fupping bulb wrong.

Yes - see my story above.

Came home via the M2 this evening (couldn't bear the thought of hitting a crash on the M1, they happen at least three times a week) and came off the M2 at Ashbourne.

Cops had a MASSIVE checkpoint which closed off almost all of one of the lanes, all cars were waved through and they had five vans all parked up behind their cordon. Can't be customs looking for dodgy diesel, is it possibly a welfare checkpoint like they were talking about? All the vans were tradespeople vans.

Revenue and black market tradesmen I'm guessing.

Stheno · 22-10-2013 07:28PM

Scortho wrote: »

Revenue and black market tradesmen I'm guessing.

That's what I thought, there were about ten cops/other people in high vis vests at it.

Ded_Zebra · 22-10-2013 07:36PM

I think I might want a Mini... I like these 2 but unfortunately I don't own enough money:(

Does anyone want to buy a Levin and a Delta:pac:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mini/5772799

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/97-rover-mini-cooper/5831815

Stheno · 22-10-2013 07:39PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

I think I might want a Mini... I like these 2 but unfortunately I don't own enough money:(

I don't think I'd fit in one of those!

power pants · 22-10-2013 07:43PM

The black looks 100x better than that red one, better arches on the black one too. Id love one myself but Im too tall unfortunately

Ded_Zebra · 22-10-2013 07:44PM

Stheno wrote: »

I don't think I'd fit in one of those!

Designed to take 4 people of 6 foot

You must be feckin huge :pac::pac:

Stheno · 22-10-2013 07:47PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Designed to take 4 people of 6 foot

You must be feckin huge :pac::pac:

Seriously?

Four people of six foot wouldn't fit in the gtv and it's bigger than the mini!

Ded_Zebra · 22-10-2013 07:53PM

Stheno wrote: »

Seriously?

Four people of six foot wouldn't fit in the gtv and it's bigger than the mini!

You sit very close to the ground in a Mini and have a very steeply angled seat base so your legs dont stretch out in front of you if that makes sense.

This kinda shows it

Stheno · 22-10-2013 07:54PM

Hmm, must hunt one down and see

I have long legs and frequently find if I can't adjust the seat up and back, that my knees are hitting off the steering wheel.

ba_barabus · 22-10-2013 07:57PM

Does anyone have an email address for Nissan Doctor?

I might want a car checked out in Louth on Saturday.

MugMugs · 22-10-2013 08:00PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

Does anyone have an email address for Nissan Doctor?

I might want a car checked out in Louth on Saturday.

His new location is quite obtainable through means of search. AFAIK, he still works Saturdays.

Ded_Zebra · 22-10-2013 08:06PM

power pants wrote: »

The black looks 100x better than that red one, better arches on the black one too. Id love one myself but Im too tall unfortunately

The black one is nicer turned out in the photos but I think I would prefer the red one. Better colour for a mini and I would love to own a low milage car

MugMugs · 22-10-2013 08:06PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

The black one is nicer turned out in the photos but I think I would prefer the red one. Better colour for a mini and I would love to own a low milage car

I'd have both of them onto a ramp first though. Divils for the rust! Are you going to go for it?

Ded_Zebra · 22-10-2013 08:10PM

MugMugs wrote: »

I'd have both of them onto a ramp first though. Divils for the rust! Are you going to go for it?

Well if you want to buy any 2 of my current cars I could afford one of them :P

Your choices are (pick 2) :

Toyota Levin

Lancia Delta 1.6 turbo

Suzuki Samurai

ba_barabus · 22-10-2013 08:13PM

MugMugs wrote: »

His new location is quite obtainable through means of search. AFAIK, he still works Saturdays.

I know where he works but thought if he was near the car he might look it over.

Cheers though, I've already had a PM and have a means of communication

ba_barabus · 22-10-2013 08:16PM

MugMugs wrote: »

I'd have both of them onto a ramp first though. Divils for the rust! Are you going to go for it?

I can't agree more with this point.

If you're serious join an Irish mini club and they'll help you out but be aware they rust like hell and if they've had a dodgy paint job it's probably hiding problems. If you can weld great, if you can't prepare to pay a welder. Lots of overpriced rubbish out there, and as a general rule the later the registration the poorer the rust protection applied. 90's cars are the worst.

Ded_Zebra · 22-10-2013 08:20PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

I can't agree more with this point.

If you're serious join an Irish mini club and they'll help you out but be aware they rust like hell and if they've had a dodgy paint job it's probably hiding problems. If you can weld great, if you can't prepare to pay a welder. Lots of overpriced rubbish out there, and as a general rule the later the registration the poorer the rust protection applied. 90's cars are the worst.

That's a pity because I like the later cars more mostly because a much bigger percentage of them have the 1275. I think the smaller engined ones might just be a bit slow for me... Could be wrong though.

ba_barabus · 22-10-2013 08:21PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

That's a pity because I like the later cars more mostly because a much bigger percentage of them have the 1275. I think the smaller engined ones might just be a bit slow for me... Could be wrong though.

They're all slow, it's how they handle that's important

Ded_Zebra · 22-10-2013 08:28PM

Some are slower than others though!

I'm not sure what my plan is car wise. Part of me wants to change when I get a new NCT on my car (march) but I have only just about got my car the way I want and it would be a shame to get rid of it right away... And I don't know what I want in a new car (other than not white!) I'm looking at everything from Mini's to V6 166's at the moment

dgt · 22-10-2013 08:29PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Some are slower than others though!

I'm not sure what my plan is car wise. Part of me wants to change when I get a new NCT on my car (march) but I have only just about got my car the way I want and it would be a shame to get rid of it right away... And I don't know what I want in a new car (other than not white!) I'm looking at everything from Mini's to V6 166's at the moment

I could help you there....

Ded_Zebra · 22-10-2013 08:32PM

dgt wrote: »

I could help you there....

Are you selling one soon???

I think I need to go and drive a heap of things and see what I like.

Toyotafanboi · 22-10-2013 08:35PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Are you selling one soon???

I think I need to go and drive a heap of things and see what I like.

be sure to let me know if you are selling!

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 22-10-2013 08:38PM

dgt wrote: »

I could help you there....

And after all me talking about travelling to galway and Roscommon for v6 alfas.... now you decide to sell one?

Ded_Zebra · 22-10-2013 08:38PM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

be sure to let me know if you are selling!

I will:).
I think if I advertised it someone would put it in the dreamers thread though:pac:

I have been trying to gauge what it's worth but I'm finding it hard to value it...

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