Motors Chat Thread Round 4

cabb8ge · 23-10-2013 10:44PM

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Not being drawn into it, post above reported for personal abuse.

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 23-10-2013 10:47PM

I will not change the record, I will not respond to you, I have reported your post and will wait for a mod to comment.

I don't know who you are or what your reason for your continued abuse of me is. I do trust that moderation will be along presently.

Stheno · 23-10-2013 10:49PM

power pants wrote: »

but don't punctures mean that the tyre loses air, be it quickly or slowly? Or am I missing something here?

This fecking thing lost pressure in the space of five minutes, normally I'd check every week and it might be down by two or three psi is what I meant, yesterday it was down 7 psi, which would be normal for that volume of driving I'd do in terms of miles.

The fact it was fine on the motorway to me means I must have walloped something en route to the services and didn't notice, which would be perfectly normal for me in early morning "must get to x" mode. It most definitely wasn't a slow puncture that you could top up

I'd a slow puncture previously in a tyre which was actually a problem with the valve. It lost pressure regularly and had to be checked religiously.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm strict enough about checking pressure that I'd know if I'd a slow puncture and anticipate it.

Esel wrote: »

Yes. Just joking though!

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Ach don't worry. I've very short hair (shorter than MMs) and the first day I was onsite where I'm working this week, half the staff thought I was a bloke as I wasn't wearing particularly fitted clothes, and kept calling me sir

ba_barabus · 23-10-2013 11:00PM

Hmmmm, all the abuse going every direction here tonight.

I even got it from a student who asked if I was a "wheeler dealer" as she spotted me selling my car a few weeks back. Apparently her dad watches the shower and I look like the fat short one. GREAT.

Can a mod have a word with her?

toastedpickles · 23-10-2013 11:02PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

Hmmmm, all the abuse going every direction here tonight.

I even got it from a student who asked if I was a "wheeler dealer" as she spotted me selling my car a few weeks back. Apparently her dad watches the shower and I look like the fat short one. GREAT.

Can a mod have a word with her?

Her dad must have a very dismal life if he watches showers all day :pac:

Stheno · 23-10-2013 11:05PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

Hmmmm, all the abuse going every direction here tonight.

I even got it from a student who asked if I was a "wheeler dealer" as she spotted me selling my car a few weeks back. Apparently her dad watches the shower and I look like the fat short one. GREAT.

Can a mod have a word with her?

I hope you don't think I've been abusive to you I certainly didn't mean it, and when I realised it was in the middle of a personal conflict here I distanced myself

Personally I think Mike Brewer is like a cuddly teddy bear, he does have the most appalling accent though!

toastedpickles wrote: »

Her dad must have a very dismal life if he watches showers all day :pac:

Have you never sat on the beach/pier and just watched the rain?

toastedpickles · 23-10-2013 11:06PM

Stheno wrote: »

Have you never sat on the beach/pier and just watched the rain?

Many many times

I just had this image of this man sitting in his bathroom just looking at his shower and then sighing and thinking, there's never anything good on this anymore

ba_barabus · 23-10-2013 11:12PM

Stheno wrote: »

I hope you don't think I've been abusive to you I certainly didn't mean it, and when I realised it was in the middle of a personal conflict here I distanced myself

What?

Lay off the crack pipe

Stheno wrote: »

Personally I think Mike Brewer is like a cuddly teddy bear, he does have the most appalling accent though!

Fine then, I'm the cuddle short fat one :pac:

Stheno wrote: »

Have you never sat on the beach/pier and just watched the rain?

Yes, many times. But my friends say if I continue to do it I'll get arrested. I have an interesting story about sitting on a park bench in Burgos over the summer but it's not for this forum.

Stheno · 23-10-2013 11:21PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

What?

Lay off the crack pipe

Fine then, I'm the cuddle short fat one :pac:

Yes, many times. But my friends say if I continue to do it I'll get arrested..

I'm just suffering from severe trauma from this morning, I'd to be on a client site and was 2.5 hours late, so now I'm paranoid.

Cuddly short fat one is fine, sure compared to Edd China, we'd all be the same

Your friends are weird.

dgt · 23-10-2013 11:41PM

Dayyyysel spilt on the jeans again..... Lovely! :mad:

Stheno · 23-10-2013 11:43PM

dgt wrote: »

Dayyyysel spilt on the jeans again..... Lovely! :mad:

At least they won't burn

And better than a coffee splattered roof and door

Do you guys consider Bridgestones to be good tyres and what would you expect to pay for a 205/55/16 one?

ba_barabus · 23-10-2013 11:43PM

dgt wrote: »

Dayyyysel spilt on the jeans again..... Lovely! :mad:

Is that you're excuse for the smell of rotten eggs?

Autosport · 23-10-2013 11:50PM

Got the car back from the garage today and they couldn't find anything wrong with it, all tyres were fine, shocks suspension all good and they kept it yesterday and drove it around abit and could find nothing wrong. Drove it myself this evening and it drives fine. It's a fecking mystery. But to be safe I'm gonna bring it to another garage for a second opinion

Ded_Zebra · 23-10-2013 11:57PM

Stheno wrote: »

At least they won't burn

And better than a coffee splattered roof and door

Do you guys consider Bridgestones to be good tyres and what would you expect to pay for a 205/55/16 one?

Bridgestones are excellent tyres IMO. Not sure of a price but they should be fairly cheap in that size

Stheno · 24-10-2013 12:00AM

Autosport wrote: »

Got the car back from the garage today and they couldn't find anything wrong with it, all tyres were fine, shocks suspension all good and they kept it yesterday and drove it around abit and could find nothing wrong. Drove it myself this evening and it drives fine. It's a fecking mystery. But to be safe I'm gonna bring it to another garage for a second opinion

That is truly bizarre only explanation I can give you is an intermittent problem with the suspension to be honest. As in something is about to fail, but hasn't failed enough to be diagnosable.

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Bridgestones are excellent tyres IMO. Not sure of a price but they should be fairly cheap in that size

€156 per tyre, and with my Axa discount €103, I was gobsmacked.

Ded_Zebra · 24-10-2013 12:04AM

That seems like a lot compared to the prices on here http://www.eiretyres.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl

Esel · 24-10-2013 12:04AM

Stheno wrote: »

€156 per tyre, and with my Axa discount €103, I was gobsmacked.

I would have been gobsmacked by €156 too! No Axa discount either...

Edit: Just had a look on www.eiretyres.com Bridgestones in that size range from €80 to €193!

Stheno · 24-10-2013 12:13AM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

That seams like a lot compared to the prices on here http://www.eiretyres.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl

Esel wrote: »

I would have been gobsmacked by €156 too! No Axa discount either...

Edit: Just had a look on www.eiretyres.com Bridgestones in that size range from €80 to €193!

Thanks guys, no idea what type of tyre it is tbh, but there is a big price differential! Is there anyway I can check on the tyre to figure out what I've bought? Sorry, know it's a stupid question

Interslice · 24-10-2013 12:21AM

Mates lower ball joint broke on his van. Had this kind of thing going on, only with the top of the wheel in and the bottom out.

Scary biscuits. Could have been worse though, the drive shaft had a good go at the gear box casing. Feckin shíty roads again.

Esel · 24-10-2013 12:23AM

Stheno wrote: »

Thanks guys, no idea what type of tyre it is tbh, but there is a big price differential! Is there anyway I can check on the tyre to figure out what I've bought? Sorry, know it's a stupid question

Get the model and ratings from the wall e.g. Bridgestone Turanza ER 30 C 205/55 R16C 98/96H and see can you find it on eiretyres (they have about 60 different Bridgestones in 205/55 R16 listed). The example I used is the €193 one. The second last part 98/96 is the load rating, so you could find a few tyres with the same details except for that bit, and prices will differ.

A good read.

Stheno · 24-10-2013 12:26AM

Esel wrote: »

Get the model and ratings from the wall e.g. Bridgestone Turanza ER 30 C 205/55 R16C 98/96H and see can you find it on eiretyres (they have about 60 different Bridgestones in 205/55 R16 listed). The example I used is the €193 one. The second last part 98/96 is the load rating, so you could find a few tyres with the same details except for that bit, and prices will differ.

A good read.

Will do, have a bit of downtime tomorrow so I'll use it for that.

I suspect it's actually a decent enough tyre but may be wrong, I'll post up the results

That's just based on how good the car felt to drive this evening which may be predicated by this mornings horror

Ded_Zebra · 24-10-2013 12:38AM

So I was pulled by the guards for the first time in the Levin this evening. Fortunately there was 4 lads wearing shirts and ties in it so there was no hassle. I would say it was the first time thay saw that in a Levin :pac::pac:

MetzgerMeister · 24-10-2013 12:54AM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

So I was pulled by the guards for the first time in the Levin this evening. Fortunately there was 4 lads wearing shirts and ties in it so there was no hassle. I would say it was the first time thay saw that in a Levin :pac::pac:

Reservoir frogs???? :pac:

kilianmanning · 24-10-2013 02:34AM

dgt wrote: »

If you're stuck taking the other nuts off I use a scaffolding pole on a breaker bar. Failing that I have this bad boy sitting in my garage and love any excuse to use it :D:D

I love this too:D

Alanstrainor · 24-10-2013 01:18PM

Used a quarter of a tank to travel around 80 miles...that's around 23 quid worth...ouch!

I think I'll buy an Octavia!

cabb8ge · 24-10-2013 01:22PM

approx 9.5l/100km

Supergurrier · 24-10-2013 01:22PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

So I was pulled by the guards for the first time in the Levin this evening. Fortunately there was 4 lads wearing shirts and ties in it so there was no hassle. I would say it was the first time thay saw that in a Levin :pac::pac:

Only time I ever got talking to a garda at a checkpoint he asked me why did I waste my money on a body kit and the second dud exhaust.

He also said he heard they were great on diesel

Alanstrainor · 24-10-2013 01:42PM

cabb8ge wrote: »

approx 9.5l/100km

City driving, so that'd be very optimistic! The first quarter of a tank is always bigger than the last too :pac:

Stheno · 24-10-2013 04:53PM

All the motorway driving this week gave me 35 mpg in the alfa, am rather amazed

MetzgerMeister · 24-10-2013 04:59PM

Stheno wrote: »

All the motorway driving this week gave me 35 mpg in the alfa, am rather amazed

Well when you're going at a snail's pace on the hard shoulder with a bust tyre you're sure to get high mpg...even in an Alfa :P

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