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***** Motors Chat - Round 5*****

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  • #212
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,729 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    Tbh you'll probably be a while trying to sell it like that. Best to just weigh if in as is

    If someone wants to bring it down on a trailer I'll go halfs with them on weight, I just feel bad about scrapping it, everything from the front suspension back is perfect, engine included. :(


  • #213
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    CianRyan wrote: »
    If someone wants to bring it down on a trailer I'll go halfs with them on weight, I just feel bad about scrapping it, everything from the front suspension back is perfect, engine included. :(

    It's unfortunate but not many people will be trawling donedeal for Almera bits. You could try ringing a local scrappie, tgey may come and collect it


  • #214
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,876 ✭✭✭Scortho


    CianRyan wrote: »
    If someone wants to bring it down on a trailer I'll go halfs with them on weight, I just feel bad about scrapping it, everything from the front suspension back is perfect, engine included. :(

    Find out how much you'll get scrap for it and how much you'd get scrap for just the shell. DGT is probably the man to ask about scrap prices, he's had a few go recently.

    Is the engine bolixed?


  • #215
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,729 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    It's unfortunate but not many people will be trawling donedeal for Almera bits. You could try ringing a local scrappie, tgey may come and collect it

    Must make sure tomorrow by calling them but my brother in law said when he asked them before they wanted him to pay for collection. :eek:
    Scortho wrote: »
    Find out how much you'll get scrap for it and how much you'd get scrap for just the shell. DGT is probably the man to ask about scrap prices, he's had a few go recently.

    Is the engine bolixed?

    Engine is perfect, only thing stopping it from running is a lack of petrol and a battery!


  • #216
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    seen my car on a photography blog site with 55 likes last night, then further shared by UK starlet owners and got 69 likes there... chuffed :pac:


    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=544952862264266&set=a.326123250813896.75031.326118237481064&type=1&theater


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  • #217
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,876 ✭✭✭Scortho


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Must make sure tomorrow by calling them but my brother in law said when he asked them before they wanted him to pay for collection. :eek:



    Engine is perfect, only thing stopping it from running is a lack of petrol and a battery!

    It all depends how long your willing to wait really. You saw how long it took me with the alfa ones I wasn't using, but at the same time theres a load more nissans than alfa v6's around


  • #218
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,729 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Yeah, it's not too much harm out there, my narky neighbour has been sweeping leaves from under it lately so I think he's getting a bit annoyed at it. :p


  • #219
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,384 ✭✭✭pred racer


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    seen my car on a photography blog site with 55 likes last night, then further shared by UK starlet owners and got 69 likes there... chuffed :pac:


    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=544952862264266&set=a.326123250813896.75031.326118237481064&type=1&theater

    Added another one for ya!


  • #220
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    CianRyan wrote: »
    I swear, that term should be a perms bannable offence, especially when the poster owns a diesel BMW. :p

    You'd hate to be me, imagine what I have to put up with.... :o

    This lack of power steering isn't so bad, just means I can't manouvre the car as fast in the car park...!


  • #221
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    That high speed chase in dublin today ?

    Right in the middle of it I was !

    I was in front of the garda hiding behind his car throwing the spike strip out in front of the car !

    Didn't work. ......

    We're lucky a few cars didn't get hit the way the lads were driving !


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  • #222
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »
    That high speed chase in dublin today ?

    Right in the middle of it I was !

    I was in front of the garda hiding behind his car throwing the spike strip out in front of the car !

    Didn't work. ......

    We're lucky a few cars didn't get hit the way the lads were driving !

    About 2pm ish? Explains all the cars tearing through the city centre!


  • #223
    Autosport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,280 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    seen my car on a photography blog site with 55 likes last night, then further shared by UK starlet owners and got 69 likes there... chuffed :pac:


    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=544952862264266&set=a.326123250813896.75031.326118237481064&typ
    e=1&theater

    Added another one :D nice car


  • #224
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    dgt wrote: »
    About 2pm ish? Explains all the cars tearing through the city centre!

    I was sitting in traffic along the canal on the south side near portabello / Griffith college and a Garda car came from the front booting down the middle with sirens on.

    there was another garda car with 2 lads on the part of the road i was on and tbh it just looked like they were setting up a checkpoint because there was one on each side of the road but they were looking up and down the road, then one was behind their garda car and threw the spike strip.... bounced back at him and missed the car !

    a mazda 636 ? booting down the wrong side of the road, 2 garda cars behind it. up to the junction of portabello and left. que more garda cars and bikes chasing him one !

    as he was booting up the middle of the road he did clip the mirror of one guy sitting in his avensis .... he wasnt too happy


  • #225
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »
    I was sitting in traffic along the canal on the south side near portabello / Griffith college and a Garda car came from the front booting down the middle with sirens on.

    there was another garda car with 2 lads on the part of the road i was on and tbh it just looked like they were setting up a checkpoint because there was one on each side of the road but they were looking up and down the road, then one was behind their garda car and threw the spike strip.... bounced back at him and missed the car !

    a mazda 636 ? booting down the wrong side of the road, 2 garda cars behind it. up to the junction of portabello and left. que more garda cars and bikes chasing him one !

    as he was booting up the middle of the road he did clip the mirror of one guy sitting in his avensis .... he wasnt too happy

    Didn't see any speeding Mazdas. I lost count of the amount of unmarked cars flying up Georges st. Traffic corps blocked the road at the top of Kevin st.... Plenty of action to the bystanders anyway!


  • #226
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    dgt wrote: »
    Didn't see any speeding Mazdas. I lost count of the amount of unmarked cars flying up Georges st. Traffic corps blocked the road at the top of Kevin st.... Plenty of action to the bystanders anyway!

    Awww I missed it all! :(


  • #227
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Awww I missed it all! :(

    You had those junkies in the clamped Astra sure!


  • #228
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    dgt wrote: »
    You had those junkies in the clamped Astra sure!

    Ach that's no car chase though! :pac: sure I see that every day :P only difference with today was, they got busted :P


  • #229
    Dave147
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,235 ✭✭✭Dave147


    Took a pic of the car outside work today, looking forward to getting stuck into it, but going to do very little as I already think she looks great, here she is

    1395878_10152038987420540_722742356_n.jpg


  • #230
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    Lads, staying in the Maldron Cardiff Lane for next two nights,anyone have any ideas of where i could park my car? the q-park will cost nearly 50e for the duration of the stay even with a discount for staying in the hotel


  • #231
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,876 ✭✭✭Scortho


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    Lads, staying in the Maldron Cardiff Lane for next two nights,anyone have any ideas of where i could park my car? the q-park will cost nearly 50e for the duration of the stay even with a discount for staying in the hotel

    Use the dit discount?
    One of the dit lads will be able to tell you more and whether overnights are included but I know it's 6 quid a day for them.


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  • #232
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    Lads, staying in the Maldron Cardiff Lane for next two nights,anyone have any ideas of where i could park my car? the q-park will cost nearly 50e for the duration of the stay even with a discount for staying in the hotel

    Lots of the streets around there will be free parking after 6pm. I'll be parked on Benson street this evening to go to a friends if you fancy a mini meet :pac:


  • #233
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Has anyone used the Halford extreme brilliance headlights?


  • #234
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    Stheno wrote: »
    Has anyone used the Halford extreme brilliance headlights?

    Yep there not as good at all as the osram nightbreakers. We've used them halfords extreme brilliance in vans in the past and they made a small enough difference. Micks garage sells the nightbreakers for about 20 best bulbs for the money IMO.


  • #235
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Bpmull wrote: »
    Yep there not as good at all as the osram nightbreakers. We've used them halfords extreme brilliance in vans in the past and they made a small enough difference. Micks garage sells the nightbreakers for about 20 best bulbs for the money IMO.

    Hmmph I have them now, the motor factors was shut so I went to halfords.

    Can't be as bad as the original headlights in my car they were dreadful


  • #236
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    Stheno wrote: »
    Hmmph I have them now, the motor factors was shut so I went to halfords.

    Can't be as bad as the original headlights in my car they were dreadful

    Maybe it's the lenses Stheno?


  • #237
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    Stheno wrote: »
    Hmmph I have them now, the motor factors was shut so I went to halfords.

    Can't be as bad as the original headlights in my car they were dreadful

    Ah they will be an improvement alright just not as big as the nightbreakers going from what we replaced them in. It's was probably 3 years ago we last bought the halfords brilliance ones so they could be a lot better now. I don't have nightbreakers in my focus as the bulbs or came with are fairly good but when one blows ill change them both to nightbreakers. Let us know how you get on with the halfords one as I said it was a few years ago since We used them.


  • #238
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    YbFocus wrote: »
    Maybe it's the lenses Stheno?


    No the original headlights were just diabolical, I put nightbreakers in and it was about 300% better, with the original ones you literally couldn't see more than about 10 feet in front of you
    Bpmull wrote: »
    Ah they will be an improvement alright just not as big as the nightbreakers going from what we replaced them in. It's was probably 3 years ago we last bought the halfords brilliance ones so they could be a lot better now. I don't have nightbreakers in my focus as the bulbs or came with are fairly good but when one blows ill change them both to nightbreakers. Let us know how you get on with the halfords one as I said it was a few years ago since We used them.

    Yeah I will, will be interesting to see :)


  • #239
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/kilkenny-news/car-carnage-on-william-street-1-5678238

    Ouchies...


  • #240
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    challengemaster wrote: »
    http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/kilkenny-news/car-carnage-on-william-street-1-5678238

    Ouchies...

    I seen this on Kilkenny people yesterday thats a seriously narrow street I've only driven it once or twice. Beyond me what a truck was doing driving down it as I don't think it leads anywhere.


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  • #241
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    Just filled up the truck for the first time from empty. 120 Euro, not bad I was expecting worse tbh!
    That was 80 liters into a 20 (imperial) gallon tank so from bone dry.


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