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

Kaiser D wrote: »

Giant Kinder egg easter egg!

I bought one for my nephew last week, but I couldn't leave the shop without one for myself too.

I have 3 for myself already :pac: and my mother loves making the toys in them haha win win!

Bpmull wrote: »

Noticed today one of the wheel caps feel of the golf well the vw badge anyway. I can't even look at the passenger side of the car now. Need to get a new one ASAP. It's amazing how big an impact a simple missing wheel cap makes to a car. I need to decide whether to get one online or go to main dealer. A few reviews seem to say the one of the internet don't fit match correctly. Main dealer may be safer bet. I know huge car problems compared to the focus

Or y'know....a scrapyard? Where you won't have to sell the car and your house to get said cap

Interslice wrote: »

Vw main dealers are hit and miss with their pricing. I'd guess that cap will cost you anywhere between 4 and 20 euro.

Knowing my local vw garage it'll be 20 quid at best as there hard to deal with at the best of times. I'd expect to pay 10-15 quid for it anymore than that is a bit of a rob. But I'll go in and see. Need a new rear wiper and they weren't to bad for that so I'll get that it was a good but cheaper than halfords. I need to just get the time to go in. Between moving house and trying to study for exams I'm hard put to know what day it is. I have the golf 3 weeks there's 2.5k km on it and its filthy haven't got a chance to wash it and it could be a few weeks before it gets a proper clean too. Still though I absolutely love it couldn't fault it now

Bpmull wrote: »

Mcbrides is near me there a big scrap yard. Although I remember them saying that the minute a golf mk5 or focus mk2 comes in There is a que out the gate to strip them down. There is just so many on the roads and very few in the scrap yards. Where as with older stuff that's rarer on the road you can get loads of good parts in the scrap yard which we have done previous. Worth a ring either way thanks.

I always check scrapyards first, Not too fond of paying main dealers, although half the stuff I've gotten for my car, sensors and the like which you can't get in a factors I've had to get at a dealers, I've gone in there that much that I'm getting a few deals and all off the parts lads, good times! Still expensive as hell though

toastedpickles wrote: »

I always check scrapyards first, Not too fond of paying main dealers, although half the stuff I've gotten for my car, sensors and the like which you can't get in a factors I've had to get at a dealers, I've gone in there that much that I'm getting a few deals and all off the parts lads, good times! Still expensive as hell though

Tell me about it. The worst are ford I won't miss paying them prices. 90 euro for a fuel filter and then not been able to start the car when you change the filter because ford thought it best not to put a fuel lift pump or simple primer bulb on the car absolute joke. I seen on a vw receipt that came with the golf there less than 20 euro for fuel filter.

Alanstrainor wrote: »

My dad got a trade discount from Murphy and Gunn for the second lot of coolant...it was a welcome surprise!

Nice! when i went in for my cps sensor, yer man was like "here look it's 120 +vat which is about another 30 odd quid, so I'll give it to you for 112 or there abouts"

Graaand!

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Thankfully now ours has cost very very little since we got it, the only thing really was the timing belt. Services covered everything else. Maybe we're lucky though :P Here's to hoping the Golf will have a better story to tell for you!!

Ah that's not to bad so. I suppose the timming belt is a servicable part and has to be changed at set intervals anyway still costs money though I know. I suppose cars are like anything else you get good ones and bad ones. You can't always get the good ones. Tbh there was next to nothing wrong with the focus when I sold it but it had kind of just sucked the life out of me with all the repairs and I had no enjoyment out of it. I was to busy being paranoid about what could go wrong. When you get to that stage with a car you need to move it on life's too short.

Supergurrier wrote: »

Two days off, waiting on replacement Visa card nothing to do but browse cars (No point making a DD ad etc for current car until i get some work done on it so thats out).

I think im gonna go mental i wish i was working

Anyone recommend a movie for me to watch ? Wanted to watch 300: Rise of an empire last night but had to settle for The Raid: Redemption

If you have Netflix and you're looking to kill lots of time, series 1 and 2 of Sherlock, each episode is 1 and a half hours long.