Motors Chat - Round 6

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 13-05-2014 04:17PM

That would be them alright

CianRyan · 13-05-2014 04:47PM

Wouldn't like that machine gun pointed at me all the same!

131spanner · 13-05-2014 04:53PM

Tax would be cruel on them I'd say... :pac:

ba_barabus · 13-05-2014 04:54PM

CianRyan wrote: »

Wouldn't like that machine gun pointed at me all the same!

It's far more effective than a dash cam let me tell you

wotzgoingon · 13-05-2014 04:55PM

Put dipetane in the car. I filled half a tank and put half the litre bottle in. And drove the car the fastest I ever drove it 175km/h up the M6. They said drive the car hard so i did. I used nearly a quater of a tank of petrol on my joy ride. As the speedo was going up the petrol gage was going down. I have a quater of a tank left and will empty the rest of the dipetane in tomorrow and drive the car hard again before the NCT. Hopefully I won't use as much fuel before the NCT, as I want some left with the dipetane in, for when they are doing the emission test. Hopefully I pass if not it will be a new cat which will be expensive.

ba_barabus · 13-05-2014 05:02PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Put dipetane in the car. I filled half a tank and put half the litre bottle in. And drove the car the fastest I ever drove it 175km/h up the M6. They said drive the car hard so i did.

Hard doesn't mean FAST :eek:

It means stay in lower gears and rev it HARDER than normal to heat it up and blow out any crap. Drive at 60mph in 3/4th instead of 5th for example for a few miles.

Although the desired result will have been achieved with what you did

Interslice · 13-05-2014 05:41PM

Better off putting the dipetane in in the correct ratio too. 1 bottle is enough for 200 litres.

Foxhole Norman · 13-05-2014 05:44PM

Saw a 2012 Petrol A6. I didn't think such a car existed.

GvidoR · 13-05-2014 05:47PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Saw a 2012 Petrol A6. I didn't think such a car existed.

Why wouldn't it exist?

WOOO, My 1000th post! :P

quadrifoglio verde · 13-05-2014 05:50PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Saw a 2012 Petrol A6. I didn't think such a car existed.

I was driving her car a few weeks ago and stopped while driving to let a 2012 535i out. She was fairly annoyed that I stopped and kept going on about how rare that car was nowadays.
She just sees bmw badge and year, failing to take into account the difference between a 518d and a 535i:mad:

Bpmull · 13-05-2014 05:53PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

Hard doesn't mean FAST :eek:

I told my mother about dpfs about a year ago. Since the octavia had one and said that it regenerates itself when on long trips but it would be no harm to rev it on the odd gear and not change at 2500 revs everytime or not to labour the car so it wouldn't get all choked up. As diesels tend to do if there never driven on. Well somehow she had selective hearing or something when I told her :pac: now she just drives it hard all the time.

I mean it would scare you how quick she can get it to 60mph for a 1.6tdi. Whenever you sit in the passenger seat and say it after been rallied down the road all you get is a sure we don't want them dpf problems. All though she was always a fairly quick driver. And this is the smallest lowest bhp car she's had in probably 15 years or so. She finds it way to slow over talking only reason they haven't changed it for something quicker is my brother is learning to drive next year and the octavia is very cheap to insure for learners.

GvidoR · 13-05-2014 05:58PM

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

She just sees bmw badge and year, failing to take into account the difference between a 518d and a 535i:mad:

It's like that for a lot of people, and I find that quite sad.

Foxhole Norman · 13-05-2014 06:00PM

GvidoR wrote: »

Why wouldn't it exist?

WOOO, My 1000th post! :P

I should have said existed over here.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 13-05-2014 06:32PM

Interslice wrote: »

Better off putting the dipetane in in the correct ratio too. 1 bottle is enough for 200 litres.

More like add a fuel bottle to nearly empty tank !

Dord · 13-05-2014 07:07PM

Damn. This is awesome.

Dia1988 · 13-05-2014 07:18PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Sold it ages ago.... I had a merc since then too and now ive moved to a 1.6tdci 2005 focus !

Keep up would ya :P

Any chance you might let us know what you paid for that Focus?
How you finding it?

I'm selling my 05 1.6 Tdci Focus at the moment.

Brian · 13-05-2014 07:28PM

Failed driving test #2.

Eh... more time to save for a car?

wotzgoingon · 13-05-2014 07:31PM

Brian wrote: »

Failed driving test #2.

Eh... more time to save for a car?

Aw man, unlucky. What did they fail you on?

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 13-05-2014 07:36PM

Dia1988 wrote: »

Any chance you might let us know what you paid for that Focus?
How you finding it?

I'm selling my 05 1.6 Tdci Focus at the moment.

Two thousand.... full spec ! Had 107 thousand miles when I got it

Brian · 13-05-2014 07:37PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Aw man, unlucky. What did they fail you on?

Shifting down into 1st gear while making tight turns. Two driving instructors told me it was fine (or even advised it, don't remember). There was also some kind of fair or something on my route, the traffic situation was mental. At one point he told me to go down a road where there were rows of cars parked on both sides of a single-lane-wide blind bend. Pretty stressful overall.

quadrifoglio verde · 13-05-2014 07:40PM

Brian wrote: »

Shifting down into 1st gear while making tight turns. Two driving instructors told me it was fine (or even advised it, don't remember). There was also some kind of fair or something on my route, the traffic situation was mental. At one point he told me to go down a road where there were rows of cars parked on both sides of a single-lane-wide blind bend. Pretty stressful overall.

Only go into first when taking off when the car is stopped.
What numpty said 1st for turns...2nd for the test, 3rd in real life

And yeah they like taking you down some ****ty roads that two cars can't pass through.
I found driving in rush hour traffic to me the most beneficial. I failed the second time for checking my mirrors too much.

wotzgoingon · 13-05-2014 07:43PM

Brian wrote: »

Shifting down into 1st gear while making tight turns. Two driving instructors told me it was fine (or even advised it, don't remember). There was also some kind of fair or something on my route, the traffic situation was mental. At one point he told me to go down a road where there were rows of cars parked on both sides of a single-lane-wide blind bend. Pretty stressful overall.

2nd is the lowest you should shift down to. First is really only for taking off.
One thing I would say never drive too slow while doing the test. I was doing 35/40 miles/ hour on the main road while doing mine. Another tip I would give is forget they are there and just drive the way you normally would and don't be too cautious.

quadrifoglio verde · 13-05-2014 07:49PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Can anyone see a reason why this wouldn't have been repaired during a refurb?

Does it look too deep to be ground down? At £114 a wheel I wanted them perfect.

A reason?
Yeah laziness. They could have at least bodged it and painted the mark

Brian · 13-05-2014 07:49PM

I would have been perfectly fine with taking the majority of the turns I did in second, but was basically told to do them in first by the instructors. Bit frustrating. Won't do it next time anyway.

Bpmull · 13-05-2014 07:50PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Two thousand.... full spec ! Had 107 thousand miles when I got it

2k pounds plus vrt was it.

Dia1988 · 13-05-2014 07:51PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Two thousand.... full spec ! Had 107 thousand miles when I got it

WOW!! Why so cheap? Is it an LX?

I've mine a Zetec on for 4,450 euro and someone is coming to view it tomorrow evening and another at the weekend!

Supergurrier · 13-05-2014 07:54PM

Sure that damage wasn't done when tyre was put back on Voodoo ?

quadrifoglio verde · 13-05-2014 08:03PM

Is be getting onto them. Who was it? See the price in pounds.
Hardly lepsons?

MetzgerMeister · 13-05-2014 08:13PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

They put the tyres on themselves. Looks like rash to me, not a tyre machine mark.

I think it's just the grease they used to lube up tyre when putting it back on!

Truckermal · 13-05-2014 08:19PM

My Avensis is parked nearly 2 months now as I have company transport now but I started it earlier and it went first go, I thought about selling it but it would break my heart to see it go..

I seen a A7 today with a god awful spoiler on the back it made the car so tacky looking..

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