Motors Chat - Round 6

toastedpickles · 18-05-2014 01:08AM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

I'd gladly slum it in a dry, well lit garage with a lift given half the chance, luxurious and all as the driveway is:)

You and me both, but sadly this is what i had to deal with once :pac:

Kaiser D · 18-05-2014 01:09AM

You see, thats really ideal TP, you don't have kids wandering over every so often picking up tools and being an annoyance.

And telling you you have a nice car, every 5 bloody minutes.

challengemaster · 18-05-2014 01:10AM

Roughly about 80% done with a electric seat retrofit... I think every curse word in the english language has been used at least 20 times :pac:

toastedpickles · 18-05-2014 01:11AM

Kaiser D wrote: »

You see, thats really ideal TP, you don't have kids wandering over every so often picking up tools and being an annoyance.

And telling you you have a nice car, every 5 bloody minutes.

Is it? there's an estate near me and kids often wander past my house, so they were usually at the gate asking things, it's ideal for me but a garage would be nice

Guy:Incognito · 18-05-2014 01:20AM

Theres nothing worse than a job going sideways with rapidly failing daylight.

toastedpickles · 18-05-2014 01:23AM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Theres nothing worse than a job going sideways with rapidly failing daylight.

true that, i done that job mostly in the night though

String · 18-05-2014 01:57AM

Where the World's Unsold Cars Go To Die

CianRyan · 18-05-2014 01:58AM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Theres nothing worse than a job going sideways with rapidly failing daylight.

Night stage rally driver?

challengemaster · 18-05-2014 03:30AM

Job 95% done...

Decided that while the seats are out I may as well clean/hoover... found the guts of €10 under them though!

Rain starting (and it's 3:30am) so probably a bit late to break out the hoover :pac:

All that's left to do is bolt in the new seats & hook up the wiring harness.

pred racer · 18-05-2014 08:53AM

challengemaster wrote: »

Job 95% done...

All that's left to do is bolt in the new seats & hook up the wiring harness.

Famous last words:pac:

colm_mcm · 18-05-2014 09:52AM

String wrote: »

Where the World's Unsold Cars Go To Die

Hmmmm, I'd have thought all the nissans shown in Sunderland test track were stockpiles of Qashqais awaiting launch. That would explain why they "disappeared"
They aren't afraid to wind down production in toyota or nissan if demand isn't there.

UPDATE: Currently May 16th, 2014, all of these cars at the Nissan Sunderland test track have disappeared? Now I don't believe they have all suddenly been sold. I would guess they may have been taken away and recycled to make room for the next vast production run.

The first photo of Sunderland was in the Guardian in 2009. When nissan and honda announced they were halting production.
http://www.theguardian.com/business/gallery/2009/jan/16/unsold-cars#/?picture=342161517&index=3

I have no doubt there are stockpiles going nowhere in the US alright.

Article seems to have a lot of "probably"s or "could they be?"s in it.

Old diesel · 18-05-2014 12:48PM

pred racer wrote: »

I had an original c5 and I loved it.
Drove the new one (a 2l hdi with hydraulic suspension and all the goodies) and I didn't like it, it was more small cockpit than large sitting room. Looks a lot better on the outside, but on the inside I didn't like it!
As for how good or bad, no idea. My old one was bulletproof!

Thanks a mil

Looks like the Irish taxation system could put a dampner on things - I think we might be 1 g per Km too high - meaning I think 1200 euro tax instead of 750.

Wouldn't be an issue on a manual but the Auto is higher sadly*.

They did do a 160 bhp (from looking on Auto trader) which has lower emissions - but that's 16,500 euros or so landed for a 2011 - based on currency conversion and Revenue VRT quote.

Mind you it is a Citroen approved use car (I think) and the top of the tree Exclusive spec in estate form for that money.

Will have a look at what 2010/11 Superbs are making in the Uk.

*cars not for me unfortunately - if it were id just land a manual of 09 for 9 k home and landed - job done

- emissions are lower on manuals

Old diesel · 18-05-2014 12:51PM

I am right in thinking that 191 grams per km C02 means 1200 euro road tax - while 190 means 750???

The joys of the Irish road tax system

wotzgoingon · 18-05-2014 01:03PM

challengemaster wrote: »

Rain starting (and it's 3:30am)

Rain only started at 3.30. It was raining in Mayo non stop since about 2 in the afternoon.

Dartz · 18-05-2014 02:07PM

Torrential downpours in the midlands, Drove through them on the way home and it was like driving through a solid wall of water.

RWD and a fair bit of power makes for a few surprises too.

Lovely car for long journey's though. Nice place to spend an hour.

MetzgerMeister · 18-05-2014 03:10PM

If the RX8 is missing anything, it's cruise control. I have it in my current car and had it in my last car and the 8 would benefit from it big time.

Dartz · 18-05-2014 03:15PM

Yeah. The household diesel has it and it's a licensaver.

Would love Cruise control in this. I can't hold a steady speed otherwise it just keeps creeping up - and it's so smooth it just catches you out because you don't feel it accelerating. It's a bloody good effortless cruiser of a car.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 18-05-2014 03:15PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

If the RX8 is missing anything, it's cruise control. I have it in my current car and had it in my last car and the 8 would benefit from it big time.

I think cruise control is highly beneficial on automatic cars

I remember having my ccruise control set at 120kph on my Volvo and I was driving at 30kph about to join a motorway.

I just hit the resume button and it flew up to 120kph for me !

MetzgerMeister · 18-05-2014 03:18PM

Yeah......it does that in manual cars too!

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 18-05-2014 03:19PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Yeah......it does that in manual cars too!

Not when you have to change gears it doesn't.

Ded_Zebra · 18-05-2014 03:20PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Yeah......it does that in manual cars too!

Well the auto does all the proper gear changes and everything so it is even better in an auto. I love CC, I get a sore foot driving without it

Kaiser D · 18-05-2014 03:23PM

Autos 4 lyfe

colm_mcm · 18-05-2014 03:25PM

Torquey manuals ftw.

Foxhole Norman · 18-05-2014 03:30PM

Waiting for Gvidor to come in and tell ye that ye should all drive Manuals. After driving the two 520 automatics I'd think I'd have one over a manual for my kind of driving.

CianRyan · 18-05-2014 03:41PM

People should only drive autos if they do a lot of stop start city stuff, for everything else it lazy and generally crappy.
BMW and Porsche may make great autos but for the general daily cars they're rubbish.

And flicking a button to get up motorway speeds, my car does that without cruise control... The button is pressed with my foot.

Alanstrainor · 18-05-2014 03:45PM

CianRyan wrote: »

People should only drive autos if they do a lot of stop start city stuff, for everything else it lazy and generally crappy.
BMW and Porsche may make great autos but for the general daily cars they're rubbish.

And flicking a button to get up motorway speeds, my car does that without cruise control... The button is pressed with my foot.

It's not getting up to speed that becomes a pain in the arse, it's keeping it there. Cruise is really handy, and I don't even have much use for it!

Foxhole Norman · 18-05-2014 03:45PM

CianRyan wrote: »

People should only drive autos if they do a lot of stop start city stuff, for everything else it lazy and generally crappy.
BMW and Porsche may make great autos but for the general daily cars they're rubbish.

And flicking a button to get up motorway speeds, my car does that without cruise control... The button is pressed with my foot.

In what way are they crappy? They excel at stop start driving and motorway is just as good if not better imo and there's always Semi these days for some fun if needed.

CianRyan · 18-05-2014 03:48PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

It's not getting up to speed that becomes a pain in the arse, it's keeping it there. Cruise is really handy, and I don't even have much use for it!

Oh I love it for cruising but using gaining speed as a reason to love CC I thought was a bit odd.

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

In what way are they crappy? They excel at stop start driving and motorway is just as good if not better imo and there's always Semi these days for some fun if needed.

Slow shifts, shifting at the wrong the wrong time.
I love heal toe, semis do nothing for me.

Foxhole Norman · 18-05-2014 03:52PM

CianRyan wrote: »

Slow shifts, shifting at the wrong the wrong time.
I love heal toe, semis do nothing for me.

What Auto's were shifting at the wrong time for you?

challengemaster · 18-05-2014 03:53PM

CianRyan wrote: »

semis do nothing for me.

Or your girlfriend :pac:

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