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Motors Chat - Round 6

Alanstrainor

Continuation from motors chat round 5

1.This thread is for motoring topics which you feel are not worthy of starting a new thread for, banter from a meet or general motoring related chit chat.

2.No lonely hearts (This is not a personal dig at anyone, it's how we feel is the best way to describe what we want to avoid. )

3.Keep it clean.

4.The Motors charter applies.

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[Deleted User]

Joe Dolan's merc anyone?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/6885560

Supergurrier

Hey speak for yourself man

colm_mcm

3 of the owners weren't Joe Dolan though

[Deleted User]

7k for a 2.5t xc70 awd ocean race with a non functioning sun roof ?

4k for my car leaving 3k cash.....

What do we think ?

Hal1

Ford GT detail. Unreal savage amount of hours went into correction and protecting the paint. It looks flawless after. An expensive price tag was included when all work was done.

If you have a few minutes it's worth the read: http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=178076

colm_mcm

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

7k for a 2.5t xc70 awd ocean race with a non functioning sun roof ?

4k for my car leaving 3k cash.....

What do we think ?

Year?

pred racer

Big Nasty wrote: »

I see cabb8ge is gone. Wonder will he turn1p later?
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I thought Pickles came up with the worst joke ever last week.........
But we have a new contender:pac:

YbFocus wrote: »

Nasty do I get a trophy

I think we should buy Alanstrainor a pint;)

Even if he does drive a silver BMW

[Deleted User]

colm_mcm wrote: »

Year?

All 2005

tossy

Attention MR.GvidoR, do you want this?

PM me your address if you do and i'll stick it in the post.

GvidoR

tossy wrote: »

Attention MR.GvidoR, do you want this?

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PM me your address if you do and i'll stick it in the post.

Would come in handy indeed.

Will do, thanks. You want some bob sent to your PayPal account?

tossy

GvidoR wrote: »

Would come in handy indeed.

Will do, thanks. You want some bob sent to your PayPal account?

Don't want any money for it, the only thing i ask is when you are done with it you pass it on to someone else.

GvidoR

tossy wrote: »

Don't want any money for it, the only thing i ask is when you are done with it you pass it on to someone else.

When I longer own a mark 4 I pass it onto another forum member? No problem.

CianRyan

tossy wrote: »

Don't want any money for it, the only thing i ask is when you are done with it you pass it on to someone else.

That is very sound.

[Deleted User]

CianRyan wrote: »

That is very sound.

Its like the aux imput tape player floating around

Passed on to me by whoopsiedaisydoodle and I then passed on to toasted pickles !

GvidoR

I'm pretty sure I saw this on the forum :P

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/vw-transporter-syncro-ex-german-army/7035192

Dartz

So.

Managed to succesfully get the car jacked up and stable enough to the point where I could crawl under it.

Enough to come to the conclusion that I definitely can't remove the exhaust midpipe at home. It's not a stability issue now, it's one of access. The jack only goes so high. Just can't work under there with my chest touching the bodywork

Still, I made the attempt and failed due to a reason that wasn't personal cowardice. That's the main thing.

Kaiser D

Anyone see the new GTA V update pack?

Citroen SM with a Porsche 911-ish rear end.

Datsun something with a MK1 Escort rear end.

Merc W114 with MK1 Cortina rear end.

:P Its class

Chris_Heilong

Got the rental car today.......hate, hate, hate it. Did I mention I hate it? makes me not want to drive which is the first car to ever do that to me. Its a 2014 1.2 Opel Corsa, the company wanted to give me a Fiat Panda and this is actually an upgrade. No wonder people have accidents, there is no connection to the road and the dash is miles in front of you, If I had to describe it I would say it feels like an elevator that you can sort of direct. I said I didnt like my sisters Mazda 2 much but it is way ahead of this monstrosity. I might change my mind tomorrow but I am tempted to bring it back and just get the train to work.

CianRyan

Bring it back and ask or a Panda, they'll have one in one of tier branches.

toastedpickles

pred racer wrote: »

I thought Pickles came up with the worst joke ever last week.........
But we have a new contender:pac:

Hey don't say nothing yet :P

In tramore for the week, I've seen some nice cars, an m3, and a few custom things, and ive seen some horrid yokes too, a red colt to be exact, I'll get a picture later, it has to be looked at through a mirror however, the actual sight of it will turn you into a pure scumbag :pac:

Dartz

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Got the rental car today.......hate, hate, hate it. Did I mention I hate it? makes me not want to drive which is the first car to ever do that to me. Its a 2014 1.2 Opel Corsa, the company wanted to give me a Fiat Panda and this is actually an upgrade. No wonder people have accidents, there is no connection to the road and the dash is miles in front of you, If I had to describe it I would say it feels like an elevator that you can sort of direct. I said I didnt like my sisters Mazda 2 much but it is way ahead of this monstrosity. I might change my mind tomorrow but I am tempted to bring it back and just get the train to work.

What'd you have before the rental?

After driving anything with 'feel', a modern economy car can often be charitably described as numb as using a cheap steering wheel for Gran Turismo.

The difference is staggering, and takes a little bit of recalibration.

Chris_Heilong

Dartz wrote: »

What'd you have before the rental?

After driving anything with 'feel', a modern economy car can often be charitably described as numb as using a cheap steering wheel for Gran Turismo.

The difference is staggering, and takes a little bit of recalibration.

Well I am comparing it to the Chaser, FTO and a 5 Door Civic. Its just so bad, I can now understand the whole "a car is just an A-B machine".

dgt

dgt wrote: »

Normal me will return when sober, hopefully, though that seems unlikely at this stage

Cheers all, I'm still not right but getting there. Just seems trying to pull myself out of the gutter to normality has many twists and comes at a huge cost to some things but that's the way it is, I just have to deal with it. I'm bloody terrified to go to the doc and all. I'd ask advice only this isn't the place and it's hugely personal

Chris, what happened to the Chaser? I've been too sick this past few days to do very much, whatever little I got done.

In other news, space has dried up, enough is enough and stuff has to go, not just for the room but I'm broke. My Ka had to bite the dust and in the next I'm having a major clearout to make way for new/existing projects. I was hoping to turn it into a grass rod/tomcat seeing as I got rid of the 106 earlier this year. Sadly, this will never happen now. Sometimes it's sad to see a car go but this one I never got the chance to revive it, was hoping to make a thread on it in the future, which makes it all the worse

Farewell, my little friend

davycc

dgt wrote: »

I don't know why bad things happen to me all the time, but I'm sick of it. No matter what I do it always seems to go wrong, what I thought I had was grand turns sour as per norm.

Not only the cars but much more was taken away from me earlier, along with quite crushing news that concerns my health. Just to kick me when I'm down.

I don't know why I bother, I realy shouldn't even start. Maybe I should stay a recluse for my own sanity.

Theres got to be more than this sh*t

Normal me will return when sober, hopefully, though that seems unlikely at this stage

PM sent DGT and you only have yourself to blame lol;)

Chris_Heilong

dgt wrote: »

Chris, what happened to the Chaser? I've been too sick this past few days to do very much, whatever little I got done.

rear side impact, not drifting unfortunately, I was ran into by an old bloke. Car is grand as only a few scraps and a dent but the steering is all off center so I am letting the guys insurance look after the repairs.

dgt

davycc wrote: »

PM sent DGT and you only have yourself to blame lol;)

No PM's here yet! I know, sometimes I have to vent out about a mess I've got myself into....

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

rear side impact, not drifting unfortunately, I was ran into by an old bloke. Car is grand as only a few scraps and a dent but the steering is all off center so I am letting the guys insurance look after the repairs.

Ah no :eek: hope that's sorted soon, that's a crime to hear that happened

Old diesel

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Got the rental car today.......hate, hate, hate it. Did I mention I hate it? makes me not want to drive which is the first car to ever do that to me. Its a 2014 1.2 Opel Corsa, the company wanted to give me a Fiat Panda and this is actually an upgrade. No wonder people have accidents, there is no connection to the road and the dash is miles in front of you, If I had to describe it I would say it feels like an elevator that you can sort of direct. I said I didnt like my sisters Mazda 2 much but it is way ahead of this monstrosity. I might change my mind tomorrow but I am tempted to bring it back and just get the train to work.

Did you feel the urge to steer it with one hand - ive driven a yoke with that little weight and feel to the steering - that it felt like the best way to drive it was steering with one hand.

Mind you it was a Nissan Tiida

:eek:

Chris_Heilong

Old diesel wrote: »

Did you feel the urge to steer it with one hand - ive driven a yoke with that little weight and feel to the steering - that it felt like the best way to drive it was steering with one hand.

Mind you it was a Nissan Tiida :eek:

I did try the one figure turn.

Dartz

Going from a 1.5 Megane to an Rx-8 was an introduction alright. The Megane you can steer with a little finger with no problem it's so heavily assisted. I actually thought steering feel was that odd buzz in the steering wheel, or the heavy juddering it made when it finally decided out of the blue that I was going too fast and ran wide, until I drove the Rx and it's tracking and tugging and nosing along the road and actually feeding things back.

I wondered WTF it was doing for a moment... Then I realised, so *that's* steering feel...

dgt

Dartz wrote: »

Going from a 1.5 Megane to an Rx-8 was an introduction alright. The Megane you can steer with a little finger with no problem it's so heavily assisted. I actually thought steering feel was that odd buzz in the steering wheel, or the heavy juddering it made when it finally decided out of the blue that I was going too fast and ran wide, until I drove the Rx and it's tracking and tugging and nosing along the road and actually feeding things back.

I wondered WTF it was doing for a moment... Then I realised, so *that's* steering feel...

RWD would also enhance the experience of steering feedback, seeing as the front wheels don't have to take the drive