Motors Chat - Round 6

Ardennes1944 · 22-06-2014 07:22PM

challengemaster wrote: »

Stick some glossifier on it too, apparently it makes it easier to clean

Have it in the basket already dude thanks, it was either that or pearliser

Supergurrier · 22-06-2014 07:26PM

Mmm smokey bacon burger in mah belly.

Tomorrow i test drive zee kilcolgan S60 2.5T

22-06-2014 08:21PM

Right folks, one last Audi A4 question:

In what scenario would a person pass an NCT, and only get a cert for 4 months?

Edit: actually, last, last question: Would those tyres be prone to punctures?! (low profile and all that?)

toastedpickles · 22-06-2014 08:23PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Right folks, one last Audi A4 question:

In what scenario would a person pass an NCT, and only get a cert for 4 months?

Edit: actually, last, last question: Would those tyres be prone to punctures?! (low profile and all that?)

It might have been backdated, my saab has an nct for 8 months cos it was the ealiest i could get it in april, not so sure about the tyres, i wouldn't say theres much difference

CianRyan · 22-06-2014 08:42PM

Correct on all fronts, Pickles.
The low profile tyres will provide better cornering at the cost of a bit of comfort.

Not as bad as people may have you believe how ever.

toastedpickles · 22-06-2014 08:43PM

CianRyan wrote: »

Correct on all fronts, Pickles.
The low profile tyres will provide better cornering at the cost of a bit of comfort.

Not as bad as people may have you believe how ever.

Do i get a medal??

_Kaiser_ · 22-06-2014 08:46PM

Motor tax site down for anyone else this evening?

CianRyan · 22-06-2014 08:46PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

Do i get a medal??

Because you were cheeky enough to ask you get a kick up the arse.

toastedpickles · 22-06-2014 08:49PM

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Motor tax site down for anyone else this evening?

Yep, not working at all

CianRyan wrote: »

Because you were cheeky enough to ask you get a kick up the arse.

Well, it's something :P

_Kaiser_ · 22-06-2014 08:53PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

Yep, not working at all

Cheers for checking

I'm sitting here bored and browing DD looking for my next pressie to me - something like this

Just curious what the tax rate was on those but I won't be buying one tomorrow so I can wait

EDIT: Nevermind.. just spotted it's one of the few ads that lists it! €1200 apparently.. still less than mine!

toastedpickles · 22-06-2014 08:56PM

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Cheers for checking

I'm sitting here bored and browing DD looking for my next pressie to me - something like this

Just curious what the tax rate was on those but I won't be buying one tomorrow so I can wait

Not at all

I'm not very good with tax, but id say a lot

actually!

http://www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/MotorTax/MotorTaxRates/MotorTaxRatesBasedonEngineSize/

And it is co2 soooo its 229 g/km

http://www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/MotorTax/MotorTaxRates/MotorTaxRatesbasedonCO2Emissions/

challengemaster · 22-06-2014 08:59PM

Deleted User wrote: »

In what scenario would a person pass an NCT, and only get a cert for 4 months?

Edit: actually, last, last question: Would those tyres be prone to punctures?! (low profile and all that?)

toastedpickles wrote: »

It might have been backdated,

CianRyan wrote: »

Correct on all fronts, Pickles.

Actually not correct at all at all :P

NCT isn't backdated, per se. It runs until anniversary of cars registration.

To answer the initial question: If someone was retarded enough to not wait 1 more month so they would get a 15 month NCT, then they'd get a 4 month NCT.

Good news is - if it's just past its test, you can test it again in 1 months time and get 15 months worth of test. Less likely that major things would go wrong during that time.

Re: low profile tyres. They're no more prone to punctures than any other tyre tbh. The main difference is comfort.

toastedpickles · 22-06-2014 09:00PM

Well feck you anyways CM! :mad::mad::pac:

22-06-2014 09:49PM

Thanks a lot guys.

I'm still completely undecided, but at least now if I go for it, I'll be making a much more educated decision, than if ye hadn't been helping me out.

I appreciate the help.

YbFocus · 22-06-2014 09:57PM

I know you do a lot of mileage KKV but if as you say its mostly start stop then you won't see any real mpg gains and the tdi engine will hate you for every minute of it

Kaiser D · 22-06-2014 10:00PM

You might sell the A4 quicker though.

YbFocus · 22-06-2014 10:01PM

Kaiser D wrote: »

You might sell the A4 quicker though.

Very good way to look at it! Any A4 would be taken out from under you alright!

22-06-2014 10:03PM

YbFocus wrote: »

Very good way to look at it! Any A4 would be taken out from under you alright!

Would you really though? If so, I'm sure this chap wouldn't be looking to do any swapping and would have his sold by now.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 22-06-2014 10:04PM

Feck it ... not gonna get that xc70.... too many things wrong that I can see and mileage is very high.

Will wait until its right....

Kaiser D · 22-06-2014 10:06PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Would you really though? If so, I'm sure this chap wouldn't be looking to do any swapping and would have his sold by now.

Well going by the guy's comments he isn't in the market to make money, he is looking for something more family-friendly.

As someone who sells cars for a living, I do believe the A4 would sell quicker with an advert written up like yours. His ad is a bit ****e.

dgt · 22-06-2014 10:12PM

joujoujou wrote: »

Similar thing in most of French cars. France is well known for very powerful worker's unions, so just in case of any strike (likely) car manufacturers have more (much more) than one OEM suppliers.

I don't think a single Alfa I've had has been the same mechanically as ones from even the same year (I had 3 closely registered cars all side by side, all different under the bonnet and underneath :mad: )

YbFocus wrote: »

What year is it?
A 20d can be anything from 177 to 192 as far as I know.

My 30d is 218bhp with 500Nm torque.

It was side by side with Dgt's car to xxx speed with nothing in it.
I was absolutely blown away with what he'd built, fair play to you dgt

I took on a 330d one night, the 2 cars were evenly matched..... The fella in the 330 got a nasty wake up call! :eek:

I have ideas for a future project that will make the 406 seem very tame yet retains a somewhat sleeper setup

In other news, fook me those evenings are getting horrid short....! :eek:

22-06-2014 10:16PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Feck it ... not gonna get that xc70.... too many things wrong that I can see and mileage is very high.

Will wait until its right....

Would you drive this one?

http://sunautoworld.com/images1/volvo-xc70-3.jpg

I'd love something like that.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 22-06-2014 11:19PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Would you drive this one?

http://sunautoworld.com/images1/volvo-xc70-3.jpg

I'd love something like that.

All day everyday providing it had a sunroof and auto gearbox and plenty more features !

Supergurrier · 22-06-2014 11:25PM

Lol seems S60 2.0T Insurance is 200 quid more than ST insurance of same year car.

Suprising.

Only tried 123.ie and Axa sofar however.

May try broker my dad uses this time.

Supergurrier · 22-06-2014 11:40PM

Ok quote from no nonsense 200 less than anyone else 505e, 350 tpft but we dont want that !

GvidoR · 22-06-2014 11:40PM

I seem to have missed something... what happened to the ST?

Supergurrier · 22-06-2014 11:41PM

GvidoR wrote: »

I seem to have missed something... what happened to the ST?

Eaten by dinosaurs

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 22-06-2014 11:42PM

Supergurrier wrote: »

Lol seems S60 2.0T Insurance is 200 quid more than ST insurance of same year car.

Suprising.

Only tried 123.ie and Axa sofar however.

May try broker my dad uses this time.

check to see if an S80 would be cheaper !

i had no problems at all with quotes for my old s80 since its not something young folk drive !

GvidoR · 22-06-2014 11:42PM

Supergurrier wrote: »

Eaten by dinosaurs

Fascinating

Supergurrier · 22-06-2014 11:45PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

check to see if an S80 would be cheaper !

i had no problems at all with quotes for my old s80 since its not something young folk drive !

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