Motors Chat - Round 6

dgt · 08-07-2014 02:31PM

Mister pickles thats crap, bums to that

Here I am, lovely day outside. Stuck in a queue. In the social welfare office. Its signing day. There are very loud people in the signing queue being fairly loud. Laughing about being on the dole means never working again. They're topless.

Help me!!!!

toastedpickles · 08-07-2014 02:33PM

dgt wrote: »

Mister pickles thats crap, bums to that

Here I am, lovely day outside. Stuck in a queue. In the social welfare office. Its signing day. There are very loud people in the signing queue being fairly loud. Laughing about being on the dole means never working again. They're topless.

Help me!!!!

Indeed it is

Ahh the queue, that brings me back, my queue was like that too, scrotes everywhere "livn da lyf" I just wanted to get in and out as fast as possible

ianobrien · 08-07-2014 02:36PM

And totally off topic, the ol' Almera is (almost) gone. I've a deposit on something nice and it's ready and waiting. The problem is getting the money out of the bank (damn 30 day notice accounts!)

I was thinking of changing and visited a local main dealer Saturday. Spotted a machine, drove and got a price, phoned some mechanic friends to get the bad points, phoned the insurance yesterday to see how much extra (not much). Pondered overnight and then rang this morning and put deposit down over the phone.

Knowing my luck the Almera will die/implode/crash/turn into antimatter in the next three weeks......

toastedpickles · 08-07-2014 02:37PM

If it doesn't donate it to science, antimatter is rare stuff, especially in car form

dgt · 08-07-2014 02:39PM

This just got funnier/worse with a rummy spouting "no junkies, only cocaine addicts allowed" at the top of his voice. Yeah, theres childers here...

He got dragged outside, think theres a fight going on.... That's outside the courthouse and all :pac:

While I'm here in this eloquent town, I'm investing in fabric paint

pred racer · 08-07-2014 02:45PM

dgt wrote: »

While I'm here in this eloquent town, I'm investing in fabric paint

Is that for your new camouflage 'mission impossible' engine out suit?:D

Sobanek · 08-07-2014 03:40PM

Oh God, just met your average Irish motorist(s) while filling up.
A 142 Golf comes to the filling station.
Driver gets out, starts filling the car up.
*Wild Nissan Qashqai driver appears*

"Hey John, how's the new Golf going?"
"Alright, Paul, pretty good, thanks"
"How is it compared to the Passat?"
"A bit smaller, but has more poke!"
"What is it, a 2 litre?"
"Nah, 1.6, cheaper tax on it"
"And what was your old Passat?"
"2 Litre diesel"
"Ah, nice upgrade then"

:pac: WTF

Cantona's Collars · 08-07-2014 04:05PM

Lol,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2684540/Get-drivers-road-Hilarious-examples-Britains-worst-parking-including-one-parked-concrete-bollard.html

GvidoR · 08-07-2014 04:15PM

zerks wrote: »

Lol,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2684540/Get-drivers-road-Hilarious-examples-Britains-worst-parking-including-one-parked-concrete-bollard.html

If it's a British driver in the Corsa video, then why is it LHD?

That Merc is LHD too.

dgt · 08-07-2014 04:26PM

pred racer wrote: »

Is that for your new camouflage 'mission impossible' engine out suit?:D

It's black paint for a..... Colourless car :pac:

Bpmull · 08-07-2014 07:26PM

Sobanek wrote: »

Oh God, just met your average Irish motorist(s) while filling up.
A 142 Golf comes to the filling station.
Driver gets out, starts filling the car up.
*Wild Nissan Qashqai driver appears*

"Hey John, how's the new Golf going?"
"Alright, Paul, pretty good, thanks"
"How is it compared to the Passat?"
"A bit smaller, but has more poke!"
"What is it, a 2 litre?"
"Nah, 1.6, cheaper tax on it"
"And what was your old Passat?"
"2 Litre diesel"
"Ah, nice upgrade then"

:pac: WTF

Probably a 90 bhp one too rather than the 105bhp 1.6 tdi because cheaper. Infairness the 1.6tdi is grand until you want to overtake something even 80-90kmh foot to the floor and it just can't pull quick enough even forth is not much better. Everytime my mother goes to overtake something half way through it she's like 'I'm getting rid of this car just too slow' she's only every really had 2.0l 140bhp plus stuff before it.

Bpmull · 08-07-2014 07:35PM

Deleted User wrote: »

On the 407 i bought recently, a previous owner swapped out the bulbs for the beam lights.

They're a blue bulb now. Aside from looking tacky, they're also useless as beams. Anyone know if theres much money to be spent on fixing them again? Is it just a straight bulb swap over? (and are beam bulbs cheap or expensive? And seen as i now actually have to buy bulbs, what are the ones that are always recommended on here called?)

Cheers

Osram nightbreakers give great light probably the best road legal halogen on the market. Dipped light would be h7 on a 407 head lights/ high beam h1. So micksgarage would have nightbreakers in h7 about 20 euro a pair.

Should be a handy enough change over provided it was just standard xenon bulbs the previous owner fitted. If he fitted an xenon kit and started fcuking around with wires and adding ballast and all the sh!t you could be in trouble. But chances are it was just a bulb he fitted. You'll know by looking at it. If the wiring/ bulb holders look standard you should be ok.

Dartz · 08-07-2014 08:25PM

Driving along today through heavy rain.
ABS, DSC, Traction Control, and Handbrake warning lights all come on at once. And stay on solid.
Third time that's happened in two months, with no common factor.

This is where the NASA method comes in.

I've got warnings telling me I've got failures on two, possibly three safety critical systems. In the rain.
I have no real idea what's causing them because it seems to be random.
But the last few times it's happened, there's been no obvious negative effect.
A normal deviation for an 8 year old car, so.

**** it. Launch it.

dar83 · 08-07-2014 08:32PM

Did it happen in the rain before?

Sounds like it could be a sensor getting affected by the weather. Have you checked the wiring for any wear on the wires or connections?

challengemaster · 08-07-2014 08:38PM

BMW?

Is your tracking off, by any chance? :P

Dartz · 08-07-2014 09:02PM

It's possible it's a loose sensor cable. The other times it's happened have been in the dry.

It's also possible it was the front left tyre being deflated to 5psi for some reason - it never even looked flat, and I only checked it for unrelated reasons. Probably enough to cause just enough of a sustained difference in rotation to cause the system to burp and get confused from time to time.

Ded_Zebra · 08-07-2014 10:23PM

Dartz wrote: »

Driving along today through heavy rain.
ABS, DSC, Traction Control, and Handbrake warning lights all come on at once. And stay on solid.
Third time that's happened in two months, with no common factor.

This is where the NASA method comes in.

I've got warnings telling me I've got failures on two, possibly three safety critical systems. In the rain.
I have no real idea what's causing them because it seems to be random.
But the last few times it's happened, there's been no obvious negative effect.
A normal deviation for an 8 year old car, so.

**** it. Launch it.

Are your brake lights working?

All the systems take a signal from the brake light switch so it it's not working often cars think everything has a problem

toastedpickles · 08-07-2014 10:28PM

This is why i love the japanese, their reactions have made this my new favourite video
Seen it on facebook, in case you think I'm stealing it :P

Dord · 08-07-2014 10:31PM

Japan is awesome.

Mycroft H · 08-07-2014 10:52PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

Indeed it is

Ahh the queue, that brings me back, my queue was like that too, scrotes everywhere "livn da lyf" I just wanted to get in and out as fast as possible

Got my notice in work today. I'll see you in the queue before long

toastedpickles · 08-07-2014 10:59PM

Mycroft H wrote: »

Got my notice in work today. I'll see you in the queue before long

Feck sake

it's just all bad news today

dar83 · 08-07-2014 11:02PM

At least you're not Brazilian... :pac:

Saw a Smart TypeR today on the N32. Couldn't et a pic due to the laughter and to a lesser extent the driving happening at the time.

toastedpickles · 08-07-2014 11:04PM

dar83 wrote: »

At least you're not Brazilian... :pac:

Saw a Smart TypeR today on the N32. Couldn't et a pic due to the laughter and to a lesser extent the driving happening at the time.

I once seen a mazda 6 tdi :pac:

dgt · 08-07-2014 11:08PM

Found out that a euro 3 and euro 2 pedal box dont interchange....

Cue cursing and an hour to change it. Thats with no dash or engine either.... Imagine the mess it would be if one had to change the box with everything still there!!! :eek:

On the plus, the car is now wired up inside, all 4 doors wired and the earths, I hope I'll have it finished tomorrow

So how long will this mess take to finish and get on the road....

colm_mcm · 08-07-2014 11:09PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

I once seen a mazda 6 tdi :pac:

That's what diesel Mazdas are called though

toastedpickles · 08-07-2014 11:34PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

That's what diesel Mazdas are called though

Indeed but this one had a vw tdi badge on it, red di lad

colm_mcm · 08-07-2014 11:36PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

Indeed but this one had a vw tdi badge on it, red di lad

On the Mazda it stands for Total Disaster Imminent though.

toastedpickles · 08-07-2014 11:37PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

On the Mazda it stands for Total Disaster Imminent though.

Ahhhh....musta been a 1.6 so

stuba · 08-07-2014 11:43PM

Just bought a car from a dealer last friday. Said they'd change the ownership online and that I will be able to tax it at the start of this week. Finally gotten around to it just wondering can I do it online first time around or do I need to go to the motor tax office?

toastedpickles · 08-07-2014 11:46PM

stuba wrote: »

Just bought a car from a dealer last friday. Said they'd change the ownership online and that I will be able to tax it at the start of this week. Finally gotten around to it just wondering can I do it online first time around or do I need to go to the motor tax office?

I think you have to go in the first time, after that you can do it online

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