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******Motors Chat - Round 6******

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  • #5342
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Jaypers I might get you to do some work on my car! That's really good!


  • #5343
    quadrifoglio verde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭quadrifoglio verde


    ba_barabus wrote: »
    I've been offered a phase 1 Renault 25 Monaco.

    Do I need to think about this?

    If you've a nice bank balance then go for it. If your living paycheque to paycheque then nope. The last thing you want is the woman begging you to go somewhere and your answer is I can't I spent it on the cars. :pac:


  • #5344
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,972 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Jaypers I might get you to do some work on my car! That's really good!

    Ill go over it with a DA tomorrow and see what happens.


  • #5345
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Double trouble...
    14615280056_dd7670d673_h.jpg

    Can the eagle eyed tell me what size those are and what Alfa they're from....? :P

    Rare engines in this country? There are 5 more round here, 2 more on pallets :o

    With the spare engines I might make myself Irelands fastest transport box :pac:
    14636130134_089739b317_h.jpg


  • #5346
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    While on the topic of fillers and painting, after using isopan fillers, should you use a primer?


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  • #5347
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    dgt wrote: »
    Double trouble...

    Can the eagle eyed tell me what size those are and what Alfa they're from....? :P

    Rare engines in this country? There are 5 more round here, 2 more on pallets :o

    With the spare engines I might make myself Irelands fastest transport box :pac:

    All i can think now is "in this picture there are 47 alfas, none of them can be seen, in these pictures we hope to show you how not to be seen" :pac:


  • #5348
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    While on the topic of fillers and painting, after using isopan fillers, should you use a primer?

    Aye


  • #5349
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,398 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    Chris_Heilong wrote: »
    [...] its still going to need to be repainted and there was one small dent I could not get out which will need to be filled but its a hell of a lot better than it was. The edges have no paint left on them so there nothing I could do with that.
    [...]
    Well, at least you can paint them using a marker. ;)

    Until the time you respray it, won't be seen from a distance. :D

    Nice selfie, BTW. :P

    314374.jpg


  • #5350
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,972 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    While on the topic of fillers and painting, after using isopan fillers, should you use a primer?

    You can paint over it but I have heard people still like to do one or two coats of Primer just to be safe.


  • #5351
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,306 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Brought the Jimny home tonight. They're not as slow as I thought it was. Its pulls well enough through the gears for a jeep. We bit skittish on bouncy back roads at 50+mph but that was to be expected. On the flat it's grand. Wiper/Indicator stalks are arseways, wipers galore going round roundabouts, bit like most older Jap cars.

    Took it for a spin round the bog tonight, it weighs about as much as a box of matches so it's good craic off road. Left with a grin on my face.

    I'll throw a few pics up tomorrow, the light was gone by the time I got back


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  • #5352
    quadrifoglio verde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭quadrifoglio verde


    dgt wrote: »
    Double trouble...

    I see three bussos in that first pic :cool:


  • #5353
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,925 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    dgt wrote: »

    Can the eagle eyed tell me what size those are and what Alfa they're from....? :P

    3.0s from 166s?


  • #5354
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    quadrifoglio verde wrote: »
    I see three bussos in that first pic :cool:

    4 actually ;)
    Augeo wrote: »
    3.0s from 166s?

    Front one is, rear is from a 2.5 156

    The 3.0 intake runners are bigger, white injectors instead of yellow, the top steady is in a different position and it has a different bottom engine mount :)


  • #5355
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    Chris that's some great work!! Love seeing a turnaround like that!!


  • #5356
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    quadrifoglio verde wrote: »
    If you've a nice bank balance then go for it. If your living paycheque to paycheque then nope. The last thing you want is the woman begging you to go somewhere and your answer is I can't I spent it on the cars. :pac:

    I hate you :pac:


  • #5357
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Ah g'wan and buy it. YOLO as the young'ins do say! :P

    If the price is right obviously :)


  • #5358
    Kaiser D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭Kaiser D


    The real important question is; has it got leather seats like arm chairs?


  • #5359
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    Kaiser D wrote: »
    The real important question is; has it got leather seats like arm chairs?


    Its a Monaco, brown leather ftw


  • #5360
    Kaiser D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭Kaiser D


    ba_barabus wrote: »
    Its a Monaco, brown leather ftw

    Jesus Christ buy this thing!!


  • #5361
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,055 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Anyone with a decent head for basic maths able to help me out here?

    Trying to work out a rough MPG..

    I filled the car with diesel. Drove a small bit and then took a reading (cos i forgot to do it when actually filling it up :o ). Mileage was 129,630 miles.

    My needle now says i have 1/4 of a tank left. According to the internet my car's fuel tank takes 66 litres. So if I've 1/4 tank left, that means I used 49.5 litres of diesel.

    My current mileage is 130,018. Meaning I've covered 388miles?

    Anyone able to work that out?




    ... From my own preschool mathematical education, if Johnny travels 388 miles on 49.5 litres of diesel, his MPG is 35.6mpg?


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  • #5362
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    Deleted User wrote: »
    ... From my own preschool mathematical education, if Johnny travels 388 miles on 49.5 litres of diesel, his MPG is 35.6mpg?

    If Johnny travels 388 miles - aka 624 kms on 49.5 litres of diesel, then his average fuel consumption was 7.93 litres per 100 kms.
    Which in queen's maths is 35.62 miles per gallon.


  • #5363
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,925 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Anyone with a decent head for basic maths able to help me out here?

    Trying to work out a rough MPG..

    I filled the car with diesel. Drove a small bit and then took a reading (cos i forgot to do it when actually filling it up :o ). Mileage was 129,630 miles.

    My needle now says i have 1/4 of a tank left. According to the internet my car's fuel tank takes 66 litres. So if I've 1/4 tank left, that means I used 49.5 litres of diesel.

    My current mileage is 130,018. Meaning I've covered 388miles?

    Anyone able to work that out?




    ... From my own preschool mathematical education, if Johnny travels 388 miles on 49.5 litres of diesel, his MPG is 35.6mpg?


    Brim the tank again, you'll know how many litres you used then. You're only guessing at everything otherwise.


  • #5364
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    Yay got my spacers on and she looks much better now, no longer lost in the arches :)


  • #5365
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,972 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    YbFocus wrote: »
    Yay got my spacers on and she looks much better now, no longer lost in the arches :)

    put up a pic.


  • #5366
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Wheel braces and I don't go, another one frigged :mad:

    I don't know how, I'm not rough with them. Have 3 wheels done perfect, now I can't do the last one.


  • #5367
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,925 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Buy a decent one this time :P

    Sealey or draper


  • #5368
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,306 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    challengemaster wrote: »
    Buy a decent one this time :P

    Sealey or draper

    Bahco are decent, sweedish build quality.

    Wouldn't touch a lot of Draper stuff, its gone awful crap in the last few years. They're expert range isn't bad, but they aren't what they used to be


  • #5369
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,871 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    Saw a Vectra OPC Estate and a Bora V6 :cool:. Some sleepers!


  • #5370
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Foxhole Norman wrote: »
    Bora V6 :cool:

    :eek:

    Where?

    I saw a Bora with an R32 badge on the back a couple of days ago... not sure if legit :confused:


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  • #5371
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,871 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    GvidoR wrote: »
    :eek:

    Where?

    I saw a Bora with an R32 badge on the back a couple of days ago... not sure if legit :confused:

    Was down in Cork in the garage I work in!


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