Motors Chat - Round 6

toastedpickles wrote: »

:pac:

a set of rear tyres are en route :P

Mere' how much for the lovely gun you showed me? I want to play soldier but not be in the army

it'd be around 300 without the scope man, they don't make g3's anymore! You'd pick up a standard plastic job for 80

i am thinking about selling but it'd break my heart i'd reckon! Gvidor pm me your address and you have them

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

no it's not the same now, going off to sulk

:pac:

a set of rear tyres are en route :P

Mere' how much for the lovely gun you showed me? I want to play soldier but not be in the army

GvidoR

YbFocus, you can send them to me instead. :pac:

toastedpickles wrote: »

I'm sure he wont say no!

no it's not the same now, going off to sulk

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

but i wanted to send him mine

I'm sure he wont say no!

toastedpickles wrote: »

Mr mondy, you should have your leds by the end of the week, sent them out this morning

but i wanted to send him mine

toastedpickles

Mr mondy, you should have your leds by the end of the week, sent them out this morning

Alanstrainor

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Didnt you say you do very little miles p/a?
If so, luxobarge is the only way to go

Yeah very little, more recently I've been covering more but it's practically nothing. To put it in perspective I've had the 3er for 2.5 years (ish) and bought it with 121,000miles, it now has 128,700 miles madness really considering the tax.

And in other news, my renewal came in the post yesterday 150 extra over last year, 800 quid for TPFT. What a joke! Just got a quote with AIG who are quoting me 700ish for similar cover, slightly better really, windscreen cover included as well as step back no claims cover. Stress of shopping around, already getting the usual online bullcrap of not quoting because I apparently drive a rocket ship of a car:rolleyes:

Sobanek

GvidoR wrote: »

Weird, it's wet and cold enough here.

My thermometer which is in a shadow is currently displaying 26 degrees...

GvidoR

Sobanek wrote: »

I'm melting... it's too hot!!!!!

Weird, it's wet and cold enough here.

Sobanek

I'm melting... it's too hot!!!!!

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Was just looking up e38's...would love a 750i (with car phone...this is very important!) just for a few weeks. V12 madness. I may have also been looking at M5's...one day...

Didnt you say you do very little miles p/a?
If so, luxobarge is the only way to go

Alanstrainor

Was just looking up e38's...would love a 750i (with car phone...this is very important!) just for a few weeks. V12 madness. I may have also been looking at M5's...one day...

So last night we got the new turbo onto the car and she came back to life again. It's only when a fresh one is on we realised how much power we'd lost

challengemaster

Stheno wrote: »

Yeah a few colleagues got it done last year for a decent price.

How does it work do you know?

Do you have to take the wheels off and drop them in, or do you drop the car in and collect it when the wheels are done?

Sorry for the stupid question.

Wheel wizards or nothing. Either get them done right or don't bother tbh. That'd be my view on it.

I really wouldn't bother if you're selling it though. It's money you'll never see back.

JohnBoy26

Kaiser D wrote: »

Volkswagen build quality :pac:

It's extremely unusual to see them with any kind of serious rust. That one must of been poorly repaired at some stage and used where salting of the roads is a frequent occurrence. Scotland would be my guess.

The Volvo one got me

quadrifoglio verde

Stheno wrote: »

On the subject of alloys, would getting my original 14 year old alloys reconditioned be worth it?

I reckon it would, kinda dress the car if that makes sense?

Its worth it if you plan on keeping it long term and if unlike most women I know, you don't park by touch :P

Poor respray not correctly finished at the arch I reckon, got going and will continue to spread!

Dord

Kaiser D wrote: »

Volkswagen build quality :pac:

Never seen a MK5 with rust like that. Is it a UK import?
Has to be something extra that caused that.

Kaiser D wrote: »

You could probably leave the car into some places if you don't want it sitting outside the house on blocks.

I hear these guys are great

http://www.tallaghtpowdercoating.ie/

Cheers

Kinda been a long journey with this car as I'm not a car techie, but am kinda amazed that I'm at a point now where I've fixed all the mechanics, and looking to make the car look great. (cam sensor and air inflow hose excepted)

After the service last week, it's incredible to drive, finding it hard to think of replacing it, even my mechanic who hates alfas (but always does a super job for me) said it was in the best condition it's been in since I got it. I've noticed a huge change in mpg as well, it's gone up about 10%

And I'd a colleague today admire it heehee

Stheno wrote: »

Yeah a few colleagues got it done last year for a decent price.

How does it work do you know?

Do you have to take the wheels off and drop them in, or do you drop the car in and collect it when the wheels are done?

Sorry for the stupid question.

You could probably leave the car into some places if you don't want it sitting outside the house on blocks.

I hear these guys are great

http://www.tallaghtpowdercoating.ie/

Kaiser D wrote: »

Yep, definitely worth being refurbed.

If you picked up a secondhand set they probably be as bad.

And a refurb would be a helluva lot cheaper than new alloys.

Yeah a few colleagues got it done last year for a decent price.

How does it work do you know?

Do you have to take the wheels off and drop them in, or do you drop the car in and collect it when the wheels are done?

Sorry for the stupid question.

Stheno wrote: »

On the subject of alloys, would getting my original 14 year old alloys reconditioned be worth it?

I reckon it would, kinda dress the car if that makes sense?

Yep, definitely worth being refurbed.

If you picked up a secondhand set they probably be as bad.

And a refurb would be a helluva lot cheaper than new alloys.

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Ya, are they bad? Makes a big difference to the look of the car if they are done right. It's pricey enough though I think.

They are fairly manky, given I've made the effort to do a lot of cosmetic work on the car they can let it down, I'm thinking at the minute of replacing the mirrors (cos one of the people who owned it before glued them so they couldn't be moved, and they are in bits, so I have sourced a new pair and would get them resprayed) and getting the front resprayed as I did mirror to mirror before, so the alloys being done would mean it was pretty much in top condition cosmetically, once I repair a rip in one of the leather seats.

Makes a big difference to how I mind the car if it looks good and I am proud of it lol.

And my birthday is coming up!

Noccy_Mondy

Stheno wrote: »

On the subject of alloys, would getting my original 14 year old alloys reconditioned be worth it?

I reckon it would, kinda dress the car if that makes sense?

Ya, are they bad? Makes a big difference to the look of the car if they are done right. It's pricey enough though I think.

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Ouch, could do with a bit of treating alright! Alloys won't be far behind mind.

On the subject of alloys, would getting my original 14 year old alloys reconditioned be worth it?

I reckon it would, kinda dress the car if that makes sense?

Noccy_Mondy

Ouch, could do with a bit of treating alright! Alloys won't be far behind mind.

colm_mcm

I don't think you can blame the Germans for that one to be fair!