Motors Chat - Round 6

Chris_Heilong · 09-08-2014 10:18PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-525i-m-sport-e34-new-nct-06-15/6731837

I want. Really want.

That looks great, really like the styling, I usually dont like BMW but that one looks good.

dgt · 09-08-2014 11:58PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

According to DGT that yoke was either in a front end smash or went back in time with the grills/bumper.

I may drop in like a pin in a bin.....

Either the above, or it's a pre 94 job regged in 96. Baffled as to why

Clues are the obvious non TU grille, old style mirrors, it has the non vanos engine. One has to ask, with the amount of 95 525i sport models I've seen over the years with the correct front, why this one is a 96 with an older front?

White ain't nice on these, diamond schwartz with orange indicators and a good numberplate surround is the way to go..... No bias atall

I'd love turbines for mine :cool:

Sobanek · 10-08-2014 12:06AM

Hey, look, it's the BRABUS AMG Edition :pac:

1 of 1 probably :pac:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-s320-cdi-brabus-amg-edition/7449281

jprboy · 10-08-2014 12:53AM

Sobanek wrote: »

Hey, look, it's the BRABUS AMG Edition :pac:

1 of 1 probably :pac:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-s320-cdi-brabus-amg-edition/7449281

Apparently has a Multi fiction steering wheel......

Nothing like a bit of fictional steering to jazz things up.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 10-08-2014 01:26AM

So far waiting 7 hours in blanch hospital to be seen by a doc regardless of being in quite a bit of pain

(not gonna detail how as its disgusting)

On another downside my car is in maynooth since i got taken by ambulance and not sure how or when im.going to get that back

On the bright side. It was a 132 ambulance and was kinda cool.

Noccy_Mondy · 10-08-2014 01:29AM

Hope you're ok now. Expect for it to be up on 4 blocks in the morning :pac:
Guarantee it was either a transit or a merc ambulance! (Do they even have any other ones

)

Sobanek · 10-08-2014 01:29AM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

So far waiting 7 hours in blanch hospital to be seen by a doc regardless of being in quite a bit of pain (not gonna detail how as its disgusting)

On another downside my car is in maynooth since i got taken by ambulance and not sure how or when im.going to get that back

On the bright side. It was a 132 ambulance and was kinda cool.

What happened?

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 10-08-2014 01:37AM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Hope you're ok now. Expect for it to be up on 4 blocks in the morning :pac:
Guarantee it was either a transit or a merc ambulance! (Do they even have any other ones )

Not as much pain as when i was found ! Feeling qqute better but still have to wait to be seen.

Ah no sure the alloys and tyres arent worth feck all !

Just looking there at it another one, it was a merc. Which would explain the bumpy ride !

Noccy_Mondy · 10-08-2014 01:51AM

Why am I getting a quote of up near €100 to ship 4 alloys & tyres from Yorkshire?
What would ye say the weight of four 16" alloys and tyres is?

Bpmull · 10-08-2014 03:15AM

Some rain falling now in kilkenny anyway. Was dropping a friend home there who lives a bit out of the city centre. The floods on the roads. The turanzas t001s performed well even if floored no wheel spin and great grip when braking. They do apparently wear a lot quicker than the older er300s. But only time will tell on that one. Also on the way a rabbit jumped out on front of the car. Managed to slow down but then it just kept running in front of the car almost blocking me. Managed to pass it though eventually.

Dartz · 10-08-2014 05:24AM

I'm awake.

What might be a wasps nest suddenly coming to life in my bedroom will do that..... a ****ing half dozen of the buggers droning over my head while I dozed.

nd · 10-08-2014 08:58AM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Why am I getting a quote of up near €100 to ship 4 alloys & tyres from Yorkshire?
What would ye say the weight of four 16" alloys and tyres is?

when i was asking people on donedeal about sending alloys via courier(within the republic) most were saying about 60 euro.

At a guess I'd say approx 10kg each.

MuppetCheck · 10-08-2014 09:04AM

Anyone heading to VAGE 2014 in Fermoy this morning?

Daniel S · 10-08-2014 11:03AM

Deposit paid on my first car yesterday, 2006 Ford Focus 1.6 NT Zetec 3 door!

It's only just passed 100,000km too!

Then I came home, rang the insurance company, for some reason the quote came back €400 cheaper than the day before haha! :pac:

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 10-08-2014 01:58PM

It hurts so bad.

Told i have to eat high fibre stuff only from now on or i wont gget better

dgt · 10-08-2014 02:08PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

It hurts so bad.

Told i have to eat high fibre stuff only from now on or i wont gget better

Are you driving for the rainbow bus club? :pac:

Brian · 10-08-2014 02:43PM

This game looks promising.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/04/drift-stage-retro-3d-racer/

dgt · 10-08-2014 02:55PM

^^^^

You haven't experienced proper racing gaming till you've played

Big rigs over the road racing
Desert bus
Miami Traffic 3
Virtual bus

Now those are proper games :cool:

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 10-08-2014 03:19PM

dgt wrote: »

Are you driving for the rainbow bus club? :pac:

Either that or he's driving one direction.

RandomAccess · 10-08-2014 04:37PM

Incredible rain on M50 southern end just a short time ago.
Lots of standing water, most traffic down to 60-70kph lights on and leaving braking distance. Most.. But not all!

Also just saw a new S8 in Blanchard's town, 4.0 V8T €130,320 On the road.

MuppetCheck · 10-08-2014 05:20PM

RandomAccess wrote: »

Incredible rain on M50 southern end just a short time ago.
Lots of standing water, most traffic down to 60-70kph lights on and leaving braking distance. Most.. But not all!

Also just saw a new S8 in Blanchard's town, 4.0 V8T €130,320 On the road.

That was absolutely insane, the spray from the car in front was like a powerhouse on the windscreen.

nd · 10-08-2014 05:53PM

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Anyone heading to VAGE 2014 in Fermoy this morning?

I went down to it. Some mad looking cars there. I'll stick up some pics soon if no one else has.

nd · 10-08-2014 05:57PM

so i've to replace 2 of my tyres soon. Originally my car had 185/65/14 on it. I got alloys and they had 215/40/16 on it.

I've been looking at this tyre size calculator

http://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Tire-Size-Calculator/185-65R14/195-50R16/215-40R16/205-45R16/215-45R16

I always felt the car seemed a little low geared at motorway speeds so am thinking I'll go marginally larger than the original tyres. So was thinking of going 195/50/16.

Any other size suggestions?

Alanstrainor · 10-08-2014 07:09PM

Have a ford b max rental in Germany, with the 1.0 ecoboost engine. The car is okay I guess, engine makes a good noise! Would love a fiesta or similar with a high power version of it. Would be savage craic!

RandomAccess · 10-08-2014 07:09PM

nd wrote: »

I've been looking at this tyre size calculator

http://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Tire-Size-Calculator/185-65R14/195-50R16/215-40R16/205-45R16/215-45R16

Interesting popup message when you view that site,

**Warning!**

When changing tire sizes, we recommend staying within 3% of the diameter of the original tire. Any more than this and you face the risk of brake failure.

nd · 10-08-2014 07:16PM

My guess is if you put a significantly larger total diameter tyre than original on your car, the tyres then basically have more leverage when braking and stress your brakes more.

colm_mcm · 10-08-2014 07:30PM

nd wrote: »

so i've to replace 2 of my tyres soon. Originally my car had 185/65/14 on it. I got alloys and they had 215/40/16 on it.

I've been looking at this tyre size calculator

http://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Tire-Size-Calculator/185-65R14/195-50R16/215-40R16/205-45R16/215-45R16

I always felt the car seemed a little low geared at motorway speeds so am thinking I'll go marginally larger than the original tyres. So was thinking of going 195/50/16.

Any other size suggestions?

The ones on yours are too low profile. Correct size is 195/60/15 or 195/55/16

Dartz · 10-08-2014 09:26PM

It's official. New ignition coils are on the cards. They'll have to wait until the end of the month, however, when I get paid. Along with brake pads.

Oh the joys of car ownership.

MetzgerMeister · 10-08-2014 09:39PM

Dartz wrote: »

It's official. New ignition coils are on the cards. They'll have to wait until the end of the month, however, when I get paid. Along with brake pads.

Oh the joys of car ownership.

Try Rotary FX -

The ones they sell are the exact ones you need. May aswell get a set of plugs (same ones made by NGK just without the expensive Mazda branding) while you're at it!

Dartz · 10-08-2014 10:27PM

Was actually going for the RotaryRevs upgrade kit, which uses LS-1 coils imported from the States since the stock Mazda coils are notorious. The plugs I have in it are fresh enough so they should be fine for a while.

You can tell it's getting a weak spark on cold starts, because it's smothering in fuel. But it starts fine and happy when hot.

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