Motors Chat - Round 6

YbFocus · 19-08-2014 03:52PM

pred racer wrote: »

Whatever you replace it with, I'll get in it with you;)

Search the following "sr20 ae86" that's the plan.
Pickles can attest to how quickly the s14 could move. That Engine with the same power being developed in a Corolla would be heart stopping

toastedpickles · 19-08-2014 03:54PM

YbFocus wrote: »

Search the following "sr20 ae86" that's the plan.
Pickles can attest to how quickly the s14 could move. That Engine with the same power being developed in a Corolla would be heart stopping

I can indeed attest to it, it was shocking quick was at the gate one minute, the next half a mile up the road

dgt · 19-08-2014 04:44PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Saw a 2009 RS6 Avant down by work today, the size of the brakes was unreal!

Today for me:

Mercedes S600
Mercedes CL600

That sound :cool::cool::cool:

Ardennes1944 · 19-08-2014 04:51PM

Beautiful Lancia Integrale at the weekend in Wilton

pred racer · 19-08-2014 05:04PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

I can indeed attest to it, it was shocking quick was at the gate one minute, the next half a mile up the road

The quickest thing I've been in so far was a 450bhp Sierra cosworth.

I have been scared by an absolute lunatic in a 320d :eek:

The only machine that has scared me ****less was a supermoto quad, it was a Yamaha banshee frame with a 750cc Kawasaki 2 stroke in it, 1 test ride was enough, I caught air over a small hump in the road at 100 mph+ it was some rush but never again.

toastedpickles · 19-08-2014 05:09PM

pred racer wrote: »

The quickest thing I've been in so far was a 450bhp Sierra cosworth.

I have been scared by an absolute lunatic in a 320d :eek:

The only machine that has scared me ****less was a supermoto quad, it was a Yamaha banshee frame with a 750cc Kawasaki 2 stroke in it, 1 test ride was enough, I caught air over a small hump in the road at 100 mph+ it was some rush but never again.

Fastest I've driven was a 350bhp wrx impreza, the ex got me a rally driving thing for my birthday, I'm sure you've seen it in the ol foootoooos :pac:

Oddly enough the car that's scared me ****less was an opel vectra, driven by father dearest just before he flipped it at 90mph

How I'm alive I've no idea

YbFocus · 19-08-2014 05:50PM

I was in a chaps 600bhp RB26 engined ps13. Mother of god...
100mph and spinning the wheels in 4th :eek:

The s14 still cleared 90-100mph in no time though!

Hoki · 19-08-2014 06:18PM

I'm recently after buying an Audi A4 & just have 2 quick questions for you knowledgeable folk. For the first few days of driving it the windscreen wiper sensors worked fine & the wipers came on automatically every time there was rain. Now however, they have stopped doing this and I have to turn them on manually . Did I accidentally turn them off somehow ? ( I was doing a lot of button pressing! )

Secondly , the outside lights are on during the day in the car even though I have the lights switched off inside the car . Is this a safety feature or can the lights be turned off and I'm just missing out on how to do it? Cheers

toastedpickles · 19-08-2014 06:33PM

Hoki wrote: »

I'm recently after buying an Audi A4 & just have 2 quick questions for you knowledgeable folk. For the first few days of driving it the windscreen wiper sensors worked fine & the wipers came on automatically every time there was rain. Now however, they have stopped doing this and I have to turn them on manually . Did I accidentally turn them off somehow ? ( I was doing a lot of button pressing! )

Secondly , the outside lights are on during the day in the car even though I have the lights switched off inside the car . Is this a safety feature or can the lights be turned off and I'm just missing out on how to do it? Cheers

check ye olde drivers manual

as for the second its a safety feature, mine has it too, you can usually disable it by pulling a fuse, at least thats the way on mine

Noccy_Mondy · 19-08-2014 06:33PM

Ohh arrivals

dgt · 19-08-2014 06:36PM

Nice blocks of cheese there

MuppetCheck · 19-08-2014 06:46PM

Hoki wrote: »

I'm recently after buying an Audi A4 & just have 2 quick questions for you knowledgeable folk. For the first few days of driving it the windscreen wiper sensors worked fine & the wipers came on automatically every time there was rain. Now however, they have stopped doing this and I have to turn them on manually . Did I accidentally turn them off somehow ? ( I was doing a lot of button pressing! )

Secondly , the outside lights are on during the day in the car even though I have the lights switched off inside the car . Is this a safety feature or can the lights be turned off and I'm just missing out on how to do it? Cheers

For the auto wipers to work they need to switched onto the intermittent setting. They won't work when the switch is off. Sensitivity can be altered by the rocker switch too - same one that adjusts speed.

The day time running lights are on all the time. They can be turned off permanently but this will need to be programmed by someone with the software.

Hoki · 19-08-2014 06:50PM

Cheers lads, the lights can stay on so - don't fancy the hassle of disabling them that way. I wouldn't have guessed that about the wipers - I'll put them on the intermittent setting when I'm in the car next.

Ded_Zebra · 19-08-2014 07:13PM

Insurance paid for another 12 months, €970 gone just like that

wotzgoingon · 19-08-2014 07:24PM

I fitted new front brake pads on the car and new rear brake pads as well. Rear were kind of difficult as I thought I had to just unbolt top and bottom bolts and pop them out. Tottally different. I had to take the centre console out and release the tension from the hand brake cable and then remove this horse shoe clip and few other steps. Easy now that I know how to do it. Thank god for the internet. I came accross a guide on the FTO Ireland forum. Both are Mitsubishi and both MIVEC and I know now they are the same brakes, as the guide they had worked perfectly.

I also was driving around on two cylinders for the past month. I thought the engine was shot. Came accross another guide on the internet to short two connections on the ODB II port and turn ignition and it will flash the fault code. Turns out the ignition coil pack on cylinder 1 and 4 was shot, so I picked a aftermarket one up cheaply from a kind chap on another Irish motor forum and now car is perfect, back firing on all four cylinders.

Today I got a new windscreen as some how a massive star shaped crack apeared on windscreen. I have no idea how it happened.

Next on the to do list is get four new tyres as winter is coming, as they say on game of thrones.

dgt · 19-08-2014 08:17PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I also was driving around on two cylinders for the past month. I thought the engine was shot.

Your cat might be though, worth checking that out....

wotzgoingon · 19-08-2014 08:31PM

dgt wrote: »

Your cat might be though, worth checking that out....

A guy on the other forum said that as well. As he said fuel would have gone down to cat but I needn't worry as I have a de-cat on it. I was sorry I put it on as it made damn all difference in power just extra noise. But I suppose it worked out for the best as I read up on my car and the stock cat is a high flow cat, so I'd say it's an expensive enough one and the car also had great numbers on it's last NCT and I took it off shortly after and fuel running in would have destroyed it.

scottp68877 · 19-08-2014 09:27PM

Would anyone know what kind of alloys are on this?

dgt · 19-08-2014 09:35PM

scottp68877 wrote: »

Would anyone know what kind of alloys are on this?

308 sport wheels

Now with handy picture

scottp68877 · 19-08-2014 09:52PM

dgt wrote: »

308 sport wheels

Now with handy picture

Thanks

hopefully I'll have a set soon

colm_mcm · 19-08-2014 09:55PM

Couple mistake Felicia for Octavia

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sofa-1-family-0--watch-couple-s-desperate-attempt-to-get-three-seater-inside-small-hatchback-170259731.html

toastedpickles · 19-08-2014 09:58PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Couple mistake Felicia for Octavia

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sofa-1-family-0--watch-couple-s-desperate-attempt-to-get-three-seater-inside-small-hatchback-170259731.html

Feckin amateurs

Here's how it's properly done :cool:

colm_mcm · 19-08-2014 10:02PM

Is that like a vw scene rusty tricycle thing, Swedish cars carry ikea on the roof rack?

Bpmull · 19-08-2014 10:02PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Couple mistake Felicia for Octavia

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sofa-1-family-0--watch-couple-s-desperate-attempt-to-get-three-seater-inside-small-hatchback-170259731.html

Reminds me of the time we were selling a full size running machine. Big heavy enough yoke. Lad shows up from dublin to collect it in a yaris. I thought it was a piss take at first but he was dead serious. We loaded it in somehow. And he drove back to dublin with it. Although over half of it was hanging out the back I thought the whole thing was hilarious. I think I even have a picture of it.

toastedpickles · 19-08-2014 10:03PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Is that like a vw scene rusty tricycle thing, Swedish cars carry ikea on the roof rack?

Pretty much, we make a game of it and see how much of the store we can fit in/on the car :pac:

YbFocus · 19-08-2014 10:04PM

I haven't really been on here that much, did GvidoR get them bulbs

toastedpickles · 19-08-2014 10:05PM

Haven't heard from him in ages!

wotzgoingon · 19-08-2014 10:09PM

YbFocus wrote: »

I haven't really been on here that much, did GvidoR get them bulbs

And with all the rain, I'd say they are destroyed.

YbFocus · 19-08-2014 10:16PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

And with all the rain, I'd say they are destroyed.

No no in an air tight, waterproof bag!

Noccy_Mondy · 19-08-2014 10:24PM

YbFocus wrote: »

No no in an air tight, waterproof bag!

They'd get destroyed with the cold so! Anyone else find it freezing this past day or 2?

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