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

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  • #7682
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    OSI wrote: »
    Have you no script running or something?

    Sometimes when I open the page too quickly when the browser opens up initially, I get basic hypertext, no CSS or scripting. I think it's a bug in the update I got recently, never happened before. It's quite funny to see it happen on youtube or facebook, imagine how pissed people would get if all they got was hypertext :D

    It's only on chrome, doesn't happen on mozilla


  • #7683
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Daniel S wrote: »
    Where did you get them?

    From my local tyre shop. They were €145 each.


  • #7684
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    OSI wrote: »
    Chrome or Chromium? Chromium can be buggy, but you'd expect that. If it happens in Chrome I might get one of the lads to have a look.

    Sorry chromium, force of habit :o I use ubuntu with kali built in, if i wasn't buggy I'd be concerned! :D

    Another annoying bug I have is I can't screenshot with the menu open, despite trying the delayed screenshot option. Not really important but just the little things are often much more complex to solve than big stuff :eek:


  • #7685
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Daniel S wrote: »
    Where did you get them?

    Discount Tyres Blanch.

    €150 a corner for 245/40/17


  • #7686
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    Needed


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  • #7687
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Bpmull wrote: »
    Needed

    :confused: please, enlighten us with your needs :pac:


  • #7688
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    Needed some parts for the golf. You would think that 2 vw dealers would have roughly the same prices for the same parts definitely not the case though. I have known from getting parts in the past that vw kilkenny have always been strong with there parts prices never realised how bad they were until today.

    Ring vw kk give them reg get price of 72 for front brake pads and 22 for pollen filter inc vat. He repeated it back to me so that was definitely the price for the parts. I had a feeling that was expensive but wasn't sure how much brake pads really cost. So as I was in carlow anyway today I rang vw carlow kind of expecting the same prices maybe 5 euro cheaper. At this point I was just going to get the stuff on micksgarage but said I had nothing to loose by giving them a ring.

    Same procedure give them my reg ask for a price on the two parts guy says a we have both them in stock and I can do them both for 45 inc vat :eek: I couldn't believe it.

    Headed straight over there still expecting there to be some catch but there wasn't. Great prices got oil filter, pollen filter, front brake pads and 5l of quantum 5w30 oil that meets all the vw specs and even some BMW ones, they threw in a sump washer and nut. All that cost me less then the two parts would have cost in vw kk. Just shows it's worth shopping around. Really sound lads at parts over in vw carlow. The receipt was saying 30% discount of parts which I've never seen on any invoice from a dealer normally 10-15%.


  • #7689
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    :confused: please, enlighten us with your needs :pac:

    He has a stammer. Needed... needed some parts..... :pac:


  • #7690
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    :confused: please, enlighten us with your needs :pac:

    See post above now I was typing and the page went off didn't realise it had posted.


  • #7691
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Bpmull wrote: »
    Needed some parts for the golf. You would think that 2 vw dealers would have roughly the same prices for the same parts definitely not the case though. I have known from getting parts in the past that vw kilkenny have always been strong with there parts prices never realised how bad they were until today.

    Ring vw kk give them reg get price of 72 for front brake pads and 22 for pollen filter inc vat. He repeated it back to me so that was definitely the price for the parts. I had a feeling that was expensive but wasn't sure how much brake pads really cost. So as I was in carlow anyway today I rang vw carlow kind of expecting the same prices maybe 5 euro cheaper. At this point I was just going to get the stuff on micksgarage but said I had nothing to loose by giving them a ring.

    Same procedure give them my reg ask for a price on the two parts guy says a we have both them in stock and I can do them both for 45 inc vat :eek: I couldn't believe it.

    Headed straight over there still expecting there to be some catch but there wasn't. Great prices got oil filter, pollen filter, front brake pads and 5l of quantum 5w30 oil that meets all the vw specs and even some BMW ones, they threw in a sump washer and nut. All that cost me less then the two parts would have cost in vw kk. Just shows it's worth shopping around. Really sound lads at parts over in vw carlow. The receipt was saying 30% discount of parts which I've never seen on any invoice from a dealer normally 10-15%.

    You have to love lads that look after you in the parts departments, the guys in the dealers i get my stuff from always do, which im very grateful for, latest thing i got there was a rear crank seal, usually about 40/50 quid, got it for 20


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  • #7692
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    You have to love lads that look after you in the parts departments, the guys in the dealers i get my stuff from always do, which im very grateful for, latest thing i got there was a rear crank seal, usually about 40/50 quid, got it for 20

    I was never in this place in carlow but they were so sound but sure then they know ill be back and I suppose that's the way they want to work repeat business.


  • #7693
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Bpmull wrote: »
    I was never in this place in carlow but they were so sound but sure then they know ill be back and I suppose that's the way they want to work repeat business.

    Ah yeah, but all the same it was good of them


  • #7694
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


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  • #7695
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Are you wearing a raincoat ??? :p


  • #7696
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    28.60 litres of BP Ultimate diesel got me 375 - 400 Miles. 40 pound.

    Is that good ? i've being watching the needle just go down and down and dont know if im losing my mind !

    whats that in MPG ?

    i was just testing there , did a 11.2 mile trip, reset computers and it says i got 78.5mpg on my last trip ! (super careful ninja driving !)


  • #7697
    Gavman84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭Gavman84


    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »
    28.60 litres of BP Ultimate diesel got me 375 - 400 Miles. 40 pound.

    Is that good ? i've being watching the needle just go down and down and dont know if im losing my mind !

    whats that in MPG ?

    i was just testing there , did a 11.2 mile trip, reset computers and it says i got 78.5mpg on my last trip ! (super careful ninja driving !)

    Around 61 or so mpg I think for 390 miles...


  • #7698
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »
    28.60 litres of BP Ultimate diesel got me 375 - 400 Miles. 40 pound.

    Is that good ? i've being watching the needle just go down and down and dont know if im losing my mind !

    That's 60 mpg at around 380 mile. Which is seriously good.


  • #7699
    Dia1988
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,252 ✭✭✭Dia1988


    How accurate are these Trip computers on cars?

    I had a 05 Focus 1.6 tdci Zetec and on my way down to Cork, on the M8 I reset the trip MPG computer and it was then giving me a reading of 99.9 MPG for atleast 2 to 3 miles.

    Then gradually decreased down to 72 MPG then to 55 MPG when I hit West Cork :-(


  • #7700
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Dia1988 wrote: »
    How accurate are these Trip computers on cars?

    I had a 05 Focus 1.6 tdci Zetec and on my way down to Cork, on the M8 I reset the trip MPG computer and it was then giving me a reading of 99.9 MPG for atleast 2 to 3 miles.

    Then gradually decreased down to 72 MPG then to 55 MPG when I hit West Cork :-(

    Sure one of the lads on here was getting infinity mpg in a yaris :pac:

    I guess it all depends on the car, mine is fairly accurate and its 14 years old


  • #7701
    wonski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,685 ✭✭✭✭wonski


    Dia1988 wrote: »
    How accurate are these Trip computers on cars?

    I had a 05 Focus 1.6 tdci Zetec and on my way down to Cork, on the M8 I reset the trip MPG computer and it was then giving me a reading of 99.9 MPG for atleast 2 to 3 miles.

    Then gradually decreased down to 72 MPG then to 55 MPG when I hit West Cork :-(

    The more miles you do, the more accurate they get;)


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  • #7702
    quadrifoglio verde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭quadrifoglio verde


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Sure one of the lads on here was getting infinity mpg in a yaris :pac:

    I guess it all depends on the car, mine is fairly accurate and its 14 years old

    Sure there was another chap who claimed he did enough milage a year to get himself halfway to the moon


  • #7703
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    quadrifoglio verde wrote: »
    Sure there was another chap who claimed he did enough milage a year to get himself halfway to the moon

    Did he drive an astra at all?


  • #7704
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    60-62 mpg is quite good so i guess. but i want to stress i've being taking it very easy on the car that i expected more tbh.

    e.g sticking around 60mph on motorways and taking it very handy on any road

    just revising my route i did out of london, 50pound diesel (standerd BP) to holyhead, then 3 days around dublin,

    (London - holyhead 290 miles, then dublin whatever i did for 3 days including one culchie trip)

    so i guess its alright , maybe i've just being cautious of the needle lately.


  • #7705
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    This happened today all the ones :)

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  • #7706
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    I'm sure they won't, but is there any chance Halfrauds would take back 2 mixed aerosol cans? Fecking colour is waaaay off!


  • #7707
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Sure one of the lads on here was getting infinity mpg in a yaris :pac:

    Legit claim :pac:


  • #7708
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Sure one of the lads on here was getting infinity mpg in a yaris :pac:

    I guess it all depends on the car, mine is fairly accurate and its 14 years old

    The Yaris has inherited traits from the Liam Burn Carina. Frugal yokes those


  • #7709
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Runs on the atoms of fuel do they? :P


  • #7710
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Runs on the atoms of fuel do they? :P

    On the smell of petrol so they do!


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  • #7711
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Foxhole Norman wrote: »
    On the smell of petrol so they do!

    Well for some :P I might need to check mine into AA it's rather fond of the stuff :pac: It won't admit it has a drinking problem but we both know it


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