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Motors Chat - Round 6

Alanstrainor

Continuation from motors chat round 5

1.This thread is for motoring topics which you feel are not worthy of starting a new thread for, banter from a meet or general motoring related chit chat.

2.No lonely hearts (This is not a personal dig at anyone, it's how we feel is the best way to describe what we want to avoid. )

3.Keep it clean.

4.The Motors charter applies.

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wotzgoingon

jprboy wrote: »

Assuming you paid €1.50 per litre and that you did use all of the €30, that's approx 24 mpg

Oh right. Well I put that €30 in Friday evening and had to fill up again Saturday night, but I was driving like a lunatic, high revs (to keep mivec engaged) in back roads with bends and twists.

bear1

colm_mcm wrote: »

Do 120kmph instead? my own yoke gets a good bit less economical at 130kmph

Believe me I've tried, makes no difference at all. It's at about 2700rpms at 120km/h.
From what another poster showed me on fuelly these dci S40 engines aren't known for their economical abilities.

toastedpickles

colm_mcm wrote: »

Do 120kmph instead? my own yoke gets a good bit less economical at 130kmph

Mine get more economical the faster it goes.....so if i manage to get to the speed of light without it breaking down, I'll have infinity mpg

jprboy

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Talk about drinking petrol. I used €30 worth of petrol doing 170km. That was filled from near at the empty line but the petrol light did not comne on. What mpg is that does any smart people know? I'm useless at these calculations.

Assuming you paid €1.50 per litre and that you did use all of the €30, that's approx 24 mpg

wotzgoingon

Talk about drinking petrol. I used €30 worth of petrol doing 170km. That was filled from near at the empty line but the petrol light did not comne on. What mpg is that does any smart people know? I'm useless at these calculations.

colm_mcm

Do 120kmph instead? my own yoke gets a good bit less economical at 130kmph

YbFocus

bear1 wrote: »

I think I may have finally solved why my diesel S40 is drinking so much and there is sweet fcuk all I can do about it.
I was driving it on the motorway this evening when I started paying attention to the rev counter.
At 100km/h it's revving at 2000rpms in 5th gear, bring it to 130km/h and it's at nearly 3000rpms!!
So I'm going to assume that the gearing ratios are all wrong on this car.
Or.. I'm talking ****e.

Sounds almost like a petrol ratio. My car in sixth is at 1900 at 120kmh.

bear1

I think I may have finally solved why my diesel S40 is drinking so much and there is sweet fcuk all I can do about it.
I was driving it on the motorway this evening when I started paying attention to the rev counter.
At 100km/h it's revving at 2000rpms in 5th gear, bring it to 130km/h and it's at nearly 3000rpms!!
So I'm going to assume that the gearing ratios are all wrong on this car.
Or.. I'm talking ****e.

Dord

Think I saw a cloned car earlier on the way home. Number plate hanging off on the front, and another one underneath that was different (different counties!). There was traffic and it was going the other way so I couldn't take down the details.

It was an older Mazda 6 and out on the border of Raheny and Killester.

RobTheLad

Just picked up my new Astra GTC this evening!!

[Deleted User]

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

I was considering doing this mself, where did you find them, streaming or download?

On another note I got a rear bumper to complement the rest of the car, its the wrong colour as it came off a Diablo red Chaser that might be familar to some on here.

They are all uploaded to YouTube funny enough !

Nice arse ! :V

Chris_Heilong

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Is it wrong that I'm watching all the alf tv shows from the start ?

I was considering doing this mself, where did you find them, streaming or download?

On another note I got a rear bumper to complement the rest of the car, its the wrong colour as it came off a Diablo red Chaser that might be familar to some on here.

[Deleted User]

Is it wrong that I'm watching all the alf tv shows from the start ?

dgt

OSI wrote: »

Oh they were cooking alright.

You know far too much about that....! :eek: :pac:

I like my crappy piss corner, thanks junkies

Oh and as an easter egg for everyone else, I shoved in a paper in that emergency sign several months ago. It's still there

how long will it last I wonder?

ShadowHearth

Big Nasty wrote: »

Burnt balls of tin foil would be a sign of drug paraphernalia SH.

They use the tinfoil to heat heroin.

And I though someone was baking potatoes in tin foil using Dgt's exhaust. :pac:

Big Nasty

Burnt balls of tin foil would be a sign of drug paraphernalia SH.

They use the tinfoil to heat heroin.

dgt

ShadowHearth wrote: »

What does that say? What's the story with that tin foil?

They werent using the tinfoil for cooking or anything culinary. No cameras there either and out of everyones sight :eek:

ShadowHearth

dgt wrote: »

So I've parked in my usual spot in the rcsi. On the nearby ledge is a load of tinfoil rolls and balls of tinfoil. Not dodgy atall.

I may find a new spot

What does that say? What's the story with that tin foil?

dgt

So I've parked in my usual spot in the rcsi. On the nearby ledge is a load of tinfoil rolls and balls of tinfoil. Not dodgy atall.

I may find a new spot

toastedpickles

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Same with the Volvo. I actually changed the seats with just that set alone.

Great yokes altogether

[Deleted User]

toastedpickles wrote: »

Yep! I got two of of them haha, my first socket set was a tenner in a pound shop and i done all the work on my astra bumper with it, then i got my massive halfords yoke, then the lidl one, its handy to have in the car so it is, because most bolts on a saab are 13mm and that's the biggest one in it

Same with the Volvo. I actually changed the seats with just that set alone.

toastedpickles

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

I've a small ratchet set that I got in lidl for €20. I use it for everything from car work to changing cooker elements and everything in between. Rarely have to touch the toolbox since I got it. Best 20 quid I ever spent

Yep! I got two of of them haha, my first socket set was a tenner in a pound shop and i done all the work on my astra bumper with it, then i got my massive halfords yoke, then the lidl one, its handy to have in the car so it is, because most bolts on a saab are 13mm and that's the biggest one in it

[Deleted User]

toastedpickles wrote: »

Just doing a clean out of my toolbox and I've come to realize some of the best tools i've owned are all under a tenner
tesco pliers, stubby spanners, wire cutters, the infamous sump scewdriver

I've a small ratchet set that I got in lidl for €20. I use it for everything from car work to changing cooker elements and everything in between. Rarely have to touch the toolbox since I got it. Best 20 quid I ever spent

toastedpickles

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Went to a Ford dealer to get these jumper wires this evening. As you can see they are tiny, and look like a simple wiring job. Even still they cost me €30 a piece, madness! :eek:

Yeah a main dealers'l do that to ya....

Noccy_Mondy

Went to a Ford dealer to get these jumper wires this evening. As you can see they are tiny, and look like a simple wiring job. Even still they cost me €30 a piece, madness! :eek:

toastedpickles

Just doing a clean out of my toolbox and I've come to realize some of the best tools i've owned are all under a tenner
tesco pliers, stubby spanners, wire cutters, the infamous sump scewdriver

wonski

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Aaaawwww it's a lovely PeuMW

And it is 1.4 - almost as fast as BMW:D

What a ridiculous concept.

pred racer

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Haha I'm afraid not! Got any spare tickets?

Nope

[Deleted User]

pred racer wrote: »

Guess I won't see you there then

Haha I'm afraid not! Got any spare tickets?

pred racer

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Oh, hurling! I do in me fooken hole! I've no interest in hurling really, might watch it if the father is (he played for Kilkenny in his youth) but apart from that I wouldn't.

A guy I work with is the Tipp team's PRO and even he can't get tickets for himself!

Guess I won't see you there then