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Motors Chat - Round 7

Alanstrainor

Continuation from motors chat round 6

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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[Deleted User]

bear1 wrote: »

Thanks The kid better be a good one for making me buy a stationwagon :pac:

Galway City has also relocated to the US has it? :P

bear1

YbFocus wrote: »

Congrats man

Thanks

The kid better be a good one for making me buy a stationwagon :pac:

YbFocus

bear1 wrote: »

Lads, is it me or is this way too cheap?
NCT is legit so I'm very very interested.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2006-saab-9-3-1-9-tid-diesel-estate/7741391

Just found out I'm going to be a daddy So my type of car purchase has somewhat changed

Congrats man

bear1

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Just got a call from dublin bus .... attend a medical !

You're nearly there

[Deleted User]

Just got a call from dublin bus .... attend a medical !

bear1

Lads, is it me or is this way too cheap?
NCT is legit so I'm very very interested.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2006-saab-9-3-1-9-tid-diesel-estate/7741391

Just found out I'm going to be a daddy

So my type of car purchase has somewhat changed

bear1

Panda?

Dord

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Is it the Up! that you were thinking about before?

Nah not the Up!... As with any Vw car when you start speccing them up it gets crazy. Its still a small car though.

Foxhole Norman

Dord wrote: »

In other news, I'm picking up the new car on Saturday. It's not a batmobile (unfortunately) as some may think. It's not really secret either as I've mentioned what I was going to buy before. I had to put my practical hat on so it's nothing fancy or crazy. Pics to follow.

Is it the Up! that you were thinking about before?

Dord

Neighbour pulled out of car park this morning to be met by a Customs vehicle that happened to be passing by. Neighbour was driving a UK/NI reg car bringing their child to school. Oops! I got a chuckle watching it unfold.

In other news, I'm picking up the new car on Saturday. It's not a batmobile (unfortunately) as some may think. It's not really secret either as I've mentioned what I was going to buy before. I had to put my practical hat on so it's nothing fancy or crazy. Pics to follow.

I have another buyer coming tonight for the Merc. Hopefully that'll go and everything will wrap up nicely.

Toyotafanboi

Alanstrainor wrote: »

On my cycle home yesterday, I saw a really cool modded Polo....I generally don't like that kind of stuff, but it looked class! It was a 03/04 3 door. That had been resprayed in a cream colour, with BBS LMs (painted purple with a deep chrome dish), and was running stretched tires. i gave the guy a thumbs up at a set of lights and he raised and lowered it on it's bags!

...i think i'm ill! But it was deadly!

that was on donedeal recently, cant seem to find it now. i thought the same thing, very nice... for a polo :pac:

YbFocus

Alanstrainor wrote: »

On my cycle home yesterday, I saw a really cool modded Polo....I generally don't like that kind of stuff, but it looked class! It was a 03/04 3 door. That had been resprayed in a cream colour, with BBS LMs (painted purple with a deep chrome dish), and was running stretched tires. i gave the guy a thumbs up at a set of lights and he raised and lowered it on it's bags!

...i think i'm ill! But it was deadly!

There's people to deal with that. . They're called exorcists

Alanstrainor

On my cycle home yesterday, I saw a really cool modded Polo....I generally don't like that kind of stuff, but it looked class! It was a 03/04 3 door. That had been resprayed in a cream colour, with BBS LMs (painted purple with a deep chrome dish), and was running stretched tires. i gave the guy a thumbs up at a set of lights and he raised and lowered it on it's bags!

...i think i'm ill! But it was deadly!

jprboy

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

It was a female guard holding it up to her face Im sure, at least I hope, only spotted her at the last second.

:eek::eek::eek:

*** Reads previous posts ***

*** Excitement dies ***

:P

Ardennes1944

It was a female guard holding it up to her face Im sure, at least I hope, only spotted her at the last second.

EazyD

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

I know this question has been asked a gazillion times lads but if the gardai are using the hand held speed camera guns do they have to pull you over or can the new ones also take picture of reg?
Passed one in Tallow this morning doing about 63kph in a 50

I'm almost certain they have to pull you after confirming your speed on the handheld. At 63 kph you were most likely at no more than 55kph give or take so you'd be grand.

Ardennes1944

I know this question has been asked a gazillion times lads but if the gardai are using the hand held speed camera guns do they have to pull you over or can the new ones also take picture of reg?
Passed one in Tallow this morning doing about 63kph in a 50

dgt

Attempting a nice speed run of an engine swap in a little bit.

This can only end in disaster

Noccy_Mondy

Some competition via Joe.ie. Was months ago, they fecked up their system, so I only got it now. Just checked it there and it says in the T&c's "non transferable, to be used by the issued party only". Bummer, sorry guys

[Deleted User]

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Anybody want a voucher to the value of €300 for MyDental Clinic in Ballsbridge? Too far away for me to use it really.

How did you manage to end up with a voucher to a dental clinic that's nowhere near you?

Regardless, I know someone looking to get dental work, done. I'll say it to them. Can you PM me how much you'd be looking for, for it?

Stheno

coolisin wrote: »

I have a toffee crisp in exchange for dental voucher could throw bag of tayto into the mix if required!!

Lame effort, I'd be offering a half eaten stale bag of taytos stashed underneath the drivers seat

coolisin

I have a toffee crisp in exchange for dental voucher could throw bag of tayto into the mix if required!!

Noccy_Mondy

Anybody want a voucher to the value of €300 for MyDental Clinic in Ballsbridge? Too far away for me to use it really.

Marcusm

R.O.R wrote: »

Hmmm.....

Just like Citroen Electronics, that's utter sh1te.

Rare that I do Whole Life Comparison's between Petrol & Diesel models nowadays, but a new diesel over a 3 or 4 year term will be cheaper over the whole life than the equivalent petrol, but quite a bit.

How much of that is down to higher residuals on the diesels as a result of the relative obscurity (word used advisable) of 3-4 year old petrol models.

pred racer

I had the pleasure of spraying diesel all over mister G Dalton today:D

Last time he asks me to start a car for him:p

colm_mcm

Yeah, but that's probably based on 1.6 HDIs

R.O.R

OSI wrote: »

Interesting article posted in the Classics forum:

http://www.independent.ie/life/motoring/car-news/116000km-the-distance-to-make-up-diesel-premium-30609279.html

Interesting that it's now becoming a part of the wider media. But the way it's reported is a tad. He says it's true because a Citroen Executive told him so.

Hmmm.....

Just like Citroen Electronics, that's utter sh1te.

Rare that I do Whole Life Comparison's between Petrol & Diesel models nowadays, but a new diesel over a 3 or 4 year term will be cheaper over the whole life than the equivalent petrol, but quite a bit.

toastedpickles

Nah that sounds about right, it's the same where i work for a full service and diagnostic check too, anything after that is at the will of the owner, ironically enough we had a 407 in the other day, for glow plugs and something else, I wasn't working on it, but the guy had half the engine out on the ground and wasn't too impressed at what he pulled out, whatever it was

[Deleted User]

So what's the going rate for a full service these days?

Mechanic took my car and spent about 3.5 hours wandering around it. Gave me a price breakdown of €98 for parts and €135 for labour. Total came to €233 (well, €230).

This full service somehow didn't involve the changing of glow plugs, which I had specifically asked to be done. Everything else was done though, from what I can tell (oil filter, oil change, air filter, etc.) and he gave it a decent look over and plugged it into his laptop/dignostics software (which brought up a.. you guessed it, glow plugs issue!).

I can't help but feel I've paid over the odds. I've used this mechanic for the past 2 years (since I started driving), and have always been relatively happy, but I'm not at all impressed with this most recent effort.

Or am I being completely unfair? Perhaps the 407 is just a pain in the hole to service? What do ye guys think? Am I being unreasonable, or is it time to get a different mechanic on the scene?

Interslice

cool pic

http://i.imgur.com/s7LtNXS.jpg