Motors Chat - Round 7

Foxhole Norman · 21-10-2014 10:19PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Which engine did he put in? Your BMW might have more bhp but the light weight of the civic would mean he would take off faster and leave you for a while till he hits the 180km limiter. Damn Japs and their speed limiters.

B16A something or other gone into it, it is definitely much faster than the E39 0-60 and onwards but I'd say mine would pull away eventually. He has it completely stripped out too, hilarious yoke. Mine has 192 but is nigh on 1.5 tons, compared to the shoe of a Civic with at least 160 and mind's automatic too which doesn't help :pac:

ShadowHearth · 21-10-2014 10:48PM

For the love of ****, Wtf is that?!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/vip-style-widebody-lexus-is220/7928889

Bpmull · 21-10-2014 10:50PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

For the love of ****, Wtf is that?!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/vip-style-widebody-lexus-is220/7928889

It actually came up on my Facebook news feed I didn't look at it but looking the ad there it's crazy looking.

Surly it's not physically possible for that to go over speed bump of any sort it looks seriously low in the pictures pot holes would even be a huge issue I'd imagine.

Interslice · 21-10-2014 10:57PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

B16A something or other gone into it, it is definitely much faster than the E39 0-60 and onwards but I'd say mine would pull away eventually. He has it completely stripped out too, hilarious yoke. Mine has 192 but is nigh on 1.5 tons, compared to the shoe of a Civic with at least 160 and mind's automatic too which doesn't help :pac:

Power to weight is what it all about on the backroads. A big quiet cruiser is the only job for the motorways. I'm envious of a few mates with their fast jap cars when I'm back home but as soon as I'm 20 miles out the road and onto the motorway for the next 150, I'm glad to be able to relax in a big cruiser.

I had to get a new tyre today. Another hole in the sidewall of a goodyear efficient grip

. Went for a hankook ventus prime instead. Side wall is much more solid and better reinforced. Lovely tyres the GYs, great grip and wear slowly, but I wouldn't recommend them if your doing any sort of heavy duty driving (rough gravel, ****ty back roads, mounting kerbs to park etc.)

Foxhole Norman · 21-10-2014 10:57PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

For the love of ****, Wtf is that?!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/vip-style-widebody-lexus-is220/7928889

Because Raceism. I think that whole scene is a bit silly to be honest.

CianRyan · 21-10-2014 10:59PM

A B16A can certainly make more power than the 525'w putting out, calculate loss from rear driven wheels and the auto box, the Civic is probably putting down the same or more power on the road.
I really doubt it's limited too, why modify that much and leave the limiter on it?

Also, love the VIO Lexus.
Love VIP anything.

Foxhole Norman · 21-10-2014 11:00PM

Interslice wrote: »

Power to weight is what it all about on the backroads. A big quiet cruiser is the only job for the motorways. I'm envious of a few mates with their fast jap cars when I'm back home but as soon as I'm 20 miles out the road and onto the motorway for the next 150, I'm glad to be able to relax in a big cruiser.

A comfy big cruiser is the way to go on our roads I think, throw a tow bar on and bring your Civic to Mondello then!

CianRyan wrote: »

A B16A can certainly make more power than the 525'w putting out, calculate loss from rear driven wheels and the auto box, the Civic is probably putting down the same or more power on the road.
I really doubt it's limited too, why modify that much and leave the limiter on it?

Also, love the VIO Lexus.
Love VIP anything.

It is still limited, he hasn't gotten the time to remove it, he thinks it's only at 160 or so now, still only stock.

Interslice · 21-10-2014 11:04PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

A comfy big cruiser is the way to go on our roads I think, throw a tow bar on and bring your Civic to Mondello then!

I've a towbar alright. Just need to get the trailer and track car. Me and two mates have plans to do get one on the go for next summer.

Bpmull · 21-10-2014 11:06PM

Interslice wrote: »

I had to get a new tyre today. Another hole in the sidewall of a goodyear efficient grip . Went for a hankook ventus prime instead. Side wall is much more solid and better reinforced. Lovely tyres the GYs, great grip and wear slowly, but I wouldn't recommend them if your doing any sort of heavy duty driving (rough gravel, ****ty back roads, mounting kerbs to park etc.)

I've had Goodyears and found them good. I had hankook ventus prime on the astra and they were a good solid tyre too although I found grip was greatly reduced when they wore down a bit I suppose that could be said to a certain extend for every tyre. My favourite all round tyre at the minute is the Bridgestone turanzas T001. They are some serious tyre overall and not bad money depending on tyre size.

CianRyan · 21-10-2014 11:08PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

A comfy big cruiser is the way to go on our roads I think, throw a tow bar on and bring your Civic to Mondello then!

It is still limited, he hasn't gotten the time to remove it, he thinks it's only at 160 or so now, still only stock.

160 is right for a good stick engine alright. They make power fairly handy, you know who to get him to talk to anyway, or Honda guru.

Foxhole Norman · 21-10-2014 11:14PM

CianRyan wrote: »

160 is right for a good stick engine alright. They make power fairly handy, you know who to get him to talk to anyway, or Honda guru.

Here's fairly sorted with his own Honda head anyway alright, now I just have to draw up plans for a Civic project or something equally go-karty :pac:

Interslice · 21-10-2014 11:21PM

Bpmull wrote: »

I've had Goodyears and found them good. I had hankook ventus prime on the astra and they were a good solid tyre too although I found grip was greatly reduced when they wore down a bit I suppose that could be said to a certain extend for every tyre. My favourite all round tyre at the minute is the Bridgestone turanzas T001. They are some serious tyre overall and not bad money depending on tyre size.

Ye I think I'll get a set of them bridgestones for the front at some stage, once they've a decent side wall on them. They get very good reviews. I've a goodyear, michelin, bridgestone and a hankook on the car now :cool:.

I think there is a bit of give and take with different features on tyres. The hankook seems a small bit noisier and harsher alright but I'll take that over another sidewall hole. I was driving all around the roads of kerry last week where the bumps have names. The axle breaker and the chassis snapper in particular were pretty rough going!

pred racer · 21-10-2014 11:35PM

Interslice wrote: »

Power to weight is what it all about on the backroads. A big quiet cruiser is the only job for the motorways. I'm envious of a few mates with their fast jap cars when I'm back home but as soon as I'm 20 miles out the road and onto the motorway for the next 150, I'm glad to be able to relax in a big cruiser.

I had to get a new tyre today. Another hole in the sidewall of a goodyear efficient grip . Went for a hankook ventus prime instead. Side wall is much more solid and better reinforced. Lovely tyres the GYs, great grip and wear slowly, but I wouldn't recommend them if your doing any sort of heavy duty driving (rough gravel, ****ty back roads, mounting kerbs to park etc.)

Strange, I had the exact opposite experience of GY's and Hankooks.
Bridgestones are better than both, but noisy on a 159:(

Simonigs1.0 · 22-10-2014 12:09AM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

For the love of ****, Wtf is that?!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/vip-style-widebody-lexus-is220/7928889

What the actual ****.

It looks broken, as f the wheels have caved in.

MetzgerMeister · 22-10-2014 12:31AM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

For the love of ****, Wtf is that?!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/vip-style-widebody-lexus-is220/7928889

LOL

I bought a set of RX8 alloys from that lad years ago when he still had an 8.

Prices from the moon? He's from the fecken moon!

tossy · 22-10-2014 08:37AM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

LOL

I bought a set of RX8 alloys from that lad years ago when he still had an 8.

Prices from the moon? He's from the fecken moon!

Any advert that opens with...

First, no dreamers, silly offers becouse Im not even bother to reply.. If You dont know how much cost to build something like that, don't comment and dont waste my and ur time..

needs editing, what an attitude.

dgt · 22-10-2014 08:41AM

tossy wrote: »

Any advert that opens with...

needs editing, what an attitude.

A real gem there, just like his inevitable hg failure

CianRyan · 22-10-2014 09:44AM

Surprised at the attitude towards the car, thought we were less close minded around here.

YbFocus · 22-10-2014 09:47AM

CianRyan wrote: »

Surprised at the attitude towards the car, thought we were less close minded around here.

I would not pay that money for it and I'd take the table out of it but I like it other than that!
I really like the vip look, I love old presidents and laurels etc!
It is getting a bad going over here!

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 22-10-2014 10:07AM

CianRyan wrote: »

Surprised at the attitude towards the car, thought we were less close minded around here.

It's the guys attitude imo.
Car is cool. Dat camber yo

CianRyan · 22-10-2014 10:33AM

I can understand the guys attitude though.
It's a well known car in the scene and it has a lot If money in it so you can imagine how annoying it would be to have idiots offering him "€7k tonight."

tossy · 22-10-2014 10:46AM

CianRyan wrote: »

I can understand the guys attitude though.
It's a well known car in the scene and it has a lot If money in it so you can imagine how annoying it would be to have idiots offering him "€7k tonight."

If you are selling a matchbox on wheels you'd get idiots offering you stupid money it comes with the territory of selling.

Once in my life i sold a car as rare as this only one of it's type that i knew of in Ireland/UK and probably Europe, my opening line to the Ad was to point out how rare/exceptional it was - this guy needs a lesson in how to right an Ad, he's not alone though the standard of Ads on donedeal and forums in this country is shocking.

Foxhole Norman · 22-10-2014 12:34PM

CianRyan wrote: »

Surprised at the attitude towards the car, thought we were less close minded around here.

I'm a big fan of the VIP style, I honestly thing that looks and would run terribly, I like cars that look good and are perfectly functional.

CianRyan · 22-10-2014 12:43PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I'm a big fan of the VIP style, I honestly thing that looks and would run terribly, I like cars that look good and are perfectly functional.

Read the add, it's on bags.

Foxhole Norman · 22-10-2014 12:48PM

CianRyan wrote: »

Read the add, it's on bags.

Yeah, but the insane camber, which if you want to drive anywhere you'd have to adjust it every time.

CianRyan · 22-10-2014 12:52PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Yeah, but the insane camber, which if you want to drive anywhere you'd have to adjust it every time.

Totally drivable like that, there are cars with much more severe camber out the driving.

Foxhole Norman · 22-10-2014 12:56PM

CianRyan wrote: »

Totally drivable like that, there are cars with much more severe camber out the driving.

Yeah but to me it's ridiculous, really the reason I don't like it, just not my kind of car.

ShadowHearth · 22-10-2014 01:03PM

I want.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-525i-sport/7883352

I am really considering for next year a 525 e34 or 728.

CianRyan · 22-10-2014 01:19PM

525 over 728.

dgt · 22-10-2014 01:23PM

CianRyan wrote: »

Surprised at the attitude towards the car, thought we were less close minded around here.

See, I like the car and the way its modded.

But why pump that money into a car with such a useless engine....

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