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*******Motors Chat - Round 7*******
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Noccy_Mondy wrote: »Question people. If one wanted to upgrade headlights from that of normal ones to xenon HID ones on a Mondeo, is it as simple as just changing the bulbs?
Probably not no don't you need auto levellers and washer jets and a new headlight housing and a loads of other stuff? Also i'll send your lights off on the weekend, Im up to me eyes in projects in college, not a minute to meself
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toastedpickles wrote: »Probably not no don't you need auto levellers and washer jets and a new headlight housing and a loads of other stuff? Also i'll send your lights off on the weekend, Im up to me eyes in projects in college, not a minute to meself
Whenever you get a chance, no rush!
Nope. HIDs need ballasts too. Ideally you'd be using projector headlights, which I don't think your focus has. You'd also need washers to pass nct
Was reading up a bit about them, and there was talk about what you said and adding modules and stuff, all double dutch to me! Pity, they make a big difference. That's that parked there so
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Noccy_Mondy wrote: »Whenever you get a chance, no rush!
Was reading up a bit about them, and there was talk about what you said and adding modules and stuff, all double dutch to me! Pity, they make a big difference. That's that parked there so
Just to add to this, could you just change the bulbs to xenons to mimic the look? Or would that work, haven't the slightest clue about lights!0 -
wotzgoingon wrote: »Are you up for a robbing a few post offices around the country?
I need a few quid myself.
I'm all over it, I could do with the excitement too.
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My brother is enquiring about a new Civic Tourer tomorrow. Honda have an appealing finance offer at the moment and he currently has a 08 Accord which should trade well towards it. Knowing him, the impulse buyer that he is, his 151 Civic will be ordered before dinner time.
I must say, its one sexy looking motor.0 -
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More bad news on the car front! Drove the Primera to Donegal Wednesday and then back Thursday evening. It drove faultlessly for the 4 hours there and the 5 hours back (****ty traffic). I absolutely flogged it the whole way there and back and was grinning ear to ear. Well I say back but about a mile from home the diff just exploded :pac: I had pulled into a ditch to let someone past. The passengers side wheel was spinning in the ditch as I pulled back onto the road. Then there was a massive massive bang and there was no more go
So to answer the question, How long does a Nissan Primera last? 374,326 Miles.0 -
More bad news on the car front! Drove the Primera to Donegal Wednesday and then back Thursday evening. It drove faultlessly for the 4 hours there and the 5 hours back (****ty traffic). I absolutely flogged it the whole way there and back and was grinning ear to ear. Well I say back but about a mile from home the diff just exploded :pac: I had pulled into a ditch to let someone past. The passengers side wheel was spinning in the ditch as I pulled back onto the road. Then there was a massive massive bang and there was no more go
So to answer the question, How long does a Nissan Primera last? 374,326 Miles.
A fallen soldier.
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Snotaul Goodman wrote: »A fallen soldier.
RIP
It had a great life it really did. Even tonight on the N2 it was overtaking at any opportunity its miserable 88BHP could manage :pthen settled in for a fast 90MPH cruise down the M1. That's after smashing it through puddle after puddle in Doengal, driving down roads constantly hitting bump stops, then fully extended then bump stops for miles It was great fun and a very honorable death:) sad to see it go though, never thought it would finish its last journey with me on a rope 0 -
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It had a great life it really did. Even tonight on the N2 it was overtaking at any opportunity its miserable 88BHP could manage :pthen settled in for a fast 90MPH cruise down the M1. That's after smashing it through puddle after puddle in Doengal, driving down roads constantly hitting bump stops, then fully extended then bump stops for miles It was great fun and a very honorable death:) sad to see it go though, never thought it would finish its last journey with me on a rope
Now THAT is how you drive a banger , extremely honourable death, you should be very proud of it man! IMO its better that it died on the road, than to just lose its life sitting in the yard! 0 -
It had a great life it really did. Even tonight on the N2 it was overtaking at any opportunity its miserable 88BHP could manage :pthen settled in for a fast 90MPH cruise down the M1. That's after smashing it through puddle after puddle in Doengal, driving down roads constantly hitting bump stops, then fully extended then bump stops for miles It was great fun and a very honorable death:) sad to see it go though, never thought it would finish its last journey with me on a rope
Ah ya. I remember when you bought it and the feedback afterwards. She served you well. Didn't you have it up for sale recently?0 -
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Snotaul Goodman wrote: »My brother is enquiring about a new Civic Tourer tomorrow. Honda have an appealing finance offer at the moment and he currently has a 08 Accord which should trade well towards it. Knowing him, the impulse buyer that he is, his 151 Civic will be ordered before dinner time.
I must say, its one sexy looking motor.
4.9 % wouldn't be that low for finance really. I suppose it's low compared with banks credit union. But seat are doing 1.51% on all there cars. I think vw are doing the same on cars. Ford are 3.9%. Although by the sounds of it your brother is a bit of a Honda man. Looks nice in the picture anyway.0 -
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Snotaul Goodman wrote: »Ah ya. I remember when you bought it and the feedback afterwards. She served you well. Didn't you have it up for sale recently?
I did have it up for sale. If only that bastard Cheensbo bought it :Pwotzgoingon wrote: »Sounds like you can fix it. Is it just the diff that went or was it the full gearbox?
If I could get a second hand 'box in good condition it could be fixed. It's already on its second gearbox, someone should teach Nissan how to make them properly! I would really love to fix it and keep it going but it's really not worth it. In my eyes the car is perfect (except the gearbox of course) but everyone else sees a rusty, dented, badly repaired worn out banger. For example, the other week I decided I was fed up with it raining inside the car so I sealed the windscreen where it meets the roof with a piece of duct tape. The tape wasn't even put on neatly! Obviously that's a crap fix but it's exactly what it needed in my eyes.
The main problem with replacing the 'box in it is where do you stop? It still has the original clutch in it so I would probably change that while I'm in there. Then the timing belt is due at 400,000 but I've no proof of that so after investing a clutch and a 'box that would have to be done too. That's probably it really, but who knows what else is going to go without warning next on a car that age. The only motivation to fix it is that I would probably have to pay someone to take it away the way it is now 0 -
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Now THAT is how you drive a banger , extremely honourable death, you should be very proud of it man! IMO its better that it died on the road, than to just lose its life sitting in the yard!
The funny thing is it wasn't a banger in my eyes! To me it could do absolutely everything any other saloon its size on the road could do, even brand new ones. To me it was safe, good crash safety, driver and passenger airbags, ABS, good tyres. The suspension is in excellent condition and it actually handles well! The seats are very comfortable and supportive. Then to top it all off it'll get 50MPG too, not the way I drove it last night though:p.
I keep going on and on about it but it really was great in every way:)0
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