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*******Motors Chat - Round 7*******

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  • #3632
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    Sobanek wrote: »
    Nah, something more powerful than that, V6 and all :cool:

    v6?
    Is it that Aristo that was for sale for ages, a green one?


  • #3633
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »
    v6?
    Is it that Aristo that was for sale for ages, a green one?

    You're on the right track.

    Now shhh, don't want to jinx it :D


  • #3634
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    Sobanek wrote: »
    You're on the right track.

    Now shhh, don't want to jinx it :D

    Ok.
    Pics if/when you get it so!


  • #3635
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Went to lidl for meat, milk and logs. Yup...


  • #3636
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    Snotaul Goodman wrote: »
    Went to lidl for meat, milk and logs. Yup...

    I hate when that happens :)


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  • #3637
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Bpmull wrote: »
    I hate when that happens :)

    Nearly came away with a wet and dry vaccum too but then I laughed at myself and kept going


  • #3638
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,552 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Snotaul Goodman wrote: »
    Went to lidl for meat, milk and logs. Yup...

    The milk'll probably last longer :pac:


  • #3639
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Do the ratchet spanners feel like they're OK quality? I'm sort of looking out for a set.


  • #3640
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    Do the ratchet spanners feel like they're OK quality? I'm sort of looking out for a set.

    Ya they seem solid enough. Haven't used them yet though. I'm actually getting good mileage out of Lidl tools over the last year or two. Either they've improved the quality on certain tools or I'm just using them less. Probably the latter.


  • #3641
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Snotaul Goodman wrote: »
    Ya they seem solid enough. Haven't used them yet though. I'm actually getting good mileage out of Lidl tools over the last year or two. Either they've improved the quality on certain tools or I'm just using them less. Probably the latter.

    Might go and pick up a set tomorrow so! cheers :)


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  • #3642
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    The milk'll probably last longer :pac:

    Well at least they lasted longer than the meat :D


  • #3643
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    Snotaul Goodman wrote: »
    Well at least they lasted longer than the meat :D

    The hex keys are decent anyway.

    Neighbour just caught me sniffing my car again.

    Smells a bit coolanty sometimes. No major loss of coolant though.
    Oil leak too, oil cooler or rocker cover gasket near turbo.
    Hopefully a better diagnosis of both tomorrow.

    Just after clearing out the whole car, spare, jack luggage cover trying to find the source of some rattles and bangs. Any recommendations of a thin foam or rubber for putting under polystyrene in the boot to keep noise down?


  • #3644
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,865 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    The hex keys are decent anyway.

    Neighbour just caught me sniffing my car again.

    Smells a bit coolanty sometimes. No major loss of coolant though.
    Oil leak too, oil cooler or rocker cover gasket near turbo.
    Hopefully a better diagnosis of both tomorrow.

    Just after clearing out the whole car, spare, jack luggage cover trying to find the source of some rattles and bangs. Any recommendations of a thin foam or rubber for putting under polystyrene in the boot to keep noise down?

    Halfords do clip together foam mats. I've got them cut to size in my boot until I can find another option because I stuck a full sized spare in. Reduced road noise too.


  • #3645
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Halfords do clip together foam mats. I've got them cut to size in my boot until I can find another option because I stuck a full sized spare in. Reduced road noise too.

    Too thick I'd say, but I do have a kinda 1m x 1.5m sheet of thin rubber that lidl or aldi were selling as a boot mat. Might do the job for cheap cut up. Hmm.
    Might go thicker in the spare wheel well. That thing is bass drum size and is definitely amplifying noise up in the cabin.


  • #3646
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,349 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    Sobanek wrote: »
    You're on the right track.

    Now shhh, don't want to jinx it :D
    Pics asap!


  • #3647
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »
    I'd say that's equal to my recent brown trouser moment in my chrysler when the exact opposite happened.
    Pedal straight to the floor in a 3 ton car going downhill.

    How did you stop?


  • #3648
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,349 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    How did you stop?
    A ditch maybe? ;)


  • #3649
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Cheensbo wrote: »
    Depends on the car really, if its a dated Japanese motor it's pretty simple to replace the locks & ignition barrel, more than a few of mine were on the flathead screwdriver.

    My carina II had half the key stuck in it so it was never removed or locked, just used to put a wooly hat covering the key when parked in the town :pac:

    Good one. I was the same for a while with a car a few years ago carina e. Lost the key so used to start the car with flat head screw driver.


  • #3650
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,349 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    Wouldn't be so easy in newer cars equipped with immo thing. :pac:


  • #3651
    rocky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭rocky


    Sobanek wrote: »
    You're on the right track.

    Now shhh, don't want to jinx it :D

    GS300? I suppose you have something to look forward to upgrading from in a few years... :p. I test drove 06-L-300 a couple of years back and wasn't too impressed, but they are around 2k cheaper than a 5 series, and a lot more to choose from, with good spec.


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  • #3652
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Which one of these mp3 tape converter things is the best? Any of ye experience any of them and found them to be good. The last one I bought lasted 3 months.

    http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_odkw=mp3+tape&_from=R40&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313&_nkw=car+mp3+tape&_sacat=0


  • #3653
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Might be better off with one of these: http://www.ebay.ie/itm/CAR-WIRELESS-MP3-FM-RADIO-TRANSMITTER-HANDS-FREE-FOR-MOBILE-IPHONE5-IPOD-SAMSUNG-/191306195834?pt=UK_FM_Transmitters&hash=item2c8abce37a


  • #3654
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    A friend has one of them, and I couldn't warm to it at all, I found that you had to keep changing frequencies every so often.


  • #3655
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    From experience, all those tape things are shíte. I've had ones that cost €2 and ones that cost €20 and were all the same. Is it for your own car?


  • #3656
    Simonigs1.0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 712 ✭✭✭Simonigs1.0


    I got my first flat battery in the RCZ today. I must say, it was rather scary for a few seconds when it wouldn't start :pac:


  • #3657
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Simonigs1.0 wrote: »
    I got my first flat battery in the RCZ today. I must say, it was rather scary for a few seconds when it wouldn't start :pac:

    How did you manage that? You hardly left the lights on. Do cars even allow you leave the lights on anymore?


  • #3658
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    http://www.carthrottle.com/discuss/jwPwJF/

    :D


  • #3659
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Snotaul Goodman wrote:
    From experience, all those tape things are shíte. I've had ones that cost €2 and ones that cost €20 and were all the same. Is it for your own car?


    Yap for my own, I'm that backdated! I'm starting to draw the same conclusion too! The sound quality is fairly good though. I'd have a new stereo in, only if Ford didn't insist on having 1.5 din units, making any retrofitted one stick out.


  • #3660
    Simonigs1.0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 712 ✭✭✭Simonigs1.0


    Snotaul Goodman wrote: »
    How did you manage that? You hardly left the lights on. Do cars even allow you leave the lights on anymore?

    Haha, kind of :o Left the amber leds on in the car for some reason and it they drained the battery.


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  • #3661
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    Yap for my own, I'm that backdated! I'm starting to draw the same conclusion too! The sound quality is fairly good though. I'd have a new stereo in, only if Ford didn't insist on having 1.5 din units, making any retrofitted one stick out.

    Ah stop sure I've one in the Volvo. I never use it due to my sheer hatred towards it. Actually you can have it if you want it. Drop me a PM. You might make better use of it. Making CD's is just an effort and has to be done a certain way for my stupid stereo. There is an adapter available for my head unit though and its meant to be really good. There could be something similar for yours on the market. I never bought the adapter because I've plans to either upgrade the stereo or the car itself in the new year.


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