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

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  • #6242
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,972 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    Anyone know what the deal is with checking the VRT for vehicle brands not listed on the VRT website, I take it you have to give them a call?

    I have heard them say they wont give a cost until you have the car infront of them at an NCTS center:(


  • #6243
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,951 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    Chris_Heilong wrote: »
    I have heard them say they wont give a cost until you have the car infront of them at an NCTS center:(

    terrible system that.

    then they say a random figure and cant afford it without a bank loan ?

    id rather know before buying


  • #6244
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    600 seems decent. personally i'd go in around 800-850. really depends on the definition of "overly bad", would it go through another test?

    Ya it should do, rust wasn't that major of an issue last time around (last October).


  • #6245
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Chris_Heilong wrote: »
    I have heard them say they wont give a cost until you have the car infront of them at an NCTS center:(

    +1

    If it's not on the system it's more than likely a model / year that hasn't been imported before so it's literally pot luck.


  • #6246
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,653 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    That's a joke.

    There's lots of Bentleys and Maseratis dropping into €20k-€30k ranges now, would be interesting to see what they'd be looking VRT-wise.


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  • #6247
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,871 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    Saw a 141 Quattroporte I think it was today near little Island, nice change from he typical 5/7 series you see around!


  • #6248
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    Guess the car?

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    Oh... Toyota, Lexus, something new from Audi?


    No.

    attachment.php?attachmentid=1137155&d=1420053855


  • #6249
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    Collecting my 328i exhaust today, much higher flowing than the 323 and a straight bolt on! One pipe takes 3 cylinders rather than all 6 being forced down one.
    There's also two cats etc, should see the car rev way more freely from what I've read!

    After that I'm giving it a service as I have a big trip to Leitrim this weekend!


  • #6250
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,917 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Guess the car that has the BMW badges on the wheels and the giveaway trim around the windows :pac:


  • #6251
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    there's something very kia optima about it.

    kia-optima-exterior-02.jpg


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  • #6252
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,917 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Funny you say that. Didn't Voodoomelon proclaim his love of that Optima based on his love of the 7 series? :D


  • #6253
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Is that 7 sitting crazy high...or is that just me...

    YbFocus...nice mod! Waiing for my bank balance to get back to normal before doing a brake upgrade on mine!


  • #6254
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,917 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Is that 7 sitting crazy high...or is that just me...

    YbFocus...nice mod! Waiing for my bank balance to get back to normal before doing a brake upgrade on mine!

    I still have Mintex discs and handbrake shoes/ancillaries waiting to go on mine. Haven't had the time nor the weather :(


  • #6255
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,917 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    OSI wrote: »
    Are you not selling the 335 now?

    I don't know what I'm doing with it but the discs need to be replaced either way.

    Probably going to keep it now since things have gone the opposite way.


  • #6256
    Cheensbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,704 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    Planned on washing mine today, Might just go play in the mud and make it worse instead.. :pac:


  • #6257
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,972 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    Sobanek, I recognized the top pic as a BMW straight away because of the eagle wing tail lights at the back, I guess you dont approve of the design?


  • #6258
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    I still have Mintex discs and handbrake shoes/ancillaries waiting to go on mine. Haven't had the time nor the weather :(

    Still need to order parts, but I'm thinking Bosche OEM discs (same are on the rear...) and EBC greenstuff pads. Oh baby. Also need to replace the fuel filter, but that will be Spring I reckon.


  • #6259
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    just went for 3 months tax on the corolla, €108 :) sometimes 1.4 feels good.


  • #6260
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    just went for 3 months tax on the corolla, €108 :) sometimes 1.4 feels good.

    I literally just paid ten times that for a year....:(


  • #6261
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,196 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    I literally just paid ten times that for a year....:(

    Ah quit yer bawlin'. €1,494 p.a. here! :(


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  • #6262
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,871 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    Just ordered my parking sensors, 4 for 70 euro delivered from the UK.


  • #6263
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Foxhole Norman wrote: »
    Just ordered my parking sensors, 4 for 70 euro delivered from the UK.

    Still have the one I ordered in the glove box....stress of taking off the bumper to put it in!


  • #6264
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,196 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Foxhole Norman wrote: »
    Just ordered my parking sensors, 4 for 70 euro delivered from the UK.

    Is there much to fitting them, FN?


  • #6265
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,306 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Two of a kind!

    QSQPokml.jpg


  • #6266
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Ah quit yer bawlin'. €1,494 p.a. here! :(

    Feel dat...
    Just taxed m'golf 3 months for €190 and debating whether or not to tax m'nissan at 1494, or to declare off road and do the restoring I've been planning for a while!

    STill have m'1.8 fiesta taxed till June aswell. I need to stop taxing cars :mad:


  • #6267
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,871 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Is there much to fitting them, FN?

    Like Alan mentioned for the rear bumper you have to take it off to access the two in the center, the two on the sides can just be pryed off as they're in a piece of trim, same for the front, they're all in the strips. Unfortunately for me 2 of the 3 I have to replace in the back are the ones in the center :P

    Front will be a simple job. There's a grounding error I have to fix for them too, I think there's a cut wire somewhere in the front or back.


  • #6268
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,308 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Is that 7 sitting crazy high...or is that just me...

    First thing i noticed as well. And it is even more so that it is BMW.


  • #6269
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    So 41 euro extra on my insurance for the other 9-5, happy days! now to nct it and re-mortgage the house to tax it for three months :o


  • #6270
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,308 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    So 41 euro extra on my insurance for the other 9-5, happy days! now to nct it and re-mortgage the house to tax it for three months :o

    What engine is in the new Saab?


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  • #6271
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    What engine is in the new Saab?

    Same as the green one 2.3T :)


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