Motors Chat - Round 7

Simonigs1.0 · 26-01-2015 11:49PM

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My want for a Model S is growing by the day

Marcusm · 27-01-2015 12:02AM

I saw a 142 D reg'd one in Ranelagh last week; maybe the same one although I thought it was black. Whoever owns that one needs to wash it!

ShaunieVW · 27-01-2015 12:25AM

In a friends garage (JOMO) Looking for a boost leak on my a3, the snap on smoke machine is a serious peice of kit I have to say.

Smoke machine by shaun.raleigh@rocketmail.com, on Flickr

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 27-01-2015 12:29AM

on the topic of electric cars.

there is a leaf in dun laoghire and it does be parked on the hill in the town center plugged in to charge over night.

i see it happen all the time, he plugs it in, goes home and less than ten minuets later tossers pull it out and leg it.

bloke wakes up to an uncharged leaf

same happens in the city too which is why id fear having an electric car.

imagine the car not charged and needing to be somewhere in emergency ?

ba_barabus · 27-01-2015 12:41AM

I thought once they were plugged in the charger was locked in position?

What an absolute bellend the person doing that is.

colm_mcm · 27-01-2015 12:56AM

ba_barabus wrote: »

I thought once they were plugged in the charger was locked in position?

Thought that too.

Isn't using a public charger overnight a bit scabby though?

Alanstrainor · 27-01-2015 12:59AM

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Nothing better than to come home from a hard day of work and find you shocks have arrived from Germany

Ah Koni Yellows! Have them in the rear of mine, going to try and save my pennies for the fronts this year!

Brake upgrade first however!

quadrifoglio verde · 27-01-2015 02:13AM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Ah Koni Yellows! Have them in the rear of mine, going to try and save my pennies for the fronts this year!

Brake upgrade first however!

Upgrading to brembos on mine is too expensive, well over 1k sterling for the kit. So I've new disks, green stuff pads and hel braided lines fitted which shall do for the moment....

Next on the agenda is new tyres, my 17 inch teledials arrive at the end of the week, then fit the rest of the polybushes and out side of a respray, I won't have much left to do except for drive her

Hal1 · 27-01-2015 03:17AM

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27-01-2015 03:23AM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Me focus is saturated inside. Seemingly there was a pipe leaking at the back window washer for some time, as the boot carpet is wet. The water then travelled forward under the back seats, which have mould in one part and came to settle in the rear 2 footwells. Don't know how I didn't notice it before now! Anyway I tackled the source of the leak and put the pipe back together. A lot of the carpets inside are out drying, and I took a hair dryer to the rear footwells, which will take a good bit more drying!

Weird you write that.

Friend's Focus has the passenger side front and rear footwells soaking wet, too.

Apparently his was somehow related to the cowl. He got it fixed by a mechanic, and took a hairdryer to it, too, but he reckons it's still damper than he'd like and he's not sure if the problem is returning or not.

Noccy_Mondy · 27-01-2015 07:54AM

I'm hoping the problem is solved at that now kkv.

This is probably my earliest morning post ever, or latest night post seeing as I'm only going to bed now. Up in less than an hour for work :cool: Lost the run of things majorly tonight :P

Supergurrier · 27-01-2015 01:32PM

To get Spoiler Carbon effect wrapped or not when going in for window tinting, hmmz

Mycroft H · 27-01-2015 02:48PM

Hal1 wrote: »

Ahem....

dgt · 27-01-2015 03:15PM

Another trip to one of my favourite places: the motor tax office!

He lied through his face

But entertaining to hear the idiots trying to scab the last few days off the month only to realise they can't

"But heyor its only a few days like can't ya tax it from the start of the next month hai"

Twat

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 27-01-2015 03:18PM

If only they knew the ways around that hai

Alanstrainor · 27-01-2015 03:33PM

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Upgrading to brembos on mine is too expensive, well over 1k sterling for the kit. So I've new disks, green stuff pads and hel braided lines fitted which shall do for the moment....

Next on the agenda is new tyres, my 17 inch teledials arrive at the end of the week, then fit the rest of the polybushes and out side of a respray, I won't have much left to do except for drive her

That's actually as far as my brake upgrade will be going. New OEM discs, EBC greenstuff pads, and later braided lines. Should have done that when I got the brake fluid replaced! Oh well!

bear1 · 27-01-2015 04:48PM

Lads what do you think this problem could be?
Car seems to be a bit floaty when driving at a higher speed and the steering sometimes tugs but ever ever so slightly.
I had this same problem with the Alfa once but I can't for the life of me figure out what it was.

Dia1988 · 27-01-2015 04:55PM

bear1 wrote: »

Lads what do you think this problem could be?
Car seems to be a bit floaty when driving at a higher speed and the steering sometimes tugs but ever ever so slightly.
I had this same problem with the Alfa once but I can't for the life of me figure out what it was.

You're actually in a plane.....a micro lite like a Jabiru possibly! 😀

bear1 · 27-01-2015 04:57PM

Dia1988 wrote: »

You're actually in a plane.....a micro lite like a Jabiru possibly! &#55357;&#56832;

There isn't enough water on this planet to make that dry ass joke less drier

GvidoR · 27-01-2015 05:26PM

Paid for road tax.

I cri evri tim.

Foxhole Norman · 27-01-2015 05:31PM

GvidoR wrote: »

Paid for road tax.

I cri evri tim.

Preaching to the choir here :pac:

Hal1 · 27-01-2015 07:12PM

Ded_Zebra · 27-01-2015 07:50PM

bear1 wrote: »

Lads what do you think this problem could be?
Car seems to be a bit floaty when driving at a higher speed and the steering sometimes tugs but ever ever so slightly.
I had this same problem with the Alfa once but I can't for the life of me figure out what it was.

Are both the tyres on the front the same and the 2 on the back the same? Are they all the correct pressure?

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 27-01-2015 08:17PM

The temptation to live slightly across the border just to have a nicer car with feck all tax and no vrt.

I wonder.....

Toyotafanboi · 27-01-2015 09:19PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

The temptation to live slightly across the border just to have a nicer car with feck all tax and no vrt.

I wonder.....

Moving house for the cheaaaaap tax :pac: lol

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 27-01-2015 09:23PM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Moving house for the cheaaaaap tax :pac: lol

The freedom when you currently dont own property and able to move about without cost.

wouldnt do it myself though

Interslice · 27-01-2015 09:24PM

bear1 wrote: »

Lads what do you think this problem could be?
Car seems to be a bit floaty when driving at a higher speed and the steering sometimes tugs but ever ever so slightly.
I had this same problem with the Alfa once but I can't for the life of me figure out what it was.

Worn lower wishbone front bush. Makes the tires follow valleys in the road i find. Generally worn front end bushes and track rods make steering bad!

Bpmull · 27-01-2015 10:20PM

I was looking on facebook and there was these picture with title saying that vw/audi/skoda dealership in Liverpool had ever single wheel stole of every car. The pictures are unreal rows of brand new vw, seat and audis literally sitting on the ground as in the Some hardship it's really hard to believe. The chassis rail under the sills sitting on the ground.

Drummerboy08 · 27-01-2015 10:31PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

That's actually as far as my brake upgrade will be going. New OEM discs, EBC greenstuff pads, and later braided lines. Should have done that when I got the brake fluid replaced! Oh well!

I picked up a set of Wilwood 4 pots today for the race car, those along with all the braided hoses and the tilton pedal box I have should help it stop....

Bpmull wrote: »

I was looking on facebook and there was these picture with title saying that vw/audi/skoda dealership in Liverpool had ever single wheel stole of every car. The pictures are unreal rows of brand new vw, seat and audis literally sitting on the ground as in the Some hardship it's really hard to believe. The chassis rail under the sills sitting on the ground.

Be surprised how often that happens, over here too.

colm_mcm · 27-01-2015 10:35PM

This is from the german dealer that had its wheels nicked before Christmas

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