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

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  • #8402
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    Kintarō Hattori wrote: »
    Right. I may have screwed up. Sitting here in the IKEA car park in the missus e90 which refuses to start. While waiting for her I had the ignition on but no radio or lights running. I was charging my phone for about 20 minutes. Surely that wasn't enough to kill the battery?

    She's mightily annoyed as you can imagine.

    No the battery must be one the way out you'd want to be charging your phone alot longer than 20mins to run down a healthy battery.


  • #8403
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,085 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Woot. Push start and into second got her going. Will get the battery checked though.


  • #8404
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Foxhole Norman wrote: »
    I absolutely despise those yokes, look horrendous on any VAG.

    You're a yoke :P
    modified_vw_jetta_011-592x394.jpg

    "Well baii, she's well decked hai, quare reek outta her on strawberry"


  • #8405
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,085 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    dgt wrote: »
    You're a yoke :P


    "Well baii, she's well decked hai, quare reek outta her on strawberry"

    On a decent set of alloys and not slammed to the ground that could be quite nice.


  • #8406
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    dgt wrote: »
    You're a yoke :P


    "Well baii, she's well decked hai, quare reek outta her on strawberry"

    I wouldn't like them alloys at all tbh we'll definitely not on a vw anyway. Not into the whole heavily modified car thing at all but I do like when people add the odd thing that makes the car look well. Like the scirocco alloys it was a bogo mk5 silver golf but yet the alloys made it stand out and look well.


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  • #8407
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Quick one lads am I right in thinking the dipped headlight bulb in a 00 e class is a h7?


  • #8408
    ShaunieVW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭ShaunieVW


    Here we go again.


  • #8409
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    ShaunieVW wrote: »
    Here we go again.

    I paid 1.249 for diesel in topaz yesterday but anywhere I seen today seems to be higher luckily I brimed the tank until you could literally put no more in although I done 400km today so it won't last long.


  • #8410
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,865 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Bpmull wrote: »
    Seen these vw scirocco alloys on a mk5 golf today and I thought they looked really well seemed to suit it I can't say I've ever seen them before I think they are 19s though.

    6E84AB1E-86D5-48AE-8334-BA51943D50D6_zpsyzw3xhtr.jpg

    Interlagos is the wheel name, 18s found on the Passat CC and Scirocco. Lovely wheel...on a CC or a Scirocco. On anything else they are replica shyte 99.99% of the time.


  • #8411
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Kintarō Hattori wrote: »
    Woot. Push start and into second got her going. Will get the battery checked though.

    If it's a 2007/2008 car you will be better off replacing the battery altogether. I went for a while with a battery that was crap i.e. poor starting, clock resetting etc. I tried a few times to charge it up but it didn't last too long.


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  • #8412
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Interlagos is the wheel name, 18s found on the Passat CC and Scirocco. Lovely wheel...on a CC or a Scirocco. On anything else they are replica shyte 99.99% of the time.

    Why are they that expensive ? The ones on this could well have been replicas I wouldn't know them well enough to tell.


  • #8413
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,865 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Bpmull wrote: »
    Why are they that expensive ? The ones on this could well have been replicas I wouldn't know them well enough to tell.

    Expensive? You'd buy them cheap as reps. Quality Chinese engineering too. Personally I think they look bad on any Golf.

    You'll only know for sure when you take them off and check for stamps. The Chinese don't stamp them because it would ruin any strength that they have:pac: Search done deal for buckle and you'll probably find a set!


  • #8414
    Gavman84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭Gavman84


    ShaunieVW wrote: »
    Here we go again.
    Filled up in Foxhole Normans Maxol yesterday at 126.9 for petrol cheapest around by a bit I seen!


  • #8415
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Expensive? You'd buy them cheap as reps. Quality Chinese engineering too. Personally I think they look bad on any Golf.

    You'll only know for sure when you take them off and check for stamps. The Chinese don't stamp them because it would ruin any strength that they have:pac: Search done deal for buckle and you'll probably find a set!

    What I meant was are the genuine ones very expensive if everyone is buying reps although I suppose most genuine alloys are quite expensive. Id never bother with cheap chinese reps myself.


  • #8416
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,280 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    Gavman84 wrote: »
    Filled up in Foxhole Normans Maxol yesterday

    Kwilliams.jpg


  • #8417
    Gavman84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭Gavman84


    Oh...Iv said too much!! :o:p


  • #8418
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    Gavman84 wrote: »
    Filled up in Foxhole Normans Maxol yesterday at 126.9 for petrol cheapest around by a bit I seen!

    Best/Cheapest fuel around :pac:


  • #8419
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,865 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Bpmull wrote: »
    What I meant was are the genuine ones very expensive if everyone is buying reps although I suppose most genuine alloys are quite expensive. Id never bother with cheap chinese reps myself.

    And good condition OEM wheel is. Unless you're prepared to watch eBay like a hawk you're going to pay through the nose for real ones.


  • #8420
    Cheensbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,704 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    Foxhole Norman wrote: »
    Best/Cheapest fuel around :pac:

    Any washed stuff goin?

    Mechanical pump & 2 stroke ftw

    :pac:


  • #8421
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    Cheensbo wrote: »
    Any washed stuff goin?

    Mechanical pump & 2 stroke ftw

    :pac:

    Seeing as the manager from the AppleGreen up the road fills in our station something must be going on :pac:


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  • #8422
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Bpmull wrote:
    Seen these vw scirocco alloys on a mk5 golf today and I thought they looked really well seemed to suit it I can't say I've ever seen them before I think they are 19s though.


    A lad I know has them on his passat. Think it's 06/07, on NI plates so can't tell. It's a silver estate, and I think they look so well.


  • #8423
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,085 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    If it's a 2007/2008 car you will be better off replacing the battery altogether. I went for a while with a battery that was crap i.e. poor starting, clock resetting etc. I tried a few times to charge it up but it didn't last too long.

    She's a 2005. We use Valdas in Motor Confidence so I'll see what he says. There had been nothing wrong with it prior to tonight and I had been thinking of dropping it in for a service regardless.


  • #8424
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    A lad I know has them on his passat. Think it's 06/07, on NI plates so can't tell. It's a silver estate, and I think they look so well.

    The 15s that are on mine are very plain kind of one step above wheel covers but they are find and its nice to have cheap tyres. Tbh other than replacing mechanical (service/ wear) parts I don't really intend on spending anything on this golf as I don't intend keeping it long enough.


  • #8425
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,204 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    dgt wrote: »
    ..."Well baii, she's well decked hai, quare reek outta her on strawberry"

    OK, this is annoying me. What does "strawberry" mean in this context? :pac:


  • #8426
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    Well searching for "strawberry diesel" will turn up a load of results that probably violate any "substance" related policies a workplace might have. Oops.


  • #8427
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Bpmull wrote:
    The 15s that are on mine are very plain kind of one step above wheel covers but they are find and its nice to have cheap tyres. Tbh other than replacing mechanical (service/ wear) parts I don't really intend on spending anything on this golf as I don't intend keeping it long enough.


    When are you planning on moving on? To another golf?


  • #8428
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    When are you planning on moving on? To another golf?

    Currently it's to keep the current one till next June 2016 as at that stage I'll be finished college and have a job. I recon the next car will be a mk6 golf tbh Id sell mine this summer and get a mk6 if they weren't making such rediculous money like get decent money for my one Id have to put 6-9k euro with my one to get any kind of a decent 2010 ish mk6.

    Mk6s are actually making more money than they were making early last year for the same cars ie a year older. I was close to buying a mint mk6 highline 10 reg last year one owner I knew the owner I'm sorry I didn't now as I can't get a similar car for the same money now. Either way I didn't want to spend that kind of money on a car back then. I'm happy enough with my mk5 for now anyway.


  • #8429
    job seeker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,127 ✭✭✭job seeker


    jimgoose wrote: »
    OK, this is annoying me. What does "strawberry" mean in this context? :pac:

    Strawberry is Red diesel. (Agri fuel.) just like the green stuff we have in the republic. AFAIK


    <Source - I'm a farmer>


  • #8430
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,974 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    Are all petrol prices back to normal? everywhere I see its around 1.31 to 1.35.


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  • #8431
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    Chris_Heilong wrote: »
    Are all petrol prices back to normal? everywhere I see its around 1.31 to 1.35.
    dorgasm wrote: »
    I reckon the rise at the amount is down to the weak euro more than oil prices.
    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    The feckin Greeks! As much as you might say fair play to them for standing up for themselves, they have a lotta people nervous about the euro. Even apart from quantitive easing.
    :(


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