Motors Chat - Round 7

Mc Love · 23-02-2015 08:34PM

The mondy is back in the safety of my hands. Very reasonable and fast service from Adrian Frahill of Seamus McGrath motors. They were flat out though. Busy busy garage

wotzgoingon · 23-02-2015 08:34PM

davycc wrote: »

A great choice for some refined skidding.
Had a e34 520i manual myself and even with only 150 bhp it was a great learning curve for some wet roundabout ass out fun.

I do be thinking if these BMW engines were in a lighter car and rear wheel drive they would be rockets.

MetzgerMeister · 23-02-2015 08:35PM

Big Nasty wrote: »

Peasants have them dude. :pac:

toastedpickles wrote: »

Ladies and non ladies, here's a question for you, what oil does an rx8 actually take? Some say 5w30, 5w20 and some say 5w40, I know mm had one so he might know but whats the general consensus?

When I had mine Mazda specified 5W30 fully synthetic. Then around the time I had the MPS they specified 10w40 mineral oil I think it was.

I'd say jennizle or Darts would be able to tell you what they're both using now.

pred racer · 23-02-2015 08:36PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

When I had mine Mazda specified 5W30 fully synthetic. Then around the time I had the MPS they specified 10w40 mineral oil I think it was.

I'd say jennizle or Darts would be able to tell you what they're both using now.

Where is the muffin man? What's he putting in his?

challengemaster · 23-02-2015 08:38PM

pred racer wrote: »

Where is the muffin man? What's he putting in his?

Protein shakes most likely :pac:

MetzgerMeister · 23-02-2015 08:39PM

challengemaster wrote: »

Protein shakes most likely :pac:

Or Ginger juice!

toastedpickles · 23-02-2015 08:41PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

When I had mine Mazda specified 5W30 fully synthetic. Then around the time I had the MPS they specified 10w40 mineral oil I think it was.

I'd say jennizle or Darts would be able to tell you what they're both using now.

See thats the problem, some say 5w30 some say 10w40 and everything else inbetween, just curious is all really

MetzgerMeister · 23-02-2015 08:46PM

See my distinction between one being fully synth and the other being mineral oil.

toastedpickles · 23-02-2015 08:56PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

See my distinction between one being fully synth and the other being mineral oil.

I did

pred racer · 23-02-2015 09:08PM

Do you get banned for laughing and pointing the finger at someone who is banned? :pac:

MetzgerMeister · 23-02-2015 09:09PM

There's only one way to find out

YbFocus · 23-02-2015 09:11PM

pred racer wrote: »

Do you get banned for laughing and pointing the finger at someone who is banned? :pac:

Praise the Lord!

Marty McFly · 23-02-2015 09:13PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

The e60 still suffers from cooling issues, the water pump is a common problem. It's electric I believe which means its more expensive to fix.

And "Fuel Efficient" is not how I would describe that car!

Yea that's what went in my e90 the water pump alone cost 700 euro.

What mpg would you get put of it? A quick google search brought up around 40 to 45 mpg considering I get low 20's in the 330i I reckon I would notice a big difference.

pred racer · 23-02-2015 09:13PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

There's only one way to find out

<User banned and content removed, moderator>

Marty McFly · 23-02-2015 09:15PM

166man wrote: »

Have you seen this one?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/8750324
Alfa 156 JTD Est.Just Nct 02 16,Taxed,Like New,

Bit pricey but I'm sure there's room for negotiation. Looks genuinely quite clean!

Yea I seen that ans it does look clean but the fact its not the 150bhp engine turned me off it.

166man · 23-02-2015 10:14PM

Marty McFly wrote: »

Yea I seen that ans it does look clean but the fact its not the 150bhp engine turned me off it.

An EGR delete or blank, remap and a good service would see that engine up at 150bhp easily. I'd be very tempted myself if I didn't have enough cars already. I'm impressed by how clean it is.

mhackett102 · 23-02-2015 10:18PM

file:///C:/Users/Martin/Pictures/11008991_906584412706994_871398053_n%20(2).jpg

Excuse the quality of the photo but I had to transfer the photo from my phone on to my laptop and it didnt come up as good.
Anyways, this is what my car looks like when its clean - The car has just over 200,000km and has a rear spoiler on the back, which makes the car look great from the back in my opinion.
Im thinking about getting new alloys for the car and do a few other bits, does anyone have any opinions / recommendations?

wotzgoingon · 23-02-2015 10:31PM

mhackett102 wrote: »

file:///C:/Users/Martin/Pictures/11008991_906584412706994_871398053_n%20(2).jpg

Excuse the quality of the photo but I had to transfer the photo from my phone on to my laptop and it didnt come up as good.
Anyways, this is what my car looks like when its clean - The car has just over 200,000km and has a rear spoiler on the back, which makes the car look great from the back in my opinion.
Im thinking about getting new alloys for the car and do a few other bits, does anyone have any opinions / recommendations?

Where is the link to picture. I didn't even bother copying and pasting the link you gave as it does not look right to me.

mhackett102 · 23-02-2015 10:36PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Where is the link to picture. I didn't even bother copying and pasting the link you gave as it does not look right to me.

Sh**e, didnt do that right atal. Ignore it and I'll try to get the photo up the correct way during the night.
My bad!

23-02-2015 11:12PM

Mc Love wrote: »

The mondy is back in the safety of my hands. Very reasonable and fast service from Adrian Frahill of Seamus McGrath motors. They were flat out though. Busy busy garage

Aidan! :pac:

Top man. I use him whenever I need a mechanic. Really knows his stuff, especially Swedish yokes. Up the walls constantly.

dgt · 23-02-2015 11:33PM

mhackett102 wrote: »

file:///C:/Users/Martin/Pictures/11008991_906584412706994_871398053_n%20(2).jpg

Excuse the quality of the photo but I had to transfer the photo from my phone on to my laptop and it didnt come up as good.
Anyways, this is what my car looks like when its clean - The car has just over 200,000km and has a rear spoiler on the back, which makes the car look great from the back in my opinion.
Im thinking about getting new alloys for the car and do a few other bits, does anyone have any opinions / recommendations?

That's not how you host an image

Attach it to a reply and host the link

Old diesel · 23-02-2015 11:54PM

A quick mess around with the Fiat configurator for the 500 reminds me that - manufacturers LIKE to charge you extra for stuff that makes the car nice.

I know Fiat are not alone though.

But you can add THOUSANDS to the price of the car with all the extra cost bits.

On the basic 1.2 Pop - it seems the standard colour is white - every other colour - something like 370 euros

Hey ho

GvidoR · 24-02-2015 01:35AM

:pac:

job seeker · 24-02-2015 01:43AM

mhackett102 wrote: »

file:///C:/Users/Martin/Pictures/11008991_906584412706994_871398053_n%20(2).jpg

It looks like you droped the pic from my documents to a google, firefox or internet explorer tab. (Happened me before.:o)

RandomAccess · 24-02-2015 10:08AM

Had a bout of explosive road rage this morning.
Was queue jumped from behind while indicating a right turn (and was moving!). Ended up getting out and calling her a few choice words at the next light.

Can't say it's my proudest moment.
Sheesh..

24-02-2015 10:37AM

RandomAccess wrote: »

Had a bout of explosive road rage this morning.
Was queue jumped from behind while indicating a right turn (and was moving!). Ended up getting out and calling her a few choice words at the next light.

Can't say it's my proudest moment.
Sheesh..

Appalling to read.

Would you have done the same if it was a van with 3 builders in it?

GvidoR · 24-02-2015 10:40AM

OSI wrote: »

Outstanding work on a TVR Cerbera project here: http://imgur.com/gallery/usQdZ.

Amazing work indeed.

RandomAccess · 24-02-2015 10:45AM

Augeo wrote: »

Appalling to read.

Would you have done the same if it was a van with 3 builders in it?

Why not make it four builders.

Have on occasion ****ed some guys out of it as well. None of them came as close to a collision as this one though.

ShaunieVW · 24-02-2015 10:46AM

Saw a 2 series BMW yesterday. They are actually worse in real life!

24-02-2015 10:48AM

RandomAccess wrote: »

Why not make it four builders.

Have on occasion ****ed some guys out of it as well. None of them came as close to a collision as this one though.

Usually can only fit 3 in a van.

If you've done this more than once you have a problem, it's called road rage.

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