********Motors Chat - Round 8 ********

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Can anyone tell me where this reg plate came from, any particular website? There is a very light blue haze around each number/letter. Would really like one for my own.

Sorry for the bad pic, phone camera won't focus right.

It kind of looks like the dealer details are part of the plate.
Maybe contact the dealer name on the bottom of the plate. Some dealers use odd fonts on their plates.

Most irish garages get their number plate printing systems from D&S Roe, but there is another company from Northern Ireland (can't remember their name) that were selling a full colour number plate printing system to garages.

colm_mcm wrote:

It kind of looks like the dealer details are part of the plate. Maybe contact the dealer name on the bottom of the plate. Some dealers use odd fonts on their plates.

Ya I noticed that alright. Have the dealer name alright. Are those little "lips" part of the plate though? I thought some of them were a kind of backing plate and you stick the plate onto the front of it and the lip shows from the back plate. That's what it looked like in this instance.

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Ya I noticed that alright. Have the dealer name alright. Are those little "lips" part of the plate though? I thought some of them were a kind of backing plate and you stick the plate onto the front of it and the lip shows from the back plate. That's what it looked like in this instance.

In most cases, it's part of the plate.

What garage is it?

To be fair, any of the cars on their website don't have that that font. Dealer info may well be separate to the plate itself.

Some amount of P.O.A pricing on that website

EBay usually has places that will do them too.

They look a bit tacktastic imo.

While I still like German plates, pressed Irish are still way better imo.

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Well

Well the Polo FAILED :pac:

Starting at the top;

Front wheel alignment

Headlight alignment (just a tiny bit out on the drivers side)

Rear near side wheel bearing

Drivers window not working properly

Lambda of 0.9

CO 3.82%

HC 374PPM

Emissions not so good then :pac:

And finally got an advisory for one tyre being under 3mm





In good news though the 166 passed it's retest so now for the first time in 13 months I have a car with a full screen :cool::cool::cool::D:D:D As a treat for passing I finally fitted the leather seats to the 166 too

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Not so bad really bar the emissions, and just lashings of dipetane will sort that

She's burning oil like it's going out of fashion :P It's also running rich. I'm optimistic that we'll be able to just scrape it through

All the other stuff is fairly simple

wotzgoingon wrote: »

What do you want it for? As far as I remember you have a few vehicles already.

Weird as it might seem myself and 166man think this car is fun It's a good opportunity to do whatever we want to a car and not care how it turns out. Good harmless fun and a good laugh.

Bpmull wrote: »

I know mine is diesel but I'm lucky enough with it. Cvrt smoke test 3.00 limit to pass. My golf 0.02


It literally burns no oil at all. I dipped it before I left for Spain still sitting just under full mark and there is 15k km on the oil never topped up. Also literally no smoke at all under hard acceleration or even when cold you never see anything coming out of the exhaust.

Must have no poke so :pac:

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

It is indeed petrol. 1043cc for the bad value tax :pac:


Up until today I though it was a carb engine but turns out to be a singe point injection job.

have a gander at all the breather and vacuum hoses. Tend to clog and split on older vag petril Vagcom might show up a sensor problem.