Motors Chat - Round 8

GvidoR · 03-04-2015 08:34PM

challengemaster wrote: »

I don't personally own one :P

What a relief. :pac:

wotzgoingon · 03-04-2015 08:37PM

Anyone here watch Trailer Park Boys? I was watching a earlier episode(season 1) a few mins ago and this grocery store robbery is so funny.
Bubbles with the automatic sub machine gun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-xpUiavuMk

nd · 03-04-2015 08:55PM

Anyone know what this type of clip is called? It's not off a car but I don't really visit any of the other forums.

The points of it sit into a grove on the shaft.

colm_mcm · 03-04-2015 10:37PM

Spring retaining clip AFAIK

jimgoose · 03-04-2015 10:42PM

nd wrote: »

Anyone know what this type of clip is called? It's not off a car but I don't really visit any of the other forums.

The points of it sit into a grove on the shaft.

External push-on snapring, I think.

Stench Blossoms · 03-04-2015 11:36PM

My car was robbed last night. I was going to post here asking if anyone had seen it but by the time I had composed myself it had been found burnt out in the phoneix park.

Worst part was they broke into my house, came into my bedroom and took the keys from the bedside locker while I was asleep

wotzgoingon · 03-04-2015 11:46PM

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

My car was robbed last night. I was going to post here asking if anyone had seen it but by the time I had composed myself it had been found burnt out in the phoneix park.

Worst part was they broke into my house, came into my bedroom and took the keys from the bedside locker while I was asleep

Jesus that's bad. Nothing worse than knowing someone was in your house never mind your room when you were asleep. Did they take anything else? They must have been searching your house for quite some time. What type of car was it out of curiosity?

Stench Blossoms · 04-04-2015 08:26AM

Honda crz

Took my work bag with my laptop, kindle, headphones etc in it.

nd · 04-04-2015 08:33AM

Sorry to hear that. That sucks big time.

I wonder was it used in a robbery elsewhere or just joyriding or what..

Bpmull · 04-04-2015 08:42AM

The worst I heard of robberies lately was our next door neighbour. She is an 80 yo woman that lives alone at 5pm in daylight they opened the front window knowing she was in the back kitchen listening to the radio went straight up stairs robbed all her jewellery most of which was sentimental her mothers jewellery she inherited etc. Then they left the house she never seen them. That was 6 months ago and ever since she was so stressed over people being in her house and couldn't come to terms with it. She has since had a stroke and is in a bad enough way in hospital. The doctors said it could well have been linked to the stress.

Anyway sorry to hear stench blossoms. It's never personally happened to me or my family but Id imagine it's a truly terrible and awful experience.

Stench Blossoms · 04-04-2015 08:57AM

I think they came to steal the BMW that's here as well but couldn't find the keys so took mine instead.

I reckon once they hit the main road and realised it looks faster than it is they just rallied it around a bit and then burnt it but could possibly have been used in a robbery as well.

Stheno · 04-04-2015 09:20AM

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

I think they came to steal the BMW that's here as well but couldn't find the keys so took mine instead.

I reckon once they hit the main road and realised it looks faster than it is they just rallied it around a bit and then burnt it but could possibly have been used in a robbery as well.

That's awful I hope you are ok

beertons · 04-04-2015 11:57AM

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

I think they came to steal the BMW that's here as well but couldn't find the keys so took mine instead.

I reckon once they hit the main road and realised it looks faster than it is they just rallied it around a bit and then burnt it but could possibly have been used in a robbery as well.

That's a balls. Hope you are ok.

scottp68877 · 04-04-2015 12:05PM

Wondering if anyone would know whether coilovers for the front of the car are interchangeable like do coilovers have certain sides to go on or does it matter? It's for a golf mk4 if that makes a difference

Foxhole Norman · 04-04-2015 12:12PM

I probably should've gotten a diesel

420Kms since picking it up Tuesday night :cool:

Noccy_Mondy · 04-04-2015 12:40PM

Would all tyre centres have partworns, or would it just be the bigger ones?

dgt · 04-04-2015 01:14PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I probably should've gotten a diesel 420Kms since picking it up Tuesday night :cool:

I've done over 500 miles in my maggoty 406 since Tuesday. I have about another 300 to cover over the weekend still. I'm just back from Portadown, nice 140 mile round trip.

Thats no mileage at all biy

Foxhole Norman · 04-04-2015 01:19PM

dgt wrote: »

I've done over 500 miles in my maggoty 406 since Tuesday. I have about another 300 to cover over the weekend still. I'm just back from Portadown, nice 140 mile round trip.

Thats no mileage at all biy

It is for a 2.5 Petrol not a 406 Diesel :P

dgt · 04-04-2015 01:22PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

It is for a 2.5 Petrol not a 406 Diesel :P

And I averaged over 1k miles a week in my old petrol merc

Foxhole Norman · 04-04-2015 01:23PM

dgt wrote: »

And I averaged over 1k miles a week in my old petrol merc

But you are mental though

:pac:

04-04-2015 02:00PM

Friend of Goodmans showed up last night and parked next to brother Goodman. I want a white hot hatch now

Chris_Heilong · 04-04-2015 03:06PM

scottp68877 wrote: »

Wondering if anyone would know whether coilovers for the front of the car are interchangeable like do coilovers have certain sides to go on or does it matter? It's for a golf mk4 if that makes a difference

should be but you can mix rear with front.

Bpmull · 04-04-2015 05:24PM

Serviced the golf this morning was fairly quick and painless other than having the wrong fuel filter and not being able to get the correct one as everywhere was closed. It was certainly the easiest car I've ever serviced acres of room around the oil, air, fuel filter. I used mobil esp 1 oil this time so ill see how I get on. I reset the service reminder to. Have 100km on it today and is running nice and smoothly. Was only 5km up the road after the service and got the blown bulb warning for a front parking light so ill change that this evening.

800 km on it since Wednesday afternoon when I got home from the airport.

Stheno · 04-04-2015 06:14PM

Hoping to get a new car (New to me) in the next couple of weeks. Last month mileage claim for work was over 2500 miles, 976 in one week alone!

Noccy_Mondy · 04-04-2015 06:49PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote:

Would all tyre centres have partworns, or would it just be the bigger ones?

Went and as luck would have it 2 partworns were after coming off something. Exact size as mine. I was positive that only one was punctured, so I only changed the one. That was until I got home and another had gone flat. Can't do anything until Tuesday. These wheels aren't meant to go on this car!

Bpmull · 04-04-2015 07:17PM

started the car in a car park seen this and said it would be rude not to take a picture. Mileage is starting to get high now dangerously close to the 100k mile mark where all cars blow up I may change it

:pac:

Foxhole Norman · 04-04-2015 07:25PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Went and as luck would have it 2 partworns were after coming off something. Exact size as mine. I was positive that only one was punctured, so I only changed the one. That was until I got home and another had gone flat. Can't do anything until Tuesday. These wheels aren't meant to go on this car!

Should always get tyres in pairs anyway due to uneven wear!

cadaliac · 04-04-2015 07:39PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

It is for a 2.5 Petrol not a 406 Diesel :P

I once drove from Cork to Donegal, around the locality for a week and back to Cork, plus two days to work before the light came on on a single tank in a 01 406. It was the most economical car I evered owned by a country mile. They were also one of the most underrated cars of all time imo.

Foxhole Norman · 04-04-2015 07:55PM

cadaliac wrote: »

I once drove from Cork to Donegal, around the locality for a week and back to Cork, plus two days to work before the light came on on a single tank in a 01 406. It was the most economical car I evered owned by a country mile. They were also one of the most underrated cars of all time imo.

Not so much luck here, used €80 in a few days

Mind you, motorway driving it can hit 40 MPG at the speed limit.

ShaunieVW · 04-04-2015 08:01PM

scottp68877 wrote: »

Wondering if anyone would know whether coilovers for the front of the car are interchangeable like do coilovers have certain sides to go on or does it matter? It's for a golf mk4 if that makes a difference

Some of the better set ups will be sided due to weight etc. but if they are JOMS or FKs and they likes then they can go on either side.

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