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

Its laughable to see a bus eireann expressway ad with a nice sleek lovely luxury coach.

Go to use the service - and its a crappy 04 or 2008 Scania that rolls up.

Have they started using the new Scanias some of their more recent ads show - are they any better....

2006 Vanhool on a Daf chassis - operated by a private operator on Irish rail bus transfers (between Mallow and Tralee when they were doing work on the railway line) was the comfiest coach ive ever been in.

YbFocus wrote: »

Mine at 598 with axa on the e36 i thought was good, although i have 7yrs no claims and am 26.
But still i thought it quite good!
Everyone else was 800-900

Yes, that's not bad at all. You know how it is these days.

Anybody know the specs for almearas, 2006 vintage. I know there's sve and sxe, what else and what order. Which has the half leather?

toastedpickles wrote: »

Joined the irish vintage society today, More off the insurance

I never got the whole vintage insurance thing. Does having it mean you can only do small mileage a year and not use the car everyday ?

I'm on the bus to Sligo right now to get into another bus that will take me to Westport. It feels like I'm getting some disease already. On the bright side, I'll have my car back in 2 hours or so.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

I never got the whole vintage insurance thing. Does having it mean you can only do small mileage a year and not use the car everyday ?

I got classic insurance with first ireland, didnt need a 2nd car

restricted to 6k a year but I would never drive that much anyway

had to "join" a vintage car club too

just subscribed to a free online mag and got my insurance

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Ever been on the Luas Red Line?
*Hock*
*Cough*
*Splutter*
*spit*

Thankfully no. I haven't been on a bus since the art class trip to Dublin I had to go on for my leaving cert.

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

An aunt and uncle of mine asked me to have a look at a car for them this evening. It's a base spec 03 320d with 180k miles for €3500. Really nothing special at all. Found a M Sport auto, diesel, same mileage, same year, obviously looks much nicer...and they won't even have a look at it because it's up for €300 more than the first car.

Unbelievable.

Is size and type of fuel an issue????

Surely youd be into a decent example for smaller money if you went petrol???

They will already be paying 2 litre tax on a 320d - wonder if a 320i - or even a 318i could be picked up cheaper.

They aren't the best in base spec tbh - seen a 318i going through an NCT - same vintage - looked very plain inside.

Leather makes a massive difference in the E46 - especially if light coloured.

Could always try making an offer on the M sport that matches the base model - its just 300 euro - so I guess the worst that will happen is the seller will say no.

Only issue I guess with M sport is I imagine you will have bigger wheels - and sports suspension as well - which they may or may not like ride comfort wise.

is an NCT "fail dangerous" tester discretionary?

the trusty yaris failed last night... got a bit of a fright tbh, "fail dangerous". wasn't a bad test other than that, for a car that doesn't get even the slightest bit of love.

advanced corrosion on a brake pipe apparently. had a quick glance under it today as it's pissing down outside (edit: the weather is pissing down, not the brake fluid :pac:) and to be fair, where the copper line meets the flexi pipe is a bit greasy looking.

the reservoir is full and has never been topped up as long as we've owned the car. hands up, clearly there is a fault and the NCT copped that which is good. i just question was fail dangerous a bit hasty?

please don't high horse me, genuine question. i only ask for example as my corolla failed before because a caliper was seized open and i could drive home, if i had 4 bald tyres i could drive home etc etc, but one damp looking brake hose connection and we are on a tow truck.

Jobby for tomorrow