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Post a picture of your car here Part 4 (quote a picture, get a 24h ban!!)
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Snotaul Goodman wrote:No such thing if you're not a gombeen.
Didn't mean to come across blunt in that previous post, kind of read that way
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Noccy_Mondy wrote: »Didn't mean to come across blunt in that previous post, kind of read that way
Jaysus not at all. I know where you were coming from too.0 -
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I really don't get why a car seems to have to be 150-200bhp before it becomes interesting and sure if it's under a 100bhp then is some kind of a lethal death trap slow.
To me how fast a car goes is a certain amount of the whole package but there has to be more to it than that. Is my megane fast no it's not but is still enjoyable to drive it's 89bhp 12 seconds to 100kmh and just over 180kmh top speed. However if you floor it and drive hard up through the gears does progress fast yes. Will it break every irish speed limit in third gear yes. So to me it's plenty fast.
You seem to have this image of me crawling away from a roundabout having to pull into the hardshoulder to let people pass me and I can assure you it's a hell of a long way of that. I think it's kind of sad that someone would need a serious amount of bhp under the bonnet before they enjoy a car to me every car has its pros and cons the points you like and don't like so much more than how fast can I get to 60 and what's it's top speed.
I think you have taken me up wrong on what I was saying. The fact that it's only 89bhp isn't the only reason I wouldn't spend €10k on one personally. Remember you're talking to a chap here who drives a 120bhp 156 which weighs 1400kg....
The thing with speed/power is its all relative. If I was driving a 50bhp Polo all my life and then got into my 1.6 156 it'd feel like a rocket but it's not a quick car. It's the same with your Megane, if you got into that after driving a 1980's straight diesel pick up truck it would feel fast, but in reality it is not a fast car. To suggest a 1.5 is "plenty fast" just isn't true. Go out and drive some other cars!
Not all cars under 100bhp are death traps obviously, but many of them are. Much of this comes down to the gearing as well as the lack of power. I notice this especially in more modern diesels, all the "power" is between 1500rpm and 2500rpm, meaning that for overtaking you have to be in the right gear, if you get it wrong, you get a flat spot and it's plain dangerous.
I'm not having a go at you nor do I have some "image" of you, merely stating a fact that an 89bhp Megane diesel is not a quick car, nor will it ever be, you will realise this when you drive other cars.
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Love that car Chris, but I'll never understand lowering an everyday driver until it scrapes in everyday situations!!Chris_Heilong wrote: »at least I can use the muti-story in work now
Please don't make it look like a VAG that has been hauling too many bags of fertiliser from the co-op! 0 -
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Special Circumstances wrote: »Love that car Chris, but I'll never understand lowering an everyday driver until it scrapes in everyday situations!! Please don't make it look like a VAG that has been hauling too many bags of fertiliser from the co-op!
It wont be going too low, I just want to get rid of the gap at the top of the arches a little bit, when it was low before going into the multistory was fine but coming out and going down hill some times the front bumper would scrap when I reached the flat again, not a nice sound and as you say it is a daily.0 -
Spent 3 hours washing the outside of my car today. Took all the wheels off, washed under the arches and gave the wheels a good scrub on both sides. Whilst it's not perfect, it wasn't this clean since I bought it. Finally replaced the center caps, and put on new nut covers too. Fitted new mats aswell. Plan on getting a terraclean done next month hopefully, and getting the ariel replaced too.
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Managed to get out early Saturday and went at the 350..
Was washed, De-tared, Clayed, Polished with the DA and waxed. All in all about 7 hours.. To be honest the paintwork was not bad at all.
And about 10 minutes after taking the picture it pissed rain so was unable to get some good pictures.. Next time!!
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None of these were mine but I grew up around them and some of them even got my interest going in cars and sure you can never have enough car pictures here . This is literally only a fraction of the cars my parents had in fairly recent year.
Last but certainly not least where it all began for me the very first vehicle I ever drove on a public road on my 17th birthday oh loved this yoke so many memories in that Megane.
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