Motors Chat - Round 8

GvidoR · 06-06-2015 06:35PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I haven't been to that in years, Afaik it is on every Wednesday evening, does your man still shout bullshít into the mic. You don't have a clue what does be going on.

That's what it said, yeah. Every Wednesday at 8PM. Every auctioner sounds like he's talking gibberish very fast if you don't pay attention to it. You can make out what he's saying about the bids and all though so it was okay.

06-06-2015 06:40PM

GvidoR wrote: »

Went to the ESB auction in Claremorris this morning. My dad got a 2005 Renault Trafic 1.9 dci 6-speed. Needs a little tidying but very presentable as is. Got it at a decent price too.

I've never been to an auction before, it was... interesting :P

Myself and brother Goodman are looking to invest in a van again. Is there much of a selection? How decent is a decent price?

GvidoR · 06-06-2015 06:43PM

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Myself and brother Goodman are looking to invest in a van again. Is there much of a selection? How decent is a decent price?

Well you see, ESB was auctioning off their old fleet today. There was close to 100 vans/jeeps/pickups, and about half of them were running. I have no idea what's it like on any other days. You can see upcoming auctions here though: http://hanleysales.hibid.com/auctions/current?display=50

He paid €1300 + €160 fee for that Trafic.

toastedpickles · 06-06-2015 06:52PM

Some guy came into work today saying he was stranded out of the motorway with a flat tire so I loaned him my own sockets and breaker bar, comes back 20 minutes later and i get 50 euro as a thank you

Heading to donegal monday...again, fun times ahead

06-06-2015 06:53PM

GvidoR wrote: »

Well you see, ESB was auctioning off their old fleet today. There was close to 100 vans/jeeps/pickups, and about half of them were running. I have no idea what's it like on any other days. You can see upcoming auctions here though: http://hanleysales.hibid.com/auctions/current?display=50

He paid €1300 + €160 fee for that Trafic.

Cheers dude. Some interesting motors (as vans go) on that site. No unimogs though. Id love one of them :pac: Did your dads van have a DOE?

Stheno · 06-06-2015 06:55PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

Some guy came into work today saying he was stranded out of the motorway with a flat tire so I loaned him my own sockets and breaker bar, comes back 20 minutes later and i get 50 euro as a thank you
D

Thats great lovely to see someone appreciate a good turn

GvidoR · 06-06-2015 07:00PM

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Cheers dude. Some interesting motors (as vans go) on that site. No unimogs though. Id love one of them :pac: Did your dads van have a DOE?

No problem. I'll keep an eye out myself, maybe there will be something interesting for me some day too.

I'm not sure. Probably not since there was no disc in the window. Is there any way of checking online?

06-06-2015 07:04PM

GvidoR wrote: »

No problem. I'll keep an eye out myself, maybe there will be something interesting for me some day too.

I'm not sure. Probably not since there was no disc in the window. Is there any way of checking online?

Couldn't tell you to be honest. Is this it?

http://hanleysales.hibid.com/lot/19963407/2005-renault-trafic-diesel?tab=0&cpage=1

No mention of DOE. Anything that does have it seems to be in the ad

GvidoR · 06-06-2015 07:09PM

No, that's not it, there was another 05 Trafic, but yeah there was no mention of DOE, so I guess it doesn't have it.

YbFocus · 06-06-2015 07:15PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I live outside Claremorris. Jesus i hope she is worth it. That is a fair spin. Out of curiosity what way do you go? Portlaoise-Athlone-Tuam?

She lives south of westport so it's quickest to go Galway and up, turn after balinrobe and cut across!

It's a spin and a half alright! Every second weekend usually!

GvidoR · 06-06-2015 07:30PM

There was a Ford Transit with a melted engine at the auction. :P

Pov06 · 06-06-2015 07:37PM

She won't boo but she'll coo!

06-06-2015 07:38PM

Seems to be a lot of shìt boxes there. Joys of having a company vehicle. You just don't care about it. I know that from experience :P Poor hilux.

Noccy_Mondy · 06-06-2015 07:51PM

They had that auction advertised for an awful long time. The esb sell them off every so often, they held one a few years back too. Wednesday evenings for normal auctions, 2 euro at the gate, and a further 250 for a bidding number. This is the latest setup, no number no bid, your 250 gets returned if you don't buy though... which I'd advise anyone not to do.

Pure chancers is all that place attracts, pure muck is all that's sold. Majority of seller/"audience" are those of a particular ethnic background.

I'll sell ya these spanners for 20 boss, kinda job!

Big Nasty · 06-06-2015 07:52PM

YbFocus wrote: »

Edit: Reading some reviews, people say there is no loss in traction in the wet.

There's ALWAYS a loss of traction in the wet.

GvidoR · 06-06-2015 07:57PM

It was €0 at the gate and €300 for a bidding number.

YbFocus · 06-06-2015 07:58PM

Big Nasty wrote: »

There's ALWAYS a loss of traction in the wet.

The engineer in me just wept that i wrote that

When taking the average frictional loss of a tyre in wet weather into account, the traction of the Toyo Proxes R1R is equal to or out performs the average tyre.

YbFocus MIEI. :pac:

Noccy_Mondy · 06-06-2015 07:59PM

GvidoR wrote:

It was â‚¬0 at the gate and â‚¬300 for a bidding number.

That's for today, 2 and 250 normally.

Noccy_Mondy · 06-06-2015 08:05PM

YbFocus wrote:

She lives south of westport so it's quickest to go Galway and up, turn after balinrobe and cut across!

Tuam, milltown, claremorris, off n17 towards Ballinrobe?

Hate that road from Tuam to milltown, has had so many deaths on it in recent years, not long since a toddler was killed in a buggy just outside Tuam, and a few youngin's died when their minibus crashed near milltown. There's a load more too.

Hate that road from c/morris to ballinrobe and onwards aswell. Haven't been in Ballinrobe in a good while, furthest I've went is JJBurkes Peugeot, when we bought the 206.

colm_mcm · 06-06-2015 08:10PM

Looking at that auction site a lot of the stuff is in shoite!

YbFocus · 06-06-2015 08:13PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Tuam, milltown, claremorris, off n17 towards Ballinrobe?

Hate that road from Tuam to milltown, has had so many deaths on it in recent years, not long since a toddler was killed in a buggy just outside Tuam, and a few youngin's died when their minibus crashed near milltown. There's a load more too.

Hate that road from c/morris to ballinrobe and onwards aswell. Haven't been in Ballinrobe in a good while, furthest I've went is JJBurkes Peugeot, when we bought the 206.

No I go up to Claregalway and get out onto the N64 around shrule.
Up through Ballinrobe and left in Partry I think its called!

The roads up that way are awesome

GvidoR · 06-06-2015 08:16PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Looking at that auction site a lot of the stuff is in shoite!

...or mud?

Noccy_Mondy · 06-06-2015 08:16PM

colm_mcm wrote:

Looking at that auction site a lot of the stuff is in shoite!

Pure and utter crap, the majority of the stuff there was dogged by the looks of it. Be surprised if some even seen an oil change tbh.

They're all yellow too, that'd turn me off them completely.

YbFocus wrote:

The roads up that way are awesome

As in windy or straight?

YbFocus · 06-06-2015 08:17PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

As in windy or straight?

Twisty!
Great driving roads!

GvidoR · 06-06-2015 08:20PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Pure and utter crap, the majority of the stuff there was dogged by the looks of it. Be surprised if some even seen an oil change tbh.

Company vans are usually serviced regularly, aren't they? Although the people driving them don't give a crap about them.

Bpmull · 06-06-2015 08:20PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Looking at that auction site a lot of the stuff is in shoite!

I wonder do they leave any of the decent stuff in the back of them you know the ways their vans are always well kitted out in the back with proper shelving in the back.

GvidoR · 06-06-2015 08:22PM

Bpmull wrote: »

I wonder do they leave any of the decent stuff in the back of them you know the ways their vans are always well kitted out in the back with proper shelving in the back.

They keep all the shelves (no tools or anything inside though) and roof racks. There is the spinning light on the roof as well, it beeps when put into reverse and there is some radio communications thing inside as well but I'm assuming it's been disabled.

Noccy_Mondy · 06-06-2015 08:27PM

YbFocus wrote:

Twisty! Great driving roads!

Ya, you see we're from different sides of the country, I am sick to the teeth of twisty windy roads, I'm at the stage that I'd love to be on a motorway most of the time. Whereas, understandably, you are the opposite.

Loved windy roads for the first while when I started driving, now I'm like, great, another turn. I'd love a straight stretch and put the boot down.

YbFocus · 06-06-2015 08:29PM

Yeah we haven't great roads around here, really the wicklow mountains are the best near us and that's still an hour away!
I was down around Leenaun and Louisburgh, god its bloody amazing for a quick spin!

Noccy_Mondy · 06-06-2015 08:32PM

GvidoR wrote:

Company vans are usually serviced regularly, aren't they? Although the people driving them don't give a crap about them.

That's usually the case, doubtful about the esb though...

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