Motors Chat - Round 8

Foxhole Norman · 14-06-2015 10:27PM

Am I the only one who's comfortable parking their car :pac:

toastedpickles · 14-06-2015 10:31PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Am I the only one who's comfortable parking their car :pac:

Nah i am too :P No dings or bangs on this bai :P

Bpmull · 14-06-2015 10:32PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Am I the only one who's comfortable parking their car :pac:

I don't think being able to park it is the issue its everyone else's parking skills and people whacking door of your car and all that is annoying. We have giant spaces in work it's great you can fling the door open and not hit the car beside you.

GvidoR · 14-06-2015 11:03PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Am I the only one who's comfortable parking their car :pac:

I'm perfectly comfortable parking my car(s).

14-06-2015 11:30PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Am I the only one who's comfortable parking their car :pac:

I blame my rear windscreen. Its nearly at a 45 degree angle.

Foxhole Norman · 14-06-2015 11:32PM

I also have sensors front and back, which don't work :pac: I need to sort that :P

Supergurrier · 14-06-2015 11:39PM

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

I blame my rear windscreen. Its nearly at a 45 degree angle.

+ Baby got back :pac:

GvidoR · 14-06-2015 11:42PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I also have sensors front and back, which don't work :pac: I need to sort that :P

I don't need 'em. :cool:

Foxhole Norman · 14-06-2015 11:47PM

GvidoR wrote: »

I don't need 'em. :cool:

Neither do I, I'd just like to have another part of the car working :pac:

14-06-2015 11:50PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Neither do I, I'd just like to have another part of the car working :pac:

I've only ever hit something once while parking. Backed into a low stone wall at 6am in the dark in a petrol station forecourt. Thank fcuk for my towbar

Mycroft H · 15-06-2015 12:09AM

Manual parking sensor = towbar

Noccy_Mondy · 15-06-2015 12:47AM

Snotaul Goodman wrote:

I blame my rear windscreen. Its nearly at a 45 degree angle.

The mondeo has a quare slope on the back window, such a long parcel shelf. Must get the protractor out tomorrow, I bet it's less than 45 degrees anyway!

dgt · 15-06-2015 01:12AM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Am I the only one who's comfortable parking their car :pac:

Mmmm parallel parking is awesome

Doesn't bother me what I'm parking, I'll park it be it the Daily and trailer to the Seicento

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 15-06-2015 10:56AM

dgt wrote: »

Mmmm parallel parking is awesome

Doesn't bother me what I'm parking, I'll park it be it the Daily and trailer to the Seicento

often parallel park myself in the yokes i drive to run into the shop and the likes.

people be looking like what the feck and probably because i'd be take about 3 spaces.

still, can be done very easily keeping into the kerb and all :pac:

dgt · 15-06-2015 11:14AM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

often parallel park myself in the yokes i drive to run into the shop and the likes.

people be looking like what the feck and probably because i'd be take about 3 spaces.

still, can be done very easily keeping into the kerb and all :pac:

Aye but you'd be parallel parking an absolute beast of a double decker bus

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 15-06-2015 11:21AM

dgt wrote: »

Aye but you'd be parallel parking an absolute beast of a double decker bus

Exactly... and it's still easy to do ... never mind idiots not been able to park a yaris !

Toyotafanboi · 15-06-2015 11:24AM

Ordered a clutch Friday in the local motor factors. €295. offered to pay for it there and then to ensure i got it, the chap behind the counter insisted i pay Monday when i pick it up. went in to pick it up, he didn't order it because he "thought i wasn't serious".

car is going for the engine swap tomorrow and now i have no clutch kit!! This is exactly what i wanted to avoid!!

fuccccccck sake.

dgt · 15-06-2015 11:27AM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Ordered a clutch Friday in the local motor factors. €295. offered to pay for it there and then to ensure i got it, the chap behind the counter insisted i pay Monday when i pick it up. went in to pick it up, he didn't order it because he "thought i wasn't serious".

car is going for the engine swap tomorrow and now i have no clutch kit!! This is exactly what i wanted to avoid!!

fuccccccck sake.

When you get that kit, hop it off that gobsh*te and tell him no, you were right I wasn't serious about putting it in a car.

Thats unbelieveably piss poor form :mad:

Toyotafanboi · 15-06-2015 11:30AM

i usually buy bits there and they are always ok to deal with, i understood they would be cagey about ordering an expensive part for a cash customer, but still. i'm snookered now. rang around a few other places and nobody has one off the shelf.

i wonder is a 1.8 avensis clutch the same? i think when people hear celica 190, they trail off, that said i understand it's part number based and if they have it, they have it.

Interslice · 15-06-2015 11:30AM

The local MF here can get you parts in that day if your in early, or the following lunchtime at the latest. Maybe worth ringing around a few. Might even deliver it to the garage for you.

dgt · 15-06-2015 11:33AM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

i usually buy bits there and they are always ok to deal with, i understood they would be cagey about ordering an expensive part for a cash customer, but still. i'm snookered now. rang around a few other places and nobody has one off the shelf.

i wonder is a 1.8 avensis clutch the same?

Ive never had that trouble myself and i am exclusively a cash customer when i buy my parts. I do buy weird stuff and all (marea elec mirror switches come to mind)

Whack the original part number into toyotapartscatalogue and see what else it fits. That site has taken me out of several holes in the past!

Vvti i know would be the same for a standard vvti Celica but seeing as you have the 193bhp I'm not sure...

166man · 15-06-2015 11:36AM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

i usually buy bits there and they are always ok to deal with, i understood they would be cagey about ordering an expensive part for a cash customer, but still. i'm snookered now. rang around a few other places and nobody has one off the shelf.

i wonder is a 1.8 avensis clutch the same? i think when people hear celica 190, they trail off, that said i understand it's part number based and if they have it, they have it.

There's a great parts chap in Mooneys who supplies quite a bit of Nissan Honda and Toyota parts even though they are Hyundai main dealer. Might be worth ringing them and asking, he's usually on the ball and has quite a few contacts in the trade..

ShaunieVW · 15-06-2015 11:40AM

Change your motor factors! That's unacceptable. I know the one I use can get parts for 2pm if I ring before 10am. So someone should be able to get one for you by tomorrow surely.

Toyotafanboi · 15-06-2015 11:47AM

dgt wrote: »

Ive never had that trouble myself and i am exclusively a cash customer when i buy my parts. I do buy weird stuff and all (marea elec mirror switches come to mind)

Whack the original part number into toyotapartscatalogue and see what else it fits. That site has taken me out of several holes in the past!

Vvti i know would be the same for a standard vvti Celica but seeing as you have the 193bhp I'm not sure...

just took the clutch disc part number, says it's used in the corolla verso (plausable), mr2, (plausable) and the yaris (do-not-trust).

the release bearing is in everything from a carina 2 to a 2006 rav4!

seems likely but yet so unlikely.

dgt · 15-06-2015 11:54AM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

just took the clutch disc part number, says it's used in the corolla verso (plausable), mr2, (plausable) and the yaris (do-not-trust).

the release bearing is in everything from a carina 2 to a 2006 rav4!

seems likely but yet so unlikely.

Its unreal what will fit and won't fit. While the discs would fit the driveshafts probably wouldn't interchange! Versos are pure nightmares gearbox wise

Yaris D4D/1.5, maybe they would be the same. Really helps when the engine and box are side by side. Although a starter on a Yaris is physically the same size if not slightly bigger than an Avensis 1.8 starter :eek:

Toyotafanboi · 15-06-2015 11:56AM

bit the bullet, rang toyota.

good news, a full toyota kit is actually coming in at 175+vat vs. motor factors 295+vat.

bad news, parts are in belgium, 3 day delivery.

may keep phoning.

dgt · 15-06-2015 11:59AM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

bit the bullet, rang toyota.

good news, a full toyota kit is actually coming in at 175+vat vs. motor factors 295+vat.

bad news, parts are in belgium, 3 day delivery.

may keep phoning.

Try all the dealers!

Malones
Marrons
McCabes
Shelbourne

Etc

Supergurrier · 15-06-2015 12:19PM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

bit the bullet, rang toyota.

good news, a full toyota kit is actually coming in at 175+vat vs. motor factors 295+vat.

bad news, parts are in belgium, 3 day delivery.

may keep phoning.

120e markup.

Talk about dickheads

Interslice · 15-06-2015 12:21PM

Micks garage priority delivery could be an option if the garage are a bit flexible. It says 1-2 days delivery time. You could put the garage down as the delivery address. Coming in at 260 euro for a lucs kit delivered.

Toyotafanboi · 15-06-2015 12:23PM

Supergurrier wrote: »

120e markup.

Talk about dickheads

just bizzare because you never consider the main dealers 99% of the time based on price, but €120 more for a spurious kit is nuts.

looks like a 1.6/ 1.8 vvti avensis kit will do. time to call all the people i've already phoned with a different voice this time :pac:

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