Motors Chat - Round 8

Interslice · 15-06-2015 03:53PM

power pants wrote: »

would it not be 144x more than a horse and trap though? :rolleyes:

It's all about the power to weight lad! It's the weight of all the wet turf that had them so slow.

Apparently there is 14.6hp/horse :eek::)

Toyotafanboi · 15-06-2015 03:53PM

soooo, the final tally

engine: €350
fitting: €350
clutch: €210
service kit and consumables €95
3 months tax: €180

total: too much.

first time i've ever thought "oh jaysus, the car tax". €180 is a bit sticky for 3 months on an auld banger, you'd nearly do the GTC for a year for the same money.

Interslice · 15-06-2015 04:49PM

Just got an online quote of 530 for fully comp. Currently with chill.ie it's 783 for an early renewal, tpft. Best they can do apparently... The guy on the phone with chill earlier: "We have access to all the underwriters operating in Ireland. You won't get any better. I can do it for 783 today as an early renewal but it will be 803 euro from tomorrow". I told him for the sake of 20 quid I'd take my chances on shopping around

.

I've changed broker every year. They seem to give you a good price the first year, maybe making little or nothing just to get you in, and then the standard price from then on. The only pattern I can find! Hopefully that 530 is true. Wouldn't mind that. 580 on the van was the lowest premium I've ever had.

Hal1 · 15-06-2015 05:06PM

That's bs from chill they wanted €500 from me for tpft. I called sheridan insurance and got tpft for €380 on a 1.6 focus.

bear1 · 15-06-2015 05:55PM

Right, so I've an update about the car and I don't have good news

Right, the good news is that the car will be in my hands tomorrow evening and hopefully the rattle will be gone.
The bad, well I was right in thinking the injectors may be faulty.. Note I said injectorS.
All 4 injectors were faulty

not running right at all so I'm a over 600e lighter now. They also said that they seriously recommend changing the fuel filter which they will do (genuine one).
I'm off to get drunk.

YbFocus · 15-06-2015 06:03PM

I've gotten something laughably wrong of fuelly, but I'm going to use it to my advantage and pretend my car does that MPG

Look at my sig

Stheno · 15-06-2015 06:17PM

bear1 wrote: »

Right, so I've an update about the car and I don't have good news
Right, the good news is that the car will be in my hands tomorrow evening and hopefully the rattle will be gone.
The bad, well I was right in thinking the injectors may be faulty.. Note I said injectorS.
All 4 injectors were faulty not running right at all so I'm a over 600e lighter now. They also said that they seriously recommend changing the fuel filter which they will do (genuine one).
I'm off to get drunk.

What make/model is this car? It appears to be unwell very often

Big Nasty · 15-06-2015 06:21PM

Stheno wrote: »

What make/model is this car? It appears to be unwell very often

I don't think you want to know!

Stheno · 15-06-2015 06:27PM

Big Nasty wrote: »

I don't think you want to know!

I have a vague suspicion it's an Accord :pac:

bear1 · 15-06-2015 07:17PM

Accord

Stheno · 15-06-2015 07:24PM

bear1 wrote: »

Accord

Are you torturing it?

bear1 · 15-06-2015 07:33PM

Stheno wrote: »

Are you torturing it?

Torching you mean...

Stheno · 15-06-2015 07:37PM

bear1 wrote: »

Torching you mean...

Lol what has gone wrong with it? It's not an 05 petrol auto is it?

bear1 · 15-06-2015 07:41PM

04 diesel.
Let's see, where do I start:

Chains (both) replaced
During that job 3 of the 4 injectors were damaged.. gob****e bought 3 ****e injectors and then fobbed me off when I complained.
Brakes/discs
New filters including the expensive Honda purchased fuel filter
Boost solenoid failed over and over again
Inlet manifold had to be cleaned
and now 4 refurbished injectors.
I know brakes/discs/filters are consumables but I haven't had one months break.
I also need to buy a wheel bearing and a wishbone which will need doing this month as well.
Paid 2.1k for the car and I've spent I'd say the same again on repairs.
Haven't had a year yet

but to be fair to it it has never ever left me at the side of the road

Stheno · 15-06-2015 07:45PM

bear1 wrote: »

04 diesel.
Let's see, where do I start:

Chains (both) replaced
During that job 3 of the 4 injectors were damaged.. gob****e bought 3 ****e injectors and then fobbed me off when I complained.
Brakes/discs
New filters including the expensive Honda purchased fuel filter
Boost solenoid failed over and over again
Inlet manifold had to be cleaned
and now 4 refurbished injectors.
I know brakes/discs/filters are consumables but I haven't had one months break.
I also need to buy a wheel bearing and a wishbone which will need doing this month as well.
Paid 2.1k for the car and I've spent I'd say the same again on repairs.
Haven't had a year yet but to be fair to it it has never ever left me at the side of the road

Is it the 2.2 engine?

bear1 · 15-06-2015 07:55PM

Yep. I mean it's a very good engine and I believe it's Honda's first attempt at a commonrail engine.
Pokey and if looked after will serve you well.
It also has a very good spec, auto wipers, heated seats, sat nav, sunroof, climate control, leather and an electric boot door.
Oh well, whats done is done. I'm just praying that the rattle is gone...
I'm also wondering how the car will feel power wise once I get it back, I imagine I will notice a big difference to acceleration and fuel consumption?

Stheno · 15-06-2015 07:59PM

bear1 wrote: »

Yep. I mean it's a very good engine and I believe it's Honda's first attempt at a commonrail engine.
Pokey and if looked after will serve you well.
It also has a very good spec, auto wipers, heated seats, sat nav, sunroof, climate control, leather and an electric boot door.
Oh well, whats done is done. I'm just praying that the rattle is gone...
I'm also wondering how the car will feel power wise once I get it back, I imagine I will notice a big difference to acceleration and fuel consumption?

The one engine my mechanic told me not to near on accord was the 2.2 diesel, can't remember exactly now, but he'd come across a few with issues
still hopefully youre near the end of all the grief

Noccy_Mondy · 15-06-2015 08:53PM

Mc Love wrote:

Had my battery changed and thought the radio code was in my manual pack, now I'm waiting in the dealers and have to pay 20 euro as they have to take my fecking stereo out to get the serial number

You have the sony 6cd and seperate climate control? Or is it the nx unit, with the sat nav? If it's the former, then it's piiss easy to takr out, start at the cup holder and work your way up to the radio, everything just clicks off. There's 4 normal screws around the radio and then the radio is free. I had a step by step procedure up here when I changed my radio. There's loads of demos on talkfords wiki too, could have shown you them if I knew in time.

It's a stupid idea having the serial number written on the radio anyway, awkward to get at! Do your dealers charge a tenner for code retrieval, mine does. Must get a code for the one I took out, and stick it on ebay.

quadrifoglio verde · 15-06-2015 08:59PM

Stheno wrote: »

Are you torturing it?

No, Nicola Romeo is trolling him from his grave for getting rid of his 156 :pac:

Stheno · 15-06-2015 09:02PM

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

No, Nicola Romeo is trolling him from his grave for getting rid of his 156 :pac:

Well I hope Nicola only has one victim at a time :pac:

Stheno · 15-06-2015 09:18PM

Actually, on the subject of Accord woes, since I figured out that the accelerator is bottom up as opposed to top down, almost all of the issues I had with the accelerator have gone, it speeds up fine through the gears etc, compared to the shuddering/stuttering/slow acceleration, that was me being truly dense.

However, I've one outstanding issue. Driving at between 40 and 45 mph, and between 55 and 60 mph, on particular sections of road (very specific sections of road) the accelerator will shudder for a few seconds (maybe up to five/six seconds) then stop.

Is it possible that's the road surface? E.g. if I come out of the port tunnel going northbound, everytime I pass the sign that indicates inside lane for M50 and the other two lanes to go north on the M1 I get the shudder and if I do nothing it goes away after a few seconds.

Does it make sense to think it's the road surface? And is there anything I can do if that's the case? My mechanic had it for a day and said he found no issues with it whatsoever

bear1 · 15-06-2015 09:20PM

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

No, Nicola Romeo is trolling him from his grave for getting rid of his 156 :pac:

Yeah haunting me from beyond the grave..

15-06-2015 09:58PM

Ordered a pair of inner tie rods for the NCT. Got a bit carried away and ordered tie rod ends, ball joints (NCT man said I might want to consider doing them in the future), pads, discs and drop links. I'm broke now :mad:

Duke O Smiley · 15-06-2015 10:02PM

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2015/06/15/car-buyer-not-too-sure-why-he-kicked-front-tire-just-there/

:pac:

Noccy_Mondy · 15-06-2015 10:39PM

Valeting a car for a lad. It's a 2004 mk4 golf. Now I never drove a low spec mk4, but comparing this gt spec one to my focus, there's really no competition. The golf is a much more solid car, heavier, nicer to drive, nicer to be in, lovely bucket seats. Maybe I'm not comparing like with like, ie, a higher powered, high specc'd golf with a fairly basic, lower powered focus.

Supergurrier · 15-06-2015 10:43PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Valeting a car for a lad. It's a 2004 mk4 golf. Now I never drove a low spec mk4, but comparing this gt spec one to my focus, there's really no competition. The golf is a much more solid car, heavier, nicer to drive, nicer to be in, lovely bucket seats. Maybe I'm not comparing like with like, ie, a higher powered, high specc'd golf with a fairly basic, lower powered focus.

You forgot it's got blue dials !

AT NIGHT :pac:

Noccy_Mondy · 15-06-2015 10:45PM

That good or bad?

What colour dash lighting/dials does everyone have around here actually. My focus is green with red pins, mondeo is orange/red with white pins.

Stheno · 15-06-2015 10:46PM

|Any thoughts on this lads? Seeing my mechanic to get the merc serviced tomorrow

I.e. my shuddery post, bear has me frightened.

Tea 1000 · 15-06-2015 10:46PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Valeting a car for a lad. It's a 2004 mk4 golf. Now I never drove a low spec mk4, but comparing this gt spec one to my focus, there's really no competition. The golf is a much more solid car, heavier, nicer to drive, nicer to be in, lovely bucket seats. Maybe I'm not comparing like with like, ie, a higher powered, high specc'd golf with a fairly basic, lower powered focus.

What engine? The mk4 Golf isn't a patch to drive vs a Focus, but the rest is accurate enough!

Noccy_Mondy · 15-06-2015 10:47PM

Tea 1000 wrote:

What engine? The mk4 Golf isn't a patch to drive vs a Focus, but the rest is accurate enough!

This is a mk4 golf vs a mk1 focus. It's a 1.9 tdi 130

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