Motors Chat - Round 8

pred racer · 28-06-2015 07:03PM

Stheno wrote: »

Is it like wire wool?

Nah it was like soft rope fibre.

Foxhole Norman · 28-06-2015 07:58PM

MuppetCheck, clear your inbox :P

bear1 · 28-06-2015 08:07PM

Enjoying the last top gear... Sad

MuppetCheck · 28-06-2015 08:15PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

MuppetCheck, clear your inbox :P

Done!

YbFocus · 28-06-2015 08:17PM

pred racer wrote: »

Exhaust packing is made from rare substances.
Namely Slash's hair!

Pov06 · 28-06-2015 08:33PM

Sweet.

Looking at insurance quotes, specifically on quoteme.ie.

2000 Yaris 1.0 - €1,200.
1999 Yaris 1.0 - €2,500.

I hate insurance

If only my car was 1 year newer

Foxhole Norman · 28-06-2015 08:41PM

Pov06 wrote: »

Sweet.

Looking at insurance quotes, specifically on quoteme.ie.

2000 Yaris 1.0 - €1,200.
1999 Yaris 1.0 - €2,500.

I hate insurance If only my car was 1 year newer

Have a look at Aviva, do their Ignition Test and you'll get a very good quote from them.

Pov06 · 28-06-2015 08:58PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Have a look at Aviva, do their Ignition Test and you'll get a very good quote from them.

I reckon I'd fail the ignition test as soon as the instructor sees my car

:D:D

Foxhole Norman · 28-06-2015 09:13PM

Pov06 wrote: »

I reckon I'd fail the ignition test as soon as the instructor sees my car :D:D

You do it in theirs, I did it last September, I thought I was brutal but passed, tis grand.

Alanstrainor · 29-06-2015 09:26AM

Had a fella in Ballsbridge get infuriated when I slowed over the speed bumps that lead out to the N11. Thought he was about to have a heart attack with the face on him.

YbFocus · 29-06-2015 09:37AM

Some people seem to use them as launch ramps. Can't see how they get lasting from shocks and springs.

I seen a quashqai take off from one!
Never slowed from about 30mph.

Duke O Smiley · 29-06-2015 09:45AM

47 euro eFlow bill in the door. Shiiiiiite

Pov06 · 29-06-2015 09:47AM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

47 euro eFlow bill in the door. Shiiiiiite

47 is nothing.

I've had 90 euro bills come in from my college commute. Queue a long heart attack :pac:

frozenfrozen · 29-06-2015 09:52AM

was behind a people carrier zafira type yoke doing 60 in a 100 zone and their reverse lights kept flicking on for a split second and a bouncy exhaust. passed it out asap not sure what kind of hokey pokey nct they passed but it wasn't the same one as me

Alanstrainor · 29-06-2015 10:03AM

YbFocus wrote: »

Some people seem to use them as launch ramps. Can't see how they get lasting from shocks and springs.

I seen a quashqai take off from one!
Never slowed from about 30mph.

I do slow right down, but I'm no slouch after I'm over the bump. Ah well, some people are just dicks.

Pov06 · 29-06-2015 10:15AM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I do slow right down, but I'm no slouch after I'm over the bump. Ah well, some people are just dicks.

I don't slow down for bumps because it takes too long to speed up after the bump with my 1.0.

Easy for you in a BMW :pac:

YbFocus · 29-06-2015 10:52AM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I do slow right down, but I'm no slouch after I'm over the bump. Ah well, some people are just dicks.

I have to slow right down on the harsh ones.
I get chassis scrape on them. But like you i get moving again so the hold up is very minimal!

Chris_Heilong · 29-06-2015 11:07AM

Getting a bit pissed off now,

The company I am buying the wheels off have not contacted me at all, Last I heard from him he said he was getting a shipment of wheels in on the 19th of June and he said mine would be posted that day, nothing came so I tried all last week to contact them but the guy has his phone off and it goes straight through to messages, I sent an email and message to his facebook which has been marked as 'seen' but still nothing. I always like to give companies the benefit of the doubt but this is very unprofessional. I sent him a message today telling him he needs to contact me today or else I will go through paypal to recover my money.

Alanstrainor · 29-06-2015 11:21AM

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Getting a bit pissed off now,

The company I am buying the wheels off have not contacted me at all, Last I heard from him he said he was getting a shipment of wheels in on the 19th of June and he said mine would be posted that day, nothing came so I tried all last week to contact them but the guy has his phone off and it goes straight through to messages, I sent an email and message to his facebook which has been marked as 'seen' but still nothing. I always like to give companies the benefit of the doubt but this is very unprofessional. I sent him a message today telling him he needs to contact me today or else I will go through paypal to recover my money.

Where is the company based? Probably worth going through Paypal, or doing a chargeback on the card. Not too sure how the chargeback would work since paypal is in the middle. Might be worth talking to the bank.

Chris_Heilong · 29-06-2015 11:28AM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Where is the company based? Probably worth going through Paypal, or doing a chargeback on the card. Not too sure how the chargeback would work since paypal is in the middle. Might be worth talking to the bank.

Paypal is the ones to use in this case as I used them and they offer buyer protection.

joujoujou · 29-06-2015 11:34AM

Claim with paypal.

pred racer · 29-06-2015 11:41AM

YbFocus wrote: »

I have to slow right down on the harsh ones.
I get chassis scrape on them. But like you i get moving again so the hold up is very minimal!

Same as that, there is one in straffan I nearly have to stop for :eek:

Chris_Heilong · 29-06-2015 11:41AM

joujoujou wrote: »

Claim with paypal.

yeah. If the guy contacts me today then fair enough I wont have to contact paypal, the ball is in his court now.

Pov06 · 29-06-2015 11:48AM

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

yeah. If the guy contacts me today then fair enough I wont have to contact paypal, the ball is in his court now.

I would claim it now. Paypal will automatically send him a query asking to provide a reason why you haven't received your items.

It should speed things up even if you won't claim

YbFocus · 29-06-2015 12:19PM

pred racer wrote: »

Same as that, there is one in straffan I nearly have to stop for :eek:

Stanceworks yo!

GvidoR · 29-06-2015 12:51PM

Sat in the Punto this morning and saw that the head unit was on the whole night and thought to myself "aw crap, will need to get the battery charged" but I turned the key and it started straight away. :eek:

Gavman84 · 29-06-2015 01:00PM

GvidoR wrote: »

Sat in the Punto this morning and saw that the head unit was on the whole night and thought to myself "aw crap, will need to get the battery charged" but I turned the key and it started straight away. :eek:

That a blaupunt radio? Had one before in a car and used to just randomly turn itself on like that! Well known I think. Had to unclick the removable fascia when getting out the car.

GvidoR · 29-06-2015 01:03PM

Gavman84 wrote: »

That a blaupunt radio? Had one before in a car and used to just randomly turn itself on like that! Well known I think. Had to unclick the removable fascia when getting out the car.

It's a nice Pioneer with CD, USB and AUX.

Big Nasty · 29-06-2015 01:04PM

+1

Happened with me before in the Jeep. Wouldn't turn off, took off fascia, wouldn't turn off, hit it a few smacks, wouldn't turn off, put my fist through it, still wouldn't turn off! Ended up disconnecting the battery. :eek:

Needless to say I had to get a new head unit.

29-06-2015 01:08PM

Gavman84 wrote: »

That a blaupunt radio? Had one before in a car and used to just randomly turn itself on like that! Well known I think. Had to unclick the removable fascia when getting out the car.

There was a recall on them punto blaupunkt head units I think

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