Motors Chat - Round 8

Autosport · 13-07-2015 10:59PM

pred racer wrote: »

I find that micras are only behind me very briefly

I find micras are in front of me for a very short time

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Stheno · 13-07-2015 11:04PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

Exactly, the real enemy here is leccy drivers we should be directing all this towards them! Taking our jobs and our women, and acting like they own the feckin place!

I was a passenger in a leaf recently, it was very comfy.

I know, you can all shoot me

CianRyan wrote: »

Oh you wouldn't be stuck behind me, I assure you. :pac:

Do you drive a Micra? I thought you'd an MX5?

dgt · 13-07-2015 11:15PM

This micra talk is the worst innuendo I've read in a while

jimgoose · 13-07-2015 11:17PM

dgt wrote: »

This micra talk is the worst innuendo I've read in a while

Micra with knackered pollen-filter. The radioactive diesel-exhaust shtuff gets innuendo and kills yo azz.

Autosport · 13-07-2015 11:19PM

dgt wrote: »

This micra talk is the worst innuendo I've read in a while

A bit like the anti diesel brigade :P

Interslice · 13-07-2015 11:24PM

Having owned both diesel and petrol cars in the last year I can safely say I really want to do doughnuts on the beach in a scooby right now!

dgt · 13-07-2015 11:35PM

jimgoose wrote: »

Micra with knackered pollen-filter. The radioactive diesel-exhaust shtuff gets innuendo and kills yo azz.

I met Biddy on a narrow country road late at night in her micra. She was flashing me frantically, which was dazzling. Poor biddy was having problems with her roof mechanism, thus she was riding around with her top down. "Fear not Biddy, I'll try to have you all cosy again in no time" with that, standing abreast, she opened up her back door in order for me to have a reacharound at her mechanism, for the roof. "Oh Biddy", says I, "The smell of this is appalling! Have you been keeping the cock roosters in here again?" Biddy proceeded to blush in a sheepish manner. Suddenly, a loose connection was uncovered! Pluging it in, a light groaning noise began to emerge. Biddy was getting excited. "Oh Biddy, go in there and press me button for the roof" says I. Biddy raced in and began flicking the button frantically. "Biddy! BIDDY!!!" she couldn't hear me in the rear. Biddy came round, quivering with excitment as the motor gained speed to rise her roof. "Oh yessss!" says I, watching the metal roof rise up and up. The moment of relief for both of us when the roof finally latched into its designated locking holes, the climax of the task had been reached. "Biddy, lets not meet again like this but I'm glad to have serviced your motors. Toodles!" says I. Watching a very relaxed Biddy get into her pink micra and shoot off into the night, it was a very satasfied feeling...

Yes. Micras

CianRyan · 13-07-2015 11:36PM

Stheno wrote: »

I was a passenger in a leaf recently, it was very comfy.

I know, you can all shoot me

Do you drive a Micra? I thought you'd an MX5?

I have both.

The Micra is my daily bumper car and the Mazda is the never ending parts list/project car. Haha

Noccy_Mondy · 14-07-2015 02:27AM

Mondeo's 3 year anniversary is today. Clocked up almost 40k miles in those 3 years, so just about in diesel territory - although I never really do much city driving.

In those 3 years it has got 3 services, 2 valets, power steering reservoir and fluid changed, a timing belt, and one rear bearing. Apart from that it's been just diesel, tax etc. Very happy with how it's going. Focus was bought in the month of July too, that seems to be my changing car month. Will skip this year, but July 16 will see a new addition

wotzgoingon · 14-07-2015 02:32AM

Why do you have 2 cars? Or does someone else use the mondeo while you use focus or vise versa?

Noccy_Mondy · 14-07-2015 02:47AM

wotzgoingon wrote:

Why do you have 2 cars? Or does someone else use the mondeo while you use focus or vise versa?

I'm so rich I need to have 2 cars...lol. Dunno tbh, no real need for 2, just a bit of variety I suppose, focus is usually the daily, as the roads I do use are very bad and do no good for a car. Mondeo would be parked up a lot during the week, but gets driven during the weekends/summer. The mother sometimes would use whichever car is at home, if she was stuck.

Noccy_Mondy · 14-07-2015 02:57AM

Put the 16" alloys back on the mondeo, as the17" tyres were gone bad. Will put a new set on the 17's soon, once I recoup the cost of the michelins on the focus :pac: Hated putting them back on, looks miniscule and so out of place. Ford or any manufacturer shouldn't be allowed put tiny alloys on cars as standard (ie ones that look stupidly small)

Duke O Smiley · 14-07-2015 04:07AM

http://www.carthrottle.com/post/zJtwzn/

My jimmies have been well and truly rustled

CianRyan · 14-07-2015 07:52AM

My first day in Windsor Dundrum, just arrived 40 minutes early.
Guess I'll go see if anyone's around yet. :pac:

Big Nasty · 14-07-2015 07:54AM

Good luck with it dude.

Mycroft H · 14-07-2015 07:57AM

CianRyan wrote: »

My first day in Windsor Dundrum, just arrived 40 minutes early.
Guess I'll go see if anyone's around yet. :pac:

Best of luck

Just home off the night shift. Fairly miserable driving out there know, roads are greasy. Still, it's cool and dull. Makes for good sleeping weather for the few coming off nights.

YbFocus · 14-07-2015 08:05AM

CianRyan wrote: »

My first day in Windsor Dundrum, just arrived 40 minutes early.
Guess I'll go see if anyone's around yet. :pac:

Best of luck man, we're all rooting for ya, not that you'll need it!

MuppetCheck · 14-07-2015 08:09AM

CianRyan wrote: »

My first day in Windsor Dundrum, just arrived 40 minutes early.
Guess I'll go see if anyone's around yet. :pac:

Best of luck, you seem to have wanted this for a while so hope it goes well.

coolisin · 14-07-2015 08:20AM

CianRyan wrote: »

My first day in Windsor Dundrum, just arrived 40 minutes early.
Guess I'll go see if anyone's around yet. :pac:

Best of luck with it!

Marcusm · 14-07-2015 10:37AM

Pov06 wrote: »

What's worse than a diesel driver? Being behind one. Cancer on wheels :rolleyes:

Stheno wrote: »

Do you have anything useful or contributory or are you just on the wind up?

CianRyan wrote: »

Why do you think he's trying to wind anyone up?
Diesel fumes are carcinogenic, it's horrible being stuck behind a diesel car, truck, van or what ever for any amount of time.
It's utterly ****e.

Ah now, this is all very unfair. You can't lump all diesels together. The older ones weren't cancer causing, they only irritated asthmatics and caused emphysema/COPD. It's the modern efficient DPF diesels which are carcinorgenic.

GvidoR · 14-07-2015 10:59AM

All this diesel talk reminded me of the Aixam Coupe GTI.

It has a 0.4 litre diesel engine (5.4hp), weighs 350kg, has a top speed of 45 km/h and you can drive it without a licence. Costs more than a brand new Volkswagen up! though.

Special Circumstances · 14-07-2015 11:03AM

Kubota mini digger diesel yeah? Tis a daihatsu charade derv for the 21st century.

GvidoR · 14-07-2015 11:08AM

Don't know about that digger stuff, but Charade was a nicer looking car, and I'm sure it could do 80 km/h at the very least. You need a licence to drive that though. :P

That Aixam Coupe GTI comes with a few ridiculous optional extras, such as:

Optional 3 : Roof and spoiler in same colour as bodywork 101 €
Optional 4 : Contrasting double stripes (adhesive) on boot, roof, and hatchback 51 €
Optional 5 : Contrasting double stripes (adhesive) on boot, roof,and hatchback 51 €
Optional 6 : Contrasting double stripes (adhesive) on boot, roof, 51 €
Optional 7 : Sticker "GTI" for windscreen 60 €
Optional 10 : Stickers GTI for both sides of vehicle 127 €

Sh1tbag OToole · 14-07-2015 12:21PM

GvidoR wrote: »

Don't know about that digger stuff, but Charade was a nicer looking car, and I'm sure it could do 80 km/h at the very least. You need a licence to drive that though. :P

That Aixam Coupe GTI comes with a few ridiculous optional extras, such as:

Optional 3 : Roof and spoiler in same colour as bodywork 101 €
Optional 4 : Contrasting double stripes (adhesive) on boot, roof, and hatchback 51 €
Optional 5 : Contrasting double stripes (adhesive) on boot, roof,and hatchback 51 €
Optional 6 : Contrasting double stripes (adhesive) on boot, roof, 51 €
Optional 7 : Sticker "GTI" for windscreen 60 €
Optional 10 : Stickers GTI for both sides of vehicle 127 €

If you get a Caterham 160 (possibly others) a cigarette lighter socket costs an extra £100. When you can just buy the part and a fuse and a bit of wire for a few pound and drill a hole. This is on the price list for self-build kits, not for a factory fitted lighter socket.

That Aixam looks like it has an exposed Multitronic CVT belt just like the old DAF cars from the good old days

GvidoR · 14-07-2015 12:38PM

lol @ 0:30
https://youtu.be/-k4gucRw1oE

You'd look pretty weird putting on gloves at a filling station, imo... and what about petrol? Filling up with petrol doesn't require gloves? :P

Big Nasty · 14-07-2015 01:00PM

Nigh on impossible to get diesel without getting the stinking nasty sh1t on your hands. Rarely have that issue with petrol and even when you do it smells good.

Foxhole Norman · 14-07-2015 02:26PM

Finally ordered my towing eye cover from BMW, about €70 painted, not too bad I don't think.

GvidoR · 14-07-2015 02:31PM

Isn't it like 3x3 cm piece of plastic?

Special Circumstances · 14-07-2015 02:55PM

OSI wrote: »

You are flat out ****ing high if you think that's even on the same planet as being "not too bad".

Harsh but true.

Noccy_Mondy · 14-07-2015 02:57PM

Foxhole Norman wrote:

Finally ordered my towing eye cover from BMW, about â‚¬70 painted, not too bad I don't think.

Did you enjoy the bending over experience?

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