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********Motors Chat - Round 8 ********

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  • #8492
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    I know for a fact that my car as a 2007 is in MUCH better condition than a lot of newer cars around here. Chronicles of Riddick!!

    Yeah but its so old though MM jesus! Get a new car for fcuk's sake!
    Nice 152 plate Sandero...

    James+May+500x_greatnews_2011_bmw_x3.jpg


  • #8493
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,830 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Insurance makes no sense, I've given up trying to put any logical sense behind it. I rang then a couple of months ago to price check a Cupra and it was more expensive than my diesel FR. Was getting 50 quid back with 6 months left on the policy.


  • #8494
    UhOh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 718 ✭✭✭UhOh


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Insurance makes no sense, I've given up trying to put any logical sense behind it.

    Agreed, changing car soon here, was told by the insurance company that there would be no additional charge from the current 2.0 diesel 140ps valued at less then half the 2.0 petrol with +300ps I'll be changing to....not that I'm complaining mind :P


  • #8495
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Had to go to Craig Avon today, that place must be in the ninth circle of hell


  • #8496
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Stheno wrote: »
    Had to go to Craig Avon today, that place must be in the ninth circle of hell

    I did warn ya it was a dump :D

    Insurance is strange. As I changed cars the lower the hp the more expensive it got. From 150bhp working my way down to a miserable 68 cost each step of the way. The final insult was the 406's, classed as high performance and high risk. They never said that about my 95 Merc which has more power on paper and is a bit older...


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  • #8497
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,972 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    dgt wrote: »
    I did warn ya it was a dump :D

    Insurance is strange. As I changed cars the lower the hp the more expensive it got. From 150bhp working my way down to a miserable 68 cost each step of the way. The final insult was the 406's, classed as high performance and high risk. They never said that about my 95 Merc which has more power on paper and is a bit older...

    Thats because cars with low hp are in more accidents.....maybe


  • #8498
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Chris_Heilong wrote: »
    Thats because cars with low hp are in more accidents.....maybe

    Its a strange one either way and I sure don't like it.

    For the shneer I must get a quote on the petrol behemoths here (all the 3.0 + stuff) and then on the E300TD I once had.

    Wonder can I fiddle the tractor policy :D:D:D


  • #8499
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Any boardsbros able to suggest some left field insurers ?

    Mine is out on the 27th and nobody is able to beat my renewal quote of 717 with all the bells and whistles sofar :(

    Bad when you can't insure an aul standard focus hai


  • #8500
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,540 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    Supergurrier wrote: »
    Any boardsbros able to suggest some left field insurers ?

    Mine is out on the 27th and nobody is able to beat my renewal quote of 717 with all the bells and whistles sofar :(

    Bad when you can't insure an aul standard focus hai
    What did 123.ie or 25plus come back with?


  • #8501
    UnknownSpecies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭UnknownSpecies


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Is it really a thing where once a car hits 10 years old, it's much harder to insure???

    Definitely a thing. I tried all sorts of car changes with Aviva. For example, they won't provide me a quote on a '04 2.5L Z4, but if I were to insure a '10+ 3.0L Z4, I'd get a refund on my current policy. I tried the same with a '15 Golf R for sh*ts and giggles and they quoted me just over €550. Absolute madness! Makes me lean towards taking a loan for my next car and getting something newer.


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  • #8502
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    What did 123.ie or 25plus come back with?

    123/axa/aa all around the 850 mark

    Current insurer 717


  • #8503
    Gavman84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭Gavman84


    That with or without mods as I looked recently and 123 was 600 I think for me.


  • #8504
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Gavman84 wrote: »
    That with or without mods as I looked recently and 123 was 600 I think for me.

    What mods ?

    Shurre it's all stickytape and tinfoil and imagination


  • #8505
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    dgt wrote: »
    I did warn ya it was a dump :D

    .

    The place I was going to was an industrial estate so that was a given.
    It was chuffing getting there, there is a sign off one of the Newry exits for Craigavon, little did I realise it's about another 35 miles off that exit and the roads are pure shoite


  • #8506
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Hal1


    F5hZsMt.jpg

    there's a vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BXHx-5hE-o


  • #8507
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    ^ BIT AH RAIN :pac:


  • #8508
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Sobanek wrote: »
    ^ BIT AH RAIN :pac:

    Pie-Chart-I-See-What-You-Did-There.jpg


  • #8509
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Jaysus I need another Golf cabrio :(


  • #8510
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    Jaysus I need another Golf cabrio :(

    And this! possibly

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/1989-ford-sierra-4x4/9949512?offset=2


  • #8511
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    Jaysus I need another Golf cabrio :(

    You have my blessing. :P

    4422294637_b12d897189_b.jpg


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  • #8512
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,308 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    And this! possibly

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/1989-ford-sierra-4x4/9949512?offset=2

    That's pretty cool. What power would that be putting out?


  • #8513
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    That's pretty cool. What power would that be putting out?

    150 by the spec on this thing

    http://www.autosnout.com/Car-Performance-Statistics.php?EditionID=818


  • #8514
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    That's pretty cool. What power would that be putting out?

    146 hp, 229 nm of torque when new.

    Very little for a 2.9 V6 by modern engine standards.


  • #8515
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    GvidoR wrote: »
    146 hp, 229 nm of torque when new.

    Very little for a 2.9 V6 by modern engine standards.

    I would be willing to forgive the low power. Very cool car and probably still quick off the line with 4WD!


  • #8516
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,308 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    150 as you said toasted. looked it up myself on parkers.
    It is the 2.9 GLS 4x4

    Not alot for the size of the engine as you said GvidoR.

    http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/reviews/facts-and-figures/ford/sierra/hatchback-1982/


  • #8517
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    I would be willing to forgive the low power. Very cool car and probably still quick off the line with 4WD!

    I'd love a 4WD car just for the craic, Id take a lancia just because :cool:

    and i'd love this, don't understand why there's no price though

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-300-sel-3-5/9855454?offset=22


  • #8518
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    I'd love a 4WD car just for the craic, Id take a lancia just because :cool:

    and i'd love this, don't understand why there's no price though

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-300-sel-3-5/9855454?offset=22

    If you have to ask...

    That is the E55 AMG of the 60s


  • #8519
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    If you have to ask...

    That is the E55 AMG of the 60s

    Ah! Well that shows me then :o


  • #8520
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    If you have to ask...

    That is the E55 AMG of the 60s


    S55*
    E-Class equivalent from that time would be a W114.
    Most powerful from that range was a 280E with a 2.8 I6 that produced 185hp.


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  • #8521
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Spent about 30 mins generating a post with loads of pics about a bit of diy I done with the focus lately, and the phone crashes. Ffs! Looks like ye'll have to wait a while until I can be arsed to upload them again!


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