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

Lots of blanking plates lead me to believe it's a base model, or close that. Appears to have 4 Motion (4WD).

I don't like the wood around the instrument cluster though.

Jaysus... :eek:

Ya I'm not gone on the wood either, but it's fair common on the earlier of that generation. Motorcheck says ot's a comfortline, cartell says it's an se, as it's an import, so basic enough. Has a nicer front end than a standard comfortline though.

I was trying to put my finger on the alloys, maybe they are from a golf, look like the ones on the sportline, but not fully convinced they are.

Got some Eagle F1s from openeo, very impressed. 235/45/18 for 150 a corner, 70 for fitting, balancing, tracking.

Not bad when tyre place was asking 230 a corner

Mc Love wrote: »

Got some Eagle F1s from openeo, very impressed. 235/45/18 for 150 a corner, 70 for fitting, balancing, tracking.

Not bad when tyre place was asking 230 a corner

Good tyre alright excellent grip but sidewalls abit thinner/softer than most which on the upside gives abit more comfort

Got an application letter from Munster Group insurance. It's funny how they think I will get insured with them even after I said that the quote they gave me was twice as high as my renewal.

In the 'required documents' section they also want a signed social, domestic & pleasure declaration. :eek:

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Lads. Meet?

Somewhere in the Mayo/Roscommon/Leitrim area?

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

What spec is this passat, has a mix of everything? Seems to be nice. Them alloys aren't standard I don't think?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/9892695

Looks like Comfortline, doubt it's really 4motion. That's a high reg for Leitrim, usually those numbers are imports, although the km clock is at odds with that. Looks well tired and worn out, 143k miles on the clock, wouldn't be surprised if it had nearly twice that!

Bit worried now that you guys had trouble with the sidewalls, but i do make it my business to avoid kerbs, potholes etc, can't be said for other people the drive my car even if it is rare occurrence.

Was looking at reviews and they seemed to get the best out of most reviews. Big change from my accelera phi's though I reckon

Supergurrier wrote: »

Tbh only tyre ive driven on with softer sidewalls were the uniroyal rs3s.

The vredisteins were a very good tyre overall but harsher over bumps. Very little in it and great durability.

Goodyears provide comical levels of grip though which is always good.

The goodyear efficient grip I had were the same. Side walls are paper thin. Had to replace one on mine and one the fathers cars. The Stony roads of potholes will kill them.

Mc Love wrote: »

Bit worried now that you guys had trouble with the sidewalls, but i do make it my business to avoid kerbs, potholes etc, can't be said for other people the drive my car even if it is rare occurrence.

Was looking at reviews and they seemed to get the best out of most reviews. Big change from my accelera phi's though I reckon

Make sure to keep your tyre pressure up so the sidewalls dont bulge out. I think that what caused the stones and potholes to puncture mine.

Tea 1000 wrote:

Looks like Comfortline, doubt it's really 4motion. That's a high reg for Leitrim, usually those numbers are imports, although the km clock is at odds with that. Looks well tired and worn out, 143k miles on the clock, wouldn't be surprised if it had nearly twice that!

1500 high for Leitrim?

The electronic clock is in km, but the dial displays miles.

Nothing great about it, just looks a bit different is all. I think it looks fairly fresh tbh, no tears, or worn buttons etc, from what we can see.

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Z4's are starting to get cheap, if I had money I'd consider a 2.5 litre!

I've been looking too, great prices on donedeal now. I'd love one now while I can get away with a 2 seater as my daily

I can't find anywhere to give me a sane quote on a ~2004 2.2L or 2.5L model though. What do you think of Z4 Coupe? I'd have one of them over the roadster personally. You don't see many of them around, a real head turner.

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

According to what was mentioned earlier, they're getting more expensive to insure

Yup, that was me I think. If I were to switch to the 2.2L (which has the exact same M54B22 engine as my own car, although I know this isn't the only factor), my monthly installments would increase from €99 to €185. That's just too much.