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

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  • #8792
    Autosport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,280 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    That narrows it down to half the forum owning one so :pac:

    ;) I own one myself but shur I'll just have to go look at more tomorrow maybe a Saab ;)


  • #8793
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Autosport wrote: »
    ;) I own one myself but shur I'll just have to go look at more tomorrow maybe a Saab ;)

    Haha you'd be better off looking at opels :P


  • #8794
    Autosport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,280 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Haha you'd be better off looking at opels :P

    Mine is an Opel :P


  • #8795
    mhackett102
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭mhackett102


    Just after trying out a new rain-repellant yoke on the windows on the Corolla - I must be the only person in Ireland looking for rain tonight :p

    Also, the lights on the car are shocking so I ordered a set of Osram Nightbreaker bulbs, should have them before Wednesday!

    This car is coming together slowly, but it'll be there soon! Very happy with the way its driving so far :)


  • #8796
    Pov06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Pov06


    mhackett102 wrote: »
    Just after trying out a new rain-repellant yoke on the windows on the Corolla - I must be the only person in Ireland looking for rain tonight :p

    Also, the lights on the car are shocking so I ordered a set of Osram Nightbreaker bulbs, should have them before Wednesday!

    This car is coming together slowly, but it'll be there soon! Very happy with the way its driving so far :)

    I was just watching a video of RainX in action and wow! The difference is huge. The guy in the video on applied it to half of the windshield and the rain was coming right off.

    Will be buying some of that stuff! :pac:


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  • #8797
    mhackett102
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭mhackett102


    Pov06 wrote: »
    I was just watching a video of RainX in action and wow! The difference is huge. The guy in the video on applied it to half of the windshield and the rain was coming right off.

    Will be buying some of that stuff! :pac:

    Thats the one I got, along with the Anti-Fog!

    Picked it up in Halfords in Naas and the fella in front of me in the queue was getting it, along with the person behind me so it must be good :p


  • #8798
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    mhackett102 wrote: »
    Thats the one I got, along with the Anti-Fog!

    Picked it up in Halfords in Naas and the fella in front of me in the queue was getting it, along with the person behind me so it must be good :p

    Just remembered I've a voucher for money off in Halfords, gonna pick some of this stuff up :)

    What does the anti fog do?


  • #8799
    Pov06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Pov06


    mhackett102 wrote: »
    Thats the one I got, along with the Anti-Fog!

    Picked it up in Halfords in Naas and the fella in front of me in the queue was getting it, along with the person behind me so it must be good :p

    Did you get some cheap oil too? They have that €15 for 4 litres of engine oil promo now. I got myself 2 bottles, it will be enough for the next 2 services with a bit left over to top up.

    I should have picked it up too but didn't think about it :D


  • #8800
    mhackett102
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭mhackett102


    Stheno wrote: »
    Just remembered I've a voucher for money off in Halfords, gonna pick some of this stuff up :)

    What does the anti fog do?

    Apparently its to stop the windows inside fogging up. I find it an issue in the Corolla so im hoping it will work :)


  • #8801
    CIP4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    Don't think it's in use most days, but still!

    My attachment didn't work, here it is again, 4 of these on the window


    That list is somewhat similar to the list I got from my mechanic when doing my focus fcuk me I actually ended up having to do so much to that yoke. Never again I actually like the look of the mk3 focus but I could never bring myself to own another. No offence to your focus and mondeo or anything as you have both them spotless and very well minded.
    mhackett102 wrote: »
    Just after trying out a new rain-repellant yoke on the windows on the Corolla - I must be the only person in Ireland looking for rain tonight :p

    Also, the lights on the car are shocking so I ordered a set of Osram Nightbreaker bulbs, should have them before Wednesday!

    This car is coming together slowly, but it'll be there soon! Very happy with the way its driving so far :)

    You won't regret them nightbreaker they are actually unbelievable. I was driving home late on Friday night from a house birthday and driving down dark backroads you get to appreciate how good they are.


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  • #8802
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Pov06 wrote: »
    Did you get some cheap oil too? They have that €15 for 4 litres of engine oil promo now. I got myself 2 bottles, it will be enough for the next 2 services with a bit left over to top up.

    I should have picked it up too but didn't think about it :D

    Jaypers the V6 alfa I had took over 6 litres of oil per change!


  • #8803
    mhackett102
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭mhackett102


    Pov06 wrote: »
    Did you get some cheap oil too? They have that €15 for 4 litres of engine oil promo now. I got myself 2 bottles, it will be enough for the next 2 services with a bit left over to top up.

    I should have picked it up too but didn't think about it :D

    Didnt even get a chance to look at any of that! I only went in to get the Rain-X and I ended up buying the anti-fog and a headlight restoration kit :pac: Ive to head back to Halfords in Kilkenny on friday so I'll have a better look around the place :)


  • #8804
    Pov06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Pov06


    Stheno wrote: »
    Jaypers the V6 alfa I had took over 6 litres of oil per change!

    It helps driving a 1.0 Yaris! 3.2 litres, cheap maintenance. It's been unbelievably reliable so far and I give it heaps of abuse.

    Does anyone know how much genuine Toyota filters (air, oil and pollen) would set me back from a dealership for a 1999 Yaris 1.0? Or better yet is there any way to find out prices of parts from Toyota?


  • #8805
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    mhackett102 wrote: »
    Didnt even get a chance to look at any of that! I only went in to get the Rain-X and I ended up buying the anti-fog and a headlight restoration kit :pac: Ive to head back to Halfords in Kilkenny on friday so I'll have a better look around the place :)


    If it's not too much trouble, would you mind letting me know how you get on with both the antifog/headlight restoration kit via pm?
    Pov06 wrote: »
    It helps driving a 1.0 Yaris! 3.2 litres, cheap maintenance. It's been unbelievably reliable so far and I give it heaps of abuse.

    Does anyone know how much genuine Toyota filters (air, oil and pollen) would set me back from a dealership for a 1999 Yaris 1.0? Or better yet is there any way to find out prices of parts from Toyota?

    Did you try micksgarage?


  • #8806
    Pov06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Pov06


    Stheno wrote: »
    If it's not too much trouble, would you mind letting me know how you get on with both the antifog/headlight restoration kit via pm?


    Did you try micksgarage?

    Yeah but Micksgarage don't do genuine Toyota filters. I've been using Blueprint filters for a few services now, wouldn't mind trying Toyota ones if they're not much more expensive.

    Have a read of this if you're interested in headlight restoration:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=95626812


  • #8807
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Pov06 wrote: »
    Yeah but Micksgarage don't do genuine Toyota filters. I've been using Blueprint filters for a few services now, wouldn't mind trying Toyota ones if they're not much more expensive.

    Have a read of this if you're interested in headlight restoration:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=95626812

    Just ring a Toyota garage tomorrow :)

    That post is good, might give it a try


  • #8808
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Got offered 1500 for the 900 off a little traveller lad no older than 9 :pac: told him where it was from and the response was "sweden? jaysis lads i thought they only made furniture"


  • #8809
    Brian Scan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,374 ✭✭✭Brian Scan


    Autosport wrote: »
    Don't want to say as a fellow boardsie has one, it was because of theirs that I looked/ test drove it. So disappointed though

    Edited


  • #8810
    CIP4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    Pov06 wrote: »
    Yeah but Micksgarage don't do genuine Toyota filters. I've been using Blueprint filters for a few services now, wouldn't mind trying Toyota ones if they're not much more expensive.

    It does vary hugely from manufacturer to manufacturer vw being at the lower end of the scale where most of their genuine parts are very reasonable then you have ford which have very high parts prices. Unfortunately for me seems Renault are like that too. Toyota would be somewhere in the middle. But because blueprint filters would be very reasonably price your probably looking at 30% more at a very rough guess. Tbh on a standard older petrol blueprint filter will be perfectly good.

    It's when you start getting to modern diesels which are very fussy and in some cases genuine fuel filters filter to a lower micron level than spurious that's when the difference comes in. Now I only every bought genuine parts for every car up to this Megane and 2 months ago when I changed the air filter and used a Mann filter which was identical to the Renault as Mann make the air filters for Renault so both filter had a Mann stamp just one was missing the Renault stamp.


  • #8811
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    CIP4 wrote:
    That list is somewhat similar to the list I got from my mechanic when doing my focus fcuk me I actually ended up having to do so much to that yoke. Never again I actually like the look of the mk3 focus but I could never bring myself to own another. No offence to your focus and mondeo or anything as you have both them spotless and very well minded.


    Ah cheers!

    Ya, I really like the mk3 focus too, was doing the maths on a 2.0 163bhp titanium x not long back, but it falls out of my financial "zone" if want of a better word!


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  • #8812
    CIP4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    Ah cheers!

    Ya, I really like the mk3 focus too, was doing the maths on a 2.0 163bhp titanium x not long back, but it falls out of my financial "zone" if want of a better word!

    Would you not consider getting rid of the mondeo and focus and then buy one of them or similar or do you have an actual need for the two cars.


  • #8813
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    Ah cheers!

    Ya, I really like the mk3 focus too, was doing the maths on a 2.0 163bhp titanium x not long back, but it falls out of my financial "zone" if want of a better word!

    Those ford 2 litre diesels are quite poor on fuel tbh.

    Did 400 miles in one almost all mostorway/a road speeds 70-75 with CC on and averaged 39mpg


  • #8814
    CIP4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    Supergurrier wrote: »
    Those ford 2 litre diesels are quite poor on fuel tbh.

    Did 400 miles in one almost all mostorway/a road speeds 70-75 with CC on and averaged 39mpg

    I'd of said that but then a 1.8 tdci would do much more than 40mpg would it and the 2.0 would be a nicer smoother engine.


  • #8815
    nd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,855 ✭✭✭nd


    Pov06 wrote: »
    .Does anyone know how much genuine Toyota filters (air, oil and pollen) would set me back from a dealership for a 1999 Yaris 1.0? Or better yet is there any way to find out prices of parts from Toyota?

    http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/

    You'll need your vin number. The prices are very accurate.


  • #8816
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    CIP4 wrote: »
    I'd of said that but then a 1.8 tdci would do much more than 40mpg would it and the 2.0 would be a nicer smoother engine.

    1.8 is a noisy horrible thing pulled from a sierra and revised.

    Fine for a van, not suited to a modern car


  • #8817
    mhackett102
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭mhackett102


    Stheno wrote: »
    If it's not too much trouble, would you mind letting me know how you get on with both the antifog/headlight restoration kit via pm?

    Sure thing. It'll probably be late in the week before I get a chance to apply the headlight restoration kit but I'll make sure to remember to PM you anyhow!


  • #8818
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,435 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Thought I lost an engine today....

    Heard a clunk from under the bonnet going down the Ongar road. Car immediately started misfiring, running on the one rotor, with the exhaust smoking. Thought the worst - it'd eaten a seal for sure. (They've been dropping like flies on the owner's forum recently.). Limped it home on the one rotor and had a look, only to find a the rear leading coil ignition lead hanging in empty space, with obvious signs of something hitting it and knocking it loose.

    Replaced the lead.

    Fired up without a hitch.

    ****ing mad bastard of a car.


  • #8819
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Anyone up for a meet over the next two weekends ?

    Summer is almost over etc


  • #8820
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Supergurrier wrote: »
    Anyone up for a meet over the next two weekends ?

    Summer is almost over etc

    Summer begins when school starts again....


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  • #8821
    quadrifoglio verde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭quadrifoglio verde


    NCT booked in naas just there for this thursday....love the fact so few know about the 11 pm trick.

    Now to reset my airbag light :(


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