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*********Motors Chat - Round 9 *********

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  • #182
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    GvidoR there is a car here you would like don't know if you seen it or not.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=96531091&postcount=4533


  • #183
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    I see Merlin car auctions are having an auction tomorrow morning with no reserve! May be worth checking out. Might get an absolute bargain!


  • #184
    fancy pigeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,866 ✭✭✭fancy pigeon


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    I see Merlin car auctions are having an auction tomorrow morning with no reserve! May be worth checking out. Might get an absolute bargain!

    Or more than likely an absolute basket case... ;)


  • #185
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    Dia1988 wrote: »
    It's not only Ireland it's a worldwide "problem" in the insurance and investments sector. However, Ireland is not helped by having multiple Government levies on top of the actuary calculations of risk.

    And the only country where even a yearly test is not enough to stop cars becoming INSANELY dangerous on the stroke of midnight of their 15th birthday. Lolz


  • #186
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    fancy pigeon wrote:
    Or more than likely an absolute basket case...

    There's that too, but if one was going taking the chance then it could turn out in their favour.


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  • #187
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    GvidoR there is a car here you would like don't know if you seen it or not.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=96531091&postcount=4533

    Seen it on DoneDeal a while back. Looks great, lots of work put into it.


  • #188
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭Hal1


    I've been following this guys build on passionford. He has dropped a cossie engine into an rx8. Just needs a fuel pump as the last one was seized. Fairly impressive amount of work gone into this. He has a bench power supply testing the dash electrics in this pic.

    80-20150806_220829_ad00e589c7f466fa23e4ae1b92e2c6ad1f083cc5.jpg


  • #189
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,828 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Dartz wrote: »
    2 hours from the topside of dublin to the bottom end of wexford.

    No bad.

    New Gorey bypass is handy. Best part of Gorey, IMHO

    Not too hot on geography? Gorey was bypassed years ago. If you mean the Rathnew-Arklow section including the Ballinameesda bends then that ends about 15km North of Gorey!


  • #190
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Marcusm wrote: »
    Not too hot on geography? Gorey was bypassed years ago. If you mean the Rathnew-Arklow section including the Ballinameesda bends then that ends about 15km North of Gorey!

    Huh I remember driving through Gorey for some reason last year. Either way... it was a fast drive.


    Also. Very few engines fit well with an RX8. The electronic systems are hellishly complex, and the stock ECU's smarter than most people I no.


  • #191
    CIP4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,657 ✭✭✭CIP4


    I was out with a few friends treking up a mountain there this morning and after we decided we'd look for a shop local one was closed ended up doing 60km round trip for the shop :pac: 140km done today and I don't even know how although we did get lost at one point :pac:


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  • #192
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,541 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    It appears to be powered by Red Bull?


  • #193
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Oil catch can or something along those lines.


  • #194
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    Just saw that BMW US has a new recall on for Driver side airbags for 2002-2006 3, 5 and X5. I know the 3 Series had a Takata recall over here, is this a different one?


  • #195
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭Hal1


    GvidoR wrote: »
    Oil catch can or something along those lines.

    Ignition coil.
    80-fb_img_1438172853471_948659608814475ad7ed168eec1c4cfcc6d192a1.jpg


  • #196
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,828 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Dartz wrote: »
    Huh I remember driving through Gorey for some reason last year. Either way... it was a fast drive.


    Also. Very few engines fit well with an RX8. The electronic systems are hellishly complex, and the stock ECU's smarter than most people I no.

    Ha ha. Gorey's actually a good market town, lots of shops, restaurants services etc despite no discernible industry. By comparison, Arklow is awful.

    Never had a car with a rotary engine, I'll stick with my v8s.


  • #197
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,541 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Great thing with rotarys is they don't test your emissions in the NCT


  • #198
    Je suis tres mal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 132 ✭✭Je suis tres mal


    Wonder would that stay the same, if you put a non-rotary in a rotary engined car originally.
    EG like the RX8 above, would that be emissions tested?


  • #199
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,541 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Nah. It'd be on their system as an rx8 so they wouldn't bother


  • #200
    Je suis tres mal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 132 ✭✭Je suis tres mal


    Pity they are so intricate and have such a small engine bay and chassis so, that could have made for some interesting, emissions free, engine swaps.


  • #201
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,541 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Agreed. Mazda don't have that many interesting non rotary engines, so keeping it mazda mightnt be that easy. Did I I hear of a diesel rx8?


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  • #202
    Je suis tres mal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 132 ✭✭Je suis tres mal


    I hope not, couldn't be putting a diseasal into an RX8!
    Something like a v8 from an LS430 would be interesting.


  • #203
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,541 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Flat four would be interesting and might suit size wise


  • #204
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,729 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    2.3 turbo AWD from the 6MPS.


  • #205
    Je suis tres mal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 132 ✭✭Je suis tres mal


    As mazda engines go it's probably the most likely


  • #206
    UnknownSpecies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,183 ✭✭✭UnknownSpecies


    I booked my NCT the other day, confident I'd fly through. Bloody traction control light and handbrake light are back on together again today after 5 problem free months and I really can't afford to fix it before the test :(


  • #207
    CIP4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,657 ✭✭✭CIP4


    dorgasm wrote: »
    I booked my NCT the other day, confident I'd fly through. Bloody traction control light and handbrake light are back on together again today after 5 problem free months and I really can't afford to fix it before the test :(

    That wouldn't cause it to fail would it.


  • #208
    fancy pigeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,866 ✭✭✭fancy pigeon


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Agreed. Mazda don't have that many interesting non rotary engines, so keeping it mazda mightnt be that easy. Did I I hear of a diesel rx8?

    I wish someone would make a diesel RX8 :D

    Theres a few diesel RX7's, some on youtube. 2.0 turbodiesel perkins.... Yummy :cool:


  • #209
    Pov06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Pov06


    Would I be daft to change from a 1999 Yaris 1.0 petrol to a 1.8 TDCi Focus at 20 y/o with 1 NCB?

    Would insurance go up, down or stay the same?


  • #210
    Je suis tres mal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 132 ✭✭Je suis tres mal


    fancy pigeon wrote: »
    I wish someone would make a diesel RX8 :D

    Theres a few diesel RX7's, some on youtube. 2.0 turbodiesel perkins.... Yummy :cool:


    The fuel of the divil? NOOO!


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  • #211
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Pov06 wrote: »
    Would I be daft to change from a 1999 Yaris 1.0 petrol to a 1.8 TDCi Focus at 20 y/o with 1 NCB?

    Would insurance go up, down or stay the same?

    It could go either way, I guess. But even if it goes down, would you do enough miles to compensate for the higher tax? If not, I'd say go for a 1.4 Focus - assuming you want a Focus.


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