Motors Chat - Round 9

YbFocus wrote: »

On that note I have some lovely coilovers arriving tomorrow

Easy to guess what you'll be thinking of in work tomorrow :pac:

I'm back to college in the morning hopefully traffic won't be too Heavy in the morning although I intend hitting jack lynch around 7.30am so shouldn't be too bad.

wotzgoingon

GvidoR, did you get sorted with that cable? I have the light blue cable obd to usb and also a black bmw round connector to obd.

CIP4 wrote: »

Easy to guess what you'll be thinking of in work tomorrow :pac:

They are arriving to the office at some stage

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-ODB-2-ODB2-Female-20-Pin-to-16-Pin-Connector-Adapter-Cable-for-BMW/32347573232.html?ws_ab_test=201407_5,201444_5,201409_3

wotzgoingon wrote: »

GvidoR, did you get sorted with that cable? I have the light blue cable obd to usb and also a black bmw round connector to obd.

Well I already have the USB to OBD but I need the red adapter cable. I can only find sets of 3 or 4 adapter cables for sale, but I just need the one.

Pov06

GvidoR wrote: »

Well I already have the USB to OBD but I need the red adapter cable. I can only find sets of 3 or 4 adapter cables for sale, but I just need the one.

dr.fuzzenstein

Mc Love wrote: »

Learning instructor shows how not to get involved

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVK5f44yy7Y

Great, guy didn't get prosecuted. Lack of evidence. So having you car with reg plus your mug on camera isn't enough. Looks like the cops just couldn't be arsed or maybe the guy has them in his pocket.

Jesus.

Was that a lesson in everything you shouldn't do as a driver?

Pov06 wrote: »

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-ODB-2-ODB2-Female-20-Pin-to-16-Pin-Connector-Adapter-Cable-for-BMW/32347573232.html?ws_ab_test=201407_5,201444_5,201409_3

That's not what I need.

This is (well, just the red one)
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Alfa-Fiat-Diagnostic-Cables-Leads-for-MultiECUScan-FiatECUScan-Fiat-Alfa-Romeo-and-Lancia/32324595137.html?spm=2114.01020208.3.83.z1bKMt&ws_ab_test=201407_1,201444_5,201409_3

At least it's slightly cheaper than on eBay.

Foxhole Norman

CIP4 wrote: »

Easy to guess what you'll be thinking of in work tomorrow :pac:

I'm back to college in the morning hopefully traffic won't be too Heavy in the morning although I intend hitting jack lynch around 7.30am so shouldn't be too bad.

Do you commute Kilkenny - Cork - Kilkenny daily?

joujoujou

GvidoR wrote: »

About 19:00 ?

Good.

SatNav equipped?

Want coordinates?

joujoujou wrote: »

Good.

SatNav equipped?

Want coordinates?

Well I have a phone with GPS, which should do the job.:P

You're not far from the main road, are you?

vidor

vidor wrote: »

Ah ok, thanks. NCT expires tomorrow but I can't get it serviced until Wednesday And have zero other means to get to work.

So I take it a fine and points would have to be issued to me there and then by a Garda (as in I can't go around driving and clock up a load of points unknowingly)?

Sorry guys, this expires tomorrow and wouldn't mind knowing that the ANPR cameras 'just' means that I'll be stopped i.e. it doesn't automatically issue me points and a fine.

joujoujou

GvidoR wrote: »

Well I have a phone with GPS, which should do the job.:P

You're not far from the main road, are you?

If your car could fly like a helicopter - 300m.

If not - approx 1700m.

Will PM you with coordinates in a minute.

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Do you commute Kilkenny - Cork - Kilkenny daily?

Christ no. I probably would only for my course takes up so much time I wouldn't have enough time to spare 4 hours of commuting a day as I'm generally in college 9-7 most days with later lectures some days till 8 or 9pm.

But I spend almost all the weekends at home and don't bother going back till Monday morning and go back home to Kilkenny Friday afternoon.

Noccy_Mondy

CIP4 wrote:

But I spend almost all the weekends at home and don't bother going back till Monday morning and go back home to Kilkenny Friday afternoon.

Was just going to ask if you go down every Monday morning. I always used to wait until Monday morning, leaving at about 6:45ish. Makes all the difference having all of Sunday to yourself.

CIP4 wrote: »

Christ no. I probably would only for my course takes up so much time I wouldn't have enough time to spare 4 hours of commuting a day as I'm generally in college 9-7 most days with later lectures some days till 8 or 9pm.

But I spend almost all the weekends at home and don't bother going back till Monday morning and go back home to Kilkenny Friday afternoon.

The life of a final year engineer!
Been there man, best feeling once you get out the far side

Big Nasty

vidor wrote: »

Sorry guys, this expires tomorrow and wouldn't mind knowing that the ANPR cameras 'just' means that I'll be stopped i.e. it doesn't automatically issue me points and a fine.

You'll be fine. No Garda will give you hassle for something barely out. Only way you'll have a problem is if street parking and a warden fines you for non display.

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Was just going to ask if you go down every Monday morning. I always used to wait until Monday morning, leaving at about 6:45ish. Makes all the difference having all of Sunday to yourself.

Ye I like the weekends at home as I can kind of clear my head a bit not be thinking of college all the time. Although with 4th year I'll probably end up doing some work at home but at least the end is in sight. I won't be sorry to be finished tbh. Not one of these people that sees the mad appeal of college id rather have a job. Granted college is great craic and all that but constant assignments, presentations, labs and exams takes its toll on you. Plus I need to go looking for a job this year too and do interviews and all that which can be time consuming enough.

Also I calculated my mileage if I traveled up and Down to cork 5 days for a college year it would be roughly 70k km :eek:

Supergurrier

Cripes wonder how much it will cost to post 2 driveshafts to newcastle, found some cheap refurbed ones done by a crowd there that will save me 250e on an exchance but im guessing it won't be cheap

YbFocus wrote: »

The life of a final year engineer!
Been there man, best feeling once you get out the far side

That pretty much sums up the whole thing. I found my summer of work placement to be a refreshing rest. At least when I finished work I was finished none of this going home after lectures to do lab reports, assignments and study. Anyway 3 years down one to go it doesn't sound too bad when you put it like that and I loved being a student engineer and had a real interest in it so at least I've picked the right course although I always wanted to be an engineer from primary school up.

Supergurrier wrote: »

Cripes wonder how much it will cost to post 2 driveshafts to newcastle, found some cheap refurbed ones done by a crowd there that will save me 250e on an exchance but im guessing it won't be cheap

Would parcel motel work don't they deliver oversized stuff still fairly reasonably.

CIP4 wrote: »

That pretty much sums up the whole thing. I found my summer of work placement to be a refreshing rest. At least when I finished work I was finished none of this going home after lectures to do lab reports, assignments and study. Anyway 3 years down one to go it doesn't sound too bad when you put it like that and I loved being a student engineer and had a real interest in it so at least I've picked the right course although I always wanted to be an engineer from primary school up.

The great thing is the feel of making a difference where you work.
I can see stuff changing, be it saving money, higher efficiency etc.

Its awesome

Supergurrier

CIP4 wrote: »

Would parcel motel work don't they deliver oversized stuff still fairly reasonably.

Really ? I use them all the time, the longer of the two shafts is almost 4 foot long though

YbFocus wrote: »

The great thing is the feel of making a difference where you work.
I can see stuff changing, be it saving money, higher efficiency etc.

Its awesome

I got to work on a few of those projects and it was great. Especially the ones where it involves changing something in a process that doesn't work and coming up with a solution implementing it and then seeing the working finished product the sense of achievement is unreal.

Cars and Coffee, Sept' 2015

Supergurrier wrote: »

Really ? I use them all the time, the longer of the two shafts is almost 4 foot long though

Maybe not but it just says 7 euro plus 10 euro per 10kg for oversized parcels but not sure if that's for just recieving oversized parcels or if you can drop them to a nigh line depot and let them deliver it. You could ring them and see I'm sure they will give you a quote as it's ultimately just courier service.

Dartz

dr.fuzzenstein

Dartz wrote: »

Cars and Coffee, Sept' 2015

I thought it didn't happen?

http://i.imgur.com/XnR1TXV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/TghZtwD.jpg

Dartz wrote: »

Cars and Coffee, Sept' 2015

The Stagea and S13 look awesome. S13 still on Japanese plates.

job seeker

Just looking at the build treads and a lot of young people with nice big engines cars. Then here's me struggling to get a decent quote on a firkin 1l corsa B Well FML..:(