Motors Chat - Round 9

CIP4 · 14-09-2015 10:03PM

5W30 wrote: »

What happens with engine swaps in cars generally? Say I have a BXE engined Passat and the engine is replaced with a different engine code and different mileage. Do garages normally change the odometer to match the new motor or does it stay the same?

As Colm said generally the right thing to do in this case is leave the clock alone as the body has done the indicated odometer mileage and generally most of the time whatever replacement engine you get is going to be lower mileage than what's on the car. Anyone I know of that has got a replacement engine has never touched the clock.

Supergurrier · 14-09-2015 10:10PM

5ub wrote: »

Doing some man maths this evening and looking at a WRC kitted Fabia VRs. Could hang onto the Defender I'm driving on loan from a family member but I don't know which would be worse then on my commute.

Stressful

I know them feelz :pac:

http://aandkmotorsport.com/epages/095a1555-4b43-460d-96a8-d9e75d093e60.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/095a1555-4b43-460d-96a8-d9e75d093e60/Categories/Webshop/Ford/Focus_ST225/Suspension/Bushes_and_Arms

5ub · 14-09-2015 10:21PM

Supergurrier wrote: »

I know them feelz :pac:

http://aandkmotorsport.com/epages/095a1555-4b43-460d-96a8-d9e75d093e60.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/095a1555-4b43-460d-96a8-d9e75d093e60/Categories/Webshop/Ford/Focus_ST225/Suspension/Bushes_and_Arms

Lol.

Its just a kitted Fabia right now, blank canvas otherwise which means sooner or later it'll be like a Defender on the road if my old C4 is anything to go by

GvidoR · 15-09-2015 01:06AM

Hal1 wrote: »

http://i.imgur.com/1mR267E.jpg

Nice rims...

166man · 15-09-2015 04:15AM

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Think I just found my old Passat on DD ... seems to have had a significant mileage haircut though!

This it?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/10389751
VW PASSAT VERY LOW MILEAGE FOR SALE

fancy pigeon · 15-09-2015 09:03AM

GvidoR wrote: »

Now tell me what rimming a wheel is

_Kaiser_ · 15-09-2015 10:37AM

166man wrote: »

This it?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/10389751
VW PASSAT VERY LOW MILEAGE FOR SALE

Yup.. half tempted to ring it and see what they say but sure it's not like you can really do anything

See one of the last pics I took attached.. note the slight wear on the bottom of the light switch and the Parrot screen. You can actually make out the odometer too.. it doesn't start with 15

Special Circumstances · 15-09-2015 10:50AM

I will entertain no further criticisms of Japanese/Korean dashes compared to German dashes:

Personal taste and all kaiser, but that dash definitely doesn't float my mid 20th century motor cruiser.

Chris_Heilong · 15-09-2015 10:54AM

Special Circumstances wrote: »

I will entertain no further criticisms of Japanese/Korean dashes compared to German dashes:

Personal taste and all kaiser, but that dash definitely doesn't float my mid 20th century motor cruiser.

But you can pretend your flying in a WWII fighter plane.

colm_mcm · 15-09-2015 10:56AM

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Yup.. half tempted to ring it and see what they say but sure it's not like you can really do anything

See one of the last pics I took attached.. note the slight wear on the bottom of the light switch and the Parrot screen. You can actually make out the odometer too.. it doesn't start with 15

report the ad. they'll take it down

5W30 · 15-09-2015 10:57AM

Special Circumstances wrote: »

I will entertain no further criticisms of Japanese/Korean dashes compared to German dashes:

Personal taste and all kaiser, but that dash definitely doesn't float my mid 20th century motor cruiser.

Same thing can be said about the automatic gear lever, yuck.

ba_barabus · 15-09-2015 10:58AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

report the ad. they'll take it down

They'd always ask for evidence in cases like this going on experience

jimgoose · 15-09-2015 10:59AM

Loogit dis, lah. Note well. It's called class:

Special Circumstances · 15-09-2015 11:00AM

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

But you can pretend your flying in a WWII fighter plane.

My first thought was if it was a convertible at least you could throw on googles and a leather helmet/cap and go around making ack-ack-ack-ack-neeeeeyom noises.

Ah here, I don't like picking on someones actual car but this "german dashes are the best" dogma cracks me up sometimes!

MetzgerMeister · 15-09-2015 11:01AM

It's called ancient....especially that phone! I've seen cave drawings on google of guys using that! :pac:

Special Circumstances · 15-09-2015 11:02AM

Ha jim goose is enda kenny, the phone proves it! Have they ever been seen in the same room together? I think not!

ba_barabus · 15-09-2015 11:03AM

The dash in my B6 Pisshat rattled like a octogenarians hips at a social night in the Parish hall

Supergurrier · 15-09-2015 11:10AM

OSI wrote: »

Sure no need to report it. A B6 Passat with no check engine light on? Obvious to anyone it's been fiddled with :pac:

My eml glow has given my beard a lovely ginger hue (Ya that's it!)

Special Circumstances · 15-09-2015 11:22AM

Meanwhile, at BMW

bmw-2-series-gran-tourer-lines-and-equipment-sport-line-01.jpg.resource.1440575803640.jpg

Mein Gott voss ist dis scheisse?

photo from here
http://www.independent.ie/life/motoring/car-news/bmw-boss-faints-on-stage-at-frankfurt-auto-show-as-he-introduces-new-bmw-model-31527420.html

Probably wasn't the gran tourer,but it would be a wasteif fainted while announcing a nice car.

ba_barabus · 15-09-2015 11:24AM

My uncle bought one and became highly offended when I asked him did he like his new Kia.

colm_mcm · 15-09-2015 11:26AM

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Meanwhile, at BMW

Mein Gott voss ist dis scheisse?

I saw one of these from the side in a car park last week and thought "someone's put BMW wheels on a Nissan note"

jimgoose · 15-09-2015 11:40AM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

It's called ancient....especially that phone! I've seen cave drawings on google of guys using that! :pac:

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Ha jim goose is enda kenny, the phone proves it! Have they ever been seen in the same room together? I think not!

The two of ye can gan foork. Ye wouldn't know class if it leaped up and bit ye on the arse-cheek!!

Special Circumstances · 15-09-2015 11:47AM

jimgoose wrote: »

The two of ye can gan foork. Ye wouldn't know class if it leaped up and bit ye on the arse-cheek!!

True, I've even started tucking my trackies into my socks now to fit in

_Kaiser_ · 15-09-2015 12:05PM

Reported the ad anyway.. we'll see what happens. I can send them on a few pics if needed

CianRyan · 15-09-2015 01:21PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

I saw one of these from the side in a car park last week and thought "someone's put BMW wheels on a Nissan note"

Ah now, the new note looks a lot better than that yoke!

colm_mcm · 15-09-2015 01:26PM

It actually does. I thought it must be a Hyundai ix20 or kia venga or note. I honestly didn't think it could be a BMW

GvidoR · 15-09-2015 01:26PM

CianRyan wrote: »

Ah now, the new note looks a lot better than that yoke!

The Note Impul surely does.

ba_barabus · 15-09-2015 01:47PM

I don't think the Note is that bad tbh, I'm still unsure about the Pulsar. Been in Vincents hospital since yesterday afternoon. It's ****ing mental. How anyone works here I don't know, staff have it hard.

_Kaiser_ · 15-09-2015 01:50PM

That Note looks very Honda Jazz/Fit-ish to me?

Interslice · 15-09-2015 01:50PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

I don't think the Note is that bad tbh, I'm still unsure about the Pulsar. Been in Vincents hospital since yesterday afternoon. It's ****ing mental. How anyone works here I don't know, staff have it hard.

I think the pulsar looks well from the front but it looks very high off the ground and juke like from the back and side.

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