Motors Chat - Round 9

CIP4 · 27-09-2015 03:19PM

zerks wrote: »

Had a closer look at those pics,definitely not taken in Roscommon.All the other cars in the pics have UK plates.

It's abit too cheap is it considering others are making 6-7k euro.

27-09-2015 04:05PM

Wise words

GvidoR · 27-09-2015 04:55PM

LIGHTNING wrote: »

This VW scandal is doing my nut in, you'd swear they wear using the souls of the recently deceased people to fudge the numbers. Apparently its also going to be the end of diesels and perhaps even cars as we know it :rolleyes: Some of the posts you would think this is After Hours.

It's made far worse than it is in reality, imo. Have you ever seen a new TDI on the road with lots of smoke behind it?

Also this is going to hurt the German economy. I wonder how Audi, Škoda and other VAG brands will get affected.

Cantona's Collars · 27-09-2015 05:09PM

GvidoR wrote: »

Did you give him a call?

Been stuck landscaping all day bar lunchtime and forgot all about it until I posted here.I'll give a call now and see what the craic is.

CIP4 · 27-09-2015 05:11PM

LIGHTNING wrote: »

This VW scandal is doing my nut in, you'd swear they wear using the souls of the recently deceased people to fudge the numbers. Apparently its also going to be the end of diesels and perhaps even cars as we know it :rolleyes: Some of the posts you would think this is After Hours.

You'd have to wonder though its after being made into such a big deal that it will surly effect their sales and possibly mean they will have to drop prices on new secondhand cars. As people who weren't loyal to the vw brand will look at other brands.

Autosport · 27-09-2015 05:20PM

I left the Germans before all this kicked off

Cantona's Collars · 27-09-2015 05:38PM

GvidoR wrote: »

Did you give him a call?

Call made,PM sent.

CIP4 · 27-09-2015 05:44PM

Autosport wrote: »

I left the Germans before all this kicked off

someone said that to me "oh you got out in time" haha I don't think it would of made any difference to my 2007 golf :pac:

Autosport · 27-09-2015 05:47PM

Was driving behind a 141 Merc CL today in Waterford and the smoke coming out of the exhaust was crazy, it was like a chimney

Big Nasty · 27-09-2015 06:29PM

A very simple response from VW would have been to say it was a programming error and recall all 11m vehicles for an ecu update.

A far obvious cheat IMO is the DPF.

Noccy_Mondy · 27-09-2015 06:45PM

Spent my Sunday cleaning 3 cars, my own and a neighbours. It's almost harder then a days work!!

CIP4 · 27-09-2015 06:56PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Spent my Sunday cleaning 3 cars, my own and a neighbours. It's almost harder then a days work!!

Cleaning the neighbours car fcuk that I can't bring myself to clean my own I thought it was a big achievement that I topped up the windscreen fluid reservoir on Friday :pac: ah no fair play you feel great after doing it but it's hard to get the motivation to clean cars during the winter they get dirty again too quickly.

wotzgoingon · 27-09-2015 07:07PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Spent my Sunday cleaning 3 cars, my own and a neighbours. It's almost harder then a days work!!

You seem to clean other peoples cars a fair bit. As I remember you have similar posts in the past.

Noccy_Mondy · 27-09-2015 07:42PM

CIP4 wrote:

Cleaning the neighbours car fcuk that I can't bring myself to clean my own I thought it was a big achievement that I topped up the windscreen fluid reservoir on Friday ah no fair play you feel great after doing it but it's hard to get the motivation to clean cars during the winter they get dirty again too quickly.

Ya, I get fair disheartened in the winter when it comes to washing cars, they do be just as bad a few days after!

wotzgoingon wrote:

You seem to clean other peoples cars a fair bit. As I remember you have similar posts in the past.

Mainly family. This neighbour is in his 80's so washing the car is the last on his mind. Quick hoover and wash and he's happy. No tyre dressings or any of that. It's a 6 times a year kind of job....mainly for my satisfaction though, he couldn't give a damn if it was done or not.

colm_mcm · 27-09-2015 07:48PM

No harm in doing some real work

Hal1 · 27-09-2015 08:05PM

:pac:

colm_mcm · 27-09-2015 08:35PM

Where did you get "her" from?

GvidoR · 27-09-2015 08:36PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Where did you get "her" from?

CARLINE almost looks like Caroline. :P

CIP4 · 27-09-2015 08:41PM

LIGHTNING wrote: »

^ The post above shows exactly why road deaths have decreased over time. 30 years ago that person would have been backwards into a hedge. Her traction control stopped that from happening

A funny thing I found out about my Megane is you can't properly turn of traction in it. In the fact you press the button go to 30 odd kmh and it turns it back on. Car says in manual it's for safety reasons :pac: so you can only really turn it off when stationary at low speed for being stuck in snow mud etc.

beertons · 27-09-2015 08:44PM

Fair play Noccy. With my twice a year washing(of the car), your neighbour would be quare pished off waiting for me to do his.

Supergurrier · 27-09-2015 08:46PM

GvidoR wrote: »

CARLINE almost looks like Caroline. :P

Sh1tbag OToole · 27-09-2015 09:01PM

LIGHTNING wrote: »

^ The post above shows exactly why road deaths have decreased over time. 30 years ago that person would have been backwards into a hedge. Her traction control stopped that from happening

30 years ago the car probably wouldn't have had enough power to lose traction in the same bend, the road surface was a lot worse and whatever speed Caroline was doing felt a lot faster in the car she had 30 years ago. The traction control only goes some way to balance out the increased risks taken by someone driving a modern car

Marcusm · 27-09-2015 11:05PM

Has Duke O'Smiley been here today? He gets a name check in tomorrow's Daily Heil/Hate (delete as appropriate) re Pioc do ride.

Foxhole Norman · 27-09-2015 11:18PM

On the overnight shift tonight, will be like Noccy_Mondy with his 2/3am ramblings :pac::pac:

GvidoR · 27-09-2015 11:19PM

Looking forward to 'em. :pac:

Noccy_Mondy · 27-09-2015 11:30PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

On the overnight shift tonight, will be like Noccy_Mondy with his 2/3am ramblings :pac::pac:

Won't be joining you tonight son, the ramblings are only during the Summer months. I'll soon be hitting the cot. Should already be in it!

colm_mcm · 27-09-2015 11:33PM

You never really hear about Golf mk5 1.4 FSIs. They're 88bhp.
I assume they never sold them here?

quadrifoglio verde · 27-09-2015 11:43PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

On the overnight shift tonight, will be like Noccy_Mondy with his 2/3am ramblings :pac::pac:

Enjoy the eclipse

Noccy_Mondy · 27-09-2015 11:58PM

Forgot to mention this before, but the amount of private bus operators that break the speed limit on motorways is mad! By law minibuses and coaches are limited to 100km/h on motorways. The tacho records all the various speeds done and when. If said tacho is inspected, and the speed has gone over 100km/h the driver is in trouble. We were cruising at 98km/h, yet the vast majority of other buses overtook us. Two or three gained about a meter a minute on us, and were literally one side of us for 5 minutes at one stage, which was kind of pointless.... Others passed us fairly quick so must have been going a good bit faster.

Foxhole Norman · 28-09-2015 12:19AM

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Enjoy the eclipse

I shall!

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

Comments

Motors Chat - Round 9