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

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  • #4472
    5W30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 694 ✭✭✭5W30


    Dartz wrote: »
    I did. And I checked the side they were coming from and it was fine......

    Wrong link.

    Ouch, that's an expensive €28 :pac:


  • #4473
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    bear1 wrote: »
    Saw a 330d 2006 that is within budget, cloth seats though and no sat nav which I would like to have but not bad looking all the same.
    Aren't I right though in thinking that this was the year where they suffer from potentially serious engine issues?

    could you factor in getting the seats recovered in leather and retrofitting the satnav into your total price? you could even end up with retrofitting the more recent idrive system


  • #4474
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    OSI wrote: »
    Meh, he won't take offence because he shouldn't. It's a personal opinion. If the car works for him and get's what he wants from it, then he'd get a pat on the back from me for making the decision that worked for him. Plenty of people will gladly tell me a 3 door hatchback with a 2.0T petrol is a stupid choice. For them it's a bad choice, for me it was the right choice. Hence my qualifier at the end of "It's what you want from the engine I suppose."

    There was a time I would but way too old for that carry on now. Horses for courses. ;)


  • #4475
    Autosport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,280 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Fifth gear now and it's Mercedes v BMW :D


  • #4476
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,894 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Marty McFly wrote: »
    The 330d never had any serious engine issues afaik.

    I couldn't live with the cloth interior personally.
    frozenfrozen wrote: »
    could you factor in getting the seats recovered in leather and retrofitting the satnav into your total price? you could even end up with retrofitting the more recent idrive system

    Yeah I don't want the cloth myself and the thing with that particular car is that the seats are heated and I'd want to keep that feature as well so retrofitting leather seats could be quite expensive.
    Retrofitting sat nav I would imagine would be a fairly costly thing to do too.
    I'm not saying no to the idea of a 330d though, just need to see what the boot space is like.
    I'm quite surprised though at the Germans for the power output. Audi and BMW 3.0 diesel are give or take 210bhp whereas I could get a 2.4 159 and it would be 210bhp.
    Ah it's too late in the evening to think of Alfas! :D


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  • #4477
    nd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,855 ✭✭✭nd


    "Leather Look Car Seat Covers"

    W43_PD_Thursday_UL44_60d76e925f.jpg
    in aldi next week :D


  • #4478
    CIP4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    nd wrote: »
    "Leather Look Car Seat Covers"


    in aldi next week :D

    I'd rather set my car on fire than put them yokes on the seats they are up there with my hatred for sh!tty steering wheel covers and metal floor mats.


  • #4479
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,894 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    nd wrote: »
    "Leather Look Car Seat Covers"

    W43_PD_Thursday_UL44_60d76e925f.jpg
    in aldi next week :D

    Just screams of belonging in a taxi.


  • #4480
    Marty McFly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,222 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    bear1 wrote: »
    Yeah I don't want the cloth myself and the thing with that particular car is that the seats are heated and I'd want to keep that feature as well so retrofitting leather seats could be quite expensive.
    Retrofitting sat nav I would imagine would be a fairly costly thing to do too.
    I'm not saying no to the idea of a 330d though, just need to see what the boot space is like.
    I'm quite surprised though at the Germans for the power output. Audi and BMW 3.0 diesel are give or take 210bhp whereas I could get a 2.4 159 and it would be 210bhp.
    Ah it's too late in the evening to think of Alfas! :D

    Didn't take me much to get my 3.0 diesel up to 270bhp. In the 5 series they came in 218 and 230 bhp in the e60.


  • #4481
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,894 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Any known issues with that engine? Swirl flaps?


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  • #4482
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,424 ✭✭✭Dartz


    5W30 wrote: »
    Ouch, that's an expensive €28 :pac:

    Nothing compared to the E700 for the VW I tore the side out of.


  • #4483
    Marty McFly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,222 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    bear1 wrote: »
    Any known issues with that engine? Swirl flaps?

    Swirl flaps were an issue in the earlier models. But removing them doesn't effect performance and gives you some peace of mind.

    Cost me around 100 to 120 to get the swirl flaps removed I got it done the week I got the car.


  • #4484
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,894 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Marty McFly wrote: »
    Swirl flaps were an issue in the earlier models. But removing them doesn't effect performance and gives you some peace of mind.

    Cost me around 100 to 120 to get the swirl flaps removed I got it done the week I got the car.

    Ah lads what are you doing to me giving me now a 330 to think about! Audi is still ahead though with the better spec.


  • #4485
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Oh My God! I can't believe it. Absolutely over the moon. :eek: :):D

    2rKNa3d.png


  • #4486
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    GvidoR wrote: »
    Oh My God! I can't believe it. Absolutely over the moon. :eek: :):D

    2rKNa3d.png

    Your username makes sense now!!! :pac:

    Congrats dude! Enjoy it! :)


  • #4487
    job seeker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,127 ✭✭✭job seeker


    Congrats dude... :)


  • #4488
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,917 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Well done Gvido! Enjoy it :D


  • #4489
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,871 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    The Punto will get a fair work out from that :pac:

    Enjoy it!


  • #4490
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Congrats Guido! Delighted for you dude. :)


  • #4491
    CIP4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    Congrats :) will you be driving micksgarage mk5 golf gti or is it your own car ?


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  • #4492
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,575 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Smoke 'em, dude!


  • #4493
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,196 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    GvidoR wrote: »
    Oh My God! I can't believe it. Absolutely over the moon. :eek: :):D...

    May I just say, at this juncture: Pow-AAAHH!! :D


  • #4494
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    CIP4 wrote: »
    Congrats :) will you be driving micksgarage mk5 golf gti or is it your own car ?

    I'll see after I get in touch. Might be the Punto, haha. :P


  • #4495
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,917 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


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  • #4496
    5W30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 694 ✭✭✭5W30


    So lads... where to get cheapest engine oil, besides the Halfords €15 sale? :pac:


  • #4497
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    5W30 wrote: »
    So lads... where to get cheapest engine oil, besides the Halfords €15 sale? :pac:

    May I offer some Hypalube? :P
    http://www.micksgarage.com/proddetails.aspx?pid=4799330


  • #4498
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Here's a nice fella to have behind you when you're doing your test.

    http://www.scotlandsworstdrivers.com/shocking-footage-shows-van-driver-bullying-learner-driver-1-7120/


  • #4499
    5W30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 694 ✭✭✭5W30


    GvidoR wrote: »
    May I offer some Hypalube? :P
    http://www.micksgarage.com/proddetails.aspx?pid=4799330

    10W40? Have you noticed my name? :pac:
    zerks wrote: »
    Here's a nice fella to have behind you when you're doing your test.

    http://www.scotlandsworstdrivers.com/shocking-footage-shows-van-driver-bullying-learner-driver-1-7120/

    Lots of pr*cks out there like that.

    I remember when I was doing my driving test I stopped at a yield sign at a T-junction. There was a car coming and the driver saw that I'm doing the test and stopped to let me pass.

    I was hesitant to proceed just in case the examiner marks me down for not letting the car go so I just said "This woman is letting me through even though I'm supposed to yield to her" so that the examiner knows that I know.

    It just shows that some people sometimes behave wrong even though they're trying to help out. Not this van driver though :pac:


  • #4500
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    5W30 wrote: »
    10W40? Have you noticed my name? :pac:

    Oops. :D



    Also, thankfully there were no annoying drivers during my driving test. There was almost nobody on the road actually at the time. :P


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  • #4501
    Marty McFly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,222 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    Congrats Givido :)

    Herself has dragged me shopping for the day so dropped the car off for a mini valet might as well treat the car while I wait.


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