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

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  • #5792
    Mister Jingles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭Mister Jingles


    Anyone recommend any good places to stop (food wise) along the A55, M56 or even the M6 coming from holyhead in the early hours of the morning ?


  • #5793
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Mister Jingles wrote: »
    Anyone recommend any good places to stop (food wise) along the A55, M56 or even the M6 coming from holyhead in the early hours of the morning ?

    McDonalds off roundabout off last roundabout at end of A55 (left turn 3rd exit i think) beside an aldi or lidl i think.

    Beyond that no idea, enjoy the scenery though A55 is a nice road.

    Just watch out for lunatics undertaking


  • #5794
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Toyotafanboi wrote:
    Dont mean it in a "dem forigners" kind of way, but any time i've sold a car, no matter how cheap, to an eastern european, they tend to be painfully thorough, looking for non oem screws and stuff.

    Non oem screws, hah, love it!


  • #5795
    Mister Jingles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭Mister Jingles


    Supergurrier wrote: »
    McDonalds off roundabout off last roundabout at end of A55 (left turn 3rd exit i think) beside an aldi or lidl i think.

    Beyond that no idea, enjoy the scenery though A55 is a nice road.

    Just watch out for lunatics undertaking

    I don't expect to see much scenery unfortunately, I'll be driving up from hollyhead while it's dark. The only reason I regret booking the 2am boat over. However I should hopefully avoid a lot of the morning traffic.


  • #5796
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Mister Jingles wrote: »
    I don't expect to see much scenery unfortunately, I'll be driving up from hollyhead while it's dark. The only reason I regret booking the 2am boat over. However I should hopefully avoid a lot of the morning traffic.

    You getting the fast or slow boat ?

    Slow boat is unreal slow :(


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  • #5797
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,900 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Bear, you're drunk...go home :P

    Bahahahha what an epic fail. Buyer...buyer


  • #5798
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,900 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    Genuine question bear1, was he eastern european?

    Dont mean it in a "dem forigners" kind of way, but any time i've sold a car, no matter how cheap, to an eastern european, they tend to be painfully thorough, looking for non oem screws and stuff.

    He was indeed. The funny thing is that I had two more people interested in the car that called this morning which were also foreign.
    The lad that bought it is polish.
    He was over the top thorough, opening the windows over and over about 5/6 times ip and down up and down. Then the same to the sunroof, the boot via the remote. Turning the ac on and off and on and off.
    The wipers, sweet god he poured a bottle of water over the rain sensor to check it worked. Made sure each speaker worked.
    Never ending


  • #5799
    Mister Jingles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭Mister Jingles


    Supergurrier wrote: »
    You getting the fast or slow boat ?

    Slow boat is unreal slow :(

    Slow. Epsilon over and Ulysses coming back.

    Any advice on speed cameras over their ? Are they fixed or do they have vans as well ?


  • #5800
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Mister Jingles wrote: »
    Slow. Epsilon over and Ulysses coming back.

    Any advice on speed cameras over their ? Are they fixed or do they have vans as well ?

    Not too bad on the A roads, tunnels are fairly strict so watch that, they have cameras either side. Motorways have average speed cameras now, not sure of loactions though.


  • #5801
    Mister Jingles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭Mister Jingles


    I'm assuming that by average speed cameras you mean they track your time from one point to the next ?


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  • #5802
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Mister Jingles wrote: »
    I'm assuming that by average speed cameras you mean they track your time from one point to the next ?

    Exactly. Speed = Velocity/Time and all that gubbins


  • #5803
    Donnelly117
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭Donnelly117


    Supergurrier wrote: »
    Exactly. Speed = Velocity/Time and all that gubbins

    Speed = distance/time :P


  • #5804
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,314 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Taxed the car areir. Poor again.


  • #5805
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Donnelly117 wrote: »
    Speed = distance/time :P

    Lol :(


  • #5806
    Donnelly117
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭Donnelly117


    Supergurrier wrote: »
    Lol :(
    Sorry :D


    What news from the of the selling the ST? If you can shift her without too much hassle it will give me hope i can sell a Z4!! :D


  • #5807
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    It's been years since I got a train or public transport, I have no idea what I doing :pac:


  • #5808
    Mister Jingles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭Mister Jingles


    Foxhole Norman wrote: »
    It's been years since I got a train or public transport, I have no idea what I doing :pac:

    Was on a bus about 3 months ago, haven't been on the DART in about 5 years.


  • #5809
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    Mister Jingles wrote: »
    Was on a bus about 3 months ago, haven't been on the DART in about 5 years.

    I haven't used a bus in at least 4 years. Train, much, much longer.


  • #5810
    Mister Jingles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭Mister Jingles


    Well with the price of parking and all the restrictions in Dublin city centre it would the only reason for me to ever need to use a bus, however I hate going into town, much prefer to do any shopping in Blanchardstown or Liffey Valley where parking in never an issue.


  • #5811
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,974 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    Foxhole Norman wrote: »
    It's been years since I got a train or public transport, I have no idea what I doing :pac:

    I always mess up on what the fair should be as they change so much while I am not using them.


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  • #5812
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,204 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Foxhole Norman wrote: »
    It's been years since I got a train or public transport, I have no idea what I doing :pac:

    Same as that. Might as well be the Stig trying to figure out the St. Petersburg Metro. :pac:


  • #5813
    morritty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭morritty


    Chris_Heilong wrote: »
    I always mess up on what the fair should be as they change so much while I am not using them.

    LeapCard, Grand ol yoke's


  • #5814
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    Chris_Heilong wrote: »
    I always mess up on what the fair should be as they change so much while I am not using them.

    I get the Student rates so it's handy out but the price is ridiculous for a normal adult tbh.


  • #5815
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,204 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    morritty wrote: »
    LeapCard, Grand ol yoke's

    I do occasionally use the trolley-bus to go into the city-centre, usually around the Christmas to sink a few ales with old mates, that sort of thing. The man usually gets quite irritable when I go to hand him money, for some reason. You'd nearly think he didn't want customers. :pac:


  • #5816
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    Got a ****ing puncture. This has brought my need for new tyres to a head. No sane person would repair my old ones, need a good recommendation in Cork, i'm near Ovens, so Ballincollig would probably be best?


  • #5817
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    Got a ****ing puncture. This has brought my need for new tyres to a head. No sane person would repair my old ones, need a good recommendation in Cork, i'm near Ovens, so Ballincollig would probably be best?

    There's the two big ones, TyreStop and Ballincollig Tyres in the town, haven't used them but they'd be who I'd go to in your situation.


  • #5818
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,865 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    Got a ****ing puncture. This has brought my need for new tyres to a head. No sane person would repair my old ones, need a good recommendation in Cork, i'm near Ovens, so Ballincollig would probably be best?

    Fastfit in Togher are very good, few miles extra though.


  • #5819
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,204 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Fastfit in Togher are very good, few miles extra though.

    There's also a dude in Blarney village that pulled me out of the shít-business once.


  • #5820
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Fastfit in Togher are very good, few miles extra though.

    Was going to recommend them but they messed me around a bit but they did a good job in the end.


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  • #5821
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Folks

    Anyone here registered a car recently as in vrt ?

    I want to bring a car from the UK in the next few days but between crap conversion rate/travel expenses/vrt and 3 months tax it will be cutting things very close.

    I understand there is a 30 day limit on registering a car for vrt (but it doesn't take into account booking time) so if i park car up for 2 weeks which i want to, before i vrt and tax it and booking is over 3 weeks im screwed.

    Car will literally insured driven home, parked for 2 weeks and i will drive my 520i before i go to vrt it.

    Anyone been in this situation before ? (Being poor etc) lol


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