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

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  • #5882
    kirving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,341 ✭✭✭kirving


    The Independent posted pics of the accident. Looks to be a new-ish Vovlo FH that hit an S40. Am I correct in thinking that the FH comes with forward collision radar with auto-braking as standard?

    Certainly looks like a radar unit at the front of the truck. Hopefully this at lease minimised the impact, and the fact that they posted pics indicates that it's a non-fatal accident.

    Some of the comments on the C&T "I hate the M50" thread are terrible.


  • #5883
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,214 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    R.O.R wrote: »
    Lucky you. I'm in the car over 3 hours now, and at this rate there's still another hour at least.

    Not quite sure where I am either so no option but to follow the Nav.

    Cheeses Cripes that would drive me absolutely insane. I was delayed by about three minutes this morning by the usual bit of a rain-induced tailback at the Kinsale Road Roundabout junction with the South Ring. :pac:


  • #5884
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,933 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Heading to see a 170 Passat tomorrow, curious what it will be like in comparison to the Honda.
    Has a nice enough spec, satnav, heated seats, cruise and a nice enough colour.
    There is another one I'm thinking of letting my inner child decide about just because it has the dynamic audio system and rear heated seats :D
    Slightly cheaper than the one I'm seeing tomorrow but the wheels are utter cack and I wouldn't be able to afford replacing alloys just yet.


  • #5885
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Are you going to be spending much time in the back of the car bear?


  • #5886
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Are you going to be spending much time in the back of the car bear?

    That's a very personal question :pac:


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  • #5887
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,933 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Are you going to be spending much time in the back of the car bear?

    Depends who's asking you little flirt you ;)
    YbFocus wrote: »
    That's a very personal question :pac:

    Room for one more... :)

    Nah I won't be but for e.g. the wife sits there with the baby on trips and with winter practically upon us I thought it "may" make sense.
    But yeah maybe it's pointless.
    The upgraded audio system would be nice though


  • #5888
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,933 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Hmm dilemma, been offered a good deal on a 93x ttid.
    Personally id prefer the Passat as its bigger for my needs. Advice?


  • #5889
    job seeker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭job seeker


    job seeker wrote: »
    Ah I know.. Fcukin', pain in the arse all the same though..:( I just look back on it now though and think how stupid I was, to not expect the unexpected...

    Called the fella I crashed in to last Sunday and he doesn't want to make a claim. Just said the doors are opening and he isn't bothered about scratches..


  • #5890
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,918 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
    Unregistered Users


    bear1 wrote: »
    Hmm dilemma, been offered a good deal on a 93x ttid.
    [...] Advice?

    Don't.

    http://www.autotrader.co.uk/content/saab-9-3x-estate-2009-expert-review-2


  • #5891
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Lost one of my centre caps, great......


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  • #5892
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,933 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    joujoujou wrote: »
    Don't.

    http://www.autotrader.co.uk/content/saab-9-3x-estate-2009-expert-review-2

    It doesn't seem to bad in the review. Main issue seems to be that the interior is dated which I agree with and that the boot is small. But the reviewer said its the same as the accord tourer which is what I had and that wasn't bad at all.
    But I think the interior would bore the socks off of me especially as the model I've been offered doesn't have the satnav or the bose.


  • #5893
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,569 ✭✭✭166man


    job seeker wrote: »
    Called the fella I crashed in to last Sunday and he doesn't want to make a claim. Just said the doors are opening and he isn't bothered about scratches..

    If that were me, I'd be getting/looking for something in writing saying he doesn't wish to claim, or something to confirm that he won't in the future look to make a claim, just to safeguard yourself.

    I don't know much about this, just seems logical to me.


  • #5894
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    job seeker wrote: »
    Called the fella I crashed in to last Sunday and he doesn't want to make a claim. Just said the doors are opening and he isn't bothered about scratches..

    that's unreal! someone's lookin out for you :)


  • #5895
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,918 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
    Unregistered Users


    bear1 wrote: »
    It doesn't seem to bad in the review. Main issue seems to be that the interior is dated which I agree with and that the boot is small. But the reviewer said its the same as the accord tourer which is what I had and that wasn't bad at all.
    Really? :D
    bear1 wrote: »
    But I think the interior would bore the socks off of me especially as the model I've been offered doesn't have the satnav or the bose.

    I wouldn't really worry about the satnav if I was you. Actually most (if not all) built-in car navs are the most expensive ones in terms of maps update. And even the newest available maps are up to 2 years old.

    But it's your money after all, so do what you want. :)


  • #5896
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,306 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    166man wrote: »
    If that were me, I'd be getting/looking for something in writing saying he doesn't wish to claim, or something to confirm that he won't in the future look to make a claim, just to safeguard yourself.

    I don't know much about this, just seems logical to me.

    I wouldn't push it to be honest. I'd cross my fingers and say nothing. Don't want to piss off the fella after he does you a favour


  • #5897
    job seeker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭job seeker


    166man wrote: »
    If that were me, I'd be getting/looking for something in writing saying he doesn't wish to claim, or something to confirm that he won't in the future look to make a claim, just to safeguard yourself.

    I don't know much about this, just seems logical to me.

    Ya, well I rubbed up against his car, as he seen me and had pulled in.( I didn't see him though until it was to late) my car went for the ditch and stopped as it hit grass If I was going faster Id not be alive. As I stoped on the edge of a drain and a tree a meter in front of the car. The fella actually said he thought I wasn't alright because I sat in the car for a min or two after out of shock. No seatbelt? Id have been put out through the window. I don't know, just extremely lucky.

    Anyway, I don't know, I really think it's the end of this. Just glad I didn't kill anybody.


  • #5898
    job seeker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭job seeker


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    that's unreal! someone's lookin out for you :)

    It is.. First ever crash. Bad experience, it was strange. It was like time slowed down. Really makes you think. Hope to not experience it again. :eek:


  • #5899
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,933 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    joujoujou wrote: »
    Really? :D


    I wouldn't really worry about the satnav if I was you. Actually most (if not all) built-in car navs are the most expensive ones in terms of maps update. And even the newest available maps are up to 2 years old.

    But it's your money after all, so do what you want. :)

    Sorry I meant that the boot space in the accord wasn't bad. The car itself you know already :)
    Anyway tomorrow ill go check out the Passat which after comparing both cars for a while now seems like a much nicer place to be.


  • #5900
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,569 ✭✭✭166man


    Mycroft H wrote: »
    I wouldn't push it to be honest. I'd cross my fingers and say nothing. Don't want to piss off the fella after he does you a favour

    A fair point, jut don't want something dug up again in a few months time.

    I know personally I'd prefer something to conform there would be no future claims.


  • #5901
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    I'm off to the Skoda factory in Prague on Friday.

    Expect pictures


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  • #5902
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Should be superb


  • #5903
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    I'm hoping it'll be my favorit school tour ever as I organised it in rapid fashion


  • #5904
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    Sitting in Fonthill nct centre. It's the 159 time to SHINE


  • #5905
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,055 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    My car is so dirty, I genuinely feel too embarrassed to bring it to a car wash :o


  • #5906
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    Deleted User wrote: »
    My car is so dirty, I genuinely feel too embarrassed to bring it to a car wash :o

    Mine was so bad I brought it to a machine wash before coming to the nct centre. The fancy one at the Spawell


  • #5907
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Woo. 40k. Time for a timing belt.


  • #5908
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Woo. 40k. Time for a timing belt.

    For a second I thought you're talking about your car. :P


  • #5909
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    Awaiting my nct result.......


  • #5910
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,306 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Should be superb

    I wonder what his favorit thing will be?


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  • #5911
    CIP4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    ba_barabus wrote: »
    I'm hoping it'll be my favorit school tour ever as I organised it in rapid fashion

    FairPlay for organising a decent school tour like that I would of loved to go on something like that in secondary school the best we got was a few days in Cardiff to see Leinster play rugby. I've been on a few plant tours in college they are always interesting no car plants though :(


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