Motors Chat - Round 9

CIP4 · 13-11-2015 01:01AM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Missed the milestone by a country mile! Don't like how it's creeping up so high....

I have the 130k km milestone coming up on my one I'll try and catch it I used to be great for it but haven't bothered in ages.

Noccy_Mondy · 13-11-2015 01:03AM

CIP4 wrote: »

I have the 130k km milestone coming up on my one I'll try and catch it I used to be great for it but haven't bothered in ages.

I wish mine was only on 130k kms. Was about that when I bought it.

GvidoR · 13-11-2015 01:07AM

Speaking of milestones, the mighty Punto hit 146,000 miles yesterday.

CIP4 · 13-11-2015 01:08AM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

I wish mine was only on 130k kms. Was about that when I bought it.

I'm not too bad at the moment clocking it up slow enough but if I end up going to evening college in cork next years that will be over 1k km of driving a week. I normally don't care about mileage but it's alot easier to sell a high mileage golf or focus etc compared to a Megane.

quadrifoglio verde · 13-11-2015 01:14AM

CianRyan wrote: »

Some things my girlfriend just doesn't need to know.

:pac:

ooh, the beauty of not having to worry about that anymore :pac:
All the christmas presents this year are for me:D

Im delighted for you, you've had that car for so long and finally able to do the stuff to it that you've been wanting to do

something tells me though, theres a lot more parts she's not going to need to know about either:rolleyes:

dr.fuzzenstein · 13-11-2015 01:15AM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

I wish mine was only on 130k kms. Was about that when I bought it.

I know the feeling, mine was 120k km when I bought it (could be way out here) and 2 weeks ago I hit 350k km.
Still going strong. Touch wood, etc.
What you got and how much is on it?

CianRyan · 13-11-2015 01:27AM

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

ooh, the beauty of not having to worry about that anymore :pac:
All the christmas presents this year are for me:D

Im delighted for you, you've had that car for so long and finally able to do the stuff to it that you've been wanting to do

something tells me though, theres a lot more parts she's not going to need to know about either:rolleyes:

Eh, yeah.
Gonna be hard hiding Bride seats, a roll cage, lexan Windows and various engine parts though... Haha
I need a shed, more parts money and a shed.

166man · 13-11-2015 01:32AM

CIP4 wrote: »

I would have though the commission on selling new cars would be good enough. I had a feeling it wouldn't be great on secondhand cars. I suppose it's an uncertain weekly wage which is the down side. But as you said if your good at it and sell consistently there is money to be made. Plenty of lads at it that love it and would do nothing else I'd imagine it's a great adrenaline rush when you sell a car.

Much more profit for a dealer in a secondhand car. Relatively feck all in a newer car. Tbh plenty of lads get into it thinking that money will be better than it is, especially for the premium brands. They're just as tight as everyone else.

colm_mcm wrote: »

Different game to what it was in the pre Internet/recession days.
Good times!

Internet has educated people so much more alright, could have made it challenging for the less knowledgeable folk and also means shopping around for prices is a doddle if that's what you mean?

Noccy_Mondy · 13-11-2015 01:36AM

dr.fuzzenstein wrote:

I know the feeling, mine was 120k km when I bought it (could be way out here) and 2 weeks ago I hit 350k km. Still going strong. Touch wood, etc. What you got and how much is on it?

It's a 2008 mondeo. Just gone over 130k miles, as above.

The 2004 focus is on 154,010 as of this evening. Missed that too!

Noccy_Mondy · 13-11-2015 01:58AM

On another note, I'm nearly positive that Tim Hastings in Westport has a freshly erected Mercedes sign outside his place. Last I remember there wasn't a Mercedes sign to be seen anywhere, just vw. Even transformed the Merc showroom into a vw commercials showroom. Possibly back in cahoots with Mercedes?

bear1 · 13-11-2015 08:36AM

Lads I'm a bit new to the whole buying a car off of a dealer game but I've been told by them that ill get a 6 month guarantee on the box, engine and paint.
So he said that if in the 6 months there is a injector fault not caused by me then the repair is foc.
He also said its the same for the clutch. Just curious how they know if the fault is caused by the driver or the car?

colm_mcm · 13-11-2015 10:24AM

misfuelling?

power pants · 13-11-2015 10:32AM

a tile from the wind blew of the apartments and landed on the boot of my car,massive dent

wonder if I can claim of mgt of the apartments or just have to suck it up?

morritty · 13-11-2015 10:35AM

power pants wrote: »

a tile from the wind blew of the apartments and landed on the boot of my car,massive dent

wonder if I can claim of mgt of the apartments or just have to suck it up?

That's awful lad, i guess you can try, they might try claim an act of god or something like that, a young tree broke at its base yesterday from the wind and landed a foot away from one of the neighbours cars.

smash · 13-11-2015 10:36AM

power pants wrote: »

a tile from the wind blew of the apartments and landed on the boot of my car,massive dent

wonder if I can claim of mgt of the apartments or just have to suck it up?

House insurance?

colm_mcm · 13-11-2015 10:36AM

claim I'd say. hardly an act of God or whatever

sunnysoutheast · 13-11-2015 10:53AM

power pants wrote: »

a tile from the wind blew of the apartments and landed on the boot of my car,massive dent

wonder if I can claim of mgt of the apartments or just have to suck it up?

That's a balls. I'd certainly look at making a claim against them, have you still got the tile/proof?

power pants · 13-11-2015 10:54AM

my first and only dent on the car in 9 years.

was a sickener to see a tile broke in 3 places resting on the boot, the dent is that big it has retained the rain water leaving a big puddle

Toyotafanboi · 13-11-2015 10:55AM

That is always a fear of mine, I always park a few feet back from the house during the winter. Not possible for everyone though. Sick for you.

power pants · 13-11-2015 11:10AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

claim I'd say. hardly an act of God or whatever

yeah, thats my only option so that doesnt make much sense

will have to pay out of my own pocket, just wondering if makes sense to bother.

hate cars with any dents or scracthes on them, will end up not driving it now until its sorted

Big Nasty · 13-11-2015 12:21PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

claim I'd say. hardly an act of God or whatever

+1 Should be covered under public liability.

cian1500ww · 13-11-2015 12:32PM

Anyone know what the turnaround time is like for a change of ownership at the moment? Bought a secondhard car from a dealer last Friday and the new VRC still hasn't been issued according to motortax.ie.

morritty · 13-11-2015 12:35PM

The missus got a car about 6 weeks ago and she got the log book in a little over 3 weeks, and looks like her car was sold early last week but still no change yet on motortax.ie

jimgoose · 13-11-2015 03:34PM

jimgoose wrote: »

Now - some of you may have seen me mention NMMA TC-W3 standard two-stroke oil as a fuel additive. I am going to try it out, and I shall report appropriately. Have a read of this:

http://www.saltwatersportsman.com/techniques/understanding-two-stroke-engine-oil

I've been running this stuff at 1.9ml/l, or in premix terms 527:1, and I am pleased to report that oil consumption is down, and the engine is even quieter and smoother than usual.

Thargor · 13-11-2015 04:18PM

5W30 wrote: »

Mondeo driver gets confused about which side of the road (s)he should drive on

Im genuinely struggling to see what this video is meant to be showing???

CIP4 · 13-11-2015 04:27PM

Flicking through donedeal seen this. I think it looks well not too many going around. However you'd buy a golf gti or st etc same year for less money so I think it's a bit strong money wise even if it's rare.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-megane-2-2-0-rs225-5dr/10872410

jimgoose · 13-11-2015 04:27PM

CIP4 wrote: »

Flicking through donedeal seen this. I think it looks well not too many going around. However you'd buy a golf gti or st etc same year for less money so I think it's a bit strong money wise even if it's rare.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-megane-2-2-0-rs225-5dr/10872410

I think he's looking for apeshít money for it.

CIP4 · 13-11-2015 04:29PM

jimgoose wrote: »

I think he's looking for apeshít money for it.

Ye I'd be thinking 7k would be reasonable for it.

Marty McFly · 13-11-2015 04:47PM

Thargor wrote: »

Im genuinely struggling to see what this video is meant to be showing???

Mondeo drover making a balls of the turn.

That is also the road I take to work only a matter of time before I show up on here :pac:

GvidoR · 13-11-2015 04:55PM

Marty McFly wrote: »

Mondeo drover making a balls of the turn.

That is also the road I take to work only a matter of time before I show up on here :pac:

To me, it's almost weird that 2 boardsies drive down the same road. Nobody even comes close to here. :pac:

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