Motors Chat - Round 9

jimgoose · 03-12-2015 09:27AM

Mmm. I'll be hitting the same road in an hour or so. Good rubber here too, sounds like I'm going to need it.

Foxhole Norman · 03-12-2015 09:48AM

Yeah it's brutal altogether, little to no drainage on it, especially the flyovers towards Ballincollig.

Marty McFly · 03-12-2015 10:01AM

Every single time :mad: go to the back of a large car park find a nice empty part and still....

Alanstrainor · 03-12-2015 10:20AM

Idiots can't think for themselves, they need other vehicles as a reference to guide them into a space. :mad::mad::mad:

MetzgerMeister · 03-12-2015 10:24AM

I actually can't put into words how much that kind of thing annoys me. When it happened me last I was very tempted to wait for the owner to come back and ask "FVCKEN WHY?!.......JUST WHY THE FVCK?!!!"

Toyotafanboi · 03-12-2015 10:30AM

Happened to me last night outside Woodies in Cork, picked a good quiet parking space with plenty of empty spaces either side of it, late enough in the evening.

Went in, got fleeced, came back out and seen some farmer wagon parked tight up to the Celica, says to Mrs.Fanboi "someone always finds a ****heap to park next to me", guy walking out beside me blips his keys to unlock the jeep to nake me aware that he heard me. I stood by my statement as the car park was deserted but Mrs. Fanboi nearly died.

fancy pigeon · 03-12-2015 10:59AM

Reminds me of a moment earlier this year... Parked in tesco maynooth and was enjoying lunchables away from anyone else. A hundee santaffy pulls up in 2 rows behind me, his unusually bright lights caught my attention. He had stopped, got out and locked when he decided to get back in, start up and park beside me

He was nearer the shop entrance so why go park beside a maggoty old car?

I started up and moved away shouting "park beside me now dickhead" or similar out the window

The mind truly boggles at those kind of antics... I could have called him something much worse. What was I thinking!

5W30 · 03-12-2015 11:08AM

Got stuck behind an A4 driver with his rear fog lights on (and there are two of them...) for 20 minutes this morning.

After much flashing fog lights and full beam they realised what was wrong :pac:

Toyotafanboi · 03-12-2015 11:11AM

There seems to be a lot of rear foglight **** this year compared to others, mostly using them in heavy rain, then leaving them on for a fortnight.

03-12-2015 11:34AM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Yeah it's brutal altogether, little to no drainage on it, especially the flyovers towards Ballincollig.

Decent drainage system inherent to those flyovers.

Toyotafanboi · 03-12-2015 11:42AM

Augeo wrote: »

Decent drainage system inherent to those flyovers.

Gravity :pac:

03-12-2015 11:49AM

Also they're not part of the The South Link

The Ring Road / Link Road confusion by Cork people is very strange.

Toyotafanboi · 03-12-2015 11:52AM

I'm only down here the last two months, don't really know the place at all :pac:

The stretch i'm thinking of has an Audi dealership below it, I think you use it to exit to Wilton?

jimgoose · 03-12-2015 11:56AM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

I'm only down here the last two months, don't really know the place at all :pac:

The stretch i'm thinking of has an Audi dealership below it, I think you use it to exit to Wilton?

If it's the one I think you mean, it's new. It was a Heiton's builder's providers until quite recently, and it's at the Bandon Road roundabout, which is the junction for Bishopstown East.

jimgoose · 03-12-2015 11:58AM

Augeo wrote: »

Decent drainage system inherent to those flyovers.

I found the South Rink fine this morning. Mind you I drive a six-ton canal boat with tractor-tyres. :pac:

03-12-2015 12:18PM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

I'm only down here the last two months, don't really know the place at all :pac:

The stretch i'm thinking of has an Audi dealership below it, I think you use it to exit to Wilton?

The South Link is from the Elysian to the Kinsale Rd roundabout.
The South Ring is more or less the road from Ballincollig to Dunkettle that includes the bit by the Audi garage you mention.

03-12-2015 12:19PM

jimgoose wrote: »

I found the South Rink fine this morning. Mind you I drive a six-ton canal boat with tractor-tyres. :pac:

I'm very curious... don't really know what cars people have here except for the soon to be engineer with the Megane

jimgoose · 03-12-2015 12:24PM

Augeo wrote: »

I'm very curious... don't really know what cars people have here except for the soon to be engineer with the Megane

It's a big, comfortable old sofa of a Jaaag. Awfully sorry old stick, seem to have mislaid the old wallet.

Foxhole Norman · 03-12-2015 12:24PM

Augeo wrote: »

Also they're not part of the The South Link
The Ring Road / Link Road confusion by Cork people is very strange.

Men, pretty much everyone I know refers to it as that, there's never confusion as to what they're talking about. Drainage most definitely is not sufficient on this flyovers though.

delahuntv · 03-12-2015 12:34PM

ofcork wrote: »

I see Topaz/esso are being sold to a canadian company.

I wish I was the signmaker who has the Topaz contract - just finishing off the Re-store rebranding and now another complete change.

Nice contract if you have it

03-12-2015 12:35PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Men, pretty much everyone I know refers to it as that, there's never confusion as to what they're talking about. Drainage most definitely is not sufficient on this flyovers though.

So if there's an accident on the South Link and it's heavily congested, mentioned on the radio etc.... you avoid the South Ring to Ballincollig?

jimgoose · 03-12-2015 12:36PM

Augeo wrote: »

So if there's an accident on the South Link and it's heavily congested, mentioned on the radio etc.... you avoid the South Ring to Ballincollig?

We just avoid both. The radio people don't know which is which either.

Donnelly117 · 03-12-2015 01:08PM

Augeo wrote: »

So if there's an accident on the South Link and it's heavily congested, mentioned on the radio etc.... you avoid the South Ring to Ballincollig?

To be honest an accident on one cause massive tailback on both!!

The second flyover westbound by Audi cork has a monstrosity of a puddle at the start of it, hit it at speed this morning and it was not a pleasant experience! Itll wake you up in the morning thats for sure!

dr.fuzzenstein · 03-12-2015 01:33PM

Donnelly117 wrote: »

To be honest an accident on one cause massive tailback on both!!

The second flyover westbound by Audi cork has a monstrosity of a puddle at the start of it, hit it at speed this morning and it was not a pleasant experience! Itll wake you up in the morning thats for sure!

At least your car got a good underbody wash!

jimgoose · 03-12-2015 02:56PM

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

At least your car got a good underbody wash!

And don't forget to change up and put the toe down, to redden up them 'zorsts and dry 'er off, bah. :cool:

mhackett102 · 03-12-2015 04:55PM

Coming from Waterford to Tipperary earlier, came across 3 car crashes which I presume were all due to the weather. I could barely tell the make of one car that had crashed on the M9! :eek: Cork Road (Waterford) is completely flooded at the moment too, about 3 cars had to be left abandoned around where McDonalds / Woodies DIY is.

Toyotafanboi · 03-12-2015 04:58PM

Very happy i decided to stay home today

the Celica has spent the whole day running up and down the stairs and barking at the door though, it's dying to get out to splash in the puddles.

Alanstrainor · 03-12-2015 04:59PM

I'm looking forward to my cycle home...

Noccy_Mondy · 03-12-2015 05:06PM

I travelled 35 miles only pressing the brakes twice! That has to be a record. Turns out my anti roll bar has moved to the left, hence it catching and making that awful loud grinding noise. Why it has moved is what is not known. Bushings are ok, but 2 new ones are going to be put in to see...

GvidoR · 03-12-2015 05:22PM

Nice description in this ad too.

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