Motors Chat - Round 9

Special Circumstances · 03-12-2015 05:40PM

Special Circumstances · 03-12-2015 05:44PM

You'd pretty much have to...

Marty McFly · 03-12-2015 06:03PM

Not looking forward to the drive home from work this evening once bad weather kicks in the n7 goes into full retard mode.

Think I'll try happily cruise in the slow lane, in saying that I put on the cruise control this morning sat in the slow lane at 90 and undertook cars sitting in the middle lane and overtaking lane the whole way until my exit people are morons.

What are you meant to do go into the overtaking lane drive slower and have every one sitting bumper to bumper like they do.

I work unsociable hours so I can only imagine what it's like working a 9 to 5.

Foxhole Norman · 03-12-2015 06:05PM

Picked up Carly for BMW, basically an Android INPA, does all coding as well so I of course had to code in the US Spec lights:

CIP4 · 03-12-2015 06:35PM

Went out to dip the car for oil at 4.45pm and it was practically dark. Still reading just over half way on the dipstick so not too bad I though it would be lower. Weather is terrible here has been most of the week I suppose looking back it wasn't a bad week to have a study week easier to study when it's raining and you don't want to go outside.

GvidoR · 03-12-2015 09:19PM

Who wants to join LIGHTNING in Fiesta endurance race? :P

Only €100

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiesta-98-read-ad-first-reduced-to-100-euro/10949314

Dartz · 03-12-2015 09:22PM

Booked the RX into the morning Auto-heroes trackday.

Be a bit of ajaunt in the wet, but cheap.

Dartz · 03-12-2015 09:23PM

CIP4 wrote: »

Went out to dip the car for oil at 4.45pm and it was practically dark. Still reading just over half way on the dipstick so not too bad I though it would be lower. Weather is terrible here has been most of the week I suppose looking back it wasn't a bad week to have a study week easier to study when it's raining and you don't want to go outside.

Been looking for the disptick on one of those for years.... must've been behind the wheel because I still can't find it.

YbFocus · 03-12-2015 09:37PM

Dartz wrote: »

Booked the RX into the morning Auto-heroes trackday.

Be a bit of ajaunt in the wet, but cheap.

You'll be joining me and VintageVRS then

Make sure to come over man, it'll be the e36 being overshadowed by the Golf R, can't miss us

CIP4 · 03-12-2015 09:54PM

Dartz wrote: »

Been looking for the disptick on one of those for years.... must've been behind the wheel because I still can't find it.

The oil filler cap has an integrated dipstick if you get what I mean a two in one I couldn't find it at first either as it just looks like an oil filler cap not a dipstick. When you put the keycard in and checking engine functions comes up on the display if you press the up or down button on the end of the wiper stalk it will display oil level on trip screen.

Dartz · 03-12-2015 10:03PM

YbFocus wrote: »

You'll be joining me and VintageVRS then
Make sure to come over man, it'll be the e36 being overshadowed by the Golf R, can't miss us

Look for an RX8 with a carpark dent in the back. Possibly going backwards at the first corner.

YbFocus · 03-12-2015 10:06PM

Dartz wrote: »

Look for an RX8 with a carpark dent in the back. Possibly going backwards at the first corner.

Watch that first corner

Late turn in or it will bite hard!

CIP4 · 03-12-2015 10:40PM

I love this oh I better just stop on a motorway no hazards or indicators and get out to take pictures for the donedeal ad :eek: it's kind of worse it's a dealer too.

https://www.donedeal.ie/commercials-for-sale/2015-renault-traffic-115-1-6-dsl/10978275

Dartz · 03-12-2015 10:45PM

With that badge?

It probably broke down

5W30 · 03-12-2015 10:47PM

Dartz wrote: »

With that badge?

It probably broke down

That's what I was thinking :pac:

polan · 04-12-2015 12:52AM

CIP4 wrote: »

I love this oh I better just stop on a motorway no hazards or indicators and get out to take pictures for the donedeal ad :eek: it's kind of worse it's a dealer too.

https://www.donedeal.ie/commercials-for-sale/2015-renault-traffic-115-1-6-dsl/10978275

Sold at Merlin the other day actually

Duke O Smiley · 04-12-2015 12:54AM

Am I missing something or why would a brand new van be sold at auction so early in its life

Foxhole Norman · 04-12-2015 12:56AM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Am I missing something or why would a brand new van be sold at auction so early in its life

It's a Renault :pac:

04-12-2015 12:57AM

polan wrote: »

Sold at Merlin the other day actually

For how many Polans?

polan · 04-12-2015 12:57AM

"Looking for a nearly new van? We've one for auction tomorrow, Saturday at 10.30am ... 151 Renault Traffic LL29 DCI 115 Business Panel Diesel with just 17,172 km on the clock! "

Sold for 17k like... so I fail to see their business model

CIP4 · 04-12-2015 01:03AM

polan wrote: »

"Looking for a nearly new van? We've one for auction tomorrow, Saturday at 10.30am ... 151 Renault Traffic LL29 DCI 115 Business Panel Diesel with just 17,172 km on the clock! "

Sold for 17k like... so I fail to see their business model

Well he says in the ad it's 18k plus vat which would be 23% the auction price might have been including vat which would make a good few thousand difference.

challengemaster · 04-12-2015 11:07AM

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One to watch out for - anyone spot the problem?

Tax disc expires end of January - letter says new tax disc to commence from start of January

MetzgerMeister · 04-12-2015 11:16AM

Tax disc itself has an expiry date on Jan 2016 even though the form says it commences in Jan 2016.

MetzgerMeister · 04-12-2015 11:26AM

If only I kept the Fiesta another few months.....

http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/nissan/gt-r/used-2011-nissan-gt-r-black-editi-dublin-fpa-31513531513336670

Alanstrainor · 04-12-2015 12:33PM

I have Matador MP46 tyres on my yoke, have for almost 2 years now. They were cheap, in and around 100e a corner for 18". And they're great. I was only driving last night, in the ****e and wet weather, the temp was reading 4.5degrees, definitely not ideal for summer tyres. And yet they were gripping well, and no hint of issues when braking aggressively. From what I read about them before buying, they wear quite fast, but sure they'll last me about 20 years at my mileage

Special Circumstances · 04-12-2015 01:09PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I have Matador MP46 tyres on my yoke, have for almost 2 years now. They were cheap, in and around 100e a corner for 18". And they're great. I was only driving last night, in the ****e and wet weather, the temp was reading 4.5degrees, definitely not ideal for summer tyres. And yet they were gripping well, and no hint of issues when braking aggressively. From what I read about them before buying, they wear quite fast, but sure they'll last me about 20 years at my mileage

Perishing/hardening/glazing will finish them off long before they hit the wear limits I'd say.

Caution- "glazing" may just be something I made up. You see some people's tyres that only get light use and the surface looks smooth like hard plastic, kinda slightly greyish rather than black rubber... Or you look at the back tyre of a sports bike and you can see that it looks like it has seen serious actions - colour is blacker, surface is more matt than glossy.
Again.. maybe this only exists in my head. Either way whenever I take herselfs car for an italian tune up I throw some heavy braking/launches etc into the mix to expose some fresh rubber.
Considering you do even less mileage than her afaik, you may as well light em up every now and then :-)

Feel free to tell me it's all in my head! You may be fine as it's just that you do low mileage, but you do drive it when you get the chance - it's not just Mass and the shop and back :-)

5W30 · 04-12-2015 02:32PM

I was at Applegreen in Rathcoole today and some girl in a Mini decided to reverse out of the petrol station and merge onto the N7 using the entrance to the petrol station :pac:

The worst thing is the petrol station was empty and there were no cars in her way to use the safe exit which I used like 10 seconds later after she left.

It actually worries me I have to share the road with these kind of drivers :eek:

Alanstrainor · 04-12-2015 02:34PM

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Perishing/hardening/glazing will finish them off long before they hit the wear limits I'd say.

Caution- "glazing" may just be something I made up. You see some people's tyres that only get light use and the surface looks smooth like hard plastic, kinda slightly greyish rather than black rubber... Or you look at the back tyre of a sports bike and you can see that it looks like it has seen serious actions - colour is blacker, surface is more matt than glossy.
Again.. maybe this only exists in my head. Either way whenever I take herselfs car for an italian tune up I throw some heavy braking/launches etc into the mix to expose some fresh rubber.
Considering you do even less mileage than her afaik, you may as well light em up every now and then :-)

Feel free to tell me it's all in my head! You may be fine as it's just that you do low mileage, but you do drive it when you get the chance - it's not just Mass and the shop and back :-)

Ah when I do drive, it's driven on, no worries about anything like that.

Edit: 18000 posts, do i get a boards mug or something now?

joujoujou · 04-12-2015 02:38PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

[...] 18000 posts, do i get a boards mug or something now?

Siteban for 18000 seconds! :pac:

MuppetCheck · 04-12-2015 03:00PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Edit: 18000 posts, do i get a boards mug or something now?

Shhhh...don't remind them. The last fella got sacked.

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