Motors Chat - Round 9

MetzgerMeister · 22-12-2015 02:03PM

M Performance spoiler on at long last

GvidoR · 22-12-2015 02:19PM

As if the red car noses weren't bad enough, almost everyone is putting them off to the side or something where it looks completely wrong.

Anyway, more importantly, a bit frustrated with my insurance. They wanted €225 (€200 + €25 admin fee) to change from the Punto to Escort. I thought it was very strange since the price never changed when going from 00 Bora to 98 Golf, to 01 Astra to 01 Punto, but now jumped €200 to 00 Escort. I didn't know what to say so I looked up a few identical online quotes with Punto and Escort and for example with Brittons, KennCo and Chill the price difference was less than €100. I called them to explain all of this but they kept saying the price is what it is and they can't take losses but promised to call back later, which they never did (2nd time in under a week). Called them myself today, bit the bullet and paid the €200 (at least got the admin fee waived)

In other news, it looks like I will be getting a part time job (studying right now) so that kind of balanced out the pain. :P

JaMarcusHustle · 22-12-2015 03:54PM

As if the antlers and noses weren't bad enough, there was a cat on the m50 last night with Christmas lights wrapped between the front grill spokes. Proper blinking, flashing lights. Is that legal?

Also just walked past a parked car that had christmas lights stuck on top of the dash. Is this a new craze or are idiots just getting more brazen?

Wossack · 22-12-2015 03:56PM

a cat!?

Marty McFly · 22-12-2015 03:58PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

M Performance spoiler on at long last

Nice beading

and spoiler to of coarse.

GvidoR · 22-12-2015 04:10PM

This can't be real... can it?

vintagevrs · 22-12-2015 04:13PM

Reminds me of back to the future

MetzgerMeister · 22-12-2015 04:33PM

Reminds me of this:

Donnelly117 · 22-12-2015 05:34PM

Looks like conor mcgregor when he cuts for the weigh in

Gavman84 · 22-12-2015 07:28PM

Think I spotted the big greens White vrs this eve around slip road from jack lynch tunnel. Had spare on front left too think he damaged wheel recently so sure was you!

ba_barabus · 22-12-2015 07:51PM

What a terrible day. Went to collect my very random purchase from the weekend namely a renault espace. No idea why I bought it other than as something to play around with and to give me something to do over the Christmas holidays. It literally was going great until I had a mahoosive explosion on the motorway. Next thing I know I'm literally a fast moving fireball. Flames shot over the windscreen out the sides and out the back. It was hot enough to melt the paint on the boot and the rubber towbar cover. I suspect a piston went out through the sump and the engine oil ignited off the exhaust. I never thought that it could happen so fast.

Still, it brought out the kindness of people. I'll genuinely say I was in shock as it all happened so suddenly but thankfully a lovely lady saw what happened and stopped to check if I was OK and to in all honesty look after me. Pretty shook up still and just glad everyone was OK.

ba_barabus · 22-12-2015 08:02PM

OSI wrote: »

Holy crap. Hope you're alright ba!

It really frightened me how quickly it all happened and how it escalated so dramatically. Still I suppose at this time of year I'm just trying to tell everyone to look after themselves. I'm happy to have walked away as for a second I didn't think that's what was going to happen. I'm very grateful to the person for stopping and luckily thought of getting their number to call later.

I think me and 'toy' cars are done for a while.

shietpilot · 22-12-2015 08:26PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

What a terrible day. Went to collect my very random purchase from the weekend namely a renault espace. No idea why I bought it other than as something to play around with and to give me something to do over the Christmas holidays. It literally was going great until I had a mahoosive explosion on the motorway. Next thing I know I'm literally a fast moving fireball. Flames shot over the windscreen out the sides and out the back. It was hot enough to melt the paint on the boot and the rubber towbar cover. I suspect a piston went out through the sump and the engine oil ignited off the exhaust. I never thought that it could happen so fast.

Wow. Crazy. At least you're alive to tell the story.

ba_barabus wrote: »

Still, it brought out the kindness of people. I'll genuinely say I was in shock as it all happened so suddenly but thankfully a lovely lady saw what happened and stopped to check if I was OK and to in all honesty look after me. Pretty shook up still and just glad everyone was OK.

Dangerous, not kind. Sure let's all stop for a cuppa while going by cars stare at a car in flames and drive into someone having a gawk too...

YbFocus · 22-12-2015 08:35PM

shietpilot wrote: »

Dangerous, not kind. Sure let's all stop for a cuppa while going by cars stare at a car in flames and drive into someone having a gawk too...

First people on the scene should always stop, she done the right thing.
Afterward nobody should.
Unless they are medical professionals etc.

Glad to hear you are ok Ba, sounds terrifying!

vintagevrs · 22-12-2015 08:50PM

Yes its dangerous to stop on the motorway and you are only meant to stop in an emergency. I'd like to think most people would consider the car in front bursting into flames as an emergency. The driver is very likely to need help, from as little as a few words of comfort to settle their nerves to helping getting children out of their car seats. To say you wouldn't stop as it is dangerous is crazy.

NickDunne · 22-12-2015 08:58PM

I was chatting to an AA recovery lad the other day and even they won't/not allowed recover from the hard shoulder without a second van behind the actual breakdown as cover. So dodgy.

Speaking of which, today I saw a nordy reg civic broken down on the hatch markings of an m50 exit, your man on the phone looking under his bonnet while traffic flying by at 100kph. F*cking idiot :mad:

ba_barabus · 22-12-2015 09:15PM

shietpilot wrote: »

Dangerous, not kind. Sure let's all stop for a cuppa while going by cars stare at a car in flames and drive into someone having a gawk too...

She had no choice but to stop. Nobody was rubber necking etc. NRA van was on the scene within a few minutes with cones too for behind the car. I was pretty impressed tbh. She thought there were kids in the car and was stopping to help. Admirable or stupid decide yourself.

I've seen a nasty fatal accident happen in the hard shoulder before so to be honest your effort at trolling is pretty low in my book. As said I'm still very shook up and not really up to a back and forth argument.

GvidoR · 22-12-2015 09:42PM

Anyone interested in 2004 Passat, 1.9 TDI, NCT'd 05/16, leather seats and FSH? Good, honest car.

joujoujou · 22-12-2015 09:45PM

Not me.

Big Nasty · 22-12-2015 10:03PM

Sounds like you had a lucky escape dude. Presume the car is destroyed?

ba_barabus · 22-12-2015 10:34PM

Big Nasty wrote: »

Sounds like you had a lucky escape dude. Presume the car is destroyed?

Car is totaled tbh. Engine is destroyed and the rest is body damage from the fire. It's a such a pity as it was mint inside and out pre fire.

Big Nasty · 22-12-2015 11:24PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

Car is totaled tbh. Engine is destroyed and the rest is body damage from the fire. It's a such a pity as it was mint inside and out pre fire.

Severe pain in the ass. Money down the drain too. Guess it's one of these things coulda happened any time and you were just unlucky.

On the other hand lucky.

jimgoose · 22-12-2015 11:31PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

Car is totaled tbh. Engine is destroyed and the rest is body damage from the fire. It's a such a pity as it was mint inside and out pre fire.

Fcuk me, that is a good one. I'm glad everyone is OK. You deserve a snifter or three of brandy after that. But c'mere - any chance of an engine autopsy after the shmoke clears?

ba_barabus · 22-12-2015 11:36PM

jimgoose wrote: »

Fcuk me, that is a good one. I'm glad everyone is OK. You deserve a snifter or three of brandy after that. But c'mere - any chance of an engine autopsy after the shmoke clears?

We examined it at the side of the road. "It threw a leg out" was the phrase, piston through the sump which dumped the engine oil out. Tbh the whole sump was gone.

dr.fuzzenstein · 22-12-2015 11:38PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

We examined it at the side of the road. "It threw a leg out" was the phrase, piston through the sump which dumped the engine oil out. Tbh the whole sump was gone.

Dude, that's intense and glad you live to laugh about it eventually.
Now, I dare you: stick it up on Dung Deal and put "car mint before fire" on it.

ba_barabus · 22-12-2015 11:41PM

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Dude, that's intense and glad you live to laugh about it eventually.
Now, I dare you: stick it up on Dung Deal and put "car mint before fire" on it.

Its already gone to the great scrapyard in the sky.

CIP4 · 22-12-2015 11:46PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

Its already gone to the great scrapyard in the sky.

Here I was looking forward to having another Renault owner on the forum oh how that back fired.

Ah no at least you or anyone else wasn't injured that the main thing cars are replaceable and all that. I can only imagine the shock you went through when you seen the fire hopefully you didn't have too much money tied up in it.

ba_barabus · 23-12-2015 12:19AM

I'd genuinely buy another Renault in the morning.

NickDunne · 23-12-2015 12:34AM

ba_barabus wrote: »

I'd genuinely buy another Renault in the morning.

02 laguna? NCT 5/16 113k miles. Worth a try

polan · 23-12-2015 07:03AM

ba_barabus wrote: »

it was mint inside and out pre fire

Hardly if it went into flames :rolleyes:

Nonetheless, glad you're ok, tis only a car

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