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***** Motors chat - round 12 *****

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    #6542
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    CIP4 wrote: »
    Thinking about it though I can't really think of any cars that have as good a performance as the GTI that would equal/better the running costs.

    Quoted for posterity :D


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    #6543
    CIP4
    Registered Users Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    vintagevrs wrote: »
    I'd say Tossy's car has about another 150bhp and another 2 wheels to put it down over a Gti. Effectively another Audi A4 :)

    As I said in the post above I think the R is a fantastic car and on another level to the GTI. The 4 wheel drive would be nice as even in the GTI wheel spin can be an issue.

    However I personally don’t look at car as being better because it has more power. I liked my A4 even though it was only 150bhp, I liked the Megane I had and that was only 90 bhp. I would just look at so many things other than just power when judging a car.

    I have driven stuff 300-400bhp but the funnest most impressive car I have ever driven was a 197 Clio on the Nurburgring it wasn’t quick at all actually slower than I expected but the handling was plain unbelievable you could just drive it as hard as it would go around every bend and it would t budge in other words the handling exceeded the power. For me it just made the car epic to drive the feeling you were getting everything it had to give. I drove faster cars around the track and they didn’t come close to it and I wasn’t the only person on the trip to say that either.


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    #6544
    CIP4
    Registered Users Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    OSI wrote: »
    Easy to say when you’re not putting 200 quid a week of petrol into it :p

    Well I do the guts of 30k km a year so however much fuel that equates to.


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    #6545
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    CIP4 wrote: »
    Well I do the guts of 30k km a year so however much fuel that equates to.

    Roughly €3350 a year. Well that's how much it would cost me if I drove 30k km a year. Yours is more or less depending on how much mpg you get.


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    #6546
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    I'd double that if it were me, I could only drive it like I stole it..,


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    #6547
    CIP4
    Registered Users Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    Roughly €3350 a year. Well that's how much it would cost me if I drove 30k km a year. Yours is more or less depending on how much mpg you get.

    Yes I am not prepared to do that calculation :pac: the thing about it is though in my case anyway depreciation would be the biggest cost.


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    #6548
    Dartz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,371 ✭✭✭Dartz


    CIP4 wrote: »

    Thinking about it though I can't really think of any cars that have as good a performance as the GTI that would equal/better the running costs.

    So in other words I will probably hold onto it for another while :pac:




    'Running Costs' is such an ephemeral figure.


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    #6549
    vintagevrs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,381 ✭✭✭vintagevrs


    Had the pleasure of driving in front of a car today that has those LED lights that adapt their pattern around traffic. Seriously impressive tech. I had to check my own lights weren't on full beam a few times with cars coming towards me as the road was so well lit, and that's from the car behind me. My car has decent headlights, but lighting up the hedges beside oncoming traffic really helps more than I thought it would.


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    #6550
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    vintagevrs wrote: »
    Had the pleasure of driving in front of a car today that has those LED lights that adapt their pattern around traffic. Seriously impressive tech. I had to check my own lights weren't on full beam a few times with cars coming towards me as the road was so well lit, and that's from the car behind me. My car has decent headlights, but lighting up the hedges beside oncoming traffic really helps more than I thought it would.

    You should have the same on your car albeit Xenon rather than LED. When I put mine to "auto" and engage the adaptive lights it lights up the hedges etc. and when it notices an oncoming car it dims the right headlight which comes back on after the oncoming car is gone.

    Having the lights on "auto" means that the beam turns with the steering wheel but the adaptive lights are another nugget on top of that.

    On the side of your indicator stalk, do you have 2 small buttons or 1?


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    #6551
    vintagevrs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,381 ✭✭✭vintagevrs


    No I don't have that option, just the basic lights. The car behind me though had an excellent version of it. It looked like a G series BM, couldn't tell if it was a 3 or a 5. It was trimming the lights perfectly around me and other cars.


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    #6552
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Yeah, mine will put kind of a black spot on a car ahead of me and light up the hedge and the other side of the road. Basically I can have my headlights on and it won't affect the car ahead or oncoming cars at all.


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    #6553
    kirving
    Registered Users Posts: 5,913 ✭✭✭kirving


    Originally, the Xenon projectors I think would either turn the right headlight left/down, or more basic systems would shut one or both lights off.

    I think most of the existing LED systems are say 7-40 segments, so they can blank off vertical stripes of light to avoid blinding other drivers.

    The latest LED headlights are more akin to a digital projector, with over 1M pixels, so they can black out multiple squares and, and also brighten other area by overdriving the LED for short time periods to say highlight a road sign or a pedestrian.


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    #6554
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Kevin Irving wrote: »
    Originally, the Xenon projectors I think would either turn the right headlight left/down.

    I get what you're saying but that's not what happens on mine anyway. You can see it when it happens and it's like it blocks off a section of the light and then restores it. The beam doesn't actually move.

    EDIT: I just read up on it and when it "blocks a section" it actually just switches to low beam automatically.

    Here's a video on how the LEDs work. It's similar to how the Xenons work but obviously the LEDs are better

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvPZ3H1Vm4


    And for clarification:

    Adaptive headlights: turns the beam as you go around corners
    High-Beam Assist: turns high-beam on and off depending on traffic in front of you
    Anti-Glare High-Beam Assist: splits the high beam around traffic (as per video)


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    #6555
    eljono
    Registered Users Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭eljono


    Any Limerick folk have recommendations for a good car valeter in town? Need to have a seat washed and interior cleaned after two random dogs jumped into my car today. This actually happened!

    Ideally I can leave the car with whilst at work and not have to pay for parking on top. For that reason, the valeters in AQ aren't an option. Parking in AQ for the day is €16


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    #6556
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    James MX Valeting for sure. He’s mobile and he’s on here - JAMES VTI S


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    #6557
    eljono
    Registered Users Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭eljono


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    This thread is for motoring topics which you feel are not worthy of starting a new thread for, banter from a meet or general motoring related chit chat.

    Keep it clean, be nice and helpful.

    Motors charter applies.

    Round 11 is HERE

    Thanks, ideally it would be someone with a premises in town though so I can leave the car there tomorrow while I'm in work


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    #6558
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    How the hell did you end up quoting the first post in the thread.

    I thought there was anew Motors Chat thread and had to quickly look at post number.


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    #6559
    eljono
    Registered Users Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭eljono


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    How the hell did you end up quoting the first post in the thread.

    I thought there was anew Motors Chat thread and had to quickly look at post number.

    No idea how that happened, must be a glitch in the Matrix


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    #6560
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,098 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    How the hell did you end up quoting the first post in the thread.

    01-cat-at-the-computer-keyboard.jpg:D

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    #6561
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    eljono wrote: »
    Thanks, ideally it would be someone with a premises in town though so I can leave the car there tomorrow while I'm in work

    Where do you normally park when you're in work?


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    #6562
    eljono
    Registered Users Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭eljono


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Where do you normally park when you're in work?

    I don't usually drive into town, but when I do I leave it in Barrington's carpark.

    Dropped the car with the guys in Thomas Street carpark this morning, will collect later today.


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    #6563
    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    Just watched Framing John Delorean - worth a watch.


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    #6564
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,390 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    eljono wrote: »
    Any Limerick folk have recommendations for a good car valeter in town? Need to have a seat washed and interior cleaned after two random dogs jumped into my car today. This actually happened!

    Ideally I can leave the car with whilst at work and not have to pay for parking on top. For that reason, the valeters in AQ aren't an option. Parking in AQ for the day is €16

    Car valeting place up beside griffins funeral home. They have a huge car park too.


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    #6565
    eljono
    Registered Users Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭eljono


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Car valeting place up beside griffins funeral home. They have a huge car park too.

    That's good to know, thanks


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    #6566
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    Got four new tyres on the car yesterday. Went cheap and cheerful, some kind of Kumho just to see what all the fuss is about with cheap tyres :pac:

    I want to NCT the car shortly and get it up for sale so I didnt want to invest a huge amount into it, these worked out at €60 each. I also didnt want to be driving long distances November and December with 2.0mm tread depth all round.

    Have done 130kms with them, so experience is limited so far. They feel as adequate as the very very well worn Michelins that came off it in terms of grip. The road noise is on another planet though, wasnt really expecting that but very noticable on the motorway.

    I also haven't washed the car is around 3000kms.

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    #6567
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,390 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Kumho’s are far from ditchfinders


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    #6568
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Kumho’s are far from ditchfinders

    That's true, I wouldn't be into any of the budget budget tyres like Linglongs or Happygallops or whatever but that model Kumho was the cheapest recognisable brand name available to me in 205/55/16.

    I put two sets of Bridgestone Turanzas on my Civic and had a set on the Celica before that, all in 205/55/16 and always found them good for the driving I do. Just curious to see how the Kunhos compare.


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    #6569
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    I had Kumhos on my MPS and I found them very good. They wore quickly though but that's what happens with a sticky tyre especially with 4WD.


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    #6570
    Carpentry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Carpentry


    I had Ecsta Sport on my fwd A5, not bad tires, but noisy and a lot of wheel spins


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    #6571
    James Bond Junior
    Registered Users Posts: 5,130 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior


    I've had barum tyres on a few jallopys and found them very good for the price. Also have vredesteins and I was happy with them too.


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