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

My one (as you probably saw) was Midnights’s one, I gave him €1900 for it and it got a fairly hard life of daily rallying while I had it.
Serviced every 3 months, limited every day and blew two radiators but sure it still ran well and started on the button. Those 13b’s will take more than people think.

Had it fully comp for only €600 too.


So my back box decided it didn’t want to be part of my car anymore today. I’ll have to see about cutting a section of rust out and welding in some pipe this weekend.
It sounds so broken but the VVT change sounds cool.

That’s 10 days of trouble free motoring before something went wrong with a Suzuki Swift, the RX8 did over a year. :pac:


https://youtu.be/QDnWcUiUpvA

Dartz wrote: »

How?


Mine's over 1200. With full NCB



And I've never hit anything.

A bit of a weird one, I had full NCB too, was 26 or 27 at the time with no points.
I was with Aviva at the time and when I called them, they had nothing matching an RX8 on their system so it had to go to their underwriters to come up with something.
About a week later they gave me a call, they said the closest thing they could come up with was an “RX8-7” which was a 2 liter turbo coupe. I told them that didn’t match the description of the car or anything on the log book and they assured me that it was fine and that I would be fully covered once based on that being the “closest match”.

There was a couple of months left, so changing from the Micra I gave them a few extra euros, totaling about €750 for the year and then the renewal came in at €600 and I laughed my ass off and bought it straight away. :pac:

vintagevrs wrote: »

I was gonna ask when you mentioned that in earlier post...

Slashed tyres and cat cut... Jesus that's ****e.

Fair play that you're sticking with it, proper petrol head! I was at that first track day with ye I believe, one of the wettest days in about ten years. Your car would have been ten times the craic mines was but I enjoyed it all the same. 4 hours each way to get to Mondello so I haven't been back since.

That was a good day!

Had to have the glow plug module replaced on the car last week. But can anyone confirm if it's true or not that the dpf won't regenerate if the glow plugs aren't functioning properly?

Before hand it was throwing up a few fault codes, glow plug 1,2,3 & 4 as well as the module itself but also an exhaust back pressure sensor code, all would appear back after being erased immediately but now the exhaust code hasn't returned either.

YbFocus wrote: »

That was a good day!

It was the conditions that made it.



I'd like to do another one, but the crowd at the Trackdays.ie events are a bit too fast - and the last one my car was cooking itself after two laps.







On a completely unrelated note - I've no idea why I've been looking at youtube reviews of Urals.

320d e90 n47. Im gonna give it a blast every couple of days up and down the M2 and hope I can clear out what might have built up.

M7roadrunner wrote: »

Make sure your engine is getting up to temperature after 10-15 mins. There is a hidden menu on the dash that allows you to check the coolant temp, I’m not 100% sure but I think it should be up in the low 90’s.
If you have a faulty thermostat your car won’t get hotter than low 80’s and won’t trigger a regen.

Technology has come long way

tossy wrote: »

Another 'high end sports car' seized...

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0221/1116698-moldovan-gang-co-louth-search/

TLDR it's a diesel merc.

And a C200 at that, depending on the year that could mean a 1.6 litre Renault diesel ! It seems like the fact it's an "AMG" went to their heads!

People who know more than I, has anyone an opinion on a 2004 Celica? Just a regular one. SH!TE? Good?

Vvtli ones aren't that dear so I'd really see no reason to go for the 140bhp one unless it's extremely cheap. They handle well and feel nimble. Look pretty nice too.

2zzge engine is a peach
1zzfe of that era isn't and is fond of oil. Wasn't it after 06 that the oil burning issues were fully sorted

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

I really enjoyed my time with mine. Not worth a whole pile even if high spec and good condition. 2004 would be a 140bhp with the oil burning issue sorted most likely.

selectamatic wrote: »

Vvtli ones aren't that dear so I'd really see no reason to go for the 140bhp one unless it's extremely cheap. They handle well and feel nimble. Look pretty nice too.

2zzge engine is a peach
1zzfe of that era isn't and is fond of oil. Wasn't it after 06 that the oil burning issues were fully sorted

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Talking about them Celicas there is one in great nick but looking at dreamer money on DoneDeal. I was going to post it one day but didn't in the end.

What would the value of a 2004 with a full stake of history, unmarked leather interior, Nct, 140k miles but sadly paint peeling Toyota racing pink paintwork be?

It's not advertised so can't link an ad. It's also uninsurable so pretty much a garage ornament. Drove it and loved it.

I had one a long time ago and If remember correctly there’s about 45 different bushing (over exaggeration) in the complicated front suspension and they were very expensive to replace. This was a few years ago so they might have gotten cheaper

L-M wrote: »

I had one a long time ago and If remember correctly there’s about 45 different bushing (over exaggeration) in the complicated front suspension and they were very expensive to replace. This was a few years ago so they might have gotten cheaper

That was probably a superstrut one.

You wouldn't see that in an Irish or UK car, it wasnt even that common in the Jap Celica gen7, you must have had a good one :pac:

They sound like a Rav4. That always ruined it for me.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/td-calls-for-legislation-on-selling-company-cars-983307.html

what the hells a 'company' car I must be getting old !

A Cork TD has pledged to tackle the sale of so-called ‘company cars’ following a horror crash in his community which claimed the life of one teenager and left a teen fighting for his life.

Sinn Féin’s Thomas Gould, the first TD from Knocknaheeny, on Cork’s northside, said a system which allows the sale of cars to teenagers must be tightened, and must include tough penalties for unscrupulous vendors.

colm_mcm wrote: »

They sound like a Rav4. That always ruined it for me.

We've got a Rav4 and Avensis so that won't be a huge issue :P

Was just looking at the VW service website pricelist. A full Service is €50 more expensive for a GTD, GTI, R than a standard golf hard to see the warrant for such a difference sure they all use 5W30 oil (I know some in the last year or so now use 0W20) oil, air, cabin filter can't be much difference in price. That just leaves the spark plugs are they some kind of expensive spark plug used in the EA888 engine ? Well whatever about the R and GTI I can't see the logic behind the GTD being in that bracket.

I know in the grand scheme of running costs the difference is negligible. More just wondering is there much of a difference in servicing them to a standard diesel / petrol golf.

colm_mcm wrote: »

Clue: VW don’t charge extra in the UK.

Yes when I am getting it done I might ring them and Just say I want to book my 2018 VW Golf in for a service and see do actually ask what kind it is. If there was a cost difference with the parts I wouldn't mind at all.

But if its just a oh the people that bought 'performance' Golfs paid more for them than a standard Golf so we should charge them more to get them serviced logic then that's a bit hard to stomach.

carsfan2 wrote: »

Do threads disappear sometimes?
I was following and contributed to a thread about Audi A6 touring vs. a BMW 520 touring, and it seems to have disappeared. I can't remember that happening before.
Can the OP delete the whole thread?

They can request.

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

I thought the price menu was only split between <2.0 and >2.0 engine sizes, so someone with a 2.0 TDI would be paying the same as someone with a 2.0 TDI GTD. There was basically €25 additional for stuff over 2.0 for the additional engine oil, which was at most 2l more.

It used to be €169 for an <2.0 oil change and €194 for an >2.0 petrol or diesel. Same with a full service in a diesel, it was €269 for a full or €294 for a full over 2.0. The only exception was the over 2.0 petrols as the plugs were like €100 worth alone.

Your car being less than 3 years old though CIP, your only due an oil and pollen filter or what mileage have you got?

This is what shows up for me online once I put in my reg. It is coming up to its 45k km service. At the 30k Km one it got oil and pollen filter. I figured I should give it a full one this time as otherwise it would be 60k Km before doing plugs and air filter which seems way too long ? Or else I suppose I could just get oil change and pay extra to get air filter as it doesn’t need a pollen filter but might be as well just to get the plugs done at 45k km.

carsfan2 wrote: »

Do threads disappear sometimes?
I was following and contributed to a thread about Audi A6 touring vs. a BMW 520 touring, and it seems to have disappeared. I can't remember that happening before.
Can the OP delete the whole thread?

Same carsfan. Why would someone request such a thread to be deleted is what I'm wondering? It was just helpful advice given on the cars and nothing more.

Unless the missus found out