Boards.ie guide to stereotyping cars

Minister Boyce

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Toyota - Kill me now styling but reliable in between recalls, and they change your engine without telling you when servicing it.


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Funny, Toyota lover myself but still had a little chuckle to myself at this

Max_Damage

VolvoMan wrote: »

Volvo: A manufacturer who have never made their own engines, but instead used Ford's and Renault's.

They made their own engines back in the day (i.e. 740, 240, etc.)

VolvoMan

Max_Damage wrote: »

They made their own engines back in the day (i.e. 740, 240, etc.)

Ahem, I was being sarcastic. Nearly every car in their history has used an engine of their own in some shape or form.

Mc Love

No mention of Peugeot?

One to get me in trouble
Skoda: Nearly always pictured in a field (farmers car)

slimjimmc

Trabant - the gravity-fed plastic tub from the "East" that would run on just about anything, even raw crude (probably).

ianobrien

LIGHTNING wrote: »

My personal favourite and its something I am going to a bit of research into is the small engine issue. Unless you have a turbo diesel or a V6 then a 1.4 saloon car is going to be so slow it will go back in time.

Id be interested to see a power to weight ration a average saloon car from the 60`s up to today and see what the results are. So take a boggo 1.4 Focus and go back through the equivalent ford back to the 60`s see what the numbers are like.

I maybe able to help there. The 1977 Escort at home weighs 918kg (according to the NCT) and is fitted with a 1.3 GT spec engine (it's a Ghia model). The car had 75hp new (it's now just a fraction more, but still using the original block and twin choke weber) and thanks to the torque and gearing, my '05 1.5 Almera would have trouble keeping up to it below 70mph.

bazz26

535d owns an Evo, oh wait.....:o

L1011

LIGHTNING wrote: »

That a top of the range model, my point is what was the entry level engine escort in 77?

A 1.1 producing about 50bhp or a 950cc producing about 40 in some countries it seems.

johnos1984

The Passat B7, the car the Passat B6 could of been........oh wait

Voodoomelon

NCT is a money making racket, they also break cars.

unkel

Nobody will insure me Skyline. And I'm 18 with a full year as a named driver!

opinion guy

Voodoomelon wrote: »

NCT is a money making racket, they also break cars.

+ Diesel engines will automatically explode on entering the NCT centre.

opinion guy

Winter tyres are simultaneously a cynical scam and the most amazing invention since sliced bread. They will allow you to drive upside on an ice covered ceiling they have such amazing grip. To touch a winter tyre without protective gear is to risk being sucked into a grippy black hole.

All weather tyres are made from satan's vomit and should never be used in any weather as it will make Jesus cry.

Snow chains are more illegal than heroin. They will dig 12 inch holes in concrete as if it were butter if there is no ice.

It never, ever snows in Ireland so you don't need any of the above equipment, ever.

funkyouup

Funniest thread in motors since bmw535d got played like a bitch.

congo_90

since records began back around 1930 there have been a total of 3 reported sightings of bmw's with Working indicators.

all golfs are secretly beetles.

why buy an alfa? just get a fiat
:pac: :pac:

Zubeneschamali

I have €50K to spend on a car, but no idea what I want, and less car knowledge than Gay Byrne. Can you guys help me pick an Octavia?

Padraig Mor

unkel wrote: »

Lexus are so well built they will go forever



Oh wait, what's the least reliable car in the list :eek:

**** that's my car!! :mad::o Time to chage to Renault methinks...

cdb

OPEL - Wir Leben Autos

Roughly translates as devoid of passion but made in Germany & Russia, Austria, Hungary, Spain, Poland & Luton

thirtythirty

Nearly all German cars are manufactured in China, but they'd never tell you that because ending a tv ad with a tagline in german sounds more technologically advanced than ending it with "Ching Chong Orange Shikan".

ToxicPaddy

pmsl.. great thread

EPM

Never buy an Alpha Romero because a guy I spoke to in the pub said so

ianobrien

LIGHTNING wrote: »

That a top of the range model, my point is what was the entry level engine escort in 77?

No, the top of the range was a 2.0 Pinto with 100hp, or 140ish with the X-Pack kit.

The engines that were fitted were 1.1 (Paddy spec), 1.3 LC, 1.3 HC, 1.3 GT, 1.6 GT, 1.6OHC & 2.0OHC

The Ghia came in 1.3 or 1.6.

(Oh, LC = Low Compression, HC = High Compression & OHC is OverHead Cam)

Johnny Utah

The Skoda Superb: better value and an even bigger boot than the Octavia! :eek:

STForSale

FIAT - Failure In Automotive Technology

Henry Ford III

ianobrien wrote: »

No, the top of the range was a 2.0 Pinto with 100hp, or 140ish with the X-Pack kit.

The engines that were fitted were 1.1 (Paddy spec), 1.3 LC, 1.3 HC, 1.3 GT, 1.6 GT, 1.6OHC & 2.0OHC

The Ghia came in 1.3 or 1.6.

(Oh, LC = Low Compression, HC = High Compression & OHC is OverHead Cam)

1977 would have been a MkII Escort. RS2000 had 110bhp (better exhaust manifold than the MkI).

Henry Ford III

I've just discovered my TDI was clocked/crashed/cloned. I didn't bother checking it out because it was a UK import. I bought it privately off a part time dealer (is he exempt from income tax on his profit?).

It's got a red "di" and a remap. Do I need to tell my insurer?

p.s. What road tax is payable and can I declare it off road until 2013?

Padraig Mor

I just bought a 1990 car. Can I tax it under the 2008 CO2 rules?

Plug

My mechanic serviced my diesel car and the oil is gone black already, I just collected the car now:eek:

STForSale

Every car is based on some other car which happens to be 5hite!

Max_Damage

Ford Escort's are shíte, even if the majority of people here never owned one. :rolleyes: