Here's what I saw today - Part II (Please read the rules before posting)

MuppetCheck

If I ever caught someone doing that to my car for whatever reason I'd beat them to a bloody pulp.

YbFocus

I'd kill them. End of story.

Atlantic Dawn

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Merchants Quay carpark in Waterford today. They started putting up the Waterford On Ice rink in that car park today. Generally that's where I park. This evening they were looking to clear a few of the stragglers who hadn't left the car park yet, this is how!

I've seen cars lifted on forklifts before but i'm not sure i'd be pleased if I found them moving my Celica like this.

I'd be in such a rage I would certainly be arrested for either assault or disturbing the peace or driving the forklift in to the sea.

166man

MuppetCheck wrote: »

If I ever caught someone doing that to my car for whatever reason I'd beat them to a bloody pulp.

YbFocus wrote: »

I'd kill them. End of story.

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I'd be in such a rage I would certainly be arrested for either assault or disturbing the peace or driving the forklift in to the sea.

I think too many superhero movies have been watched lads...bit of overkill there. Lol

YbFocus

166man wrote: »

I think too many superhero movies have been watched lads...bit of overkill there. Lol

Your just not a bad ass like us. .

tossy

YbFocus wrote: »

Your just not a bad ass like us. .

He's an alfa driver he used to moving his car with a forklift

jozi

You should send those into the local news paper, that kind of carry on shouldn't happen.

Toyotafanboi

Ah, as an enthusiast, it'd bother me. I'd say most people wouldn't care or see the harm. The sort of person that happily owns a Kia Rio Mk2 definitely doesn't care.

I just think it's poor as on Tuesday I parked there and there were no signs or notice that anything would be happening there and then on Wednesday, that. So if you left your car there overnight etc, this was it's fate.

I'm sure the cars were unharmed, it's just a bit jarring to watch, usually when they are on one of those forklifts, they are about to get flipped into the crusher.

5W30

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Ah, as an enthusiast, it'd bother me. I'd say most people wouldn't care or see the harm. The sort of person that happily owns a Kia Rio Mk2 definitely doesn't care.

I just think it's poor as on Tuesday I parked there and there were no signs or notice that anything would be happening there and then on Wednesday, that. So if you left your car there overnight etc, this was it's fate.

I'm sure the cars were unharmed, it's just a bit jarring to watch, usually when they are on one of those forklifts, they are about to get flipped into the crusher.

It's quite illegal too AFAIK.

You can only move cars blocking your property by hand, legally. At least that's what the laws said anyway.

Marty McFly

The only one in Ireland I'd imagine?

jozi

I'm over 4 years building my car, sticking a forklift under it to move it will do damage, I think I would ape**** if they even thought about moving it that way never mind actually do it

CoDy1

New 7 - looks unimpressive and bland dispite all the fancy chrome bits, assumed it was a 5 series at first.

Big Nasty

@ Marty McFly - that's a 911 993 Turbo, right?

Would they be that rare here (as in only one in the country)?

RichyX

Saw a gorgeous, yellow 98 Fiat Coupe last night. 20v turbo with only 50k on it.
Too dark for pictures but it was at work so it might appear again.

Marty McFly

Big Nasty wrote: »

@ Marty McFly - that's a 911 993 Turbo, right?

Would they be that rare here (as in only one in the country)?

No it's a Porsche Turbo 3.6 there was only about 1500 produced worldwide so a very rare car.

The Mechanic told me after they rang Porsche about it Porsche rang them back and offered the owner over 200k for it straight away which he turned down despite never driving it and had actually forgotten he owned it.

h3000

Big Nasty wrote: »

@ Marty McFly - that's a 911 993 Turbo, right?

Would they be that rare here (as in only one in the country)?

Porsche 964 3.6 Turbo



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Marty McFly wrote: »

No it's a Porsche Turbo 3.6 there was only about 1500 produced worldwide so a very rare car.

The Mechanic told me after they rang Porsche about it Porsche rang them back and offered the owner over 200k for it straight away which he turned down despite never driving it and had actually forgotten he owned it.

I wonder could I actually convince him that he gave it to me if he is so forgetful.

Marty McFly

h3000 wrote: »

I wonder could I actually convince him that he gave it to me if he is so forgetful.

It's got to be worth a shot anyway :pac:

Just reading there was only 159 of them produced in right hand drive.

mik_da_man

Brought this for a spin today :

smash

mik_da_man wrote: »

Brought this for a spin today :

Fcuk me that's nice. Was it not a bit awkward driving with an erection?

Toyotafanboi

smash wrote: »

Fcuk me that's nice. Was it not a bit awkward driving with an erection?

you keep accidentally flicking the wipers and indicators on and off i'd say.

nice car is right. did they get a demo down for you to test drive or what's the story behind it.

mik_da_man

If was meant to be down for an event a few weeks ago but didn't make it.

I told the salesman that I wanted a spin and they got it back in, not sure if it was just for me, but luckily I was off work today so was able to bring it for a good spin.

Pretty awesome car, great noise, puts down the power really well and launch control is a cool feature

ofcork

You would want good traction today on the south ring brutal driving conditions!

mik_da_man

ofcork wrote: »

You would want good traction today on the south ring brutal driving conditions!

I actually did some good tests there, didn't skip a beat, great road handling

tossy

ofcork wrote: »

You would want good traction today on the south ring brutal driving conditions!

see sig for more,

Good to hear your thoughts on it Mick, these seem a serious car, remapped versions were making muck of stock versions of seriously high BHP cars down the 1/4 mile at inters the last few years.

166man

YbFocus wrote: »

Your just not a bad ass like us. .

Yeah all the tough guys with the big talk about assaulting someone for moving a physical possession...!

Good lord.

5W30

YbFocus wrote: »

I'd kill them. End of story.

Easy acting the hard lad with a slammed car where you can't fit the forklift forks :D:D

PrettyBoy

Marty McFly wrote: »

The Mechanic told me after they rang Porsche about it Porsche rang them back and offered the owner over 200k for it straight away which he turned down despite never driving it and had actually forgotten he owned it.

This made me laugh, if I was the mechanic I'd be denying to the owner that he ever left a car with me in the first place :P

BillJ

I saw a Carver on the South Ring in Cork this week, no picture unfortunately. Must be one of the rarest cars in Ireland?

Seen it in Douglas before as well, tilted over sideways going around a bend :pac:

Odyssey 2005

BillJ wrote: »

I saw a Carver on the South Ring in Cork this week, no picture unfortunately. Must be one of the rarest cars in Ireland?

Seen it in Douglas before as well, tilted over sideways going around a bend :pac:

Had to googolise that. Bananas lookin thing. Brill fun is say.

mik_da_man

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Had to googolise that. Bananas lookin thing. Brill fun is say.

Yeah was behind it around pairc ui rinn the other day, it's odd looking but looks like fun all right