***Motors Chat Thread*** Round 1

Fiona

colm_mcm wrote: »

Fiona, That red Clare reg e30, is that a guy from Clare that owns it?

Car lives in Longford, Feens on E30wners
It started life as a 318is and now thats an E36 Ms engine under the bonnet, noise off it is crazy :eek:

That white 325i sport..... where is the drool smiley. I never got a pic of the interior but it's just out of this world. I drove behind all yesterday on the way to Mosney and I had tears of jealousy in my eyes looking at it.

You know that horrible feeling when your friend has a better toy than you and you just want to stamp your feet and pull a tantrum

cisk wrote: »

That 850 CSI, nom nom

That was super you could your dinner off it :eek:

Marcusm wrote: »

Fiona

Lucky of you to get a photo of your own baby pink Morris Minor amongst all those Bavarian machines;-))

It was lilac :P:P:P:P and super cool!

Foxhole Norman

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Ddi you really or are you just keeping that post motors related?? :P

It did actually have a motors question. Was about car sales from 2006-2011. Crazy how the ratio of petrols to diesels in 2006 was 3:1 and its now 3:1 in diesels favour. (Cars Purchased)

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Foxhole Norman wrote: »

It did actually have a motors question. Was about car sales from 2006-2011. Crazy how the ratio of petrols to diesels in 2006 was 3:1 and its now 3:1 in diesels favour. (Cars Purchased)

That leads to my conclusion.

Diesel - cheap.

Petrol - dear.

colm_mcm

Back in 2006 an avensis diesel costs €5000 more than a 1.6 petrol.
That'll give you an idea why

ShadowHearth

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

It did actually have a motors question. Was about car sales from 2006-2011. Crazy how the ratio of petrols to diesels in 2006 was 3:1 and its now 3:1 in diesels favour. (Cars Purchased)

To be honest I expected even worse ratio. Soont there will be a problem to find a petrol version of the car you want. It's a shame so many muppets are buying diesels, when they don't even need them.

I dare you to go and find e60 530i on donedeal, there's like one 530i for 10 530d Looks like 530i petrol is now a premium over diesel ones.

colm_mcm

Could be that the guy selling the 530i isn't realistic with his price too.

Hal1

Some pics of a recent ford meet up north.
http://passionford.com/forum/pictures-video-and-photoshop-forum/430004-causeway-ford-fair-2012-lots-of-pics.html

Some nice old fast fords there. Very pic heavy.

Jemmy

Hal1 wrote: »

Some pics of a recent ford meet up north.
http://passionford.com/forum/pictures-video-and-photoshop-forum/430004-causeway-ford-fair-2012-lots-of-pics.html

Some nice old fast fords there. Very pic heavy.

lol that explains it, we were up there & a few randomly passed but not together & we were wondering if something was one. Some gorgeous cars passed us.

pred racer

Jemmy wrote: »

lol that explains it, we were up there & a few randomly passed but not together & we were wondering if something was one. Some gorgeous cars passed us.

I hope you mean they passed you going the other way;)

Jemmy

pred racer wrote: »

I hope you mean they passed you going the other way;)

Lol we were heading home when we seen them! Lol it was on about 10/15mins from where we were staying & we didn't know. We were in Letterkenny on friday night & were told the rally is up there next wknd too! Useless we are, had no idea about any of it :D
Would've have delayed the wknd away to see the rally

Alanstrainor

Got my insurance renewal in the post this morning....1300 fully comp with all the bells and whistles. Pretty steep, but the best I've gotten elsewhere is 1000ish for the most basic cover going. I'll have to call my broker tomorrow and see how much of a difference there is between the fully comp and third party.

L-M

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Got my insurance renewal in the post this morning....1300 fully comp with all the bells and whistles. Pretty steep, but the best I've gotten elsewhere is 1000ish for the most basic cover going. I'll have to call my broker tomorrow and see how much of a difference there is between the fully comp and third party.

i only have TPFT on the Jag, couldn't really see myself claiming in an accident.

pred racer

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Got my insurance renewal in the post this morning....1300 fully comp with all the bells and whistles. Pretty steep, but the best I've gotten elsewhere is 1000ish for the most basic cover going. I'll have to call my broker tomorrow and see how much of a difference there is between the fully comp and third party.

1000 is not too bad for a 'young fella' on a 325i

Mines 450 on an oil burner and ive been driving since the flintstones:p

Alanstrainor

Limerick man wrote: »

i only have TPFT on the Jag, couldn't really see myself claiming in an accident.

Yeah there is no way i'd be claiming, the only reason I had fully comp on the Polo was because it there was barely any difference in the premium.

pred racer wrote: »

1000 is not too bad for a 'young fella' on a 325i

Mines 450 on an oil burner and ive been driving since the flintstones:p

I'm alright with paying a grand being honest, all considered it's not too bad. And paying it in monthly instalments eases the blow.

If the broker doesn't come down in price then i'll be going for which ever is cheaper!

Actually...there's a small chip in my windscreen, I currently have windscreen cover, would getting it repaired so close to renewal time cause problems?

Sure I'll ask them tomorrow, but i'd be interested to hear what yee lot think.

pred racer

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Yeah there is no way i'd be claiming, the only reason I had fully comp on the Polo was because it there was barely any difference in the premium.



I'm alright with paying a grand being honest, all considered it's not too bad. And paying it in monthly instalments eases the blow.

If the broker doesn't come down in price then i'll be going for which ever is cheaper!

Actually...there's a small chip in my windscreen, I currently have windscreen cover, would getting it repaired so close to renewal time cause problems?

Sure I'll ask them tomorrow, but i'd be interested to hear what yee lot think.

Normally windscreen doesnt count as a claim, just ring and check first.

L-M

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Yeah there is no way i'd be claiming, the only reason I had fully comp on the Polo was because it there was barely any difference in the premium.



I'm alright with paying a grand being honest, all considered it's not too bad. And paying it in monthly instalments eases the blow.

If the broker doesn't come down in price then i'll be going for which ever is cheaper!

Actually...there's a small chip in my windscreen, I currently have windscreen cover, would getting it repaired so close to renewal time cause problems?

Sure I'll ask them tomorrow, but i'd be interested to hear what yee lot think.

it's windscreen cover, not "We'll fix your window if it breaks half way through the year, exactly".

Gary ITR

A pic of some of the ITCC action yesterday

166man

colm_mcm wrote: »

Back in 2006 an avensis diesel costs €5000 more than a 1.6 petrol.
That'll give you an idea why

In all fairness they aren't really comparable. You'd need to compare the 2.0 petrol and 2.0 D4D to get a more accurate comparison no?

Gary ITR

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Clean racing as usual then :pac:

To be fair Burdock had a seized rear caliper and slid while chasing the Integra

pred racer

Gary ITR wrote: »

To be fair Burdock had a seized rear caliper and slid while chasing the Integra

Or at least thats what he told you, and he's sticking to it:D

Gary ITR

pred racer wrote: »

Or at least thats what he told you, and he's sticking to it:D

Sure he didn't know, he was wondering why the car had no drive :pac:

Jemmy

600km to a tank, nice
I wasn't driving for most of that though, that's probably why it's so good:p

Marty McFly

Some fcuking scumbags in this country, went out to my car today to find someone had thrown batteryacid or something similar over my car. car now needs a re spray on the bonnet, front bumper two driver side doors and a new headlight. Im in the fcuking height of it rang the insurance company i have step back insurance protection so if i claim ill lose y full no claims.

Waiting on the body shop i go to to ring me bac with a quote they took pictures of the car and ring me back tommorrow. Meant to be heading to Manchester in two weeks to see the Stone Roses play might have to cancel that now id love to get my hands on the fcukers that done it.

MetzgerMeister

Marty McFly wrote: »

Some fcuking scumbags in this country, went out to my car today to find someone had thrown batteryacid or something similar over my car. car now needs a re spray on the bonnet, front bumper two driver side doors and a new headlight. Im in the fcuking height of it rang the insurance company i have step back insurance protection so if i claim ill lose y full no claims.

Waiting on the body shop i go to to ring me bac with a quote they took pictures of the car and ring me back tommorrow. Meant to be heading to Manchester in two weeks to see the Stone Roses play might have to cancel that now id love to get my hands on the fcukers that done it.

There's some incredible spastics in this country :mad: That's what you get for owning a nice car and keeping it well.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Marty McFly wrote: »

Some fcuking scumbags in this country, went out to my car today to find someone had thrown batteryacid or something similar over my car. car now needs a re spray on the bonnet, front bumper two driver side doors and a new headlight. Im in the fcuking height of it rang the insurance company i have step back insurance protection so if i claim ill lose y full no claims.

Waiting on the body shop i go to to ring me bac with a quote they took pictures of the car and ring me back tommorrow. Meant to be heading to Manchester in two weeks to see the Stone Roses play might have to cancel that now id love to get my hands on the fcukers that done it.

Sorry to hear it . Was it just your car targetted or were there other cars damaged?

BUBBLE WRAP

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

There's some incredible spastics in this country :mad: That's what you get for owning a nice car and keeping it well.

+1 thats the most cnutish thing someone can, I makes my blood boil, when I hear that some scumbag damaged someone else property. :mad::mad: good from nothing scumbags!!! :mad:

Big Nasty

dar83

This looks familiar...

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3483070

:eek:

pred racer

dar83 wrote: »

This looks familiar...

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3483070

:eek:

Very familiar!

MetzgerMeister

He's replaced that with the Merc I think

dar83

I know he has the Merc, didn't realise the S8 was going the other way though!

TestTransmission

Well, I guess this is one way to sell you car.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3474063

Marty McFly

BDJW wrote: »

Sorry to hear it . Was it just your car targetted or were there other cars damaged?

Thanks. It was just my car targeted but there's been a few incidents on the road and were all pretty sure of who's doing it but no way to prove sadly. It's just sickening though I won't enjoy driving it now till I get that sorted. I've been told to take pics of it had the gards up etc so I could report it. If I get a chance ill throw one or two on here.

pred racer

TestTransmission wrote: »

Well, I guess this is one way to sell you car.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3474063

Who in their right mind would buy a car knowing that had been done to it?

Although in fairness, he's ****e at diffin so maybe it didnt happen too often:D

ShadowHearth

Have a look how many times ad viewed...

It's a fun car alright, but 5.5k for it? No fecking way.

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TestTransmission wrote: »

Well, I guess this is one way to sell you car.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3474063

Thats lads a right cnut, Becouse its not a bad looking starlet.

Leonard Hofstadter

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Thats lads a right cnut, Becouse its not a bad looking starlet.

Apparently it's "back wheel drive" as well:eek::rolleyes:!

Also if he is "emigrating" why did he import it only within the past couple of months (you can tell by the reg it was only imported within the last few months thanks to revenue's stupid decision to 'realign' registration numbers for imported cars)?

captainspeed

captainspeed wrote: »

Apparently it's "back wheel drive" as well:eek::rolleyes:!.............

It is though

BUBBLE WRAP

captainspeed wrote: »

Apparently it's "back wheel drive" as well:eek::rolleyes:!

Also if he is "emigrating" why did he import it only within the past couple of months (you can tell by the reg it was only imported within the last few months thanks to revenue's stupid decision to 'realign' registration numbers for imported cars)?

Ya, I seen that. It was diffin Laaaaaaaad!

Thats obviouly lies.

Big Nasty

dar83 wrote: »

This looks familiar...

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3483070

:eek:

Matt 'Alan (no swaps)' Simms!

166man

Lads this a dark day for the 166man house.... The 156 is due to be sold next week... :(:(

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166man wrote: »

Lads this a dark day for the 166man house.... The 156 is due to be sold next week... :(:(

Sad news indeed.

TestTransmission

166man wrote: »

Lads this a dark day for the 166man house.... The 156 is due to be sold next week... :(:(

Why you selling?

Matt Simis

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Matt 'Alan (no swaps)' Simms!

Lol, had to fit it in somewhere, I ran out of space in the advert due to all the awesome work and features on the S8 taking up the text allowance!

BUBBLE WRAP

Right what ye think of this?

From this...



To this?...

Jimbob 83

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Jimbob 83 wrote: »

wolfman

That dosnt even look like his own hand.

colm_mcm

Sure you'll need to spray the wing too, don't wuss out on doing it right,

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colm_mcm wrote: »

Sure you'll need to spray the wing too, don't wuss out on doing it right,

Well, I havent sprayed for a while, gone abit rusty with the skills.

E39MSport

FYI all, My M5 is up for sale on dd and Irish bmw site.